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# I wish it could be Christmas every day. | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
# When the kids start singing and the band begin to play. | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
# I wish it could Christmas every day. | :00:57. | :01:02. | |
# Let the bells ring out for Christmas. | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
Good evening and a Merry Christmas from Sportscene. It is the day after | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
Boxing Day, whatever that is called. We have plenty of surprise packages. | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
In four of the games we have wins for the away side and the only home | :01:19. | :01:21. | |
victory is of the unexpected variety. Billy Dodds and Stuart | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
Lovell are the guests. Some great goals, a few of which were scored in | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
Paisley. Dundee United, looking for their seventh straight win in the | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
row. St Mirren were hoping for better after a 3-0 defeat at | :01:38. | :01:39. | |
Motherwell. Two changes to the St Mirren team. | :01:40. | :01:55. | |
McCausland and McGinn come in. Now ditch if GE -- Nadir Ciftci is back | :01:56. | :02:05. | |
in the Dundee United line-up. Dundee United are six games unbeaten. | :02:06. | :02:13. | |
Stuart Armstrong was stopped by Goodwin and he seems to have taken a | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
blow in the face, the Dundee United midfielder. Goodwin is lucky to get | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
away with that. Jason Naismith! Tenacity from the | :02:24. | :02:40. | |
full-back and it was close. Paul McGowan. A great touch by Steven | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
Thompson! And the opening goal! 12 minutes gone. St Mirren are ahead. | :02:49. | :02:58. | |
It is top scorer Steven Thompson. Angling that shot away from Radoslaw | :02:59. | :03:01. | |
Cierzniak. Stuart Armstrong should have scored! | :03:02. | :03:17. | |
Right in front of goal, he knows it. Either side of the goalkeeper and | :03:18. | :03:18. | |
that was in. In went Goodwin and that is going to | :03:19. | :03:32. | |
be a yellow card for the St Mirren skipper. The booking administered. | :03:33. | :03:47. | |
It puts him in a very difficult position with a yellow already | :03:48. | :03:48. | |
against his name. A lovely touch, twisting away, back | :03:49. | :04:01. | |
for Ciftci and the shot was straight at Marian Kello. Not a chance for | :04:02. | :04:10. | |
United. John McGinn is away and that is a | :04:11. | :04:25. | |
really cool finish. St Mirren are two goals ahead, ten minutes from | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
half-time. Composer inside the penalty box from the youngster -- | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
composure. It is 2-0. It is Ciftci... And it is a goal | :04:35. | :04:47. | |
back for Dundee United. A lovely pass to get the ball back | :04:48. | :05:02. | |
to Ciftci. And then it was about making sure he forced it over the | :05:03. | :05:10. | |
line. Dundee United are back in this game. | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
Jim Goodwin is being withdrawn, I think for his own benefit, having | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
been booked already. It is John Randall King lining up | :05:19. | :05:32. | |
the shot. It was a piledriver -- John Rankin. Marian Kello was | :05:33. | :05:38. | |
solidly behind this. Keith Watson, a bad touch, and he is | :05:39. | :05:54. | |
late on Kelly, and it is a red card. Dundee United are reduced to ten | :05:55. | :06:02. | |
men. The ball got away from him. And he was out of control. | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
Lovely turn from McGinn, he is in great form. That is for Naismith, it | :06:09. | :06:17. | |
finds its way through and Jason Naismith scores St Mirren's third | :06:18. | :06:25. | |
goal. Robinson had a great chance to cut this out. Naismith wanted it | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
more. And he toe poked the ball home for a two goal cushion. | :06:33. | :06:42. | |
I think Marian Kello must have seen that late. He got there just in | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
time. Steven Thompson! And that round | :06:47. | :06:59. | |
things off. Two minutes from time. His 10th goal of the season. It is | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
for-1 to St Mirren. Delighted to say we have a crop of | :07:06. | :07:15. | |
youngsters coming through. A couple of them had a great impact. John | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
McGinn scoring the second goal, securing great composure -- showing | :07:21. | :07:28. | |
great composure. Naismith showing great desire to run from one end of | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
the pitched to the other. Jim Goodwin got taken off a minute | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
before half-time, I felt he could have been from the referee. He had a | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
good number of files before he got booked. I wasn't too happy with | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
that. Only one place to start. Every | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
Christmas show needs a pantomime villain. Sportscene has Jim Goodwin | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
this evening. He was substituted just before half-time, should he | :07:55. | :07:58. | |
have been off the pitch before them? I am working there on Sunday so I am | :07:59. | :08:07. | |
fearing before on smash. I can't defend him and I am sure him | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
watching at home, if you start doing things like that, you know you're in | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
trouble. That one could have been a straight red but he shouldn't have | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
got that far. He takes off and he's vindicated because they go on to win | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
the game. He is a nice guy of the bridge, is he a dirty player on the | :08:33. | :08:40. | |
pitch? -- nice guy off the pitch. I believe you judge every challenge on | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
its merits. For me the worst challenge was the one after five | :08:47. | :08:49. | |
minutes. It was blatant and reckless and bury dangerous. It could have | :08:50. | :08:57. | |
done serious damage. The second challenge is a most irrelevant | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
because he should have been sent off within five minutes and it is | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
amazing to think the referee managed to spot a red card challenge by | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
Keith Watson in the second half but he missed that one. We talk a lot | :09:09. | :09:17. | |
about the great youngsters at Dundee United but at St Mirren John McGinn | :09:18. | :09:23. | |
stood out. He is a top player, knee can certainly play, knee has | :09:24. | :09:30. | |
technical ability. -- he can certainly play. He has technical | :09:31. | :09:38. | |
ability. Talking about Dundee United youngsters, you have Naismith coming | :09:39. | :09:45. | |
through, McGinn, Kelly, McLean. They have done unruly well. Great | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
troubling ability and weight of pass. Not the best defending by | :09:50. | :09:55. | |
Dundee United but they have a really good crop of youngsters. Danny | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
Lennon and St Mirren were struggling to three months ago, they have stuck | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
with him, the policy of bringing through young players has paid off. | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
with him, the policy of bringing through young I think the board | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
deserve a lot of credit. Dundee United are on a run of six straight | :10:12. | :10:21. | |
wins. You should point out that this was a blip, a poor result. I am sure | :10:22. | :10:24. | |
they will be back on the winning trail before long. After all the | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
talk of flags and banners, plenty of talk about Celtic going through the | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
league season unbeaten. Despite struggling at times, they have been | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
notorious on the home front. Speculation abounds about his future | :10:43. | :11:00. | |
but some ask is back in the Celtic starting line-up, -- Samaras is | :11:01. | :11:11. | |
back. Scott Brown has been talking about trying to extend Celtic's | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
unbeaten run for the remainder of the season. Kris Commons with the | :11:16. | :11:17. | |
early site. -- van Dijk likes Toomer roared | :11:18. | :11:38. | |
forward, he is still going. Fabulous from the Dutchman. Just superb. He | :11:39. | :11:48. | |
is so comfortable on the ball. Helped by some pretty poor | :11:49. | :11:55. | |
defending. And a lovely finish for his third goal of the season. And a | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
fifth minute lead for the defending champions. He looks so composed as | :12:02. | :12:11. | |
he comes forward. And Celtic, in charge at McDiarmid Park. | :12:12. | :12:17. | |
St Johnstone haven't got going. Brown finds Kris Commons. Stokes is | :12:18. | :12:31. | |
in the middle. It won't count. Brown judged offside. Commons found his | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
run, it was so close. Fisher, a need ball, Stokes has the | :12:37. | :12:51. | |
pace to get there, was he dragged back? A touch too many from | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
summarise. And eventually behind. -- too many from Samaras. | :13:03. | :13:15. | |
Tommy Wright has plenty to ponder, his team are a goal down and not | :13:16. | :13:21. | |
really looking like being able to do much about it. Stokes has got the | :13:22. | :13:29. | |
better of the defender again, he is past the goalkeeper. | :13:30. | :13:37. | |
It was a ferocious effort from Stokes, it could have been so much | :13:38. | :13:44. | |
better for Celtic. The defender, not covering himself in glory. It would | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
not come down early enough. And eventually St Johnstone get back in | :13:50. | :13:50. | |
numbers. He feeds it for Stevie May. He tried | :13:51. | :14:42. | |
to catch out Fraser Forster. Such a tight angle. Would have been better | :14:43. | :14:48. | |
trying to cut it back for a couple of team-mates. Hasselbaink, Davis | :14:49. | :15:00. | |
and once more. He claims he was hauled to the ground. | :15:01. | :15:16. | |
St Johnstone have been brighter in the second half. Van Dijk with a | :15:17. | :15:28. | |
crucial interception. He was rolled by Hasselbaink, he had enough pace | :15:29. | :15:34. | |
to get back and block the effort of Eastern. | :15:35. | :15:46. | |
He powered that at goal, Forster was able to push it away. | :15:47. | :16:03. | |
Terrific save from Mannus, he keeps the deficit at one goal. It is a | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
really good stop. I think we created enough chances to | :16:08. | :16:17. | |
get something out of the game and we are disappointed in the manner of | :16:18. | :16:25. | |
how we conceded. Some of our players have played 35 games already and we | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
are not out of December. The performances have been fantastic. We | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
want to preserve our unbeaten record for as long as we can. It has taken | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
physical and mental strength. A lot of has been made of the Celtic | :16:43. | :16:49. | |
summer signings. The jewel van Dijk looks like the real deal, what a | :16:50. | :16:51. | |
goal yesterday. When he gets there, the defender | :16:52. | :17:02. | |
could do a little better. This guy looks as if he has beaten and | :17:03. | :17:10. | |
experienced central defender, we forget he is only 22. He looks the | :17:11. | :17:18. | |
real deal. He has a great combination of power and composure. | :17:19. | :17:24. | |
A very graceful player considering he is such a big guy. His positional | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
sense is very good and he knows he is the stronger player. This one was | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
good, he senses he has to cover ground quickly and he does well, | :17:37. | :17:41. | |
otherwise Hasselbaink has an opportunity to score. It is | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
excellent awareness and athleticism. Was he denying a clear goal-scoring | :17:53. | :17:57. | |
opportunity in this incident? I don't think he had to do anything. | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
When you are in the penalty area and you lift your hands, why does it | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
have to come up? I had a debate about handball if your hand is up, I | :18:09. | :18:20. | |
think you are taking a chance. I don't understand why he is raising | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
his arm at that level. If he has his arm by the waste to try to ease the | :18:27. | :18:28. | |
player out, we wouldn't be talking about this. -- by his waist. A good | :18:29. | :18:40. | |
goal from van Dijk. A meaty prospect at Pittodrie, two of the sides with | :18:41. | :18:46. | |
real aspirations of finishing second net. -- met. | :18:47. | :19:13. | |
McGinn doing well. He beats him again, a great ball. Johnny Hayes | :19:14. | :19:24. | |
with a header, and it should have been 1-0. He wonders why he is not | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
celebrating. We should have scored. Nile McGinn. The goalkeeper was | :19:30. | :19:55. | |
relieved to see the ball go wide. Lionel Ainsworth scored last time | :19:56. | :19:58. | |
out against St Mirren. He whips the ball across. Leslie away from Flood. | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
Down the throat of Jamie Langfield. Lawson hit it well enough but to | :20:08. | :20:13. | |
straight. A lovely ball inside, Flood plains | :20:14. | :20:33. | |
it through, McGinn goes wide. -- plays it through. A real chance for | :20:34. | :20:42. | |
Aberdeen. A clever ball, Flood's pass looked perfect. The first touch | :20:43. | :20:46. | |
was too heavy. a simple goal and a lovely football | :20:47. | :21:07. | |
from Motherwell, taking advantage of the Aberdeen area. Willo Flood into | :21:08. | :21:15. | |
Jack. Johnny Hayes wasn't sure what to do. If he passes it by you, that | :21:16. | :21:23. | |
is one thing. He didn't come out close enough and it was a simple | :21:24. | :21:26. | |
task to set up Ainsworth. The ball played through, a battle | :21:27. | :21:43. | |
for it. The referee was well-placed to see the players coming together. | :21:44. | :21:52. | |
He didn't think this was a penalty. He got himself up quickly when he | :21:53. | :21:54. | |
realised the spot kick was not coming. | :21:55. | :22:01. | |
A great delivery, headed away. Shaughnessy. Kept it down early | :22:02. | :22:13. | |
well. Aberdeen, continuing to press. It was hit well and it just | :22:14. | :22:15. | |
deflected wide. Barry Robson, a good all in a chance | :22:16. | :22:34. | |
for McGinn, it should have been Number ten. Nine goals this season. | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
Aberdeen continue to be urged forward. | :22:46. | :22:53. | |
It is a horrible finish from Peter Pollitt, good advantage played by | :22:54. | :23:01. | |
Clancy. It is pull with the goal at his mercy. | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
You post match interviews from Pittodrie. -- unfortunately we are | :23:08. | :23:15. | |
not able to bring you post match interviews. How disappointed will | :23:16. | :23:19. | |
they be with the goal that they lost? I would credit the forwards. | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
Willo Flood's header comes off Jackson. Johnny Hayes is left in a | :23:25. | :23:32. | |
difficult situation. The forwards split and leave a big gap so that | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
Johnny Hayes finds it really hard to make up the gap. He delays his pass | :23:37. | :23:44. | |
to the last minute and it is a simple task. He becomes dangerous | :23:45. | :23:53. | |
and that is when Hayes had to go for him. I think you have to credit the | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
Motherwell players. He times the weight of the pass, the timing of | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
the pass was excellent. Johnny Hayes was left in no man's land. You only | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
go to him when it becomes really dangerous. He is ready unlucky. A | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
fantastic three points for Motherwell, it transformed their | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
position in the table. They went from fifth to second. Three wins | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
together and what a difference it has made. Looking at those defeats, | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
with Albion Rovers thrown in, Motherwell fans were calling for the | :24:32. | :24:34. | |
head of Stuart McCall, I could not believe it. What else T1 from | :24:35. | :24:39. | |
Motherwell, with the budget they are on -- what else do you want from | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
Motherwell? Bewildering why the fans want is Stuart McCall out of the | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
door. -- wanted. What did you make of this penalty claim? There is | :24:53. | :24:58. | |
contact and he is trying to ease him out. He is trying to redeem his | :24:59. | :25:01. | |
reputation. Peter Pollitt has suffered from being and sent off for | :25:02. | :25:10. | |
simulation. He is trying like a bear to stay on his feet. He is almost | :25:11. | :25:18. | |
too honest if you can say that. I don't think Motherwell could have | :25:19. | :25:21. | |
any complaints. They could easily have had a penalty. Fraser Kerr is | :25:22. | :25:29. | |
lucky but he has got away with it. It is the season to overindulge and | :25:30. | :25:33. | |
we have a veritable feast of Sportscenes coming up on the next | :25:34. | :25:35. | |
week or so. Next we are in Glasgow and a side | :25:36. | :25:58. | |
who just can't win at home. Partick Thistle have not won in two months, | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
they have not won in the league all season. Their top scorer captained | :26:03. | :26:10. | |
the side. They are up against Inverness, looking to bounce back | :26:11. | :26:13. | |
after a seven goal thriller ended in defeat to Aberdeen last weekend. The | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
result saw them lose their grip on second place in the Premiership. | :26:19. | :26:21. | |
Richie Foran missed out, Graeme Shinnie took the armband. | :26:22. | :26:28. | |
The problem for Partick Thistle is not making chances but taking them. | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
With the likes of Calum Higginbotham, there is plenty of | :26:35. | :26:37. | |
inventive forward play, just a lack of goals. Dean Brill with a good | :26:38. | :26:44. | |
save. There has also been the odd defensive lapse. Conrad Balatoni | :26:45. | :26:48. | |
with a careless backpass, always a danger when Billy Mackay is on the | :26:49. | :26:54. | |
scene. The goalkeeper did enough to deny the top scorer in the | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
Premiership. We focused on Partick Thistle passing up chances last week | :27:00. | :27:03. | |
and they almost turned it into an art form with this one. Chris | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
Doolan, the only player to score for Partick from open play in two | :27:09. | :27:16. | |
months, missed this chance. In the second half it was more of the same. | :27:17. | :27:18. | |
Lawless with the off target header. second half it was more of the same. | :27:19. | :27:27. | |
Lawless with the off At times it almost seemed like the Inverness | :27:28. | :27:29. | |
goal had a force field protecting it. This shot glanced off the | :27:30. | :27:38. | |
crossbar. And the Partick Thistle frustration was clear to see. Graeme | :27:39. | :27:47. | |
Shinnie captained Caledonian Thistle. The curse of the missed | :27:48. | :27:52. | |
chances appeared to be catching. The only problem to missed chances | :27:53. | :28:12. | |
is to keep trying. -- the only solution. Ross Forbes has never been | :28:13. | :28:23. | |
right -- afraid of a shot at goal. Zero to zero is how the match ended. | :28:24. | :28:32. | |
We need to be a little more adventurous in the final third. It | :28:33. | :28:44. | |
is my job to help them along. First and foremost, it is keeping a clean | :28:45. | :28:48. | |
sheet and a solid shape, which we did today. If you do that, you are | :28:49. | :28:54. | |
not going to lose. We had chances last week similar to today, which we | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
need to start taking. It has happened too often. You were there | :29:01. | :29:07. | |
yesterday. I am sure it is not funny to Partick Thistle, but some of the | :29:08. | :29:11. | |
misses yesterday, it was almost comedy level, the fact that the ball | :29:12. | :29:18. | |
would not go in. They must be sick of us analysing it and the same | :29:19. | :29:23. | |
thing is happening. For how good Chris Dillon is in the air, he has | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
to score there. That was a glorious chance, just hide it on target. The | :29:30. | :29:36. | |
chances they are creating our excellent, incredible chances, and | :29:37. | :29:41. | |
they are missing. A great touch from Higginbotham, and somehow he put it | :29:42. | :29:47. | |
over the crossbar. It is becoming a mental problem for Partick Thistle. | :29:48. | :29:52. | |
Only Dillon has scored a goal from open play in the last couple of | :29:53. | :29:56. | |
months and the rest cannot get it in the back of the net. At some point | :29:57. | :30:00. | |
in the next few weeks, they will take 4-macro or five off someone. | :30:01. | :30:06. | |
They will click and they will finish every opportunity they get. They are | :30:07. | :30:16. | |
playing great football, but that was a gilt-edged opportunity to get a | :30:17. | :30:18. | |
win yesterday, and they will be feeling sick. There were a few | :30:19. | :30:22. | |
Inverness chances and Partick Thistle were culpable of their own | :30:23. | :30:32. | |
downfall with the first. He got away with a poor defensive backpass. This | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
was a bad mess. It was a great ball in and he was only four yards out. | :30:38. | :30:42. | |
Guided past the keeper and that would have maybe given an | :30:43. | :30:45. | |
opportunity to take three points, because Partick were definitely the | :30:46. | :30:49. | |
better team. A tricky moment for John Hughes at the moment. They lost | :30:50. | :30:57. | |
to Aberdeen last weekend. Richie Foran is out as well. That will be a | :30:58. | :31:03. | |
big blow. They lost last week. They have done OK since he has come in. | :31:04. | :31:09. | |
They have picked up a few points. At Aberdeen they did well, nearly | :31:10. | :31:13. | |
pulled off an incredible comeback. Still going along nicely. No | :31:14. | :31:18. | |
problem. Not too bad for Inverness, but a miserable few months for Ross | :31:19. | :31:21. | |
County, losing seven out of their last eight. The manager has 20 of | :31:22. | :31:26. | |
work to do, as he locked horns once more with his old adversary, Terry | :31:27. | :31:39. | |
Butcher. The Hibernian bus actually broke down and they had to wait at | :31:40. | :31:42. | |
services for a replacement to turn up. Not the ideal start with Terry | :31:43. | :31:46. | |
Butcher looking for his first league winners manager. His side managed a | :31:47. | :31:50. | |
victory last month in the Scottish cup. | :31:51. | :31:56. | |
A moment of reflection before kick-off, as both sets of players | :31:57. | :32:01. | |
paid tribute to David Paul, who passed away at the weekend. | :32:02. | :32:14. | |
Scoring goals has been a real problem for county in recent weeks. | :32:15. | :32:24. | |
Top scorers Ulu this time well wide of the target. Set pieces were to | :32:25. | :32:29. | |
prove crucial throughout the afternoon. And Hibs took the lead | :32:30. | :32:35. | |
after a well worked corner. Cairney with the cross, Nelson with the | :32:36. | :32:36. | |
header. A goal straight from the training | :32:37. | :32:46. | |
ground, pinscher like movement, before Nelson found the space to nod | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
home. They have collected just one point from their last seven | :32:52. | :33:00. | |
matches. Cairney was next to try his shot on goal. It found the outside | :33:01. | :33:09. | |
of the post. The second came again from a set piece. This time it was | :33:10. | :33:15. | |
Jordan Foster with a diving header, to put Hibs two up. Good movement | :33:16. | :33:24. | |
from Foster, but questions surely asked about the home defending. Not | :33:25. | :33:29. | |
much festive cheer for Derek Adams! Again, no look for Graham Carey. | :33:30. | :33:35. | |
This time of 35 yarder that crashed off the crossbar before the Hibs | :33:36. | :33:42. | |
defence were able to clear. Just one win in 11 for county. Hibs continued | :33:43. | :33:50. | |
to progress under Terry Butcher. The two set pieces won the game. It | :33:51. | :33:54. | |
wasn't the greatest game in the world, we put Hibs under pressure in | :33:55. | :33:57. | |
the second-half but other than that, both goalkeepers didn't have | :33:58. | :34:05. | |
anything do. We weren't putting on a good performance because of what has | :34:06. | :34:09. | |
happened this week. Full credit to the players for getting over that | :34:10. | :34:12. | |
and committing themselves to playing well on the pitch. We want to have a | :34:13. | :34:20. | |
good season this season, a good second half. It is for David that we | :34:21. | :34:21. | |
want to finish as hard as we can. Set pieces are the undoing for Ross | :34:22. | :34:34. | |
County. Was this a Terry Butcher master plan of the training ground? | :34:35. | :34:38. | |
Daily I think they focused on the fact that Ross County are conceding | :34:39. | :34:45. | |
far too many goals from set pieces. They would have far more chance of | :34:46. | :34:50. | |
defending it and clearing the danger. The delivery is good but it | :34:51. | :34:56. | |
into the same area for both goals. Billy said it is just that the Hibs | :34:57. | :35:00. | |
player wants it more. Nelson on the first one, Forster on the second. | :35:01. | :35:06. | |
Ross County clearly aren't able to defend man for man. Sometimes you | :35:07. | :35:09. | |
get blocks and all of that going on and you get freed up that way. The | :35:10. | :35:13. | |
two goals, the Ross County players were still with their man. For me, | :35:14. | :35:19. | |
it's a desire and willingness to get there. Derek Adams has big problems | :35:20. | :35:24. | |
if they can't sort that out. Big problems for Derek Adams at the | :35:25. | :35:43. | |
moment, just can't get a win at all. He says they need to strengthen the | :35:44. | :35:46. | |
squad, so it looks like it might be a busy January for them. Two tough | :35:47. | :35:49. | |
games away from home coming up, Aberdeen and Inverness. They are | :35:50. | :35:51. | |
second bottom at the moment, they must look like favourites for that | :35:52. | :35:54. | |
play-off spot. It's a new dynamic, something we haven't been used to | :35:55. | :35:56. | |
for many years. But they've got to start worrying about it because they | :35:57. | :35:59. | |
are relevant, four points adrift of Thistle as things stand. They need | :36:00. | :36:01. | |
to start getting points on the board quickly because the confidence | :36:02. | :36:03. | |
levels can't be great. I don't know whether Derek Adams will be looking | :36:04. | :36:06. | |
to rejig things in January, but something needs to change. Do you | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
think there will be big additions come January? I think there will be. | :36:13. | :36:15. | |
He threatened it early in the season. I think they were will need | :36:16. | :36:21. | |
change. They need a starting point, they need to get a win to breed | :36:22. | :36:25. | |
confidence. It doesn't look like it right now. After a dismal season up | :36:26. | :36:31. | |
to now, there's been signs of life recently at Kilmarnock. Two wins | :36:32. | :36:34. | |
from their last three games, and they are now scoring goals, thanks | :36:35. | :36:38. | |
in the main to Kris Boyd and young Number Ten, Chris Johnston. Hearts' | :36:39. | :36:44. | |
tenure in the top flight of Scottish football looks to be coming to a | :36:45. | :36:47. | |
close. They started the day 14 points adrift at the bottom of the | :36:48. | :36:48. | |
table. Gary Locke doesn't have many options | :36:49. | :36:55. | |
to freshen up his side. Kilmarnock manager Alan Johnson | :36:56. | :37:05. | |
makes one change to his side. Prior to this match, a minute's | :37:06. | :37:23. | |
applause to celebrate the life of the youth player Jamie Skinner, who | :37:24. | :37:24. | |
passed away last week. There is Kris Boyd. In the 13th | :37:25. | :37:42. | |
minute. Unlucky for Hearts. Kris Boyd on the scoresheet for the 10th | :37:43. | :37:48. | |
time this season. It was created by one Chris and scored by another. | :37:49. | :37:52. | |
Irvine. Excellent stop by Jamie MacDonald. | :37:53. | :38:02. | |
Good skills from the big striker. McKenzie is teasing, doing well with | :38:03. | :38:30. | |
the shot. Craig Samson looked as though he saw it late as it arrived | :38:31. | :38:31. | |
in his area. What a bowl that is from the | :38:32. | :38:51. | |
youngster! To refit curling effort from Chris Johnson. He left Hearts | :38:52. | :38:59. | |
players in his wake and left Jamie MacDonald with not a hope from that | :39:00. | :39:01. | |
effort. Kris Boyd! He makes it 3-C -- 3-0 to | :39:02. | :39:09. | |
Kilmarnock. He was dreaming of the hat-trick | :39:10. | :39:26. | |
there. 11 goals so far this season, that | :39:27. | :39:36. | |
should have been 12. A neat flick from Kris Boyd. He's | :39:37. | :39:52. | |
desperate to get the match ball, but it has not materialised so far. | :39:53. | :40:11. | |
A bit of good Fortune for Kilmarnock defensively there. Good, creative | :40:12. | :40:18. | |
play from Walker. The corner, terrific striking there | :40:19. | :40:43. | |
from Rory Mackenzie. That ties it up for the Rugby Park side. An | :40:44. | :40:48. | |
excellent strike. His first of the season. | :40:49. | :40:53. | |
I'm not going to make excuses because we can compete better than | :40:54. | :41:00. | |
we did today. It doesn't matter if you have experienced players out | :41:01. | :41:03. | |
there, you've got to do better, especially in the first half. We | :41:04. | :41:08. | |
didn't do enough today. To be fair, the boys played great today. We've | :41:09. | :41:12. | |
seen really good movement, I thought we controlled the game. Someone with | :41:13. | :41:16. | |
the quality of Kris Boyd upfront, you are always likely to score | :41:17. | :41:21. | |
goals. A great performance from Chris Johnston, but the renaissance | :41:22. | :41:25. | |
of Kris Boyd continues. Yesterday they could have had about five goals | :41:26. | :41:31. | |
in the end, couldn't they? With his standards, he will be disappointed | :41:32. | :41:34. | |
he didn't go home with the match ball. He's a master at finding space | :41:35. | :41:38. | |
in the box. We seem to be talking about the same two players every | :41:39. | :41:44. | |
week, and Johnston. Boyd knows exactly where to get the ball. He's | :41:45. | :41:49. | |
a very clever player. That was a great save, hits the target there. | :41:50. | :41:54. | |
This one, he will be particularly frustrated with because it's on a | :41:55. | :42:07. | |
plate for him. I thought he would have side footed it. I was really | :42:08. | :42:11. | |
surprised. Statistics really starting to add up for Kris Boyd as | :42:12. | :42:12. | |
well this season. A real rejuvenation for Kris Boyd. | :42:13. | :42:32. | |
Are you surprised he's come back to Scotland and hit this rich streak of | :42:33. | :42:37. | |
form once again? No. He's a top player, but with his experience he | :42:38. | :42:41. | |
has got better. He is working hard. It's not just about his goals. He | :42:42. | :42:47. | |
scores most weeks now, but he brings so much more to the team. | :42:48. | :42:54. | |
You are looking at teams like Hibs and Aberdeen, who have struggled for | :42:55. | :43:02. | |
top-quality striker. I think he is at the end of the season, you could | :43:03. | :43:06. | |
go precontract. But he likes it at Kilmarnock, it's not far from his | :43:07. | :43:10. | |
home. He's got a dilemma because he's at the top of his game. A few | :43:11. | :43:14. | |
other performance this season, Billy McKay attracted a lot of interest. | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
Could be seen much movement in January? I hope for Cole Marnoch's | :43:20. | :43:24. | |
sake that Kris Boyd stays where he is. Those two players are crucial. I | :43:25. | :43:30. | |
would like to see them stay put at least until the end of the season. | :43:31. | :43:36. | |
How does all that leave the Scottish Premiership table looking? The big | :43:37. | :43:46. | |
winners on Boxing Day were Motherwell. They're away win over | :43:47. | :43:50. | |
Aberdeen meant they shot up from fifth place to second. They are at | :43:51. | :43:55. | |
the bottom end of the table, Partick Thistle now four points ahead of | :43:56. | :43:59. | |
Ross County, who themselves remain 14 points clear of rock bottom | :44:00. | :44:00. | |
Hearts. This is the Scotsman, the picture is | :44:01. | :44:13. | |
of Malky Mackay. He has eventually been sacked. This is Jim Goodwin, he | :44:14. | :44:22. | |
could be in trouble with the SFA compliance. | :44:23. | :44:26. | |
And that is it for tonight. If Santa wasn't good to you, I hope your team | :44:27. | :44:33. | |
was on Boxing Day. The next round of fixtures is here again in just two | :44:34. | :44:36. | |
days time, and Weir back with highlights on Monday. And just in | :44:37. | :44:40. | |
case you're in any doubt, today is Friday. From all of us here, | :44:41. | :44:42. | |
goodnight. | :44:43. | :44:44. |