:01:02. > :01:06.Greetings, friends. If the frantic football festive season passed you
:01:07. > :01:09.by it's time to play catch-up. The Sportscene Christmas tree is gone -
:01:10. > :01:14.Steven Thompson and Pat Bonner helped me chuck it out the back door
:01:15. > :01:17.a short time ago - and the first Sunday highlights show of the year
:01:18. > :01:19.is here, and we have five cracking matches for you to help vanquish any
:01:20. > :01:39.January blues. We start in Paisley where Steven
:01:40. > :01:43.Thompson's St Mirren team were hoping to stop the Celtic
:01:44. > :01:47.juggernaut. Neil Lennon's side aiming for three points and to reach
:01:48. > :01:48.the milestone of 20 league games unbeaten this season. Commentary
:01:49. > :02:03.comes from Rob Maclean. Despite losing at Kilmarnock, then
:02:04. > :02:21.none sticking with the same team. Just someone changed to the Celtic
:02:22. > :02:35.team. Anthony Stokes is on. Scott Brown's pass. Kris Commons. Charlie
:02:36. > :02:50.Mulgrew. So unfortunate this bounced back into the arms of Marian Kello.
:02:51. > :03:10.Mulgrew. It is Commons. A wonderful effort. Celtic denied twice. Brown
:03:11. > :03:20.to Matthews. Good run from Adam Matthews. Mulgrew. This time, the
:03:21. > :03:26.post is kinder to mould grow. Celtic have believed.
:03:27. > :03:56.Joe Ledley. Anthony Stokes. Celtic are 2-0 up in Paisley. It is a
:03:57. > :04:15.devastating start. A quick double. James Forrest, waiting for the run
:04:16. > :04:22.of Adam Matthews. Good play from Matthews again. James Forrest.
:04:23. > :04:29.Unconventional goalkeeping from Marian Kello. It was crucial he got
:04:30. > :04:45.there in time, got there before Kris Commons. Kris Commons's corner,
:04:46. > :05:10.Mulgrew header. That was great from Scott Brown. Commons. Stokes. Celtic
:05:11. > :05:22.continue to work Marian Kello. He has been a busy keeper. St Mirren
:05:23. > :05:31.Park hemmed in. That was a great cross for Celtic's third. His 16th
:05:32. > :05:46.of the season. That was a lovely delivery will stop right over the
:05:47. > :05:53.top of Marian Kello. St Mirren are being blown away by Celtic. James
:05:54. > :06:02.Forrest, Commons. It is explosive, and it is 4-0. Make that 17 for the
:06:03. > :06:16.season for the outstanding Kris Commons. Celtic have destroyed St
:06:17. > :06:25.Mirren. There has been nothing Danny Lennon's team have been able to do
:06:26. > :06:33.about it. Stokes with a free kick. It could so easily have been a hat
:06:34. > :06:50.trick. He has got to be happy with this. What display from his claim.
:06:51. > :07:06.He is foiled. The terrific bit of defending there. Is there to be any
:07:07. > :07:15.crumb of comfort for set Mirren? Filed by Efe Ambrose. -- fouled by
:07:16. > :07:21.Efe Ambrose. And it was a yellow card.
:07:22. > :07:27.Second half, Celtic certainly stepped it up. They were really at
:07:28. > :07:38.us and caused those all sorts of problems. I thought they were
:07:39. > :07:40.exceptional from start to finish. It was a magnificent team performance.
:07:41. > :07:59.I can't ask any more of them. Great display from Celtic. In the
:08:00. > :08:05.first half, a couple of chances but a bit flat at times. Yes. They were
:08:06. > :08:13.really compact between the last four. This was the first goal. It
:08:14. > :08:26.was good to see Charlie back in there. The second chance was a
:08:27. > :08:37.beautiful bit of play from Commons. I thought it was a great save.
:08:38. > :08:43.Commons has been sensational. What was the general mood at half-time? I
:08:44. > :08:50.thought we were organised in the first half. For the first ten
:08:51. > :08:54.minutes of the second half, the same pattern was there. You cannot afford
:08:55. > :09:02.to switch off for a second against Celtic. There was a 20 minute spell
:09:03. > :09:09.where I thought they were sensational. You could say St Mirren
:09:10. > :09:26.should have defended this much better. They really struggled. This
:09:27. > :09:41.is the second goal. A vital goal. Danny Grainger past it. Jason
:09:42. > :09:56.Naismith was on the end of it. It was OK here. Joe Ledley had the
:09:57. > :10:02.ball. Beautiful little touch. The third goal, the ball comes in. John
:10:03. > :10:13.McGinn is the wrong side there. He has too much to do. You have to
:10:14. > :10:28.defend the situation better. Celtic were flying at that stage. You see
:10:29. > :10:33.Jason Naismith out of position. And another fantastic finish from
:10:34. > :10:42.Commons. He drives into the box, hungry for a goal. A lot to be
:10:43. > :10:45.critical of, but John McGinn, a player that has impressed you not
:10:46. > :10:58.just in this game but throughout the season. You see him breaking up
:10:59. > :11:04.play. He does an exceptional job. He's a player. He is an emerging
:11:05. > :11:13.young player. He is really developing and mature ring as a
:11:14. > :11:17.player. He has got a lot stronger. I feel like he has turned into a man's
:11:18. > :11:33.in the team. And there is more to his game. A beautiful pass. A
:11:34. > :11:50.beautiful pass. He drives at people with the ball. He should do this
:11:51. > :11:54.more often. First tackle, buying. Into the second tackle, bank. This
:11:55. > :12:04.young man does not give up. He is going in the right direction. What
:12:05. > :12:07.is his nickname? Meatball. Sorry. Next we're off to Rugby Park,
:12:08. > :12:09.Kilmarnock versus Aberdeen. Both sides had started off 2014 in
:12:10. > :12:20.dramatic fashion. In stoppage time, Peter Pawlett
:12:21. > :12:35.looks like he has scored. It is a big day for 17-year-old
:12:36. > :13:09.Robbie Muirhead. They have to get their noses in
:13:10. > :13:35.front. Michael Hector. It is an up and
:13:36. > :13:45.under. Boyd is putting the pressure on. We get away from Anderson. The
:13:46. > :13:55.referee blows. Chris Boyd. The referee disagrees.
:13:56. > :14:10.Good ball from Peter Pawlett. Taking on Jeroen Tesselaar. Wonderful
:14:11. > :14:16.skill. Peter Pawlett. And still it won't go in. Good play from Barry
:14:17. > :14:33.Robson against Jeroen Tesselaar. Flood. He is in all kinds of trouble
:14:34. > :14:39.now. Boyd is away from him, pickpocketing the Irish manner --
:14:40. > :14:45.and Langfield with the save and preventing Boyd from scoring his
:14:46. > :14:47.13th of the season. A real man in form is Boyd. Langfield has not been
:14:48. > :15:01.doing too badly himself. A big switch to Clohessy. He thought
:15:02. > :15:10.about coming to meet him. Boyd, then it comes to Johnstone. He is another
:15:11. > :15:15.in good form and good goal-scoring form as well, Chris Johnston. Under
:15:16. > :15:20.19 Player of the Season from the last campaign. Langfield may have
:15:21. > :15:22.got a touch to that. Kilmarnock of won three of their last four
:15:23. > :15:34.matches. That is Anderson. Well, it is a corner, but it could
:15:35. > :15:41.have been worse from an Aberdeen point of view. Chris Johnston
:15:42. > :15:48.knocked it back in, Anderson, just over his own bar. Cling and can hit
:15:49. > :15:54.them from here and that is what he has done! -- Sammy Clingan. He
:15:55. > :16:01.brings out the best in Langfield. He pats it round his post. Derek
:16:02. > :16:04.McInnes will want better from his team in the second period but
:16:05. > :16:09.another free kick chance for Sammy Clingan and another save from
:16:10. > :16:17.Langfield. Different kind of free kick, that time. Aberdeen's victory
:16:18. > :16:24.at Tannadice New Year's today really did lay down a serious marker for
:16:25. > :16:28.their season. As Paula drags it back to him again and Craig Samson is
:16:29. > :16:33.there. -- Peter Pawlett drags it back to him again. McGinn thinks he
:16:34. > :16:39.should have scored. A big, big chance, this, for Aberdeen. The best
:16:40. > :16:46.of their second period. His effort saved, by Craig Samson.
:16:47. > :16:52.It is Kilmarnock giving it away in the midfield area. McGinn has Peter
:16:53. > :17:00.Pawlett to his left and that is where it goes. He could have tried
:17:01. > :17:07.it himself, Niall McGinn. Again, it is Samson who has been called into
:17:08. > :17:14.action a couple of times against -- and this is McGinn's corner.
:17:15. > :17:19.Reynolds! Another league goal for Aberdeen and it could be another win
:17:20. > :17:25.for Aberdeen! Mark Reynolds leopard inside the penalty area, a rare
:17:26. > :17:35.foray for him into the Kilmarnock box and it reaps rewards. Nicky
:17:36. > :17:44.Low, the Dons playing out the last few minutes here. It is late,
:17:45. > :17:51.Clohessy, a red card for the Aberdeen substitute. He was late on
:17:52. > :17:55.Clohessy. It looked like he tried to pull out of the tackle but Craig
:17:56. > :17:59.Charleston flashes red at the Aberdeen midfielder. It is hard to
:18:00. > :18:04.take, the first half we had a couple of great chances, we could have
:18:05. > :18:07.taken our chances and it would be a different game. We were
:18:08. > :18:11.disappointing with set plays. We did not cause enough problems. It was
:18:12. > :18:16.pleasing to get the winning goal, it was deserved. The first half we were
:18:17. > :18:26.a better team. Let's start with the moment of
:18:27. > :18:31.controversy, the Kris Boyd disallowed goal. What do you think?
:18:32. > :18:36.Should it have stood? It is his left hand on Russell's shoulder. If his
:18:37. > :18:41.hand had been lower you could see he was using it to push himself. I
:18:42. > :18:46.can't believe you're not striking up for the strikers. He puts his hand
:18:47. > :18:50.on his shoulder and that is what does him in the end. He pulls back
:18:51. > :18:55.muscle. There is not an awful lot in it. I can understand why Boyd is
:18:56. > :18:59.disappointed. I must agree. I watched them last week and he did
:19:00. > :19:04.not play that well but he got the vital goal. When he's on the team he
:19:05. > :19:07.is a vital player for Kilmarnock, with Young Chris Johnson coming in
:19:08. > :19:11.off the side and linking with him. I dobbing we have criticised the
:19:12. > :19:16.Kilmarnock defending at times this season. It was better to date apart
:19:17. > :19:23.from one vital moment. They defended well. There is Craig Samson again,
:19:24. > :19:27.outstanding, not just in taking crosses but he had to Clohessy three
:19:28. > :19:33.excellent saves. I know you picked him out last week but generally he
:19:34. > :19:38.defended really well. Nice and compact, putting in headers when it
:19:39. > :19:45.mattered, this is where they let themselves down. I think it is Kris
:19:46. > :19:49.Boyd who is marking him. He has a couple of looks in the run-up to the
:19:50. > :19:55.header and Kris Boyd is doing jumping from a standing start and
:19:56. > :20:02.Reynolds has run. It is about man-to-man marking. Here, it was
:20:03. > :20:06.neither. When you have to run on somebody you can always get six
:20:07. > :20:10.inches harder. I would be disappointed if I was a goalkeeper
:20:11. > :20:14.and seeing the defenders not doing their job. Nowadays we have two
:20:15. > :20:18.Clohessy post but most people now take them off. I like to have one on
:20:19. > :20:22.the post but it depends how they are playing that corner in. One player
:20:23. > :20:27.on, but if you take them off the post they have to do a job, no point
:20:28. > :20:32.going out there and standing around watching the game. I don't trust
:20:33. > :20:35.strikers! A moment of controversy, with Nicky Low sent off in this
:20:36. > :20:41.match as well. What do we think of this? A sending off for you?
:20:42. > :20:46.Unfortunately, it is. It is when both feet leave the ground. The
:20:47. > :20:52.referee is left with no option. He tries to... It is a definite
:20:53. > :20:56.sending-off. I know he is young, energetic, he has come off the bench
:20:57. > :21:00.today but as soon as you leave the ground two footed, whether side,
:21:01. > :21:06.back or front, you are off the pitch. Aberdeen, favourites for
:21:07. > :21:10.second spot for you? I like the way Derek McInnes has built the team and
:21:11. > :21:15.Robson coming into the team, they have Flood, an experienced player,
:21:16. > :21:18.Peter Pawlett has done exceptionally well, a young player coming through
:21:19. > :21:24.the system. Decent defence. They have a good unit and a good
:21:25. > :21:28.structure. A few contenders for that position. It has been the season for
:21:29. > :21:32.bad will for Dundee United, not a win to be had after six straight
:21:33. > :21:36.wins. There have been three straight defeats. Talk of the bubble bursting
:21:37. > :21:45.at Tannadice. Good Jackie McNamara steadied the ship? Hips were
:21:46. > :21:51.visitors. In contrast did, it has been a great season for Hibs. He
:21:52. > :21:55.helped bring the gift of much-needed Premiership points, a place in the
:21:56. > :21:59.top six and victory over Hearts. Paul Hoffman and James Collins
:22:00. > :22:06.started up front. Commentary from Paul Mitchell.
:22:07. > :22:14.Gray gets into position. Off the line by John Rankin. Paul Hanlon
:22:15. > :22:23.tried to turn it in. Collins got up well. Good defending by Rankin on
:22:24. > :22:31.the post. Forward to Sicily. -- Ciftci. His goalkeeper has missed
:22:32. > :22:39.it, he turns back but the flag is already up! Well, Mackay Stephen
:22:40. > :22:45.looks up at the referee. The flag stayed down, the goalkeeper shouted
:22:46. > :22:56.for it, for fresh air and was lucky the flag went up for offside.
:22:57. > :23:05.The ball has come back to it and he scores! Great passing from Paul
:23:06. > :23:10.Heffernan and hips have the lead and a sliding celebration of the
:23:11. > :23:14.captain. Dundee United under no pressure. Wilson was losing side.
:23:15. > :23:20.This is a clever flick from heaven. A great run by Liam Craig and easily
:23:21. > :23:28.beat the goalkeeper. Hibs are head with seven minutes to play until
:23:29. > :23:38.half-time. -- Hibs are ahead. He gets it out wide, against Forster.
:23:39. > :23:44.Turned away by Ben Williams. Didn't want to hold it. He pushed it clear.
:23:45. > :23:51.Good overlapping play from Andrew Robertson. The goalkeeper dealt with
:23:52. > :23:58.that. Hibs pushing again, desperate to get the ball into the box.
:23:59. > :24:06.Souttar got it away. That is delightful, the finished just wide.
:24:07. > :24:09.He gives Hibs are different to mention, Paul Heffernan. Watch this
:24:10. > :24:11.for a piece of skill. Setting himself up, it would have been a
:24:12. > :24:25.great goal. Souttar into Collins, a penalty! He
:24:26. > :24:31.put up at least one hand on him on the header, in fact, there was two
:24:32. > :24:44.there. That is an easy goal. He made his own error here, James Souttar.
:24:45. > :24:50.This 42-0. -- this is foot 2-macro-0. Mine for the season, Liam
:24:51. > :24:59.Craig. Cierzniak went one way, he put it the other. Hibs are two
:25:00. > :25:06.ahead, just over an hour played. The message from Terry Butcher, keep the
:25:07. > :25:18.ball. Good lay-off by Armstrong. Gary Mackay-Steven away from... That
:25:19. > :25:25.is a good save. He had to react. Well, you could watch Barrie McKay
:25:26. > :25:27.Steven Davis all day unless you are Hibs fan. Wonderful skins --
:25:28. > :25:43.wonderful skill. He thought better of it, with Brian
:25:44. > :25:53.Graham. Inside onto Goodwillie, taken! Forster, Goodwillie. This is
:25:54. > :25:57.a really good finish from the on loan striker. Seven minutes to play,
:25:58. > :26:06.a glimmer of hope for Dundee United. The goal-scorer, David
:26:07. > :26:09.Goodwillie. His side, trying to get level full stop Dundee United, three
:26:10. > :26:17.games played, three games lost recently.
:26:18. > :26:25.Mackay-Steven, went for the glory himself. Hibs will be quite happy to
:26:26. > :26:33.see that sent wide. So many options, that was the wrong one. United being
:26:34. > :26:41.urged on. Robertson on the angle, McGivern tries to get the ball away.
:26:42. > :26:47.Dylan swings it in. David Goodwillie with a chance, a goal for Brian
:26:48. > :26:55.Graham! The striker's instinct was perfect. As the clocks hit 90 at
:26:56. > :27:00.Tannadice, Dundee United hit the equaliser. They have come from two
:27:01. > :27:04.goals down, it is two apiece. Brian Graham is the hero. It was a great
:27:05. > :27:10.test of character, the lads kept pushing there. We got just rewards
:27:11. > :27:13.in the end. The players' heads down because they feel we dropped two
:27:14. > :27:17.points but it is part of our experience and what doing. We were
:27:18. > :27:19.more than matched Dundee United today and we are proud of how we
:27:20. > :27:29.played. That start with Liam Craig, he has
:27:30. > :27:34.had a good season and that is him up to nine goals. What a return for the
:27:35. > :27:37.central midfield player. Since he gave him the captaincy he has taken
:27:38. > :27:42.on more responsibility within the team. That is a tremendous finish.
:27:43. > :27:46.If you have the midfielder making these runs, John Souttar has to do
:27:47. > :27:50.better, give better depth. It is a good finish from Liam Craig. He is
:27:51. > :27:57.making forward runs all the time. He could end up a tremendous return.
:27:58. > :28:02.Absolutely. This goal here, I think the young defender, he did not know
:28:03. > :28:07.where he was, his movement is in great going backwards. Is it a
:28:08. > :28:12.penalty? Onesie raises his hands you can see the referee giving it and
:28:13. > :28:18.Craig sticks it in the net which he has done on a number of occasions. A
:28:19. > :28:21.good finish. The young defender will be disappointed. Not the first
:28:22. > :28:27.important penalty Craig has dispatched. Again, he is an
:28:28. > :28:32.underrated goalkeeper. He puts it in the same area. He is an important
:28:33. > :28:38.player for Hibs. Making runs forward for a striker is important because
:28:39. > :28:42.without the ball at times... They are running past you, taking the
:28:43. > :28:48.centre half away, brilliant for the striker. Graham got the equaliser.
:28:49. > :28:52.How bigger point was this for Dundee United? Crucial. They have gone
:28:53. > :28:58.three defeats in a row at home against a revamped Hibs team but
:28:59. > :29:02.they were 2-0 down and looked as if they would lose. This was crucial to
:29:03. > :29:06.get in there. We have talked about the way Dundee United played the
:29:07. > :29:10.young players they have and the way they have to start defending a
:29:11. > :29:13.little bit better and that today will raise the confidence and get
:29:14. > :29:18.them back on the road to winning a few games. Showed character to come
:29:19. > :29:22.back. There is no doubting that Terry Butcher from the impact at
:29:23. > :29:29.Hibernian. Let's look at it in statistical form. Nine games so
:29:30. > :29:34.far, one defeat, 1-0 at Celtic Park. Pat, what has Terry Butcher brought
:29:35. > :29:39.to Hibs for you? When you are in the dressing room and someone walks in
:29:40. > :29:43.with his presence, the ex-England captain, Rangers captain, manager
:29:44. > :29:49.going through a great period up in Inverness, what you have to say is a
:29:50. > :29:53.great combination of the two of them, you are inspired right away
:29:54. > :29:57.and the way he says -- sends out the team, the structure, he will not
:29:58. > :30:03.have players playing out of the back and doing that, he will have them
:30:04. > :30:07.compact and onesie gets own players in not maybe this time around but in
:30:08. > :30:12.the summer, then you can see a real Hibs team. What can Hibs hope to
:30:13. > :30:16.achieve under Terry? Now they are into the top six I think it will be
:30:17. > :30:19.difficult for them to come out of it in the form they are in. I would
:30:20. > :30:23.predict them to finish in the top six. Plenty more to come from Hibs
:30:24. > :30:28.and on sports scene as well. Next weekend after all the best of
:30:29. > :30:35.madness, a semblance of normality returns. Join David Currie at 4:30pm
:30:36. > :30:41.on Saturday. We are back on Sunday night.
:30:42. > :30:45.Next to Hearts who started the day 17 points behind their opponents
:30:46. > :30:48.this afternoon, second bottom Partick Thistle. With relegation to
:30:49. > :30:51.the Championship looking virtually assured for Hearts now - especially
:30:52. > :30:55.following the derby day defeat to Hibs - just finding enough players
:30:56. > :30:57.to field a team has become a real struggle. Ryan Stevenson captained
:30:58. > :31:00.what remained of the threadbare Hearts squad. If it wasn't for
:31:01. > :31:03.Hearts, Partick Thistle might be more worried. They'd slumped down
:31:04. > :31:07.the table after ten games without victory. But they had high hopes for
:31:08. > :31:09.new striker Lyle Taylor who made his second appearance after arriving on-
:31:10. > :31:23.loan from Sheffield United. Commentary comes from Rob Maclean.
:31:24. > :31:42.Kevin McHattie with the corner kick. He could not get that finishing
:31:43. > :31:52.touch. Good skills from O'Donnell. Steven Lawless. A shot on target for
:31:53. > :32:03.Partick this. Not one that was likely to find its way past
:32:04. > :32:14.Macdonald. ( Kallum Higginbotham, and through goes Lyle Taylor. His
:32:15. > :32:34.first goal for Partick this. -- Partick this. This whole ahead after
:32:35. > :32:57.14 minutes. -- Thistle ahead after 14 minutes. Ryan Stevenson. Every
:32:58. > :33:22.match an important match for heart. -- Hearts. Lyle Taylor scores. It is
:33:23. > :33:37.2-0 five minutes before half-time. In off the post. That was Ryan
:33:38. > :33:53.Stevenson. Jordan McGhee. Callum Paterson. David Smith whips it
:33:54. > :34:04.back. Ryan Stevenson could not keep that down. It was good play from
:34:05. > :34:23.Smith. Scrapping for everything, Ryan Stevenson. Reflected.
:34:24. > :34:41.Fortunately for Thistle, back off the bar. Fouled by Stuart Bannigan,
:34:42. > :34:55.and that is a yellow card for him. Kevin McHattie's free kick, a major
:34:56. > :35:08.disappointment. Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Stuart Bannigan.
:35:09. > :35:18.Well, a second yellow is issued. Stuart Bannigan might well have gone
:35:19. > :35:27.off with a red card. Jordan McGhee had a chance to get Hearts on the
:35:28. > :35:34.scoresheet. No joy whatsoever for the home team.
:35:35. > :35:43.You have to be brave when you play at home. Too many times, there were
:35:44. > :35:59.not enough options. The second half was better. I thought we deserved
:36:00. > :36:03.it. I thought we were never so hard. We cannot afford to feel sorry for
:36:04. > :36:09.ourselves. We have got another game next week. We will have to work hard
:36:10. > :36:30.on the training ground. The second appearance from them. I
:36:31. > :36:43.think we will see more goals. Look at his strength and speed. He makes
:36:44. > :37:00.his own North. Good strength, Thistle have missed the focal
:37:01. > :37:11.point. Great build-up play. It was the first time since October that
:37:12. > :37:22.Partick this had scored two goals. Disappointing. He has got a bit of
:37:23. > :37:36.pace. It was a big task for him to play up front on his own. There
:37:37. > :37:42.could be a fight between yourselves and Partick Thistle. You have to
:37:43. > :37:55.bring in a player to make an impact. In terms of the Hearts
:37:56. > :38:10.defending, there are flaws here. Yes. Ryan Stevenson loses the run.
:38:11. > :38:21.He just loses a yard. He drops back onto the line. I think everybody has
:38:22. > :38:32.come to the point of thinking Hearts will get relegated. How much of a
:38:33. > :38:41.loss would it be? It would be a huge loss. It would be very disappointing
:38:42. > :38:47.for the fans. It is another derby time, and that the big derby. Fans
:38:48. > :39:09.have been incredible throughout the whole thing. Supporters have been
:39:10. > :39:18.immense. It is phenomenal. Do you think Hearts are gone? With every
:39:19. > :39:25.week, it is getting more difficult. Today, I think Ryan Stevenson was
:39:26. > :39:28.one of the most experienced players in that team.
:39:29. > :39:31.With four matches today - and Motherwell versus Inverness
:39:32. > :39:34.called-off due to a flooded pitch - there was only one Saturday match in
:39:35. > :39:37.the Scottish Premiership. It was in Dingwall where Ross County were
:39:38. > :39:40.hoping to keep their momentum going after a morale boosting victory in
:39:41. > :39:44.the Highland derby over Inverness Caley Thistle. St Johnstone arrived
:39:45. > :39:47.in search of their own morale boost after a heavy defeat to Motherwell.
:39:48. > :40:03.Commentary from Liam Mcleod Chuck that all together, what does it
:40:04. > :40:38.Ross County looking to build. They are making early inroads. We saw
:40:39. > :40:47.them scoring heavily before losing handsomely to Motherwell. That is
:40:48. > :41:04.not a bad ball, headed over by Jordan Slew. It was Evangelos
:41:05. > :41:18.Ikonomou's cross. David Wotherspoon. The delivery from Chris Millar.
:41:19. > :41:28.Davidson. Chris Millar. Graham Carey is poleaxed. You can see why.
:41:29. > :42:04.Alan Mannus takes no chances with that. Nigel Hasselbaink. Stevie May
:42:05. > :42:22.a thriving in the middle now. Ikonomou there. It was Stevie May
:42:23. > :42:40.who started this move. Nigel Hasselbaink helped.
:42:41. > :43:16.Nigel Hasselbaink has Chris Millar galloping to his left. Chris Millar
:43:17. > :43:21.looks a better option. Here he is. Wonderful counter attack from St
:43:22. > :43:25.Johnstone, though. They were defending a corner. Chris Millar
:43:26. > :43:38.could not find the target. This game could go either way.
:43:39. > :43:39.Richard Brittain's free kick is headed past by McLean. Another
:43:40. > :43:54.chance. That is what the spoon. He would
:43:55. > :43:59.have liked to have got more purchase on this effort, David Wotherspoon.
:44:00. > :44:09.Boyd got the final touch on the header. Ahead of Stevie May. Stevie
:44:10. > :44:15.May almost in again. He has managed 15 this season but it is away at the
:44:16. > :44:21.other end. Frazer Wright has been robbed. Carey is waiting and that
:44:22. > :44:28.looks like it could be the winner! Just two minutes left on the clock.
:44:29. > :44:36.Frazer Wright didn't cover himself in glory at all that. Melvin De
:44:37. > :44:39.Leeuw, on as a substitute, but it on a plate for Graham Carey and after
:44:40. > :44:44.six defeats in a row it looks like County will win back-to-back games
:44:45. > :44:46.for the first time this season. A quick check of the watch and Derek
:44:47. > :45:00.Adams is almost there. They are looking to wrap this one up
:45:01. > :45:05.now. This is Tidser. That would have been some debut, the Ross County
:45:06. > :45:09.substitute. A couple of yards wide in the end. We want to win the game
:45:10. > :45:15.but so do St Johnstone. You have come off a defeat last week and then
:45:16. > :45:19.of a win Derby. It is a good start the year for us and six points in
:45:20. > :45:24.two games. Their goalkeeper had a lot to do of the differences were
:45:25. > :45:28.not and that is the disappointing thing. We should be coming away with
:45:29. > :45:32.at least a point and we are not because of a mistake. We will have
:45:33. > :45:35.to adjust ourselves and move on to next week. There is not a lot we can
:45:36. > :45:47.do about it. It was a poor game to lose. There
:45:48. > :45:51.was very little in it between the teams. You expect the defender to go
:45:52. > :45:55.quicker to the ball, deal with it, get it back to the goalkeeper and
:45:56. > :46:01.ecstatic with -- instead it is caught in the ball. It is a nice
:46:02. > :46:04.finish from Graham Carey but you are right, Frazer Wright has to deal
:46:05. > :46:10.with it one way or the other, just put it out of the bag. You can see
:46:11. > :46:16.here, he gets caught out a little bit. He expected the defenders to do
:46:17. > :46:22.better. Here's presuming Fraser will clear it. He has two three yards on
:46:23. > :46:27.him. It has been a fantastic 2014 for Ross County after victory in the
:46:28. > :46:32.Highland derby. Last year, 11 matches unbeaten, eight Matt --
:46:33. > :46:36.eight wins. Can you see anything similar happening this time round?
:46:37. > :46:41.Why not? They have added four players in the window. The chairman
:46:42. > :46:45.and the manager recognised the start of the season have not been good
:46:46. > :46:51.enough. Fair play to the chairman for coming out. Give him credit.
:46:52. > :46:58.Four new signings, the possibility of another couple. Jordan Slew with
:46:59. > :47:05.the pass. Impressive. He has brought a bit of belief to this team. He has
:47:06. > :47:09.a pedigree and he is a big, strong man. They needed to do something and
:47:10. > :47:15.they brought him in and in that game he had an influence. Ryan McGregor,
:47:16. > :47:20.for a man who has his heart and soul in the club, given the funds Derek
:47:21. > :47:25.Adams to bring buyers into Ross County, you have to give credit to
:47:26. > :47:29.him and the way he has gone about his business. It will be interesting
:47:30. > :47:33.in terms of the play-off place at the bottom of the table. St
:47:34. > :47:36.Johnstone slip into the bottom half of the table after being in the top
:47:37. > :47:41.half for such a long time and in terms of their fixtures coming up,
:47:42. > :47:46.these three fixtures against bottom six sides will be games they would
:47:47. > :47:51.hope to win? An easy game, the first one. It is getting really tight at
:47:52. > :47:56.the bottom. That is the great thing about the competition this year, we
:47:57. > :48:00.can assume Celtic will win the league, who will be fighting for
:48:01. > :48:04.second place? Down at the bottom is so tight between three or four, now
:48:05. > :48:09.St Johnstone are in the mix and there are great games coming up. St
:48:10. > :48:13.Johnstone will find it tough. The You think St Mirren will be in the
:48:14. > :48:18.play-off mix at the bottom? Or do you have loftier aspirations? Of
:48:19. > :48:24.course we do. Our season will be shaped in the games coming up, St
:48:25. > :48:28.Johnstone Festival but a reasonably disappointing period and we need to
:48:29. > :48:33.get back to winning ways and we hope to do that on Saturday. You can't
:48:34. > :48:39.predict games this year. Even teams at the bottom beating teams the top.
:48:40. > :48:43.The only team walking away with is Celtic but the rest are there and
:48:44. > :48:49.all capable of beating each other. Who do you think will finish in
:48:50. > :48:56.second bottom play-off spot? You put me on the spot. I don't really know.
:48:57. > :49:00.Thistle was favourite for a period, I watched them but now they have
:49:01. > :49:05.brought in a player which has made a big difference. Guys, thank you very
:49:06. > :49:10.much. What does it mean in terms of the Scottish Premiership table?
:49:11. > :49:13.Celtic, 54 points, 13 points clear of Aberdeen, who are second, one
:49:14. > :49:19.point clear of Motherwell, who have a game in hand. At the bottom,
:49:20. > :49:26.Partick Thistle are two points behind St Mirren and here we have
:49:27. > :49:33.it, second bottom, Ross County are now 19 points clear of Hearts.
:49:34. > :49:37.Ominous for them. That is it, that was the best Sunday highlights show
:49:38. > :49:42.off the year so far. With a bit of luck we will have six great games
:49:43. > :49:44.next weekend. From all of us here, thanks for watching. Good night.