Who will qualify for Europe? Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and St Mirren’s chances rated by Tam Courts

Tam Courts guided Dundee United into fourth place in his first season as manager so it’s safe to say he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to European competition.

Courts led the Terrors into the Europa Conference League before leaving the club for a shot at continental football with Budapest Honved. And he's been watching on with interest as Aberdeen tear away from the pack in third place while Hearts, Hibs and St Mirren jostle for position in a bid to rein them back in.

It could all come to a head this weekend as the Dons travel south to face the Jambos and while Courts is out of Scottish football at the moment, he still knows what’s going on in it. He gives Record Sport the lowdown on who he thinks will be flying the flag for Scotland next season in the Europa and Conference Leagues.

(Hearts A, St Mirren H, Celtic A)

The job Barry Robson has done has been nothing short of phenomenal. He has made some big decisions and there has been a massive turnaround in Aberdeen’s fortunes. He has also surrounded himself with a top coaching staff and the team are just on a tremendous run just now.

If they were to secure third then it would be a huge achievement in terms of where the club was and the squad he inherited when he first got the job.

Aberdeen are in a very strong position. The only negative just now is the injury Duk appears to have suffered at the weekend. He has been the talisman for them this season, scoring 16 goals for them - like Bojan Miovski. Goals certainly haven’t been an issue for Aberdeen this season. They have also really tightened up defensively under Barry. Over the last five games they have only conceded one goal and have had quite a few clean sheets. That points towards a team who are quite