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Good afternoon, welcome to the results show. Shorter than normal, I

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hope you don't enjoy it too much, they might just give us half an hour

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every week! Between now and five o'clock, it is about title races and

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beating the drop. And the League Cup final tomorrow. Darren Jackson and

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Tom English drawing us today. Welcome. More from them later, the

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games are afoot. It is time to muster our reporters. Chip Young, we

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have not heard from him in a while. You are watching Aberdeen play come

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on it. I think your timing is perfect. Shea Logan with a diving

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header has given Aberdeen a 2-1 lead. They went ahead before

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half-time. Within two minutes into the second half, Josh Magennis, the

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old Aberdeen player, with an equaliser. But Logan has got a

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dramatic diving header to put them 2-1 ahead. Next, to the Highlands,

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Inverness play Hamilton. Martin Dowden is watching. Carlton Morris

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delivering a massive goal, as Hamilton looked to pull away from

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the relegation play-off places. Inverness are being dragged back

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towards it with their top starting to stumble. Next, Dens Park with

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Brian McLaughlin, watching Dundee play Haas. Walker seventh goal of

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the season, eight minutes into the second half. It's a fantastic game

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of football with a lot of chances at both ends. Almost 1500 fans here.

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Terry Kitchin, the American, has come on as a substitute for the

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first time. -- Perry Kitchen. 74 minutes gone

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here, St Mirren had a half-time lead thanks to a penalty, before being

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kept back by Gary Oliver's header. One minute later, Callum Tapping

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restored St Mirren's lead. What is happening there? Intriguing stuff,

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especially at Pitt Drew. It's another test for the Dons tool, it

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is one each and they seem to be passing it? Yes, it is dramatic

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stuff. Aberdeen keep getting into hairy situations, and recently they

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are getting out of them. That was a brilliant goal from Logan, this

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would be a fantastic three points for him. Speaking of hairy

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situations, I'm not talking about your beard but Inverness against

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Hamilton? Things are looking perilous fall Caley Thistle? If they

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lose? Yes, it is a poor result for them. Going up to Inverness is

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always a hard game but Hamilton look like they are doing very well today

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and it was a great finish. Hart on like they are doing very well today

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course for doing well? Walker scored again, that is five in his last

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seven? You are a fan? Yes, I'm surprised that the international

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manager is not a fan. I would have thought that he should be in the

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squad. I think he is doing well enough to merit a call-up. He is a

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brilliant player. Queen of the South, if the bodies hold onto a

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win, can they speak into the play-offs? They put themselves into

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the play-offs at the end of the season but you can only start by

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today. Winning 2-1, they would be delighted with that. The great thing

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this season is that every game at this stage, there is a big game for

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about every team. The lunchtime match at Firhill, imported for

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Celtic in terms of their title prospects. And Partick Thistle in

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terms of top six positions, and pulling away from relegation

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play-offs. If you don't know what happened,

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let's enlighten you. Potentially massive three points in

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the league title race for Celtic and Ronny Deila, Celtic in the end

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edging competitively. The first half was well matched, Celtic created

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plenty of chances. Partick Thistle created one or two with Craig Gordon

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having to make a couple of good saves. Just on the stroke of

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half-time, the predatory Leigh Griffiths got his 35th goal of the

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season. The goalkeeper managed to get a hand to it. The second half

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started well, Callum McGregor doubled Celtic's advantage. A Gary

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Mackay-Steven pass on knocking it past the goalkeeper. Celtic pretty

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much controlled the rest of the match, that was until Erik

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Sviatchenko was penalised for a poll on Wallace, allowing Welsh to

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dispatch a penalty past Craig Gordon. It gave This all something

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minutes but they could not get it. minutes but they could not get it.

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-- Caley Thistle. Final score 2-1.

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It was a jittery closing few minutes? Yes, but I think they were

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comfortable until then. With five minutes to go, the way results have

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been going, they would have panicked. But I'm pleased K Stephen.

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-- for Mackay-Steven. He's feeling part of it again. You were there?

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Yes, there were eight attempts on goal in the first half. There would

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have been a similar number in the second half but bizarrely it turned

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into a really nervous last five minutes. I do not think it was a

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penalty but they are full value for the win. It was just a little closer

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than it should have been. They should have been able to save it.

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Leigh Griffiths taken off at the end of the match.

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Last week I watched them through their toys out the plan. I think

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they are anxious to get 40 goals. 35 is an achievement. He scores goals

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for fun, that is what he does. Will they be anxious now? I do not think

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so. They had chances in the first half today. One chance in the second

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half, I think they are fine. I think they are safe. They are in a bit of

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a hole at the moment, they did well in November and December, they've

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gone off the boil a bit but they are doing fine. They played and lost to

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Hearts, Aberdeen, played Celtic and lost to them.

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Let's look at the fixtures to come. It's OK saying they have so many

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points and four games in hand, but playing one after the other midweek,

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it is hard when you don't have a huge squad. But I'm sure they will

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be delighted with the point and the games they have got. Let's go to

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last night and the match between Motherwell and Dundee United at Fir

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Park. A Motherwell win would lift them into the top six, United could

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do with a win to help them in their desperate attempt to dodge the drop.

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It turns out it was a notable win for Motherwell coming from behind?

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It was full of character, and in fairness to Dundee, a brilliant

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opening goal. I thought, here we go... The Houdini act will have

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another chapter tonight. At Motherwell come back and win the

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game, they are a team on form -- but Motherwell come back. They had a

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mountain to climb at the bottom of the league, Dundee, but if it is the

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same today for Kilmarnock it keeps the gap at eight. Motherwell could I

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up European places next season? It depends how quickly they can change.

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They are down the bottom, then the top six. They have a really

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different team, Scott McDonald comes off and plays. What if Scott

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McDonald is sent off? Should he have been? I thought it was a

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sending-off, there was not a foul for the goal. It shows when you are

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down there, lock does not go for you. Dundee United, I know that you

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believe that they can get out of the automatic relegation spot but it

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looks tough? It was looking tougher when Kilmarnock were drawing and

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Hamilton were winning but I believe they can get into the play-off

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anyway. What was your basis for that belief? I think they have very good

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players and if things went well for them last night, they could have got

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a result. I believe they have a really good squad. I think they will

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get out of it. If you've had occasion to look at the championship

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table, you will see Ranges are 15 points clear at the top. It seems

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the title race is pretty much over, they beat their opponents at Ibrox.

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-- Rangers. It was a Denny Johnstone goal. You

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were questioning whether they could stay? It was on this programme when

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they lost to Falkirk. They were really good that day, and Rangers

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were poor. I really questioned Rangers, but since that weekend,

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they've been excellent. They've dropped a couple of points since

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then, but they've been exceptional and will be worthy winners of the

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league. They have the Scottish Cup draw against Celtic. Coming up in

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the semifinal, that would concentrate their minds wonderfully,

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wouldn't it? There would be no slack at Ibrox? They've done exceptionally

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well. They had a blip but have handled the pressure and the boys

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have stepped up. The cap game -- the cup game, that confidence from last

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week at Dundee will be enormous. They scored four goals, three goals,

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without work on, a fantastic signing. Kenny Miller, what a

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professional he is. Mark Warburton was questioning Gordon Strachan's

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squad, they thought that Wallace should have been in there. You've

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probably written an essay on this, Wallace is not the only notable

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emission? Laconic has scored again today, 21 goals in the championship,

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playing 100 minutes under Strachan in three years. This is a proven

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predator in the championship, he has not got a look in, Jamie Walker,

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Shinnie, Scott Garfield, he's going to be declaring for Canada by the

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sound of it. I could keep you going. I think there is a lot of anger over

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these squads and the guys who have been left out unfairly, I think.

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Should there be more new faces in there? They need more games to get

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all of the players in, but I have a lot of respect for Gordon. I'm sure

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they've sat and looked at the squads and the players. Yes, everyone says

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Lee Wallace, but Tierney, and Wallace, does Wallace want to sit on

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the bench and be part of it? You don't know, but I'm sure that Gordon

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has looked at it and there is reason why he's picked some people for the

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squad, everyone has an dammit. I just

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-- has a go. He knows what these guys can do. He has not given them a

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-- has a go. He knows what these chance, but he knows what James

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Forrest can do. He is in the squad. Sat on the bench. Tony what is in

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ahead of Ross MacCormack. It need someone to explain that to me.

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Let's hear once again from chip, who is watching Aberdeen play

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Kilmarnock. There is a massive sense of relief around the ground. Nervous

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Aberdeen fans after the equaliser from Magennis. The corner kick that

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second goal came from, I do not think it should have been given. It

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does not look like Jamie MacDonald got a touch on the ball but it was

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given. Barry Robson's delivery was brilliant from the left-hand side.

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Two minutes after the break, it was an equaliser from the former Dons

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striker Magennis, and suddenly Aberdeen... It was a nervous place.

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Logan scored a magnificent diving header, and the places,. Local

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friends looking at the league table can say that once again they are

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only one point behind Celtic. However, still a bit to go but I

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think Aberdeen have a grip on this match now. They are remaining 2-1

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ahead. Let's go to Inverness, Caley Thistle were trailing 1-0 when we

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last heard, any change? It is the same. That scoreline at the tawdry

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last heard, any change? It is the is music to their ears, it would

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establish a 5-point gap. Inverness are knocking on the door. They had

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one real chance to get back into this and snatch a point. The ball

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was really high in the air, dropping to Michael McGovern but he could not

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get much on it. The ball came to Inverness committee knocked it off

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the post, knocking at the door, as things stand a vital three points.

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Hamilton are on course for those. things stand a vital three points.

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Let's find out about Dundee playing Hearts. 2.5 minutes left, still 1-0.

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Jamie Walker scored eight minutes into this second half, but Dundee

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should be level, they've peppered the Hearts goal in this second area.

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Rory Loy could not find the target, the coach will be asking that

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question at full-time. It was saved by the legs of Alexander. The ball

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went towards the goal, but the ball was blasted clear. Two minutes left

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to play here at dens Park. They are on course for their fourth

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successive win in the league. On course for a trip to Paisley

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next, the 2021 Stadium is the venue of today's match.

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2-1, 87 minutes gone. It started in the 30th minute. A penalty put St

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Mirren ahead. Oliver got a goal. Before I left the office today, I

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said that Stevie Mallon would score. He did, I won't brag about it.

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Queens hit the bar through Jacobs. In the second-half, St Mirren a goal

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disallowed, it it was a calendar drive from that angle, turned in by

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Shankland, that is why it was disallowed for offside.

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It was 1-1 at 62 minutes, Jacobs crossed and it was headed in by

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Oliver. One minute later, Alex Cooper ran down the left-hand side

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for St Mirren and drove in a low cross which was turned into his own

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net by Callum Tapping. Tell me how it is going to finish,

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then?! It is going to finish may be 2-2. Let's take a break and talk

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about the leak cup final, which is live on BBC television tomorrow

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afternoon. We have got this graphic to prove it. There was some mood

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music Dingwall-style today, as they headed south on their mission to win

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their first major trophy. They were successful on their last visit to

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the national stadium, taking care of Celtic in the semifinals, knocking

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out the cup holders with this win at Hampden. This must give them a real

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boost of confidence. Of course. Ross County on their day are a formidable

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side, as are Hibs, which is why it is difficult to call. Neither of

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them are at their best. They were both at their best at the start of

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the season. I am really looking forward to this one. It is a hard

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one to call, isn't it? I was saying to you before the show, Darren, that

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Ross County did not seem to be able to string together a run of

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victories? No,, I have got a lot of respect for what they have achieved

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up there. This would be the icing on the cake. But I have just got a

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sneaky feeling for Hibs, for what they have achieved against

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Premiership teams this year. And I think they have got Premiership

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players in the Hibs team anyway. Somewhat surprisingly, Hibs are the

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favourites with the bookmakers. Surprising because Ross County are a

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Premiership side. However, Hibs have taken care of Premiership opposition

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in the competition, most recently St Johnstone in the semifinals, Darren.

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Yes, that is the big one, going to a semifinal and going against a good

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strong Premiership side. Right penalty! Yes, it was, the referee

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gave it and he put it away well. But it was a massive result. St

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Johnstone are a really good side, a hard side to play against. They have

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taken care of Dundee United and Aberdeen as well on their way to

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this final. Yes. In the two cup competitions they have played nine

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matches, won seven and drawn two, taking care of Premiership

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opposition along the way. Formidable. Not playing great at the

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moment. They are not. I was actually at the Queen's game and I was at

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thes game as well. Things just not going their way at the

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did not actually play really badly. did not actually play really badly.

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-- at the Morton game as well. They had a decision going against them.

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And poor goals they conceded. What not playing really badly. Two

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impressive managers. Very much so. They have brought their clubs

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forward impressively. Preparations-wise this week, it has

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been very different. Hibs have jetted off to the sun, while County

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stayed at home. Yes, I mean, I would go for the sun option! No disrespect

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to Dingwall! Is it a different approach to the final? Not really.

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Maybe it is good to take them away and take away the pressure of it

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being in the papers all the time. Just go away and they do not hear

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anything. They can just concentrate on training and speaking about what

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they want to achieve. What kind of final do you think it will be? Is it

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too close to call? I think it is. I think it will be open. I hope the

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sense of occasion does not get to think it will be open. I hope the

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them and that they both come and play. I think it will be. I think

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they are both footballing sides. But the prize is so big, sometimes, you

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would know this better than anybody, it can suffer gate the guys. I hope

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it doesn't, I really do. -- suffocate. Who are you going for? I

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have said Hibs, but I say that with very little confidence. Ross County

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are aside who absolutely deserve respect. The full-times are

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beginning to come in, the first of which comes from Charlie Mann, home

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of Alloa. They are at home to wait Rovers this afternoon. How has it

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finished? It has finished 1-1. Not the greatest game in the world, but

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lots of drama towards the end. First half, it was Ryan Hartley who should

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have put Raith Rovers in front. He lacked composure in front of goal.

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The second half started well for Raith Rovers, Aidan Connolly, good

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shot from the edge of the box, really good save. , then Alloa, who

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are seeking their first home win in the league of the season went in

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front. Good run down the right-hand side and ball into the box, and

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Stephen Hetherington was free at the far post to put low past the

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goalkeeper. And then of course, Raith Rovers pushed for everything

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to try to get the equaliser. And in the dying minutes, 90th minute,

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Benedict is, in the right place at the right time to put it past the

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goalkeeper. So close for Alloa. -- Benedictus. In the end, it is

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another important .4 Raith Rovers. Let's find out what happened between

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Dundee and Hearts. It has finished 1-1. The game merited much more than

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this one solitary goal. Jimmy Walker showed fantastic composure to go

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around Scott Bain to get Hearts was showed fantastic composure to go

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no fourth win on the bounce. Hearts had another really good chance.

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Jordon Moody did find the back of the net, but the flag was raised for

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offside. No doubt Paul Hartley will be asking exactly what his players

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had to do to score this afternoon. Several good chances were passed up.

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Rory Loy had a good chance. Don Cowie should have found the net

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after good work by Walker, but fired just wide. A fantastic win for

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Hearts as they home in on a European spot. A dent on the chances of

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Dundee of getting a lucrative top six spot. Off we go to Somerset

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park, a look into League One. Derek Ferguson has the story of the game.

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It has finished Ayr United 0- one Dunfermline Athletic. Not a thing of

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beauty. The opening 45 minutes was more of a battle rather than a

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football match. The same pattern of play continued into the second

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period up until, and thankfully, the talented El Bakhtaoui took centre

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stage with two goals in five minutes. First he held off the

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challenge of Murphy to drive home from 15 yards out. Then an absolute

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cracker, volleying home from ten yards to give the 'keeper no chance.

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That one came on six to seven minutes. That is how it has

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finished. So, another three points for Allan Johnston's men as they

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march on towards the league title. Full-time at Pittodrie now. Well, it

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was not a thing of beauty, but rate is a dramatic win for Aberdeen.

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Three points keep them hanging on to the coat-tails of league leaders

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Celtic. Ash Taylor said he had a them the lead on the threshold of

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half-time. -- Ash Taylor's header. It came from a corner which I do not

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believe should have been awarded. And the equaliser came to minutes

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into the second half. Josh Magennis, once upon a time an Aberdeen player,

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got in a header which went beyond Scott Brown to stun Pittodrie. There

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were a lot of nervous moments for the locals in the wake of that. Then

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after 71 minutes, a fabulous diving header from Logan put Aberdeen

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ahead. They hung it until the final whistle. It gives them an important

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and dramatic three points. Full-time in Inverness. Over to Martin Dowden.

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Yes, Inverness 0- one Hamilton full stop a massive three points for

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Hamilton. They put some distance between themselves and the

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relegation play-off places. Morrison drilled it in on 59 minutes.

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Inverness had had a couple of good attempts. But the first period was

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fairly uninspiring. John Hughes went for broke, and again they were very

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unlucky with an instinct to header going just wide. They had three

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strikers on the park at the end. They nearly snatched a point when a

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high ball into the box caused havoc. They hit the post, it came out.

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Danny Devine then nodded over right at the death. Dramatic,, not enough.

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This gives Hamilton a vital 5-point cushion at the bottom. Back to the

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Championship and Kenny Crawford, St Mirren against Queen of the South.

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Championship and Kenny Crawford, St Was your prediction correct for the

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final score? I was just one out. It finished 2-1. It is a precious win

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for St Mirren, keeping their hopes of finishing fourth alive with this

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is unsure. Queen of the South were also trying to get up to that

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fourth-place, but they have not a good record in McIlroy. They have

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not won here since 2003. In the 30th minute, Stevie Mallan scored a

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penalty, his 10th of the season, low into the bottom corner. That is what

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it was at half-time. After the break, St Mirren thought they had

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doubled their lead when Calum Gallagher's shot was touched in at

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the back post I Shanklin. The referee disallowed it for offside. I

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think it was going in if Shankland had not touched it. Queen of the

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South then went up the other end and equalised. It was a lovely floated

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ball to the back post by Kyle Jacobs. Former Hearts layered Gary

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Oliver nodded it in at the back post. But that lasted only 60

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seconds. St Mirren made it 2-1 almost immediately. Alex Cooper

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scampered down the left and crossed it in low and hard and Calum Tapping

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scampered down the left and crossed put it in. That is the way it

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finished. We have got time for a wee bit of discussion here. Aberdeen

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winning 2-1 at home to Kilmarnock. bit of discussion here. Aberdeen

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The title race is still very much alive? Yes, Derek will be delighted.

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It does not have to be pretty. Kilmarnock gave a good account of

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themselves, but when you have got the desire to win the game, it

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counts. Two defenders scoring for Aberdeen as well? Yes, and that

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tells you something. I think it is Aberdeen's 12 victories in the

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league I a single goal this season. People talk about bottle, and that

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word is constantly used. They have it, they have shown that. Hamilton

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have put the cat among the pigeons today as well? They have. We were

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just speaking there. It is a massive three points. Every time I look at

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the table, I have to look at it three four times. But Accies are now

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five clear of Kilmarnock, second bottom, but only five outside the

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top six. Yes, and that is insane! That is bonkers. Hamilton, this is

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only their second win since December. Fair play to them, it is a

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huge win for them today. Not enough December. Fair play to them, it is a

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to ensure their safety, surely. No, you would not say that. Because this

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league table can change five times in the same day, never mind over the

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seven or eight games left in the season. You cannot say anything is

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sealed right now. The bottom two perhaps, are we beginning to look at

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those two? Yes, that result today has put the cat amongst the pigeons.

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I think Hamilton, as we said, not safe for that they have given

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themselves a real good chance now. It looks like those two at the

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bottom, one of them will go down and the other one will be in the

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play-offs. Thistle have got quite nice running now? They have. --

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write a nice run-in. They have, and they have had a tough spell

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recently. They will have a modicum of confidence going into these

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upcoming games. I think they will be OK. They have a problem with

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goal-scoring. If they had a proven goal-scorer up front for them, they

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goal-scoring. If they had a proven would be much further up the table

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because they are not bad. Dundee, another disappointing result for

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them today. They have not won now in their last four games? Yes, really

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disappointing. Coming from last week I think they were so confident going

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into the cup game, and to be beaten so well against Rangers, and then

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they were disappointing today as well. That is it for today. I will

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leave you with a brisk run through of today's results. First up, the

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Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership... Finally, in League 2...

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And there you go. Here we go as well. Thank you to our

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guests for their wit and wisdom. Thank you to you for watching. Enjoy

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guests for their wit and wisdom. the cup final and we will see you

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soon. Good night.

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