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It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas and we have 45 minutes of

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festive football for you, rounding up the long weekend in the SPL. I

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hesitate to say we have a couple of Christmas crackers in the studio,

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but we do have a pair of high- scoring strikers. It says here.

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They will talk you through the action. Steven Thompson and John

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Robertson are with us. John was at Tynecastle today, to watch Hearts

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against Dundee United. Commentary Tynecastle, there will be a hero's'

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welcome for Rudi Skacel, always loved that Tynecastle because of

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his goals and his Cup final heroics and the number on the jersey tells

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back for Dundee United but a cool finish from Ryan Stevenson. It fell

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to Brian Stephenson, who cleverly finished. He opened up his foot and

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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Willo Flood. That is a senseless A great ball in from the throat,

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put Willo Flood causing his side against Aberdeen and now Dundee

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United. His second of the afternoon. sending it over the top. A signal

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the worst at the bottom of that pile. It will take him a moment or

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match. -- United are back in the match. Fine style from Keith Watson.

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A hint of offside. It is a great finish from Keith Watson. He gets

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the benefit of the doubt from the assistant. The ball was fired in by

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his side, being out played in the flag did not come up and he had a

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chance. He looked offside, he was offside. United would have had

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something to say if that had gone hits this afternoon, still to find

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a way past the keeper as United continue the quest for the

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have been waiting for. He was brought down brilliantly by Russell,

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A sense of progress a Hearts, into the top six, but what do you expect

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it to happen for your old team between now and the end of the

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season? It has been a wonderful effort from the Hearts fans. They

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have been superb. To raise �1.2 million from a share issue in seven

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weeks is astonishing. They are coming along in vast numbers. They

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are going to the games. They have done their fund-raising. The big

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one could be the semi-final, if they were to beat Inverness, which

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would be one massive, massive task, the way they are playing. It could

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see then, if they continued the sales of tickets, it should see

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them OK. Then, next year, they will come down to self sustainability.

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Dundee United seemed to like to give themselves a challenge and it

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was not a great defending for let it bounce. I tell you what,...

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He uses his body. He about mussels Maclean. He could have dropped and

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given a clean... The first part is the big that will upset Peter

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He muscled him out of it and gave Hearts a perfect start. That is the

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second successive weekend that Willo Flood has conceded a penalty.

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If Peter Houston had any hair to pull out, he would be. Every chance,

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It that is the penalty kick. Craig Thomson is standing in, we will see

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Willo Flood last week, I don't think they have to do anything here.

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If Ross Draper can score from here, why he dives in, I don't know. He

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It is in his character, he is always fouling and giving away free

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kicks. He needs to not do it in the box. I was wondering what you were

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going to call him, for one worrying moment. Dundee United reckon they

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deserved more from the game. Were they right? Yes, listen, the thing

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they were fortunate because it looks like they may have been

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offside. But trust me, Dundee United put in a lot in this game

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today and how Johnny Russell took the game he got, the chance in the

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last minute, it probably would have been a deserved point. There was

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not much between the teams. This was the real chance, a good first

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touch, he does not keep it down. Peter Houston was really frustrated

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after the game because the highlights did not show it but

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there was lots of pressure. Hart's' back four, they were magnificent --

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I don't think they got the reward they have been due. A lot of the

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pre-match build-up was about Rudi Skacel's return to Tynecastle. His

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number on the back of the shirt was on the front of the programme. It

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was guaranteed to fall flat. By all accounts he was not at his best in

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the game and that sometimes happen if there is build-up and

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by the fans. I think that is going to come back and haunt him a bit,

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that last bit there. The Hearts fans, it is during the game, United

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comes out of the traps really half -- in the second half really well.

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He has been 2-0 down, the fans were not to just about it and rightly so.

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It is an innocuous thing, but he should have ignored it, maybe when

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he was substituted or maybe after the game, ignored the fans. By

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don't think he should have been Hibs were looking to end a poor

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recent run, they played Kilmarnock at Rugby piked -- at Rugby Park.

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kick had plenty of power in it. Paul Heffernan, he has better luck.

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Williams was not getting to that one. Paul Heffernan gives

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Kilmarnock 86 minute lead against Hibs. -- Fajr -- a lead in the six

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Paul Heffernan, looking for a second in the early stages. Very

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close. Kenny Shiels continuing in the stand, of course. It has been

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going OK since the suspension began. Paul Kenny hooks it clear but there

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is a shout for a penalty. Watch his jersey, there. Not spotted by the

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players when they threw away at 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 last week. They

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are back on level terms through after going behind against

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Kilmarnock. He has taken full knew too much about it. A horrible

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is a way, off the line, by Fowler. Paul Cairney feels he should have

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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scored here. But for James Fowler, going to be booked for diving. Well,

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it is a massive decision for the referee. Paul Cairney, bearing down

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on Michael Nelson. Down he went Kilmarnock have had a roller-

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coaster of result, they you never know what to expect. The following

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weekend, they can play the opposite football. They have been up and

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down, not getting consistency going. When they do get their passing game

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going, they moved a Kid -- they move the ball tremendously well.

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They have been inconsistent. They will be looking to put a run

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together, like ourselves. A couple look at the referee's position, it

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is perfect. Eoin Doyle loses him. How he cannot see that is beyond me.

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It is a definite penalty kick. is one of Hibs' witnesses. It isn't

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easy one for the referee to give up. You see the penalty Hearts was

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given and the second one. similarities. It should have been a

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penalty kick. Maybe Bobby Madden decided to cancel out the penalty

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claims in this match because this was Paul Cairney and the challenge.

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This is also a penalty kick. He over run Setanta knocks it passed.

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He commits the challenge and does not get the ball. It is not a

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booking. He has knocked it a way, but when you see it again I think

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you seen Nelson. There was contact. Keep an eye on Paul Cairney's back

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foot. He trails his leg a bit to make it look, after the contact.

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Possibly, but there is contact. is the double whammy because no

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penalty for Hibs there and Paul Cairney is now suspended. Yes, that

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is a big loss to them. It should have been penalty kicks. It would

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have had an outcome on the game. Now it is St Mirren against

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problems. That might have come off Steven Thompson. It was lashed away

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finish! St Mirren have the breakthrough, six minutes before

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the interval. Terrific near-post strike from Steven Thompson, his

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eight goal of the season. St Mirren have taken all sorts of confidence

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from that opening goal. A quick- fire double from Steven Thompson!

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Within the space of three minutes, St Mirren have a two goal leader.

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He could not live with Steven Thompson India. The home side have

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third goal. A bit of a barge. He got to his feet. That was a

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turned into the net. It was already over the line. Motherwell are wide

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backing this game. 13 minutes remaining. Can the visitors

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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they are still holding on to the Mirren have done it. They were

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holding on at the end, but they St Mirren like Friday Night

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Football! For it was an entertaining game. It always days

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against Motherwell. They attack. You get an open match. I was lucky

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enough to get on the scoresheet. They were handing on for the last

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20 minutes. Motherwell might have got a point from the game. It was

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great defending. There were lots of instances about last-ditch

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defending. You are reluctant to talk about your goals! We might as

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well! The first one, it is a nice ball in. I lost the defender. It is

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a good finish. It is not a phrase you often hear, a good ball in!

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That is a brilliant target-man goal. He has used his leverage. He is too

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shy to say it, but it was a classic in strikers goal. St Mirren were

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fully in control. It could have been a hat-trick. At the wrong end!

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Nobody knew I had hit off the bar. I knew at the time, I was trying to

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defend it. That is an unbelievable save. It comes off the post. Should

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the St Mirren fans prepare themselves for the departure of

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Kenny Bickley in? A lot of people have been watching him. He has got

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the qualities to play down south. Last year, I felt he did not have

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the consistency, but this year, he has played well each week, and he

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has added more goals to his game. He has hit the inside of the post

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each time. That is unbelievable. Somebody like that, you think,

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would it be better for a club in England to purchase him and give

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him back to St Mirren to develop his football? Young bloods go down

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and do not get involved with the first team sometimes. Sell him,

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bring him back on loan and let him continue. It sounds like a good

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deal. I think the board would be happy with that. John bigging will

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get more gain time. Ever since he came into the team, he has been at

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Stand end, every single match. Maybe not at Celtic, but he has

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been outstanding. He has got a very big future. He was the best St

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Mirren player on the day when I saw him, he was direct, he had a trick,

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he looked like he had been there all his life. If he can add goals,

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he will be a frightening prospect. The rise of Inverness has been one

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of the stories of the season so far, and with Motherwell losing, they

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knew they would reclaim second Inverness have hardly been shy of

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shots recently, so the Aberdeen goalkeeper was expecting a busy

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afternoon. So it transpired. Another wave of attack. A good ball

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in, he looked sharp again, but the referee felt the Inverness player

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was fouled. Douglas saved from the head there, but the referee pointed

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to the spot. Billy Marc Cater kit, but this time, Douglas was beaten.

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Pilley Mackay, who has scored in the last six games, scored again.

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Barry Smith urging his players to get back into the game, and his

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Nicky Riley did well to control the ball, and it was 1-1. That spurred

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Dundee on, and they came close to grabbing another. Smart play from

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Nicky Riley. This wonderful effort was kept out. From then on, it was

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all about Inverness, they had lost only once in their previous 17

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matches. Owain Tudur Jones put them ahead. A powerful low effort. After

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24 minutes, they were back in front. Into the second half, with a bit of

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help from David Essien, they went further ahead. Billy Mackay pounced

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on the poor back-pass. He still managed to score. Impressive stuff.

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He steered the ball in. That is his 18th goal of the season. It made

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good feeling for the management duo, but there was more to come off.

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Andrew Shinnie still had plenty to do. That finished, his 10th goal of

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the season. A great victory, they go into Christmas in second place.

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The facts and figures are absolutely frightening Likud, when

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you compared with how last season goals tally. Inverness have been

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Lots of players are scoring. What they have got that is really going

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for them, their mentality is incredible. They do not believe

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they are going to lose. They have the belief. He does not matter if

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you score, we will score more. They have round pegs in round holes. The

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front four have been outrageously good. Andrew Shinnie plays off the

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front, Billy McKay on his own. The other three switch positions.

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Everything is in the perfect position. To me, Inverness have

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been the team of the season, by far. You will be looking forward to a

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trip up north! We play them on Boxing Day. It is always difficult

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at the best of times, but they are in sparkling form. They have been

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so it entertaining. 19 games, 76 goals, four goals a game, and they

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have scored in every match. Although the forwards have been

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getting a lot of praise, the two lads in the middle of the park, the

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two centre halves, excellent. The team performance has been

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incredible. They gel, they played with a smile on their face, they

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socialise together, and it shows in their performances. Nobody should

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want to play them, because they refuse to accept that anybody will

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About yesterday, Dundee made a hell of a contribution to their downfall.

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He is going nowhere, you have got to jockey him. Two sensational

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saves. We have seen a Owain Tudur Jones score against Hearts. The

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goalkeeper will be disappointed. He would normally expect to save that.

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This is David Essien with a crazy pass back. This is when you know

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your luck is in there. He has scored 12 in his last seven games,

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Billy McKay. Gallagher is a good young prospect, but he will think,

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you just a jockey him away from goal. The second one, Billy McKay

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has read the pass back. He has just about jumped over the ball. But

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that is the way things are going for Dundee. Billy McKay cannot stop

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scoring. Aberdeen were determined to end a run of three successive

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Driving rain made for tough playing conditions as Aberdeen went in

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search of their first home win since October but that didn't seem

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to be affecting Niall McGinn, as he tested Mannus in the sin Johnstone

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goal early on. Niall McGinn was involved in much of the action.

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Even when he ended up on the ground, he was trying to cause problems,

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quickly up and having a shot at goal. They were well wrapped up in

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the dug-out but surely encouraged by their side's start. It was not

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long before another chance came their way. There was more to come.

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Neat play resulted in a good ball in, which two players tried to meet.

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While Aberdeen were creating plenty of chances, St Johnstone did not

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threaten as much. There was a dangerous ball in, Frazer Wright

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should have done better. Frustration for Wright and there

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would be more of that for Aberdeen as well. Josh Magennis raced

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towards goal and found Niall McGinn was a lovely pass but Mannus

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produced another wonderful save. Perhaps Aberdeen fans were thinking

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it was going to be one of those afternoons, but a clever free kick

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from Niall McGinn eventually bought from -- brought some Christmas

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cheer. The thing Johnstone keeper beaten this time as Niall McGinn

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grabbed his 11th goal of the season. The Norad -- the Northern Irish man

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continued to wreak havoc, this in swinging corner caused problems. A

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point not lost on Steve Lomas, the since Johnstone manager sitting in

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the stands as he seemingly issued instructions to the bench. If there

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was one st Johnstone player catching the eye, it was their

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goalkeeper. He may have unintentionally started a move that

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could have led to Aberdeen's second goal, but he quickly made amends,

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saving from you-know-who. Mannus was at it again, this time a double

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save from Magennis and then Niall McGinn. But Niall McGinn would have

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the final say in this encounter. There was an inch-perfect pass and

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Niall McGinn with his second of the game. A terrific ball from the 19-

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year-old and the impressive Niall McGinn ceiling only Aberdeen's

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Another team who are difficult to predict, Aberdeen. At times you

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look at their team and score and think they will run over teams and

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they have lost games. Yesterday, lots of youngsters in the team,

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Steven, they could have won it more comfortably? At this start of the

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season I would have said it was the strongest squad in the league. They

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had injury problems yesterday. They had ten players under the age of 21

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yesterday, which is a great testament Aberdeen. They have a

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great youth policy. The big problems are at home for them.

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Yesterday was only their 10th win in a calendar year that Pittodrie.

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And their third win in the SPL this season. That is the frustrating

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aspect for the fans, away from home they have a good record. They have

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been doing well. It is the frustration of the home games. They

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have not been winning enough. If they had a few team -- if they had

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been, like a few teams, been on Celtic's tail, but they have lacked

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consistency. The top teams at the moment, Celtic and thin -- and

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Inverness, they seem not to have the run of games in them. This

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tells the story, a string of superb saves from Mannus forcing Johnstone.

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It tells you about the amount of effort that they had on target.

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many of them were from Niall McGinn? He had about seven or eight

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efforts on goal. Incredible, Niall McGinn should score that one. This

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is the save of the game. Incredible. Consider, it was just a Niall

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McGinn, save from Mannus. He gets caught, he is not expecting it. It

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is a good fun -- it is a good finish. It will be frustrating for

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Mannus because he has had a particularly good game and he will

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look at the first goal, which has changed the mechanics of the game,

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and think, I should have done better than that. That is how

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crawled football can be for goalkeepers, pulling off a string

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of wonderful saves and losing what you would call a soft goal. He was

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battered into submission. By the weather! Celtic's Champions League

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success has seen them take their eye off the ball in the SPL at

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times. On the back of the last 16 draw, which paired Celtic with

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Juventus, Ross County were hoping Hooper, but once again it was

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straight at Mark Brown. He was able to push out an arm and keep it out

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds

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quickly. Before Hooper could pounce. County have had two glorious

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opportunities to go in front, just something to say about a rather

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stuttering performance from Celtic in the first half. The goal at the

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start of the second, the perfect response. It is the captain, Scott

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Brown, played in by Gary Hooper. Brown Paris it past Brown.

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Excellent weight in the pass from 0 to Celtic. He missed so many

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chances in the first half, Celtic, they looked sharper in the second.

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It is Gary Hooper. He latches onto the excellent cross. Marc

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Fitzpatrick had lost the striker stand? It has been given by the

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referee. Gary Hooper seemed somewhat bemused, but the referee

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three. The game is beyond Ross first goal of the season for James

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Forrest. He marked his comeback from a two month injury lay-off in

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Forrest. He has really addicted Celtic's place since coming on.

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Hooper is denied a hat-trick by the goal it would have been. Gary

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Hooper, still looking for a hat- Celtic dropped points in seven of

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the first 14 league games, they do look like slipping up at the moment,

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do they? No, they have started to motor. The boost they got for

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qualifying in the last 16 of the Champions League has been

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tremendous. They had a lot of chances in the first half but that

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two best chances fell for Ross County. You just wonder what the

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mentality of the crowd and the team would have been, had they taken

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them. The rule about the trip to Celtic Park dictates that if you

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get these chances you have to took them away. You have to take them,

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the game plan had worked until half-time. If you take a touch come

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he maybe things he hasn't got as much time as he has. Take a touch

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and hit it. We are talking about Yaounde winners and young talent,

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this man, Cooper, Neil Cooper's son, is a talent. He is really good. I

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wonder if he could have got this one. Foster is down early. It could

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have ricocheted into the goal. It was two big chances. One of your

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money of teams, when Ross County spent so many in the January

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window? Derek Adams did not use the money he was offered in the summer.

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He did not, they have struck four deals with players to go. They have

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already cleared the decks to allow them to bring in. There are a

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couple of foreign defenders that they are having a good look at,

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that Derek Adams fancies. He has bought another striker to have a

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look at as well. I would expect county to bring in a three, four,

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maybe five players in the January window. The cameo appearance from

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James Forrest from two months out injured gave a teaser Ofwat Celtic

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have been missing -- missing? was a big player last year, he

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creates so much. He assists so many goals for Celtic. It was late for

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him to get back in amongst it and they will give him a huge boost. I

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would expect Celtic to go from strength to strength as far as the

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League is concerned. You can see the delight on his face. He has

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been out. You see that, this is an arrow straight that goes in. He was

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a bit fortunate with his door yesterday, but given what he has

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been through since October, you can't deny him a bit of joy. It is

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not just the goals he scores, it is the once he creates as well. If you

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have somebody like that, who is bringing you the ammunition, you

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are going to get chances. Of course you are, but he can finish as well.

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They can do without impossibly and their title charge but he is going

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to be a big bonus for those two games against Juventus? I think

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they need him in the title charge. Liam -- Neil Lennon has bemoaned

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the chances have been taken and not created. I think if he is creating

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chances for them, they will score. That is the first time Celtic have

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turned somebody over in the SPL at home by four goals. They have been

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a couple of draws, a couple of defeats, but scoring four goals is

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an ominous sign. Away from home they have been sensational. I think

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that now may be signals the fact that Celtic are ready to start

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turning it on at Celtic Park. Cooper is racking up the goals as

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these -- as he does come up to 15. How difficult walk it before Celtic

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to persuade him to stay? There will be interest in him. His goal record

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is sensational. He will be a big loss to Celtic if he has to go.

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only fly and the element is he has started to attract international

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recognition. I wondering if he feels that he has got to go to

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England to get that elusive cap. Let's hope he stays, Celtic edging

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further ahead of the Clydesdale All the matches from 12:00pm until

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