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WHEN it comes to handing out the season’s gongs John Hughes reckons it will be all down to the thongs.

The Inverness manager insists the secret of his club’s European qualification triumph will be laid bare for all to see today at the Caledonian Stadium.

Back in February, first-team coach Scott Kellacher made a dressing-room vow he is living to regret – after promising to take the players’ pre-match warm-up today in a MANKINI.

Kellacher has already exposed more than the nation wanted after flashing his Y-fronts live on telly when his trackies came down in the victory slide after beating Celtic in the Scottish Cup semi-final.

But the former Celtic youth, one of Hughes’s most trusted lieutenants, is now under pressure to go a whole lot further before kick-off against Dundee United.

Yogi said: “What do you think has kept us going in the chase for that European spot? It is something that has been talked about in that dressing room for months now.

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“Scott Kellacher promised the lads that if we got third spot and Europe he would go out and take the warm-up in a mankini. It’s been a long, hard journey but that’s what has kept us going every week.

“Scottie is trying to duck and dive his way out of it now but I like to think he’ll be doing it here today for the home crowd.

“You can’t backtrack on a promise like that. Surely you’re a man of your word.

“You’re talking to a guy who ran past a television camera naked when Maurice Johnston was getting interviewed. At least Scott will have a mankini on.

“There’s no getting out of it for Scott. We’ve even got the mankini in already and he tried it on this morning.

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“He’s trying everything to wriggle out – he said the chairman wouldn’t allow him but the chairman turned around and said it would be a great bit of banter for the fans.

“He also tried saying he’d do it instead for the players at training but we want him to be true to his word and take the warm-up today, last home game of the season.

“It’ll have to go after the watershed.”

Hughes, turning to the more serious matter of Dundee United’s visit, warned his players there are cup final places up for grabs today.

Hughes said: “I’m delighted we tied up that European spot through the league because that’s our bread and butter. It paints a picture of what you’ve achieved at the end of the season.

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“I’m honest enough to say we’ve been lucky with injuries, apart from Richie Foran and Dean Brill of late.

“But now I can start preparing a bit more towards the Scottish Cup Final. I’m hoping I have players who’ve been sitting on the bench who will be saying, ‘I deserve to be in the team.’

“I hope we’ve got players in the team saying, ‘I’m not wanting to drop out.’

“That gives me a right dilemma for this afternoon. If you’re in and you’re man of the match, there’s a right good chance you might be staying for the cup final.

“We need to use that incentive for these guys.”