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And here we go again, the start of a new season and just about every | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
Sunday night for the next 10 once we will show you highlights of all | :00:25. | :00:30. | |
the games. To everyone's relief were talking about it all again. | :00:30. | :00:36. | |
Remember last season? The Summer officially ends right here, welcome | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
to the 14th season of the SPL. One thing you can guarantee is that | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
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there will be plenty of talking Might there doesn't goal from Sone | :01:26. | :01:36. | |
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And one of the men have made it happen, Johan Mjallby, is here, as | :02:03. | :02:11. | |
is Stephen Craigan of Motherwell. Celtic's achievements in the last | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
campaign were given due recognition. Celtic were Champions by 20 points | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
last season and backing them this season is certainly not a money- | :02:20. | :02:27. | |
making exercise. The bookmakers reckon that it is no contest. | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
Celtic kicked off the campaign without Scott Brown and James | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
Forrest, both injured, and also without the suspended Charlie | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
Mulgrew. There was a former Celtic player and at the Aberdeen team, | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
Niall McGinn, and two others are making their competitive debut, | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
johnnies, and Scottish international defender Gary | :02:46. | :02:55. | |
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and that looks much improved, on paper. Joe Ledley tried to pick out | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
Gary Hooper. Gary Hooper got a tap in against Helsinki midweek and was | :03:11. | :03:21. | |
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challenge with Ryan Jack, he took a kick in the face. Many feel this | :03:30. | :03:38. | |
will be Celtic's easiest top-flight campaign ever. That was Kris | :03:38. | :03:46. | |
Commons. And Jamie Langfield was equal to it. He can hit them, and | :03:46. | :03:56. | |
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we know he can score from there, with Niall McGinn and Johnny his. - | :04:07. | :04:16. | |
- Hayes. The rampaging Samaras he gets away from Ryan Jack. A good | :04:16. | :04:25. | |
effort from the Greek. Many in the main stand a thought about had | :04:25. | :04:34. | |
flashed by the other side of the post. The Dons looking resolute in | :04:34. | :04:37. | |
defence and now they are counter- attacking, this looks promising | :04:37. | :04:46. | |
from their point of view. Just a little bit too much on it. Victor | :04:46. | :04:56. | |
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Wanyama, playing at centre-half, to create space to shoot. Paddy | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
Considine in the Way of the Kris Commons shot. He has looked the | :05:07. | :05:17. | |
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most likely for Celtic, Kris foot in the second half, the corner | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
kick taken by Johnny's. And Scott Vernon puts it over. -- by Johnny | :05:25. | :05:34. | |
Hayes. Aberdeen might not see many better chances than this one. | :05:34. | :05:38. | |
Celtic look like a different team now that they have got Victor | :05:38. | :05:44. | |
Wanyama in that midfield, with Kelvin Wilson having come on in | :05:44. | :05:54. | |
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place of Samaras. Good build-up options in the middle. And Matthews | :06:09. | :06:19. | |
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Windsor corner kick. -- wins the corner. Kris Commons, and Jamie | :06:21. | :06:31. | |
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Langfield has let it go in. A howler of the highest order, Jimmy | :06:34. | :06:42. | |
howler of the highest order, Jimmy Langfield. A win is a win on the | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
first day. How was the him -- the performance? It was not impressive, | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
we lacked energy, but we will take three points at the start of the | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
season. Kris Commons caught the eye, and it reminds you of the first | :06:57. | :07:04. | |
impact he made at the club, he was explosive. He was sensational. He | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
came with confidence, scoring goals. You always expect him to score from | :07:08. | :07:17. | |
outside the box. He is good at set- piece play, very explosive. It was | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
a stop-start season last season with a lot of niggling injuries, | :07:21. | :07:28. | |
but now, he looks to be back to his best. The problem is, when you have | :07:28. | :07:35. | |
a good start, players then know how you play. Teams sit that little bit | :07:35. | :07:39. | |
deeper and make it difficult for someone like Kris Commons. Everyone | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
was aware what he was doing. Everybody he plays against his | :07:44. | :07:50. | |
wanting to raise their game. It is almost like finding a nuclear, | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
because for up lots of last season he did vanish. -- finding a new | :07:57. | :08:04. | |
player. A yes, but he is such a goal threat, he is important for us. | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
You expect a player like Kris Commons, to score 10-15 goals, if | :08:10. | :08:20. | |
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he stays fit. What did you think of the goalkeeper you? There is no | :08:21. | :08:25. | |
point trying to defend him. I don't think even Jamie Langfield could | :08:25. | :08:31. | |
explain what he was trying to do. Aberdeen played some nice football | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
in the middle, did not create a lot going for it. Aberdeen fans have | :08:36. | :08:45. | |
been excited about the arrival of Niall McGinn and Johnny Hayes. | :08:45. | :08:52. | |
they have got great pace. They can change the team now and then an be | :08:52. | :08:58. | |
a little more unpredictable. I am not sure they will bring a massive | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
amount of goals, but it is good to have them. Johnny Hayes is a player | :09:03. | :09:13. | |
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that highlight. -- I like. thought that bigger and wealthier | :09:17. | :09:23. | |
clubs might have come in for journey he is. A yes, it obviously | :09:23. | :09:29. | |
suits him playing in the SPL. Aberdeen were a little rigid last | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
year, strong defensively, big and strong, but lacking finesse. A | :09:34. | :09:40. | |
little bit of creativity in that final third. Scott Vernon will be | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
delighted to see Johnny Hayes there. He will be expecting more goals. | :09:45. | :09:50. | |
And Gary Naysmith is a good addition. That has been a problem | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
position for Craig Brown. He has played Paddy Considine, Ryan Jack | :09:54. | :10:00. | |
and Mark Reynolds there. So getting in and natural left back, and | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
experienced player, that will help them in the long run. A couple of | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
the bookmakers have Celtic at 100-1 all and for the title. There was | :10:08. | :10:15. | |
pressure already, people expect Celtic to win the title but many | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
people expected to win it by a country mile. We understand that. | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
Nothing changes when you work and Celtic. You are expected to win, | :10:23. | :10:29. | |
anyway. We thrive on pressure. We tried to tell that to the players | :10:29. | :10:36. | |
as well. They have got a taste of it now. A talking of pressure, that | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
is real pressure this midweek, a massive match because if you get | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
through against Helsinki there are ignored European ties guaranteed | :10:45. | :10:53. | |
after that. It comes very early in the season, such a massive game, | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
but the players and the management need European football. We will | :10:58. | :11:03. | |
definitely do our best and I think we have a good chance. A lot hinges | :11:03. | :11:08. | |
on the, possible spending on other players, but prestige, as well, | :11:08. | :11:12. | |
Celtic want to be playing at Champions League level. You always | :11:12. | :11:18. | |
have the plan when you first come in to the job and you want to | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
improve the squad of players, and for that, you need European | :11:23. | :11:27. | |
football, especially at Celtic, and you are expected to have European | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
did well, that is why it is very important for us. There are | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
negatives like the artificial surface that posing deeply on, like | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
Celtic's of director of in Europe, but it is important to win mac in a | :11:41. | :11:51. | |
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positive frame of mind. -- to Going, in a positive frame. Yes, the | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
Astroturf might be a problem. We have not had a chance to train on | :11:55. | :11:59. | |
it, but good footballers should stand us in good stead and I think | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
we can go forward a little bit more than we did at Celtic Park, which | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
means that there will be more space for us to go out there and score | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
goals. Let's hope that Celtic can do it against Helsinki to stop | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
there have been many changes at Hearts since winning the Scottish | :12:15. | :12:24. | |
Cup last season, change of manager and the -- and numerous departing | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
players. Gregory Tade and Nigel Hasselbaink have been two new faces | :12:30. | :12:37. | |
in the St Johnstone team. Jean- Louis has the story of the match. - | :12:37. | :12:42. | |
Louis has the story of the match. - - Jane Lewis. Before the kick-off | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
there was a reminder of the Scottish Cup victory for Hearts, | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
and seven of the players who played in that side started to do to stop | :12:53. | :12:59. | |
us was acquitted Britain, but for an acrobatic goal line clearance | :12:59. | :13:03. | |
from Callum Davidson. At the other end, Nigel Hasselbaink combined | :13:03. | :13:10. | |
with Liam Craig who then goes well for their charm ball, only for the | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
up right to deny him. Hearts were then denied by a timely | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
interception. The shot by Andrew Driver, but Callum Davidson turned | :13:21. | :13:27. | |
away the danger. Driver was again involved, teeing up youngster, | :13:27. | :13:33. | |
Callum Patterson. That would have been some debut for the 17-year-old. | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
Hearts did open the scoring, with David Templeton dancing his way | :13:37. | :13:43. | |
into the box, then it being stopped in his tracks by St Johnstone | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
skipper, Dave Mackay it. Great trickery by David Templeton, with | :13:48. | :13:53. | |
the referee's. -- pointing straight to the penalty spot. John Sutton | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
stepped up and scored. Back from his loan spell in Australia and | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
back on the scoresheet for Hearts. A goal down and more bad news was | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
to come for St Johnstone as Gregory Tade clashed with Andy Webster. It | :14:07. | :14:17. | |
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was a straight red card for the me -- bemused. Into the second half, | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
a man down but since Johnston still pressed forward. John Sutton | :14:34. | :14:41. | |
cleared the danger. After scoring four hearts, John Sutton steered | :14:41. | :14:51. | |
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them on this occasion. The visitors did not look as if there were | :14:52. | :15:02. | |
playing with ten men. Hasselbaink showed real skill, but Jamie | :15:02. | :15:12. | |
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way to a man-of-the-match performance, but he made sure of | :15:20. | :15:30. | |
the accolades. His manager happy with that. As hearts open up their | :15:30. | :15:40. | |
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Hearts have lost a fair few high profile players. There will be a | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
lot of responsibility on John Sutton. She can take some of the | :15:52. | :15:59. | |
pressure of the other players. John is going to have to chip in with | :15:59. | :16:02. | |
goals and 10 Bunton will have to do more. It opens opportunities for | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
younger players. The manager has said he wants to play younger | :16:06. | :16:16. | |
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players. Hearts's fans always expect. Templeton is not a young | :16:17. | :16:23. | |
player any more and I guess it is time for him to make his mark. | :16:23. | :16:33. | |
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always keeps asking questions of this season. Staying fit and | :16:38. | :16:44. | |
playing lots of games would help. Every team wants a match-winner, a | :16:44. | :16:49. | |
player who can turn the game. A lot of games are tight and compact in | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
this league. He is the kind of guy that can unlock a defence. He can | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
play centrally or wides or just off the midfield. I think you find it | :17:02. | :17:12. | |
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He needs to start putting in more match-winning performances. Since | :17:14. | :17:21. | |
Johnson weren't helped by a playing most of the match with ten men. | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
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think it is a red card. Stephen, you were saying it wouldn't have | :17:38. | :17:45. | |
been a scoring punch in the Olympics. It is disappointing. | :17:45. | :17:50. | |
Suddenly you go down to ten men, it is more difficult, you have got to | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
change your shape, make substitutions. Hopefully it will be | :17:55. | :18:02. | |
rescinded. Dundee haven't had much time to adjust to their new-found | :18:02. | :18:12. | |
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status. They have two new signings time to prepare for Scottish | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
Premier League life after their late Col up. They are looking to | :18:34. | :18:44. | |
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get their season of to a winning start. Bat fell for Fowler. -- it | :18:44. | :18:54. | |
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The referee saw nothing wrong with this challenge. Kelly was looking | :19:07. | :19:17. | |
for the free kick. It is Kennedy once more. Harkens on the follow-up. | :19:17. | :19:24. | |
He can't get it on target. Matthew Kennedy almost catching Douglas by | :19:24. | :19:34. | |
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alert there. It was a wonderful pass by John Baird. McAllister | :19:50. | :20:00. | |
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attacking pressure. Great block by Douglas are to keep the scoreline | :20:16. | :20:26. | |
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blank. Kennedy's shot was blocked His effort was way word. Good | :21:06. | :21:16. | |
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time, the 17-year-old. There was a tug on the Jersey there. Some of | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
the Kilmarnock fans were screaming for a penalty kick. Kennedy | :21:59. | :22:09. | |
certainly seems to have the beating of his opponent. Douglas gets down | :22:09. | :22:19. | |
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well. This was good goalkeeping. It is good to have done De back, isn't | :22:20. | :22:30. | |
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it? They took a huge crowd to Rugby They bring so much to the league. | :22:31. | :22:37. | |
They have always done well. I'm sure Barry Smith will be hoping to | :22:37. | :22:42. | |
strengthen his squad and mount a challenge. He will want to get | :22:42. | :22:52. | |
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himself save. It is good to have the Derby back. | :22:54. | :23:00. | |
It is all change for them. This is a real wake-up call for them. The | :23:00. | :23:06. | |
need to be able to score if they're going to survive. Douglas will be | :23:06. | :23:15. | |
so important for them. We went through the archives to try to find | :23:15. | :23:25. | |
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some rob Butler sales -- Douglas Vieira. He is very underrated as a | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
goalkeeper. Did the Celtic fans at the time think they could have got | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
better? He wasn't glamourous enough? That's right. I think they | :23:38. | :23:44. | |
were expecting somebody from abroad. Martin was shrewd. Peak of value- | :23:44. | :23:49. | |
for-money. He is 40 night, but it looks like he will be really | :23:49. | :23:59. | |
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solid back four and the goalkeeper will give you big Oscar Valdez | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
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Fierro. -- Oscar Valdez Fierro for used to playing in this kind of | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
league before. These are intimidating places to go to. I | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
think the young players will learn from him. | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
Matthew Kennedy looks really promising. Talking about Dumas arch | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
windows, I think there, Nick youth system hasn't been as productive as | :24:42. | :24:51. | |
it has been. It has stalled a little bit. And Matthew Kennedy | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
certainly had a good game yesterday. The Inverness fans have for new | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
names to get their heads round this weekend. St Mirren had been you | :25:02. | :25:11. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | :25:12. | :25:52. | |
strike partnership. -- had a new minutes! Good play down the right | :25:52. | :26:02. | |
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hand side. A nice little ball into see it. Billy Mackay tried to curl | :26:35. | :26:45. | |
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a terrific finish by Nick Ross. Two goals last season, both away from | :26:54. | :27:04. | |
home. He brings Caledonian Thistle level. Inverness have been boosted | :27:04. | :27:14. | |
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by the gold. Billy McKie scores! Billy McKie didn't mess. Two goals | :27:21. | :27:31. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds | :27:31. | :28:15. | |
MacGregor in stoppage time. They have rescued a point. MacGregor | :28:15. | :28:24. | |
makes it two goals all. Ross Draper is down on the ground. There was | :28:24. | :28:34. | |
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certainly something happening there. need of sedation there. I think it | :28:43. | :28:50. | |
was probably frustration because they conceded late on. And from | :28:50. | :29:00. | |
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across. -- K Cross. Terry will have seen two points slipping from his | :29:00. | :29:10. | |
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grasp. A revolving door at it at Inverness in terms of players. How | :29:12. | :29:21. | |
much impact will they have? Players come to his club and do well and | :29:21. | :29:28. | |
then move on. Aaron Doran, he missed a lot of last season and he | :29:28. | :29:34. | |
will have a good season. Terry has have to do his homework. He did his | :29:34. | :29:44. | |
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finish. It is at a good moment, the break into the box. Ryan McGowan is | :29:55. | :30:00. | |
not a goalscorer, he is a creative. He's not someone who is going to | :30:00. | :30:05. | |
give you a lot of goals. This was a nice goal from St Mirren, but that | :30:05. | :30:15. | |
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was a goalkeeper's mistake. I think it was wrestling for the ball, | :30:16. | :30:22. | |
someone like Lois Guy, he can get 15 or 16 goals, and that can be the | :30:22. | :30:31. | |
difference between being in the top six at the bottom six. Ross County | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
played their first SPL match at Dingwall, and there are poems were | :30:35. | :30:45. | |
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Motherwell. Their opponents. 18 years ago Ross County were playing | :30:49. | :30:54. | |
in that the Highland League. But yesterday, the crowd gathered to | :30:54. | :30:59. | |
see their SPL state is concerned. Paul Los and tried to get his side | :30:59. | :31:04. | |
of to the perfect start. The ball was met by a loss and, but that was | :31:04. | :31:14. | |
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wide. -- Lawson. It was a good effort but it was always going wide | :31:14. | :31:23. | |
of the post. Michael Fraser reacted, but in the end he was not troubled. | :31:23. | :31:31. | |
Ross County had paid for the trip north for the other will fans but | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
that was rather island hospitality stock as Darren Randolph was called | :31:35. | :31:40. | |
into action. Grant Munro met the free kick, but the Motherwell | :31:40. | :31:45. | |
goalkeeper saved well. His opposite number, Fraser, could have done | :31:45. | :31:50. | |
better here, with the cross catching him out, and Ross Stokeley | :31:50. | :31:56. | |
having to bail him out. Motherwell head off to Athens this week to | :31:56. | :32:00. | |
overturn the deficit against Panathinaikos, and they tried to | :32:00. | :32:05. | |
spoil the day for was County with another low shot from Omar Daley | :32:05. | :32:15. | |
del by Fraser. -- Ross County. Richie Britain tried to win it for | :32:15. | :32:19. | |
County, but there was no opening- day victory for their SPL new boys, | :32:19. | :32:29. | |
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but surely no complaints, with a Celtic's next SPL game is up across | :32:31. | :32:34. | |
counted. That is a football fairy- tale, they are procession through | :32:34. | :32:39. | |
the leagues. You know that you are going to get a hard game when you | :32:39. | :32:47. | |
go off there. They are probably going to press us a lot. A You are | :32:47. | :32:54. | |
not sure that you are going to get time on the ball. But they have a | :32:54. | :33:01. | |
great season last year and have not strength and that much and will be | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
relying on the guys who got them into that position. I was at the | :33:06. | :33:10. | |
game and they have got a threat with Roy Stokeley at set pieces, | :33:10. | :33:16. | |
but the missing link yesterday is getting support up to Colin | :33:16. | :33:22. | |
McManaman. At free kicks, and Richie Britain delivered them well, | :33:22. | :33:27. | |
they are a definite threat. Dundee will find that as well. When you | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
step up from the First Division to the SPL, goalscoring is also a | :33:33. | :33:40. | |
problem, the defenders are quicker and more physical. All the hype and | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
bother about the SPL, you will realise when you are an SPL club, | :33:45. | :33:51. | |
the TV cameras are there, there are big crowds, but before yesterday's | :33:51. | :33:57. | |
game he did have taken a point. are off to Athens with Motherwell | :33:57. | :34:03. | |
on Tuesday. How do you think they will do? Is it mission impossible? | :34:03. | :34:09. | |
Near enough. We saw the quality of Panathinaikos at Boro Park. They | :34:09. | :34:14. | |
had quality players in the final third and that was the difference. | :34:14. | :34:18. | |
Motherwell competed well and passed the ball well, but as long as the | :34:18. | :34:24. | |
players can experience of the game, it is all to play for, still. | :34:24. | :34:30. | |
last game of the opening weekend was at Tannadice today. Dundee | :34:30. | :34:34. | |
United and have a tough midweek trip to Moscow against Hibernian | :34:34. | :34:39. | |
team who ended last season with a hand in horror show. Peter Rosen | :34:39. | :34:43. | |
went with the same 11 players who did well to draw with Dynamo Moscow. | :34:43. | :34:48. | |
Lots of attacking threat from Jon Daly, Johnny Russell and Gary | :34:48. | :34:54. | |
Mackay-Steven. New boys are Ben Williams, Tim Clancy and Paul | :34:54. | :35:04. | |
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Cairney did did you for Pat header short, Rossouw got the touch. | :35:25. | :35:35. | |
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is up there. Johnny Russell with a great finish. What a great first | :35:40. | :35:44. | |
touch, his second touch sent the ball into the corner of the net and | :35:44. | :35:54. | |
with just three minutes gone and the and 80 dark Eye head. -- Dundee | :35:54. | :35:59. | |
United are ahead. You cannot doubt the quality of the finish. Johnny | :35:59. | :36:09. | |
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and Johnny Russell. Williams did not look very convincing. He just | :36:16. | :36:26. | |
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put his hands out in front of him get the shot away. Problems already | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
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Gary Mackay-Steven. The quality of the turn merited the fact that he | :36:56. | :37:06. | |
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brilliantly. He has got support. -- killed that. That is inviting, and | :37:16. | :37:24. | |
what they say. Jon Daly denied by Ben Williams. And Ben Williams | :37:24. | :37:34. | |
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prevents Hibernian falling further United youngsters again causing | :37:51. | :38:00. | |
them problems. That was a lovely little ball, Gary Mackay-Steven de | :38:00. | :38:05. | |
Johnny Russell, it could have been two. Peps cannot say they have not | :38:05. | :38:15. | |
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Gary Mackay-Steven comes across, Jon Daly, at 2-0. They have pressed | :38:29. | :38:33. | |
and pressed and eventually the might have had got the second goal | :38:33. | :38:40. | |
that their play has merited. The ball across from Mackay-Steven, and | :38:40. | :38:46. | |
Jon Daly was on target. 16 minutes left and last season's top | :38:46. | :38:56. | |
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goalscorer makes it Dundee United two, her burning 0. -- Hibernian. | :39:08. | :39:14. | |
Possibly the best chance of the second half there for Hibs. Gardyne | :39:14. | :39:22. | |
has a chance for three. He rattled them in for was County last season | :39:22. | :39:29. | |
and celebrates his Dundee United debut with a goal. He helps himself | :39:29. | :39:33. | |
to the third goal for Dundee United. Dundee United have been impressive | :39:33. | :39:43. | |
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and it is an an emphatic opening- day victory. You were at the game, | :39:45. | :39:52. | |
Steven. How poor were Hibs? As soon as United scored it could have been | :39:52. | :39:58. | |
a lot more. The way they moved the ball and dictated the tempo, kept | :39:58. | :40:08. | |
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Dundee United could have scored another three or four. You were | :40:09. | :40:15. | |
horrified at some of the Hibs defending. They conceded something | :40:15. | :40:19. | |
like 67 goals last year, almost three goals a game and nothing has | :40:19. | :40:29. | |
changed for them. Jon Daly won the ball lots of times in the air, | :40:29. | :40:33. | |
Johnny Russell was always sharp, but David Stevens, when the ball | :40:33. | :40:38. | |
was out and comes back in he has got to pick up his man, and not | :40:38. | :40:46. | |
just Mark space. Gary Mackay-Steven has had a shot back there, but | :40:46. | :40:51. | |
fortunately for him, Jon Daly was there. This could be a wonderful | :40:51. | :40:57. | |
moment for Hibs if they win the Derby next week but if they loses | :40:57. | :41:04. | |
it will be a disastrous start, football-wise, to the season. | :41:04. | :41:10. | |
back four looks, Bury week, they do not communicate well together. -- a | :41:10. | :41:18. | |
very weak. They need more backbone in that side to have any success | :41:18. | :41:24. | |
this season. Jon Daly is back banging in a goals for Dundee | :41:24. | :41:28. | |
United. And Gary Mackay-Steven and Johnny Russell, two very talented | :41:28. | :41:33. | |
youngsters. Johnny Russell since Christmas last year has started to | :41:33. | :41:42. | |
score goals. They have grown into the game, playing every week, | :41:42. | :41:49. | |
starting to find form. Other teams will be starting to watch them. But | :41:49. | :41:54. | |
while they are there, the Dundee United fans have to enjoy them. | :41:54. | :42:00. | |
They just waltzed through the Hibs defence. Gary Mackay-Steven is | :42:00. | :42:04. | |
growing in confidence and is now stepping in from the wide positions, | :42:04. | :42:09. | |
getting much more involved, centrally. He is much more | :42:09. | :42:13. | |
confident and that comes from getting games. He has got a manager | :42:13. | :42:19. | |
who believes in him. He has got balance, he takes people on. If he | :42:19. | :42:26. | |
can play 4-League games this season, then he is going to improve even | :42:26. | :42:36. | |
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more -- 40 League games. They could be a good bet for second best. | :42:37. | :42:43. | |
people are tipping them. That can make it difficult for some teams. I | :42:43. | :42:47. | |
wonder that they could replicate it on Thursday, if they could | :42:47. | :42:51. | |
replicate it, but they were lively and full of pace. Quite rightly | :42:52. | :42:57. | |
they're going to be hotly tipped for second place. Not just the past | :42:57. | :43:05. | |
11, but a good substitutes bench as well. Good they be challenging for | :43:05. | :43:11. | |
the title? I certainly will not! Dundee United usually have a good | :43:11. | :43:15. | |
second half of the season so they start well they are definitely | :43:15. | :43:19. | |
going to be up there and it is up to us to make sure that we're good | :43:19. | :43:25. | |
enough to win the league. We need to work hard and every game is hard | :43:25. | :43:31. | |
to win. It is harder than people seem to think now and then. You | :43:31. | :43:37. | |
need to do your homework and do the right things anyway. We will give | :43:37. | :43:42. | |
them all the respect that we can. We have to make sure that we're the | :43:42. | :43:48. | |
best team. A quick word from Dundee United in Moscow? It is going to be | :43:48. | :43:52. | |
tough but they created enough chances in a first came to believe | :43:52. | :44:02. | |
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that they can score. Coming up, More SPL highways on BBC Two at | :44:14. | :44:20. |