Thomson is looking forward to facing his former friend Scott Brown in the game, but feels it will be a strange experience. "I always told him I'd pull out of any tackles with him and he says he'll be looking to go right through me. "It will be nice to play against him as it's always nice to play against top players and he comes into that category." What the hells that about, he better be joking - putting his wee mate over his own performance thats bad to hear