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I need your help. How do you find a winner? It is | :01:05. | :01:12. | |
right before your very eyes. Eight clubs remain, one of them is | :01:12. | :01:21. | |
the victor, one of them at the top of the circus. Will it be Ayr | :01:21. | :01:29. | |
United or Hibernian? Ayr have only defeated Hibs before. Can they | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
achieve this again? Hearts similarly cannot be broken against | :01:33. | :01:43. | |
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St Mirren. Celtic and Dundee United have met each other in four finals. | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
Celtic fast on every occasion. Motherwell last won at the Scottish | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
Cup in 1991, beating Aberdeen on the way. Could this be a | :01:55. | :02:02. | |
coincidence? I think we know who it could be, but we must wait for them | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
to show themselves? Who will be top of this circus? Player, manager, up | :02:08. | :02:18. | |
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Today, four teams spying at place in their finals of the William Hill | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
Scottish club. Extensive highlights of both cap ties with Pat Nevin and | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
myself, the man who led out St Mirren against Hearts today. | :02:44. | :02:52. | |
Targeting a trip to Hampden, with a part in this compelling cap tie. | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
First division Ayr United got to this season's semi-finals, with | :02:57. | :03:05. | |
their sights set on the last four of the Scottish Cup. Hibs were | :03:05. | :03:13. | |
there at last season. Good lightning strike twice? Alistair | :03:13. | :03:23. | |
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cup-tied. The old school surroundings of Somerset Park | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
packed to the rafters this afternoon as Ayr and Hibernian | :03:35. | :03:40. | |
battle for a place in the semi- final. Well Holmside losing only | :03:40. | :03:50. | |
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two home matches. -- their home The whistle sounds. We are off and | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
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headway. Roy O'Donovan disputing Nicole. Hibs denied an early | :05:08. | :05:18. | |
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breakthrough. -- disputing the call. That shot should really have been | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
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called. But Roy O'Donovan was early breakthrough. Roy O'Donovan | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
has the breakthrough for the visiting side. It has been a | :06:12. | :06:18. | |
positive start or Hibs. They have the opening goal inside six minutes, | :06:18. | :06:27. | |
a terrific free kick into a very dangerous area. The Ayr defence not | :06:27. | :06:37. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :06:37. | :07:27. | |
tracking Roy O'Donovan and he has The referee has spotted an | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
infringement. It is a yellow card, I think, for Andrew Geggan. There | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
must have been some shoving. Hibernian have a chance to double | :07:41. | :07:50. | |
their lead. Andrew Geggan is holding onto was born, which is | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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spot on and Andrew Geggan only has and Hibernian put themselves right | :08:16. | :08:23. | |
in charge. Ayr United shooting themselves in the foot. League | :08:23. | :08:33. | |
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reports making them pay for it. -- Leigh Griffiths. Power and | :08:36. | :08:46. | |
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Griffiths and United have it all to do. It he sees the replay, he will | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
understand. Perhaps having a complaint about the incident that | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
led to the corner kick when Jonathan Tiffoney thought he was | :09:08. | :09:18. | |
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shut by Ivan Sproule. Certainly an infringement there. Ayr United's | :09:18. | :09:27. | |
complaints are unjustified. Leigh Griffiths penalty was pirate ball. | :09:27. | :09:35. | |
-- powerful. Some repairs required. With the net repaired, we can get | :09:35. | :09:45. | |
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was a real chance for Hibernian. Andrew Dodds completed the | :10:07. | :10:15. | |
clearance. He did really well. Roy O'Donovan could not stretch it | :10:15. | :10:25. | |
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Griffiths. He really has shown what he is all about in this match. He | :10:49. | :10:59. | |
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got the break of the ball. A good this as a potential upset. But | :11:13. | :11:23. | |
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Hibernian have never looked in Leigh Griffiths. The shot too far | :11:58. | :12:05. | |
away. Another good Hibernian moved. Griffiths started it out with the | :12:05. | :12:10. | |
pass. Men back into the path of Leigh Griffiths. A couple of yards | :12:11. | :12:20. | |
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half to a close. At half-time, it is 2-02 Iberian. -- to Hibernian. | :12:49. | :12:59. | |
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Not beach whether today, but fans enjoying their day out. The manager | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
will have had some words to say to his team. They have not been at the | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
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interesting -- interested spectators. They will be looking to | :13:24. | :13:34. | |
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there in the middle. -- gambling. Ayr United would like to get a goal. | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
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The nerves of the Hibernian players That looked as if it was going to | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
end up in the back of the net. Great play by MacGowan. What an | :14:40. | :14:50. | |
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too far away from a second goal. He did well to keep control of the | :15:15. | :15:24. | |
ball. You can see it bouncing off of his fault. Sliding wide of the | :15:24. | :15:34. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :15:34. | :18:30. | |
Scottish Cup tie. Indeed it is. Hibernian are through to the last | :18:30. | :18:39. | |
four of the Scottish Cup. A commanding performance from | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
Hibernian. It has been a struggle for much of the season against the | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
threat of relegation, but there could be Cup glory to come for | :18:52. | :18:59. | |
Hibernian. We started the game really well. We | :18:59. | :19:06. | |
were under pressure. We defended very well. A lot of the decisions | :19:06. | :19:15. | |
seemed to go in favour of Hibs. It is disappointing. The penalty kick, | :19:15. | :19:25. | |
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I think the only person to see it was a penalty kick was the referee. | :19:26. | :19:35. | |
You are in a box. The way things went down, I do not think it was a | :19:35. | :19:45. | |
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penalty. The cane for a battle today. -- we came. I didn't even | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
know that I had broken the net. Could you become the first | :20:02. | :20:09. | |
Hibernian skipper for 110 years to lift the Scottish Cup? Who knows. | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
We got as good as a chance as anyone else. A great result today | :20:13. | :20:23. | |
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Hibs have taken some steps towards survival and the Cup. Well- | :20:30. | :20:37. | |
structured and well organised now. Very hard to break down. It was a | :20:37. | :20:47. | |
bit flaky at the back before, but things have changed now. A steady | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
influence at the back, but if you look at the midfield, it Stevenson | :20:51. | :21:01. | |
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and Osborne together, they looked really good because they are strong. | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
It allows the players who have greater flair to go out there and | :21:07. | :21:16. | |
create opportunities. You saw them at close hand, Jim. Do you see them | :21:16. | :21:22. | |
taken steps forward? Yes. There have been fast improvements. It has | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
taken a few weeks for Pat to get his ideas across to them, but it | :21:28. | :21:37. | |
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seems now to be working. At the start of the season, you felt when | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
he played heaps that you had a good chance. They seemed to have | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
tightened things up and they look like a better team. Hibs or asleep | :21:50. | :22:00. | |
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knew what Ayr United were capable of. They were quite impressive when | :22:00. | :22:10. | |
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they came out. This was within the That is nice trickery and nice | :22:18. | :22:26. | |
skill. Osborne is tried to get into the box as well. That was a | :22:26. | :22:35. | |
fabulous golf. And there is great awareness from O'Donovan as well. | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
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It is all about the delivery. Just the slightest touch takes it in. | :22:46. | :22:52. | |
That was Hibs one up inside six minutes. We heard Geggan pleading | :22:52. | :23:02. | |
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his innocence. The manager was fuming about the penalty award, but | :23:02. | :23:09. | |
what do you think? The referee is in a fabulous position and you | :23:09. | :23:16. | |
can't argue with that. But he has grabbed a player and thrown into | :23:16. | :23:24. | |
the ground. The referee has made the right decision, but there is | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
also a part of its where if you do give to everyone, there will be a | :23:30. | :23:40. | |
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lot of penalties. The feeling is it happens all the time and penalties | :23:43. | :23:47. | |
are given. He obviously wasn't watching last weekend at Ibrox | :23:47. | :23:57. | |
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As a defender, if you are going to wrestle with your opponent in the | :24:04. | :24:13. | |
box, you always run the risk of a penalty. It is pure obstruction, | :24:13. | :24:20. | |
but there are fine lines. If he was the Continental leagues, that is | :24:20. | :24:24. | |
happening constantly. It has to be happening across the board. You | :24:25. | :24:28. | |
have to know that is a penalty. Absolutely. If we see the same | :24:28. | :24:34. | |
thing next week and penalties are given, then we will probably speak | :24:34. | :24:40. | |
about it again. As a player, you just asked for consistency. I would | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
love to defend Geggan. Looking at it from what I have just seen, it | :24:44. | :24:54. | |
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is definitely a penalty. Leigh Griffiths burst the net. As he | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
walked up to it, I thought, you are only taking two steps and you will | :25:00. | :25:07. | |
never get the power. Wrong! There was nothing the goalkeeper could do. | :25:07. | :25:17. | |
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He just looks reborn. The net was burst, but his work-rate is good. | :25:21. | :25:30. | |
He has great team spirit. We did not really see much of Ayr United | :25:30. | :25:40. | |
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as an attacking force until the second half. When you slow it down, | :25:41. | :25:51. | |
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MP is definitely in the right place at the right time. -- he is | :25:53. | :26:03. | |
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definitely. This is definitely the right place at the right time. He | :26:05. | :26:15. | |
knows where to go. You go to where the danger is going to be. You give | :26:15. | :26:21. | |
the goalkeeper credit though. was felt big decisions went against | :26:21. | :26:31. | |
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Ayr United. The should have been a penalty for a handball. It would | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
have been terribly harsh on Hibs for that to be a penalty. He | :26:35. | :26:40. | |
doesn't even know where the ball is at the time. He'd just news his arm | :26:40. | :26:50. | |
back. He does touch it, but I disagree. He has had part of the | :26:50. | :27:00. | |
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6,000 strong crowd which tells you how strong the Hibs faithful are. | :27:02. | :27:09. | |
still think they have got a chance, but they are real outsiders. Celtic | :27:09. | :27:16. | |
are much more favoured. Even Hearts can win again. It has been a tough | :27:17. | :27:26. | |
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year for Hibernian. DC Hibs as contenders? -- do you see Hibs as | :27:30. | :27:38. | |
contenders? Well, credit to them for reaching the semi-finals. This | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
is the thing about Cup finals. It is all about what happened on that | :27:43. | :27:48. | |
day. They are in the next round and fair play to them. The first of the | :27:48. | :27:53. | |
quarter-finals was live on the BBC at lunchtime today. It was Hearts | :27:53. | :28:03. | |
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against St Mirren at Tynecastle. 20 years after their meeting where a | :28:03. | :28:13. | |
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hat-trick sorted things out. Let us fixture for a while. The last St | :28:30. | :28:35. | |
Mirren win here was Boxing Day it 2007. It is also 51 years since the | :28:35. | :28:45. | |
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Paisley side won here. They have not played tear every season there. | :28:47. | :28:57. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :28:57. | :29:46. | |
Only kept his cards and his pocket once this season. -- in his pocket. | :29:46. | :29:56. | |
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one of pilot books and they are doing just that. -- start the game | :30:19. | :30:29. | |
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What a chance for St Mirren, a great link-up play. He just does | :30:43. | :30:53. | |
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not get his foot through it, like it, it has to be said, and the | :31:33. | :31:41. | |
St Mirren players cannot believe it. You have to ask if they are and is | :31:41. | :31:51. | |
in an unnatural position. -- if the arm. I just do not think you would | :31:51. | :32:01. | |
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Tremendous link up work will once again. A great pass and you would | :32:14. | :32:21. | |
fancy Paul McGowan to at least hit the target. He sizes up the | :32:21. | :32:28. | |
opportunity. But at the last second, you try to get that power, of the | :32:28. | :32:38. | |
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St Mirren are just cutting off Hearts at the moment. He goes for | :33:03. | :33:13. | |
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power, hits the defender, then it team of end to end a good ball. | :33:47. | :33:57. | |
Hearts the closest to scoring so far. This is a night near four | :33:57. | :34:02. | |
defenders. In the box, you cannot afford to throw yourself into a | :34:02. | :34:10. | |
challenge. The goalkeepers do so well. And the has happened up the | :34:10. | :34:20. | |
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free kick. -- a claim of a foul. The this is a real chance, a | :34:44. | :34:54. | |
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perfect position for a free kick. It is Graham Carey and it is 1-0. | :34:58. | :35:04. | |
An outstanding free kick from Graham Carey. St Mirren draw first | :35:04. | :35:14. | |
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blood. Just looking at this, it has gone right through the hole in the | :35:15. | :35:19. | |
wall. I do not understand how a player was at the age and allowed | :35:19. | :35:25. | |
that through. Maybe it is to let the goalkeeper look through that | :35:25. | :35:31. | |
gap, but it has cost Hearts, because Graham Carey used that gap | :35:31. | :35:41. | |
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that is a corner. It is all hands to the pump for Hearts. Gary Teale | :35:58. | :36:08. | |
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has the corner. Some tenacity, showing he will not be bullied. A | :36:33. | :36:43. | |
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makes Hearts level. A perfect header from a striker. A good ball. | :36:59. | :37:07. | |
A decent run. Right in the bottom corner. A great header. You can | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
take nothing away from Craig Beattie. A perfect header from a | :37:13. | :37:21. | |
really good corner kicks. 1 goal for Craig Beattie. Hearts going to | :37:21. | :37:31. | |
make a change. Rudi Skacel is going to come on. I one the it the | :37:31. | :37:38. | |
manager was going to do it. Then his team that scored, then he | :37:38. | :37:45. | |
waited maybe five or ten minutes. He knows that Rudi Skacel has a | :37:45. | :37:50. | |
record of scoring against St Mirren, so he puts on a player whom he | :37:50. | :38:00. | |
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It will not count. Craig Beattie did so well to get that on target. | :38:18. | :38:28. | |
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All think it would go your way. -- and hoping. And it was massive let | :38:32. | :38:42. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :38:42. | :39:41. | |
off for St Mirren. At half-time, it cannot believe it. Chances do not | :39:41. | :39:51. | |
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come any better. A good move from Hearts, a wonderful flak. -- flick. | :39:54. | :40:04. | |
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Decent moves, but you have got to is complete. And what a surprise, | :40:20. | :40:27. | |
it is Rudi Skacel. Absolutely incredible. The record this lad has | :40:27. | :40:33. | |
against St Mirren. He continually scores against them. Major shooting | :40:33. | :40:42. | |
ability. The right place at the right time. Quality ball into the | :40:42. | :40:50. | |
box. That is a brilliant header from the midfielder. No chance for | :40:50. | :40:59. | |
the goalkeeper, right in the bottom corner. What a start for Hearts. | :40:59. | :41:09. | |
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What a signing Craig Beattie is or Hearts. -- for Hearts. A major | :41:10. | :41:20. | |
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but it came off. Act cannot believe he does not build the trigger. He | :41:34. | :41:44. | |
tries the trick to drag it inside. But he was crowded out. He takes an | :41:44. | :41:54. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :41:54. | :42:37. | |
extra touch, allowing the defender Steven Thomson. He has to do better | :42:37. | :42:42. | |
than that. Moves to Danny Grainger pull stop touching beside by | :42:42. | :42:50. | |
himself, but Nigel Hasslebaink just underneath it, just when St Mirren | :42:50. | :43:00. | |
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gone in. It did not look likely. St Mirren are still in the Scottish | :43:24. | :43:31. | |
Cup. Incredible. I have no idea how he gets that in the back of the net. | :43:31. | :43:40. | |
I got my chance had gone. Somehow, the players just kept at that. Many | :43:40. | :43:47. | |
could blocks. He gets across, 80 but comes off the heel of Maria's | :43:47. | :43:55. | |
the Leuchars, St Mary and have grab themselves an equaliser. -- off the | :43:55. | :44:05. | |
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heel of Marius Zaliukas. That will go down as an own goal. Delight for | :44:09. | :44:19. | |
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kick. This is what led to the goal. Hasselbaink was there, slapping | :44:25. | :44:35. | |
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That looked as if it was just on the line when he caught it. -- a | :44:56. | :45:04. | |
nightmare for the goalkeeper. Moving towards the final minute now. | :45:04. | :45:14. | |
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They will have to do it all over again on 21st March, that is a week | :45:39. | :45:48. | |
on Wednesday. Full-time at Tynecastle. That was a cracking Cup | :45:48. | :45:57. | |
title, wasn't it? I thought it was a high quality quarter-final draw. | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
Credit to both sets of players. They played in a very good manner | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
and it was an entertaining game. I was disappointed because we lost | :46:09. | :46:19. | |
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a stupid goal. We defend all the time very well, but there's got a | :46:19. | :46:29. | |
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free kick. We lost in the last five minutes. You ruled offside - that | :46:29. | :46:35. | |
you were ruled offside. Was that disappointing? A corset was. | :46:35. | :46:39. | |
asked at half-time whether it was offside and I was told that they | :46:39. | :46:47. | |
did not know. I am very disappointed and so are the lads. | :46:47. | :46:57. | |
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Fancy them on your own patch? That was really entertaining stuff. | :47:05. | :47:14. | |
For Manucho., it was very entertaining football. -- from a | :47:14. | :47:20. | |
neutral point, it was very entertaining football. Sometimes | :47:20. | :47:28. | |
gained don't work out, but you had a we'll go. We did. We were | :47:28. | :47:37. | |
training all week. The first half an hour, I thought we were well on | :47:37. | :47:41. | |
top. Disappointed not to take a number of a were chances, but it | :47:41. | :47:45. | |
was an excellent game and we are delighted to still be in the Cup at | :47:45. | :47:50. | |
this moment in time. One of those games where both teams can claim | :47:50. | :48:00. | |
they did enough to win it means that a draw was right. You want to | :48:00. | :48:04. | |
start on the front foot and put a bit of pressure on. Being the home | :48:04. | :48:08. | |
side they do not expect that. I put the style and standard of play was | :48:08. | :48:18. | |
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fantastic. He could not have dreamed of creating more in that | :48:18. | :48:28. | |
first half an hour. We started getting the likes of hassle back on | :48:28. | :48:31. | |
the goat in dangerous areas. There was a great chance there, but it | :48:31. | :48:38. | |
was unfortunate he was not further in the corner. I wonder if at this | :48:38. | :48:42. | |
stage when you are creating all the chances, will this be the St Mirren | :48:42. | :48:46. | |
story again way you do so much and when you are ahead in the game, you | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
do not stick your chances away? It's has been well documented in | :48:50. | :48:56. | |
the past about how weak dominate position and create chances and we | :48:56. | :48:59. | |
lack the power at the end of them. But it was very pleasing today to | :48:59. | :49:09. | |
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get both goals. At times, has a back is unplayable. He yes. -- yes. | :49:17. | :49:26. | |
However, he does have a couple of lovely tricks. When St Mirren were | :49:26. | :49:36. | |
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in control, he was generally at the centre of it. Hasselbaink had a | :49:38. | :49:42. | |
great first half, went a bit quiet, but then came back near the end of | :49:42. | :49:51. | |
the game. MacGowan was involved in a lot of what we have seen. You | :49:51. | :49:54. | |
will miss him in the replay because he was booked, which means he will | :49:54. | :50:00. | |
not play again. Unfortunately, he was suspended. He is a key player | :50:00. | :50:04. | |
for us and probably the player of the year, to be honest. He makes us | :50:05. | :50:10. | |
tick. He is a very brave player in the sense that he takes the ball | :50:10. | :50:15. | |
when he is marked. When there are players about him, he still wants | :50:15. | :50:20. | |
the ball. He is a fantastic player for us, but we have got a decent | :50:20. | :50:25. | |
squad and somebody else will come in in the replay. Should you have | :50:25. | :50:31. | |
had a penalty before you did score? On the commentary, Craig Paterson | :50:31. | :50:41. | |
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reckoned know. We had a couple of penalty shot. -- shops. There was a | :50:45. | :50:50. | |
decent connection on the ball and I think it should have been a penalty. | :50:50. | :50:55. | |
It is a tough call for the referee. A weather, I think that one was a | :50:55. | :51:00. | |
penalty. Her diplomatic of view. Having the Gentleman to your left | :51:00. | :51:07. | |
will agree. If you have ever played, because the ball has been shot on | :51:07. | :51:11. | |
target, you think if it is not on target and it is not deliberate, | :51:11. | :51:15. | |
and this is not a deliberate handball, but if the score is on | :51:15. | :51:22. | |
target, those players will accept it. If you get the same handball on | :51:22. | :51:30. | |
the line and it stops it going in the goal, then it's completely | :51:30. | :51:40. | |
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different. Did St Mirren cash in on the whole in the wall? Graham works | :51:44. | :51:48. | |
really hard on these during the week and I am delighted that this | :51:48. | :51:53. | |
came off. People talk about that gap in the wall. I can see why | :51:53. | :52:02. | |
McDonald does it. The goalkeeper is standing behind the wall. He can | :52:03. | :52:09. | |
see they are about to shoot. He then takes a step to his right, | :52:09. | :52:18. | |
which is the last thing you do in a situation like that. Hot weather, I | :52:18. | :52:25. | |
think beat keeper did well today. He kept St Mirren out. -- the | :52:25. | :52:35. | |
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keeper. I would defend McDonald in terms of setting up the wall. They | :52:36. | :52:40. | |
like to keep a gap so they can have a clear view of the ball before it | :52:40. | :52:47. | |
is struck. What killed him is that he took a couple of steps to the | :52:47. | :52:54. | |
right. I'm delighted it went in because he works very hard and | :52:54. | :52:59. | |
deserved it. Craig Beattie was a big plus for Hearts, wasn't he? | :52:59. | :53:09. | |
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think he was fantastic today. -- I think. His work-rate was fabulous | :53:10. | :53:20. | |
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today. His confidence has grown and I love what he put into the game. | :53:21. | :53:31. | |
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He held the power up, he ran the corners. My problem with this is I | :53:33. | :53:43. | |
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do not know what Gary is doing. He is too close to the post. Maybe it. | :53:47. | :53:51. | |
A ball. I thought Craig Beattie played a fabulous game. The did you | :53:51. | :53:57. | |
think that the time it was offside? At the time, I did. I have seen it | :53:57. | :54:04. | |
back and clearly he is not offside. But I must say, I think we should | :54:04. | :54:14. | |
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have had a penalty. I guess we just don't know how the game would have | :54:14. | :54:23. | |
developed had Hearts gone two-one up at half-time. It's a mistake by | :54:23. | :54:27. | |
the officials. They made a couple of mistakes today. It is a hard one | :54:27. | :54:34. | |
to call there. When you slow it down and freeze it though, it looks | :54:34. | :54:42. | |
obvious. In the end, I put it was a fair result. It would be wrong to | :54:43. | :54:48. | |
point the finger at the assistant, but it was Gary she and if anyone | :54:48. | :54:58. | |
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wants to know! It seems that Craig went down south and filled out. He | :55:02. | :55:06. | |
is more of a physical presence. He leads the line very well. He has | :55:06. | :55:12. | |
got great timing. He had had a decent career up to now and I am | :55:12. | :55:21. | |
glad to see him back. We need quality strikers up here. I take it | :55:21. | :55:27. | |
you were not too pleased to see Skacel coming on the pitch. We were | :55:27. | :55:32. | |
quite surprised when the team sheet came in before the game that he was | :55:32. | :55:40. | |
not on it. Prior to the game, he has got eight goals in five games | :55:40. | :55:49. | |
against us. He scored a hat-trick against us last time. It was more | :55:49. | :55:55. | |
shoulder and head, but he just get into grey areas. He is trying to | :55:55. | :56:05. | |
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angle it into that area anyway. It is on Craig Beattie's bad fault. -- | :56:07. | :56:16. | |
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fought. Had that goal been decisive, it would have been hard to take | :56:17. | :56:21. | |
because of how much you have dominated the first half an hour? | :56:21. | :56:25. | |
Absolutely. I think the game was a game of two halves. We dominated | :56:25. | :56:32. | |
the majority of the first half and Hearts dominated the second. | :56:32. | :56:37. | |
Overall, the draw was a fair result. It was a great game and very | :56:37. | :56:46. | |
entertaining. We are just delighted to still be in the Cup. And you're | :56:46. | :56:50. | |
going to tell me use of the equaliser coming all along? | :56:50. | :56:58. | |
thought that we turn off 15 minutes to go, we could come back in. | :56:58. | :57:08. | |
Hasselbaink got a second wind. referee is in a great position | :57:08. | :57:17. | |
there to see it, but he did it. He probably deserved it go at the end | :57:17. | :57:24. | |
of the day. A I think so. To come at that stage of the game, it was a | :57:24. | :57:34. | |
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great reward for all the hard work we put into the game. He was great, | :57:34. | :57:43. | |
and he got that burst of energy at the end. Nigel was great for us all | :57:43. | :57:48. | |
day long. He had a little quiet spell, but he came up trumps in the | :57:48. | :57:55. | |
end. The drama was not finished after the game because Craig Samson | :57:55. | :58:00. | |
decided to lay a hand on ball outside the penalty area. Lucky | :58:00. | :58:08. | |
break here? It does seem like a lucky break, but in real time it is | :58:08. | :58:12. | |
a difficult call for the linesman to make. When you stop it there, | :58:12. | :58:21. | |
maybe it does look outside the box. If that had gone against us, we | :58:21. | :58:30. | |
would have been devastated. Quick word about tomorrow's to quarter- | :58:30. | :58:37. | |
finals. It has been an exciting start. I expect some director beat | :58:37. | :58:45. | |
fantastic as well. They are quite balanced ties. Because Dundee | :58:45. | :58:53. | |
United are at home, they will give it their all. Let us have a quick | :58:53. | :58:58. | |
look at the Sunday papers. The headlines you will be looking at on | :58:58. | :59:08. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds | :59:08. | :59:49. | |
1 SPL matchplay today. Kilmarnock moved above Aberdeen in the table. | :59:49. | :59:59. | |
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