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Good evening and welcome to Sportscene.

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Aberdeen are in front. Is that must for three points? I want to see

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Aberdeen do well. And go on to win the title.

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What a strike for Christie. We know we will get back to winning ways

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sometime soon. INAUDIBLE The sweet dream has turned into a

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nightmare for Aberdeen. Derek McGuinness's side face a harrowing

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date with Celtic, can they bring their title aspirations back from

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the brink? The champions of four points clear of Aberdeen, who

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haven't managed a win in their last five matches. Bad form in any

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standard. Ronny Deila brings back killing Tina

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and Rogic who made an impression in the League Cup. -- Paul Tierney. The

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same Aberdeen side that beat Celtic last month.

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Aberdeen without a league win for 11 years, in miserable record, 20

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straight defeats. Desperate to put that right. Griffiths twisting away

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from Logan. He is having a wonderful time of it, Griffiths. Ronny Deila

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was outspoken in his media conference. Blocked by Maclean, but

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was it blocked by a hand or arm? Celtic play on. Not too many appeals

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from the players. That is a sore one for Boyata. Considine clash. The

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referee has had to stop play, as you might expect. This was the alleged

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handball. Difficult for McLean to do anything about that. Shinnie so

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impressive in the Pittodrie meeting in September. McLean.

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He tees up plenty, he has teed up Rooney. That wasn't too far away

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from the Don's top scorer, great run from Rooney. Derek McGuinness's side

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have won here under his tutelage. In a Scottish cup tie a couple of

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seasons ago. It will break back to Johnny Hayes. Rooney. The striker

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knows exactly where in the box to be. What a blow for Aberdeen. Andrew

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Considine has not recovered from that clash with Boyata. He started

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the game well. He scored the late winner the last time the teams met.

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Paul Quinn replaces him. Reynolds in for Rooney. Offside. WHISTLE

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It won't count. Low complaints from the Aberdeen

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number nine. Nodded into his path by Reynolds. Adam Rooney is offside.

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Kieron Tierney to take. So good in the games against Dundee United and

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then Apache. Handball -- and then fell Apache.

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The players and fans were more vocal about that one. Rogic. Comments.

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Through for Griffiths. What a good save by Ward.

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Danny Ward bagged a point against Motherwell last week. Accession of

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late saves. That was as good as anything last week. He made himself

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big and denied Scotland's top scorer. Reynolds. That is loose.

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Bitton. He tried to find Rogic. Late on Bitton. Yellow for Shinnie, who

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is walking a title now. Poor challenge. -- walking a tightrope.

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Hayes. Lovely played by Johnny Hayes. Rooney. Back it comes to

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Shinnie. McLean. Shinnie lovely play. Hayes. Rooney!

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Adam Rooney would normally score. This is a wonderful cross from

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Johnny Hayes. Rooney is unlikely, but he will feel he should have

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scored. -- is one lucky. He might go himself. Corner. Celtic

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are piling on the corners, here. Not lacking in confidence, Tierney,

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that's for sure. As he weaved to the edge of the box. Commons. Boyata.

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McLean hit it off his own bar. The champions are cranking it up, they

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know they can go seven clear of Aberdeen with a win today. McLean

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dealt with it. Still, Celtic can't breach this

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organised Aberdeen rearguard. Derek McInnes will be happy with the

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way with what they have thrown at them, Celtic. Well over by

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Griffiths. On his weaker right foot.

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He feels he should have done better, a lot better.

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Griffiths. Trying to squeeze it through to Commons. That is a

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dreadful challenge by Taylor. through to Commons. That is a

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pick up your hat-trick. Danny Ward is, once again, preventing Aberdeen

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going down to a very heavy scoreline.

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Rogic. Lovely ball for Armstrong. Might have done better. Just on as a

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sub. Almost instant impact from Armstrong.

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Aberdeen heading for another game without a win, this would be six.

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Five of them defeats. Melting in the heat. Here is Armstrong. He gets it

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back from Commons. Another chance. APPLAUSE

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Good work between Armstrong and Commons.

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Great ball in and a great save from Gordon.

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Pieter Braun Pawlett is not on. -- Peter Pawlett. Denied by Gordon.

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Here is Griffiths. Floated over Taylor's head. Just

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passed by Commons and Armstrong wasn't far away from turning it home

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himself. Goodwillie taken down by Boyata,

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Aberdeen have a free kick. Not many positives for Derek McInnes to take

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today. Rooney's header goes in. There is a positive for Derek

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McInnes and Adam Rooney. A really good finish that the Celtic

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defence just stopped. This has come very late, mere consolation.

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It was a very good performance. Very tough to play so many games in nine

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days, 4 games in nine days is tough for everybody. But we have turned it

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around after a bad result. INAUDIBLE We have so much to play for, looking

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forward to a good day on Thursday as well.

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The first half we had brilliant attacks and good interchanging of

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play, to force the issue. We looked probably more threatening themselves

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at that stage. Goal disallowed, I haven't seen it again, in general it

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was 1-0 at half-time. It was harsh. Top of the league, seven points

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clear, you would expect to stay there? I would expect so. It is a

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big deficit. We need a big as Gap a possible. A huge win for Celtic. It

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leaves us asking the question, is that the title race dust and done --

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done and dusted? If it continues it will be difficult. If Celtic play

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like they did at the weekend, I don't think anyone can catch them.

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Old professional like yourself. Did you ever truly believe that we had a

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title race? If Aberdeen had continued their form with eight

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straight wins. We all knew it would be difficult for a team like

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Aberdeen, even to sustain a title challenge with Celtic having that

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budget we spoke about. With the players they have at their disposal.

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It was always going to be difficult but never say never. Got to get back

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to winning ways. Celtic stretching away, looking like they will

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struggle to lose games at all. It will be difficult for everybody but

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we knew that. 21st straight league defeat at Celtic Park for Aberdeen.

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But, could the game... How different could the game have been, had Adam

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Rooney taken one of his chances? He had good chances. He had one in

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particular, a fantastic ball in from Hayes. He doesn't catch it enough. I

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think he thinks he has scored. He will be kicking himself. Great

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movement. Fantastic. Two or three occasions like that. Griffiths had

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some. Celtic dominated possession. On the break, Aberdeen were

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dangerous. How good a chance was that? You are both strikers. I would

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love to be on the end of that. He should have scored. He would have

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wanted to score. Form plays such an important part. One man in amazing

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form is Leigh Griffiths, is he... Is there any debate, is he the best

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player in the league? He has proven he is the best striker in the

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league. N'Doye a bit of everything. Schools

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headers. He sees off other strikers that come to the club. You can see

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has his arm up, he really wanted in there. Fantastic. Midweek against

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Hearts, not having the greatest game, tries to take it on. Always

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this, I had him at Dundee. He will go past you, pace. Little nutmeg.

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Always have the composure to bend it away. Into the corners of the net. A

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player at the top of his game, confident. Best player in the league

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at the moment. In terms of Aberdeen's defence, not helped when

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they had to reshuffle? It was one of his first game is back, concussion.

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Set pieces, everything, important. Be glad. A bit more solidarity,

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playing left-back all season, when they were on their successful run.

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To have two reshuffle early. A big blow for them. Reynolds had to go

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and play at left-back. Becomes a lot more difficult for Aberdeen, who

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have been struggling for form. Derek McInnes is really good at getting

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his team setup to be to beat. They were a bit ragged yesterday. What is

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going through his mind? I'm sure Derek McInnes could not believe it.

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There anywhere I could describe it was mental. Stay up, plenty of

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cover, 3-2. Show Kris Commons out, you cannot do that. A Rush of blood

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to the head. He sees the ball, thinking I can do damage. Credit to

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Celtic. They played well. Scott, for you, is that a great goal? It is,

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Rogic put the bowling, had a great game. He gets a little shove,

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fantastic goal. Celtic do deserve credit, fantastic win. Ciaran

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Tinney, Man of the Match performance, how big a prospect is

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he? Fabulous, not great height, but his best asset is getting forward.

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Left-back, quick, determined, good little defender. You see how high up

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the Piti is. He says he modelled his game and Roberto Carlos? Looks like

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it. Awareness to pick out that pass. High up again, delivery. Great

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quality again. Nice to see a young Scottish player coming through at

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Celtic. Not easy, top-quality players there. To be getting a game,

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question is, can he play, Whee in, week out. Huge victory for Celtic.

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-- week in. Ronny Deila not happy with many things, he says he will be

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judged in Europe, massive match coming up. You will

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judged in Europe, massive match coming up. You will be watching. How

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important for Celtic to win that. Very much so if they want to stay in

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the Europa League. The way that handle the situation since the Kris

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Commons incident. With Nadir Ciftci, Izaguirre, people will say, is he

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losing the dressing room? Is everything OK? The best way to

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answer that, give Hearts did something, then Aberdeen. Two good

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results against second and third in the league. These situations arising

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all clubs. They are escalated because you are Celtic Football

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Club. Infighting, people voicing opinions. Everybody has an opinion?

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Of course. Winning games, certainly keeping critics away. Good win for

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Celtic. Plenty still to come on Sportscene

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tonight, here's what else we've got One of

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the surprise success stories of this season has been the Partick Thistle

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mascot Kingsley, who's been making And as it was Halloween, Connie

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McLaughlin went to Firhill to find It is Hallowe'en, the speediest day

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of the year. Where else would we be other than Scary Hill, the home of

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Partick Thistle. On the trail of the most terrifying creature in the

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SPFL. Easy as bad as everyone makes out? -- is ES bad. No, actually. As

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it turns out Kingsley is the most popular creature here. Incredible,

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the action he has had, calls from New York, all over the world, BBC

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World Service, talking to Argentina. Phenomenal, maximising exposure, on

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people's laptops. People who did not there Partick Thistle. It has given

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us an edge. We have done a lot of work rebranding the club. He

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certainly falls into that category, he has been good. From that

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perspective. Kingsley was not the only one in costume, as they faced

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the intimidating challenge of a Hearts side second in the table. The

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first half was fairly even, Stuart Branigan going close for the home

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side. They also threatened, a bowl dropping from a panicking corner,

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the effort blocked by Meguid. It was Hearts taking the lead in the 38th

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minute. Ryan Scully palmed away the shot. It was turned home. Sluggish

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reactions from the Partick defence. It was the seventh goal of his

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season. Hearts's from two combining for the second goal. Swivelling on

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the edge of the box, before taking it pass Kelly. Strong play from the

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big Swedish player. Sixth strike of the season for him. More Spanish

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wing play helped create the opportunity for Hearts' third.

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Drawing the foul to win the penalty. Nice footwork from the Belgian

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midfielder. A little target the shirt as well. Coolly slotted home

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for 3-0. Being three down at home already a terrifying prospect for

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Alan Archibald, it got even scarier in the 85th minute. Scully playing

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in praise of Thomas Cerny shown a straight red card. All three

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substitutes whereon the park. Costume change the Ryan Stevenson.

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He did get a hand on the spot kick from Sow, but the score was four -

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zero. We still want to play better football, create more opportunities.

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The second half was not acceptable, 3-0. We downed tools, that was the

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way felt. We should be angry, so should the fans. Hallowe'en horror

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show for Alan Archibald's side. Let's hope we have more luck

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tonight. Going trick or treating. You know any good jokes?

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I suppose it is the curse Kingsley striking for Partick Thistle on

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Hallowe'en. Hearts up to second place in the table. You have seen

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all the sides, do they have enough to finish in second? Absolutely.

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When they get in front, hard to peg back. Teams had opportunities

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against them, but good defensively, organised, solid. Good players, Sow

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and Juanma can hurt you. You were both potent strikers in your day,

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how impressed were you with this partnership? You are only as good

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Ayerza strikers. These two both have goals, they are dangerous. Sow is an

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awkward character, but he twists and turns, in the box. They are direct.

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Physical strength. They again to be a handful. Here we see it again, is

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it a red card? Possibly. He takes a penalty well. In terms of squad

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strength, more than a match for Aberdeen? I think so. You get to see

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a few ball, they had the bad patch after a good start. They went about

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their business quietly, now in second place, a bit more focus.

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Interesting to see how they react. Angry words from Alan Archibald,

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talking about them downing tools. It has been a good run for Partick

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Thistle of late? Good win at St Johnstone, my son was at the game,

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he said they were good in the first half. They said it yesterday. They

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have to take chances when they come their way, otherwise they will

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suffer. They suffered yesterday in the second half.

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We've been back through the archives for a Halloween memory

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Would the visit of Partick Thistle be a trick or a treat for Rangers?

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Stocks that time, but marginal free kick. McDonald. Here it is. Clark.

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1-04 Thistle after 29 minutes. -- 1-0 four Thistle. There is a

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deflection, it is there. 2-0. And we'll see if it's

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a different story for Rangers in But now time to see how Motherwell

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fared away to Kilmarnock, Hamilton We start with a ghoulish moment for

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Inverness. David Raven with the Challenger and Greg Stewart. Penalty

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kick. Not only that. Red card the Caledonian Thistle ). -- rightback.

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He had got a tow to the ball. Had he taken the player first? Spot kick,

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Lloyd converting. That was not it for penalty controversy. Ball into

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the box. Down he went. Nothing given. Down went Christie, this time

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the referee blowing. Paul Hartley, the Dundee manager claimed the

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referee had been conned into the decision. Greg Tansey made it 1-1.

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As fate would have it, Mark McGhee's last match five years ago

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was against Kilmarnock. This late strike enough to take all three

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points. Giving Nicky his first win back at the club. -- giving Mark

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McGhee. After weathering some early Hamilton

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dominance, St Johnstone took the lead, Brian Easton with the cross,

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Graham Cummins with a header. That came just before half-time. Just

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after half-time, he would get a chance to double the tally. Failing

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to clear the lines. St Johnstone coming out all guns blazing. Great

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skill from Michael O'Halloran. McGovern with the save. There was

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Graham Cummins alive to make it 2-0. It was now all St Johnstone, when

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McGovern spilled a high ball under pressure. There was David

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Wotherspoon, who calmly converted to make it three. Michael O'Halloran

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has been aiding rave reviews of late, easy to see why as this

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powerful shot but St Johnstone into a four goal lead. Just enough time

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to claim the consolation. Jesus Garcia Tena. And afterwards he had

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the chance to make it two from the spot. Not enough, as St Johnstone

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made it two the truck. How much of a difference is Mark McGhee making?

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Certainly making an impression on the team, week to week, getting

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better. Great to see. Certainly bringing a discipline to the squad.

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A shake, when we have not got the ball. We are beginning to be a lot

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harder to beat. Sometimes we will look upon as being too open. Nice to

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get that. Get the confidence growing and build on it.

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Weekly dose of refereeing controversy. What did you make of

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the decisions? When you see it behind the goal, UC

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Loy leaning in, but probably a penalty -- you can see. What about

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this, was it a penalty? The first incident is more than the second

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one. It is a bit clumsy. He doesn't take any of the ball. I

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don't think Holt even moves his leg. I don't understand why he is

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annoyed. You have to give St Johnstone credit. I was at that

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match yesterday. It was fantastic, 4-0 up. Tommy Right has such a

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strong looking squad. Goals in abundance. Coming from everywhere.

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Cummins popping up. John Sutton can't get a sniff, he is on the

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bench and has scored loads of goals for Motherwell in the last couple of

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years and can't get a game, it shows you the strength and depth. O'Hara

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and has been fantastic and proven again. Tommy was raving about

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Michael O'Halloran in the week and if it wasn't fully Griffiths, could

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he have a case for being the best player in the league at the moment?

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He is certainly a danger. I don't like him when he plays against us.

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He is direct and quick. St Johnstone could be having a quiet game and not

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looking like hurting you and suddenly this guy gets the ball,

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Michael O'Halloran will go at you with pace. He is positive he

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penetrates you. Good strikes on goal. As we saw with Hamilton. A bit

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like Griffiths. To Tannadice next

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and a first home match in charge Last weekend he tore into

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his players after their hammering Would he get the response he wanted

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against Billy Dodd's Ross County? Sean Dillon picks out Mckay

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Rob Maclean has the answer. Fraser. Headed away stretched to

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Foster. Woods. Great hit. Just a fraction away from that top corner.

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There is Boyce. Disappointed with the header. Unmarked in the middle.

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Ross County's top goal-scorer should have done better.

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He has hauled down by Aidan Connelly. He may have dropped the

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card but it was yellow for the Dundee United substitute.

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Whistles from the Dundee United fans. The final whistle can't come

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quick enough. Michael Bardeen. Threatening and he is hacked down by

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Connelly. He is not long on, the 20-year-old Aidan Connelly. Two

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yellow cards add up to red card. They are down to ten men in stoppage

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time. This must be the last chance of the

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match. Tipped over by Szromnik. Dundee

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United can celebrate a win, it hasn't happened too often this

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season. We knew Ross County would give us a

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good test and they did. We more than matched that. The boys were

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aggressive. They were ready for the second ball and longer balls that

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Ross County play so well. Their strikers movement was nullified

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quite well. Even then, they showed the dangerous team they can be. We

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are disappointed. We felt a point was the least we deserved. We have

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got to grin and bear it. Get ready for Celtic on Sunday. We all heard

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strong words from Mixu Paatelainen accusing his players being a soft

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touch. They got the victory over yourselves yesterday. He obviously

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got a reaction from his players. He certainly did. You could see they

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were lacking a bit of confidence, Dundee United but they gave their

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manager everything. Whatever he said, they got a response, they were

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determined. They showed aggression. They were probably the better team

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in the first half but in the second half, we had them backend back a

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bit. It was a nothing penalty. -- pinned them back. Priceless three

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points. Let's get the penalty, was it a penalty? The referee wasn't

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convincing. He had a good game yesterday. Matt Woods... He just

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stops. It is the momentum that takes Fraser into him. Good play from

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Fraser. He just moves the ball. Woods just stops. Taking it. We were

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hoping it was outside but it was just in. Moves united to within two

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of Partick Thistle. Massive victory and his first victory for Mixu

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Paatelainen, a massive victory. A big lift for him and the club. Only

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two points away from Partick Thistle. For all the doom and gloom

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around the club, they are within touching distance once again to

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people above them. They will try and build on that. How is the feeling at

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Ross County? Going well, fifth place, 18 points, Celtic, next

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weekend on Sunday. Hard one of games. We have left a few points

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behind. Some teams will say that. Missed opportunities like yesterday.

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If you have said to me, would I love 21 points and semifinal cup

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competition? We have 18, sitting fifth, we are always being greedy.

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Let's get greedy. If there will be no race for the top spot in the

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league, what about the race for the second-place? Aberdeen, Hart, say --

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St Johnstone, yourselves? We would need a good run. Like last season.

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Aberdeen, hearts, Dundee United, Celtic, Inverness. No disrespect to

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them, but teams will be looking at us, capable of taking points off us

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but we are looking at getting a good all in playing those teams.

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Motherwell in the mix? Time will tell. A long way to go. There is,

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and consistency from any club in the league, it is that even between

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certain clubs. Any game can go any given way on its

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day. If you can just build the Menton and get consistency, you will

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be right up there. So that's how the table looks

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on the first day of November. Celtic six ahead of Hearts who move

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ahead of Aberdeen into second. St Johnstone make a big jump

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into fouth place, that big win for Dundee United brings them right

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back into contention at the bottom. To the Championship now and

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there's only one place to start. Rangers took

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their perfect record to Easter Road, Hibs knew it could be win or bust in

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the race for automatic promotion. Rob Maclean is

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your match commentator. COMMENTATOR: One change for Hibs in

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their biggest game of the season so far. Liam Fontaine left out. Manager

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Alan Stubbs includes the midfielder instead. Danny Wilson returning.

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Nicky Clarke starts and the two shopping out including Kenny

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Miller. A popular phrase this season.

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Clark's stepped over. Halt halt. Screams for a penalty. Holt Again.

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Free kick given but no penalty for this.

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The ball is hustled out of play by the Rangers captain, Lee Wallace.

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Jason Cummings gets himself away from Danny Wilson. That is right out

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of the top drawer from Hibs. Top goal-scorer strikes again. An

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unstoppable. Got a half yard away from Wilson and

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then got the shot past Foderingham. One -02 Hibs, it is a dream start

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with the home team ahead inside 11 minutes -- 1-0, to. Wallace powering

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forward. Clark. Great touch from the Hibs goalkeeper. It was a big chance

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to get his goals into double figures. The nearest attaches from

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the goalkeeper but so important. Why and Tavernier so many goals between

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them, those two. Wallace. Deflected. All square. Two minutes into the

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second half. A big touch off the former Rangers

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player, Darren McGregor. The keeper had no chance. It was heading wide

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from Wallace. It needed the deflection.

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One against two. Tavernier Came out on top. Neat little flick. Wallace!

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Deflected and onto the crossbar. What an escape for Hibs, great

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goalkeeping again. What an important touch this is from McGregor.

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Flicking the goal bound effort from Wallace. Away from Kiernan.

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Cummings. Can he score again. Wallace, to get that away. I am not

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sure Foderingham knew too much about this. As Cummings slipped away from

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Kiernan. Big opportunity. It smacked the goalkeeper in the face.

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Halliday. Curling effort off the base of the post. So close to 2-1,

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Rangers. Really good effort. Andy Halliday. That has gone wide.

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This was considerably closer from the on loan Tottenham player.

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Deflected. Back off the post. The free kick is on target. It had

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to be touched over the top by Foderingham, a save you expected him

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to make. McGinn, that can be a massive goal for Hibernian. Escaping

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the clutches of Tavernier, he makes it 2-1. Tavernier, Waghorn.

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Rangers' top goal-scorer disappointed he missed the target by

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a long way. In goes Frazier, Rangers do not like the challenge. There is

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a pushing match going on, Martin Waghorn, Dominic Ball getting

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involved. After that challenge went down badly. John Beaton with a big

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job is and is. I wanted estimate a statement we were in there, chasing

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Rangers as much as we can. The biggest thing, they have had an

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unbelievable start, you have to recognise that. For that

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unbelievable start, we only five points behind, telling us how good

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we have been. Never one to get beaten, we learn from that, it hurts

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to lose. If you have a bad performance, you deserve it. We

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deserved it. Hopefully next week we can play better. Great game, keeping

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the Championship very much alive. Hibernian five points behind

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Rangers. Good showing from both sides. Were Hibernian deserved

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winners? I had to say, excellent game. Both teams went at it. Hibs

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got their goal, Rangers got one back. Once Hibs got the second, they

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saw the game out. Lots of chances, action, magnificent. Great strike

:47:28.:47:32.

from Jason Cummings, is he the new Leigh Griffiths? The Hibs fans will

:47:33.:47:37.

be hoping so. A real thorn in Rangers side. He has scored five or

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six goals against them. Could not have caught that any sweeter. Alan

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Stubbs' post match interview, he says he is improving all the time,

:47:49.:47:51.

the all-round game getting better and better. Interest from clubs down

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now. Interesting to see if they can keep him. A bit like Leigh

:47:58.:48:03.

Griffiths' progress. Rangers chopping points for the first time.

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The manager changing tactics lately. How did that work. They lost a

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bitter height at set pieces. The three centre halves. They said they

:48:13.:48:20.

were going to play Ball as a centre fielder. Tavernier was in there.

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They take one of the centre halves off Emma they lose a bit of hype.

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3-2, then they start getting 2-2, foot races. Excellent chance to make

:48:40.:48:45.

it 2-1. There is the height difference again, Tavernier marking

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him. Wilson was off, suddenly one short. It proved costly. Positive

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substitute. He tried to win the game. In terms of the goalkeeper, a

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mistake? He gets caught underneath it. The pace of the board does him.

:49:04.:49:09.

Lovely ball in, from McGinn, he deserved Man of the Match. If Adam

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Rooney scores of chances, different game, this penalty shout early on.

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What was your view? Should it have been a penalty? In my eyes, definite

:49:22.:49:27.

penalty. Only have to look at Stevenson's reaction. The hands go

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up, saying sorry. Yes, for me. Should this one have been a red

:49:35.:49:40.

card? Interesting tackle. Two feet. Right off the ground. No booking.

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Not really in control. What has saved him, he got the ball, not the

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man. If he gets anything of the man, borderline red card. He was going to

:49:52.:49:57.

win this Championship? A bit like the SPL. You have Rangers, what they

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have at their disposal, the budget. Size of the squad. Hibs, big club,

:50:04.:50:09.

good players. I like their consistency. You would have to say

:50:10.:50:14.

Rangers will probably go and win the title. Would you be surprised if

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Hibs came up in the play-off? Falkirk, were in action yesterday

:50:18.:50:20.

knowing a win over St Mirren could Connie McLaughlin has the story

:50:21.:50:23.

of the game. Falkirk have had the best start to

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the season since 2004. They wanted that to continue against America's a

:50:40.:50:45.

close range effort against Lingfield. The on form striker John

:50:46.:50:59.

Baird added a second. Into the second half, the Saints almost

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replied. Long-range effort from Stevie Mallon not quite on target.

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Things were getting better, Jack Baird sent off for this. Look like

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handball, denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity. Denver

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highlight of the match if you were Falkirk fan. Securing all three

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points Falkirk. St Mirren's horror show you the day ended even worse.

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Another red card, this time Craig Reid, the referee with no choice but

:51:42.:51:48.

to send him off. Not a great day for St Mirren, ending the match with

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nine men. The Championship table looking very interesting. After that

:51:57.:52:02.

fantastic victory, Falkirk up to 23 points. St Mirren, joint second

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bottom alongside Livingston and Dumbarton. Scott McDonald, do

:52:07.:52:16.

Falkirk have a chance of finishing second? Will they have to be content

:52:17.:52:21.

with a place in the play-offs? They will have to continue the form they

:52:22.:52:24.

will have to continue the form there shivering they got beat by Hibs last

:52:25.:52:28.

week, a bit of a dent to those aspirations. They will be on the

:52:29.:52:34.

coat-tails of Hibs, for the duration of the season. Interestingly looking

:52:35.:52:39.

at St Mirren, 11 point gap for the play-offs. Slowly getting bigger and

:52:40.:52:44.

bigger. Not getting all to well in Paisley. Massive game next weekend

:52:45.:52:50.

St Mirren at home to Hibs. They will want to follow up with a victory

:52:51.:52:54.

after that win against Rangers. How worrying for St Mirren, they would

:52:55.:52:59.

expect to be higher up the table? I spoke to the manager, he said they

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have a two year plan to get back to the SPL. They are a bit off the

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pace. They need a couple of wins to get confidence. They have made some

:53:10.:53:14.

good signings, good players, but winning a couple, you get the

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confidence back. Going to be a very competitive division, that is for

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sure. My thanks to Billy Dodds and Scott McDonald.

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The countdown to Christmas has begun.

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From all of us, until next weekend - goodnight.

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