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It's been an intriguing start to this Premiership season. | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
Shock results, managerial sackings already, | :00:58. | :00:59. | |
Never a dull moment, and this final instalment of Sportscene before the | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
Fittingly, two former Scotland internationals | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
The St Johnstone assistant manager Callum Davidson and the Aberdeen | :01:09. | :01:16. | |
We kick things off with today's lunchtime game. | :01:17. | :01:27. | |
Would Celtic bounce back after being dumped out of | :01:28. | :01:29. | |
the Champions League following that painful midweek defeat to Maribor? | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
Or could Paul Hartley's unbeaten Dundee inflict further damage | :01:33. | :01:34. | |
Celtic insist Virgil Van Dijk is staying with the club. But he does | :01:35. | :01:55. | |
not play at dens Park. Kris Commons is back in the starting lineup, | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
wearing the captain 's armband. Dundee, six matches unbeaten to | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
start the season, but this is not a bad start of the game. From Roberts, | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
who forces a corner kick straight from kick-off. Roberts delivers, and | :02:14. | :02:30. | |
the Chargers led by James McPake. Wendy Aaron Groom land, head inside | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
50 seconds. It was Callum McGregor on the post. He had a swing at it | :02:37. | :02:49. | |
and missed. And Dundee are in front. James McPake under pressure | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
defensively. Anthony Stokes nips in front of him, but does not catch the | :02:55. | :03:11. | |
shot. No great test, of Letheren. And Peter McDonald snicks the ball | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
wide. There is bags of room for Roberts to play it back in. Peter | :03:15. | :03:22. | |
Macdonald gave it his best shot. He could not quite stretch far enough. | :03:23. | :03:35. | |
Greg Stewart. Roberts. He gets away from Emilio Izzaguirre. What a touch | :03:36. | :03:42. | |
from Craig Gordon to divert that onto the post. It is a terrific save | :03:43. | :03:52. | |
to keep the score at 1-0. Roberts, through the middle. Peter Macdonald | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
is after it, and Craig Gordon, charging off his line, could not get | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
there. Had done the's top goalscorer been able to keep this down it was | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
2-0. Ronnie Deila looking for some answers from his team, and that is a | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
good save from Letheren right on half-time. Efe Ambrose got the | :04:18. | :04:24. | |
faintest of touches. Sharply flexes to divert this over the top from the | :04:25. | :04:34. | |
goalkeeper. -- Sharp reflexes. Theron kyeld, and Leigh Griffiths, | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
deflected, and in. He has given Celtic nu des mention, and that came | :04:42. | :04:53. | |
off -- he has given Celtic a new dimension. And he scores against his | :04:54. | :05:02. | |
old club. The pass finds its way through, and Martin Boyle is in | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
acres of room. His shot was deflected wide. He has made an | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
impact off the bench. Jason Denayer got a touch on that. Dundee, again, | :05:14. | :05:23. | |
and again, Martin Boyle threatening down that right-hand side, and the | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
shot beaten away by Craig Gordon. He got all of the room that he could | :05:31. | :05:32. | |
possibly want down that right-hand side, Martin Boyle. James McPake | :05:33. | :05:41. | |
with a header away. Celtic looking fragile defensively. They are under | :05:42. | :05:49. | |
threat again. Martin Boyle took the shot on himself and dragged it wide. | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
Had he looked up and seen who was available, it was surely 2-1. | :05:56. | :06:06. | |
O'Connell, to Anthony Stokes. Griffiths. And Anthony Stokes again. | :06:07. | :06:13. | |
He rattles the outside of the post. Celtic have been much better in the | :06:14. | :06:25. | |
second half, they have had to be. Griffiths again, lining up the shot. | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
Letheren able to deal with it this time. A comfortable stop. Stokes. | :06:33. | :06:43. | |
For is a Geary, trying to get to the byline. -- for Emilio Izzaguirre. | :06:44. | :06:51. | |
And there might be another chance that the right-hand side, this time, | :06:52. | :07:02. | |
Tankulic. Paul Hartley will be disappointed his team have not won | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
the scheme. It was a good start, it getting a goal after a minute but | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
the way we played overall was fantastic. After 20 minutes I think | :07:11. | :07:16. | |
we were good, then the game opened up. And we were to open. The pace | :07:17. | :07:24. | |
and concentration and determination, I thought that we | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
were hard to beat. Virgil Van Dijk is important, that is why we want to | :07:31. | :07:34. | |
keep him here, but I think now we have to make everybody together. | :07:35. | :07:41. | |
Celtic, four games without a victory, and an incredible start to | :07:42. | :07:49. | |
the match, with a James McPake goal. Was it a well worked corner or just | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
pro-Celtic defending? -- per Celtic defending. | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
The guys in a box do not know who they are picking up. McDonald has | :08:02. | :08:10. | |
caused a few problems on the back stick. I do not think that it is a | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
first timer. Let's pick up McDonald. He is covering the goalkeeper. I | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
think that was a lack of concentration from Callum McGregor, | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
on the line. In terms of Celtic knot at their best, but, Barry, Dundee, | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
Paul Hartley seem to win a tactical battle. At times it looked like | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
Dundee could win the match. I thought that they were excellent. It | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
is a great first touch. He uses his pace. Lovely ball out to Peter | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
Macdonald. He could maybe have taken that Brown the goalkeeper. But look | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
at the pace, the pace in the team was great. Causing Celtic problems | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
down the left-hand side, and Celtic struggled a little bit. I do not ink | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
that the defender needs to go to ground, there. Paul will be | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
disappointed not to get more out of the game. If you have a shot, | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
something can happen. Little bit of luck, there. Paul will be | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
disappointed, only coming out of the game with a 1-1 draw. They will take | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
it, but the chances they got in the second half... Leigh Griffiths will | :09:30. | :09:37. | |
not be going on loan to Hibs, it seems. Celtic do not want to do | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
that. Celtic say that Virgil Van Dijk will stay, despite the interest | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
in him. We will see what happens, the transfer window will close soon. | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
Can you see Celtic losing players are bringing them in during the | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
window? It is a huge club and Ronnie Deila has a hard job on his hands. | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
He's coming in with new ideas and wants own players. I think that they | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
will do well to hold onto Virgil Van Dijk. He's a top player. I think | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
some big English clubs will calling and, if a player wants to go, he | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
will go. But they obviously need to strengthen. Their squad is a bit | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
light at the moment. They are a top team and they will sign some | :10:23. | :10:32. | |
players. Derek Adams was punted by Ross County after a dismal start to | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
the season. The assignment for his old side was an away day at | :10:37. | :10:39. | |
highflying Hamilton. Kenny Crawford was there. He was gauging the mood | :10:40. | :10:46. | |
of the Ross County fans. In Dingwall this morning, Ross County fans | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
remembered that they had no manager and no points from four league | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
games, so who did they want as the new boss? I would be happy with | :10:56. | :11:10. | |
Patrick Kluivert. Terry Butcher. We have had to start from scratch again | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
this season. I think it was inevitable, really. Hamilton boss | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
Alex Neil makes four changes to the team that defeated Alloa Athletic. | :11:22. | :11:31. | |
Ross County caretaker boss steak than Ferguson makes three changes. | :11:32. | :11:48. | |
Good touch by Gordon. This is a chance for Ziggy Gordon. What a | :11:49. | :11:54. | |
touch that was from Doug Imrie. It gave Gordon the Charles. Good play | :11:55. | :12:03. | |
by the centre-half. Ashman the chance. Antoine Curia goes down | :12:04. | :12:12. | |
under a challenge. Play on says the referee, Willie Collum, no penalty. | :12:13. | :12:25. | |
Lucky escape their four Ross County. Doug Imrie, that was a good tackle | :12:26. | :12:32. | |
by the former Slovenian Under-19s internationalist. Out for a corner | :12:33. | :12:38. | |
kick. Redmond, with a corner kick. Canning with the header, a goal for | :12:39. | :12:49. | |
Hamilton. Martin Canning playing -- doing a captain's job. Not much room | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
for Mark Brown to collect, but 24 Martin Canning to open the scoring. | :12:57. | :13:07. | |
-- plenty, four Martin Canning. McKinnon with another chance, back | :13:08. | :13:18. | |
to Andreu, who goes down in the box, after the challenge by Quinn, and a | :13:19. | :13:21. | |
penalty, says referee, Willie Collum. Quinn stuck out a leg. | :13:22. | :13:41. | |
Antoine Curier sends Mark Brown the wrong way, and the home side now in | :13:42. | :13:49. | |
total control. Redmond plays the ball through. Doug Imrie is | :13:50. | :13:55. | |
challenged, he goes down and it is another penalty for Hamilton and | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
this time it is a red card shown by Willie Collum. The players clashed | :14:00. | :14:06. | |
on the edge of the box. It is a chance for Antoine-Curier. This | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
time, Mark Brown goes the right way, but the ball still ends up in the | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
back of the net. And it is Hamilton three, Ross County nil. Quinn. | :14:18. | :14:27. | |
Trying to get back into the game. That looks like a handball by Ziggy | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
Gordon. What is Willie Collum going to do? It is a yellow card for Ziggy | :14:33. | :14:40. | |
Gordon. He was possibly on his way down anyway but the ball certainly | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
struck him on the arm. Great save by McGovern. The ball eventually | :14:46. | :14:51. | |
cleared. It was a wonderful one-handed save. From Michael | :14:52. | :14:57. | |
McGovern, a former Ross County player and teammate of Richie | :14:58. | :15:12. | |
Brittain. Good save by Mark Brown. Lovely ball through by Doug Cymru. | :15:13. | :15:20. | |
This time, -- by Doug Imrie. This time, Mark Brown was able to save. | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
It goes through to Longridge. Through the legs of Mark Brown, off | :15:26. | :15:38. | |
the post and out for a corner. Martin Canning has been a rock at | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
the back for Hamilton. Lovely through ball again. Longridge, | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
lovely backheel, is this number for? It is, it is Jason Scotland. -- | :15:49. | :15:57. | |
number four. An emphatic victory for Hamilton. And the problems pile up | :15:58. | :16:05. | |
for Ross County. We started well. The first half against Inverness was | :16:06. | :16:08. | |
the only time that we did not play as well as we should have done, and | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
I thought, today, we were excellent. It has been a very difficult week | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
for the club, obviously. And I think that week has taken its toll on | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
everybody. We were beaten by a good Hamilton side. That is four wins out | :16:26. | :16:31. | |
of five for Hamilton, fantastic start of the season, not just | :16:32. | :16:34. | |
winning but playing with style. They have got that feelgood factor | :16:35. | :16:44. | |
about them, they have got confidence. That little backheel, | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
there. I just think that they are on the crest of a wave. If they keep | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
winning games like this they are going to have a very good season. | :16:57. | :17:04. | |
This was a great run from Longridge. Skipping past one defender. The | :17:05. | :17:07. | |
defender does not know where he is. The reverse pass. It is just their | :17:08. | :17:14. | |
general movement without the ball. You have got three guys attacking, | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
they still want to score goals, even at 3-0 up. Ross County were not at | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
their best, they have got a lot of new players in. It will take some | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
time for them to gel together. Hamilton look so confident. They | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
have a confident mentality and they have got something to prove. Ross | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
County parting company with Derek Adams through the week and a global | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
superstar seem to be in line to take them over, Patrick Kluivert, he said | :17:54. | :18:05. | |
he had no interest in the job although Ross County said that he | :18:06. | :18:13. | |
had applied for it. And one bookmakers has suspended betting on | :18:14. | :18:15. | |
a Barry Robson being the next manager of Ross County. What can you | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
say about that? It is a great foot all club with great coaches and | :18:21. | :18:23. | |
managers. They have got a good team going forward. Thank you very much. | :18:24. | :18:46. | |
As bad a start to the season as it's been for Ross County, at least | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
Gary Warren failed a fitness test on a | :18:53. | :18:59. | |
Aaron Doran starts for the first time this season. Craig Slater | :19:00. | :19:09. | |
starts for the visitors. That means that McGuinness goes wide right. It | :19:10. | :19:23. | |
has not been a great first half, as that effort from Aaron Doran sales | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
over. That coming just after the 35 minute mark. Caley Thistle with | :19:30. | :19:36. | |
three wins and a draw to start the season, including beating Celtic | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
here last week. They are looking solid at the back. This is Graeme | :19:41. | :19:48. | |
Shinnie. That is a fine effort. Sampson had to claw it clear. In the | :19:49. | :19:57. | |
sixth minute of this match, Caley Thistle beat their clean sheet | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
record. They are trying to do some damage at the other end. A shout for | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
handball. John Beaton, the referee, is not interested in the claims. | :20:08. | :20:15. | |
Pascali in trouble. That was well work, by Mackay. Was he clipped, the | :20:16. | :20:24. | |
Cali this all fans certainly think so. -- Caley Thistle. Watkins. Back | :20:25. | :20:37. | |
their way to Aaron Doran. Good ball in. It is a good move. And again, | :20:38. | :20:54. | |
Craig Samson has to look lively as Raven went up there. Through it | :20:55. | :20:58. | |
comes for Aaron Doran. Brilliant, brilliant goal. That is superb from | :20:59. | :21:12. | |
Caley Thistle. Playing like a team that is oozing confidence. And a | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
real bit of quality to unlock a stuffy, not. --, look. -- | :21:20. | :21:35. | |
Kilmarnock. Mackay, was blocked by his own man. They play on with Greg | :21:36. | :21:44. | |
Tanzi. What a strike, 2-0. That is wonderful. He has got a bit of | :21:45. | :21:50. | |
luck, because it came off the post and back off Samson. The strike | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
itself deserved a goal for the league leaders. I thought it was a | :21:57. | :22:01. | |
fantastic second half performance, a great first goal, and the second | :22:02. | :22:08. | |
goal, outstanding, from 30 yards. Got a bit of luck coming of the post | :22:09. | :22:11. | |
and then the goalkeeper, but you will take them. They showed the | :22:12. | :22:17. | |
quality they have shown since the start of the season. And pace was | :22:18. | :22:23. | |
what was missing from us today. John Hughes was the favourite for the | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
sack with some makers ahead of the start of the season. It just goes to | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
show that you cannot trust the bookmakers all the time. There had | :22:32. | :22:38. | |
been some talk that trying to change their style of play was not the | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
wisest thing to do. He has been there six months. With this passing | :22:44. | :22:50. | |
system, it allows the full-backs to play higher and get the freedom to | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
go and play. The movement is brilliant. It is a neat little pass | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
and a great run. It was a fantastic football goal. That is what of the | :23:01. | :23:07. | |
training ground. He encourages that type of football. -- that is work | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
from the training ground. He has been trying to get his message | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
across but this time he has had a preseason. They have been really | :23:18. | :23:22. | |
strong and they have managed to keep the nucleus of the squad from last | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
season. So all credit to John. Bad day at the office for Kilmarnock? | :23:30. | :23:37. | |
They had a bit of energy in the team, and a big thing for them is | :23:38. | :23:49. | |
getting Eremenko back. They look stronger than last year, and that | :23:50. | :23:53. | |
plastic pitch will help them as well. | :23:54. | :23:56. | |
Aberdeen were up against Partick Thistle with those expected and if | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
last season is anything to go by. Niall McGinn. 2-0, Aberdeen. | :24:02. | :24:23. | |
Excellent strike. Pick that out of the net. Taylor, Nicky Low and David | :24:24. | :24:33. | |
Goodwillie go into the Aberdeen starting lineup. Dropping out, | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
Russell Anderson, Willo Flood and Adam Rooney. J Carroll arrives on | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
loan from Huddersfield for Partick Thistle. Leading the attack is | :24:45. | :24:55. | |
skipper, Ryan Stevenson. Knocked off the line by Carol, and it was Niall | :24:56. | :25:03. | |
McGinn with an angled opportunity. Ryan Jack with a first effort, which | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
was miscued. Good touch from David Goodwillie. Trying the shot from | :25:10. | :25:19. | |
distance. It seemed to take Paul Gallagher by surprise, this. Nicky | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
Low trying to up the tempo for the home team. Johnny Hayes coming in | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
off the left side. That is a great run from him. The clearance went | :25:32. | :25:37. | |
straight to Niall McGinn, and the new boy got away with it, because | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
Niall McGinn was not able to punish the clearance from the full-back | :25:42. | :25:50. | |
from the delivery from Johnny Hayes, it went straight to Niall McGinn. | :25:51. | :26:05. | |
Nicky Lowe lining up the shot and the opening goal. Two minutes after | :26:06. | :26:10. | |
the restart, it is a spectacular strike from Nicky Low. Curling and | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
dipping away from Gallagher and into the corner for 1-0. It is a great | :26:17. | :26:28. | |
finish. Battling for possession, and now Jack. Ryan Jack with the cross. | :26:29. | :26:39. | |
Shaleum Logan had to score, and he knows it, the full-back. It is a | :26:40. | :26:44. | |
great run into the box and somehow, he contrived to put that white. | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
Partick Thistle searching for a leveller. -- put that wide. Jamie | :26:50. | :27:01. | |
Langfield, who has had little to do, gets across well for this shot. | :27:02. | :27:09. | |
Niall McGinn with a corner kick. And it is returned by Peter Pawlett to | :27:10. | :27:17. | |
Niall McGinn. On his left foot. And he curls it in, Aberdeen's second | :27:18. | :27:21. | |
goal. Niall McGinn. On his left foot. And | :27:22. | :27:24. | |
he curls it in, It is a wonderful strike from Niall McGinn. Straight | :27:25. | :27:30. | |
over the top of Paul Gallen. -- Gallagher. He stuck up a despairing | :27:31. | :27:42. | |
hand, and unable to keep it up, 2-0. Barry Robson lining up a freekick. | :27:43. | :27:51. | |
That was some hit. And it was matched by a superb save by | :27:52. | :27:59. | |
Gallagher. Two goals like up the game, from Nicky Lowe, and Niall | :28:00. | :28:08. | |
McGinn's strike was even better. Lots of strong performances today. | :28:09. | :28:11. | |
It was good to get three points against a good team. The boys did | :28:12. | :28:15. | |
not put enough pressure on the ball. Niall McGinn and Nicky Lowe | :28:16. | :28:23. | |
can strike the ball from distance and we let them do that. Barry, you | :28:24. | :28:27. | |
have scored some belters in your time, who scored the best of those | :28:28. | :28:32. | |
two goals? I will give it to Nicky Lowe. He works hard, every day. That | :28:33. | :28:39. | |
is a terrific goal. I am so pleased for him yesterday. He works so hard. | :28:40. | :28:46. | |
I know that Niall McGinn's goal was a terrific finish but it was a | :28:47. | :28:49. | |
little bit in the middle of the goals. I don't know if Paul Gallen | :28:50. | :28:53. | |
care is watching this, but it is still a great -- Paul Gallen care is | :28:54. | :28:57. | |
watching this. Well, speaking of that goal, let's | :28:58. | :29:11. | |
have a look at it. How many yards out was this? 40, was it? It seems | :29:12. | :29:18. | |
to get further out every time you talk about it. We'll Johnny Hayes | :29:19. | :29:23. | |
beel right? He was just wanting a little cuddle yesterday, he will be | :29:24. | :29:28. | |
fine. This was an unbelievable strike. Yes, unbelievable. And that | :29:29. | :29:38. | |
was a terrific save from Gallagher. I am just trying to be honest with | :29:39. | :29:45. | |
him. I think that Derek is trying to let him down gently. It is a good | :29:46. | :29:50. | |
squad. You have got Nicky Lowe coming in, we have some good talent | :29:51. | :29:54. | |
out there and some good kids coming through. It was such a big season | :29:55. | :29:59. | |
last season for Aberdeen. Does that make them more of a scalp this | :30:00. | :30:04. | |
season? Aberdeen always has been like that because they are big | :30:05. | :30:08. | |
football club. You have the man is on Aberdeen, you might be getting | :30:09. | :30:15. | |
15,000 of crowd, and the crowd can start rumbling when start passing | :30:16. | :30:18. | |
the ball back. You need a certain mentality. This season we will try | :30:19. | :30:24. | |
to finish as high as we can in the league. We are desperate to bring a | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
cup back up the road again because seeing 100,000 people on union | :30:31. | :30:32. | |
Street was incredible. It is a moment that every single one of our | :30:33. | :30:49. | |
players wants to go through. Actually, Aberdeen, they are | :30:50. | :31:09. | |
probably the second biggest team in the league now. It is one of those | :31:10. | :31:15. | |
games as a player you love to play in. That proper bee makes it harder | :31:16. | :31:16. | |
for Aberdeen. They had a great season last year. | :31:17. | :31:17. | |
As bad a start to the season as it's been for Ross County, at least | :31:18. | :31:21. | |
Not the case for St Mirren, who'd failed to find the net in | :31:22. | :31:25. | |
Dundee United the visitors in Paisley. | :31:26. | :31:29. | |
COMMENTATOR: Two changes for Saint Mirren. | :31:30. | :31:40. | |
One change for Dundee United, Chris Erskine is preferred. The cross feel | :31:41. | :31:54. | |
pass, -- the crossfield pass, Gary | :31:55. | :32:08. | |
Mackay-Steven is there. That is the skill you associate with him. | :32:09. | :32:12. | |
Dropping out of the air and he took it first time. The Saints looking | :32:13. | :32:16. | |
for their first league point and their first league goal as well. | :32:17. | :32:20. | |
That is a good header, forcing the save. McGinn has not scored since | :32:21. | :32:27. | |
February. That one touched over the top. There is danger here for Dundee | :32:28. | :32:36. | |
United. Drury. Maclean is available. Watson puts it behind. It just took | :32:37. | :32:43. | |
a little nick. What a start to the second half that would have been. | :32:44. | :32:48. | |
Corner. Having fashioned the chance, he now fashions the corner across, | :32:49. | :32:56. | |
Kenny Maclean. It breaks to Jason Naismith. He is away from Erskine | :32:57. | :33:04. | |
and tries the shot. Well worth the effort from Jason Naismith. Up from | :33:05. | :33:09. | |
the back for his height, but he is good on the deck as well. Erskine is | :33:10. | :33:19. | |
through, chance for Dundee United! 1-0 Dundee United. Taken beautifully | :33:20. | :33:26. | |
from Chris Erskine. It is his third of the season and Dundee United are | :33:27. | :33:29. | |
clinical in taking their chance at the start of the second half. He | :33:30. | :33:41. | |
curled it past Marian Kello. Dundee United go ahead. It is Gary | :33:42. | :33:46. | |
Mackay-Steven. The goalkeeper has come for it and he doesn't get it. | :33:47. | :33:56. | |
He simply barrelled his way in front of the goalkeeper. That was a simple | :33:57. | :34:02. | |
header in the end, the net was unguarded, and Dundee United 2-0 | :34:03. | :34:10. | |
ahead. Inside it comes. Dundee United causing problems. That is a | :34:11. | :34:15. | |
lovely ball across, back to Paul Payton. Lovely save from Marian | :34:16. | :34:37. | |
Kello. Blair Spittal! Some boos coming from the Saint Mirren fans. A | :34:38. | :34:50. | |
long ball forward. Spittal, That is a great first touch, and an even | :34:51. | :34:58. | |
better second such! Real Roy of the Rovers stuff. How about that for | :34:59. | :35:08. | |
control to set yourself up and ping that in the top corner. We can play | :35:09. | :35:14. | |
a lot better. I think the scoreline flattered us. Delighted with the | :35:15. | :35:26. | |
three points. I think we are playing well enough to win some games. It is | :35:27. | :35:30. | |
just a case of when are we going to start scoring some goals. Four wins | :35:31. | :35:36. | |
out of five now for Dundee United. In terms of Saint Mirren, there was | :35:37. | :35:42. | |
a brief period which seemed to sum them up when they had chances and | :35:43. | :35:49. | |
did not take them. It is a big worry for some Mirren, not scoring goals. | :35:50. | :35:56. | |
As we touched on earlier, big Stephen Thomson is missing, and he | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
is the key for them. He can hold the ball up. That is what I think will | :36:02. | :36:12. | |
help some Mirren, once he comes back. -- help St Mirren. I think all | :36:13. | :36:24. | |
three goals properly could have been stopped. Even Jackie said it, they | :36:25. | :36:31. | |
did not play that well, the scoreline flattered them. When their | :36:32. | :36:35. | |
confidence comes back, hopefully they will get the goals. They have | :36:36. | :36:40. | |
some good players in the team. We heard the views at the end of the | :36:41. | :36:45. | |
match. It is very early days but is there pressure on Tommy Craig? I | :36:46. | :36:49. | |
think there is always pressure. The fans expect, they want results. Four | :36:50. | :36:58. | |
or five games in as well. He's a big player missing for them as well. But | :36:59. | :37:00. | |
I think they will come all right. Callum's St Johnstone rounding | :37:01. | :37:07. | |
off the show this weekend. The Saints looking to follow up | :37:08. | :37:11. | |
their win last weekend against Aberdeen with another three | :37:12. | :37:13. | |
points, this weekend against a Motherwell side struggling | :37:14. | :37:15. | |
for any sort of form. On loan Derby defender Mark O Brien | :37:16. | :37:37. | |
makes his Debian. He is one of four changes. Saint Johnstone field the | :37:38. | :37:42. | |
same team that won last week. -- he makes his debut. Mackay winning the | :37:43. | :37:50. | |
header. He is in there again. Neat football from Saint Johnstone. Here | :37:51. | :38:01. | |
is Gary McDonald. Witherspoon. Great chance for Witherspoon at the back | :38:02. | :38:05. | |
post. The defender did well to make the block. Neat football again from | :38:06. | :38:12. | |
Tommy Wright's men. Here is Witherspoon. He thought about the | :38:13. | :38:18. | |
shot. Here is Miller. Follow up again from Saint Johnstone, but | :38:19. | :38:22. | |
Witherspoon could not find his intended target. It was Chris Miller | :38:23. | :38:32. | |
with the original effort. Eastern. Scott Brown. Just needed a bit of | :38:33. | :38:47. | |
angle in the shot. Motherwell, three straight defeats. Looking for a | :38:48. | :38:55. | |
change in form. In the direction of John Sutton. John Sutton really | :38:56. | :39:02. | |
needed a better finish there. No real power there to test Alan | :39:03. | :39:14. | |
Manus. Ainsworth's corner, Sutton! A good blog on the line there by | :39:15. | :39:19. | |
Manus. -- a good block. Josh Law. Picked up by Anderson. He | :39:20. | :39:35. | |
has a ready got two goals this season, both in Europe. Trying to | :39:36. | :39:46. | |
get his first in the league. Given away by Motherwell. | :39:47. | :39:52. | |
Almost caught out there at the front post. The goalkeeper was scampering. | :39:53. | :40:02. | |
Here is Miller. He has support arriving. It is Mackay. McDonald! | :40:03. | :40:26. | |
Straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. Miller, looking for his | :40:27. | :40:33. | |
captain. Mackay. Now McDonald. There is Brian Graham! What an impact that | :40:34. | :40:41. | |
is from the substitute. The new on loan signing from Dundee United, | :40:42. | :40:45. | |
only on the part 11 minutes and he has got his first St Johnstone | :40:46. | :40:56. | |
goal. He got across the defender, and St Johnstone are 1-0 up. I think | :40:57. | :41:05. | |
it was a struggle. A team lacking in confidence, you could see that. | :41:06. | :41:07. | |
Second-half performance we didn't deserve to lose the game, but that | :41:08. | :41:12. | |
is the way it is going for us at the moment. We had opportunities but our | :41:13. | :41:18. | |
crossing was in great today until the cross for the winner. I think | :41:19. | :41:24. | |
overall we just shaded it. A great three points for your side | :41:25. | :41:28. | |
yesterday. We have picked out Gary McDonald's performance for special | :41:29. | :41:38. | |
mention. How good was he? He makes so many runs forward. He is always | :41:39. | :41:43. | |
the one getting in the box. He will always get there. He probably hopes | :41:44. | :41:48. | |
he can do a bit better. Again, he is always there. Fantastic ball. He has | :41:49. | :41:59. | |
just followed it in. Aggressive, that is what you want your striker | :42:00. | :42:07. | |
to do in the box. A great performance. A great start from | :42:08. | :42:13. | |
Brian Graham as well. We were talking about Aberdeen last season, | :42:14. | :42:18. | |
big season for them, big season as well last season for St Johnstone. | :42:19. | :42:22. | |
Winning the Scottish cup and finishing in the top six. How can | :42:23. | :42:25. | |
you improve on last season, especially now you are without | :42:26. | :42:32. | |
Stevie May? It is a tough one. I think that has gone. It was a great | :42:33. | :42:36. | |
day, great occasion, but that has gone, the Scottish cup. You set new | :42:37. | :42:42. | |
goals. That is it, you have to set new goals and new targets. Does you | :42:43. | :42:47. | |
can't live off the past. It is the new season. They will be looking for | :42:48. | :42:55. | |
a good season. Stay in the league first and foremost, that is what we | :42:56. | :42:58. | |
always start with, and then take it from there. What do you expect from | :42:59. | :43:07. | |
Saint Johnstone this season? You have got to work accordingly, change | :43:08. | :43:10. | |
things tactically. Maclean upfront does a good job for them. Played | :43:11. | :43:20. | |
well. I liked him, I was impressed with their squad. They have always | :43:21. | :43:24. | |
got a good unity to their squad, they are always working for each | :43:25. | :43:28. | |
other. All hands to the pun. I like them, as a side. Major objective | :43:29. | :43:34. | |
force on Johnstone this season? A good top run again. -- major | :43:35. | :43:42. | |
objective for St Johnstone. They will definitely be in the top six | :43:43. | :43:48. | |
for me this year. Time now for a look at the premiership table this | :43:49. | :43:52. | |
evening. Inverness Caledonian Thistle proudly on top, with 13 | :43:53. | :44:00. | |
points. Zero goals conceded. It has been a quite remarkable start of the | :44:01. | :44:04. | |
season for them. The same goes for Hamilton academical, one point | :44:05. | :44:09. | |
behind, alongside Dundee United. Celtic are six points off the pace | :44:10. | :44:14. | |
at the moment. At the bottom it has been dismal for Ross County and St | :44:15. | :44:24. | |
Mirren. But of course it is early days. | :44:25. | :44:27. | |
The international break next weekend. | :44:28. | :44:31. | |
Scotland head off to Germany to give the world | :44:32. | :44:34. | |
We're back in two weeks' time, see you then. | :44:35. | :44:42. | |
But for now from all of us here, goodnight! | :44:43. | :44:46. |