Forrest: We must keep our heads in Old Firm cauldron

BHOYS VETERAN KNOWS CALM IS KEY

- BY FRASER WILSON

JAMES FORREST has ridden the wave of Old Firm hysteria often enough over the last 15 years to know what's key to ensuring a smooth passage out the other end.

Thirty-two times the winger has entered the derby madness — and in exactly half of those he's emerged from the chaos a winner.

No other player who will step into the Ibrox cauldron this lunch time has as long an association with the fixture as the 34-year-old who got his first taste as a teenager in a 2-0 win in Govan way back in January 2011.

So much has changed for both clubs in the years since that day when Georgios Samaras' double saw Neil Lennon's men leave enemy territory with bragging rights.

But while personnel, tactics and form might all be variables, one thing that never changes is the need for CALM among the frenzy.

Keeping cool when others are allowing fire to dictate their decisions.