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Four SPL t and crashed out in the COMMENTATOR: And he has scored! S

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United have got a chance of the competition. East Fife have fought

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through. The goalkeeper has saved it, Hibs are through.

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Hibs and Celtic will battle it out tonight for the 4th and last place

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in the Scottish Communities League Cup semi-final. Kilmarnock are

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already there. Two First Division team, Falkirk and a United, the

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question is who will complete -- and Ayr United, who will complete

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the semi-final line-up. The cup of shocks continues. Are we

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in for another surprise here at Easter Road? Celtic are odds-on

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favourites, not just to win this one but to land the trophy next

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March. Hibs Cup kick-start their thing if they come out on top.

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Scott McDonald joins me, we do have a hedge fund in the studio, not

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wearing the scarf but he did enjoy this moment in 2007 when he has won

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the trophy with John Collins in charge. And former Celtic striker,

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Scott who has had his hands on the trophy as well. It was 2.5 years

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ago, the Old Firm final with that penalty sealed and a winner's medal

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for Scott. Welcome to our coverage on the BBC. Hibs against Celtic,

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the 4th of the Cup semi-finals. Let's get the teams immediately

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in the Hibs hot seat with victory at St Mirren's at the weekend but

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plenty of ups and downs. The hot seat, probably more ups than downs.

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No Richie Towell. Yes, he has gone for all the attackers. A semi-final,

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they have got a chance to make a name for themselves and therefore

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they must go for it. Charlie Mulgrew has not made it, he has

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been mentioned at both sides of the park. He has been replaced by

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Thomas Rogne for top that has been hampering them all season. If they

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get that area right, they have plenty of attacking options. East

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against West for the final semi- What do you make of the set up

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tonight at the back? It will be interesting to see how they

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communicate tonight. If Hibs can test them. Ideally, like any

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manager, you would want a sensible back four but because of all the

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injuries he has had, it has been a frustrating time. Did I see two

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raised eyebrows about the Hibs line-up? Yes, slightly but I think

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it is fairly settled. There with the changes and it was a bit of a

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shame but before that, Hibs looked quite settled. I think you have to

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remember that the last eight games, two defeats. A bit of form coming

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back but looking at the team tonight, we are hoping he must get

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goals. The best news for Hibs so far, and not a lot of it about,

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have been the goals of Dario,, 10 already. Quality finishing there --

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He has not played a lot of football, it was important for him to come

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back to his old stomping ground and pretty much picked up where he left

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off. Nice to see that potentially he has got everything. He can run

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behind, hold the ball, beat a player and head the ball. On his

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days, a handful for everybody. great football pedigree. This was a

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great finish. He got it in the wrong position on his legs but he

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is quick enough to change his mind. All the goals, they are very, very

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different and that is the best thing about Garry O'Connor. Scott

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was alluding to it very correctly. Power Derek through the middle, but

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from open wide areas, he has looked and we all know he is good in the

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air. Can I say it as well that I did not know he would stand up this

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well this season, I thought it would take him a long time. But he

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has hit the ground running. Leigh Griffiths on loan from Wolves

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got a couple with goals as well. Yes, he scored a lot of goals for

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Dundee as well, he has not quite happened yet so he is getting some

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experience and it is good for the Bennion as well. -- for Hibs as

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well. There have been a lot of positives this season but every

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Celtic's supporter knows the problems. This is a classic example,

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midfield, not just the centre backs. Is he really marking Dean Shiels?

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Look at the distance. And then Dean train. But you have got to follow

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these guys through the midfield as well. You are talking about

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defending and tackling and nobody tackled him at all. And Charlie

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Mulgrew not finishing that with a winning goal. We might be talking

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about over a big question over the future of Neil Lennon? Yes, that

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has been around for the last couple of weeks. Certainly an the quite a

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bit of pressure, the expectancy level of the fans is high and they

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are favourites to win this, no question. Not just the night but

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the whole Cup. They need to win and that is why he has got a full-

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strength squad out there. From his point of you, it is good, they need

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A number of team changes, can you tell us why Mark Brown is in goal?

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He was good in the cup ties. certainly is a cup tie. And what

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one as well. Is it the match she would have chosen? It is the

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hardest, no doubt. A couple of so- called underdogs get through and we

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hope to make it a hat-trick of that. Semi-final place up for grabs, does

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it add spice to the game? really. It is always the next round

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in a cup tie, and the semi-final is still only next round. It might

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give you the extra edge but it is difficult and as much as we want to

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win, we have got a tough task. Birmingham's league form has not

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been so good this season. -- Hibs' the for. We have got to make sure

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we get wins and draws have not really helped us in the season that

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a draw would still keepers in. As was proved against Motherwell and

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we are ready for it. We hope to keep everybody on the edge of their

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seat. And we have played recently, the majority of games have been

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open and exciting. Good luck. Your team news, you have brought

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back Thomas Rogne, was it forced upon you? Not really. He played a

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game on Monday, and we wanted to see how he was football-Wise. And

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for Glenn,, Charlie pulled out this morning, he has been hampered by

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injuries this season as have most of the squad! But he is fit round

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of the goal, a good player and we will meet him at his best. Celtic

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are overwhelming favourites now to lift this Cup, does that come with

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added pressure? The majority of the town,... We will have to do the

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hard work first and that means trying to win games in knockout

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competitions. We were at the final last year, fell short and we want

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to go one better. You do not get opportunities like this very often.

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I stress this to the players and we will have to play our very best.

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Good luck. Thank you. We spoke of the problems that

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Celtic have in defence than what they have got a couple of

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goalscorers and a terrific talent in James Forrest. You thought Hibs

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will be making attempts to contain him. It will be interesting to see

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who he plays on the left-hand side to stop James Forrest because he

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has been Celtic's best player by far. Since the international break

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and another player I would certainly enjoy playing with. It

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will be Anthony Stokes and Hooper, we are looking forward to seeing

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them tonight. Significant importance of the League Cup has

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sometimes been downplayed in the past. If for every club, it has got

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every significance. Celtic would definitely love to win this cup.

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There have been so many upsets in this competition but that is not

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because teams have not taken it seriously. Everybody wants to win

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this competition and you see with Celtic, they have put up the

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strongest team available tonight. This is a competition that Neil

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Lennon liked to win. I know everybody will say to take the

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pressure off, but Celtic like to win trophies and any trophy U take

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part in, you want to win it. And it is the trophy that Hibs would like

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to get their hands on as well. think they have to take it on and

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win it. Nothing else matters to Celtic, they want to win every

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trophy they are in. They will want to win everything, a tough task for

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the trouble but they are more than capable of doing it. It starts here

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tonight once again and they are favourites for the whole Cup

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competition. Let's see how they get on tonight. Hibs will hope they can

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see is on a Celtic and safety tonight. If they can get through

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the first -- Celtic anxiety. They will hope the pressure will mount

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on them. Yes, what you are leading 2, if you see a weakness in the

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team and it is Celtic's defence, then you go for that. It is attack-

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minded. Griffiths is a very attack- minded players, scores a couple at

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the weekend, that is a massive hope for him. A big lift having Ivan

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Sproule in as well. He is a danger to any defence. Marc Wilson at the

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back will have his work cut out. A lot of interesting changes can be

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made tactically tonight. Will it be Hanlon or Murray who plays back

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tonight? That changes as the night goes on. Both managers will be

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thinking about going forward than defending and that is where I

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really am hopeful and expecting that there will probably be lots of

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goals. Are you surprised, Scott, that Hibs would switch away from

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Cool -- goalkeeper who was playing previously and go for Mark Brown?

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Colin Calderwood has said it in previous matches that Mark Brown

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will play. Let's see how he will do. I am sure he is up for it. Both

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teams have conceded goals recently. We are looking for goals tonight,

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hopefully we will get them but we will see what happens. A hedge

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against Celtic for a place in the Scottish Communities League Cup

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semi-final -- it is Hibs against Celtic.

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COMMENTATOR: The Easter Road faithful may look to this as a

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campaign to get started. This is a fixture that Hibs have not cleaned

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much joy from, won't win in 10 goes at it. The last made the

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competition in 2003, it has a 2-1 win here. They did lose that to

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Livingston. Celtic back-to- winning ways and Neil Lennon's men are

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heavy favourites to lift the trophy. Rangers, Hearts and Motherwell all

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out in the last round. No Richie Towell, an attack-minded side

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fielded. Ivan Sproule is back from 4 celtic and he has been critical.

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James Forrest is in the form of his life and also Thomas Rogne play. No

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strike is among this Celtic substitute. He has been one of the

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busier officials, he has shown four reds in the game see us taking part

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in. That includes a Champions League games. Also the man in the

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middle for the Hibs penalty shoot- out win. Mark Brown prepared to...

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Mark will summer the captain's armband in the absence of Charlie

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Mulgrew, he is back in the team as earth-shattering but perhaps would-

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I think it will be a really open game, Liam. Looking forward to two

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team is designed to attack. It really important goals and tonight

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would be a great time for him to grab another. From obscurity to be

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Griffiths that likes to get into the thick of it. The goals on

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Saturday will increase his confidence but can you defend

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against that? Look at the Celtic midfield quartet, they have got

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Wotherspoon if he can find them. David Willis but you want to get it

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Thursday, good performance in France and they needed to Paul all

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Wotherspoon is going to play at right-back. They are going to give

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at the back four a bit of protection. But David Wotherspoon

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will try to get one forward every time they can. Ivan Sproule takes

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the credit! It is the perfect start but Celtic do not deal with a

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corner. Comes into the front post area. The scrum or eight away

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initially the never get the ball clear. It is into the back of the

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net and the team have got off to an absolute fire. Daniel, not a good

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start for him. Not much you can do about that. Not a thing you can do

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about it. It hits him and goes right in the bottom corner. Delight

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for Colin Calderwood but I don't think Neil Lennon will be enjoying

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as an on goal from it Daniel Majstorovic. It was not going in

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Celtic rearguard in recent weeks and once again, hit by an early

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lead for 10 minutes. They do not have the players to do it. They

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have to keep going. That is true. Colin Calderwood has gone with

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their very attack-minded team. He has reaped the rewards early.

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Celtic need to get their foot on the ball. They have been unable to

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do that the first five minutes. -- clattering into him. He will get

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away with a warning. One more like that and he will be in the book. He

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dived in. He did well to get away Kayal not impressed with the

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goalkeeper. The goalkeeper has got to take charge. That could have

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-- pass. He needed to be perfect. Adam Matthews getting forward at

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every opportunity. It was at decent ball. It was a clever run. But the

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final pass let him down. Mark Brown, a former Celtic goalkeeper. He was

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could not control. He is holding a high line. You have to be careful.

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He looked onside. A good call by the linesman. Just a little bit too

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a recent times. He got all the praise in the draw with Kilmarnock.

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Celtic were three down at half-time in that game. Neil Lennon looks

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glum. You work -- he won this tournament twice as a player with

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the Celtic. Same old story. Bad goals to lose. None will ever be as

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bad as the goal they conceded in France last week. That was quite

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horrifying. They have got players who can score goals. That is

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challenge. If you show the Stutz, you will always get penalised.

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Stokes was in an offside position. Hooper was not. It is a rule that

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frustrated players and fans alike. Gary Hooper was onside. Anthony

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Stokes, as long as he does not get involved, Hooper is allowed to go

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season so far. He does not seem to be clicking as well as he did last

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season. He was terrific last campaign. Top scorer for Celtic.

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All he and Stokes have got five so far. Spend two years at Scunthorpe.

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He has got one eye on the Great Britain Olympic team next summer.

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Celtic are anxious to avoid more capital punishment having lost

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Perfect conditions. The pitch is Forrest, one of the smallest

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players on the park. Did not really fancy him against Paul Hanlon. A

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good three choice back four inches between them. Forrest could not

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make contact. The couple of Scotland caps to add to his CV

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against Spain and Liechtenstein. winger played tonight. You have got

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Ivan Sproule and James Forrest. What have you made of Sproule since

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he came back? He has managed to get a few goals. He is not a tricky

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winger. But if he has got -- if he gets a run non-U, he is gone.

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good in possession. Goal-kick. Sproule Kit himself far too much to

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do. -- gave himself. If you knock it 10 yards away, the second

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defender comes across and not sit out for a goal-kick. -- knocks it

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out. Three changes in the Celtic team from the one that beat

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Aberdeen. Mulgrew, Loovens and when the hammer out. -- Wanyama. We said

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the first goal was going to be important. The next one is very

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important. The Celtic supporters I think he would expect Celtic to

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pick things up after losing the ball -- goal. But Hibs have played

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in the season. Scored against Aberdeen at the weekend. -- Sung-

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flag was up. The linesman waited to see. You can see, he just got it

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right. Have I yard offside. -- half a yard. James Forrest did not find

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the target and the way. A couple of early flags for Keith Sorbie, the

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linesman, tries Max assistant referee. -- or assistant referee.

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Lines man will do me! -- linesman. Ederney and leading by a one goal

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thanks to an own goal by Daniel Majstorovic. It came in the fourth

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minute. A deflection off an Ivan Hooper could not turn it in. What a

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chance by Celtic. Great ball. Gary Hooper, he came off his left knee.

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That was a terrific ball. An incredible miss. Stephens and

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Wotherspoon were in close attendance. But you would expect

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Gary Hooper to have scored. If he got a decent touch, that was in the

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back of the net. On the night like this, quarter-final, UDR know how

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many chances you will get, you cannot pass one up like that. --

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you do not know how many chances 20 minutes? It is a wonderful start

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by Hibs. I thought there would be more of a reaction from Celtic. I

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expected them to dominate in the middle, keep the ball, get in wide

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areas. That was the first time Kayal got forward. He created a

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really good chance. The Israeli, il, joined last summer. An important

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player for Celtic. Izaguirre out Self-inflicted. It was an easy

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clearance. The way things are going for Celtic... Now they face a

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corner kick. Just when Celtic thought they would keep a settled

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back line, they lost Glenn Loovens and charlie macro. -- Charlie

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- Osbourne! If Ivan Sproule takes one touch too many -- I just wonder

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if Ivan Sproule takes one touch too many. This was half chance. -- this

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times. 13 behind Rangers. Looking to exercise some ghosts from last

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season when they lost at Old Firm final. -- the Old Firm final.

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Celtic have won a free kick. It is one of those areas where you think,

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is it too far out for a shot? Clever play by Kayal. Under

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pressure. You just wonder if somebody on the Celtic team fancies

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What's the reaction of the goalkeeper. -- watch. It was not

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that far away. As I say, well hit. It was always rising. Mark Brown

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confident. The Irishman thought it League Cup in 1981. -- 1991. That

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was against Dunfermline. They have won Mac hits since then, a 5-1

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back. The goalkeeper was quite entitled to picket up. -- to pick

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woodwork. The build up was different class. The passing was

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accurate, quick, slick. The final touch missing. Hooper was to his

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left. Anthony Stokes is an out and out striker. It faeces a goal, he

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is going for goal. -- if he sees a in his time at Hibs. He was just

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here for a year. Good return. Falkirk, Hibs, Celtic. He knows

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where the back of the Net is. He is clambering on Stokes there. It is

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50-50, both players get their arm joining Ayr and Kilmarnock in the

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tonight, extra-time and penalties for the Celtic defence. Le Daniel

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Majstorovic has been looking edgy. Two players who have not worked

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well together and you don't strike up a partnership in 10 minutes and

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Griffiths... A shake of the head Wotherspoon. What do you think

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about that? I think defenders can make contact, as long as you don't

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grab them. I think he goes down far too easily for the referee to give

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way we do, he might even be tempted to book him. Done on a Storrar

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vetch -- Daniel Majstorovic. Hibs to believe there was a need touch

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there but a good defending from Hibs. Just throwing themselves over

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the ball and make sure you block for Stokes. As he headed it on to

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his own shoulder, it is a free header. You would expect him to at

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least hit the target and you can see by his reaction, he has missed

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to go with the attack minded line- up has been vindicated, hasn't it?

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You, off to a flying start and it lifts the players. Yes, off to a

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flying start. It has gone straight across the goal, it just gives Hibs

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that little bit extra offspring in their step because they have got

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to get back on level terms. That is not proving easy for them right now.

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Hibs looking fairly comfortable, fair to say? I think Victor Palsson

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has had given the backbone a bit of on the far side. He couldn't find

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the target there. Up a really sharp break from Hibs. You can see

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Griffiths getting to the far post but he has decided he will take on

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the goalkeeper, looking for the far top corner, does not get the bend

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Hibernian there. Almost in for a got a goal that opens things up.

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And Celtic have only got one thing in mind, getting back in and that

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means pushing forward and meaning they will be light at the back

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Mirren at the weekend. The strikers will create a bit of room and it

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means you can get on the ball and then you can play decent passes.

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Leigh Griffiths is in. The flag is up against Leigh Griffiths. A good

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ball in from the wide area, the linesman has got a perfect view

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here. A good ball through and he gets it in early, yes, offside.

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little for Mark Brown to do, Graham Stack was one of Hibs' best players.

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Celtic, Mark Brown. Frustrating Celtic here, he came right at the

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end of the season in 2008. Scott Brown, his final game for Hibernian,

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this. Once again, just that little bit far out in order to be thinking

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because he is shaping up for the cross here. He has said it through

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to Hooper instead. Anti-climax for counter attack again. The

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goalkeeper makes the save. you're going to go on a fast break,

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he get Ivan Sproule involved it will be pacy but Agogo as well,

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credit to the goalkeeper. He gets a good contact on the ball. It seems

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a little bit easy for Hibs to counter-attack. It always seems

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down that left-hand side because Ivan Sproule will come on to his

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good right foot and take shots at your goalkeeper. Sproule well

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remembered for a hat-trick against Rangers at Ibrox. His first at the

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second bite of this, Celtic with onside, Leigh Griffiths that there

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a chance for the second... Could not take it. Well Hibs look back at

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that and one that was my what a chance, what a ball from Dario,!

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on to his left foot. Always the touch with your bad food to get it

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on your good side, isn't it? Good from the end of this tie, a Celtic

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have won, if one he had found the net if the had got it? A two call

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the League is brilliant. -- a one goal lead is good, a two goal lead

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is brilliant. Extra firepower for Hibs, any kind of set pieces in the

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final third, a few big lads. Stevens is up from the back, a few

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do Celtic look at the back? The set pieces are causing problems. You

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can see the number of green jerseys and it is scrambled clear but they

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don't look safe when that ball comes in the area. Celtic need to

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wake up from the slumber in the back. Hibs are looking dangerous

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every time they come forward. Another corner kick. I will give

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you three guesses where this will go. He will bend it right in on top

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of the goalkeeper and keep the goalkeeper cannot come for that.

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When you have got a team under pressure, don't let them out

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the interval. Celtic have had chances. Most notably Stokes and

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get in early but it has got to be a added on to the end of the first

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What have been made of the first half, Craig Paterson? Colin

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Calderwood will be delighted, they are ahead and looking confident.

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Neil Lennon is more from his team, players who can dominate, Forest he

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can repeat to shreds, Beram Kayal, he has got to fire them up. There

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is the half-time whistle. The Hibs fans will be delighted. They have

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got a 1-0 lead at half-time, Ivan Sproule battering it in off Daniel

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Majstorovic and they have looked very dangerous in the counter-

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attack. Hooper and Stokes have had a great chances as well but it is

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Hibs after the magnificence that who have the lead at Easter Road.

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Daniel Majstorovic not happy, he is talking to one of the officials. At

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half-time here at Easter Road at the moment, Hibs and joining Ayr,

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Falkirk and Kilmarnock. I wonder if he has tried to get the

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own goal taken off because that separates the sides. I can't

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imagine Camacho played better than that. We have got highlights from

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last night's free ties coming up. Hibs have been impressive. Yes,

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they have. They pass the ball exceptionally well, they have found

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the gaps in Celtic's defence. Celtic have had their chances that

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neither side has taken the initiative after the first goal.

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Will it be enough for Hibs, that first goal? We will see. If he took

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the Second chance, it might have been a different game. They might

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route that? I think there is great power in that team, all the way

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through the centre, Stevens a really important player at the

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field, and Agogo has been the man of the match, tackling, passing

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everything. Great energy and confidence. Among the have needed

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something special, it is the pace of Sproule, a brilliant going

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forward. Griffiths has got up there as well. All round, a good

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performance from Hibs, unrecognisable from early season.

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Celtic did not need to concede a goal inside five minutes. No, they

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didn't. But I think Marc Wilson is unlucky, he did not see it until

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late, he did it well to get off the line. Below 40 macro is in the

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right place at the right time. I don't think there is a great deal

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wrong there. Sproule has made the run and got lucky with the ball has

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landed for him. Could a Celtic player get up there early? At think

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that is harsh. 1-0 at half-time, it leads talk about that a bit later,

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but elsewhere in the Scottish Communities League Cup last night.

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Lots of thrills and spills and Jonathan someone can talk us

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United set about ending that miserable sequence against Falkirk

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at Tannadice. United went closer soon afterwards. Jon Daly with a

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strike off the bar. Every get the feeling it is not going to be your

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night? The feeling intensified in the 70th minute. Falkirk one goal

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ahead. Having taking -- having taken the scalpel Rangers in the

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last round, they sensed another scalp. -- the scalp of Rangers.

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Johnny Russell equalised within five minutes. The SPL side back on

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level terms. A great finish from a tight angle. It finished 1-1. In

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the first period of extra-time, United took the lead. Great pass

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from Russell and daily with the finish. -- Jon Daly. It Disree

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nearly 3-1. -- it was very nearly. Jon Daly with another superb strike.

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Again it hit the bar. With two minutes of extra-time remaining,

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Falkirk equalised through Ally Graham. Rude macro one paying

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dividends for a Falkirk as they stayed in the Cup. -- route. Willo

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Flood missed in the penalty shoot out for Dundee United. Stewart

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Murdoch kept his composure to send Falkirk into the semi-finals.

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Another cup upset. Another celebration for a manager Steven

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upset at St Mirren Park. -- fair mack United. Initially it was the

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SPL side in front. 1,200 Ayr fans made the trip. Nine minutes from

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time they got what they travelled in hope to see. Eddie May along

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with the ball into the box, Chris Smith with the header. -- Eddie

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Malone. The First Division side in sight of the semi-finals. St Mirren

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laid siege to the goalmouth. Graham Carey struck the crossbar late on.

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Scenes of joy at the final whistle. This was the third SPL scalp for

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the team currently bottom of the Aberdeen, Second Division East

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Fife's hopes of seeing off Kilmarnock suffered a major blow

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the second half, Paul Heffernan went close. In the 73rd minute,

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Killie made the breakthrough. Mohamadou Sissoko scoring. The big

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central defender with plenty of space, could control and a fine

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finish. Some trade mark Kilmarnock passing play almost carved open the

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East Fife again. In the 81st minute, Kilmarnock made sure of their place

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in the semi-final, Gary Harkins picking up the pieces and his shot

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was too hot for Marc Ridgers. The possibility of an Ayrshire derby in

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Great live coverage of all of that last night on Radio Scotland. The

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real story was the First Division teams getting through. The Falkirk

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conclusion was dramatic. What about Ayr? They have been an incredible

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Cup team. Usually you just do not want to get them. Bottom of the

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First Division? Bott it is Cup night. The fans get behind them. A

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possible Killie against Ayr semi- final will be one to look forward

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to. He is ahead against year-old Teeny here. We have seen the Hibs

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goal. But they had numerous other chances. What about the past here

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from Agogo and the ball in from Wotherspoon? Yes, fantastic. They

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were unlucky. The goal gave them confidence. As we see again here,

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another great chance. Sproule cut in from the left. Maybe he took a

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touch too many. If this was your first view of Hibs this season, you

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would wonder what the fuss was about. They have been special.

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think it is confusing for the Hibs fans as well! Osborne has been

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fabulous today. The pace of Sparrow on the break has been absolutely

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phenomenal. -- Sproule. He looks up Forrest today. As Scott said during

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the game, time and again against the big teams he seems to get up

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for it. He is breaking well there. Celtic are very open. Obviously

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they are behind and trying to go for the game. The two full-backs

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going at the same time. The shape is not correct. The centre halves

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are nowhere. That was a great chance for Griffiths. He needed to

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slow down a little bit and be a little more composed. This was the

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moment that this League Cup tie may have slipped from Celtic's grasp?

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Yes, every single Hibernian supporter will be thinking that.

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You do not get that many chances against the Old Firm. That was one.

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What a blow by Garry O'Connor. All the way through the Hibs team they

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have played well. As well as they can play. You suspect Celtic will

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make sure they do not play that well in the second half. This one

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from Kayal qualifies as a good chance. You would have thought the

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ball would have ended up in the back of the net? Exactly. He will

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be disappointed he got nothing on the ball. Hibs did well to

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pressurise him. It was a great ball in. He is of balance because he is

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being dragged back a little bit. off balance. He will be

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disappointed. Celtic have been unlucky a little bit. On another

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night, this one from Stokes would have gone in. A dinner at think

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Celtic have played badly. I think they have played really well. They

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look very dangerous. At some point in the second half, Cooper and

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stocks will get chances. -- Hooper and Stokes. I just think there

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seems to be weaknesses in the Celtic defence. Yes, as in the Hibs

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defence. There are goals to come in this game. It has been entertaining

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to watch. From an unbiased point of view, the goal as come at the wrong

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end! Knee will Lennon believes in his team. He knows they can go

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forward and create chances. Again it was highlighted before the game

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that left-back was a problem for Ederney. -- Hibernian. If you put

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pressure on Hanlon, if Celtic get the ball up to the right hand side

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and overload down that side, there will be more opportunities. Kayal

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has looked comfortable for me. He can create something. There are

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more chances. He is good to watch. He likes to look forward every time.

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It is a pleasure to play with him. You have got midfielder's playing

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the ball earlier. This is the only goal so far but it is unlikely to

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be the only goal? Nothing Celtic can do on the line that there. It

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came through a crowd of players. I am not going to say anything

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against must Horowitz. -- Majstorovic. Celtic will continue

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to be that open. They will carry on pushing on. There are great

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opportunities for Celtic in the second half. Do not turn off.

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man with the dubious honour of the only goal so far, Daniel

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Majstorovic, putting into his own net. Back to Kraig Patterson and

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this season at the weekend. -- Hibernian. This is a Celtic team

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that has shown resilience and character in the last few games.

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They will need to improve if they are to claw their way back into

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this one. No changes on either side gone with the same line-up for the

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second half. Celtic have no strikers on the bench. Paddy

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McCourt perhaps the most creative? Yes. If they still need a goal as

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the game goes on, you would imagine they would introduce the magic of

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McCord. -- McCourt! What a start for Forrest! The reaction that Neil

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Lennon and the Celtic fans wanted comes in the first minute of the

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second half. What a strike. Unbelievable hit! Drags his team

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back into the game as he did against Kilmarnock. Across the

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goalkeeper. Good skill. What a finish. Mark Brown sees it but he

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sees it too late. That was stunning from a forest. His 5th goal of the

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season. -- from a James Forrest. He half. Celtic scoring early in the

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second. What will this do for this cup-tie? Kayal is holding his nose.

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Certainly Hecken is it a challenge. The players go head to head. I do

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not see anything happening there. The yellow card is coming out.

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There may be one for each player. Kayal and Sproule. Indeed it is.

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you get on with the game, you may have a chance of getting away with

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it. A few go head to head, you will both be booked. -- if you go head

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to head. The first two cards of the prevents any nerves that may have

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crept into the Celtic game. Fantastic for that man, Neil Lennon.

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Colin Calderwood, the last thing he would have said, first five minutes,

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keep it tight. Magic from James Forrest. How good her seat in this

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season? At Kilmarnock, three -- three goals behind, you look too

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experienced players to bring you He was convinced that all had gone

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over. Once again, you can see the pace. Is the whole of the ball

:22:06.:22:16.
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impossible ball to win as his centre-back when it is coming to

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the striker's chest. You just have organised by Forster. -- first

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happening for Gary Hooper. No. He struggled at Kilmarnock. Eventually

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had to be substituted. He does not look the dynamic player we know he

:23:51.:23:58.

can be. To be fair, he does most damage inside the penalty area.

:23:58.:24:03.

This season he does not seem to be in the same place as he was last

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O'Connor. That was sore. Kayal lungs a moan. Yes. He was quick to

:24:34.:24:44.
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Celtic game, he is very interesting to watch. He talked his way through

:24:50.:24:55.

matches. He does like to get involved. But the great thing is he

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ballooned it over anyway. That was a poor finish. You see the ball

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being played. Maybe just. Mark will some on the far side getting back

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at pace. -- Marc Wilson. If that hit the back of the net there was a

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Extra-time and penalties if win since February. They have had

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their lead taking away from them right at the start of the second

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second half, it is planning out pretty much as they did in the

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first. Jenas Forest is in again...- 21, Celtic! -- 2-1. He has turned a

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match on its head. He is some player, and when he gets in, he

:29:55.:30:03.

makes it a great break. Just inside the post. A terrific finish again

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and this lad is on fire at the moment. This and by from Celtic but

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here's way you get a bit of a break, he is onside and he has played him

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on and Forrester they really slick finish right in the bottom corner.

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And Hibs having back, have got to drag themselves back into the game.

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This game has been turned upside- down in the space of 12 second half

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minutes. Whatever he said at half- time has worked. Once again, it is

:30:40.:30:50.
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completely changed. The they can move from side to side, they come

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round the Hibs players all over the park because they have the lead and

:31:07.:31:17.
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therefore they will dictate the way they want the game to go. Suddenly,

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Celtic are running amok here. Stokes looking for Joe Ledley in

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the middle. They look so much more dangerous coming forward in the

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second half and in the first. Confidence is now losing through

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the side. If he looks up, nobody in the middle. There is the man with a

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problem. It may be looking at the bench to see if some were can be

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put on a park you can produce a bit Griffiths. Goal kick. Great pace

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from Matthews, and when you get a head, cut back was the defender. A

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great tackle there. -- cutback across the defender. He did well to

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get back at Griffiths there. The in there for Hibernian. Yes, a 2-1

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defeat is no good, you have got to take chances. You could understand

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another goal lost in trying to get Sung-Yeung slopes and that let

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Hibernian off the hook. Once again, drives, gets in the box, forest. A

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brilliant chip to the back post and the move dies because of keys in

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young losing his footing. -- Because Ki Sung-Yeung loses his

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is terrorising that Hibernian defence. Allow him to get on the

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ball in the box, you are in trouble because he has got quick feet, pace,

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tricks and it is difficult to get him off the ball. Palsson does well

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there. Ki Sung-Yeung will take the there is the third! It is Anthony

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Stokes to get it. That may well be the goal that knocks Hibernian out

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and put Celtic into the last four, the former Hibernian Stokes he gets

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it. Far too easy from Hibs' point of you but Anthony Stones finds a

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bit of space, but of power, and Celtic now have that cushion.

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this is possibly a cue for many of the Hibernian fans to head for the

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exit. Celtic have gone from 1-0 down to 3-1 up just be on the hour

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minutes. They came back from 3-0 down against Kilmarnock to become

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3-3 in 17 second half minutes. need a repeat of their performance

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against Dundee United. They got a draw, a couple of goals if they can

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score which will give them a chance and a lift. But this Celtic score

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again, this game is gone. You were under what is going through the

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mind of Colin Calderwood. A pretty easy team time talk at half-time,

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they looked OK right up until Celtic's second but since then, it

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had been utter domination from the makes the save. So a good effort. A

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good save from the goalkeeper but how easy does Stokes get on the

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ball here? Nobody near him. Look. Sets it up, takes the shot, good

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little bit of zealous. Hibs appeared to make a change. Danny

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Galbraith will try to get something into the box, I would imagine. A

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good first touch from Hooper. They are a different team. As I said,

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the passing is sharp and accurate, they look a different side. A yard

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apart. They have certainly turned up now. Celtic fans will be asking

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why they can't play like this from chances, Leigh Griffiths in

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particular towards the end of the first half. Would Hibs look back at

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to come off for Hibs, Danny Galbraith to come on -- Victor

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challenge with the goalkeeper. A decent ball in that Leigh Griffiths

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looking for the ball and takes a good hit from Fraser Forster into

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the bargain. But Hibs substitution, he would take of a defensive

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midfielder a stick-on another forward? And I think now, Colin

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clearly annoyed, perhaps not by coming off but the way things have

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gone for Hibs in the second half. Second minute seeing Celtic

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Victor Wanyama for Barran Kyle. A straight forward replacement --

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Beram Kayal. To keep the lead, you have to. I think he is bringing of

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a player who will sit and defend, stake in the back four and make

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sure Hibs don't get through easy. Hooper is onside and a great

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finish! Celtic crackling like a log fire and they have come from behind

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to routing Hibernian. In 68 minutes, it 68 -- it will beat Celtic in the

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last four. Gary Hooper goes, he is onside and the rest is, can he

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finish? First touch is a brilliant and that is a quality finish.

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has unravelled big style for Hibs. Cooper sleep with a finish that is

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like Cooper from last season and what a shot. Colin Calderwood will

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be absolutely livid as a centre- back. Beram Kayal will be replaced

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by Victor Wanyama. These two meet again on lead business on Saturday

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-- league business on Saturday in Glasgow. One of the new faces,

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Victor, around Celtic Park. Number Celtic history in the year of 1967,

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little wonder that some Hibs fans are slipping off, they have had

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enough. It was all going so well minutes. The game has gone now. You

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can hardly blame them for heading home early. Having been 1-0 ahead

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and now 4-1, you have to be the eternal optimist if you think they

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can get back in. Here they come again. It is read out for the

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Northern Irishman. Hibs down to 10. This is going from bad to worse. --

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it is a red card for the Northern Irishman. He misses a game. Ivan

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Sproule can have no complaints, he has attended a challenge, coming

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back. He has not got the ball, managed to get the player and you

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are going to get yellow carded he has already got one and that means

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he has off the park. Well, Celtic have had Hibs under their farm for

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demoralised. The game that looked like there might be something

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special now it is about pride and second half it wasn't there in the

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first. There are 10 points them and Rangers at the top of the Premier

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League. They have a game in hand against Dunfermline. A long way to

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go and this will do wonders for Stevenson and Akpo Sodje. You need

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some kind of help and they will try and get on the ball when they come

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on but it is all about pride now. Brian a profession and your team. -

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- pride in your profession and a have a chance to go 2-0 up, if you

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don't take it against the Old Firm, it will come back and quality big-

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time. A free kick, Hibs have got a back in the middle. The big Swede

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in the book. Leigh Griffiths has a office 46 games before tonight

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since taking over from John Hughes one year ago. Another night of

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misery for the former Scotland defender. As Garry O'Connor is

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by Akpo Sodje. It looks like Akpo Sodje will have to play upfront

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alongside Griffiths. They still have the two strikers which might

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sneak a goal but if you leave yourself short at the back, Celtic

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Celtic who already lead by four to one Aminah what a court can do. He

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will replace Gary Hooper surely. -- and we know what Paddy McCourt can

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do. Where did this go wrong for Hibs? Light at the first minute of

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the second half. Its Celtic got a lift and they have gone on to

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wonder. He becomes off, managed to get himself on the scoresheet with

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the 4th goal. On comes Paddy McCourt. Joy if you're a defender

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and you are starting to tire and they bring on a trickster like

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is struggling for strikers. -- it worked out OK. James Forrest drag -

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Forrest is on a hat-trick. Moving himself on to six for the season

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tonight. So too is Stokes and so to play Celtic again in the league on

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Saturday. -- Hibs. A cheeky finish. Mark Brown was equal to it. He was

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trying to flick the ball across goal. He has got quick feet. He has

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got so many tricks. Defenders have to be careful not to give away a

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penalty against him. Celtic meet him was on the weekend. Then they

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play rain in the Europa League next a Hibs fan. A man down, 4-0 down,

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demoralised. Yes,. The players He had watched 15 or 16 passes and

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decided, it is going to have to stop at some point. Anthony Stokes

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very appreciative of this, on a hat-trick. His manager wanting to

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get the ovation. And he deserves it. He got Celtic back into this game.

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Quick feet and great finishing. This is a beauty. Wonderful strike

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across the goalkeeper. No chance for Mark Brown. Perfect again.

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Anthony Stokes court was by surprise. Cha Du-Ri is the player

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who is on. Just giving players a run out. Every chance to get match

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mistake by Cha Du-Ri in France, when he knocked the ball past his

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ball. Anthony Stokes checks out, drags the defender and oats,

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cheques back. Cha Du-Ri could not away from home for Celtic, losing

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just one away domestic cup-tie since famously losing to Clyde in

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2005. That was at St Mirren in a Osborne. The referee was right.

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Look for advantage. It did not come. He has given the free kick. Forster

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did not look convincing there. Still just a little snippets that

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the Celtic defence is not functioning. That is the main worry

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for Neil Lennon. In the first half they struggled. A couple of times

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you can put that down as a chance. The angle was always against him.

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He did well to wrestle himself into that position. But he was never

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Danny Galbraith. What next Burke Colin Calderwood? -- for Colin

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Calderwood? Condon taking things that have happened out there in the

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second hand. -- contemplating. Four minutes remaining. Him and Billy

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Brown wondering where it all went wrong. I am sure the manager would

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have told them how important the early have of the second half was.

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-- early Park. The big night for Celtic. They lost to Rangers,

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Hearts and Atletico Madrid, drew with Kilmarnock and Udinese. It is

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a big win for Celtic tonight, you feel, and for a meal that none.

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just sometimes wonder when a player has come on and he knows the game

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is won, if he gets up to the speed opponents to play against. Well

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done, Louise Stevenson. -- you we Stevenson. McCord does not get many

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start. His 7th appearance of the season. They have all been as a

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Falkirk want to avoid Celtic in the semi-final draw? You can bet your

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time at the the end of this match. Hibs will want this over and done

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Celtic demolished Hibernian in the second half. Neil Lennon beating

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Colin Calderwood again, just like he did earlier in the season. It

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was James Forrest, just like he did at Rugby Park, who grabbed the game

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by the scruff of the neck and scored twice early and the second

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half, as Celtic went from one down to 4-1 ahead. Gary Hooper got the

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4th. His 6th of the season. Stokes got his 6th of the season. A

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fantastic second half performance from the Parkhead side. Yes.

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Questions were asked at half-time. Do Celtic have it in them to get

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back into the game? That players answered with an emphatic yes.

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James Forrest the man once again who led them. When you look at the

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first 45 and the second 45, it looked like two different Celtic

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teams. Once Celtic click into gear, it was hard work. Celtic had the

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swagger of a gunslinger and the second half. The team to avoid in

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Celtic manager Neil Lennon did say on Sunday that at team would take a

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beating from his team one of these days. Sadly for Hibs, they were on

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the wrong end of it. What a dramatic transformation. Let's hear

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from the excellent James Forrest. Fantastic second half performance,

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and from yourself in particular. You must be delighted? Yes, the

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first half was not up to scratch. We had a better attitude of the

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second half. I notice that the manager and a few words in your ear

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as he took you off. What did he say to you? I know I was not good

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enough in the first have. Hopefully I did better in the second half.

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What did the manager say to the team at half-time? The players knew

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themselves the first half was not up to scratch. He let us know that.

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We shall we can play in the second half. Why we are not up to scratch

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and the first half? Are I cannot put my finger on it. We had a few

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chances. They scored an early goal. Incredible performance from Hibs in

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the first half. They had you under the cosh at times? Yes, they had

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some chances. Big Forster made a few saves. Credit to him.

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excellent second half performance from Celtic. Into the semi-finals.

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Two First Division teams in there. You most fear you have a good

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chance to win this tournament? of the First Division teams had

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beaten SPL teams. -- have beaten. He looks like he could be a Celtic

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ball boy. He is at 20-year-old Going places at the moment. Two

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crucial goals which turned this game around? Yes. We said at half-

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time how impressed that he has been. We had it in the second half. A

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danger man. The fantastic finish for the first one. Taken with great

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composure. A lot better than Griffiths did in the first up.

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much was that second half of that Celtic finding their form and Hibs

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crumbling? Yes, he has crumbled to some degree. They played well in

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the first half. I did not think they could keep it off for another

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45 minutes. The last thing we said at half-time was, get Forrest into

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the game. That is exactly what Celtic did. Practically it worked.

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Well done Neil Lennon. Celtic were behind inside five minutes. It was

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an own goal from Daniel Majstorovic which put Hibs in front. Hibs were

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very impressive and the first that. They had a little bit of luck.

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Celtic were unlucky. At that point, Higgs did not panic. They tried to

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get the second goal. I think they deserve to get the goal at that

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point. A second goal would have been pushing it. We did wonder if

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this was a Turning Point? Yes, it was a chance for them to go two D 0

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ahead. He has not slowed down. -- 2-0. If that was Hooper or Stokes

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or Scott McDonald, that Paul would be in the back of the net.

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Fantastic second half performance. What did you put in the tea at

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half-time? It is not what I put in the tea. It is basically what I

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asked of them in the second half. We want to win all the competitions.

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They did themselves justice. I was disappointed with some of our

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finishing. We were all open and sloppy at times in possession. That

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is why Hibs hit Hossa reid mack on the break. A poor goal from a

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corner. I was not very pleased. In the second half, exhilarating. The

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fans responded. Some of the football in the second half was as

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good as it has been since I have been here. You said your team would

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give somebody a hiding. Was that the hiding tonight? We scored four

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goals in the second half. We got three at Kilmarnock. But we played

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better tonight. To a man in the second half they were fantastic.

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The keeper made a great save at 1-0. When we play like that we are a

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very good team. You have had to reorganise your defence more often

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than you would like. Well tonight give your team extra components to

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kick on? When they play as a pin, you can see what the outcome can be.

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-- has that team. We have got Hibs again on Saturday. It is a huge

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gain in the context of the season. The players have shown what they're

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capable of. You cut a very frustrated figure and the first

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half. Can you put a finger on why your team is not starting games as

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you would like them? We went to sleep last set-piece and they

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punished us. -- on a set piece. When we pass quickly and shortly,

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we look like we are going to score. I had at early at Forrest at half-

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time. He changed his white boots. What a wonderful footballer he is

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turning out to be. In the last four. You must feel you have got a good

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chance to win the tournament now? Yes. I am just pleased we're in the

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semi-final. We can put that to bed for a couple of months. Concentrate

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on the leak. It gives the players something to look forward to. It is

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still up for grabs. Celtic odds-on favourites to win

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this trophy. Honda stand idly. The semi-final draw will take place

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next week. -- understandably. Neil Lennon reckons that was some of the

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best football they have played in his time? Yes. They passed the ball

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slightly. They got the early goal in the second half. Once the goal

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went in, Hibernian lost their belief. They went on the back foot

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and let Celtic dominate. Set it were superb and the second half.

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Four goals in 22 minutes. He is were blown away by this double from

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James Forrest. -- Hibs. You could not stop it coming. It was like a

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tsunami. Forrest has got wonderful balance. He could go either way.

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More than one trick. He is an international class players now. I

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actually preferred the second goal. This shows you the balance. He has

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fallen over but he still has the wherewithal to score. And on his

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back foot. Stokes has done really well for Celtic as well. You take

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your hat off to Celtic, or you say that Forrest found his way through

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easily? I would say well done to He had to say well done the striker.

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You can't ignore what he did there. The first touch, that was the

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reason the goal was scored. They link well and when you get Hooper

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and Stokes linking well and they have got other good players as well

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but Forest looks on fire when he can link up with them. The goals

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were raining in at that stage. Anthony Stokes got this one from a

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corner. You wonder at this stage, what the final score might be?

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eyes, I don't think scores too many with his head. That is why he was

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having a joke with Ki Sung-Yeung at the end. Do I think Mark has got it

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into the ball and does not know where Stokes is. But full credit to

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Stokes. Leigh Griffiths and missed from an opportunity in the first

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half, Gary Hooper was never going to pass up the chance. They come

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out from the same ankle and that was a composed striker. Scott said

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to me immediately, it is on 4th his right foot. And it suits him better

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from that angle it is beautiful. will be going home a happy man

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tonight. Second game back after injury and I am sure that Neil

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Lennon is a happy man, two strikers back in the goals. They a big sky

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of relief -- a big sigh of relief for Neil Lennon. They were in a bit

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of a whole at half-time and it could have been worst. Yes and not

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for the first time this season. It has been a rocky period for Celtic.

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A long period where their European games were not going well.

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Questions have been asked about the defence so every single win is

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important and getting a trophy would be fantastic. One of the

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things I noticed that was different today which surprised me was the

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difference it made, Neil Lennon said all the right things but

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Celtic were going to their own fans, but they seemed to be panicked

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before. If your fans keep on backing you, it lists you. With the

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first goal, they came and kept seeing the whole time and it

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destroyed Hibs and lifted of the Celtic players. Any thoughts of a

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Hibs fight back crumbled when spieler 13 took the long walk. Did

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he have grounds for appeal here? think Pat feels different but if

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the referee is sensible, he pulls into the side, has a little chat

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and lets him get on with it. argument about that one. No, that

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is definite. Looking at that again, I would not want a yellow card but

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because they were squaring off to each other, and Neil Lennon tried

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to defuse the situation. The red card there, not only has he tried

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to tackle with the infant, he has tried to play the other tackle off

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with the other foot. Hibs were turned to shreds at that point.

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When you C Paddy McCourt come on, you think, oh no. This complete the

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picture in terms of the Scottish Communities League Cup semi-finals.

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All the results of the quarter- finals of last night's free, and

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tonight's game as well. They finished there, Hibs 1, Celtic four.

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Ayr United through with a win at Paisley. After 120 minutes, Falkirk

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1 on penalties. And Kilmarnock threw against East Fife at Rugby

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Park. First to Tannadice and see what ensued in that match. They

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beat Rangers in the previous round so not lacking in confidence and it

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certainly seemed to be that way shock? No, because they showed such

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great spirit. Johnny Russell has a big boots to fill. But having had

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the chance to go ahead and then going behind, you think have they

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got the nerve and guts to come back? Of all the teams in the

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Premier League, out, they're probably have.

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Willo Flood with his head in his hands, he has had that post before.

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And then the Murdoch with the winning penalty. What a penalty.

:17:42.:17:52.
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yes, he has done a fantastic job With Celtic and Kilmarnock, they

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will be the danger team next time round. They may not be one you

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would want to get. A ridiculously young team, Falkirk. Some

:18:04.:18:12.

achievement. A slightly unknown to the Premier League teams,

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Kilmarnock were look at that and think rather have Ayr United than

:18:18.:18:23.

play against Falkirk. They have nothing to lose, no expectations of

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them, they are playing completely fearlessly. They are the dark

:18:28.:18:32.

horses, the danger team. And there have to say that I enjoy watching

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them play. Having knocked out Rangers and Dundee United, they are

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not going to fear anyone. No. And their league form has not been too

:18:46.:18:56.
:18:56.:18:56.

bad. They need to put things to one side, they have got a lot of

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preparation and League form is important that they will keep

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learning and keep doing well. have been continuing your research,

:19:03.:19:09.

down in the north-east of England? A couple of my mates play in the

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First Division. A bad result for Dundee United because they have

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been toppling downwards in the SPL, third from bottom now and out of

:19:18.:19:22.

the competition. They must have had hopes of winning? Yes, a real shame

:19:22.:19:26.

for them. We nor the problem has been for them, they spent a long

:19:26.:19:31.

time building a very good squad and a good team and purely financial

:19:31.:19:35.

reasons, they are beginning to lose but other players leaking away, not

:19:35.:19:41.

enough depth in the squad. The problem is the confidence leaks out.

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After a team that was playing with total provider for a few years in a

:19:49.:19:55.

row. It is worrying. Long-term, I think they will be fine bob. They

:19:55.:20:04.

have got quality players to cope but it will hurt. If you are a team

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doing a particular well in the league, you get a release in the

:20:07.:20:14.

cup if you get a good run. Tannadice, and a shock in Paisley

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last night, Ayr United, bottom of the First Division were in town and

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they took another big chance. They had beaten Hearts already and

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here's a golden goal, Chris Smith caught with a glancing header which

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proved to be crucial. A great ball in and you have got to ask

:20:31.:20:37.

questions of the defence. Good header at the near post. This was

:20:37.:20:41.

Graham Carey force and Veron with a late and desperate effort which

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came back off the crossbar. One of those nights for the team but a

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glorious night for Brian Reid and his team. I would feel sorry for St

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Mirren. They could have got a point at the end and were unlucky.

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Hitting the crossbar at the end and that is the dividing line you have

:21:05.:21:10.

got between the two, winning or going out of competitions. They

:21:10.:21:17.

have gone to Ayr United but I am hugely impressed by some -- St

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Mirren. The headline is Ayr United and wasn't Mark Roberts grabbing

:21:24.:21:32.

the headlines rarely and it was Ayr United. They are in the lower

:21:32.:21:36.

reaches of the First Division, no fear again. You go, enjoy the day

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and go for it. Against Kilmarnock, that will be fun. Cup football does

:21:45.:21:54.
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some strange things. Inverness, Hearts and now cent said Mirror

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have been dispatched. It is a fantastic thing and it would be a

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great thing for Scottish football if there was a derby. We will have

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to wait to see what comes but they will want to enjoy the occasion.

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Hampden is a special place and to go there, it would be great for

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them. A question, no disrespect, but two games need to be played at

:22:28.:22:32.

Hampden, with crowds not really expecting full houses? Who would

:22:32.:22:37.

like a bit more of an atmosphere for Scottish football? He East Fife

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were tried to complete a hat-trick of surprises having knocked

:22:41.:22:44.

Aberdeen out of the competition but they were severely handicapped by

:22:45.:22:50.

the sending off of Robert Ogleby down to ten men, firstly for a

:22:50.:22:56.

pretty wild challenge and then a second yellow came his way. It is

:22:56.:23:06.

not misuse but the referee has to do it. It would be tough enough for

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the East Fife fans but against a decent Kilmarnock's team. If you

:23:11.:23:15.

are a striker or defender and catch the ball, he caught the half volley

:23:15.:23:24.

very well, he would love finishing that. Gary Harkins got the second

:23:24.:23:30.

and it is not about picking up points for artistic impressions, it

:23:30.:23:36.

is getting through. But it is not as easy as that. They needed to get

:23:36.:23:40.

the job done and they got it done last night so they will be pleased.

:23:40.:23:47.

And because of the happenings of 10 days ago, at Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

:23:47.:23:52.

will not be in fear if they add played against the favourites.

:23:52.:23:57.

And underlining this Cup which is important, everybody has taken it

:23:57.:24:01.

completely seriously. They have said they have had upset and

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expected results but not because the Premier League teams are

:24:04.:24:07.

putting up weak side, they have all wanted to go for this competition

:24:07.:24:12.

and it has been a really exciting competition and I think a lot of

:24:12.:24:20.

teams will be watching it, a Ayr United fine or a Kilmarnock side,

:24:20.:24:27.

you would be thinking this saying "yes, we have got a chance". Celtic

:24:27.:24:31.

will be absolute favourites but once again,, the semi-finals,

:24:31.:24:41.

everybody will put up their strongest sides. Celtic 4, and

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heads one. Here's Colin Calderwood. What did you say at half-time?

:24:48.:24:54.

could be as critical as you want but we have got two point out that

:24:54.:24:58.

it was a man's game and we have got to play like a man and we did not

:24:58.:25:04.

at the second half, two-to-one down, you are still in the game. We did

:25:05.:25:14.

not pick up from a corner. We got beat by those two goals and then

:25:14.:25:19.

obviously giving the ball away in the first. We have let the air out

:25:19.:25:23.

of our own balloon. The was it a lack of commitment in the second

:25:23.:25:31.

half? No, don't be stupid. why would you think that? Perhaps they

:25:31.:25:34.

were not as up for it in the second half? Was it more about Celtic in

:25:34.:25:40.

the second half? They had the same threat. We did not make the

:25:41.:25:46.

decisions and we did not to our jobs at certain points.

:25:46.:25:49.

disappointing is it especially having been 1-0 up in the first

:25:49.:25:56.

half? You have gone from excitement, anticipation, getting ourselves

:25:56.:26:02.

into the second half and I am sure we would have had opportunities as

:26:02.:26:11.

they pushed but the goal get the game even far too quickly and a cup

:26:12.:26:16.

tie, we still did not go back to what we did in the first half. They

:26:16.:26:20.

were in their ascendancy. The sending off obviously makes it

:26:21.:26:25.

difficult. It is just a case of preservation then and looking

:26:25.:26:28.

forward at the weekend. Commiserations for top thank you.

:26:28.:26:32.

STUDIO: He is deflected, Colin Calderwood, and you can understand

:26:32.:26:41.

why. The yes, as you head, the goal came too quickly. -- yes, as you

:26:41.:26:46.

heard. The players are fully committed, no doubt about that.

:26:46.:26:51.

They kept coming at them and they did not have an answer. It would be

:26:51.:26:55.

wrong to pick holes in what Hibs did because Celtic were tremendous

:26:55.:27:00.

in the second half. I think some of the Hibs fans will do that. We

:27:00.:27:05.

commented right at the start that they were an extraordinary open-

:27:05.:27:08.

side to go against Celtic who have got plenty of options themselves

:27:08.:27:12.

but it comes down to quality in the end and if you look through that

:27:12.:27:19.

Celtic's sad, going forward they have got real quality and Stokes

:27:19.:27:26.

and Hooper, at no point in the game would they not scored. It took a

:27:26.:27:31.

bit of a while for the chances to come. Forest for me, I think the

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game is his. He is definitely the man of the match by a long distance.

:27:36.:27:41.

We are seeing a player at the age of 20 he will go a long way in the

:27:41.:27:44.

game. Hopefully he stays here in Celtic for a long time. Learned

:27:44.:27:48.

what he can about the game and is an international player that we can

:27:48.:27:53.

be very comfortable about. And Celtic, smiles again at last.

:27:53.:27:59.

just in, the draw will be on Tuesday afternoon. For the semi-

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finals. Thank you to Scott McDonald and Pat Nevin and a word about the

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weekend. The results programme firstly on Saturday, have passed

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