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This could be something quite sensational. Right out of the top

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drawer. Outstanding! The shot is an absolute beauty. Oh,

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yes! Unbelievable! What a finish! Time for heroes! It

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is not a dream, it is relative. Inverness Caley Thistle have made

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history. No team has won the competition more often on the home

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team. The highlanders, recent past success plays on repeat.

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This stage is set for the two to mix. Inverness Caley Thistle... Is

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it time to set the record straight? Craig Gordon is off! It has gone in!

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The record books always have room for more.

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Super Caley went ballistic at Celtic Park 17 years ago. It would be a

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shock of those sort of proportions if the runaway Premiership leaders

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were knocked out of the Scottish Cup today by the team at the other end

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of the table. Inverness Caley Thistle, 52 points behind Celtic in

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the league placings, they have won only once since the end of October

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and will need to produce something special today if they are going to

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survive a massive test. It is the fifth round of the Scottish Cup,

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kicking off with Celtic against Inverness Caley Thistle, live on the

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BBC. That isn't not much more than ten minutes. Not much doubt about

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the story dominating the Scottish book headlights, yes, John Hughes is

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the new manager of Raith Rovers. It has rocked the football world.

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Michael Stewart joins us, alongside John. It is a story which everyone

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is talking about at the moment. Rangers announced last night that

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Mark Warburton and Davie Weir and Frank McParland, the head of

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recruitment at Rangers, had all tendered their resignations and they

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had been accepted. All three subsequently maintaining that they

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had not resigned their position. It is as clear as mud. The man to clear

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it up is our senior football reporter at Celtic Park, Chris Were

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it up is our senior football goblin. Your 32nd start now! If only

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it were that simple. -- your 30 seconds start now. Even by Rangers'

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recent standards, this is bizarre. The club released a statement last

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night in social media saying they had accepted the resignations of

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Mark Borba denied his backroom team, they said that in a meeting earlier

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this week a representative of all three had agreed that they would

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resign if the club agreed to waive a compensation claim of around ?1.2

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million, a club any -- a fee that any club taking on Mark Warburton

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and his backroom team would have to pay. The club say they discussed

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that and agreed but according to the statement they say the

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representative change the agreement and at that stage the club said they

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triggered the initial agreement and notified Mark Warburton and his

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backroom team that their resignation would be accepted. I spoke to Mark

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Warburton shortly after the statement was released, he said he

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knew absolutely nothing about the statement, he was categoric that he

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had absolutely not agreed to resign as Rangers manager and at this stage

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it is with his lawyers and the League Managers Association. It is

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messy, it is Rangers and, once again, it could be heading for the

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quarter. When do you expect this to be

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cleared up in any way? Do we expect another Rangers statement today? We

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may never know, Chris seems to be having problems hearing that.

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Certainly our understanding was that there would be another statement

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from Rangers today. How do you analyse this, Michael?

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Chris has some Sidibe, bizarre. -- Chris has summed this up. It is a

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disconnect between the management team and the board, clearly there

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has been some ill feeling for this to come to a head the way it has,

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but the clearest thing is that Mark Warburton will not be Rangers

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manager any more. I think three things have come to this downfall,

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that is the fact he has not been able to be flexible enough in his

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philosophy of the game, he has been too stringent to one-way, his

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recruitment has not been good enough and he has been too thin-skinned to

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the criticism which has come his way at times, which has been part of his

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downfall. A very messy situation and Rangers will have to clear it up as

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quickly as possible. Back to the drawing board for Rangers, Mark

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Warburton has brought in all these players and they have to start all

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over again? They have a big game tomorrow against Morton. It is up to

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the players, they will have to get together in the dressing room and

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take care of the game tomorrow. One thing is for sure, it looks like his

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time is over. Rangers are looking for a new manager. It will not be an

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interim manager, Rangers will have to do their business, whoever is

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coming in to manage Rangers will be the man to take us forward for the

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next two or three years. Let's see if I can get an answer this time,

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when will this be cleared up, Chris, in anyway? Do we expect another

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Rangers statements today? Yeah, that is certainly the feeling. Of course,

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this is a fluid situation, we know that the under 20s coach will take

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charge for the Scottish Cup match against Morton tomorrow. Because of

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the nature of Mark Warburton's denial, you can only assume that

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Rangers will be working to find out just exactly how watertight the

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agreement they say they have actually is. As I said, because Mark

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Warburton is saying there is no agreement as far as he is concerned,

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the lawyers may well have to get into a room and some kind of deal

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may have to be done. Again, as I have said many times with Rangers,

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this will run and run. Thanks, Chris. Michael, has this been a

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story of two seasons for Mark Warburton, success last season in

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terms of achieving the main aim, promotion back to the big league,

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and this season some bizarre recruitment, maybe, not quite

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hitting the levels they would have expected? I think you could say

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that, but in the grand scheme of things this sacking, resignation,

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call it what you will, it is not down to purely football reasons, it

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is down to the relationship that has clearly broken down

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behind-the-scenes. There has been a clear divide between the first

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season, which was all positive and success, hit the heights with the

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victory against Celtic in the Scottish Cup semifinal, that was the

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heights of the Mark Warburton Tenney, this season there has been a

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number of blips in the path so far number of blips in the path so far

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-- the Mark Warburton ten-year. As many books as there have been, where

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they are at this stage with the chance of finishing second in the

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table, I don't think his resignation or sacking is for footballing

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reasons, I think it is more to do with the breakdown

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behind-the-scenes. John, Rangers fans will be disbelieving. It is

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unfortunate, Rangers do their business very, very well, or they

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have done over the years. For me, business very, very well, or they

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for Mark Warburton, I'm a big admirer in the way he gets his team

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to play football. There are one of two that don't work out for you, but

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in terms of the way he wants the game to be played it was a breath of

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fresh air for me. I am a little bit saddens that he possibly will not be

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the Rangers manager, it looks to be the case. I think he was a breath of

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fresh air for Scottish football. The Gascoigne, Laudrup, all these top

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English players coming to Rangers, those days are gone. The process

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that Mark was on, he understood it would take a few years to get there,

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as Michael just mentioned, Celtic, the benchmark for a Rangers team is

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you are up against a Celtic team that is absolutely flying at this

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moment in time, they are a way out in front. We will keep you posted on

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all BBC outlets as that story develops, and it clearly will, over

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the coming hours, days, weeks, who knows? In terms of team changes in

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the live match today, Celtic against Inverness Caley Thistle, Moussa

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Dembele returns for the home team, not good news for Inverness Caley

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Thistle. James Forrest starts as well. Mackay and Robert Streb out.

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No Ryan Esson for Richie Foran, which means a return in goal of

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Wayne Fon Williams. The young Inverness Caley fizzle defender

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cannot play against his parent club, he is on loan from Celtic, his place

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is taken by Brad McKay. Let's hear from the managers. The second time

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in the Scottish Cup, Brendan, you must be looking forward to this,

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that Inverness have caused you problems already this season? We

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have played them here before, they played really well in the league

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game early on in the season. It will be a tough game for us. Again,

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game early on in the season. It will another competition that we want to

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do well in. Celtic's great history has been built around the Scottish

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Cup. My earliest memories as a Celtic supporter takes me back to

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the Scottish Cup final game. We have four cup finals to get to the final

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and win it, the first of those is today. The fact that you don't have

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the pressure of the league duties, it is the cup and you have picked up

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one victory to get to this stage, you will look to do the same again?

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It takes away from the stresses and you will look to do the same again?

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strains of the league, no pressure today. We are the only Scottish

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Premiership team with no pressure on our shoulders in this competition

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today and tomorrow, we are looking forward to it. There is hunger and

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passion in the lads in training this week, belief in their eyes. Off the

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ball, we will work our socks off, but it is what we do when we get the

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ball, and we will at times, we must create and be brave, make things

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happen. You lead in Inverness Caley Thistle a couple of seasons ago,

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what chance do you give them of pulling off and upset? Brendan Means

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business, they will not thank me for saying this but that trouble is

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certainly on the agenda. He means business. Richie will be looking for

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a really good performance. You are rubbing shoulders with the best in

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Scotland, Celtic, if you can get a performance against them it can

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certainly set you up for the rest of the season. Inverness are renowned

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for being great underdogs, siege mentality and proving people wrong.

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Billy Mackay, 63 goals in six dark spells in his -- in six and a half

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years in his first spell. Can he do that today? He was a joy to work

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with. I thought he was a natural left footer and was scoring all

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kinds of goals. Richie has identified he needs strikers, that

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is part of the problem. He has rectified that and brought back a

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fans favourite, it's going to be very, very difficult today. I don't

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see Inverness getting too many chances. They will be on the back

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foot and having to contain Celtic and maybe try to hit them on the

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counterattack. Talking of fans favourites, Moussa Dembele does not

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struggle to find the back of the net, back off the bench with a bang

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last week, a hat-trick against St Johnstone. 23 for the season. A huge

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player for Celtic. Celtic are such an impressive sight, the time that

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he has been out, they can handle somebody of his talent is being out

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for a while. Definitely coming back, we saw the effect and impact against

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St Johnstone. I am pretty sure that Inverness will be desperately trying

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to keep him quiet. Richie Foran said in his interview there will be times

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where they get possession, it is all what they can do with it. To try to

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count and create. The difficulty is this Celtic side are not a team...

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Is an sense when you go to Celtic Park you have time and space to get

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the ball, they go after you to get the ball back -- sometimes when you

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go to Celtic Park. If you were in Richie Foran's shoes at the moment,

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what would you say to your players ahead of this? Nothing to lose,

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exactly what Richie says, you can take what you get out of this game

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as long as you give a performance. You can't be a shrinking violet, you

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had to believe and trust in each other. Their confidence must be a

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little bit low with their domestic form, but they can go out there and

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give it a right good go. As Michael says, Brendan, they don't just play

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football, Inverness in transition, if they are sloppy, Celtic will take

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the ball off you and they will be right at you, so they will have to

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be on the metal to make sure they get to be out of this game. As you

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can see behind is, the teams are in the tunnel at Celtic Park. The fifth

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round of the William Hill Scottish the tunnel at Celtic Park. The fifth

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Cup gets under way, it is the live match on the BBC, Celtic against

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Inverness Caley Thistle. Your commentators are Steven Thompson

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and, firstly, Liam McLeod. COMMENTATOR: Good afternoon, nine

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Premiership teams and we think at least three will be exiting the

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competition by the time the fifth round ends. Top of the top faces

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competition by the time the fifth team marooned at the bottom. A

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situation that belies Celtic getting a point in Inverness in September.

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Imperious, as the Highlanders have been. They weren't expected to knock

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Celtic out two years ago, but this is a very different Celtic, a

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rampant Celtic. Moussa Dembele is back in their line-up after his

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cameo in Perth last week, including a second-half hat-trick. James

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Forrest comes in for the injured Patrick Roberts. Liam Henderson not

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only won the cup last season but set up the seasonal winner against

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Rangers. Richie Foran changed keepers last week and he has had to

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do it again this week. The door reopens for Owain Fon Williams. Just

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three of that team played in the 2015 final. Tremarco, Draper and

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Tansey all looking for a second winner 's medal.

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Kolo Toure on the Celtic bench. Won three FA Cups. The Highlanders bench

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as you can see. Brendan Rodgers, few would back against him, as he goes

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head-to-head with Richie Foran and the Caley Thistle assistant.

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53-year-old Kevin Clancy is in charge today. His second trip to

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Celtic Park this season. The first with a 5-0 League Cup victory over

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Motherwell. Who is going to be the first team

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through to the quarterfinals of the William hill Scottish Cup?

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Celtic were superb in the second half against Sam Johnstone last

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week. Caley Thistle drew with Dundee to stop the rot. They came from 2-0

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down, as well. Showed a bit of character and Richie Foran will hope

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they can display that between now and May, whether it is in this

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competition or in the league. Preserving Premiership status would

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have to be there priority, you'd have to say. Celtic's priority is

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winning everything on offer. The League Cup is already in the bag.

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The league title is practically in the bag. The Scottish Cup, four ties

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away from winning that, as well. The seventh time these two have met in

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this competition, three wins apiece. All but one of those have taken

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place in the Highland capital. 17 years ago, right here, that famous

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Caley Thistle victory. In the brief tenure of banzai Celtic boss. David

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Raven slips it through but snapped up by Craig Gordon with Billy McKay

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lurking. Here comes Scott Sinclair for Celtic, their first foray

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forward. Henderson. It's opened up for Liam Henderson. It is a lively

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start, isn't it? Yes, Celtic countering. Liam Henderson should

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have taken a shot with his left foot. With his right knee doesn't

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get enough bend on it but a decent enough start. Scored the opener in

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Perth against St Johnstone last week, 5-2 victory. Celtic were able

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to rely on a penalty that was as dubious as they come. Second-half

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performance suggested they would win that game, despite how good St

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Johnstone were in the first half. Dembele clocked by Gary Warren.

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A clumsy challenge from Gary Warren. Comes in heavily and catches him.

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Lovely touch by Billy King, who scored the first in the 2-2 draw for

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Inverness. Lustig. Celtic attacking the Jock Stein and of the stadium in

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the first half. Forrest for Sinckler. Tierney makes it work. --

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for Sinclair. Fantastic play from James Forrest down the right-hand

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side. When he runs up players, so dangerous. A great ball up to the

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back post. Sinclair couldn't quite get it.

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James Forrest has a couple of Scottish Cup winners medals tucked

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away. Both he and Scott Brown part of the Celtic squad under Neil

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Lennon that won it on those two occasions.

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Billy McKay. He scored the goal the last time Inverness won here. They

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have only won here twice. Did beat Celtic south of the city Hampden

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Park a couple of seasons ago, of course. Mired in controversy. Josh

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Meekings' handball. Inverness the moment, seized the day. Don't as

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James Forrest is trying to do here. Draper. Both he and Tansey are so

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important at this Caley Thistle team. Tansey has given its straight

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to Scott Sinclair on that occasion. Tremarco's there. There goes Draper.

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Billy McKay, who left the club before they won the cup.

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Brendan Rodgers alluded in his pre-match interview that yes, there

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was a 2-2 draw this season between the teams and yes Inverness are the

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only team to take anything off Celtic in the league this season,

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but they did win 3-0 here, the champions, against the same

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opponents. Sviatchenko, who came back into the

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team last week. Displacing the player who is not involved at all

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today. Lovely play by Henderson. Couldn't

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quite squeeze it through to Forrest. Tremarco at left-back for Inverness,

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and David Raven playing at right back, who scored the winner against

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Celtic in the semis. He was injured in the final against Falkirk.

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King, trying to feed off a rare Celtic are at the back. -- a rare

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Celtic mistake at the back. Brad McKay, I think his foot was

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high on James Forrest. Free kick. I think it was, it was a slack header

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from him, Lucky Forrest didn't get there before him. I think he just

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catches Forrest with his follow-through here. Not a lot in

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catches Forrest with his it, to be fair, six of one and half

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a dozen of the other. Tierney. Spend a couple of months

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out injured, though you wouldn't think it. Such an impressive

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operator. Dembele. Still Dembele. It takes a lot to stop him these days.

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Took a while to get going at Celtic. Sometimes people forget that, did

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take a while to get going, but he has been absolutely superb. Such a

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strong, athletic striker, who can finish as well. He is up to 23 for

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the season. His impact, coming off the bench last week, sensational. A

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brilliant hat-trick. Dembele, such an important player to Celtic.

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Put it this way, you would not have expected, if you ask nine or ten

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months ago, if Leigh Griffiths' position as main striker at Celtic

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was under threat you would not have come up with anything other than him

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at Celtic this season. Celtic had 23 shots at goal that day.

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No messing with Ross Draper. He is a very physical player. Henri Anier a

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won the free kick. I think he just banged into the back of Tierney.

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Tierney was maybe winded a little banged into the back of Tierney.

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bit. Interesting as well that Inverness have turned to the

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partnership, two of the strikers that Dundee United had last season

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in their doomed bid to avoid the draw. Billy Mckay was on loan. If he

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can replicate anything like his previous form here, he will be a

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massive success. It was pretty much a goal every other game, Billy

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Mckay, for Caley Thistle in his first spell. Off the mark last week,

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missed a penalty as well. Scored one, missed one. Forrest wants it,

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ahead of it. Free kick for that, yeah? Good play

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from Forrest initially, but definitely a free kick. Scott Brown

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took a slightly heavy touch but Draper dives in and then clips him.

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He could not quite get on his feet. Big opportunity for Celtic. He tried

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his best to stay on his feet, to be fair. The seriousness of the

:35:02.:35:12.

situation for Ross Fisher and Inverness became apparent when they

:35:13.:35:14.

stare down this free kick opportunity.

:35:15.:35:27.

Liam Henderson was annoyed with himself, he overhead that. It was

:35:28.:35:37.

clearly of the training ground. It was a clever move. Had the past been

:35:38.:35:46.

weighted slightly better. That macro had the pass.

:35:47.:35:57.

There is your possession, 72% in favour of Celtic. You would not be

:35:58.:36:01.

surprised, either, if it remains something similar, 90 minutes.

:36:02.:36:09.

You are right, certainly here at Parkhead their ball retention is

:36:10.:36:13.

superb, complete ownership of the ball. It is what they do with it,

:36:14.:36:17.

more often than not that is positive, they create and score

:36:18.:36:23.

goals. You expect that. Brad McKay just got caught by Dembele as the

:36:24.:36:27.

ball came in. I don't think he meant it, but he was caught with the side

:36:28.:36:28.

of his elbow. That is how you deal with that,

:36:29.:36:58.

Scott Sinclair. Tierney will have to do likewise. Excellent pressure.

:36:59.:37:05.

Because Inverness committed a view for web they are scampering back to

:37:06.:37:09.

try to help the defence. Henderson was cleaned out by Brad McKay. --

:37:10.:37:15.

because Inverness committed a few forward.

:37:16.:37:20.

Henderson should have done better with the initial pass through.

:37:21.:37:28.

Somebody checking, very dangerous play. -- sermon body checking. That

:37:29.:37:40.

should've been a booking for me, it was a very cynical challenge.

:37:41.:37:49.

Last-gasp defending by Warren. Through its came full of stick!

:37:50.:38:05.

Brilliant finish by Michael Lustig Brilliant finish by Michael Lustig

:38:06.:38:15.

Celtic edge closer. The first hunch Celtic edge closer. The first hunch

:38:16.:38:24.

-- the first touch was unbelievable. He ran like a centre forward,

:38:25.:38:29.

ghosted in behind the back four. The first touch was sublime, the Finnish

:38:30.:38:37.

equally so. He was the architect in Perth last week, he is the

:38:38.:38:42.

executioner in the cup. He has seldom been in better form in the

:38:43.:38:47.

final third, Mikael Lustig, Hussein is a new deal at Celtic recently --

:38:48.:38:54.

who signed a new deal at Celtic recently. He has put the favourites,

:38:55.:39:01.

the troubled seekers, into the box seat. Inverness were 16-1 shots with

:39:02.:39:05.

the tournament sponsors before a ball was kicked this afternoon, they

:39:06.:39:10.

will be at least double that now. Richie Foran has to think up a

:39:11.:39:18.

different plan. It will be a very long afternoon for Inverness. You

:39:19.:39:22.

always say that if you get past those 20 minutes, silenced the

:39:23.:39:28.

crowd, but they had not managed to get past the 20 minutes. Mikael

:39:29.:39:37.

Lustig's second goal of the season. Disappointing summer last year, he

:39:38.:39:41.

is making up about. He went to the European Championship finals in

:39:42.:39:46.

France but only lasted 45 minutes of Sweden's opening match against

:39:47.:39:50.

Ireland. Did not feature again in the

:39:51.:39:55.

tournament. He has a history of injury problems,

:39:56.:40:00.

but when he is fit he is such an asset to Celtic.

:40:01.:40:05.

Now he is an asset going forward, as we saw. As we saw last week as well.

:40:06.:40:15.

Henderson is always looking for the ball, this time it is a free kick.

:40:16.:40:22.

He is picking up the ball in very good areas for Celtic, finding

:40:23.:40:25.

himself in space and getting turned with the ball. He has impressed me

:40:26.:40:30.

since he came into the Celtic side. He did ever so well at Hibernian

:40:31.:40:31.

last year. He was fantastic. In the Scottish League Cup final, he

:40:32.:40:46.

turned the game in Hibernian's favour. They are facing their

:40:47.:40:49.

neighbours tomorrow at Tynecastle. The one thing about Liam Henderson

:40:50.:41:18.

as he is always willing to have a pop at goal. As soon as he sees the

:41:19.:41:23.

girlfriend, he goes for it. He has had two or three shots already. A

:41:24.:41:28.

lovely turn to get onto his left that, can't quite curl it around.

:41:29.:41:33.

James Forrest has had a really bright start to the match, it will

:41:34.:41:38.

be a long afternoon the Carl Tremarco at left-back. -- a long

:41:39.:41:41.

afternoon for. Warren with his eyes on the ball,

:41:42.:41:51.

Dembele was behind him. That was a horrible Ballance for the

:41:52.:42:08.

Inverness defenders. -- a horrible bones.

:42:09.:42:13.

I can only assume the referee has pulled back to back for the free

:42:14.:42:20.

kick in the box. Was it a handball? I think the defender was caught out

:42:21.:42:22.

by the spin. May be a handball. Eyes on the final this season, Kevin

:42:23.:42:32.

Clancy, who knows? And optimistic look at the linesman

:42:33.:42:48.

from Billy Mckay. When the ball comes up to you as a centre forward

:42:49.:42:52.

and you are not seeing a lot of it, you have to make sure you link it.

:42:53.:42:57.

That was weak, weak play. Scored 13 for Dundee United last season. A

:42:58.:43:04.

futile exercise in the end, though. Brilliant from Forrest. Not so from

:43:05.:43:19.

Inverness just cannot get up the pitch.

:43:20.:43:30.

They really curse their luck when the draw was made, Inverness,

:43:31.:43:59.

handing them the most difficult tie of all. Forrest, Sinclair. Almost.

:44:00.:44:07.

Obstruction by Kevin Clancy on Scott Brown there. Not sure Kevin Clancy

:44:08.:44:20.

was happy with that Sviatchenko challenge. Brilliant from Forrest

:44:21.:44:25.

down the right-hand side. Having a terrific match. Standing that one up

:44:26.:44:30.

into the box again. His delivery has been good, just unlucky no one has

:44:31.:44:38.

got on the end of it. 8th of February 2000 will always forever be

:44:39.:44:44.

remembered by Inverness supporters, two penalties either side of an own

:44:45.:44:51.

goal. A 3-1 win for Inverness at this very stadium. Repeated the

:44:52.:44:53.

trick three years later under Robertson. They will have to go some

:44:54.:45:03.

to force some kind of replay in this tie.

:45:04.:45:07.

That linkup play again. You have to link the midfielders in when you get

:45:08.:45:16.

up the pitch. It is now wave and wave of Celtic

:45:17.:45:31.

attack. Forrest again, when he runs at defenders he strikes fear into

:45:32.:45:36.

them. The one thing I would have been critical of him in the past is

:45:37.:45:42.

his final ball, final delivery into the box can sometimes be erratic,

:45:43.:45:43.

but today it has been decent. Celtic losing out in the semis of

:45:44.:46:06.

this competition in both of Rodney Delia's seasons in charge.

:46:07.:46:16.

There was a vulnerability, a weakness teams could find in Celtic

:46:17.:46:28.

in seasons gone by that it is not there this year. Yes, this season

:46:29.:46:32.

it's completely changed. there this year. Yes, this season

:46:33.:46:37.

tripped by Tremarco. That is the first booking. A definite booking,

:46:38.:46:43.

and as I said, Tremarco is going to have a very long afternoon. I just

:46:44.:46:46.

hope James Forrest is badly injured here. He seems to be struggling.

:46:47.:46:50.

Definitely clipped heels of James Forrest. He can't cope with him when

:46:51.:46:54.

he's running at him because of his pace and directness. Not too much in

:46:55.:47:03.

it but enough for Forrest to go down. Tremarco has been booked. He

:47:04.:47:15.

was sent off at for a professional foul in the fixture against Falkirk.

:47:16.:47:23.

Got away with one there. John Hughes is in the studio today! I hope James

:47:24.:47:32.

Forrest is badly injured. Bit looks like he stood on the back of his

:47:33.:47:37.

heel, which can be a sore one. I hope he can continue.

:47:38.:47:46.

Half an hour in, one goal in the game, scored by that man, Mikael

:47:47.:47:54.

Lustig. There you go. Like a seasoned striker. The timing of the

:47:55.:48:02.

run made it, really. Superb. And the first touch, even better. It has

:48:03.:48:06.

been total dominance by Celtic, really.

:48:07.:48:16.

With illegal but wrapped up Celtic are effectively three games away

:48:17.:48:22.

from a treble. -- with the league wrapped up. I struggle to think of

:48:23.:48:25.

who can stop them. When you put it in context, Celtic

:48:26.:48:37.

in their long and illustrious Trophy winning history have only done it

:48:38.:48:47.

three times, the treble. It would be some achievement and the closer they

:48:48.:48:52.

get to it, we'll beast targets be realistic? I think at the start of

:48:53.:48:56.

the season it will be one of the target Brendan Rodgers will have

:48:57.:48:57.

spoken about. Looks as though as things stand they

:48:58.:49:12.

could win the league. It could change... Henderson puts in the free

:49:13.:49:17.

kick, almost Boyatta. Taken away from Boyatta by Sviatchenko. I think

:49:18.:49:22.

Brad McKay gets the slightest touch on this. Yes, just got a touch as

:49:23.:49:31.

Boyatta was about to hit it. Corner kick.

:49:32.:49:40.

Another poor delivery by Liam Henderson. Not getting the elevation

:49:41.:49:46.

from the corner, for a start. Two in Henderson. Not getting the elevation

:49:47.:49:51.

a row, you could see what he was trying to do, trying to this it in

:49:52.:49:53.

towards the front post. Careless this time but Anier can

:49:54.:50:27.

make it work. Two Celtic's last three defeats have

:50:28.:51:13.

been to Barcelona. You can forgive them that. They also lost to

:51:14.:51:21.

Borussia Monchengladbach, which was disappointing. I think the last time

:51:22.:51:29.

they dropped any points at all was against man city in December. Yes.

:51:30.:51:36.

They ended that Champions League group stage in positive fashion.

:51:37.:51:42.

Sviatchenko lies poleaxed off the pitch. The physio does not have far

:51:43.:51:51.

to travel. Drew with Manchester City here and away and drew with munching

:51:52.:51:58.

glad back -- Borussia Monchengladbach. Pure petulance.

:51:59.:52:05.

Right in front of the referee, add blatant kick out. For me, that

:52:06.:52:12.

should have been a red card. Just before that, this was Erik

:52:13.:52:17.

Sviatchenko and Ross Draper. Again, I really robust challenge by

:52:18.:52:23.

the bye line, that could have got a yellow on its own.

:52:24.:52:29.

Brown and Draper. Goes in very hard in that coming together. Maybe need

:52:30.:52:39.

another camera shot that one. Greg Tansey. Again. Sviatchenko.

:52:40.:52:50.

Ross Draper is a lucky man to still be on the pitch, really is. You

:52:51.:52:54.

Ross Draper is a lucky man to still can't get away with kicking somebody

:52:55.:52:58.

off the ball. Inverness have a corner here. Better from Greg

:52:59.:52:59.

Tansey. Here we go. This was the frustration

:53:00.:53:17.

spilling over the Draper. Hit the knee first of all, that didn't work.

:53:18.:53:18.

That did. Sparsely populated penalty box,

:53:19.:53:26.

that. Driven in by Tansey. McKay got a

:53:27.:53:37.

good flick on to that, Boyatta meets it. Decently worked by the

:53:38.:53:41.

Highlanders. Yes, one from the training ground,

:53:42.:53:44.

but very good defending from Boyatta. Gets his head in and

:53:45.:53:49.

manages to the danger. The click flicked on by McKay firstly. Age-old

:53:50.:53:58.

story of the team coming here, that this might be their best

:53:59.:54:00.

opportunity. WHISTLE Pushing. Warren. You have to feel

:54:01.:54:09.

for Gary Warren, twice Inverness have got into cup finals in recent

:54:10.:54:12.

times and he missed the final on both occasions. Yes, he has not had

:54:13.:54:17.

the best of luck, has he? He is all over the back of Boyatta. Lost the

:54:18.:54:25.

League Cup final here to Aberdeen. The win over Falkirk in the Scottish

:54:26.:54:34.

Cup final. Gary Warren suspended on both occasions. That is a terrible

:54:35.:54:36.

challenge, a terrible challenge. That is three now in the book for

:54:37.:54:47.

Inverness. There is a long way to go. For me that is a red card. I

:54:48.:54:51.

think it is a really, really dangerous tackle from behind. He

:54:52.:54:56.

wraps both of his legs around Sinclair and it could have given

:54:57.:54:59.

Sinclair a really bad injury. I think that is a red card. No attempt

:55:00.:55:06.

to win the ball, was there? Tremarco, Draper and figures have

:55:07.:55:14.

all been shown a yellow. -- and Iain Vigurs. Manager on the edge of his

:55:15.:55:19.

technical area, he is a convert its sort. He certainly was. --

:55:20.:55:36.

combatative sore. I think Inverness will be happy to get a half-time

:55:37.:55:41.

just at 1-0, not out of the game. You are always in the game at 1-0,

:55:42.:55:46.

you can regroup. In the last ten minutes they have had a couple of

:55:47.:55:50.

corners. Maybe they've come back into the game ever so slightly.

:55:51.:55:55.

Three adrift at the bottom of the Premiership right now, Inverness,

:55:56.:55:56.

from the bottom. Really tough games to come for Caley

:55:57.:56:12.

Thistle in the next few weeks. They go to Hearts before hosting Rangers

:56:13.:56:19.

and Celtic in the space of a few days. It doesn't get any easier.

:56:20.:56:24.

Warren. Should be seen out by Sviatchenko. It is.

:56:25.:56:39.

Inverness will be pleased, Richie Foran will be pleased that the last

:56:40.:56:45.

five minutes or so. Territory being held further up the pitch. Just keep

:56:46.:56:50.

picking up the play. Raven's cross towards Tremarco, flicked away by

:56:51.:57:00.

Lustig. Pinched back by Vigurs but illegally so says Kevin Clancy. He

:57:01.:57:03.

does get the ball... They have and always swept teams

:57:04.:57:29.

aside this season, Celtic. Half their league games have been won by

:57:30.:57:36.

a single goal, a lot of 1-0s. They did that recently here against St

:57:37.:57:41.

Johnstone and Aberdeen. That is the thing, they always find a way to win

:57:42.:57:43.

the game, even when it is difficult. They've been behind five times this

:57:44.:57:54.

season but have come back on each occasion. Twice that's our park in

:57:55.:58:00.

that 4-3 game. Britain, dancing away from Vigurs. Henderson. Scott

:58:01.:58:07.

Sinclair. As he kept it in? Yes, says the assistant. Forrest.

:58:08.:58:08.

Henderson. I think that is probably his fourth

:58:09.:58:19.

airfare in the game. Again, Forrest does well. A great run in from

:58:20.:58:22.

Sinclair behind, just skips away from him as the keeper comes up.

:58:23.:58:26.

Brilliant play initially from Nir Bitton. Just a little too heavy.

:58:27.:58:32.

Does well to keep it in, Sinclair. Work from James Forrest. But when it

:58:33.:58:37.

cans comes to Henderson, leaning back, you can see what he's trying

:58:38.:58:41.

to do. Scored the opener against St Johnstone last week, but that one

:58:42.:58:47.

never threatening Fon Williams. That says it all. Nine attempts on goal

:58:48.:58:56.

for Celtic to Caley Thistle's zero. Still just 1-0 and they have already

:58:57.:59:00.

suckered Celtic this season. This is the 132nd year of the

:59:01.:59:14.

Scottish Cup. Liam Henderson involved in the completion of the

:59:15.:59:19.

131st last year. Value for money this season, the competition

:59:20.:59:23.

averaging about 3.6 goals per game. This could be another yellow, it is.

:59:24.:59:35.

The fourth yellow card of the afternoon for Inverness, this time

:59:36.:59:39.

for Gary Warren. And the right decision. Such strong play from

:59:40.:59:43.

Dembele. Initially gets fouled, gets back on his feet. Turns the ball on

:59:44.:59:50.

his left hand side and Warren left with no option but to take him down

:59:51.:59:53.

or it is another goal. Yes, knows what he's doing, Warren. So

:59:54.:59:57.

difficult to defend against, Moussa Dembele.

:59:58.:00:06.

A powerhouse of a player, 20 years of age, Moussa Dembele. Turned 20

:00:07.:00:15.

the night Celtic played in Gibraltar. Brendan Rodgers' first

:00:16.:00:17.

competitive game. Henderson had a glance at that. Look

:00:18.:00:34.

at that, as he went down inside the box.

:00:35.:00:41.

Takes it on his right foot macro, which called Ross Draper outcome and

:00:42.:00:47.

he was waiting for it to come onto his left. Doesn't even touch him.

:00:48.:01:12.

The last time Celtic lost to a Scottish team here was Motherwell, a

:01:13.:01:18.

year past December. Beyond 14 months ago.

:01:19.:01:25.

The sort of form but Martin O'Neill enjoyed as Celtic gaffer. -- that

:01:26.:01:34.

Martin O'Neill enjoyed. If they avoid defeat today, it will be 30

:01:35.:01:41.

games from the start of this season that they have gone through without

:01:42.:01:43.

loss. They have stood up to things this

:01:44.:01:56.

season that they simply were not doing beforehand. Thinking

:01:57.:02:01.

immediately to the game in Israel, they were absolutely battered. They

:02:02.:02:06.

lost the game too zero but went through virtue of a 5-2 win in the

:02:07.:02:15.

first leg here. -- they lost the game 2-0. Dembele! It's crap down!

:02:16.:02:21.

One minute from half-time and this tie could be done. -- Dembele! It

:02:22.:02:31.

has crept in! Moussa Dembele, 24 for the season, that will surely

:02:32.:02:38.

rubber-stamp Celtic's passage. It is all about James Forrest for me. Not

:02:39.:02:47.

the world's greatest finish. Again, all about James Forrest. The final

:02:48.:02:51.

ball was perfect into Dembele, Fon Williams must do better.

:02:52.:02:56.

The Welsh keeper was dropped the last week's draw with Dundee, Ryan

:02:57.:03:02.

Esson came in in his plays. He is not fully fit today. Fon Williams

:03:03.:03:09.

performed heroics in the 2-2 draw in the autumn, that once Goram is

:03:10.:03:13.

beneath him and it is Celtic two, Caley Thistle know. Surely there is

:03:14.:03:17.

no way back for the bottom side in the league now?

:03:18.:03:24.

That is a real killer hammer blow for Richie Foran's side right before

:03:25.:03:31.

the break. 1-0, you gave them the most outside of chances, now you

:03:32.:03:36.

surely cannot even give them that? I would not think so, Celtic deserved

:03:37.:03:41.

to lead 2-0, they have been completely dominant. It will

:03:42.:03:47.

disappointed Richie Foran to lose that goal, especially in the manner

:03:48.:03:51.

that they did. It was not the strongest hands from Fon Williams.

:03:52.:03:56.

At 1-0 you think you are still in the game, but it is a long road back

:03:57.:03:58.

from Inverness now. Halfway through that injury time on

:03:59.:04:07.

the first half. First half thoughts? Predictable,

:04:08.:04:36.

Celtic completely dominant. For me, James Forrest has been the star man

:04:37.:04:42.

so far. They have had all the possession, Inverness struggled to

:04:43.:04:45.

create anything at all. They knocked a couple of corners maybe ten

:04:46.:04:48.

minutes ago, but I think Inverness should have had at least one red

:04:49.:04:50.

card as well. WHISTLE BLOWS

:04:51.:05:08.

Half-time. Celtic enjoying themselves again. Mikael Lustig with

:05:09.:05:16.

a goal his international team-mate Zlatan Ibrahimovic would have been

:05:17.:05:20.

pleased with. Lovely first touch, lovely close range finish. Moussa

:05:21.:05:24.

Dembele up to his tally to 24th this season. -- to 24 for this season.

:05:25.:05:34.

The 2015 winners of this competition have a heck of a lot to do, Celtic

:05:35.:05:39.

well on course for the quarterfinals at half-time in Glasgow's East End.

:05:40.:05:47.

Celtic lead 2-0. STUDIO: They continue to be pretty

:05:48.:05:52.

much unstoppable in Scottish domestic football. Mikael Lustig

:05:53.:05:57.

getting the opener in the 20th minute, that second goal from Moussa

:05:58.:06:02.

Dembele right on half-time. 2-0, Celtic against Inverness Caledonian

:06:03.:06:06.

Thistle. You would imagine they are on their way to 30 domestic matches

:06:07.:06:10.

since they have suffered a defeat. That goal and half-time makes a

:06:11.:06:16.

massive difference? It does, to be honest, the first goal after about

:06:17.:06:18.

20 minutes Inverness would have got to the stage where they are

:06:19.:06:22.

thinking, we have had a good opening, let's continue to make it

:06:23.:06:29.

difficult for Celtic. But this goal, a wonderful pass from Nir Bitton and

:06:30.:06:33.

an equally good touch from Lustig to get it and control. 20 minutes into

:06:34.:06:37.

the game, Inverness would have been thinking we are starting well, we

:06:38.:06:42.

will keep Celtic quiet, that is a killer blow. Equally the one just

:06:43.:06:46.

before half-time, two important stages in the game that I've put the

:06:47.:06:51.

game to bed. A wonderful goal from Lustig. It is another demonstration

:06:52.:06:56.

of the Brendan Rodgers effect. It has happened with so many Celtic

:06:57.:07:00.

players, including Mikael Lustig, who is becoming a real attacking

:07:01.:07:05.

threat in the last couple of weeks? He was crucially involved in Perth

:07:06.:07:10.

last weekend. 24 passes before this goal, what skill from him? You can

:07:11.:07:16.

tell me what this trick is called. I believe it is called a rubber

:07:17.:07:20.

roller. I would end up in hospital if I tried that. -- I believe it is

:07:21.:07:34.

called the rabona. It was a wonderful ball and a great finish.

:07:35.:07:39.

When they scored that, Billy McKay, he was on Lustig as the players

:07:40.:07:45.

getting built up, as soon as it was played in field to Nir Bitton,

:07:46.:07:53.

Lustig got a free run in behind. The pass from Nir Bitton set that up.

:07:54.:08:01.

It was precise. That was a kick in a plane full place for Inverness

:08:02.:08:05.

because it broke the deadlock, this is surely even worse because it puts

:08:06.:08:09.

the match out of sight -- in a painful place for Inverness. Very

:08:10.:08:14.

unlucky, Tremarco slips. You don't want to go to anybody else. Should

:08:15.:08:19.

Fon Williams do a little bit better? You should have tried to stop it

:08:20.:08:24.

from crossing the line. Dembele is red-hot, he is on form. It just so

:08:25.:08:29.

happened that he had the target, took his chances and it ended up in

:08:30.:08:32.

the back of the net. Very unlucky for Inverness, Richie could have got

:08:33.:08:38.

them in at half-time and you could have taken a lot from that

:08:39.:08:43.

performance. The five or ten minutes before that were probably the best

:08:44.:08:48.

bits of the first top? They were 1-0 down, they had stemmed the flow of

:08:49.:08:54.

Celtic and made it difficult for them. They had one of two not

:08:55.:08:58.

opportunities, that they had started to threaten the Celtic final third.

:08:59.:09:05.

That goal puts a dampener on it and it changes the dynamics of the

:09:06.:09:08.

conversation in the changing room. Richie Foran would have said it is

:09:09.:09:13.

only 1-0, anything can happen, all of a sudden it is 2-0 down, it is a

:09:14.:09:19.

blow for Inverness. The amount of times you see goalkeepers just

:09:20.:09:22.

saving with their feet, it is right there, difficult to get to, kick it

:09:23.:09:26.

away, when he gets his hand into it hit is almost like he is trying to

:09:27.:09:32.

flip it away. Just stop it. Unfortunately he sent it into the

:09:33.:09:36.

back of the net. Would you worry about Owain Fon Williams' mental

:09:37.:09:41.

state? He was chopped a couple of weeks ago, no Ryan Esson because he

:09:42.:09:48.

is injured. I would have debated his mental state before he signed him

:09:49.:09:52.

exhalation Mark Noble, he is a lovely, big guy, a strong character.

:09:53.:09:57.

But he will not be high on confidence if he has been dropped.

:09:58.:10:05.

He will be disappointed he had not saved that. Look at the other end of

:10:06.:10:10.

the park, Craig Gordon was under serious pressure early in the

:10:11.:10:14.

season, the manager doubted him, he got his opportunity back, went a

:10:15.:10:18.

huge run of games without conceding, that is what you have to do. He has

:10:19.:10:23.

his chance, whether through injury, illness or whatever, he has to step

:10:24.:10:28.

up to the plate. Unfortunately with that non-save just before the break,

:10:29.:10:40.

that will not do his claim for number one spot any good.

:10:41.:10:42.

Such a big moment of the match. So difficult when you set out against

:10:43.:10:45.

Celtic as to what plan you adopt, how to frustrate them and create for

:10:46.:10:47.

yourself. There has been the man marking, Raven on Sinclair, there

:10:48.:10:52.

has been this pressing. But Celtic go from planet a to be, C, D, E and

:10:53.:11:01.

F. I see Brendan on the bench, they are in total control of the ball but

:11:02.:11:04.

he is looking for ways to try to shape up and change it. You can see

:11:05.:11:08.

tactically what Inverness are doing, they are trying to match-up in

:11:09.:11:12.

midfield. Raven is doing a job on Sinclair. This shows you, this is

:11:13.:11:20.

like a blitz defence. High press at the end of the park, Raven in

:11:21.:11:26.

behind, tight, not giving any space to Tierney. Billy King and Draper

:11:27.:11:30.

are in. If you don't win the ball, you allow space for Celtic to break

:11:31.:11:37.

on top of you. This eventually ends up in a booking. I can't remember

:11:38.:11:40.

whether Brad McKay gets away with that but he should have been booked,

:11:41.:11:44.

once you go for a high press, if you do not win the ball back it is

:11:45.:11:49.

dangerous. Celtic can break on you. It is a good tactic if you the ball,

:11:50.:11:53.

because you are higher up the park, but it has its risks at the other

:11:54.:11:56.

red. Lots of players do that. If you

:11:57.:12:05.

regain the ball when the other team is in possession, you can get at

:12:06.:12:07.

them quickly because most of them are out of position, Celtic is very

:12:08.:12:09.

good about. Not much good news Inverness Caley

:12:10.:12:11.

Thistle, and another factor in the match later could be the fact they

:12:12.:12:15.

have had ball yellow card is against them. Tom in the commentary box was

:12:16.:12:21.

getting excited about this. -- they have had ball yellow cards. Tom can

:12:22.:12:28.

get excited coming he was shouting red card, but that was not. This is

:12:29.:12:35.

a lot worse. If you are talking about red cards, that could easily

:12:36.:12:39.

be a red card from figures, he catches Sinclair Harry up and twists

:12:40.:12:48.

as well. -- from Vigurs. You could have been talking about a red card

:12:49.:12:54.

Vigurs. Tremarco booked as well, these yellow cards can come back

:12:55.:13:00.

bite you? Richie will have to be careful with substitutions and take

:13:01.:13:03.

that into account. He does not have much on the bench in terms of

:13:04.:13:08.

defensive cover. He just might have to bite the bullet and get on with

:13:09.:13:12.

it. These guys had to make sure they control their emotions and

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discipline. Half-time at Celtic Park, Celtic

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two, Inverness Caley Thistle zero. Mikael Lustig's goal and that second

:13:21.:13:24.

from Moussa Dembele on half-time, his 24th goal of the season. What a

:13:25.:13:29.

campaign he is having for Celtic. Let's break away from the live

:13:30.:13:33.

match, we will be back for live coverage of the second half in the

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East End of Glasgow, but let's talk for a few minutes about the story

:13:38.:13:42.

dominating the Scottish football headlines. Mark Waugh Buttin and

:13:43.:13:45.

Davie Weir, his assistant at Rangers, Frank McParland, the head

:13:46.:13:51.

of recruitment at the club, all of them, according to a club statement

:13:52.:13:56.

last night, have resigned -- Mark Warburton. Mark Robinson and his

:13:57.:14:03.

team say otherwise -- Mark Warburton. The legal repercussions

:14:04.:14:10.

will continue. We look back on his reign at Rangers, not much more than

:14:11.:14:14.

18 months gone, the lows and the highs, there was that in the

:14:15.:14:20.

semifinals against Celtic. Everyone wondered how big a turning point it

:14:21.:14:25.

might be. Reality dawns when Celtic played Rangers in the Premiership.

:14:26.:14:31.

That was 5-1. All sorts of questions about Warburton's signing policy and

:14:32.:14:34.

man management, the Joey Barton episode. And a recent 4-1 something

:14:35.:14:45.

at Tynecastle and the 1-1 draw at home to Ross County -- and a recent

:14:46.:14:51.

4-1 something. The pressure was mounting big-time? Quite clearly

:14:52.:14:55.

there has been some sort of discussion in the background,

:14:56.:14:57.

whether the management felt as if they were close to being pushed out

:14:58.:15:01.

of the talk and they thought there was an out. There have been

:15:02.:15:05.

discussions about him being touted potentially for the Nottingham

:15:06.:15:09.

Forest job, something has not worked out, whether there has been a

:15:10.:15:13.

resignation or not, we do not really know. There are clearly mixed

:15:14.:15:16.

messages coming out and that strikes at the heart of their is clearly a

:15:17.:15:21.

disconnect between the board and management. Looking back over the

:15:22.:15:25.

highlights, the semifinal win against Celtic was the high point of

:15:26.:15:30.

the Mark Warburton period, since then massive disappointment for

:15:31.:15:33.

Rangers in the Scottish Cup final against Hibs. This season, and up

:15:34.:15:39.

and down season, to say the least, although I reiterate that, for me,

:15:40.:15:45.

the main source of the issue of the problem has been that relationship

:15:46.:15:48.

behind-the-scenes. On the playing field, I don't think that is the

:15:49.:15:52.

reason there has been a severing of the ties at the moment. They are in

:15:53.:15:57.

and around where I would expect, I think the board would have expected

:15:58.:15:58.

and around where I would expect, I them to be challenging for second

:15:59.:16:01.

and they may well still finished second, it is more to do with the

:16:02.:16:04.

relationship and the breakdown of the field.

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It needs to be cleared up quickly. Bad day for Scottish football and

:16:10.:16:17.

for Rangers. I'm a big admirer of Mark Warburton and what he was

:16:18.:16:20.

trying to do. I understand we will question signings and all of that

:16:21.:16:23.

but as a football coach you could see his team tried to play football

:16:24.:16:28.

properly. Would you not accept there was a valid argument they weren't

:16:29.:16:32.

clinical enough in the final third? Yes, I think they did play football

:16:33.:16:36.

the right way that you have to have that end product. That comes with

:16:37.:16:40.

one or two year signings, you hope they will hit the ground running and

:16:41.:16:43.

score goals on things like that but... Around the game you speak at

:16:44.:16:48.

players at Rangers and they all speak very, very highly of Mark

:16:49.:16:54.

Warburton. Not just as a man, on the coaching and training pitch. You ask

:16:55.:16:58.

any of the Rangers players and I guarantee you they will say he will

:16:59.:17:02.

be sorely missed. Any development on that Mark Warburton and Rangers

:17:03.:17:05.

story and we will bring it to you on this programme if anything should

:17:06.:17:09.

happen. All our TV outlets, radio and online as well.

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Back to the matter in hand, the live match between Celtic and Inverness,

:17:15.:17:18.

2-0. The first match of the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish

:17:19.:17:26.

Cup. Five matches to be played today in a couple tomorrow. Here is the

:17:27.:17:27.

full line-up. Could the Premiership in a couple tomorrow. Here is the

:17:28.:17:34.

side be in trouble, potentially? East Fife might be a problem for

:17:35.:17:39.

troubled St Mirren. Ross County against Aberdeen is later today. St

:17:40.:17:42.

Johnstone against Partick Thistle as well. The two Sunday matches, the

:17:43.:17:49.

Edinburgh derby and Rangers against Morton. I guess that was already

:17:50.:17:54.

shaping up as a potential banana skin for Mark Warburton and co-.

:17:55.:17:59.

What is happening will only boost the feeling of Jim Duffy and

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company. Jim Duffy has done a fantastic job there. I would have

:18:07.:18:09.

fully expected Rangers to come through that tie, although they have

:18:10.:18:13.

taken a bit of a battering in the last week or so. Their confidence

:18:14.:18:18.

will be low. Certainly a different dynamic to how they will react to

:18:19.:18:22.

what happened yesterday. And the Edinburgh derby, the tie of the

:18:23.:18:27.

round, a huge game. Later on today, I think when you're looking at

:18:28.:18:32.

potential upsets, at East End Park you have Dunfermline against

:18:33.:18:34.

Hamilton. Hamilton will recognise they are in a tough game there.

:18:35.:18:40.

Dunfermline are a big side but playing in the championship at the

:18:41.:18:44.

moment. Graeme Murty, what a tough test it will be for him, the Rangers

:18:45.:18:50.

under 20s coach you will be in charge. He will love it. Mark, all

:18:51.:18:55.

the work will have been done in terms of tactics and 90% of what the

:18:56.:18:59.

team will be. It depends on the senior players, guys like Kenny

:19:00.:19:05.

Miller, to get the guys together and say, listen, boys. I think it may

:19:06.:19:08.

have a positive effect. We need to go out here and put on a real show.

:19:09.:19:13.

That's still debatable, but I think if you have a real good strength of

:19:14.:19:17.

That's still debatable, but I think character in that dressing room, the

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guys will get together and say, come on, let's make sure we go out and

:19:20.:19:24.

win the tie. Our usual comprehensive coverage of the Scottish Cup today

:19:25.:19:29.

and tomorrow, highlights tonight and tomorrow night. In terms of the live

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match that is ongoing at Celtic Park, the runaway Premiership

:19:35.:19:35.

leaders chasing a treble, of course. Park, the runaway Premiership

:19:36.:19:40.

2-0 up halfway through. An individual nightmare for Owain Fon

:19:41.:19:45.

Williams. Moussa Dembele wasn't complaining, though, as he side

:19:46.:19:52.

footed home his 24th goal of a very productive campaign. It is a goal

:19:53.:19:56.

that may well have knocked the stuffing out of Inverness Caley

:19:57.:20:00.

Thistle. 2-0 down at the break. Back to Stephen and Liam for the second

:20:01.:20:01.

half. COMMENTATOR: Inverness have come

:20:02.:20:09.

from a couple behind here before, a long time ago, in relative terms.

:20:10.:20:16.

Involved in a 2-2 draw. Inverness get us under way, shooting west in

:20:17.:20:19.

the blue and red, Celtic in the green and white. Of course, the

:20:20.:20:30.

Lisbon Lions will be celebrated this season. 50 years on from the club

:20:31.:20:36.

was my greatest moment in 1967 and probably the first British side to

:20:37.:20:42.

lift the European Cup. It would be some tribute for Brendan Rodgers and

:20:43.:20:48.

the current wearers of those jerseys if they could go on and win

:20:49.:20:49.

everything before them. Their matter at hand, seeing out

:20:50.:21:01.

this tie. A very difficult 15 minute team talk for Richie Foran. No

:21:02.:21:07.

changes for either team. Lustig goes down, nothing doing. McKay puts the

:21:08.:21:15.

ball out because Inverness have a problem at the other end, Billy

:21:16.:21:16.

King. He is really struggling, Liam. This was Scott Sinclair. That should

:21:17.:21:41.

be a yellow card, for diving. No contact from David Raven. Kevin

:21:42.:21:47.

Clancy in a really good position. That should have been a yellow.

:21:48.:21:52.

Can Inverness summon up the spirit of the 2000 side?

:21:53.:22:08.

Their famous victory here. Richie Foran, who took over from John

:22:09.:22:20.

Their famous victory here. Richie Hughes. He took the reins of

:22:21.:22:26.

Inverness in the summertime. The assistant stayed on after John

:22:27.:22:30.

Hughes' departure. The eighth manager of Inverness since the

:22:31.:22:34.

amalgamation in 1984. Almost all of those who have gone before have

:22:35.:22:37.

achieved something huge, something of note. The first Cali

:22:38.:22:55.

Our studio guest John Hughes won the Scottish Cup. Pretty big boots to

:22:56.:23:01.

Our studio guest John Hughes won the fill for Richie Foran. It's proving

:23:02.:23:09.

a real difficult first managerial posting for him. Still time to sort

:23:10.:23:11.

out their league position. Billy King is really struggling

:23:12.:23:31.

fair. I think he will have to come off. He's been hobbling about since

:23:32.:23:33.

he came back onto the pitch. It's tough enough playing with all

:23:34.:23:39.

11 players. On loan from Hearts. But giving the

:23:40.:24:03.

thumbs up. Let's take another look at it. A clash of knees, so sore. We

:24:04.:24:10.

saw who came off worse. Celtic, 27 points clear at the top

:24:11.:24:36.

of the Premiership. The record end of season margin, end of season

:24:37.:24:46.

margin, is 29. Surely that is going to go this season.

:24:47.:25:01.

Sinclair. Fortuitous. Guess who? It is 3-0! It was a fortuitous break

:25:02.:25:09.

for Celtic to get the opportunity in the first place. Sinclair gets the

:25:10.:25:15.

ball on the 18-yard line after really good work from Liam

:25:16.:25:18.

Henderson. Sinclair gets this ball back after the tackle, does so well

:25:19.:25:24.

to turn inside. Raven with a good challenge but Dembele is on hand and

:25:25.:25:28.

cool as you like. He just knows where the goal is. That is 25 for

:25:29.:25:36.

the season! For one of Celtic's men of the season.

:25:37.:25:46.

That is five in two since coming back into the side, not bad. It's

:25:47.:25:53.

not bad, you'd take it, it's all right!

:25:54.:25:57.

Now Caley Thistle just want to get on the A9 and get home.

:25:58.:26:05.

Craig Gordon under pressure from McKay. They have been on the

:26:06.:26:13.

receiving end of some serious thrashings in this stadium over the

:26:14.:26:20.

years. This gave them one of their most famous results.

:26:21.:26:26.

Celtic will be in the draw for the last eight, which will take place at

:26:27.:26:35.

Ibrox after the Rangers and Morton game tomorrow.

:26:36.:26:42.

At 3-0, you can't see any way back at 2-0, but at 3-0... He has a

:26:43.:26:51.

decision to make, Richie Foran. Does he throw caution to the wind? He has

:26:52.:26:53.

strikers on the bench. Raven. King. Looking at his bench, could bring an

:26:54.:27:08.

Jake Mulraney, with the pace to upset defenders. Alex Fisher, Scott

:27:09.:27:12.

Boden, Larnell Cole are all there, attacking type players.

:27:13.:27:23.

Brilliant from Dembele. Struggling for confidence, I think! Sinclair,

:27:24.:27:32.

on a hat-trick against, Dembele. Forrest. He must be odds-on to get

:27:33.:27:38.

his hat-trick against a day, must be.

:27:39.:27:44.

Henderson. Lovely football from Celtic. Henderson! Fon Williams

:27:45.:27:50.

eventually gets it under control. Well done Fon Williams, because it

:27:51.:27:54.

was a similar type of local shot that he messed up in the first half.

:27:55.:27:58.

A stronger hand behind it when Henderson hits this and manages to

:27:59.:27:59.

gather it. Billy King down again.

:28:00.:28:10.

Yeah, I think that could single the end of the match for him. It will be

:28:11.:28:13.

Jake Mulraney to come on. He scored a cracker against Celtic

:28:14.:28:27.

in the 2-2 draw. Swept it past, it was Dorus de Vries in goal for

:28:28.:28:32.

Celtic that day. Billy King's day is over. I'm assuming he's not

:28:33.:28:37.

seriously injured. I'm not sure he would be too bothered. No, but it is

:28:38.:28:52.

sore when you bash knees. Could get swollen and bruised overnight.

:28:53.:28:57.

Here comes Jake Mulraney. Some think he should have started more games

:28:58.:28:58.

this season. Over from Dublin. Off the bench

:28:59.:29:03.

again today. Billy McKay. Vigurs to Tansey.

:29:04.:29:39.

Having to go back into their own half. An ambitious Brad McKay pass

:29:40.:29:46.

from Raven. Here comes Celtic again. Celtic have shown even when they

:29:47.:29:57.

don't have the ball, they work ever so hard off the ball to get it back,

:29:58.:30:00.

forcing Inverness all the way back. They have earned the latter four

:30:01.:30:15.

goals in here this season, domestic league, Celtic. -- they have only

:30:16.:30:22.

let in four golds. They have won all of those games. Four one, five Micro

:30:23.:30:36.

one, 6-1. -- 4-1, 5-1, six had one. Initially, a fantastic first touch

:30:37.:30:41.

from Dembele. When he skips past Ross Draper I am sure he is clipped.

:30:42.:30:46.

A lovely touch inside. If that is not a free kick, I am not sure what

:30:47.:30:48.

is. Three girls went in against Celtic

:30:49.:31:01.

that I mentioned, the fourth was fought indeed, Celtic won 2-1 --

:31:02.:31:05.

three golds went in against Celtic. Celtic two goals away from that

:31:06.:31:36.

hundreds of the campaign. -- from their hundredth. We are not out of

:31:37.:31:45.

Debbie Riyadh. -- out of February yet. That was a definite free kick.

:31:46.:32:04.

We still wonder whether Scott Brown will be in Gordon Strachan's squad

:32:05.:32:11.

for the World Cup qualifier against Slovenia next month. It looks

:32:12.:32:12.

increasingly like he will be. Good pressure that time by

:32:13.:32:25.

Inverness. Mulraney was challenged by Sviatchenko. Very strong play by

:32:26.:32:32.

Sviatchenko, he is so physically strong when somebody tries to get

:32:33.:32:34.

back. Good defending. Away by the man who gave away the

:32:35.:32:51.

corner. One thing Brendan Rodgers has managed very well this season,

:32:52.:32:56.

although they have been winning week after week, he has managed his squad

:32:57.:33:00.

so well. Lots of these guys playing have been left out of the starting

:33:01.:33:05.

XI at times, sometimes left out of the match day squad, and they have

:33:06.:33:09.

responded well, the attitude has been spot-on. When you have a good

:33:10.:33:13.

manager who knows what he is doing and is able to give the players

:33:14.:33:17.

belief, perhaps if you have a spell outside of the team you will not be

:33:18.:33:21.

so bothered. When they come in they look very fresh and hungry. Managing

:33:22.:33:25.

a large squad like Celtic is difficult but everybody seems to be

:33:26.:33:27.

on board. Dembele and Scott Sinclair raced up,

:33:28.:33:45.

Celtic looking for a fourth. Dembele! It is a third hat-trick of

:33:46.:33:57.

this season. It is 4-0. The unbeatable champions. Favourites for

:33:58.:34:03.

this competition. It was almost inevitable. When he scored his

:34:04.:34:09.

second. You set it up with a great pass down the right-hand side to

:34:10.:34:13.

James Forrest, who did so well. He has been outstanding. Gets to the

:34:14.:34:19.

byline, sets it up beautifully right place, right time, hat-trick. Talk

:34:20.:34:26.

about putting it in the right place. Moussa Dembele, as he has done on 26

:34:27.:34:31.

occasions, gobbles it right up. And there is still time for more.

:34:32.:34:37.

Incredible, he has not even played every week. There was a time where

:34:38.:34:42.

he was sitting on the subs bench with Leigh Griffiths back in a role

:34:43.:34:47.

that he performed in solo G2 three last season -- performed in so

:34:48.:34:54.

dutifully last season. Dembele has had time out injured.

:34:55.:35:03.

Hat-trick against Rangers, hat-trick against St Johnstone, back-to-back

:35:04.:35:07.

hat-tricks now. He will get it back from Sinclair.

:35:08.:35:17.

You have too worry about Inverness now, if Celtic fans see it in the

:35:18.:35:24.

last half-hour, they are in serious trouble, if they are not already. --

:35:25.:35:28.

if Celtic fancy it. It makes you wonder what his price

:35:29.:35:50.

tag would be now. Back-to-back hat-tricks. I remember Anthony

:35:51.:35:54.

Stokes scoring back-to-back hat-tricks for hold -- for Falkirk,

:35:55.:35:59.

John Hughes in the studio will remember that, he is the Falkirk

:36:00.:36:06.

boss, former Celtic striker, won the cup last season. Back-to-back

:36:07.:36:13.

hat-tricks do not happen very often. Dembele is offside.

:36:14.:36:22.

Just look at the examples on the pitch run Celtic that have responded

:36:23.:36:26.

under Brendan Rodgers. After looking as though they were heading towards

:36:27.:36:31.

the exit door. Dedryck Boyata, who you rightly mentioned, is one of

:36:32.:36:35.

them. Under Ronny Deila, Leigh Griffiths looked like he was going

:36:36.:36:40.

to be away. Tom Rogic was so out of the picture he was back in

:36:41.:36:45.

Melbourne. James Forrest is another one. Stuart Armstrong. A long, long

:36:46.:36:49.

list. It just shows you the kind of

:36:50.:36:54.

character that the players that Celtic have obviously got. Even

:36:55.:36:58.

Craig Gordon this season was ditched the Dorus de Vries. That was in the

:36:59.:37:03.

autumn time, the end of the summer transfer window. He worked so hard

:37:04.:37:07.

over his career, especially in the last few years, to get back into a

:37:08.:37:12.

position where he is now playing Champions League football.

:37:13.:37:13.

He has been terrific. The offside flag against Tierney. I

:37:14.:37:30.

think he just drifted into an offside position. This Celtic team

:37:31.:37:38.

have shown no signs at any stage of any complacency. Credit to the

:37:39.:37:47.

players and the manager as well. Dean Ebbe, the surprise winter

:37:48.:37:53.

signing, is waiting to come on. This is more about experience than

:37:54.:37:54.

anything else, I would suggest. Larnell Cole is the other to come on

:37:55.:38:05.

for Inverness. WHISTLE BLOWS

:38:06.:38:14.

Ross Draper coming off. That is one of the changes. It has

:38:15.:38:21.

been a frustrating day for Ross Draper. He has not really had the

:38:22.:38:25.

impact he would have liked. Yellow card. To you stand by your red card

:38:26.:38:33.

showed. A chance Kelly his -- Cally Thistle

:38:34.:39:02.

to pull one back. Celtic heading for 13th straight win, they have won 19

:39:03.:39:07.

straight in the league. They are about to go 30 unbeaten this season.

:39:08.:39:25.

That is part of Craig Gordon's gain, in the past four five months he has

:39:26.:39:35.

improved his composure so much. It has impressed me. That is how

:39:36.:39:38.

Brendan Rodgers wanting to operate and he has improved. He was helping

:39:39.:39:42.

Brendan Rodgers wanting to operate out Ian Murray Adam Boulton when he

:39:43.:39:44.

was the Dumbarton manager, a of nights a week on the training

:39:45.:39:49.

ground. He has gone from that, it looked like his career was over, to

:39:50.:39:54.

playing Champions League football. He has won medals at Celtic, he has

:39:55.:39:59.

managed to pick up League Cup and league championship winners medals,

:40:00.:40:03.

he knows he could be heading for the clean sweep this campaign. A mark of

:40:04.:40:07.

his progress would be that Chelsea made a bid for him, a club of

:40:08.:40:12.

Chelsea's size to bid for the goalkeeper obviously proves he is

:40:13.:40:18.

doing war than just something right. That's Callum McGregor will replace

:40:19.:40:24.

Liam Henderson, meantime. Next on the Celtic firing line,

:40:25.:40:28.

Motherwell, who visit next week. Then Hamilton can hear the week

:40:29.:40:33.

after before the rematch with Cally Thistle in the Highlands. -- Ben

:40:34.:40:40.

Hamilton come here. He is getting a good of Asian, he will probably be

:40:41.:40:47.

frustrated that of the six and seven shots he managed to get away he did

:40:48.:40:53.

not get one on target. -- he is getting a good ovation. That got

:40:54.:40:58.

Callum McGregor spent some time out of the picture in the last couple of

:40:59.:41:03.

years, he did so well when Ronny Deila first came to the club and

:41:04.:41:08.

scored a couple of important goals in the infancy of the Ronny Deila

:41:09.:41:13.

era, drifted out of the picture. He is now back in and Brendan Rodgers.

:41:14.:41:20.

He will be starting in the match day squad, more often than not.

:41:21.:41:32.

Cole has been on loan from Fulham to Caley Thistle. He is an England

:41:33.:41:40.

youth international who came off the bench.

:41:41.:42:13.

That was slack, and James Forrest was there. He should have made it

:42:14.:42:19.

five. I can only imagine that the surprise caught him out. I think he

:42:20.:42:25.

may be had too much time to think about this. He really deserves a

:42:26.:42:29.

gold today. An horrendous mistake from Gary Warren.

:42:30.:42:37.

The won that back surprisingly easily. A horrible ball by Gary

:42:38.:42:48.

Warren, James Forrest should have increased the Celtic lead.

:42:49.:43:03.

17 shots to zero in Celtic's Faiva, underlines the dominance. It has

:43:04.:43:09.

been a very quiet afternoon for Craig Gordon. A free kick that is

:43:10.:43:13.

not coming. A strong challenge, to stave the

:43:14.:43:39.

least -- say the least. Deflected. Cole did well to get the shot away.

:43:40.:43:46.

Craig Gordon scrambling. A nice turn and swivel. Craig Gordon was

:43:47.:43:53.

scrambling across his box. Highlights to come of today's

:43:54.:43:57.

William Hill Scottish Cup fifth round ties on sports theme tonight

:43:58.:44:04.

at 10:30pm. Full coverage of the 3pm pick-ups, including Ross County,

:44:05.:44:08.

Aberdeen, Dunfermline, Hamilton, to come on BBC Radio Scotland, as well

:44:09.:44:14.

as the games tomorrow, Hearts against Hibs and Rangers against

:44:15.:44:23.

Morton. Easy for Craig Lawton. A poor corner. Craig Gordon could take

:44:24.:44:25.

that and challenge. It is the gap between Celtic and the

:44:26.:44:43.

rest, is bigger than the best team in Scottish football and the rest

:44:44.:44:47.

ever before? I would say so, I don't think it has ever been this big.

:44:48.:44:50.

Completely and utterly dominated this season. The mark of a team, as

:44:51.:44:57.

we mentioned earlier, when things are not going well and you have to

:44:58.:45:00.

scrape and fight and get a hard win, they do it and they seem to produce.

:45:01.:45:06.

It is the lack of complacency that has impressed me, never once do they

:45:07.:45:09.

let their guard down or take their foot off the pedal.

:45:10.:45:15.

27 points clear at the top, Aberdeen have a game in hand, which they play

:45:16.:45:21.

against Motherwell in midweek, they could bring it back to 24. As I

:45:22.:45:26.

mentioned earlier, the record in season margin is 29, that is the

:45:27.:45:31.

European record beaten by Paris Saint-Germain last season, they won

:45:32.:45:36.

by 31 points ahead of Lyon. That could easily go as well as Celtic's:

:45:37.:45:43.

29 point record. Maybe even eclipsing the Lisbon and team in the

:45:44.:45:48.

domestic started the season in 1967. The European champions. Next up they

:45:49.:45:52.

will be looking for 25 leave Quins in a row. -- legal winds.

:45:53.:45:59.

A bad Paul Lim by Mulraney that time. -- a bad ball in. All kinds of

:46:00.:46:10.

records could be obliterated by this Brendan Rodgers juggernaut. Vigurs

:46:11.:46:16.

hits it and that sums it up. It pretty much does. Normally so good

:46:17.:46:20.

on his left foot. When the ball breaks to him on the edge of the box

:46:21.:46:25.

here you think he will at least hit the target but he gets it all wrong.

:46:26.:46:31.

Wildly slashes at it. Scored one of the goals of the season at Pittodrie

:46:32.:46:40.

earlier in the campaign, Vigurs. A 1-1 draw with Aberdeen.

:46:41.:46:47.

Nir Biton OK after that McKay challenged earlier on.

:46:48.:46:52.

WHISTLE A yellow card coming out for Lustig.

:46:53.:47:18.

He's not happy but I think it's the right decision. Definitely pulled

:47:19.:47:20.

the shirt of Vigurs. WHISTLE

:47:21.:47:54.

Dembele keen to get things back under way.

:47:55.:48:03.

Once again Kevin Clancy ignoring the Celtic support. I think the Celtic

:48:04.:48:45.

support are disappointed because it's very similar to the one that

:48:46.:48:50.

Lustig was just booked for. And Vigurs booked for in the first half.

:48:51.:49:00.

The Scottish Cup, two bookings and you miss the next high. So if

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Dembele -- Dembele got booked in the last round. McGregor, who came from

:49:14.:49:19.

absolutely nowhere to steal possession back from Vigurs.

:49:20.:49:29.

Through ball for Dean Ebbe. Tansey. Cole. Mulraney.

:49:30.:49:41.

That's as close as they've come. Really good play from Inverness.

:49:42.:49:51.

When the ball comes to Mulraney, a fantastic ball, smashed right across

:49:52.:49:55.

the six. Just waiting for a strike at a mega movement across the front

:49:56.:49:59.

post, to make that gamble, but nobody has.

:50:00.:50:35.

Dembele. Goes for it himself. And why wouldn't you? Just so confident

:50:36.:50:49.

just now, everything he hits he thinks he's going to score, and that

:50:50.:50:56.

was not far away. Peeling out on the left-hand side, driving in to the

:50:57.:51:01.

defence. Going for the top corner but not getting enough bend on it.

:51:02.:51:12.

14 to play. Inverness seeing a lot of the ball in the Celtic half right

:51:13.:51:31.

now, the trouble is, they are 4-0 down.

:51:32.:51:35.

You feel that Celtic have another couple of levels, should they need

:51:36.:51:37.

them. Here comes Gordon. Talking about the level Craig Gordon

:51:38.:51:50.

has got himself back to, you mustn't forget he appears to have won the

:51:51.:51:54.

Scotland number one jersey back, as well. Started the game at Wembley. A

:51:55.:52:04.

position we are very strong in. David Marshall out of the team, at

:52:05.:52:10.

Hull City. We are blessed with good goalkeepers.

:52:11.:52:29.

Another break of the ball for Celtic but this time Dembele can't

:52:30.:52:43.

capitalise. Dembele's first he should have done

:52:44.:52:55.

better with, not sure he could have done anything with the other two.

:52:56.:52:59.

You are right, the first one was poor and that is probably the most

:53:00.:53:02.

important one. So good from Boyatta. He was in the

:53:03.:53:19.

semifinal of this competition last year. And Sviatchenko, who he plays

:53:20.:53:25.

alongside today. Sviatchenko at the start of this

:53:26.:53:54.

season... Kolo Toure back for Celtic as well on the pitch. Dembele.

:53:55.:54:07.

Goalkick. Better defending from Gary Warren that time. Just waiting,

:54:08.:54:14.

Dembele, to pull the trigger. Again, so powerful driving into the box.

:54:15.:54:19.

Warren does well to get the touch on it.

:54:20.:54:35.

Celtic up to 99 goals for the season, 50 to have come from the

:54:36.:54:43.

last 15 minutes of hearths. So are you saying we will have another go?

:54:44.:54:53.

The last 15 minutes... I predicted 4-0, so I will be happy if it stays

:54:54.:54:57.

like this. They have scored more than 30 in the last 10-15 minutes of

:54:58.:55:00.

games this season. Looking to apply some varnish.

:55:01.:55:15.

McGregor. Comes from a Dembele run again. He really is having an

:55:16.:55:20.

outstanding match. His power and his pace, they just cannot live with

:55:21.:55:21.

him. Brown. A good touch from Scott Brown

:55:22.:55:27.

to set up the shot. You can hear what the natives made

:55:28.:55:56.

of that... He's unlucky, Boyatta, gets his body in a good area but too

:55:57.:55:58.

much strength from Ebbe. He will never tire, I wouldn't have

:55:59.:56:17.

thought, of the standing ovations. He's getting another today. Moussa

:56:18.:56:25.

Dembele, with his second hat-trick in the space of six days. His third

:56:26.:56:31.

of the season. He has 26 goals for the season. And off he comes. What a

:56:32.:56:39.

contribution he has made today. He has been sensational.

:56:40.:56:45.

beehive fives to the fans around him in the dugout. Replaced by Nadir

:56:46.:57:00.

Ciftci. We're talking about Celtic players who have come back from the

:57:01.:57:04.

brink here. Nadir Ciftci were certainly at the brink. On the verge

:57:05.:57:10.

of going to Motherwell at the end of the winter window. Here he is. Came

:57:11.:57:15.

off the bench last week, as well. A loan spell in his home land last

:57:16.:57:20.

season, Turkey. A very famous Celtic shirt to wear

:57:21.:57:31.

as well. The one previously worn by Henrik Larsson and Jimmy Johnstone.

:57:32.:57:38.

Other illustrious incumbents of the number seven. Caley Thistle were

:57:39.:57:48.

knocked out by the eventual winners last season, Hibs. It took a replay.

:57:49.:57:57.

And whoever gets through to the quarterfinals, the draw for which is

:57:58.:58:01.

made at Ibrox tomorrow, the only thing I'm sure they will wish for is

:58:02.:58:06.

that they avoid Celtic. That is a fact, absolutely. Nobody wants to

:58:07.:58:14.

meet Celtic. They never say that. If you draw Celtic, you have to look

:58:15.:58:20.

play them at one point. If you win the cup, you have to play them at

:58:21.:58:22.

one stage. Easier said than done. All Celtic's defeats this season

:58:23.:58:38.

came in Europe. Some more damaging than others. Borussia

:58:39.:58:41.

Monchengladbach, as we mentioned earlier, was probably the most

:58:42.:58:45.

damaging of them. A little slip there.

:58:46.:58:49.

He's not one of those who has been booked today, McKay. Sinclair is

:58:50.:59:02.

just too quick for him, his change of direction. Brad McKay can't

:59:03.:59:05.

react. Forrest. WHISTLE

:59:06.:59:15.

Swung behind, goalkick. Celtic lost to Gibraltar in Brendan

:59:16.:59:24.

Rodgers' first game in charge. They also lost in the Champions League

:59:25.:59:28.

play-off round... Swung behind with a cross. They went through an

:59:29.:59:34.

aggregate anyway. A couple of defeats to Barcelona, Borussia

:59:35.:59:42.

Monchengladbach here in the group stage of the Champions League. They

:59:43.:59:48.

have already begun building for next season's tilt at that competition.

:59:49.:59:55.

Yes, I think Brendan Rodgers has said that himself. Celtic posting

:59:56.:00:03.

profits of ?21 million by virtues of birds for a into the Champions

:00:04.:00:07.

League and they will fancy doing it next season and the season after

:00:08.:00:11.

that. Scott Sinclair leads Caley Thistle a merry dance. No penalty.

:00:12.:00:34.

How long can they withstand this? Celtic looking for number five. It

:00:35.:00:45.

arrives! Of course it does! It is Kieran Tierney! It is his first of

:00:46.:00:52.

the season. With five to play, the smile from Brendan Rodgers says it

:00:53.:00:57.

all. Celtic five, Caley Thistle zero. They were queueing up to put

:00:58.:01:02.

it in and it is that man Forrest again, sending in a beautiful ball.

:01:03.:01:07.

A good header. A lot like the Dembele goal. We had a great moment

:01:08.:01:14.

in the last game of last season, Kieran Tierney, when he scored his

:01:15.:01:18.

first for the club in his breakthrough season. Many say he is

:01:19.:01:25.

the best Celtic full-back since Danny McGrane, who is watching today

:01:26.:01:37.

at Celtic Park. 19-year-old Kieran Tierney, with a bullet header.

:01:38.:01:45.

It will be a long journey back up to the Highland capital tonight for the

:01:46.:01:46.

visitors. Tierney is showing the other side of

:01:47.:01:56.

his game. There is Danny McGrane, you wonder what he makes of Kieran

:01:57.:02:01.

Tierney? I imagine he would be very impressed, like the rest of us.

:02:02.:02:10.

Inverness corner, it is not the first time they have conceded five,

:02:11.:02:14.

they have conceded six year before. That was a great touch into Cole,

:02:15.:02:41.

just came of Scott Brown. Another corner and an attempt to get the

:02:42.:02:47.

consolation. Before all that, we had a change for Celtic in Dedryck

:02:48.:02:52.

Boyata. Won't be scoring today, got a couple of winners against St

:02:53.:02:57.

Johnstone and Aberdeen in recent league games here. Kolo Toure will

:02:58.:03:02.

come on for him. He did not have too many questions asked of him today, I

:03:03.:03:06.

doubt he will have a much easier after noon. I suspect coaching is

:03:07.:03:17.

the next main goal for Kolo Toure. Brilliant from Gordon. Commanding.

:03:18.:03:36.

Inverness have more important battles ahead of them. A cup run is

:03:37.:03:41.

nice, of course they would have loved to have got their hands on the

:03:42.:03:45.

Scottish Cup again, but the league games that are to follow over the

:03:46.:03:51.

next few weeks are infinitely more important to Caley Thistle. They

:03:52.:03:56.

are, but as you said earlier, three very, very, very tough fixtures

:03:57.:04:01.

coming up. Hearts, Rangers, Celtic. It does not get much harder and they

:04:02.:04:05.

will not get much confidence from this game. It does not get any

:04:06.:04:09.

harder than a game here. Inverness have been blown blown away by this

:04:10.:04:15.

Celtic side. Lustig got things started with the

:04:16.:04:25.

opener. Celtic have loads of options on the counter. Scott Sinclair

:04:26.:04:37.

wanted to do it himself. Nadir Ciftci special coming he wants

:04:38.:04:41.

that ball played over to the left-hand side. He had three

:04:42.:04:43.

options, he wanted to go by himself. As usual, I will give you the

:04:44.:05:15.

extremely difficult task of asking you for your William Hill Scottish

:05:16.:05:20.

Cup Man of the Match. Who could that be, I wonder? Dembele. It would have

:05:21.:05:24.

been James Forrest had Dembele not managed to get his hat-trick, but he

:05:25.:05:29.

is just such a powerful, strong runner. He has caused this Inverness

:05:30.:05:34.

defence countless problems today, he is a top class finisher as well, my

:05:35.:05:43.

Man of the Match. Good to see that Kevin Clancy, the referee, has an

:05:44.:05:48.

air of sympathy about him. One minute of injury time added to spy

:05:49.:05:55.

Caley Thistle -- spy Caley Thistle further pain. They took a battering,

:05:56.:06:02.

as you would expect. It is top against bottom. Brown! What a finish

:06:03.:06:09.

by the captain! It is six for Celtic, who are not only going

:06:10.:06:13.

through to the quarterfinals, they are racing there. Scott Brown

:06:14.:06:19.

certainly caught this. Fantastic play down the left-hand side from

:06:20.:06:24.

Sinclair. When the ball breaks to Scott Brown, he absolutely lashes it

:06:25.:06:30.

into the top corner. A brilliant goal. That applies the varnish.

:06:31.:06:40.

Great finish by the skipper. Third of the season for Scott Brown. He

:06:41.:06:47.

scored a very important one in the Champions League qualifier. That was

:06:48.:06:56.

simply the cherry on the kick of another imperious display by Brendan

:06:57.:07:01.

Rodgers' side. They have blown away Richie Foran's Inverness, blown them

:07:02.:07:07.

out of the cup. Celtic once again demonstrate just how unstoppable

:07:08.:07:13.

they appear to be. They are indomitable. Kieran Tierney added

:07:14.:07:18.

the fifth, Dembele the sixth, Lustig started the party and Moussa Dembele

:07:19.:07:23.

squeezed another hat-trick in in between -- Brown the sixth. Celtic

:07:24.:07:28.

are the first team through to the quarterfinals of the William Hill

:07:29.:07:32.

Scottish Cup, as Moussa Dembele gets the match ball for the second week

:07:33.:07:36.

in a row after his third hat-trick of the season.

:07:37.:07:44.

Stephen Thompson, Celtic are quite clearly favourites for this

:07:45.:07:48.

tournament. That goes without saying. That doesn't mean now that

:07:49.:07:51.

when the draw is made tomorrow for the quarterfinals the only chance

:07:52.:07:57.

that the others is an away tie for Celtic at somewhere like Pittodrie,

:07:58.:08:02.

Tynecastle, Easter Road or Ibrox, even? I think so, I think they are

:08:03.:08:08.

unstoppable as Parkhead, they are pretty much in stoppable regardless.

:08:09.:08:13.

Tomorrow night after the Rangers game, they will want to avoid

:08:14.:08:18.

Celtic. 11 goals in their last two, simply unstoppable. It would take a

:08:19.:08:22.

brave man to bet against them winning the trophy. Brendan Rodgers,

:08:23.:08:26.

it is his ritual coming he will go round and applaud all the Celtic

:08:27.:08:30.

supporters. They kind of job that this little man on the -- from the

:08:31.:08:37.

county Antrim coast has done is incredible. He has completely turned

:08:38.:08:42.

this club around. This club was winning the league title anyway,

:08:43.:08:46.

what he has done in such a short space of time is pretty remarkable.

:08:47.:08:53.

It finishes here at Celtic Park with Dembele the hat-trick he wrote

:08:54.:09:03.

again, Celtic six, Inverness Caledonian Thistle nil. STUDIO: The

:09:04.:09:08.

Joy of six for Celtic, cruising into the Scottish Cup quarterfinals.

:09:09.:09:12.

Those pictures tell a story of Brendan Rodgers, slapping his

:09:13.:09:14.

players on the back but also whispering in the ear about the

:09:15.:09:18.

areas they can improve on, because that is the story of Celtic at the

:09:19.:09:23.

moment, unbeaten domestic league, but they want to improve week on

:09:24.:09:29.

week. They were absolutely ruthless. You have got four different scorers,

:09:30.:09:34.

obviously Dembele getting his hat-trick, the two full-backs have

:09:35.:09:37.

scored today, Tierney and Lustig, and the skipper pops up at the end

:09:38.:09:42.

to get a goal. There is a juggernaut, they are absolutely

:09:43.:09:46.

flying. You see guys like McGregor and Roberts, these guys are

:09:47.:09:52.

tremendous. It is all good stuff at Celtic at this moment. Talking of

:09:53.:09:58.

full-backs scoring, this is Mikael Lustig breaking the deadlock on 20,

:09:59.:10:04.

how good this was to control Bitton on's pass? The past was sublime. You

:10:05.:10:16.

watch Billy McKay coming he charges after the ball rather than watching

:10:17.:10:19.

the run from Lustig, he has a wonderful pass from Nir Bitton.

:10:20.:10:24.

Inverness would have been thinking we have contained Celtic to begin

:10:25.:10:29.

with, a crucial stage in the game, the next second half of the first

:10:30.:10:33.

half you would be looking to continue that. They lost the goal.

:10:34.:10:39.

And right before half-time, two crucial points in the game that

:10:40.:10:42.

dominated and typified how much Celtic are so far ahead of the other

:10:43.:10:46.

teams, as John said they are ruthless at the right times. Let's

:10:47.:10:50.

be honest, the game was quite flat in stages, they have come away from

:10:51.:10:56.

its 6-0, a huge improvement on Celtic from last season to this, a

:10:57.:11:00.

game that really did not have a lot in it. Huge credit to Celtic because

:11:01.:11:05.

of the scoreline. The two full-backs, Lustig and Tierney,

:11:06.:11:10.

scored. Let's speak to the other goal-scorers, Scott Brown, who

:11:11.:11:13.

scored a cracker at the end, and the hat-trick man, Moussa Dembele, 26

:11:14.:11:20.

for the season. Let's hear from them.

:11:21.:11:22.

Congratulations, into the quarterfinals of the Scottish Cup in

:11:23.:11:26.

some style. Moussa ,, two hat-trick in two games, how does that feel? It

:11:27.:11:33.

feels great, we take every cup game as a final, today we showed that in

:11:34.:11:38.

scored six goals. Yes, it has been good for us. Scott, you have played

:11:39.:11:43.

with many, many good players in your career, where did he right? Right up

:11:44.:11:48.

there, he is getting stronger and stronger, he learns everything the

:11:49.:11:52.

gaffer is teaching him, he will get better as the season goes on. You

:11:53.:11:57.

don't score many, they are usually memorable. It is not often I hit the

:11:58.:12:01.

target. Nice to get the ball in the back of the net. People are saying

:12:02.:12:07.

that Celtic look unstoppable, do you feel it? Yes, we are. We are. We

:12:08.:12:16.

know what we are capable of, I think we are unstoppable. Scott, it will

:12:17.:12:21.

be difficult to stop you doing the trouble? We have to keep going every

:12:22.:12:28.

game at a time, we have won six today, but we are working hard in

:12:29.:12:33.

training. Moussa Dembele, you are the William Hill Scottish Cup Man of

:12:34.:12:36.

the Match, I'm sure your captain will do the honours. Well done.

:12:37.:12:42.

STUDIO: I think Moussa Dembele might have lost count in terms of goals

:12:43.:12:48.

today, it was six and you got three, and yes, you are on 26 for the

:12:49.:12:52.

season. We are rapidly running out of things to say about Moussa

:12:53.:12:55.

Dembele, it has all been said before, but he is a phenomenon at

:12:56.:13:01.

the age of 20. This was the goal right on half-time which ensured, I

:13:02.:13:05.

guess, that there was going to be no shock from Inverness Caley Thistle?

:13:06.:13:10.

He came in early, hit the target like all good strikers, side foot,

:13:11.:13:16.

hit the target. Fon Williams should have done better, but he is playing

:13:17.:13:20.

with confidence. Everything seems to go for you when you play with

:13:21.:13:24.

confidence. People pointed to Craig Thomson's decision in Perth last

:13:25.:13:28.

weekend, Inverness fans will make mention of the Fon Williams mistake,

:13:29.:13:33.

but, Michael, I guess the reality is that Celtic will always find a way,

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they have every possible plan they could need to break down a team.

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That was 2-0, very quickly it was three, four, five, six. Whenever

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they are faced with a problem or task, how to finish it off, Celtic

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have come up trumps. This was a wonderful, can finish. Disappointing

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the David Raven, he got a wonderful tackle in and it just broke Moussa

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Dembele, he slides it and guide said, this angle is great. It goes

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right through Warren's legs. He is not panicked that he has to defend a

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lunch. Celtic this season, whenever they have been placed with a

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challenge they have come up trumps and found the answer and the

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solution to that. Dembele has been a phenomenon this season. We have

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spoken a lot about the players that the club that Brendan Rodgers has

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improved, Moussa Dembele, when he first came in, coming into a new

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club you need time to settle, but the improvement in him in the period

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of time at the club has been huge, I think a lot of that is down to the

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manager and the philosophies they are trying to put across. Rob, two

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things are vital as a team, as a are trying to put across. Rob, two

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defender you want the goalkeeper to keep the back door shut and make the

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saves and you want to know you have somebody who can score, Celtic have

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that in abundance. Craig Gordon looking to sign a new contract. And

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the top goal-scorer in Scottish Lib or. Back-to-back Patrick said he did

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not even play the entire 90 minutes. It just shows you his confidence.

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This was good goal. Disappointing defending from Inverness. Dembele

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labour from the halfway line, too many Inverness players are ball

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watching, at some point somebody has to think, where is Dembele? Look at

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them, they are ball watching. Great play from James Forrest to standard

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up, a nice finish from Dembele. Simply as dangerous as him, you have

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a guy winning from the halfway line, at some point the defender has to

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take charge and say, I have to marking.

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The fifth goal remarkably similar. You look at the number of bodies

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Inverness having here, they have so many bodies back. Somebody has to

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mark the players but they don't. Kieran Tierney goes into the box,

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acres of space. Another nice pick-up from Forrest to dink it up. Plenty

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of bodies back for Inverness but nobody is doing what needs to be

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done. Kieran Tierney's first goal of the season. In sharp contrast to the

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26th from Moussa Dembele. Scott the season. In sharp contrast to the

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Brown rounded it off, a real belter. I'm just looking at this now, for

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the moment from an Inverness point of view, how psychologically

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damaging is losing six goals against anyone? It is demoralising. Richie

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will have to try and pick his boys up first and foremost a look at the

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positives. Tactically in the first 20 minutes, you could see what they

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were trying to do. David Raven man Martin Sinclair but the goals they

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lost... It is a shank! Not a fair strike but fantastic. It shows you,

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that will do him the world of good as well, knowing he score goals. He

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is bang on form, Scott Brown. Richie Foran before the game was talking

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about how this was a pressure free game, away from the league, they

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could concentrate on just the cup. When you get battered 6-0, that has

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a psychological effect and impact going into the next league game. Now

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we can hear from Kieran Tierney. You took that like a striker, are

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you wasted in defence? I don't know about that, I've had a few chances

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this season and luckily today it went in. You have come back from

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injury and hit the ground running. Has it been pretty much seamless,

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the comeback? Yes, it feels as if I've not been away. I know I put the

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hard work in so when I came on the park I did everything I could so I

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could be back to normal. And unbelievable display today that

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takes you into the quarterfinals. Talk to me a little about the team

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spirit in the dressing room. It's brilliant, the best team spirit I've

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ever felt. Everybody is in it together and we're looking forward

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to see who we get to my. It will be very difficult to stop you guys

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doing the treble, isn't it? It's just one game at a time, that's what

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we've always said, one day at a time and try to be hard to beat. Have you

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set yourself personal targets this season? When I got injured it was to

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come back, get game time and I've played six games, hopefully

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continue. Well done. He is one reason Celtic's

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chief executive is rubbing his hands. I just saw him scribbling the

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price tag for Moussa Dembele and putting up a couple of notches. I

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was very impressed with Moussa Dembele's response and I heard in

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the press, saying he was happy and wanted to be there for a few years.

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Brendan says, don't be saying anything too much, one game at a

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time, let's keep our feet firmly on the ground. But behind the scenes he

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will be talking and saying, we're going for this treble, let's keep

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this run going, this unbeaten run going as long as they can. John

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Collins at this kid could be anything he wants. I'm surprised at

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his first goal, his rampaging full-back. I'm really pleased for

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him. You can see the hard work you've put in. Sometimes when you

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put in the hard work, you get your reward. The work ethic remarkable

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from Celtic. You've seen teams switch off... We can throw it at

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Brendan Rodgers, here is the Celtic manager now, post 's, 6-0 against

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Inverness Caley Thistle. Brendan, congratulations, through to

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the quarterfinals in some style. Where does it rank in terms of your

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performances with Celtic this season?

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I think performance wise it was very good. I think you can analyse

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quickly all the elements of the game we worked on. Defensively, we kept a

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clean sheet. Inverness have got some really good technical players, but

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we never really gave them the chance to make any passing sequences, when

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we gave the ball away our counter press for strong and aggressive and

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we limited them to any build-up to build up an attack. That element of

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the game is very good, defensively solid. Anything we had to deal with,

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we dealt with with calmness. Inverness were aggressive. I think

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you saw that in the game. One or two strong challenges but we stood up to

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that and dealt with it. But then when we had the ball, I thought we

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were outstanding. From behind, we built the game really well. Good

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quality midfield. At times a bit loose in the second half, but the

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final third we were so incisive. And obviously got our six goals. So

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yeah, real good attacking intent if the team, but players played

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defensively well as well. Much has been made of Moussa Dembele

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recently, his second hat-trick in as many weeks. So much talk about him

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in January. That is valuation just keep going up and up?

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I don't really think about that. I'm looking at him as a young player who

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is improving. He's only just 20 years of age. You see the level of

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his game. I see elements of his game that we work on in training

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improving all the time. How he receives it, moving it with his

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touch. He has a natural instinct to score. Always in the box wanting to

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score goals but he has a top-class temperament for a young player. I

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thought he took all his goals really well today. Two fallbacks scored, so

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it shows that aggressive intent of the team. Wonderful touch and finish

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and Kieran Tierney getting a head. It shows you the mentality of the

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keen to keep pushing. I thought Scott Sinclair, who didn't score

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today, was absolutely brilliant. One against one and creating

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opportunities and the two wideboys, James Forrest should have scored. He

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was in a great position to press the ball. Got himself in front of goal,

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was in a great position to press the but that was the only thing that

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didn't happen for him all day. So yeah, the value of the team is

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improving all the time and performing well. In terms of where

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this leaves you this season, I know it's constantly one game a time, we

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just take one game at a time, but does this feel like a treble winning

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squad? It feels like a team and a squad of players whose developing

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and enjoying their work. I think the beauty of this second part of the

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season as we get longer to work with the players now, so we can actually

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really enjoy a spell where we can coach them and improved elements of

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their game we felt needed improving from the first half of the season.

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But still very, very early in our time here. We want to develop.

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There's nothing better, as a coach, when you see that relationship

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between training and the games. But there's still a lot of work to do

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here. But like I say, the supporters I think I happy, there are enjoying

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watching their team. They've been entertained, but they see what the

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players are putting in. At this moment in time, their attitude in

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the games has been first-class. Well done, thank you. Pleasure. A good

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place to be at the moment for Brendan. You can see from that

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interview, they have won six mil and his Saudi thinking about the next

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game, about getting the treble done. game, about getting the treble done.

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-- they have won 6-0 and he is already thinking about the next

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game. Yes, I think that shines through in

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the results they are getting. There is a determination and a hunger to

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continue to improve. As I was saying before, this game was quite flat at

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times, but to go out and continually want to drive the advantage home and

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get six goals... They could have come out of this game with a 2-0

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victory, all expected and a bit flat but so many positives to come out of

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that. 6-0, two fallbacks scoring goals, Dembele with a hat-trick.

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Continual improvement. You can hear that from Brendan Rodgers, always

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wanting to push forward and improve as a cogent. That is the fifth round

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of the William Hill Scottish Cup under way. Here is what follows. 53

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o'clock kick-offs today and the two matches tomorrow. Let's get a taste

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of some of the up. First is a match between Ross County in Aberdeen. A

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great cup tie in prospect. If it's anything like the last meeting

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between these two will be special. Ross County won that with a late

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goal. Ross County are performing Ross County won that with a late

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pretty strongly against the so-called bigger side. Aberdeen

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named the same starting XI, they are in great form, strong looking bench

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and desperate to improve on a fairly poor Scottish Cup record in the last

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couple of seasons, as well as going for second in the Premiership.

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Expect attacking and goals. Ross County against Aberdeen. Do we get

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that in writing question let's hope so. If you're looking for a shock

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today it might be East End Park. Dunfermline from the championship

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against Premiership Hamilton. You stole my line. The home team

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have advantage here. Pretty decent form as well before their defeat

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last weekend, 11 games unbeaten before that. In pretty decent form.

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Hamilton's form has been up and down, only taking two wins since the

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13th of December. So yes, some would say there could be a cup upset here.

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Both sets of players are out on the park warming up. The fans are

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starting to arrive for this one. A cold day here. Hopefully the

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football will warm us up. You have a few layers on! Dunfermline against

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Hamilton. Let's look in at East Fife against

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the Mirren. East Fife from League 1 but a great unbeaten runs they are

:26:19.:26:21.

on. They might fancy their chances against the championship strugglers

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some Mirren. The last meeting between these two

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site was nearly ten years ago, a League Cup tie. They came away from

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Paisley with a 1-0 win. East Fife fifth in League 1, just one point

:26:36.:26:41.

away from a play-off promotion spot. Some Mirren have a recent record of

:26:42.:26:45.

one win in the last eight. Smith's side will go into this game with

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great confidence. 1938 was the only time Fife lifted the trophy. This is

:26:51.:26:54.

the 30th anniversary of St Mirren's last Scottish Cup win, a famous 1-0

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the 30th anniversary of St Mirren's win over Dundee United. It is wet

:26:58.:27:02.

and windy, his fight against St Mirren. We did get a chance earlier

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on to talk about Rangers and Morton tomorrow. The other big cup tie,

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involving one of your old teams is the Edinburgh derby, of course. What

:27:11.:27:14.

have you made of in cut-throat and how's he's adapted to front-line

:27:15.:27:20.

management so far? -- in cut-throat. The result against Rangers has

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steadied the ship a little bit. Who did they play after Rangers?

:27:25.:27:29.

Motherwell. They got a good result against Motherwell. That could be

:27:30.:27:32.

dangerous, because they are scoring goals, they are at it, on the front

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foot. They have Walker, who is on good form. Scoring goals. That could

:27:38.:27:41.

be dangerous. I feel they could go into the Edinburgh derby... They are

:27:42.:27:46.

at home, they have to attack, the fans demand that. If Neil Lennon is

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very clever he could pick the right team and go and pick them off. It's

:27:53.:27:57.

easy for me... Who do I fancy doing? He's picked Hearts so I will take

:27:58.:28:02.

Hibs. These games, great games to play in and it's what happens on the

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day. You have seen his record for football forecasting and gone

:28:08.:28:10.

against. That was a good decision, your best for the day. Thanks to

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Michael and John as well for joining me in the studio. We heard from some

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of the reporters there who will feature on the results programme on

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BBC Two Scotland today at 4:30pm. Inverness Caley Thistle the only

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team to deprive Celtic of league points this season but never much

:28:31.:28:36.

chance of them depriving Celtic of a quarterfinal place in the Scottish

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Cup finals. I want to hear

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