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what would become the third goal anyway. And knock-down from Ciftci | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
again and it is a good save. Dundee kept the ball alive. Did you think | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
instinctively when this happened it was a penalty? I don't think it was, | :00:13. | :00:21. | |
but we will look at it that. You see in this phase, this is where the | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
game began to stretch, it is one touch passing from Dundee United. | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
They are difficult to pick up and a lot of movement amongst the | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
players. Gavin Gunning came on the blindside of Graeme Shinnie. Graeme | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Shinnie was committed to going about and does not see him. It is a | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
penalty, but he was committed to going for the ball. Central | :00:51. | :00:58. | |
defender, a couple of weeks ago had not scored at all, Gavin Gunning. | :00:59. | :01:09. | |
Great penalty. 3-0, Dundee United against in Menez. I am thinking this | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
is some sort of tribute to Robbie Keane? -- Inverness. A bad situation | :01:15. | :01:26. | |
for John Hughes and his team is about to get even worse when they | :01:27. | :01:38. | |
had a player sent off. He has given the referee the opportunity to give | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
him the red card? I still think it is harsh, maybe it is a yellow. He | :01:43. | :01:53. | |
has got a split second to make the decision. I thought he was quick to | :01:54. | :02:02. | |
give that decision. He has not gone with intent to hurt him but the | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
referee will not be slow at throwing out cards. He is one of the most | :02:09. | :02:15. | |
officious officials we have in the game. You felt as if the red card | :02:16. | :02:22. | |
was inevitable. Not much to cheer up the Inverness fans in the first | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
half. These are the only real efforts on target. Graeme Shinnie's | :02:27. | :02:32. | |
shot was pretty much at the goalkeeper and then this. Just | :02:33. | :02:39. | |
wishing McKay was a couple of inches taller, he might have scored. It is | :02:40. | :02:51. | |
an uphill task for them. If they come out and get an early goal, keep | :02:52. | :03:01. | |
the pressure on United, but you fear for the sort of space Inverness | :03:02. | :03:04. | |
might leave at the back and a day could pick them off. That was a good | :03:05. | :03:12. | |
strike from Graeme Shinnie. That is the one positive they have had with | :03:13. | :03:19. | |
him linking up with Aaron Doran. I feel at times they need to stretch | :03:20. | :03:26. | |
in the final third to cause problems for the Dundee United defence. In | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
stepping in off the line has just congested it. Paul Paton, Rankin and | :03:31. | :03:38. | |
those players are there to close it down. It is safe to say there is no | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
good news the Inverness at the moment. That dressing room will be | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
an interesting place to be. There is good news the St Johnstone who are | :03:53. | :03:56. | |
in the draw later on for the semifinals. They beat Raith Rovers | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
yesterday and they got the ideal start when Gary Mac Donald scored? | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
It is a great finish. Did not give the goalkeeper much chance. That | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
will have been a difficult game the St Johnstone. They will have been | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
looking at that thinking they will have to give Raith Rovers respect | :04:17. | :04:25. | |
after knocking out Hibs as well. Great technique. A lot of the guys | :04:26. | :04:27. | |
last night were talking about whether he should be playing higher | :04:28. | :04:30. | |
than the level he is out at the moment. That is no disrespect to | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
Raith Rovers, he is a good player and I don't see why he shouldn't be | :04:36. | :04:38. | |
playing in the Premiership when he has ability like that. He scored | :04:39. | :04:44. | |
early in the second-half as well. Credit the Nigel Hasselbaink, but | :04:45. | :04:47. | |
from this position, Raith Rovers probably cannot believe this | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
happened? They probably thought they were going to bring him down and | :04:53. | :05:05. | |
take a booking. 1-0 and -- 1-1 low you are still in the cup tie. That | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
just sealed things for them? Nobody on the front post. If there was | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
somebody on the front post, they could control it and play it out. I | :05:18. | :05:22. | |
don't understand how so many teams don't have guys on the post. There | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
was Aberdeen against Dumbarton, they did enough to keep another cup run | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
going. And surprise, it was Adam Rooney with his sixth goal in seven | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
games, grand? He has beaten the defender. You will always get | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
chances like that. It is a great header. If there was somebody on the | :05:47. | :05:51. | |
post again, he might have got to that. He did well to generate the | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
power. He has always got good delivery. It is the pace he puts on | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
it. That was a lovely curling shot came back off the post but Aberdeen | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
kept it alive and there was a save from Jonny Hayes to keep Aberdeen | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
out. As they were searching for the second goal was always a chance | :06:18. | :06:24. | |
Dumbarton might come back at them? Aberdeen have got the bit between | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
their teeth this season. When it is 1-0, there is always a chance you | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
can get back into the game from Dumbarton's perspective. Nothing | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
pretty, just a straightforward ball up the pitch. This is Gary Fleming. | :06:39. | :06:55. | |
Paul McGinn on the end of it. Maybe not the player Dunbarton wanted on | :06:56. | :06:58. | |
the end of it. But he might have scored here and taken it to a | :06:59. | :07:11. | |
replay? If Aberdeen could score goals, they are looking good to have | :07:12. | :07:20. | |
a good season themselves. We have seen the goals from yesterday's two | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
Scottish Cup quarterfinals. You can see a follower version of the | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
highlights tonight at 10:25pm. -- fuller. And next week: | :07:37. | :07:50. | |
I think we can assume, in the home dressing room in the last 15 | :07:51. | :07:59. | |
minutes, grand, there has been no chat whatsoever about next Sunday, | :08:00. | :08:02. | |
what will the talk be like in there at the moment? They need to get some | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
pride back. Not to make it embarrassing, which it could turn | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
out that way. Usually with ten men, it will be harder for Dundee United | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
to play against them. You never know. It is looking very, very | :08:21. | :08:28. | |
difficult. Inverness were 40 macro down against Aberdeen and they came | :08:29. | :08:37. | |
back into it. Let's give Dundee United credit as well because they | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
have gone for the jugular. They are not a team that will sit back. They | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
have scored a few goals this season, once they smell blood, they go for | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
it, Dundee United and that it will be the same tactic in this half as | :08:53. | :08:56. | |
well. The second half will have two go some to rival the first 45 the | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
talking points. It has been sensational, two from Ciftci and | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
Dundee United against ten man, Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Here | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
is the second-half. What can Inverness do hear? They had | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
11 men on the park before. It is they who get us back under way. They | :09:22. | :09:29. | |
will have had a thin year from John Hughes, who won the Scottish Cup | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
twice. Once in 1994, and then in 2010, the 3-0 win over Ross County, | :09:36. | :09:40. | |
from just up the road. A good run from Shinnie. Inverness | :09:41. | :09:54. | |
need an early goal in the second half, and they almost had one there. | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
That was the second time she need got forward. -- Shinnie got forward. | :10:01. | :10:16. | |
I am hearing that John Hughes did go to see, recalling the referee at | :10:17. | :10:32. | |
half-time. Goalkick. That chat between John Hughes and the referee | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
did end amicably. There were no afters, but he obviously had plenty | :10:39. | :10:46. | |
to say. I think he had plenty to say to his team. | :10:47. | :11:09. | |
United nearly caught Inverness a few moments ago. They know they have a | :11:10. | :11:20. | |
way to go. Ciftci, making a nuisance of himself | :11:21. | :11:32. | |
again. Two goals today. Dundee United unbeaten in their last | :11:33. | :12:10. | |
five games since losing 3-0 against Ross County in January. They found | :12:11. | :12:20. | |
their feet again, because for the majority of the winter, the | :12:21. | :12:26. | |
Christmas period in particular was a kind of winter of discontent as far | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
as results were concerned. They still have ideals on second place in | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
the premiership. Their form has come back at just the right time. | :12:38. | :12:49. | |
It is four! Wonderful counterattack from Dundee United. Mackay-Steven, a | :12:50. | :13:14. | |
Highlander, has surely now put them through. There is no catching this | :13:15. | :13:30. | |
lad. Armstrong picks him out. They never catch him. Through the legs of | :13:31. | :13:37. | |
Cierzniak. Nice and easy for United now. The man from Caithness. Knocks | :13:38. | :13:49. | |
the ball in off the post and Inverness are four down. Dundee | :13:50. | :14:00. | |
United well on their way. I am sure Jackie McNamara could not have | :14:01. | :14:04. | |
envisaged this kind of afternoon. Everything has gone right for them. | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
That was a wonderful counterattack as well from Mackay-Steven. It was a | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
set piece. There is a problem for United here. | :14:13. | :14:43. | |
Ryan Dow is the man on the deck. And this is why. Dundee United looking | :14:44. | :15:04. | |
like cup winners, Billy? They have got the players, no doubt. I worry | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
about them sometimes defensively. But if you look at that front four | :15:10. | :15:14. | |
and then the balance with Paton and Rankin, they have the talent to | :15:15. | :15:17. | |
win. Richie Foran will be hoping to lift | :15:18. | :15:37. | |
silverware above his head next weekend. Defeat today far from end | :15:38. | :15:48. | |
their season. Ryan Dow still struggling after that challenge from | :15:49. | :15:50. | |
Graeme Shinnie. The only question is how many United | :15:51. | :16:24. | |
are going to score today. They have scored four in a match for the 10th | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
time this season. They are very good. You feel for them. It has all | :16:31. | :16:38. | |
gone against them. Poor defending, then the penalty decision, the | :16:39. | :16:50. | |
sending off. It will take some reaction from them to go and win the | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
cup final next week. But they are capable. We have seen that before. | :16:56. | :17:08. | |
Here is a change for Dundee United. This is the former Falkirk player | :17:09. | :17:25. | |
and a bit of a goal machine. After John Hughes had left the Falkirk | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
Stadium. The Moroccan will be in place shortly. Here he comes now. | :17:32. | :17:39. | |
Ryan Dow goes off. El Alagui scored a couple for Dundee | :17:40. | :18:05. | |
United. He scored 27 for Falkirk in his one season there from 2011-12. | :18:06. | :18:35. | |
It is going to be a very long second half for Inverness Thistle. The | :18:36. | :18:41. | |
Dundee United fans are dancing away up the other end of the park, the | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
one that Dundee United are attacking. They are loving this. | :18:48. | :19:00. | |
Paul Paton has found a home at Tannadice. He really does look the | :19:01. | :19:11. | |
part. Yes, but Rankin has helped him. When he first came to United, | :19:12. | :19:19. | |
he was still playing that role himself, but since Rankin has gone | :19:20. | :19:22. | |
in there with him, he really has shone in that department. Chris | :19:23. | :19:35. | |
Erskine is back at Partick Thistle on loan. | :19:36. | :20:08. | |
Dundee United, looking for a second Scottish Cup victory in four years. | :20:09. | :20:15. | |
Considering that they only had one before that, it would be some | :20:16. | :20:23. | |
achievement. Really good quarterfinal record recently, Dundee | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
United. Last season, they were beaten by Rangers. They did not lose | :20:30. | :20:38. | |
out to Celtic in 2012. Armstrong! And it is five. They are making it | :20:39. | :20:50. | |
look very, very simple. Just had quality written all over it. The | :20:51. | :21:02. | |
ball came in with pace and power. What a header that was. It has | :21:03. | :21:12. | |
rubbed salt in the wound. Last year's Young player of the year, | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
Stuart Armstrong, with his eighth goal of the season. Wonderful ball | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
in by Keith Watson. And Inverness have lost five goals for the second | :21:21. | :21:31. | |
successive match. Now it is just damage limitation. | :21:32. | :21:47. | |
I really feel for them. Give them credit, Inverness. They are still | :21:48. | :21:54. | |
trying to play. They are trying to get players forward. They will try | :21:55. | :22:06. | |
to keep it at five. Although that sounds ridiculous, it could be a | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
whole lot worse. I do not think they will have a say. The Dundee United | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
fans are shouting, we want ten! United have had a couple since | :22:18. | :22:19. | |
half-time. If Nadir Ciftci once a hat-trick, he | :22:20. | :22:48. | |
had better do it quick. Side net. They are still going at it. | :22:49. | :23:09. | |
It did not happen for Billy Mackay. Caley Thistle are going to throw a | :23:10. | :23:21. | |
couple on. John Rankin is the first to be replaced for Dundee United. | :23:22. | :23:29. | |
Jackie McNamara has this luxury now, where he can rest a couple of | :23:30. | :23:31. | |
players. There are big league games to come as they chase Aberdeen and | :23:32. | :23:39. | |
Motherwell in second and third. Nadir Ciftci got the first two | :23:40. | :23:56. | |
today, and he is getting a rest now. Good day at the office, job done. | :23:57. | :24:05. | |
Now he can get a rest. Replaced by Brian Graham. Pat on the back the | :24:06. | :24:17. | |
Ciftci. Inverness have made a Kabbalah changes as well. -- a | :24:18. | :24:40. | |
couple of changes. Aaron Doran didn't play against Celtic last | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
week, he was injured. He has been taken up with half an hour to go. I | :24:47. | :24:53. | |
think he might be tented to bring Willie McKay off as well with next | :24:54. | :24:54. | |
week in mind. -- Billy McKay. Paton switching to Watson. The | :24:55. | :25:22. | |
question is, do Dundee United fancy getting more goals today? Sometimes | :25:23. | :25:29. | |
they think they are so far ahead they can just play the game out? | :25:30. | :25:38. | |
Dundee don't do things like that. Inverness need to think, don't give | :25:39. | :25:41. | |
them any more, don't drain any more confidence out. Richie Foran is the | :25:42. | :25:50. | |
Inverness player to come off. Williams lost out to Paton. The sun | :25:51. | :26:29. | |
has come out in the Highland capital, but it is only shining on | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
the one team. The one in possession just now. The one moving all the way | :26:36. | :26:45. | |
forward to the Scottish Cup semifinals. The draw will come after | :26:46. | :26:54. | |
Rangers play Albion Rovers. Both semifinals at Ibrox Stadium this | :26:55. | :27:08. | |
season. Foul against Farid El Alagui. Nothing more frustrating, | :27:09. | :27:17. | |
all of those passes. Dundee have had a couple of players | :27:18. | :27:36. | |
a booking away from missing the semifinal. John Rankin was one of | :27:37. | :27:46. | |
those, he has gone off. Two bookings and you miss the next game. Caley | :27:47. | :27:59. | |
Thistle have had a few not far from missing the semifinal, but they are | :28:00. | :28:11. | |
not going to worry about that. Gary Warren put himself under pressure. | :28:12. | :28:20. | |
Dundee are pinning Caley Thistle back again. | :28:21. | :28:37. | |
He has had to pick the ball out of the back of his net five times but | :28:38. | :28:59. | |
the second game in a row. He is a good goalkeeper. But it has not been | :29:00. | :29:06. | |
his day to day. It has not been any of the Inverness players' | :29:07. | :29:08. | |
day-to-day. -- day today. McKay sizes it up. When it is not | :29:09. | :29:41. | |
your day. You see the fullback, Shinnie up the pitch. Just cannot | :29:42. | :29:47. | |
hit the target. Still giving it a go. I was at a game early in the | :29:48. | :29:56. | |
season, back in August at Tannadice between these two. Inverness bossed | :29:57. | :30:06. | |
it. They were pretty woeful that day, Dundee United. Since then may | :30:07. | :30:10. | |
have gone on a couple of brilliant runs, most notably in the autumn. | :30:11. | :30:15. | |
They are level with Caley Thistle in the league, but a complete contrast | :30:16. | :30:22. | |
to that match today to the one back in August is frightening. | :30:23. | :30:42. | |
Caley Thistle have still got a quarter of this match to negotiate. | :30:43. | :30:53. | |
In fairness, Dundee United have not scored for a while now! | :30:54. | :31:02. | |
McKay has got no one behind him. Jackie McNamara giving the Dundee | :31:03. | :31:12. | |
United fans a wave. Loads to hit with tangerine in the | :31:13. | :31:39. | |
middle. Spoilt for choice. The likes of Ryan Gauld, people like | :31:40. | :32:04. | |
that, often get the headlines. But Stuart Armstrong has had another | :32:05. | :32:12. | |
solid season? He is a player, but Jackie McNamara, gets the best out | :32:13. | :32:15. | |
of him. That says a lot because he has got a lot to choose from. | :32:16. | :32:32. | |
Watson threw for McKay Stephen. -- Mackay-Steven. | :32:33. | :33:04. | |
Forehead El Alagui was blocked. Three defenders around him. He | :33:05. | :33:18. | |
brought it down, he could have got a boot to it, but they cannot fashion | :33:19. | :33:31. | |
out a shot at the moment, United. El Alagui goes up. It just seems a bit | :33:32. | :33:34. | |
too easy from an Inverness point of view. Gary Mackay Stephen on the | :33:35. | :33:53. | |
showboat again. It is all you need when you are 5-0 down. If you cannot | :33:54. | :34:02. | |
get the tricks out when you are 5-0 up, when can you? This must be a | :34:03. | :34:11. | |
delight as a Dundee United fan to sit down and watch this? Fan, | :34:12. | :34:16. | |
manager, chairmen are having a nice easy day at the office. You don't | :34:17. | :34:23. | |
get many of them. The cigars are out. | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
A day in the Highlands is normally a good experience, especially if you | :34:34. | :34:42. | |
are a Dundee United supported this afternoon. | :34:43. | :35:03. | |
Watkins stepping away from McKay. It is a red card again. Caley Thistle | :35:04. | :35:14. | |
down to nine men, as they were in the league cup semifinal. Watkins is | :35:15. | :35:26. | |
off. Dreadful day the Inverness Caledonian football club. What | :35:27. | :35:35. | |
next? I think there was intent in the first sending-off because he | :35:36. | :35:38. | |
does not have to leave his leg and studs showing. I think he just went | :35:39. | :35:45. | |
for the ball in this one. I think he genuinely goes for the ball, | :35:46. | :35:49. | |
Watkins. Maybe he shows his studs, maybe it is similar? But I think he | :35:50. | :35:57. | |
makes a genuine attempt for the ball. Yes, his studs are showing. He | :35:58. | :36:08. | |
catches him. The referee, no doubt in his mind. He does not have to go | :36:09. | :36:19. | |
with his studs. Former Chelsea trainee, Marley Watkins has gone. | :36:20. | :36:27. | |
Caley Thistle down to nine men. They have been there before, but I don't | :36:28. | :36:31. | |
think they will be pulling back this one rush to mark No! As preparations | :36:32. | :36:45. | |
go for a cup final, this is the worst. Bernie and come to visit | :36:46. | :36:55. | |
midweek. But in seven days, John Hughes needs to turn this around, | :36:56. | :37:00. | |
big-time. -- Hibernian come to visit. Now, John News has said too | :37:01. | :37:18. | |
much. -- John Hughes. Things cannot get much worse for him, surely? | :37:19. | :37:47. | |
A slip from a loudly. We will try and get as much post match reaction | :37:48. | :38:00. | |
to you, but we will be on the website. John Hughes might take a | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
while to come out from the dressing room as Gary Mackay Stephen goes | :38:07. | :38:26. | |
into Willie column. When you look at the replay it did not look as bad, | :38:27. | :38:35. | |
but at pays the referee sees it. I think the Inverness fans were baying | :38:36. | :38:43. | |
for that one. They have at times last gluts of goals at times, Dundee | :38:44. | :38:49. | |
United have of course scored gluts of goals. Lost five to Celtic last | :38:50. | :38:57. | |
week, five so far today. 15 minutes left to go. | :38:58. | :39:06. | |
The nine men are stretched at the back. | :39:07. | :40:08. | |
The noise you are hearing is no coming from the Dundee United | :40:09. | :40:12. | |
supporters. That is the kind of shot you take on | :40:13. | :41:02. | |
when you are 50 down -- 5-0 down. He was beaten before he took it. | :41:03. | :41:24. | |
The Moroccan continues. Goalkick. He wants the corner. | :41:25. | :42:09. | |
Billy Mackay has taken another not. -- knock. If Caley Thistle are going | :42:10. | :42:21. | |
to win the League Cup next week, we feel they will need Billy Mackay. | :42:22. | :42:26. | |
They do not need him picking up an injury today. He is back on his | :42:27. | :42:32. | |
feet. He has been in the wars today. That would be the only thing that | :42:33. | :42:37. | |
could make Caley Thistle's day worse, to lose one of their | :42:38. | :42:39. | |
important players for the next week or two. Probably the most important, | :42:40. | :42:43. | |
isn't it? Dean Brill has had loads of clean | :42:44. | :43:00. | |
sheet this season. It has gone off the rails Spec Achill little Caley | :43:01. | :43:08. | |
Thistle today. -- spectacularly. The Dundee United defence have not been | :43:09. | :43:12. | |
duly troubled today. Chemise somehow wins the free kick. -- Shinnie | :43:13. | :43:18. | |
somehow wins the free kick. To be fair, I think he just misses | :43:19. | :43:25. | |
by a fraction. It is not his forte, to be fair, | :43:26. | :43:41. | |
David Raven. Played a handful of games for Liverpool. | :43:42. | :43:56. | |
Meekings was due to missed the League Cup final. They appealed his | :43:57. | :44:04. | |
red card that he got in the League Cup semi. It was downgraded to a | :44:05. | :44:11. | |
yellow, so he will be available next week, injury dependent. | :44:12. | :45:00. | |
Good play by Gunning. He has taken Raven out of it. | :45:01. | :45:25. | |
United corner. Caley Thistle are down to nine men, remember. Tansey | :45:26. | :45:34. | |
and Watkins were sent off. Roundly booed by the Dundee United | :45:35. | :46:22. | |
supporters, but he can afford to smile. He has not had a bad couple | :46:23. | :46:31. | |
of weeks. Four goals. Scored a penalty today. United missed two | :46:32. | :46:39. | |
penalties in that game at Easter Road, and still won comfortably. The | :46:40. | :46:48. | |
Hibernian team will come here midweek. | :46:49. | :46:56. | |
Is it a good thing that Inverness have a game before the final? I | :46:57. | :47:04. | |
think it is on this occasion. Over the years, they have shown a great | :47:05. | :47:08. | |
team spirit. But that confidence, looking at the last two games, will | :47:09. | :47:13. | |
be at an all-time low, so it is no bad thing to get a game in before | :47:14. | :47:15. | |
that. Just a bit too much for Brian Graham | :47:16. | :47:23. | |
to get onto. He was so prolific with Raith | :47:24. | :47:43. | |
Rovers. Those three will be absolutely delighted with this | :47:44. | :47:49. | |
afternoon's work. Breezing their way towards the last four. | :47:50. | :48:01. | |
Trying to get into a tenth Scottish Cup final. Dundee United will play | :48:02. | :48:13. | |
either St Johnstone, Aberdeen, or Rangers. The choice will be made | :48:14. | :48:21. | |
after the match this afternoon. Could be a couple of cracking | :48:22. | :48:27. | |
semifinals, Billy, on the horizon. Yeah, I'm sure they will be. Plenty | :48:28. | :48:39. | |
to look forward to. For all four teams. Still Rangers and Albion | :48:40. | :48:49. | |
Rovers to be sorted. We said at the top of the programme today that this | :48:50. | :48:51. | |
was the most difficult of the quarterfinals to call, but Dundee | :48:52. | :48:56. | |
United have made it look easy. They were dominating before Greg Tansey | :48:57. | :49:02. | |
was ordered off, followed by Watkins. It has been all about them | :49:03. | :49:04. | |
today. United have got the pace. Billy Mackay is about to be taken | :49:05. | :49:37. | |
off by John Hughes, with five minutes to go. Armstrong takes the | :49:38. | :49:38. | |
corner. I bet they wished they had defended | :49:39. | :50:01. | |
like that all day. That ship has sailed. | :50:02. | :50:38. | |
Graeme Shinnie got the home sponsor's man of the match there, | :50:39. | :50:44. | |
and was roundly cheered by the Dundee United supporters. Graeme | :50:45. | :50:56. | |
Shinnie is an excellent player. But I think he will be a tad | :50:57. | :51:02. | |
embarrassed. Billy Mackay will come off now. 20 goals this season. Has | :51:03. | :51:08. | |
not had a look in today. He is being replaced by Ryan Christie, the son | :51:09. | :51:11. | |
of Charlie Christie, who will be joining us in our League Cup final | :51:12. | :51:19. | |
coverage. He will have been watching from behind his seat in the box up | :51:20. | :51:23. | |
in the main stand for is up Ryan Christie came on last week against | :51:24. | :51:25. | |
Celtic and did OK. He looked lively. As things stand, there will be just | :51:26. | :51:49. | |
one minute of stoppage time added an at the end. Inverness Thistle will | :51:50. | :51:52. | |
be delighted about that. They will want to forget about this game. | :51:53. | :51:56. | |
Massive games to come, none more so than at Eldrick Park next Sunday | :51:57. | :51:59. | |
afternoon -- Celtic Park. The man of the match is having his | :52:00. | :52:49. | |
name sung by the Dundee United supporters. Graeme Shinnie. | :52:50. | :53:01. | |
The two subs are trying to sit out Warren. The referee did not blow the | :53:02. | :53:18. | |
whistle that time. He had a good look at the challenge. Can Dundee | :53:19. | :53:32. | |
United get six? He had a go. It was always rising. Talking about Dundee | :53:33. | :53:39. | |
United fans having a laugh at Graeme Shinnie's expense, but who has stood | :53:40. | :53:47. | |
out for you? Ciftci, before he went off. Not just because of his goals, | :53:48. | :53:53. | |
but the presidency has got, his game awareness, throws in a few tricks | :53:54. | :54:00. | |
and flicks. He was excellent again. Don't lame him for giving him a | :54:01. | :54:05. | |
rest, either. Semifinals next month, both at Ibrox Stadium. | :54:06. | :54:33. | |
Into the one minute of stoppage time here. Foul by Mercado Gomez. -- | :54:34. | :55:04. | |
Morgaro Gomis. This is a game to forget the Caley Thistle. | :55:05. | :55:27. | |
Dundee United's hopes of reaching the Scottish Cup final, very much | :55:28. | :55:35. | |
alive and kicking. Jackie McNamara will go and exchange a handshake | :55:36. | :55:40. | |
with John Hughes, his former Celtic team-mate. John Hughes, well beaten | :55:41. | :55:49. | |
here will stop a 5-star show from the Tangerines, who at times this | :55:50. | :55:53. | |
season have been goal crazy. They did that again today. 3-0 up at | :55:54. | :56:03. | |
half-time. Ciftci got the first two. Another virtuoso performance from | :56:04. | :56:10. | |
the Turkish striker. Mackay-Steven on the counter attack made it 40 | :56:11. | :56:25. | |
macro. Caley Thistle will focus on the League Cup final. They will take | :56:26. | :56:30. | |
on Aberdeen at Celtic Park next month. Dundee will find out who they | :56:31. | :56:39. | |
will face later on today. Happy Arabs, and little wonder. They will | :56:40. | :56:49. | |
believe they can move on to lift the silverware of the Scottish Cup for | :56:50. | :56:55. | |
the second time in four years. But dream has gone to another John | :56:56. | :56:57. | |
Hughes and his Inverness Caley Thistle side. An afternoon they will | :56:58. | :57:05. | |
not want to remember. They have Hibs to get it out of their system before | :57:06. | :57:08. | |
they make the journey to Glasgow next week. Gary Megson a, going off | :57:09. | :57:14. | |
after scoring before today. A stunning performance and result | :57:15. | :57:32. | |
for Dundee United as they cruised through to the night -- Scottish Cup | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
semifinal. Aberdeen and St Johnstone were always there. Dundee United | :57:38. | :57:45. | |
joining them in the last four of the competition. You will get live | :57:46. | :57:57. | |
coverage on BBC Radio Scotland. Let's get the thoughts of Michael | :57:58. | :58:00. | |
Stewart and the former Inverness captain, Grant Munro. You look very | :58:01. | :58:07. | |
stunned as do all of the Caley Thistle fans at the moment. Now we | :58:08. | :58:15. | |
can hear from Gary Mackay Stephen. Gary Mackay Stephen and Stuart | :58:16. | :58:18. | |
Armstrong, what were the highlights of the game, you both scored, of | :58:19. | :58:23. | |
course? Definitely getting an early goal put us on our way. We scored | :58:24. | :58:28. | |
three quite early and that gave us a platform. All round it was a great | :58:29. | :58:34. | |
team performance. It was a bullet of a header from you but by that stage | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
you were well on top. Some people had it marked down as a draw but in | :58:40. | :58:43. | |
the end a comfortable win? As Gary said, the two goals helped us along | :58:44. | :58:48. | |
and the sending-off gave us a boost as well. It is the fifth win on the | :58:49. | :58:56. | |
bounce for the club, and it looks like you are back to your form. Is | :58:57. | :59:00. | |
it a game you expect it to win as easily as you did today? Not at all, | :59:01. | :59:07. | |
it is Inverness at home and it is always very difficult. We were not | :59:08. | :59:13. | |
expecting to win like that. But we felt if we took our chances we could | :59:14. | :59:19. | |
win, and thankfully we did. A couple of sendings off, did that make a big | :59:20. | :59:25. | |
impression in the game in terms of the result? It definitely deflated | :59:26. | :59:30. | |
them and perhaps if they have their full complement coming out in the | :59:31. | :59:33. | |
second half they would have had more of a go. But we killed them off | :59:34. | :59:39. | |
because we had the man advantage. How do you fancy your chances, and | :59:40. | :59:46. | |
who do you want to meet? We will take anyone, it is a Scottish Cup | :59:47. | :59:52. | |
semifinal, a massive game for the club. We will look forward to it. We | :59:53. | :59:57. | |
have a game on Wednesday, The Games are coming thick and fast. | :59:58. | :00:00. | |
Confidence is high and hopefully we will keep picking up victories. | :00:01. | :00:08. | |
Well done. We spoke at the top of the show who closely matched these | :00:09. | :00:13. | |
two teams and they are in the Scottish Premiership. Only goal | :00:14. | :00:15. | |
difference separates them, but they weren't close today? No, once the | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
first goal went in, the fight went out of them straightaway. Dundee | :00:22. | :00:30. | |
filled with confidence. Stunning? It is hard to believe what happened? As | :00:31. | :00:36. | |
soon as first goal went in, you saw the life coming out of Inverness. | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
Maybe it is because they lost five goals at Celtic last week? This one | :00:41. | :00:47. | |
went in and made it 1-0. It was a fantastic finish from Ciftci. The | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
goalkeeper made a mistake, the two centre halves. The second goal was a | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
calamity all round. With a team like Dundee United, again we spoke about | :01:00. | :01:07. | |
when they sense but, they go for it. When you give them a two goal start, | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
you are fighting uphill. We don't know what the Inverness game plan | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
was, because presumably it was ripped up early on? In the first | :01:19. | :01:32. | |
half, when the first goal went in, the Dundee United, their tails went | :01:33. | :01:41. | |
up. Red card the Times Eto'o? I am not convinced. -- Tanzi. I'm not | :01:42. | :01:57. | |
convinced. The referee is not far away from it. He has seen it looking | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
side on. If you go in for the ball with your studs up, you're taking | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
chances? It wasn't necessarily over the ball, it was there to be won. I | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
don't think there was any follow through or any power behind it, it | :02:17. | :02:23. | |
was more of a dangling foot. But when you do that you are giving the | :02:24. | :02:28. | |
referee the chance. Inverness in needed a goal early in the second | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
half. There was a goal early in the second half but it was Dundee | :02:34. | :02:38. | |
United. Graeme Shinnie drove forward. Inverness left exposed at | :02:39. | :02:50. | |
the back. The pace he got, it is hard and when you are getting beat, | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
your legs feel heavier and you cannot get there. It showed there. | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
This is Dundee United at their best? Yes, some nice touches. It is a | :03:02. | :03:12. | |
great ball and a fantastic header from Armstrong. Those players have | :03:13. | :03:20. | |
such good movement amongst them. They interlink and change positions. | :03:21. | :03:38. | |
Fantastic timing. If there was a question about the first red card, | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
there has to be a major doubt about this one? No chance. Not many boys | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
left on the park. Why did the referee feel the need to send him | :03:50. | :03:54. | |
off, the game is over? That is where you want the referee to have an | :03:55. | :03:57. | |
understanding of the game as a whole. The game is over, there is no | :03:58. | :04:04. | |
need. It is a physical game and there will be contact at times. | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
There is an argument he showed his studs, but if you slide in for a | :04:08. | :04:12. | |
tackle, it is impossible not to have your studs showing. He got contact | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
on the ball. The ball is what hit Paton. It is not a red card in my | :04:18. | :04:26. | |
eyes. I think it is a poor decision. They will probably have another look | :04:27. | :04:35. | |
at that. It is a bit late now, but I think they will want that rescinded. | :04:36. | :04:45. | |
But Dundee were fantastic. It helped from the first two goals that were | :04:46. | :04:55. | |
gifted. We have a chat to come on the BBC website. We are recording an | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
interview at the moment with Jackie McManaman. We don't have time to put | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
that on television. But it is on our website. Coming up tonight, we will | :05:08. | :05:17. | |
round up everything in the way of football this weekend. The big | :05:18. | :05:24. | |
matches in Scotland. Of course, the two Premiership matches played as | :05:25. | :05:34. | |
well. Next Sunday, the league cup final, can Inverness recover in time | :05:35. | :05:41. | |
to face Aberdeen. Thanks to my guests. It has been | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
shocking for Inverness in the Scottish Cup quarterfinals. But it | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
has been a big day in the North, it certainly has four Dundee United. | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
Goodbye from us for now. | :05:55. | :06:00. |