Freedom and no fear for Falkirk in top six - Bain
Falkirk can now play with freedom and zero fear as they play catch-up in the race for European qualification while relishing the chance to influence the destiny of the title itself, goalkeeper Scott Bain has warned their top-six rivals. The Bairns entertain Rangers on Sunday in the first game since securing the final place in the top half of the table as the Scottish Premiership prepares to split for the final five games. "I've had that before at Dundee where we reached the top six and then I don't think we won a game in the top six," Bain recalled.
"It was a bit like 'we've done it' and you take a deep breath and then before you know it, you've lost every game. "It's such an interesting season, it's such an interesting title race, so for us to be a part of that, that will be a bit of a motivation for us going into these games, that we can have a big say in these games and they're not just dead rubbers. "The aim is top six and then, once you get top six, the aim is fifth, so it keeps us on our toes and I think that'll help us to keep going.
"It's really open from six all the way up to fifth and fourth. "We've overachieved to reach this point, so we can also play with a little bit of freedom now. "I think there were a couple of games before securing top six where we were maybe a wee bit nervous or a wee bit not right because of that leaning over us.
"So I think we'll have a little bit of freedom going into the games and anything that we do from here on out is really, really amazing. "