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At the end of a week in which Scotland gave us a timely | :00:21. | :00:27. | |
performance and result ahead of the World Cup qualifiers and Craig | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
Levein is with me in the studio, we are on to focus on the SPL weekend, | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
and we start with the return of the Dundee derby, the first time the | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
pair have gone head-to-head in serious competition for seven years. | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds | :00:50. | :01:38. | |
It is a famous fixture, and it is from the team which lost out at St | :01:38. | :01:48. | |
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Mirren, Reilly takes over from Mark Discovery has waited for this, a | :01:50. | :02:00. | |
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Dundee derby debut for Riley, dinner from the start today. -- in. | :02:19. | :02:29. | |
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Dundee United had a free-kick in a run of play, but Dundee United lead | :02:36. | :02:43. | |
the Dundee derby. It was missed by Douglas, Gurning was there to take | :02:43. | :02:53. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds | :02:53. | :03:41. | |
And suddenly Dundee United are in fortunate that it came off him. | :03:41. | :03:51. | |
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Dundee United double up. He has the they are not getting it, and Dundee | :03:59. | :04:04. | |
United will counter. They have looked very dangerous on the | :04:04. | :04:14. | |
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counter-attack so far. Oh! from Johnny Russell! And Robert | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
Douglas did not get anywhere near it. And not many goalkeepers, if | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
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held under that one. The initial shot was from Ryan, but then it | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
came back into Jon Daly, who has scored numerous headers from that | :04:57. | :05:07. | |
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offside decision. But Dundee trying to pull something back into this | :05:19. | :05:29. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds | :05:29. | :06:35. | |
something to deal with here. Now we takes the two players over and | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
sends them both off. He had his head in his hands, he cannot | :06:40. | :06:48. | |
believe the decision, and neither You just had a friendly derby in | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
your time as United manager, how was it today? It was great to see | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
Dundee back in the SPL, and I really enjoy the occasion, and that | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
is what it was. Seven years since the last competitive game, a full | :07:01. | :07:06. | |
house. Dundee United struggled to get a full house against the Old | :07:06. | :07:10. | |
Firm, so they will be glad to see Dundee in the league. I thought | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
Dundee were very competitive, but United were the better side. Could | :07:14. | :07:19. | |
they be the closest thing to Celtic this season? I think so. They have | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
been very impressive, they are strong all over the park, they have | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
strength in depth. I know Mackay- Steven wasn't playing today, but | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
the front two are very impressive. Johnny Russell was sublime again | :07:32. | :07:35. | |
today. Could the outcome have been different if Rab Douglas had not | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
messed up the Friedrich and if Nicky Riley had attacked this one | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
away? I do not have a crystal ball, I cannot answer that question! | :07:44. | :07:54. | |
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breath, he will know that insult now. He makes an early decision to | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
come for this ball. He did not quite judged the flight properly. | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
He was left with a fairly simple tap-in. The early decision was the | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
wrong decision. Yes, it turned out both, but he made the early | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
decision. Once he had missed it, the defender at the back post must | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
have assumed he was going to get a touch and it. He touched his back | :08:20. | :08:25. | |
on the play, it was just a Tappin 4 Gunning. How impressed are you with | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
Johnny Russell? You would be claiming this one as well! I would | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
love to play up front with him, his movement is sensational. It is | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
going miles wide when he hits it. If it does not hit grass, it is not | :08:38. | :08:42. | |
going in. His movement is first class Andy has a great eye for goal. | :08:42. | :08:48. | |
He is definitely getting this one. This is the sweetest strike I have | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
seen for a long, long time. Sometimes it takes kids a bit of | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
time to settle into the lead. You do not take that on unless you feel | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
at the top of your game. Hit from the sweet spot, it just makes the | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
inside post, so Rab Douglas has no chance with that. I thought him and | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
Jon Daly today really troubled the Dundee defence. I can see them | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
doing that with every defence in the league. You would be looking | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
for him to develop into a Scotland player. I like to bring in the | :09:19. | :09:29. | |
younger players, and I did not subject king to the pitch, I did | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
him a favour, but he will be an international player in time. You | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
could see his confidence growing week on week, and that is minutes | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
in time he is probably the most potent striker in the league. | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
think so, at this minute in time his movement, his partnership with | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
Jon Daly, Dundee United seemed very dangerous. Every time he is on the | :09:49. | :09:55. | |
ball, on the angle, straight in the top corner. Did this little ramie | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
married two Reid cards? You know what I thought about this? What | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
caused the referee has a huge problem was the reaction of the | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
players afterwards. There's not an awful lot in that, but look at this. | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
The players get involved, and the referee has got a control issue now. | :10:11. | :10:18. | |
They are charging in from all over the place. It is a wee flick of his | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
hand and his leg. Be it was a proper kick or punch, he would have | :10:22. | :10:27. | |
seen the straight red. His control is threatened by that melee. | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
inflamed the situation. The he has thought, I need to get things under | :10:32. | :10:34. | |
control, so both players have suffered because of what happened. | :10:34. | :10:40. | |
That is my own opinion on what happened afterwards. So a red card | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
for Johnny Russell after a starring role. Celtic are in Sweden on | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
Tuesday, yesterday there was a full house at Victoria Park to see Ross | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
County face their stiffest top- level test so far. Al Lamont has | :10:55. | :11:05. | |
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should have opened the scoring. Kettlewell found a lot of room in | :11:15. | :11:25. | |
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between the Celtic central the opening goal! Still Ross County | :11:45. | :11:55. | |
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Wanyama that almost beat Michael opportunity to try to test Fraser | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
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County a stunning lead! -- he fires it passed. What a strike from the | :12:27. | :12:37. | |
Ross County captain! Well, this is our there in the unstoppable | :12:37. | :12:47. | |
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think Craig Thomson got that one movement on the ball there. It was | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
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loudly. Rocco Quinn, that is a nasty one from Quinn. Were free- | :13:41. | :13:51. | |
kick from Mulgrew. -- For a free kick. Another free-kick given! Ross | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
County do not want to be giving too many free-kicks away in this | :13:55. | :14:05. | |
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He was looking for the corner. He is not going to get it. That was a | :14:06. | :14:16. | |
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Richie Brittain was so close to adding to his own Tali and that of | :14:32. | :14:42. | |
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Ross County. He was allowed to one out! Samaras thought he had | :15:00. | :15:10. | |
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scored there. Fraser keeping Celtic a rather charmed life for the | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
moment. This is great technique. And just moments before that, | :15:22. | :15:32. | |
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are level! Michael Fraser couldn't hold the strike. Relief for Neil | :15:56. | :16:00. | |
Lennon. Disappointment for Ross County. We all remember well what | :16:00. | :16:06. | |
happened two years ago at Hampden, me especially, because of my Ross | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
County sympathies and lightning nearly struck twice there. Well, | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
this is just a warning to everybody, isn't it, that think they're going | :16:13. | :16:17. | |
to go up to Ross County and have an easy time, that's not going to | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
happen. That record they have, over a year now, of not losing... | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
games they've not lost in the League. That breeds confidence, it | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
breeds a determination. They won't want to let that record go, as was | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
shown. Johnnie Russell has already set a high standard but what a | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
strike this was from Brittain. a wonderful wonderful free kick. He | :16:38. | :16:42. | |
gets a lot of pace on the ball. It's a wonderful skill that to put | :16:42. | :16:47. | |
the ball in the top corner. There is a 6ft 6'7" barrier in there, in | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
goal. Two goalkeepers aren't going to make any difference with that | :16:51. | :16:54. | |
quality. Two goals we have seen already that just absolutely are | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
fabulous. Those two strikes. We saw Celtic hitting woodwork a couple of | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
times but Ross County had their chances as well. I wondered this | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
season how they would be able to create opportunities but I guess | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
the companies -- -. There was a great chance. I think they'll do | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
well, Ross County, I I think they'll surprise a lot of people. | :17:16. | :17:19. | |
Not Not many many teams are going to go up there and get points. This | :17:19. | :17:25. | |
is Brittain again. Where are the Celtic midfield? He's already shown | :17:25. | :17:29. | |
what a good striker he is. After Brittain scored, Celtic looked to | :17:29. | :17:33. | |
have had a strong penalty claim here. They didn't make a lot of it | :17:33. | :17:36. | |
at the time, but this could well have been given by Thompson. | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
question is whether there is contact or not. I think there | :17:40. | :17:43. | |
possibly is. Sometimes maybe the referee can be even too close to | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
the situation. Almost right on top of it. I thought... It looks like | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
maybe a little bit of contact. thought there was contact. | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
Brittain's reaction, he puts his hand up as if to apologise, as if | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
he has done something wrong. Almost guilty reaction. I think it was a | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
penalty. After this there was barely time to restart the match, | :18:02. | :18:08. | |
just as Ross County were preparing for another major party, Celtic did | :18:08. | :18:11. | |
what they do, which is keep going right to the end. They did have a | :18:11. | :18:20. | |
few chances in this match and the ball dips here at the last second | :18:20. | :18:30. | |
which makes it difficult for the goalkeeper to keep hold of the ball. | :18:30. | :18:34. | |
Ross County were really deep. They started dropping deep and almost | :18:34. | :18:44. | |
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tribute to Ross County. I made the point earlier on that interesting | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
this year, with not having Rangers to constantly push the Celtic | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
players, will they drop their standards at times? That will be | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
the challenge for the management team there. There were quite a few | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
high profile Celtic players not involved yesterday. Neil Lennon | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
said he played the strongest team he could. But you would imagine he | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
will want a few of them back for Tuesday night. Tuesday night's game | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
is huge for Celtic, financially and I think on Saturday he said he was | :19:21. | :19:26. | |
possibly missing opportunities, strikers, well Hooper, For rest, | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
these are players that create and score goals, so I wouldn't be | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
surprised to see one or two of them back on Tuesday. It's a massive | :19:33. | :19:38. | |
match for them, good luck to Celtic. It's been a hectic start for | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
Motherwell. They're back in European action this coming week. | :19:41. | :19:51. | |
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Ahead of that they had a trip to play Kilmarnock. | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
The Motherwell players had a trip to Ayrshire and it appeared they | :19:59. | :20:04. | |
stpbt have one eye on the Europa League. With only the goalkeeper to | :20:04. | :20:11. | |
beat he gave the visitors a lift after 12 minutes. Kilmarnock's | :20:11. | :20:20. | |
Johnson with the pass. Good skill from Murphy and a fine solo effort. | :20:20. | :20:30. | |
Another Kilmarnock slip-up almost proved costly. The boss admits he | :20:30. | :20:37. | |
would like to bring in another striker but one of his summer buys | :20:37. | :20:45. | |
almost grabbeded equaliser. Har keupbs was at it again. The | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
midfielder taking all the responsibility himself this time. | :20:48. | :20:55. | |
Great play too, he kept his shot low. A star jump to celebrate and | :20:55. | :21:04. | |
it was 1-1. But just seven minutes later | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
Motherwell were back in front. Higdon's inch perfect pass for | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
Murphy and he was off again. His pace clear to see and so too his | :21:14. | :21:24. | |
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composure. A great pass, but Murphy had the | :21:26. | :21:31. | |
run of Rugby Park, as the Motherwell man rounded Bell. | :21:31. | :21:39. | |
Murphy was clearly full of confidence and on a hat trick. A | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
great ball here, but didn't have the efforts to match his previous | :21:43. | :21:52. | |
efforts. Racchi almost proved a supersub. A terrific strike but | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
Motherwell's goalkeeper was equal to his efforts. | :21:56. | :21:59. | |
Motherwell continued to chase the goal that would surely seal them | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
all three points. With two minutes left in the game they almost got it. | :22:03. | :22:12. | |
Good skill from Kerr. Still, Motherwell go to Spain off the back | :22:12. | :22:16. | |
of a good away victory with Kilmarnock yet to win this season. | :22:16. | :22:20. | |
Good day for Motherwell and Jamie Murphy. Wasn't a great day for the | :22:20. | :22:23. | |
Kilmarnock defence, it wasn't really a master class this, was it? | :22:23. | :22:29. | |
No, it was just a basic error and all credit to Murphy. He's gone on | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
from there. Stale lot to do when he won the ball. Yeah, it's a basic | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
error but you are right, he has two players to beat. It's a lovely | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
touch. Then he has the composure to pick out the far corner. This one | :22:42. | :22:52. | |
here is how not to defend. I don't know what's happening there. He's | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
still got to do all that other stuff. This pass here is fantastic | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
from Higdon. But you are right, the Kilmarnock defence are too high up. | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
He has shown good composure to go around the goalkeeper. He is one of | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
these players, I watch him a lot, sometimes he is fantastic and in | :23:10. | :23:16. | |
the same game his levels go up and down. If he can find consistency, | :23:16. | :23:26. | |
he has talent, no doubt about it. Lavente, they play Thursday night. | :23:26. | :23:28. | |
How tough is it for a team like Motherwell when you consider they | :23:28. | :23:34. | |
don't have massive resources and all you need to know is they | :23:34. | :23:37. | |
qualified for the Spanish league. It will be a tough game, travelling | :23:37. | :23:41. | |
to Spain to play them. The thing is like every squad in Scotland now | :23:41. | :23:46. | |
Motherwell have had to cut and the squad size is very small. I think | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
every team's squad size has come down. The demands on them playing a | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
European game on Thursday and play on the Sunday, you know, they don't | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
have that many players they can bring in to freshen up for Sunday. | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
It's a big ask to play European football and then play SPL football | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
with a small squad. You are looking at this from your view point! | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
course, yes. Good luck to Motherwell on Thursday night. Last | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
match for Hearts was the Edinburgh derby, next match is Liverpool at | :24:15. | :24:25. | |
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Tynecastle. In between a home game Driver. A decisive finish from | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
Novikovas. He greets the Hearts fans as he celebrates the opening | :24:52. | :25:00. | |
goal. Novikovas had all sorts of space. Hearts are ahead after 14 | :25:00. | :25:05. | |
minutes. Terry Butcher far from amused at | :25:05. | :25:15. | |
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the defending he is seeing. Free kick given by the referee. The | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
referee's wandering over. He is going to show a card, that's to | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
Simon King, he is actually pointing at the spot. Inverness are bemused. | :25:26. | :25:29. | |
The Hearts players retreated towards the half-way line. The | :25:29. | :25:37. | |
referee has given a penalty. Sutton was trying to get around the | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
outside. Sutton scored at home from the spot against St Johnston and he | :25:40. | :25:48. | |
repeats the trick against Inverness Thistle. Hearts extend their lead. | :25:48. | :25:58. | |
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It's a controversial penalty. Sutton makes no mistake with it. | :26:04. | :26:07. | |
He's taken him down. He is in trouble here. That was rash. It was | :26:07. | :26:13. | |
very rash. He's earned a straight red card and | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
he is not happy. Foran should be furious with himself. It was a | :26:17. | :26:26. | |
challenge he didn't have to make. Shinnie was down. That's just daft | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
from Foran. Didn't need to do it and he is off. | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
Half-time whistle. Immediately the eyes go to the - Terry Butcher | :26:36. | :26:46. | |
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storms off down the tunnel. He is almost pulled a goal back. McDonald | :26:54. | :26:58. | |
went back and then came forward. Wasn't sure if his defenders were | :26:58. | :27:03. | |
going to get there in time. MacKay hooked this wide. He wants more | :27:03. | :27:13. | |
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Sutherland. Shinnie is there. It's a penalty! | :27:17. | :27:24. | |
Well, the referee certainly - Thistle have had a chance to get | :27:24. | :27:30. | |
back in the game. Paterson looks bemused. He may just have caught | :27:30. | :27:34. | |
Shinnie. He certainly doesn't believe it. There was enough of a | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
nick for the referee to say penalty kick. | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
A chance here for Shinnie. A stumble and stutter and then he | :27:42. | :27:49. | |
scores. Shinnie, and they're back into the match. Two in two weeks | :27:49. | :27:57. | |
for the striker. Jamie McDonald unlucky here, got a hand to it. | :27:57. | :28:02. | |
Robinson. A lovely little turn. Robinson looks up. Here is a | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
chance! Well, he was under pressure | :28:06. | :28:09. | |
pressure in the end but he will feel he should have put this on | :28:09. | :28:18. | |
target. Great pass from Robinson. McGowan off target. Final few | :28:18. | :28:25. | |
seconds. Battling for the ball. Clips it wide. Cuts it inside. | :28:25. | :28:35. | |
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MacKay. Back on to Shinnie. A chance here! It's turned in by | :28:38. | :28:45. | |
Pepper. An unlikely comeback but merited one. Shinnie clipped it | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
across and Connor Pepper, his heart would have been beating as he he | :28:49. | :28:52. | |
scooped that up but it hits the top of the net and they get a point. A | :28:52. | :28:55. | |
couple of of incidents there for the dubious decisions panel, I | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
think, starting with the Hearts penalty. Everyone looked confused | :29:00. | :29:06. | |
at the time. We have circled Simon King so he was booked, so the | :29:06. | :29:11. | |
penalty's obviously been given for that shirt tug. It's got to be, | :29:11. | :29:14. | |
that's the only thing I can see. Initially, I think both players | :29:14. | :29:17. | |
have a hold of each other. It's a matter of when the referee's looked | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
he see the jersey getting stretched. You see that in just about every | :29:22. | :29:26. | |
corner. You do. It wouldn't be so bad if that was how it was going to | :29:26. | :29:30. | |
go all season, because it would stop... You would have ten | :29:30. | :29:35. | |
penalties a game. If referees did clampdown on that jersey-pulling | :29:35. | :29:38. | |
inside the box all the way through the season that's a good thing. But | :29:38. | :29:41. | |
I don't think that will happen. was the wrong one to make an | :29:41. | :29:44. | |
example of, because there was nothing in that for me. I can't see | :29:44. | :29:47. | |
where the penalty comes from. For me, that's not a penalty. It wasn't | :29:47. | :29:52. | |
a blatant pull. They were running side by side. No penalty for me. | :29:52. | :29:56. | |
think we can see where the red card for Foran came from. That's more | :29:56. | :30:03. | |
obvious. It's a wild lunge. It's reckless, it's mistimed. It's a | :30:03. | :30:08. | |
definite red card. He was flying into this. I think because McGowen | :30:08. | :30:13. | |
is having a kick at his team-mate a bit of the red mist appeared in. It | :30:13. | :30:18. | |
wouldn't be so bad if he lifted his foot up. He had gone for the ball. | :30:18. | :30:23. | |
I don't think Ritchie has a lot to complain about. I think the manager | :30:23. | :30:26. | |
was questioning just about everything at this point. That's | :30:26. | :30:31. | |
Terry. Just let him get on with it. He couldn't question the | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
performance of his team in the second half with ten men. Although | :30:36. | :30:45. | |
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Hearts might be questioning the penalty. The way his foot came down, | :30:49. | :30:55. | |
it was not a natural movement. I do not know. I do not think there was | :30:55. | :31:01. | |
any intent. Absolutely not. headline writer's dream, Conner | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
that their scoring with the last touch of the game. -- Conor Pepper | :31:06. | :31:16. | |
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at. His mood has changed ever-so- slightly from half-time! What about | :31:18. | :31:24. | |
Hearts against them bull? Liverpool are in crisis after yesterday! | :31:24. | :31:28. | |
going to the game, it should be fabulous. The Tottenham match was a | :31:28. | :31:32. | |
bit of an anti-climax at Tynecastle, but I'm hoping that Hearts can fill | :31:32. | :31:36. | |
the stadium, it will be a great atmosphere, and it is a situation | :31:36. | :31:40. | |
where they can have a go. Last season they found it was tough to | :31:40. | :31:44. | |
play against the top Premiership teams, but having a go at home will | :31:44. | :31:48. | |
be the thing. Tottenham were phenomenal at Tynecastle. | :31:48. | :31:56. | |
Incredible passing. 35 minutes before Harte started attacking. At | :31:56. | :32:01. | |
home, in these games, you have got to stamp your authority. It might | :32:01. | :32:04. | |
be a mismatch in a footballing sense, but not in a physical sense. | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
They should be able to compete. they sit back and watch them? | :32:09. | :32:14. | |
thought Spurs were fantastic, but Hearts were enjoying the game as | :32:14. | :32:19. | |
much as the spectators. I will be there with you at Tynecastle. | :32:19. | :32:23. | |
Aberdeen looked up played better than the return of one point from | :32:23. | :32:27. | |
their first two League games, so they were searching for end product | :32:27. | :32:37. | |
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in Perth yesterday against St going into this one, but a good day | :32:38. | :32:41. | |
at The Office for young Ryan Fraser puts them well on their way to | :32:41. | :32:47. | |
changing that. The 18-year-old's delivery was a good one, with Isaac | :32:47. | :32:54. | |
Osborne Getting them off the mark. That the ball in was meant for | :32:54. | :32:59. | |
Scott Vernon, but the chance fell nicely for Isaac Osborne. Early in | :32:59. | :33:03. | |
the second half, a mix of, confusion, call it what you want, | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
played a part in Aberdeen doubling their lead. Johnny Hayes took | :33:07. | :33:17. | |
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advantage. It was a case of, I have got it, I have got it, oh, no, I | :33:18. | :33:28. | |
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shooting boots, Vernon looked keen to get in on the act. The long ball | :33:29. | :33:36. | |
and a good header from Vernon, but the goal was ruled offside. | :33:36. | :33:41. | |
Frustration for Vernon, and there was more to come for the Englishman. | :33:41. | :33:47. | |
A lovely back-heel from Stephen Hughes. The effort was off the post, | :33:47. | :33:50. | |
Vernon pounced on the rebound, and he claims his shot was blocked by | :33:50. | :33:56. | |
the arm of Dave Mackay. With Ryan Fraser impressing, manager Craig | :33:57. | :34:01. | |
Brown more than happy at him being excused from Scotland and a nine | :34:01. | :34:06. | |
duty -- and a 19 duty this week, another chance for Vernon. -- Under | :34:06. | :34:11. | |
19. Fraser was at it again, showing just how to deliver a ball into the | :34:11. | :34:17. | |
box. Vernon's name was still not on the scoresheet, though, as the flag | :34:17. | :34:27. | |
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While St Johnstone did not look overly threatening in the second | :34:30. | :34:33. | |
half, with seven minutes left and the clock, they were back in the | :34:33. | :34:42. | |
match. Nigel Hasselbaink finished our off. Jamie Langfield called for | :34:42. | :34:45. | |
handball, but the goal stood. Stephen Anderson missed a chance to | :34:45. | :34:50. | |
grab a late equaliser for Saints. Aberdeen were the happier of the | :34:50. | :34:57. | |
two sides as they get their first win of the season. Craig Brown had | :34:57. | :35:02. | |
young Ryan Fraser, the 18-year-old, released from the Scotland Under 19 | :35:02. | :35:05. | |
squad, he has now gone to play in the Cup tie during the week and | :35:05. | :35:10. | |
then next Sunday as well. He looks good, Craig. They have got a lot of | :35:10. | :35:14. | |
good young players, quite active in the Youth Games, the national team | :35:14. | :35:19. | |
Youth Games, a lot of good players coming through. It is just that | :35:19. | :35:25. | |
old-fashioned idea, go and play. Just get the ball into the box. | :35:25. | :35:29. | |
put in a couple of attacking balls. It is great to see that, take | :35:29. | :35:34. | |
people on, get it in the box. I wish it happened more often, that | :35:34. | :35:40. | |
is the thing. It reminds me a little bit of Forest at Celtic, | :35:40. | :35:44. | |
quite direct when he picks up the ball, create something, I love to | :35:44. | :35:50. | |
see that. I like to make a snap judgment after three games, could | :35:50. | :35:54. | |
Aberdeen be up there with Dundee United? I think Craig Brown has | :35:54. | :35:58. | |
been very shrewd in the market, buying experience place. I like | :35:58. | :36:03. | |
Johnny Hayes and Fraser, Stephen Hughes, experience in the middle, | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
Anderson, Naismith, good players. I think Aberdeen should be looking at | :36:08. | :36:12. | |
a top four finish. I think they have got the squad to do it and he | :36:12. | :36:15. | |
has bought very wisely. Higgs started the season the way they | :36:15. | :36:23. | |
finished the last one, back on track last season -- Sunday with a | :36:23. | :36:33. | |
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draw. Today they were playing St Griffiths, and that kind of | :36:45. | :36:49. | |
situation. He was lucky the way the ball went back to him. Nothing | :36:49. | :36:59. | |
:36:59. | :36:59. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds | :36:59. | :38:00. | |
one has been given! They were looking for another one. -- Hibs. | :38:00. | :38:10. | |
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An awkward ball for St Mirren to view, and he makes them pay! The St | :38:32. | :38:36. | |
Mirren supporters are not happy with the defending here. Doyle just | :38:36. | :38:46. | |
:38:46. | :38:59. | ||
barged his way into the box, by Thompson, and they are back in | :38:59. | :39:06. | |
it! Thieves cannot allow a Steven Thompson that kind of space on the | :39:06. | :39:16. | |
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edge of the six-yard box, because one away! Leigh Griffiths sometimes | :39:38. | :39:43. | |
gets the headlines for the wrong reasons, could he become a full | :39:43. | :39:48. | |
international? A on talent, no reason why not. What I would like | :39:48. | :39:54. | |
to see his him having a similar impact to Russell on a consistent | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
basis. To me, he is a bit hot and cold, but if he finds that | :39:59. | :40:03. | |
consistency, he has definitely got the ability. The two goals | :40:03. | :40:09. | |
yesterday against your team, really well taken. He is a good finisher. | :40:09. | :40:13. | |
Any time he got the ball, he's got something could happen. Dangerous, | :40:13. | :40:17. | |
sharp, confident, a very good finisher. What about the | :40:17. | :40:21. | |
performance of Steven Thompson? scored a tap-in from one yard, | :40:21. | :40:26. | |
which I was pleased about! I should have scored the second one, I | :40:26. | :40:29. | |
probably caught it too well. Great work from Dougie Imrie, flashing | :40:29. | :40:36. | |
the ball across. I had an idea he was going to do it. This one... You | :40:36. | :40:40. | |
know, if I miss it that, it might go in, hit it into the ground, it | :40:40. | :40:45. | |
has a better chance, but I knew I had caught it well. Good chance, | :40:45. | :40:49. | |
but we were poor in the first half yesterday, we never got going, we | :40:49. | :40:52. | |
were pedestrian with the passing, and we did not get any sharpness | :40:53. | :40:57. | |
into our play. Second half, we were better, we pushed to the Amrik up, | :40:58. | :41:03. | |
and we were really going for it. -- Dougie Imrie. But we have not | :41:03. | :41:07. | |
reached our potential, it is only three games in, but in each of the | :41:07. | :41:12. | |
Games we have not done ourselves justice yet. The terrible news was | :41:12. | :41:16. | |
Darren McGregor, missing a year of football with his cruciate, and now | :41:16. | :41:20. | |
he has done the other knee. He has got a scan tomorrow, but the signs | :41:20. | :41:24. | |
from the medical team and from Darren himself are that it might be | :41:24. | :41:28. | |
the crew should on his other leg. I was the first to him, just by | :41:28. | :41:32. | |
chance, the keeper landed on his leg. I think he hyperextended it, | :41:32. | :41:37. | |
the cruciate ligament has gone. He said, I have done it again. He must | :41:37. | :41:42. | |
know, having done it before. It is just horrendous. You watch him | :41:42. | :41:45. | |
coming in from training or last year, working really hard to get | :41:45. | :41:50. | |
himself fit, doing all the rehab. And he was inconsolable yesterday, | :41:50. | :41:55. | |
he has got to do that again, a whole other year. But he is | :41:55. | :41:59. | |
mentally strong. Steven Naismith has been through the same thing | :41:59. | :42:06. | |
recently. It is mental strength. Darren has come through the last | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
one, and you know, I have been there myself through four times, it | :42:11. | :42:14. | |
is getting over the initial disappointment and then seeing it | :42:14. | :42:18. | |
as a challenge, then really going for it. If he does the same as he | :42:18. | :42:22. | |
did with his last rehab, I have no doubt he will be back next season. | :42:22. | :42:26. | |
Let's hope it is not too serious and he makes a quick recovery. A | :42:26. | :42:31. | |
word about Scotland, Craig, before we go. Was there pressure to | :42:31. | :42:34. | |
perform against Australia at Easter Road because of what happened in | :42:34. | :42:39. | |
the USA at the end of last season? The pressure is from within. You | :42:40. | :42:44. | |
know, we were disappointed with our result and performance in the | :42:44. | :42:47. | |
States in the summer, but we have got valid reasons for that. Also, | :42:48. | :42:51. | |
if you look at the results that the team that had been the last dozen | :42:51. | :42:56. | |
games or whatever, they have been fantastic. I very much knew that we | :42:56. | :43:00. | |
would get a response from what happened in the United States, and | :43:00. | :43:08. | |
we got that. But I also got some food for thought. We have got some | :43:08. | :43:15. | |
players who really pushed forward. They have gone up the ladder of | :43:15. | :43:22. | |
starting positions. Has Allan McGregor got a chance? He has got a | :43:22. | :43:29. | |
deep tier in the groin area, which would rule him out for the Games in | :43:29. | :43:34. | |
September. Craig Gordon, he would need to be improving quickly to be | :43:34. | :43:38. | |
involved in those early games. I do not think they will make the first | :43:38. | :43:43. | |
games. You have got better options now. In general, as a squad, yes | :43:43. | :43:47. | |
definitely, but a lot of players were missing from the game at | :43:47. | :43:51. | |
Easter Road, important players, and it will be great to see them back. | :43:51. | :43:55. | |
I am looking for a selection dilemma, headache, whatever you | :43:55. | :44:00. |