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STUDIO: Good evening, the third weekend of the premiership season

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already, six one or two surprise results and as always, a countless

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number of talking points, controversial moments and goals

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galore. A couple of top pundits joining us as well. They will be

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crunching the numbers with us this evening. We begin with first against

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second, Inverness began the weekend in pole position. Celtic in second.

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Who would be top of the pile come the final whistle?

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COMMENTATOR: What a strike that is! The 19-year-old from Brussels!

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Spectacular effort! All of the headlines coming, the

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Celtic line-up, it is easy for John Hughes and Caley Thistle, the same

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11 starting again, two wins and a draw, no goals conceded so far for

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the league leaders. No fewer than ten changes in the Celtic 11 from

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the one that began in Slovenia in midweek:

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Only Charlie Mulgrew survives from the start.

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Shinnie we've set. -- weaves it. They thought that had gone in, as

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did John Hughes, he has just passed from Tanzi. The skipper, Shinnie,

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Williams... It is a bright start from the highlanders.

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Highly ambitious from Tansey. But why not have a go? The Celtic boss,

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with a big decision beforehand, to rescue the players ahead of the

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play-off second leg. Tipped over by Dean Brill, the goalkeeper. Good

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effort from Efe Ambrose. The likes of wild sick -- Twardzik in the

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line-up. Teemu Pukki you is going to get a second bite at the cherry. --

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Teemu Pukki. Getting the first bombs from his team-mates, Little wonder,

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yet to concede a goal so far this season, Dean Brill, and 22 clean

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sheets last season. Biting back, Twardzik. Hitting the deck...

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Referee Matt and says no penalty. -- Madden. Celtic trying to make Caley

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Thistle soph on the counter, Kris Commons can do that but he has been

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denied by Brill. This was the penalty shout.

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Christie, down under the challenge of wild Twardzik --.

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-- Twardzik. On loan at Coventry last season, working some space...

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Wonderful effort, and that time, the goalkeeper was beaten.

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He has got his crossbar to thank for keeping the score line 0-0.

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Top-of-the-line by Mulberry. Finding great space.

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Celtic have not failed to score in a league game since December 29, 2012.

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Griffiths got the only goal of the game for Hibernian that day.

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It is one that puts the league leaders in front against the

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champions. O Connell in for a start today, just his second appearance

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for the first team. And it came bouncing back off him. Not much that

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he could have done. Caley Thistle, fully deserving of

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their elite. Getting it back to Collins, the

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substitute. Great ball by Anthony Stokes.

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Shinnie, Williams now... Looking for a second. He has been robbed!

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Christie! Should have been two. The son of the Caley Thistle great,

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Charlie, Ryan Christie had the chance to cement his reputation

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there. Here come the highlanders on the

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counterattack, Celtic all of the way up the other end of the park,

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understandably, lock ticking down, Danny Williams moving through...

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Cannot get past the goalkeeper. They are so close to a famous victory

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here. We were unlucky on the goal but we

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will take it. -- they were unlucky. Scoring against Celtic, for the rest

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of the match, backs against the wall. We have got to think of

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Tuesday as well, I think we got a lot of answers today. We have got to

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work from there. STUDIO: Fantastic victory for Inverness, a lot was

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made of Celtic playing the second string yesterday but how much credit

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do Inverness deserve? Total credit, they still have top talent playing,

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Celtic, Griffiths is there, Charlie Mulgrew, Commons... You have still

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got to beat them, confidence is high, and the performance was

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excellent as well. Nothing but credit for them. For the neutrals,

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plenty of neutrals, glad to see Celtic dropping points as well. So

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that it does not become a procession. I thought that they were

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naive, making ten changes against the league leaders, who have not

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conceded. Tough day for Owen O'Connell, he gave away the goal.

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Was Billy Mackay definitely onside in the build-up? It is his movement

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that does the young Owen O'Connell, showing inexperience. There is

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nothing he can do about it. Clearly onside, Zaluska could do better. The

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movement has done him. The goalkeeper has got to be brave, if

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you are going to get anything on the ball, then you have got to take the

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hit. I would apportion blame all with the goalkeeper than with the

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youngster. Should Caley Thistle have had a penalty? I think so, I think

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that this is a penalty kick. A defender should not stick out his

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leg here. The first two angles are not great, but the referee is in a

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wonderful position. It is not this angle, it is the next one... He is

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hanging out a leg. He has caught him. You thought it was a wee bit

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theatrical. That is why he never got the penalty. Should have been a

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penalty? As soon as you do that you are in trouble. For me, a definite

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penalty. Ronnie Deila left out many players because of the match in the

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Champions League in midweek, Tuesday, usually important, how

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confident are you that Celtic will go through to the group stages? I'm

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very confident, Maribor will not progress. They did not -- I did not

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think they were a good team when they played Rangers, I do not think

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they are a good team now, basically have not progressed as 18. Massive

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match for Ronnie Deila. Absolutely huge. -- basically they have not

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progressed as a team. We will hope that they make it. Hamilton

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academical have raced out of the blocks in the premiership, they seem

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intent on proving everybody wrong, and it has been a good start the

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campaign proving those relegation predictions wrong. I would rather

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see us going down, trying to play good football then, playing good

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football, rather than plain bad football and staying up. On the

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ground, passing game, superb. COMMENTATOR: Following the red card

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last week, the goalkeeper is suspended, Gallagher comes in.

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Hamilton make only one change as they look to maintain their good

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start to the season. Longridge taking the place of Henry. Gill SP

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moves to full-back. -- Gillespie. Almost 50 years since the sides last

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met in a top tier match in Scottish football. Early chance for

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Longridge. A chance to put Hamilton in front. Denied by Paul Gallacher.

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Lovely floated ball through. This is for the opener, Ryan Stevenson...

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Straight at Michael McGovern. Expecting better from Ryan

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Stevenson. Higginbotham, driving it in... The

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pace of the shot taken off by canning. This was a lovely delivery.

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From cleaning, for Stevenson, you expected the next bulge. -- Keenan.

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-- you expected the net to bulge. Flicked a higher. Stevenson,

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knocking it on, this is a chance for Gary Fraser. -- flicked high. He has

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pulled it wide, but Thistle are pushing for the opener.

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Excellent save by Michael McGovern, terrific flowing football this time,

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from the home team. Looking for the bottom corner. Double change for

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Hamilton: It is a game of headers at the

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moment, year is Jason Scotland. Excellent ball, finding Danny

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Redmond. He has a man in the centre. It is Ali Crawford. And it is Paul

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Gallacher, to the rescue of this all, yet again. Looks as though he

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was going the wrong way, still got a hook to it. Deflecting it wide.

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Higginbotham. What a strike that is! Spectacular from the Thistle man!

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They are in front with five minutes left to play! No hanging about after

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the initial control. McGovern got a hand to it, could not keep it out.

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Picked up by Redmond. Anthony Andreu! Within 90 seconds, Hamilton

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are back level, it is a good strike from the substitute.

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Crawfords... Pushing it through, Balatoni has missed it, it is Jason

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Scotland! Two minutes into stoppage time, that will surely be the winner

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for Hamilton! Andreu Scored the first and it is

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another substitute that scores the second, the slip from Balatoni. And

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he was punished. Jason and Tony played a huge part in success last

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season. Jason has just recovered from injury. I have great options

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and I knew that bringing them in would do something the team. Luckily

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they got the two goals. We did not turn up today, we played into their

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hands. We were the home side, I think we needed to take the game by

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the scruff of the neck. STUDIO: Painful for Partick, heroic once

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again for Hamilton. You tipped Hamilton for the drop, are you

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sticking with that? It was not a tip, just a suggestion. Perhaps they

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can inspire the pundits and prove us wrong. Nine points after that first

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result, absolutely brilliant, confidence growing. They must fancy

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themselves to not even get into the relegation play-off and it is

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already that early in the season. Are you sticking by it? It is a long

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way to go! LAUGHTER Jason Scotland and Anthony Andreu

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coming on late in the match. It was the late late show. When they went

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1-0 up they were probably thinking they had won the match but when he

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seizes the ball, he's already the other side of the Partick

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midfielder, they should be tightening up with the game at 1-0,

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when the ball is passed, definitely on-site, and when he opens up his

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body, lovely finish. From the point of view of Partick they will be

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disappointed. They should be sitting deeper, seeing when you see it

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here... They still have plenty of bodies back, there is not much

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movement but I tell you what it is a fine finish, does not even take a

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touch. Big blow for Partick. It all happened at the end of the match,

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must have been so painful for Alan Archibald to be watching this. He

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admitted that, they will be disappointed defensively, good

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finisher and Jason Scotland, he has done it his whole career. Archie has

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admitted that Partick were not at their best, and Hamilton were.

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Resilient, that is the word that reduced. Start of the season for

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Partick, not great, but they had the hoodoo from hell, they will not want

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to see that comeback. When they thumped Ross County, that was put to

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bed, but two wins and a draw would have been a brilliant start,

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Archibald will be scratching his head. He used the word streetwise,

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that epitomises it. Plenty of chat about the new kill Marnoch plastic

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pitch and also about Motherwell's poor start to the premiership

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season. Both elements would come crashing together this weekend. --

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crashing. COMMENTATOR: Looking to build on

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their victory against Ross County last weekend, but if kill Marnoch

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are to do that, it will be without Slater and their new signing, who

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are both injured. Motherwell have lost their last two in a stuttering

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start of the season, Stuart McCall is satisfied, Ojamaa is fit enough

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to begin, having rejoined from the injury list.

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Muirhead, sizing it up. Little wonder! Wonderful goal for Robbie

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Muirhead! He has lashed this one past the goalkeeper, Twardzik. It

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may have moved through the wind. Getting the better of him, Muirhead

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is waiting... Decided to go it alone. Maybe living to regret that

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now. Looking lively. Infancy of his kill

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Marnoch career. Going it is only a matter of time,

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looks like. He's in behind here... Was he clipped by Pascali? That is

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the question Motherwell are asking now, of the referee. He says, no.

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John Sutton tried to stay on his feet, that may well have cost him

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and his team, if indeed he was clipped by the Italian.

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Did that come off the arm of Chandler? The referee and his

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assistant choosing to ignore that one. McManus has crumbled to the

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ground. The kill Marnoch fans are warming to

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Josh Magennis, we only saw him fleetingly when he was at

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Aberdeen... That is a bad challenge there, that could be a red card for

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Kerr. He has gone right in on Jamie Hamill here, very late and very

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ugly. It is a red card for the Motherwell defender.

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Absolutely majestic! That will surely be the points, double

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jeopardy for Motherwell, they lose a man and they lose another goal!

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Sammy Clingan! Rolled in by McGuinness, McKenzie! And then over,

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from O'Hara! Really good kill Marnoch performance, on the

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artificial turf. -- really good kill Marnoch -- Kilmarnock. Eremenko,

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McKenzie... It is just not going in for Josh

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Magennis, he has done everything but score. Real team performance,

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intelligent, passing the ball very well, Motherwell put pressure on us

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but we defended very well when they did that, I am very pleased. I do

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not think he clipped him... I think he's just an honest person trying to

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score a goal, trying to stay on his feet and then tumbling with the

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momentum. If he had gone down on contact, it would have been a red

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card and he would have gone off. Little things like that can change

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football teams. Pumping beats coming from the home dressing room, in

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terms of Muirhead and McGuinness, looks like kill Marnoch may have a

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good partnership on their hands. -- kill

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-- Kilmarnock. I worked with Josh at St Mirren and he has all of the

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attributes to do well. I think the defender backed off, taking the

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touch... You have got to go over the ball, Ni invites him to hit it.

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Again, possibly, straight at the goalkeeper. He has tremendous

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attributes, pace and power, directness, big John. Finishing? He

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has got to add that to his game. It is something that has been missing,

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the amount of goals he scores. He has presence, pace, power, the good

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attributes. Bit of competition for places with kill Marnoch as well.

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They have got several players, including Lee Miller. Motherwell do

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not have that competition, they have maybe Saturn, maybe Henrik jammer.

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-- Sutton. -- Henrik Ojamaa. In terms of decisions can they be

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feeling hard done by? Looking at it, maybe John Sutton... He has done him

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a favour by not going to ground straight. From his experience you

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would think that he would go down. They have overachieved. Fine line.

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Stonewall for me, armed to ball. You can see it. Was this a sending off?

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Definite sending-off, the argument made, play should have been stopped,

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it is at the referee 's discretion. I think that the game should have

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been stopped, that is the referee 's discretion, no doubt it was a red

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card. Who is most likely to finish in the top six? It is difficult to

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write off Motherwell, with their consistency levels, but I think they

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have missed Shaun Hutchinson leaving, he is a real big mess. I am

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going to say both! Because Kilmarnock our playing with

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confidence. LAUGHTER Good start to the season for Dundee

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United but it came to a halt last weekend, losing 6-1 at Illtyd Park.

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Could they pick themselves up for the visit of Ross County? So far,

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Ross County had played three and lost three. -- Celtic Park.

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COMMENTATOR: No Stuart Armstrong for Dundee United, that is the only

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change to the United side under an at Celtic Park last week. Mario

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Balotelli coming in. Three changes, Ross County look to win at Tannadice

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with a first time. -- Mario Balati. It is a good save. Kept his eye on

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it. Townsend. Taken down. Free kick. No

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complaints. Sends it in, nice ball, cheeky. 1-0, Dundee United. Will he

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escape the attentions of Scott Boyd and send them into the opposite

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corner? Court betwixt and in between. Made them pay. -- caught

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Some Bilate. -- some refreshment for Jackie McNamara.

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The move had broken down. Great resolve.

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Dundee United, starting the second half brightly. Giving that one away.

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Chance here for Ross County. Out wide. Comes short. Into Carey,

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brilliant ball... Missed by one but not by the other. Ross County

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level, Jake Jarvis did not miss that one. Classic counterattacking

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football. Jake Jervis Bay his run at the back post to perfection. One

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one, at Tannadice. -- 1-1. Good play... Had to be 2-1. Put on a

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plate for him. Did not take it. Linking well. Away from Payton.

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Chance for Ross County. Second great chance they have had to take the

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lead. Spurned the first one... Jake Jervis Bay and is that one well

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over. Payton... Pushed away by the goalkeeper. Good

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play from Dundee United, the pass from Payton, and first time in,

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Rankin. Gary Mackay-Steven... Cutting through, punched straight

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on... 2-1, United! Four minutes remaining. Dundee United back in

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front. Great match, a lot of energy. Two

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teams looking to attack. Having scored the first goal we are

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disappointed to lose the equaliser on the break when we were pushing

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forward, but I thought it was a good match. Overall, performance wise,

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delighted, it has been a defeat, it has been hard to take, because of

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the way that we played at times. Great for Dundee United to bounce

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back after the defeat against Celtic. Great moment for Chris

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Erskine. Yes, needed the same thing at Pittodrie the other day, couple

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of weeks ago. The goalkeeper needs to take a look

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at himself. Take it down on the half volley, superb. Jackie McNamara has

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a great problem, he has a lot of talent in the midfield areas to

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choose from. After losing Ryan Gauld, an opportunity for Chris

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Erskine. Chris Erskine is challenging. The goalkeeper has two

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looked at himself there. He has plunged it into the ground. Derek

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Adams talked about how United stole the game. County passed up their

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chances. They did. Creating their opportunities. County were in the

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same position last year. But they won't win games of the goalkeeper

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does things like that, anywhere but do that. This one for me, is

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fantastic play. I know what you are going to say. You have to do side

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footed of the net. Just open your foot up and guide it into the net

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but he tried to put the laces through it. How do you feel about

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Dundee United facing St Mirren next weekend? It will be a difficult

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game. The one criticism of them last year was they did not keep a lot of

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clean sheets but this year they have a new left-back and two new centre

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halves and I think they're looking good defensively and they are a

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threat going forward. It will be tough. Stevie May was on the

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scoresheet yesterday but sadly for St Johnstone fans it was for his new

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club, Sheffield Wednesday. The big question in Perth is how St

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Johnstone will cope without his goals. They faced a stern test

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yesterday, Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park. Rob MacLean was there for us.

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COMMENTATOR: Gary MacDonald and Lee Croft brought into the starting

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line-up for St Johnstone. Aberdeen club captain Russell Anderson is

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back in action on grass having stayed away from Camara's artificial

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pitch. He replaces Taylor in central defence. -- from Kilmarnock's

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artificial pitch. In from what the spoon. Gary MacDonald with a near

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post header. It flashed wide of target.

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That backpass is not finding Jamie Langfield. Steven MacLean with a

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golden chance for the opening goal. He can't quite believe he hasn't

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taken the opportunity here. What was Jonny Hayes thinking? Steven MacLean

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clips the out side of the post. Steven MacLean lining up for the

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shot. Langfield spills it and Gary MacDonald... He must have thought he

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was scoring here. Poor goalkeeping from Langfield. Should have been

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punished. St Johnstone miss another chance. In from Logan. Consett dine.

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A thumping header so close to putting Aberdeen ahead. --

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Considine. They could have been 1-0 in front.

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Miller's packs. Lee Croft threads it through for Steven MacLean in a good

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position. There is both Halloran. The shot was blocked by Andy

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Considine. St Johnstone are screaming penalty, claiming handball

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against the Aberdeen defender. Chris Miller was bundled over by

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Ryan Jack. Free kick quickly taken. Will Halloran looks to make

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something happen for Steven MacLean, and he does fact or! Steven MacLean

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strikes against his old team. Sharpshooting. Not picked up. He

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started the move and he finishes it. A yellow card which doesn't wipe the

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smile off his face. A miscue by Scobey. David Goodwill E is in here

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with a shot that rebound is off the chest of McManus. In a game of

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precious few opportunities for Aberdeen, that was half a chance for

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the substitute to strike. Aberdeen chasing an equaliser.

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Robson's pass. Down goes Peter Pawlett. That will be a yellow card

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for diving. There was a brush therewith Scobey 's not enough to

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knock over Peter Pawlett and he's booked for that. At the very least

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we should be the moaning the fact it was 0-0. But we lost a poor goal and

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we were chasing it from there on in. We had a couple of opportunities

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ourselves. We should maybe do better. We got into decent areas but

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were not convincing in the final third. A poor afternoon's work for

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others. We emphasise the importance of starting the game. If you don't

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start the game well it is so difficult in this league. We started

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well and were competitive from the first whistle and that helped build

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the overall performance. Great win for St Johnstone. Steven MacLean has

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three goals already. He had 11 last season. Could he get anywhere near

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the Stevie May total of 27? The onus is on him to get more goals, I think

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you can get more than 15. It is not just his goals, his intelligence.

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After the free kick he has space to run into. It is not the Aberdeen

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midfield's job to track him but they switch off. He runs onto the back

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watch row. He gains the yard, and that intelligence, that is what gets

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him away. I think Russell Anderson's eyes were taken off the

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run of Macdonald when he comes into the box. They contested finish and

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he's a good player. Did Peter Pawlett deserve his yellow card? It

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is a bit like Christie at Inverness. It is theatrical, not a natural

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fall. I think she gets lent on a little bit. You can see why he

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wasn't given the penalty. I think yellow card is harsh. He has been

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blocked so me times before for diving. He has gone down

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theatrically. I don't think it's a penalty kick. It's hard to give

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yellow but Craig Thomson produces it. Controversial. Were Aberdeen

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below par? Are other teams raising their game against them? Definitely.

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Aberdeen with their performances last year, winning the cup. We

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tipped them to be second. But they are now a scalp for other teams and

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they will have to handle that as other teams raise their game. We

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finish with St Mirren against Dundee. Could Paul Hartley's side,

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Dundee, build on the positive signs of their return to the top flight?

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COMMENTATOR: Tommy Craig makes two changes to the side that lost to

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Hamilton ten days ago. Jim Goodwin returns from suspension and bears a

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home debut for Adam Drury who joined midweek from Manchester City on

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loan. McBride comes in for Simon Ferry who was injured in the warm up

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for Dundee. Teenage striker Craig Whiten replaces Peter MacDonald

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upfront. Good ball to Maclean. He cuts it

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back. Adam Drury with the effort but cleared by the Dundee defence. The

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shot comes in by Naismith. Cleared away by the Dundee defence.

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Naismith, the goalkeeper got a hand to the ball to push it away. Long

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throw cleared but Adam Drury on the volley. What a debut that would have

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been for Adam Drury. On the volley from 12 yards out. But high over the

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crossbar. Paul McGinn, former St Mirren player, tackled by Jim

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Goodwin. A long ball through to Whiten. Good chances for Dundee as

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they have men forward. Harkins is all alone at the back post but it

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was a poor first touch which allows the St Mirren defence to get back

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again. Harkins, a great chance at the back post. Acres of space. His

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first touch took the ball too far away and it gives the defence time

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to get back. Maclean's Corner punched away by the goalkeeper. Good

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cross deep to the back post, knocked back. Naismith with the shot but it

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is cleared away. It was Kevin McBride putting his body on the

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line. is cleared away. It was Kevin

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McBride putting his Naismith from just eight yards out. Good ball

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again. Maclean. Adam Drury at the back post. If you can find him... He

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does but again his shot goes over the top of the crossbar. What a

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chance that was. Possibly the best of the game for St Mirren. Great

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ball by Maclean but not so good a finish by Adam Drury. A number of

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former buddies in the Dundee line-up this afternoon. Here's one of them,

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Gary Harkins. Long ball over the top cleared. A chance for Peter

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MacDonald. Good save by the goalkeeper. The Saints defence, it

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was Goodwin who cleared it. McDonald, he's only been on a few

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minutes as substitute. That was a terrific stop by the former Hearts

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keeper. A long, high ball. Macdonald has

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beaten the offside trap. Great first touch and great finish from Peter

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MacDonald to give Dundee the lead. It was the first touch by Macdonald

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that made the goal. It took him away from the Saints' defence. The

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goalkeeper with little chance. Great finish from the striker.

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Maclean with the corner. Another chance. Cleared away once again. A

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fantastic stop. Jason Naismith again. I thought we worked hard. We

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competed in terms of possession and passing the ball. But we are away

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from home. We had to grind out the result, had a few chances and the

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keeper made some saves but we will take the three points. A solid start

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so far. I want us to keep playing the way we are playing. I'm a firm

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believer in what we are doing. I know the fans will be frustrated and

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angry and they understand because they care about the club but overall

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I think we did more than enough to win the game today. Good victory for

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Dundee as their solid start to the season continues. Not St Mirren's

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day yesterday. You had 27 minutes off the bench yesterday. Peter

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MacDonald was the striker who stole the show. What do you make of his

:41:38.:41:44.

goal? And tested. Poor from us defensively. -- fantastic. His

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finish was excellent. He had a couple of efforts on goal and he

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caused us problems when he came on as substitute. Whether he was

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intending to go there, his first touch, he does not need a second and

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he slots it home. Plenty of chances yesterday for St Mirren. You were

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there but why couldn't they take those chances? I think it's

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confidence. They have new players at the club and they need something to

:42:14.:42:20.

happen for them. Jason Naismith had a lot of good opportunities in the

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match and he didn't take them but I would be more worried if we were

:42:24.:42:26.

looking disjointed and disorganised, weren't creating and passing, but we

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are doing all of those things and playing well. We just need something

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to drop for us which will be the catalyst for us to go on a run. This

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was the pick of the bunch. Young Adam probably should have done

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better. Jason had four attempts from right back yesterday. We are playing

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well but are missing the final touch. Not hitting the panic button.

:42:49.:42:53.

The McGinn brothers were up against each other. John against Paul. How

:42:54.:43:00.

did you gauge that? I think John was apprehensive knowing he was playing

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against his big brother. They are both great lads and they never

:43:05.:43:08.

shirked any challenges. Both getting fired into each other. I thought

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they both had good games. They were possibly more up for it because they

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were against each other. This was the funniest. A little brotherly

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love. Their mum can sort it out later when they get home. I think

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Paul was going to apologise to John for tackling. I don't think Paul

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Hartley was best pleased. Great victory for Dundee yesterday. Paul

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Hartley is doing well so far. Three draws and a win, six points, that is

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all you can ask for. They work hard. I thought St Mirren have the edge

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yesterday and they were the team who looked like they might win. But the

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hard work and endeavour got them that result in the end. At least one

:43:54.:43:59.

substitute made an impact yesterday. Peter MacDonald was inspirational in

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getting them that victory. Billy and Stephen, thank you very much will

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stop six games this weekend, what does it mean in terms of the

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Premiership table this evening? Inverness remained proudly on top

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with ten points after that victory over Celtic.

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There is a long way to go. The season has just started. We are back

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next week. Until then, from all of us, good night.

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