Gillespie played well last night - definitely confidence in part, but he also put in about 200% more effort than he has done in a long, long time. It looked like he could be bothered, and he (mostly) did very well. There's no way he would have got a standing ovation (from pretty much all our crowd I think) after his usual performances over the last year, but he deserved it last night. He can play better still (or he used to be able to ) but he did really well.
One of the best moments of last night's game - Gillespie loses the ball on the halfway line, seems not to care too much and doesn't chase/ tackle back. About a minute later when there was a break in play Levein calls him over to the byline, has a word in his ear - clearly a conversation, not just yelling at him, it's clear G'spie is listening and responding. Straight after this he gets the ball again, takes his man on and puts in a good cross ... if Levein can get him playing well again, he deserves great credit.
Oh, and Gillespie provided a superb cross for the last goal also ... as well as the one immediately before, that was only just cleared by Cov, under heavy pressure from Scowy
