You can only imagine what must be going through Liam Craig’s mind at the moment.
He could have been part of a historic season for St Johnstone, but has instead been subjected to a year of football misery at Hibs.
The yin to Craig’s yang, though, is David Wotherspoon, who is fully aware of where the grass is greener at present. Hibs have got a relegation play-off up next, while Saints have a Scottish Cup final.
Unsurprisingly, the Perth midfielder feels that he might just have made the right career decision in the summer.
“It’s incredible to think where I could be and where I am just now,” he admitted.
“I feel for the boys (at Hibs) who are playing week in week out. They’re in a rut that they can’t get out of.
“It’s been a great season for me. I can’t ask for anything more. I’ve played every game so far and it is a great club. I can’t speak highly enough of St Johnstone Football Club.
“I needed a fresh start and it was an easy decision when St Johnstone came calling and it was a move back to my home club. I have enjoyed every minute of it.
“It makes this weekend more special. This is St Johnstone, my boyhood club, so it will be extra special if we can go there and win the cup.
“This is the biggest game of my career if I play.”
Wotherspoon’s Scottish Cup pain with Hibs is well documented. He helped them get to two finals, but was left in the stand for both of them.
“Hopefully I can be there on the park for this one,” he said.
“It was difficult, the lowest points of my career, being at such massive games and not playing any part at all. There was despair and a bit of anger there.
“You think to yourself ‘what could I have done better?’ But these things happen and you have to motivate yourself and move on.
“It played a part in my decision to leave Hibs. They said they wanted me but it didn’t feel that way at the time.”
As a local lad, Wotherspoon is unsurprisingly bringing a big contingent of friends and family to Celtic Park.
“We have a bus going to the game with all my cousins and friends,” he said.
“My brother Ian has done a fantastic job in organising everything. He even organised the tickets for the bus. He did it all himself.
“The ones I organised were for some family members that couldn’t get to Perth, and there were shirts to be bought, but that’s all done now.
“My mum and dad, Ian and Sheila, are going along with my girlfriend Sophie and the baby Mia and my girlfriend’s sister and some of her family. It will be a great occasion.
“It will be Mia’s first game but I wanted her to be there. It will be great to see her in the stands and my girlfriend hasn’t managed to get to many games this season.
“It will be a tough hour and a half for her trying to keep the wee one happy!”
Wotherspoon insists that the defeat in the last league game of the season at Inverness on Sunday should be put into context.
“Of course the final was in the back of our minds but we wanted to finish the league season on a high,” he said. “We just didn’t get out of the traps.
“We’ve got a lot to play for still and the lads have to get their heads up. We will get ourselves together and get excited about the final. There’s a lot to get organised, which can be a head wreck, but we tried to get that done last week.
“Everyone will be wishing us well this week and we will be psyching ourselves up for it. It is a chance to go down in history.
“We have a get-together and a chance to chill out and relax at the hotel. I missed out on two cup finals at Hibs. It will be great to play a part in it and everyone feels the same way.”