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Good afternoon and welcome to the Results Show:

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Or if you like the football news where you are, where I am,

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where Steven Thompson and Allan Preston are,

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Scores, reports, results a wee bit of action -

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and lots of insight from our aforementioned guests.

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Let's start with a burl around the grounds.

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John Barnes, Fir Park, a lot happening? A dominant display by

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Dundee has Vergne 5-1 in front. Zak Jules with an own goal after seven

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minutes. It looked like quite a level game. Mark O'Hara chipped in

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to make it 3-1. Craig Wighton blasted in number four for Dundee

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before Marcus Haber got a double in the last few seconds of the period.

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As often happens with a side so dominant, it is Dundee 5-1

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Motherwell. The bottom club are in action at Celtic Park. Richard

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Wilson is there for us. Celtic are in complete control of this

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scoreline. They have scored twice. They have come from Moussa Dembele.

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In the first half, a lovely pass of individual skill. He lifted the ball

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in over the net of the goalkeeper. Kieran Tierney was tripped. Leigh

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Griffiths is now coming off the bench to make his return to the

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side. Scott Davies next, he is watching Aberdeen in second place

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against Ross County. They are leading by a goal to nil. Who else,

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it is Adam Rooney. Two good chances leading by a goal to nil. Who else,

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to score. Ross County have played pretty well but if you don't take

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your chances then you pay a penalty. I don't know what he was doing but

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he miscued an attempt and Rooney was lurking to get a deflection on it to

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have Aberdeen leading by a goal to nil with a chance to move nine clear

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of Rangers. Lets see who is at Firhill. Partick Thistle two,

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thing-macro nil. Heart of Midlothian were looking for a response. Partick

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Thistle totally deserving of their 2-0 lead. There was sloppy

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defending. Liam Lindsay has made it 2- 04 Partick Thistle, firing in

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from close range. The player was sent off for mouthing at the

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referee. It sounds like a good day for Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock would

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dominate. They went ahead after Mackenzie's first goal. The Saints

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keeper beat down Kris Boyd free kick. It was salmon ahead who put

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Kilmarnock ahead a few minutes ago. Zander club will not be happy. --

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Clark. Second versus fourth in the Championship. Charlie Mann is it

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Tannadice. Morton have the lead at Tannadice. A terrific goal for David

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Gill though. They are really doing a number on Dundee United in this

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match. United pushing hard for an equaliser but Jim Duffy's side are

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holding on at the moment. If they could win this game they will go

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second in the Championship, testament to the excellent work. A

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big game at the bottom of the table. Brace yourselves, Steven Thompson.

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Over two Chip. To is noisy and nervous but it is marvellous for St

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Mirren. They lead this game by a goal to nil. John Sutton timed his

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run to perfection, cracked the offside trap. I thought he had gone

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wide but he got the ball in from an incredibly narrow angle. It is a

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huge scoreline. If they win this they will cut the gap on Ayr United

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by five points. But Ayr United are battling back. The attendance 10,000

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217. Nearly half the crowd have come down from Paisley. There is ten

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minutes to go. That is a huge scoreline but it does not come

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anywhere near close to the Fir Park scoreline. Stephen? It is quite

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incredible to be honest with you. The Motherwell defending in that

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first half was an absolute joke. As well as Dundee played, Motherwell

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conceded 17 goals in the last four games. It is not acceptable. It has

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been dreadful. I think it will be very difficult for Mark McGhee to

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survive this. The fans will be on his back and rightly so. At home

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Dundee have only won twice on their own. It was only a few weeks ago

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they lost by seven goals. Is this the worst defeat? Guess,

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because it is at home and it is one of the teams who are around them in

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the lead. It is not one of the so-called stronger teams like

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Rangers. It is a team they should be on parity with. Don't take anything

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away from Dundee, they had a great result against Rangers last week. I

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think Marcus Haber has made a big stance since he came to Dundee. He

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is a physical presence and he has scored a couple of goals and he will

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be looking for a hat-trick. Mark McGhee under scrutiny, so to Ian

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Castro. 2-0 down. They have been poor. I have watched that again

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today. There is a lot of work to go on at Tynecastle. Ian Castro has a

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big job. They were second and playing decent football and now they

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are going backwards. They are lucky St Johnstone are losing or they

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could find themselves in fifth place. To mention some -- St

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Johnstone losing, Kilmarnock are 2- up. An incredible opening goal from

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Rory McKenzie. It was an absolutely special goal. I am really pleased

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for Lee McCulloch. I hope he takes the job on a full-time basis. To the

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top two now, we usually start at the top and work our way down but we

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have been doing them in reverse order. Aberdeen Alpes on up against

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Ross County and Adam Rooney on the scoresheet. Ross County have been

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giving a good account of themselves. If you look at all the goals of the

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weekend, there has been a catalogue of errors right through every single

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game. Zach Jewels has been dreadful for Motherwell. Stephen Anderson,

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Andrew Davies goes on the wrong foot for the goal for Aberdeen and Zander

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Clark, it has been a really poor day for goalkeepers and offenders. We

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don't know what is happening there. We have not got pictures coming in.

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It is fairly predictable that Moussa Dembele opens the scoring. Hamilton

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have not won. When you go to Celtic Park or one of the bigger clubs, can

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you get to 0-0 at half-time to frustrate the crowd? The weekend's

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other Premiership match was played last night.

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It was the club at the bottom against the team in third place.

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Inverness, who hadn't won a game since October, at home to Rangers,

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who had taken just one point from their last three matches.

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It turned out to be a Black Friday for the away team.

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You made the journey up their, Steven? Road-macro a defence if the

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state gives them this opportunity for defence in the second-half

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Rangers battled back into the game. Interesting penalty. There was a

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yellow card for this challenge. A good finish. Inverness grabbed the

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bull by the horns and won penalty. There was an opportunity to win the

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game when you are at the bottom of There was an opportunity to win the

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the league, you're never going to There was an opportunity to win the

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get a better chance than this to get all three points. However, real

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moment of inspiration from Billy McKay. Credit McKay for that. What a

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superb overhead kick. A goal worthy of winning any game. You can see

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what it means to Richie Foran and Inverness. It was not all over for

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them. There was still one moment in the match. There was a call for a

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penalty kick. It hits his chest and it hits his hand, certainly hits his

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hand on the way out. Rangers may find themselves a bit unlucky. What

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a way to mark the 1000th match for Caley Thistle. They have got a

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point. Caley, you showed them last week and there was a bit of

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determination about them. Hamilton are losing today. The Accies have a

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really tough game. There is a run for the Accies. We can hear what the

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Caley Thistle manager Richie Foran had to say when he spoke to our man.

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I didn't think we would get another chance. I would have been happy with

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a draw but with the likes of Billy McKay on your team who can score

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a draw but with the likes of Billy from anywhere, one chance and one

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goal. It is a wonderful finish, an overhead kick, of the post as well,

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makes it feel more special. You have talked about belief and the faith

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you have in the players, you must have confidence that you can really

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kick on from this result? Of course, I have said this all along, huge

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desire and hunger. We showed a lot of quality tonight, particularly

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with the two finishes. We have been a long time at the bottom of the

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table. Weaker players would have crumbled. There is a huge desire,

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hunger, bravery. We kept the positives. We knew the results would

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be coming. We have two fine results against two top teams, Rangers and

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Hearts. Things are looking up for Caley Thistle. Not so Rangers. We

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hear news of the mystery adviser that Graeme Murty has got. I don't

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know, it is a mystery to me! I don't know if Allan knows anything. It was

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a strange thing for Graeme Murty to say. You heard Richie talk about

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character. He showed so much character in the game. That was the

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one thing that was missing, character. There were three games

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against Hearts, Rangers and Celtic. A lot of people said will they get

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any points out of these three games? They have already got four which is

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a big surprise. I think Celtic is too far.

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Now there's one Championship match this evening.

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It's the team at the top of the table against the team in sixth.

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Hibs at home to Dunfermline, It kicks off at 5:15

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but our reporter, Brian McLauchlin, is already in position

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You'll hear more of him throughout the match on Radio Scotland later,

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Good evening, David. Many of the Hibernian fans are still celebrating

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the cup success. Not so manager Neil Lennon who has emphasised promotion

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to the top flight 's Scottish football is the number one priority.

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The current league form has them heading back to the Premiership,

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unbeaten after 11 games and with a healthy lead at the top of the

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Championship. Two changes made for dumb firmly. Andrew shinny and

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Humphrey. Hibernian have had one defeat in 14. Despite the good run

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of form they are ready four points of the relegation play-off spot.

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Allan, chance for Hibs to increase their lead at the top? I would

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expect kids to go and beat them. It will be a tough game. A quarter past

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five kick off. I expect Neil Lennon's side to kick on. I think

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they will win the league by ten points plus. Raith Rovers, Ayr

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United, Neil Lennon expressing his opinion. You thought it was

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tactical. Genius. He wanted to give them a wee rocket before the cup

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game and certainly worked! John McGuinness's performance in

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particular? John was outstanding. Hibs were excellent, all over the

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party. We touched on this in the Derby. When Hearts won the cup in

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2012, there were new players. Then there was a manager who had never

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managed at Easter Road and it showed with the experience.

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At the bottom, St Mirren are looking good, too -- zero away to Ayr United

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in a match they had to win. It was a must win game. -- 2-0 away to Ayr

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United. If they had lost, it would have been curtains. As good as. It

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is a massive show of character from St Mirren. Dundee on course for a

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good result at Motherwell in the Premiership this afternoon. Can you

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update as? It is still 5-1. How often have we seen a team being

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dominant in the first 45 minutes and then failing to add to their tally

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in the second period? That has happened for Dundee. Motherwell have

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made a better impression on the second, but a double from Marcus

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Haber, another from Craig Wighton, Henrik Ojamaa, and an own goal from

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Zak Jules gives Dundee at 5-1 lead. Zak Jules with the -- Louis Moult

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with the only goal for Motherwell. Let's go to Celtic Park. Celtic

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should be the up. They are leading 2-0 through goals from Moussa

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Dembele. It has been a pretty slow pace in the second half. Gary

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Mackay-Steven has seen running shot saved. The only thing for Hamilton

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to cling onto was a penalty claim. The attacker went down under a Scott

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Brown challenge, but the referee said it was a dive and he was shown

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a yellow card. Onto Pittodrie, where Scott Davie is

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keeping us updated on Aberdeen against Ross County.

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Adam Rooney's 17th goal of this season is separating the sides with

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a few moments ago. Aberdeen on the counterattack in the transfer Miles

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Storey. He hits it over the bar end into the richer Donald stand. He has

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come on as a substitute. It probably would have been Jayden Stockley, if

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he had been fit, but he damaged his shoulder against Kilmarnock last

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week. Miles Storey has not made much of an impression. Ross County will

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be frustrated if they lose this game. They have defended well. A

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lapse of concentration by the captain, Andrew Davies, is why they

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are drilling and looking at the points return of just four from the

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last 24 available. Let's get the latest from Firhill

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Stadium. It is 2-0. The Hearts head coach, Ian Cathro, looking for a

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response after that dismal Edinburgh derby defeat. It has not come this

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afternoon in Glasgow, Kris Doolan opening the scoring for Partick

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Thistle, his 98th goal of all time for Partick Thistle. It looked like

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he would get more in the first half. He had a couple of opportunities to

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reach 100, but it did not happen. Hearts were woeful, Lennard Sowah

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looking like a fish out of water centre-half. There has been a

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dismissal for two bookable offences. Partick Thistle are deserving of the

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three points this afternoon. Let's go to McDiarmid Park. It looks

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like Kilmarnock are heading for all three points away to St Johnstone.

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We are into stoppage time. St Johnstone have not had much punch.

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They have just had an effort over the bar from Chris Kane. It was a

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Rory McKenzie goal in 35 minutes, and then a header from Conor Sammon

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at the far post which to easily beat the keeper in my opinion. That is

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the score at the moment and this is how it looks like it will finish.

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We can go back to Pittodrie. It is full time between second placed

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Aberdeen and Ross County. Let's hear how it finished. It was

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1-0. The old football cliche that the good teams manage to win some

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are even when they're not playing well, that was the case for Aberdeen

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today. They have not been at the level they have been at recently,

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but it is still ten victories in the last 11 games. Nine points ahead of

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Rangers, 14 ahead of Hearts, 15 ahead of St Johnstone in the race

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for second place. I think it is pretty much race over but I do not

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imagine Derek McInnes will give us that point of view at the end of

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this match. Adam Rooney with a flick in the six yard box. It was a ball

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played in by Kenny MacLean. Andrew Davies, the Ross County captain,

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should have cleared. He got himself in a muddle. No clean sheets in the

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last 11 games for Ross County. They defended well and lost Paul Quinn at

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the end, their central defender, to injury at half-time. It did not

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help. They passed up good opportunities. Andrew Davies Miss

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two opportunities. Craig Curran sent on over the bar. They go to

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Tynecastle in midweek. Aberdeen go to Hamilton on Tuesday and can

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extend their lead over their rivals if they get a victory.

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1-0. Much less close-run at Fir Park and the match between Motherwell and

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Dundee. It is all over. Yes, it is 1-5. It

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all started with Zak Jules, with an own goal after only seven minutes

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when he headed over the top of his own keeper, Craig Samson. Louis

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Moult level things up midway through these first-half, but Dundee went on

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a scoring run, Marcus Haber, then Mark O'Hara adding the third. Craig

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Wighton got on the act before Marcus Haber got his second on half-time.

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Motherwell were booed off at the interval. They were better in the

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second half with Craig Clay having shot saved by Scott Bain, but

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Motherwell in the midst of our relegation battle after this 5-1

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thrashing Dundee. Dundee maintained their spot in the

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top six. We're going to McDiarmid Park. St Johnstone against

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Kilmarnock has finished. Let's hear about that. All over. 2-0

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Kilmarnock. It was impressive performance against shot shy St

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Johnstone. Boyd tested Zander Clark as early as the fourth minute with a

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free kick. The goal was only delayed. Kilmarnock went into the

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lead after Rory McKenzie's 12 minute effort, speculative shot from 35

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yards that went over the head of the Saints keeper, Zander Clark.

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Kilmarnock should have added more. There was an effort which Kris Boyd

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got in with a free kick, which was beaten away. Conor Sammon had a 20

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yard shot an 80 minutes. In the second half, since only effort from

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the first half, on 60 minutes. They struggled. They were shot shy. Conor

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Sammon put it beyond doubt on 71 minutes. He nodded down the cause.

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The keeper was slow to get to it, I minutes. He nodded down the cause.

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thought. It went past him at the far post.

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Did you like I pretended I did not know I was on screen when I was

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listening? Definitely I will be listening to

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Charlie Mann now with news of Dundee United and Greenock Morton.

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1-1. One point apiece, probably about right in the way the game went

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at Tannadice. There was brewing around the stadium at half-time

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because Morton were in front, taking the lead on 39 minutes, Lee Kilday's

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fourth goal of the season. The corner from Ross Forbes was deep

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into the box, and Lee Kilday had lots of time. In the second half,

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United change things. They went for it and equalised an 83 minutes from

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a corner. Mark Durnan was the score, his fourth of the season as well. I

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am not sure he knew how you scored it. Ping-pong in the box and the

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ball ricocheted against the defender, against the legs of Mark

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Durnan and into the net. It finished 1-1. It is as you were in the league

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standings, but the big winners could be Hibs, who are playing this

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evening. At Firhill Park this afternoon, the

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big winners were Partick Thistle. Yes, 2-0. It was a dreadful

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disappointing performance from Hearts. The headlines will be about

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Ian Cathro again. This was a great performance this afternoon from a

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three points desperately first stop three points desperately first stop

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-- desperately. Kris Doolan came up with the goods again today, scoring

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early on to put Partick Thistle on the road to victory, turning smartly

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in the box to hook Lee Sharpe into the net. He could have got a

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hat-trick in the first half, which would have taken into a century of

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Partick Thistle goals. Some smart goalkeeping from Hamilton kept him

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at bay. Hearts were not in this match. Lennard Sowah moved to

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centre-half from centre back. match. Lennard Sowah moved to

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looked like a fish out of water and the Hearts defending was hesitant.

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They were toothless upfront. They were much more toothless when

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Goncalves got himself sent off. The first booking was for motoring off

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to the referee, the second for a late challenge. That was the last

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thing that Ian Cathro's side needed. Liam Lindsay got the second goal,

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the least that Partick Thistle deserved. A great three points

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following up their victory last weekend against Hamilton. Putting

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the derby day disappointment behind them was the task for Ian Cathro's

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Hearts today. They have not done that. Back to the

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Championship and Chick Young. He was watching the match between Ayr

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United and St Mirren. The great escape key beyond. St

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Mirren have cut the gap at the bottom of the Championship to five

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points with a 2-0 victory over Morton -- over Ayr. Second-half

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goals from John Sutton and Lewis Morgan gave the Paisley club hope.

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They still have a game in hand over their relegation rivals. John Sutton

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timed his run to perfection to break the offside trap. There was a news

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-- there was a nervous period first million before Lewis Morgan got

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another, with a break. The St Mirren support was fantastic today, almost

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half the crowd. They have left the stadium believing St Mirren can

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produce a miracle, the great escape at the bottom of the Championship.

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Lots of work to be done. Ayr will say, we are still five points ahead.

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It is going to be dramatic. My heart is pumping.

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That is a good thing. Take it easy. We will listen to Richard Wilson,

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who was watching Celtic against Hamilton, top against bottom.

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It was 2-0 to the side of the top, Celtic's impressive march towards

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the title continues. They were not that there are buyers today compared

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to other towns this evening -- this season, but Moussa Dembele was

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impressive on his own, opening the scoring with a well taken individual

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goal, spinning away from us Donati before lifting a shot into the

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corner of the net from 25 yards. The second goal came when Kieran Tierney

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was brought down inside the penalty box by Massimo Donati. Moussa

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Dembele scored the penalty. Celtic are top of the table and Hamilton

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are bottom. At the end of the game, immanent Revista ahead turned out by

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Craig Gordon. The bottom six looks to be

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separating. They were all bunched up, but you're looking at Ross

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County, Motherwell, Inverness and Hamilton. Yes, great results for

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Partick Thistle and Inverness. Hamilton have a really difficult

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five games coming up, albeit one is in the cup. Ross County are not in a

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great run. They have not won a match this year. Motherwell as well,

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conceding goals for fun. Inverness have momentum. Four points in the

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last to make the game. They will play Celtic in midweek and that will

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be difficult, but they have momentum if they want to get out of this. It

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be difficult, but they have momentum is looking bad for Motherwell. Yes,

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the goals they're conceding, the lack of fight in the team. To lose a

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home game 5-1 is unacceptable. I will be interested to hear what Mark

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McGhee says post match. He must be under massive pressure. It is not

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good enough. He will be shell-shocked, lost for words. He is

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never lost for words. He was after the Rangers game. This is a tough

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managerial period for Mark McGhee. He has got to turn it around. The

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managerial period for Mark McGhee. Motherwell fans will be spitting

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feathers. To lose five goals against a team that you should be in and

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around in the lead at home, it is dreadful. Three points away from the

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bottom with the worst goal difference. Stephen

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McManus was injured for today's game. He is an experienced player

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for them. He has been playing well they have been haemorrhaging goals.

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Yes, no excuses. It is the lack of defending. Dreadful. So cheap. At

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the top of the table, Aberdeen, it victories from nine. They have had a

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great weekend with Rangers losing last night, Hearts and St Johnstone

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losing. Aberdeen are nine clear of Rangers, 23 goals ahead of them.

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They are basically ten ahead of Rangers. First is gone and second is

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almost gone as well. The top six almost selects itself apart from the

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last spot, between Dundee, Partick Thistle and Kilmarnock. There are

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only 56 points between Ross County on them. There is a long way to go.

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The first five are set in stone. Partick Thistle had been creating

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chances and not taking them for a long time. Now they are getting

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among the goals. -- among the goals. Kris Doolan is a good player. I like

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Partick Thistle, and Alan Archibald is a good manager. They have a good

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team. Right, time for the classified results round-up.

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The Inverness Caledonian Thistle Rangers match was played last night.

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To -- two matches have been postponed because of the weather.

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Time now for a look at the league tables.

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A huge win for Dundee. At the bottom of the table, Hamilton dropped to

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the bottom after Caley Thistle's 2-1 win over Rangers last night.

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Motherwell and Ross County, it is looking a bit dicey for them.

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Livingston's match was postponed today. Alloa Athletic are now nine

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points behind them. Stenhousemuir's game was postponed.

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Another win for Chelsea. Their game is postponed this weekend. Tottenham

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Hotspur played tomorrow. Liverpool play Leicester on Monday. The bottom

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of the table looks like this. Leicester City dropping into the

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bottom three. Brighton Hove Albion have a chance

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to unseat Newcastle United, they are still to play this weekend. A big

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gap between Rotherham United and the others at the bottom of the

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Championship. Right, folks, we have time to hear

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from the biggest winner of the day perhaps, Paul Hartley Dundee spoke

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to John Barnes after their 5-1 win at Fir Park.

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How pleased to which you with your team's performance today? Yes, in

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the second half, we told them at half-time to make sure not to

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concede any goals. Sometimes when you have a commanding lead that

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concede any goals. Sometimes when happens but all in all the players

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were outstanding. It was good for the players leading up to the goals?

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We had some good combination play. It was pulled off today. The overall

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team performance again was excellent.

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I am always getting Fir Park and Firhill confused! Paul Hartley does

:36:08.:36:13.

not seem elated with that win? He is playing it cool. That is a wonderful

:36:14.:36:18.

result for him. It was the same team last week who beat Rangers and today

:36:19.:36:27.

thrashing Motherwell, that is absolutely hammering. They are a

:36:28.:36:32.

team who have not been scoring a lot of goals? They have struggled this

:36:33.:36:36.

season and they have missed two star strikers from last season but I do

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like the look of Haber. I think he brings a lot to the team. They were

:36:40.:36:43.

talking about giving directives to him. It certainly worked. He scored

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two goals and run the Motherwell defence ragged. With the points

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going to Motherwell. Young Craig Whyte and is an excellent prospect

:36:56.:37:00.

so good to see him getting a game. A good win for Partick Thistle at Fir

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Park! My worry is after listening to Ian Cathro, there is no reaction

:37:09.:37:11.

today. The fans are rightly saying can he inspire the team or the

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players? If they played Peterhead midweek it will be difficult to get

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them up. But to go to Easter Road against your local rivals who are

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the cup holders, a 20,000 sell-out and you cannot get the players up,

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that is a real worry. A great weekend and a great period it has

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been for Aberdeen, Steven? Odds on they will finish second? I think

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they will, I don't think that is in doubt. Eight wins from nine. Week

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after week they are bringing on substitutes who are making an

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impact. They score a lot of eight goals but it shows you the strength

:37:50.:37:52.

of their squads that they can make the big substitutions and matches.

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The goal they scored today was fortuitous. Terrible defending from

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Andrew Davies. But it ricocheted off Shinny's leg and went in. They will

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claim it, you always do. They won the game. Today they did not play

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all that well but they won the game. Lovely stuff.

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Almost time for us to bid you good night.

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I'll tell you what's coming up first.

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Tomorrow night Jonathan Sutherland is here,

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of all the weekend's Premiership action.

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That is at six o'clock on BBC Two Scotland -

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Just one showing - for the Results Show -

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and let's face it that's probably enough.

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We're back next week at 4.10pm on BBC One Scotland.

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In 20 minutes' time you can tune in to

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Off The Ball's Saturday Supplement - with Tam Cowan and Stuart Cosgrove.

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