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At the end of a week in which Scotland gave us a timely

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performance and result ahead of the World Cup qualifiers and Craig

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Levein is with me in the studio, we are on to focus on the SPL weekend,

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and we start with the return of the Dundee derby, the first time the

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pair have gone head-to-head in serious competition for seven years.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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It is a famous fixture, and it is from the team which lost out at St

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Mirren, Reilly takes over from Mark Discovery has waited for this, a

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Dundee derby debut for Riley, dinner from the start today. -- in.

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Dundee United had a free-kick in a run of play, but Dundee United lead

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the Dundee derby. It was missed by Douglas, Gurning was there to take

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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And suddenly Dundee United are in fortunate that it came off him.

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Dundee United double up. He has the they are not getting it, and Dundee

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United will counter. They have looked very dangerous on the

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counter-attack so far. Oh! from Johnny Russell! And Robert

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Douglas did not get anywhere near it. And not many goalkeepers, if

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held under that one. The initial shot was from Ryan, but then it

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came back into Jon Daly, who has scored numerous headers from that

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offside decision. But Dundee trying to pull something back into this

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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something to deal with here. Now we takes the two players over and

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sends them both off. He had his head in his hands, he cannot

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believe the decision, and neither You just had a friendly derby in

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your time as United manager, how was it today? It was great to see

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Dundee back in the SPL, and I really enjoy the occasion, and that

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is what it was. Seven years since the last competitive game, a full

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house. Dundee United struggled to get a full house against the Old

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Firm, so they will be glad to see Dundee in the league. I thought

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Dundee were very competitive, but United were the better side. Could

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they be the closest thing to Celtic this season? I think so. They have

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been very impressive, they are strong all over the park, they have

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strength in depth. I know Mackay- Steven wasn't playing today, but

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the front two are very impressive. Johnny Russell was sublime again

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today. Could the outcome have been different if Rab Douglas had not

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messed up the Friedrich and if Nicky Riley had attacked this one

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away? I do not have a crystal ball, I cannot answer that question!

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breath, he will know that insult now. He makes an early decision to

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come for this ball. He did not quite judged the flight properly.

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He was left with a fairly simple tap-in. The early decision was the

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wrong decision. Yes, it turned out both, but he made the early

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decision. Once he had missed it, the defender at the back post must

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have assumed he was going to get a touch and it. He touched his back

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on the play, it was just a Tappin 4 Gunning. How impressed are you with

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Johnny Russell? You would be claiming this one as well! I would

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love to play up front with him, his movement is sensational. It is

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going miles wide when he hits it. If it does not hit grass, it is not

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going in. His movement is first class Andy has a great eye for goal.

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He is definitely getting this one. This is the sweetest strike I have

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seen for a long, long time. Sometimes it takes kids a bit of

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time to settle into the lead. You do not take that on unless you feel

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at the top of your game. Hit from the sweet spot, it just makes the

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inside post, so Rab Douglas has no chance with that. I thought him and

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Jon Daly today really troubled the Dundee defence. I can see them

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doing that with every defence in the league. You would be looking

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for him to develop into a Scotland player. I like to bring in the

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younger players, and I did not subject king to the pitch, I did

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him a favour, but he will be an international player in time. You

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could see his confidence growing week on week, and that is minutes

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in time he is probably the most potent striker in the league.

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think so, at this minute in time his movement, his partnership with

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Jon Daly, Dundee United seemed very dangerous. Every time he is on the

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ball, on the angle, straight in the top corner. Did this little ramie

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married two Reid cards? You know what I thought about this? What

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caused the referee has a huge problem was the reaction of the

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players afterwards. There's not an awful lot in that, but look at this.

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The players get involved, and the referee has got a control issue now.

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They are charging in from all over the place. It is a wee flick of his

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hand and his leg. Be it was a proper kick or punch, he would have

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seen the straight red. His control is threatened by that melee.

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inflamed the situation. The he has thought, I need to get things under

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control, so both players have suffered because of what happened.

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That is my own opinion on what happened afterwards. So a red card

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for Johnny Russell after a starring role. Celtic are in Sweden on

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Tuesday, yesterday there was a full house at Victoria Park to see Ross

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County face their stiffest top- level test so far. Al Lamont has

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should have opened the scoring. Kettlewell found a lot of room in

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between the Celtic central the opening goal! Still Ross County

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Wanyama that almost beat Michael opportunity to try to test Fraser

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County a stunning lead! -- he fires it passed. What a strike from the

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Ross County captain! Well, this is our there in the unstoppable

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think Craig Thomson got that one movement on the ball there. It was

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loudly. Rocco Quinn, that is a nasty one from Quinn. Were free-

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kick from Mulgrew. -- For a free kick. Another free-kick given! Ross

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County do not want to be giving too many free-kicks away in this

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He was looking for the corner. He is not going to get it. That was a

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Richie Brittain was so close to adding to his own Tali and that of

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Ross County. He was allowed to one out! Samaras thought he had

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scored there. Fraser keeping Celtic a rather charmed life for the

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moment. This is great technique. And just moments before that,

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are level! Michael Fraser couldn't hold the strike. Relief for Neil

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Lennon. Disappointment for Ross County. We all remember well what

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happened two years ago at Hampden, me especially, because of my Ross

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County sympathies and lightning nearly struck twice there. Well,

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this is just a warning to everybody, isn't it, that think they're going

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to go up to Ross County and have an easy time, that's not going to

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happen. That record they have, over a year now, of not losing...

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games they've not lost in the League. That breeds confidence, it

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breeds a determination. They won't want to let that record go, as was

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shown. Johnnie Russell has already set a high standard but what a

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strike this was from Brittain. a wonderful wonderful free kick. He

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gets a lot of pace on the ball. It's a wonderful skill that to put

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the ball in the top corner. There is a 6ft 6'7" barrier in there, in

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goal. Two goalkeepers aren't going to make any difference with that

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quality. Two goals we have seen already that just absolutely are

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fabulous. Those two strikes. We saw Celtic hitting woodwork a couple of

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times but Ross County had their chances as well. I wondered this

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season how they would be able to create opportunities but I guess

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the companies -- -. There was a great chance. I think they'll do

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well, Ross County, I I think they'll surprise a lot of people.

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Not Not many many teams are going to go up there and get points. This

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is Brittain again. Where are the Celtic midfield? He's already shown

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what a good striker he is. After Brittain scored, Celtic looked to

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have had a strong penalty claim here. They didn't make a lot of it

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at the time, but this could well have been given by Thompson.

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question is whether there is contact or not. I think there

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possibly is. Sometimes maybe the referee can be even too close to

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the situation. Almost right on top of it. I thought... It looks like

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maybe a little bit of contact. thought there was contact.

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Brittain's reaction, he puts his hand up as if to apologise, as if

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he has done something wrong. Almost guilty reaction. I think it was a

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penalty. After this there was barely time to restart the match,

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just as Ross County were preparing for another major party, Celtic did

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what they do, which is keep going right to the end. They did have a

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few chances in this match and the ball dips here at the last second

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which makes it difficult for the goalkeeper to keep hold of the ball.

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Ross County were really deep. They started dropping deep and almost

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tribute to Ross County. I made the point earlier on that interesting

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this year, with not having Rangers to constantly push the Celtic

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players, will they drop their standards at times? That will be

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the challenge for the management team there. There were quite a few

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high profile Celtic players not involved yesterday. Neil Lennon

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said he played the strongest team he could. But you would imagine he

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will want a few of them back for Tuesday night. Tuesday night's game

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is huge for Celtic, financially and I think on Saturday he said he was

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possibly missing opportunities, strikers, well Hooper, For rest,

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these are players that create and score goals, so I wouldn't be

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surprised to see one or two of them back on Tuesday. It's a massive

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match for them, good luck to Celtic. It's been a hectic start for

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Motherwell. They're back in European action this coming week.

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Ahead of that they had a trip to play Kilmarnock.

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The Motherwell players had a trip to Ayrshire and it appeared they

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stpbt have one eye on the Europa League. With only the goalkeeper to

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beat he gave the visitors a lift after 12 minutes. Kilmarnock's

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Johnson with the pass. Good skill from Murphy and a fine solo effort.

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Another Kilmarnock slip-up almost proved costly. The boss admits he

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would like to bring in another striker but one of his summer buys

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almost grabbeded equaliser. Har keupbs was at it again. The

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midfielder taking all the responsibility himself this time.

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Great play too, he kept his shot low. A star jump to celebrate and

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it was 1-1. But just seven minutes later

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Motherwell were back in front. Higdon's inch perfect pass for

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Murphy and he was off again. His pace clear to see and so too his

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composure. A great pass, but Murphy had the

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run of Rugby Park, as the Motherwell man rounded Bell.

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Murphy was clearly full of confidence and on a hat trick. A

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great ball here, but didn't have the efforts to match his previous

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efforts. Racchi almost proved a supersub. A terrific strike but

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Motherwell's goalkeeper was equal to his efforts.

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Motherwell continued to chase the goal that would surely seal them

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all three points. With two minutes left in the game they almost got it.

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Good skill from Kerr. Still, Motherwell go to Spain off the back

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of a good away victory with Kilmarnock yet to win this season.

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Good day for Motherwell and Jamie Murphy. Wasn't a great day for the

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Kilmarnock defence, it wasn't really a master class this, was it?

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No, it was just a basic error and all credit to Murphy. He's gone on

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from there. Stale lot to do when he won the ball. Yeah, it's a basic

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error but you are right, he has two players to beat. It's a lovely

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touch. Then he has the composure to pick out the far corner. This one

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here is how not to defend. I don't know what's happening there. He's

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still got to do all that other stuff. This pass here is fantastic

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from Higdon. But you are right, the Kilmarnock defence are too high up.

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He has shown good composure to go around the goalkeeper. He is one of

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these players, I watch him a lot, sometimes he is fantastic and in

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the same game his levels go up and down. If he can find consistency,

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he has talent, no doubt about it. Lavente, they play Thursday night.

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How tough is it for a team like Motherwell when you consider they

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don't have massive resources and all you need to know is they

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qualified for the Spanish league. It will be a tough game, travelling

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to Spain to play them. The thing is like every squad in Scotland now

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Motherwell have had to cut and the squad size is very small. I think

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every team's squad size has come down. The demands on them playing a

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European game on Thursday and play on the Sunday, you know, they don't

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have that many players they can bring in to freshen up for Sunday.

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It's a big ask to play European football and then play SPL football

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with a small squad. You are looking at this from your view point!

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course, yes. Good luck to Motherwell on Thursday night. Last

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match for Hearts was the Edinburgh derby, next match is Liverpool at

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Tynecastle. In between a home game Driver. A decisive finish from

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Novikovas. He greets the Hearts fans as he celebrates the opening

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goal. Novikovas had all sorts of space. Hearts are ahead after 14

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minutes. Terry Butcher far from amused at

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the defending he is seeing. Free kick given by the referee. The

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referee's wandering over. He is going to show a card, that's to

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Simon King, he is actually pointing at the spot. Inverness are bemused.

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The Hearts players retreated towards the half-way line. The

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referee has given a penalty. Sutton was trying to get around the

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outside. Sutton scored at home from the spot against St Johnston and he

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repeats the trick against Inverness Thistle. Hearts extend their lead.

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It's a controversial penalty. Sutton makes no mistake with it.

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He's taken him down. He is in trouble here. That was rash. It was

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very rash. He's earned a straight red card and

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he is not happy. Foran should be furious with himself. It was a

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challenge he didn't have to make. Shinnie was down. That's just daft

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from Foran. Didn't need to do it and he is off.

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Half-time whistle. Immediately the eyes go to the - Terry Butcher

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storms off down the tunnel. He is almost pulled a goal back. McDonald

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went back and then came forward. Wasn't sure if his defenders were

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going to get there in time. MacKay hooked this wide. He wants more

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Sutherland. Shinnie is there. It's a penalty!

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Well, the referee certainly - Thistle have had a chance to get

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back in the game. Paterson looks bemused. He may just have caught

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Shinnie. He certainly doesn't believe it. There was enough of a

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nick for the referee to say penalty kick.

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A chance here for Shinnie. A stumble and stutter and then he

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scores. Shinnie, and they're back into the match. Two in two weeks

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for the striker. Jamie McDonald unlucky here, got a hand to it.

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Robinson. A lovely little turn. Robinson looks up. Here is a

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chance! Well, he was under pressure

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pressure in the end but he will feel he should have put this on

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target. Great pass from Robinson. McGowan off target. Final few

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seconds. Battling for the ball. Clips it wide. Cuts it inside.

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MacKay. Back on to Shinnie. A chance here! It's turned in by

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Pepper. An unlikely comeback but merited one. Shinnie clipped it

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across and Connor Pepper, his heart would have been beating as he he

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scooped that up but it hits the top of the net and they get a point. A

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couple of of incidents there for the dubious decisions panel, I

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think, starting with the Hearts penalty. Everyone looked confused

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at the time. We have circled Simon King so he was booked, so the

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penalty's obviously been given for that shirt tug. It's got to be,

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that's the only thing I can see. Initially, I think both players

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have a hold of each other. It's a matter of when the referee's looked

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he see the jersey getting stretched. You see that in just about every

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corner. You do. It wouldn't be so bad if that was how it was going to

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go all season, because it would stop... You would have ten

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penalties a game. If referees did clampdown on that jersey-pulling

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inside the box all the way through the season that's a good thing. But

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I don't think that will happen. was the wrong one to make an

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example of, because there was nothing in that for me. I can't see

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where the penalty comes from. For me, that's not a penalty. It wasn't

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a blatant pull. They were running side by side. No penalty for me.

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think we can see where the red card for Foran came from. That's more

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obvious. It's a wild lunge. It's reckless, it's mistimed. It's a

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definite red card. He was flying into this. I think because McGowen

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is having a kick at his team-mate a bit of the red mist appeared in. It

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wouldn't be so bad if he lifted his foot up. He had gone for the ball.

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I don't think Ritchie has a lot to complain about. I think the manager

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was questioning just about everything at this point. That's

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Terry. Just let him get on with it. He couldn't question the

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performance of his team in the second half with ten men. Although

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Hearts might be questioning the penalty. The way his foot came down,

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it was not a natural movement. I do not know. I do not think there was

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any intent. Absolutely not. headline writer's dream, Conner

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that their scoring with the last touch of the game. -- Conor Pepper

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at. His mood has changed ever-so- slightly from half-time! What about

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Hearts against them bull? Liverpool are in crisis after yesterday!

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going to the game, it should be fabulous. The Tottenham match was a

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bit of an anti-climax at Tynecastle, but I'm hoping that Hearts can fill

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the stadium, it will be a great atmosphere, and it is a situation

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where they can have a go. Last season they found it was tough to

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play against the top Premiership teams, but having a go at home will

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be the thing. Tottenham were phenomenal at Tynecastle.

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Incredible passing. 35 minutes before Harte started attacking. At

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home, in these games, you have got to stamp your authority. It might

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be a mismatch in a footballing sense, but not in a physical sense.

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They should be able to compete. they sit back and watch them?

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thought Spurs were fantastic, but Hearts were enjoying the game as

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much as the spectators. I will be there with you at Tynecastle.

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Aberdeen looked up played better than the return of one point from

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their first two League games, so they were searching for end product

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in Perth yesterday against St going into this one, but a good day

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at The Office for young Ryan Fraser puts them well on their way to

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changing that. The 18-year-old's delivery was a good one, with Isaac

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Osborne Getting them off the mark. That the ball in was meant for

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Scott Vernon, but the chance fell nicely for Isaac Osborne. Early in

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the second half, a mix of, confusion, call it what you want,

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played a part in Aberdeen doubling their lead. Johnny Hayes took

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advantage. It was a case of, I have got it, I have got it, oh, no, I

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shooting boots, Vernon looked keen to get in on the act. The long ball

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and a good header from Vernon, but the goal was ruled offside.

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Frustration for Vernon, and there was more to come for the Englishman.

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A lovely back-heel from Stephen Hughes. The effort was off the post,

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Vernon pounced on the rebound, and he claims his shot was blocked by

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the arm of Dave Mackay. With Ryan Fraser impressing, manager Craig

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Brown more than happy at him being excused from Scotland and a nine

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duty -- and a 19 duty this week, another chance for Vernon. -- Under

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19. Fraser was at it again, showing just how to deliver a ball into the

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box. Vernon's name was still not on the scoresheet, though, as the flag

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While St Johnstone did not look overly threatening in the second

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half, with seven minutes left and the clock, they were back in the

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match. Nigel Hasselbaink finished our off. Jamie Langfield called for

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handball, but the goal stood. Stephen Anderson missed a chance to

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grab a late equaliser for Saints. Aberdeen were the happier of the

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two sides as they get their first win of the season. Craig Brown had

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young Ryan Fraser, the 18-year-old, released from the Scotland Under 19

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squad, he has now gone to play in the Cup tie during the week and

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then next Sunday as well. He looks good, Craig. They have got a lot of

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good young players, quite active in the Youth Games, the national team

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Youth Games, a lot of good players coming through. It is just that

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old-fashioned idea, go and play. Just get the ball into the box.

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put in a couple of attacking balls. It is great to see that, take

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people on, get it in the box. I wish it happened more often, that

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is the thing. It reminds me a little bit of Forest at Celtic,

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quite direct when he picks up the ball, create something, I love to

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see that. I like to make a snap judgment after three games, could

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Aberdeen be up there with Dundee United? I think Craig Brown has

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been very shrewd in the market, buying experience place. I like

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Johnny Hayes and Fraser, Stephen Hughes, experience in the middle,

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Anderson, Naismith, good players. I think Aberdeen should be looking at

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a top four finish. I think they have got the squad to do it and he

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has bought very wisely. Higgs started the season the way they

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finished the last one, back on track last season -- Sunday with a

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draw. Today they were playing St Griffiths, and that kind of

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situation. He was lucky the way the ball went back to him. Nothing

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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one has been given! They were looking for another one. -- Hibs.

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An awkward ball for St Mirren to view, and he makes them pay! The St

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Mirren supporters are not happy with the defending here. Doyle just

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barged his way into the box, by Thompson, and they are back in

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it! Thieves cannot allow a Steven Thompson that kind of space on the

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edge of the six-yard box, because one away! Leigh Griffiths sometimes

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gets the headlines for the wrong reasons, could he become a full

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international? A on talent, no reason why not. What I would like

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to see his him having a similar impact to Russell on a consistent

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basis. To me, he is a bit hot and cold, but if he finds that

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consistency, he has definitely got the ability. The two goals

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yesterday against your team, really well taken. He is a good finisher.

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Any time he got the ball, he's got something could happen. Dangerous,

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sharp, confident, a very good finisher. What about the

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performance of Steven Thompson? scored a tap-in from one yard,

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which I was pleased about! I should have scored the second one, I

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probably caught it too well. Great work from Dougie Imrie, flashing

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the ball across. I had an idea he was going to do it. This one... You

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know, if I miss it that, it might go in, hit it into the ground, it

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has a better chance, but I knew I had caught it well. Good chance,

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but we were poor in the first half yesterday, we never got going, we

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were pedestrian with the passing, and we did not get any sharpness

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into our play. Second half, we were better, we pushed to the Amrik up,

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and we were really going for it. -- Dougie Imrie. But we have not

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reached our potential, it is only three games in, but in each of the

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Games we have not done ourselves justice yet. The terrible news was

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Darren McGregor, missing a year of football with his cruciate, and now

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he has done the other knee. He has got a scan tomorrow, but the signs

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from the medical team and from Darren himself are that it might be

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the crew should on his other leg. I was the first to him, just by

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chance, the keeper landed on his leg. I think he hyperextended it,

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the cruciate ligament has gone. He said, I have done it again. He must

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know, having done it before. It is just horrendous. You watch him

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coming in from training or last year, working really hard to get

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himself fit, doing all the rehab. And he was inconsolable yesterday,

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he has got to do that again, a whole other year. But he is

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mentally strong. Steven Naismith has been through the same thing

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recently. It is mental strength. Darren has come through the last

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one, and you know, I have been there myself through four times, it

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is getting over the initial disappointment and then seeing it

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as a challenge, then really going for it. If he does the same as he

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did with his last rehab, I have no doubt he will be back next season.

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Let's hope it is not too serious and he makes a quick recovery. A

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word about Scotland, Craig, before we go. Was there pressure to

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perform against Australia at Easter Road because of what happened in

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the USA at the end of last season? The pressure is from within. You

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know, we were disappointed with our result and performance in the

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States in the summer, but we have got valid reasons for that. Also,

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if you look at the results that the team that had been the last dozen

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games or whatever, they have been fantastic. I very much knew that we

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would get a response from what happened in the United States, and

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we got that. But I also got some food for thought. We have got some

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players who really pushed forward. They have gone up the ladder of

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starting positions. Has Allan McGregor got a chance? He has got a

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deep tier in the groin area, which would rule him out for the Games in

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September. Craig Gordon, he would need to be improving quickly to be

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involved in those early games. I do not think they will make the first

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games. You have got better options now. In general, as a squad, yes

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definitely, but a lot of players were missing from the game at

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Easter Road, important players, and it will be great to see them back.

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I am looking for a selection dilemma, headache, whatever you

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