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Hello, good evening and welcome to Sportscene. It's unbelievable, | :00:00. | :00:16. | |
unbelievable! It's a spectacular goal in the Derby. That shot is an | :00:17. | :00:25. | |
unbelievable! It's a spectacular absolute beauty! Is this a bit of | :00:26. | :00:26. | |
history? It is! This is history, Highland history. | :00:27. | :00:50. | |
Success and failure draw their own images. Here two teams on the long | :00:51. | :01:00. | |
journey to the place where neither are strangers. Hibernian wait for | :01:01. | :01:07. | |
Scottish Cup success, at least 112 years. A team from the capital | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
looking for a chance to erase the hurt from the past. And from the | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
Highlands, the champions. Sensational! Sculpted success still | :01:17. | :01:23. | |
fresh in their minds. One club hoping for a great repeat. The other | :01:24. | :01:31. | |
for liberation from heart-break. Unbelievable! Hibernian snatched it! | :01:32. | :01:43. | |
The picture will soon be complete. The drawing later on today will be | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
for the semifinals of the William Hill Scottish Cup. Rangers and | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
Dundee United are already there. Two places in the last four still | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
available. One of them can be settled right here at Easter Road. | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
It is the League Cup finalists against the Scottish Cup holders. It | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
is Hibernian against Inverness Caledonian Thistle to give them | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
their Sunday names, and it is live here on the BBC. Shy say at this | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
point if you are a cycling fan and you don't want to be saddled with | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
us, the World Track Championships are available for you on the Red | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
Button from 2 o'clock. Otherwise it is eyes down for the continuing | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
story of the Scottish Cup quarterfinal weekend. At half-time | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
story of the Scottish Cup we'll show you nine goals scored | :02:36. | :02:41. | |
yesterday in the first two quarterfinals in Ibrox and Dingwall. | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
The third quarterfinal has just about finished at Celtic Park. | :02:47. | :02:49. | |
Ronnie Deila's team will be in the draw at a quarter to five today in | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
the semifinals of the competition. They are 3-0 up, with Mackay Steven. | :02:56. | :03:05. | |
There've been highs and lows for Hibs in the past few weeks. This was | :03:06. | :03:10. | |
a high for them. 2-2 in the Derby at Tynecastle. 1-0 Hibs in the replay. | :03:11. | :03:14. | |
Jason Cummings scored the only goal here. But since then three defeats | :03:15. | :03:20. | |
on the bounce in the championship against Morton, against Dumbarton. | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
This is at Palmerston against Queen of the South. Inverness Caledonian | :03:26. | :03:27. | |
Thistle are the Scottish Cup holders. They kept their defence on | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
track with a late winner, a spectacular winner at Fir Park from | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
Patrick ctacular winner at Fir Park Patrick ctacular winner at Fir Park | :03:38. | :03:46. | |
-- from Jordon Roberts. A howler from Tansey contributing to a 2-0 | :03:47. | :03:52. | |
win for Hearts. As for Inverness, it leaves them five points off second | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
bottom place. At the end of the season, second bottom place in the | :03:58. | :04:01. | |
Premiership will mean the relegation play-offs. Inverness Caledonian | :04:02. | :04:03. | |
Thistle do not want to be there, play-offs. Inverness Caledonian | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
that's for sure. Willie, they are unpredictable, you are never sure | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
what you are going to get from Inverness. Absolutely. They are a | :04:12. | :04:15. | |
strong side. They are a side that like to play football. They maybe | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
overplay the ball at times. They don't score a lot of goals. It | :04:20. | :04:22. | |
hasn't been a great season for them. But they are the holders of the cup. | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
They've got the experience of last year behind them and they are more | :04:28. | :04:29. | |
than capable of coming away with a year behind them and they are more | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
victory. But I think it is going to be a really tight game. It has | :04:34. | :04:42. | |
finished 3-0. Celtic against Morton. What effect, Michael, do the three | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
defeats in a week have on Hibs? It will have some effect on the | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
mentality and the psyche of the Hibs team. I've spoken about it myself in | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
terms of the atmosphere that's been around this place for a number of | :04:57. | :05:00. | |
years, and the great work that Alan Stubbs has done to eradicate that. | :05:01. | :05:05. | |
To a certain degree, the negativity, the fragility. But on the back of | :05:06. | :05:08. | |
three defeats like that, such a contrast to the rest of the season, | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
it will have shocked the players a little bit. And the supporters as | :05:13. | :05:15. | |
well. It is a really big game today to try to put a stop to that. | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
Especially with such a big game next week for Hibs as well. I see this | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
game as being vital for that. The league, Alan Stubbs has said this | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
himself, they are going to win the league and they've got the play-offs | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
to look forward to. In playing towards keeping that winning | :05:34. | :05:35. | |
mentality going into the play-offs at the end of the season. A lot of | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
interest then on what Alan Stubbs' team selection was going to be. He's | :05:42. | :05:45. | |
made three changes from Tuesday night in Dumfries. Top scorer Jason | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
Cummings is suspended, so are Paul Hanlon and Marvin Bartley. Martin | :05:52. | :06:01. | |
Boyle drops the bench. Incoming Kevin Thomson. | :06:02. | :06:17. | |
Let's hear from the two managers. Alan, I know you have some | :06:18. | :06:25. | |
suspensions to deal with but that still looks like a pretty strong | :06:26. | :06:31. | |
side. Yes, it does. Obviously we've known about the suspensions for a | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
few weeks now and the players coming in, I'm pretty sure they'll do just | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
as good a job as the ones that we are missing today. It is a massive | :06:41. | :06:44. | |
week coming up for you. I wonder, given what's been happening in the | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
league, if psychologically today could be about more than Scottish | :06:49. | :06:53. | |
Cup progression. I wouldn't think so. Obviously today is important. It | :06:54. | :07:01. | |
is a cup game. It's the most prestigious competition in Scotland. | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
It's one that we want to do really well in. But I've got to say it's | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
the same priority as other games. We want to do well in every game. We've | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
had a disappointing week, considering our standards, but since | :07:16. | :07:18. | |
the start of the season, it's the first time I've said. That I think | :07:19. | :07:22. | |
that tells you how well we've done. Today is another chance to try and | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
progress in the competition. John, it is a pretty settled starting XI. | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
You have faith in these guys don't you? Yes, I trust them. We've | :07:32. | :07:38. | |
prepared the game as best we canment hopefully we can plenty the stuff | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
we've worked on. What must you do right today? Score a goal, keep a | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
clean sheet. That's it, honestly. It will be a lively game. They are two | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
good football teams and we have to express ourselves. We are at our | :07:53. | :07:57. | |
best when we are underdogs. When the boys run out for kick-off, I'm sure | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
that will galvanise us and inspire you. If we go on the ball and pass | :08:03. | :08:08. | |
it I think we can give Hibs a right good game and give them a hard time | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
off it. We've got to get the ball in the back of the net. After the | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
Hearts game some of the stuff was really good. All the work has been | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
done on better movement and bodies getting in the box. Hopefully that's | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
the case we'll get plenty of the ball, plenty of supply and hopefully | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
somebody takes a chance. John, good luck. Thank you. Three places | :08:30. | :08:35. | |
already taken in the Scottish Cup semifinals. Earlier today Celtic | :08:36. | :08:38. | |
against Morton. Celtic comfortably into the Scottish | :08:39. | :08:50. | |
Cup semifinals this afternoon. They never looked in any danger of losing | :08:51. | :08:56. | |
out to Jim Duffy's side, who fell behind in 14th minute following a | :08:57. | :09:03. | |
mistake by Thomas O'Ware which was punished by Leigh Griffiths scoring | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
his 34th goal of the season. After that, Celtic were well on top. . | :09:10. | :09:22. | |
Gary Mackay-Steven, and then they were never threatened by the | :09:23. | :09:27. | |
championship side Morton. The only downside for Celtic a | :09:28. | :09:30. | |
serious-looking injury on the stroke of half-time to Stefan Johansen. But | :09:31. | :09:33. | |
otherwise it was a positive afternoon for Celtic. They finished | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
comfortable winners by three goals to nil. It is all about the fourth | :09:39. | :09:44. | |
quarterfinal now. Hibs here against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. | :09:45. | :09:44. | |
quarterfinal now. Hibs here against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
Michael has spoken about the impact of the three defeats in a week for | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
Hibs. What about the absence of Jason Cummings, is it a big chance | :09:52. | :09:57. | |
for Anthony Stokes? Obviously it is. Anthony Stokes is a proven goal | :09:58. | :10:01. | |
scorer. His career's been off the rails a little bit, so he's trying | :10:02. | :10:04. | |
to get that back and sorted out. There is no doubt about his ability. | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
Anthony Stokes can score goals. He's done it on many occasions. Fantastic | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
for Celtic. Two cup winners as well. Medals he's got too. He's got a bit | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
of history behind him, he's got the experience and the ability. Now it | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
is up to him to step up to the plate and give the Hibs give the Hibs fans | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
what they want - and that's goals. On the other side, Greg Tansey, when | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
you look at this Inverness Caledonian Thistle team selection, | :10:32. | :10:33. | |
he's the guy that can really make things happen for them isn't he? | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
There is no doubt, there's a huge plus that they managed to keep a | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
hold of him in January. Aberdeen were sniffing around him. John spoke | :10:45. | :10:48. | |
about that when he managed to keep hold of Tansey, because he was | :10:49. | :10:51. | |
central to everything that John Hughes wants to do with the team. He | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
likes to play through the lines, pass the ball. Greg Tansey starts a | :10:56. | :10:58. | |
lot of things off for Inverness. He's got a great range of passing. | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
He is capable of popping up with a goal or two. He's got a fantastic | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
strike on him, and wo. He's got a fantastic strike on him, and set | :11:09. | :11:11. | |
plays as well - corners and free kicks. He's a huge player for | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
Inverness. If they are to get something today, he will be vital. | :11:15. | :11:21. | |
What helps is that recent memory of having won the competition. That | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
must drive you on to do the same again? It is so important. When you | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
can look back to last season and realise that you managed the win the | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
cup, that gives you great confidence going into the competition. You are | :11:37. | :11:40. | |
holders of it, you've done it before. That experience is vital. | :11:41. | :11:43. | |
I've been there myself and it is vital. You've got to use that. It | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
hasn't been a great season in the league for Cally Thistle, but in the | :11:49. | :11:51. | |
FA Cup, the big cup, one that everybody looks forward to at the | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
end of the season, they have done it before. And now they've got an | :11:56. | :11:58. | |
opportunity to get to the semifinal, take another step. They are capable | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
of doing out but they do have to perform this afternoon. Having won | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
the Scottish Cup, I look at Inverness now and think the deeper | :12:07. | :12:09. | |
they go into the competition the more you will rely on that last ion | :12:10. | :12:14. | |
the more you will rely on that last year as an incentive - you know, | :12:15. | :12:17. | |
we've done this, we are getting deeper into the competition, we can | :12:18. | :12:21. | |
do this. Is that something you have thought yourself? Once you've done | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
it once it gives an inner core belief that you can go on and do it | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
again. It is not easy. John Hughes will know it is not easy and you've | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
got to perform, but it gives you belief that you can do it again. | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
Have Hibs been hampered, Michael, being being so active in all three | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
competitions domestically they've been involved in? This is them this | :12:43. | :12:44. | |
the quarterfinals of the Scottish Cup. They have had the League Cup | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
final to look forward to. Plus promotion. That's got to be the | :12:49. | :12:53. | |
number one priority. There's positives and negatives to the | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
situation you talk about there. I'm pretty sure that Alan Stubbs would | :12:58. | :13:00. | |
not change anything in terms of being in the two cup competitions, | :13:01. | :13:04. | |
but I do think that off the back of so many big Games in the last month | :13:05. | :13:11. | |
or so they have had a mental drop. It is difficult to maintain that | :13:12. | :13:14. | |
consistency. You look at the start of the season. It with a as little | :13:15. | :13:20. | |
bit shaky. And they've chased Rangers relentlessly up to the last | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
week. It is tiring to keep that mental strength all the way through. | :13:25. | :13:29. | |
I think having had the cup competitions where they've played | :13:30. | :13:32. | |
against top flight competition and done very well, that tiredness has | :13:33. | :13:33. | |
against top flight competition and kicked in at the back of it. There's | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
the negative. The positive is they've still got the play-offs in | :13:38. | :13:40. | |
the league to look forward to and they are still in both cup | :13:41. | :13:43. | |
competitions, which will be a huge positive for them. More from Willie | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
and Michael at half-time. It is eyes down here for the fourth of the | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
quarterfinals we know already. Rangers, Dundee United and Celtic | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
are into the draw at 4.45. Commentators Craig Paterson and Liam | :13:59. | :14:00. | |
MacLeod. are into the draw at 4.45. | :14:01. | :14:01. | |
Commentators Craig Paterson and Liam MacLeod. Thank you Rob. Good | :14:02. | :14:04. | |
afternoon to you from Easter Road. We are in Leith, the League Cup | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
finalists against the Scottish Cup holders for the last semifinal | :14:10. | :14:13. | |
places. The hosts currently on one of their worst runs since Alan | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
Stubbs was installed as manager. They had been on am impressive | :14:19. | :14:22. | |
streak of win defeat in 28. Since dumping Hearts in the replay here in | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
the last round they have struggled and indeed have been beaten in their | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
last three championship games. It is a tailspin that Alan Stubbs knows | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
must end today. This can still be a wonderful season for the hibbies. | :14:38. | :14:43. | |
Stubs without the considerable goal-scoring exploits of top goal | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
scorer Jason Cummings today after his red card against Hearts. Marvin | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
Bartley is also banned. Roberts comes back in today. Horner | :14:56. | :15:24. | |
goes back to the bench with Polworth moving to right back. | :15:25. | :15:31. | |
Bag Nel, Boyle, El Alagui can all provide goals later on if required. | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
It is good to see Richie Foran back in the squad after a horrible couple | :15:37. | :15:38. | |
of years battling injury. Crawford Alan is in charge today. | :15:39. | :15:58. | |
Stubbs and Hughes, both aiming for glory. | :15:59. | :16:07. | |
The second Scottish Cup meeting between these two. Two. The only ore | :16:08. | :16:16. | |
one saw Hibs win in the the Fourth Round. How time fly, -- flies. Caley | :16:17. | :16:26. | |
Thistle unbeaten in their last seven against the green and white side of | :16:27. | :16:29. | |
Edinburgh. Rangers are there, Dundee United are | :16:30. | :16:33. | |
there. Celtic are there, will it be Hibs or Inverness who will complete | :16:34. | :16:38. | |
that quartet and be in the draw for the semis which will be made once we | :16:39. | :16:42. | |
are done here. Hibs looking to begin on the front foot. | :16:43. | :16:54. | |
Craig Patterson is with me. What kind of match are you expecting? | :16:55. | :17:02. | |
Both these teams from better suited to going forward than trying to | :17:03. | :17:05. | |
defend and hit on the Blake, so I can't see this being 0-0. Both teams | :17:06. | :17:12. | |
because they will try to play front foot football will get almost | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
guaranteed goals this afternoon. Talking about the poor form the Hibs | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
have found themselves in, their points aren't cooking with gas | :17:21. | :17:21. | |
either. Five points above the relegation | :17:22. | :17:31. | |
play-off mark. If they can retain their trophy, stay in the top | :17:32. | :17:38. | |
flight, it is still an excellent campaign -- campaign given all that | :17:39. | :17:45. | |
John Hughes has had to deal with. They have a corner. | :17:46. | :17:59. | |
They don't want to concede this early. Soically this in the blue. | :18:00. | :18:08. | |
Shotting to the Famous Five end. Hibs in the tradition Al Green and | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
white. Having to do some defending, in the infancy of this game. It | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
wasn't a bad corner either from Tansey. It had led to another one, | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
that is who you have to do, get the ball way. If it up and over your | :18:22. | :18:28. | |
bar, he had to deal with it and he dealt with it well. | :18:29. | :18:38. | |
Iain Vigurs over to take this one. Here it comes. | :18:39. | :18:52. | |
That is another terrific ball in. Puts defenders under pressure. Gray | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
gets an arm on. One or two shouts for a penalty, the referee having | :18:58. | :19:06. | |
none of it. It has been all change. Incredible. | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
Richie Foran, Aaron Doran they have been out injured for much of the | :19:12. | :19:15. | |
season, that has hampered them. That is why they have been so | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
inconsistent. Kevin Thompson who won this come its | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
with Rangers in 2008, back for a third spell at his first club. He | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
has lost out and it is moved over by Danny Williams, to Polworth. | :19:31. | :19:37. | |
Miles Storey who is on loan from Swindon Town. | :19:38. | :19:43. | |
Good play by Polworth. I might fancy this himself. He tries | :19:44. | :19:53. | |
to tee up Storey instead. Just looked like it was opening up for | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
Liam Polworth. As I said he is begin the game at | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
right back. Some of his best work this season has been in and round | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
the position box. He scored a few goals. I am surprised he didn't pull | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
the trigger there. Just try your luck. Scored at Pittodrie. He scored | :20:15. | :20:24. | |
in an unbelievable goal with three or four goals in the last few | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
minute, an astonishing 4-3 win. Polworth coming one a last gasp | :20:31. | :20:41. | |
winner. Here is Storey. He will glean Inverness's third corner kick. | :20:42. | :20:45. | |
It has been a good start. Storey, when he gets one-on-one he has to | :20:46. | :20:49. | |
take on defenders. McGregor does well to take it back, but he has | :20:50. | :20:57. | |
given away another corner kick. He struggled a bit with the previous | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
Tansey corner from this side. Here he goes again. | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
Knocked off the line, it was John McGinn. | :21:11. | :21:13. | |
Keatings was trying to work it into the path of Stokes there, first | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
time. It has been a good start by | :21:18. | :21:28. | |
Inverness Caledonian Thistle. Danny Williams, Roberts, Polworth | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
recovers. Tansey the up and under. The referee not happy with the | :21:34. | :21:36. | |
challenge by Storey. Think it has been a good start | :21:37. | :21:43. | |
fromically thisling. 50-50 they are winning, playing in the Hibs half. | :21:44. | :21:51. | |
They look keen to get the ball. -- from Caley Thistle. Hibs 14 points | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
behind Rangers in the Championship. Falkirk usurped them in second place | :21:59. | :22:01. | |
yesterday. They played a game more than Hibs | :22:02. | :22:05. | |
but the Bairns have the points on the board. That is poor from | :22:06. | :22:11. | |
McGregor. Roberts nicked it off him. It is Jordan Roberts. Good recovery | :22:12. | :22:18. | |
McGregor. He gives the ball away but he does | :22:19. | :22:24. | |
well. This is good recovery pace, I thoughts was in there but long right | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
leg gets him the challenge. With the League Cup Final next week, | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
Hibernian, we have that to look forward to. But they are up against | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
it. Right at this time. Tans sip again. Keep ever thought | :22:40. | :22:43. | |
about it. Changed his mind. -- Tansey. Away by Stevenson. | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
It is Williams. And Polworth. Away it goes. | :22:50. | :23:10. | |
Fon Williams, first touch for him, I think. | :23:11. | :23:20. | |
Good football. Inverness, who didn't perform to their best across the | :23:21. | :23:23. | |
capital this midweek when they lost to Hearts. | :23:24. | :23:34. | |
Storey. Too much on hip. Certainly looked like a team shot on | :23:35. | :23:44. | |
confidence, Caley Thistle. Knocking the ball about, even round their own | :23:45. | :23:46. | |
goal area. What a fine winner he is having. | :23:47. | :24:01. | |
Scored the winner against St Johnstone. | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
Up against the other high land team at the national stadium next week, | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
Ross County. Hibs trying to settle. They have | :24:18. | :24:24. | |
struggled to do so. McGeouch. Henderson. | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
A push there by Tremarco, on Keatings. | :24:32. | :24:36. | |
He gets far too close, when the ball was played up to a strike e if he is | :24:37. | :24:40. | |
ahead of you, if you touch him, there a good chance the referee will | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
award the free kick. He tried to take that quickly there. | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
Tremarco, who was sent off in last season's final. Let off the hook, | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
thanks to that late, late James Vincent winner. | :24:58. | :25:06. | |
So Liam Henderson and John McGinn over it. Henderson has scored, | :25:07. | :25:10. | |
generally from the other side of the box before. | :25:11. | :25:17. | |
Henderson. Keeper does enough. Not once but | :25:18. | :25:24. | |
twice. It is still in there. Still in Inverness can't get it clear. | :25:25. | :25:28. | |
They will now. Thatted all the way a Hibs opener. | :25:29. | :25:33. | |
Somehow Caley Thistle got away with it. They are on the counter. This is | :25:34. | :25:41. | |
a chance for them. Polworth goes... Incredible. Incredible piece of | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
action, you are talking end to end football. Polworth, he has to make a | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
pass or take on the last defender. I don't know which he shoots from | :25:51. | :25:55. | |
there. The goalkeeper saves a couple of times. Pinball all over the place | :25:56. | :25:58. | |
there. The goalkeeper saves a couple and Caley Thistle get it clear and | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
on the break they should have made Hibs pay. Two fabulous saves from | :26:04. | :26:14. | |
Owain Fon Williams. Brilliant. McGeouch has to store, if he doesn't | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
Fontaine has to. Inverness had Hibs under the cosh to start with. The | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
best two chances of the match fall to the Hibbies. | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
Roberts. The way it goes eventually by | :26:32. | :26:46. | |
Fontaine. It is horrible for hundred to dephenomenon. | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
-- for him to defend. You thought for a moment there that | :26:50. | :26:58. | |
Fontaine was going to try and take a touch inside his own six yard box. I | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
know. Early in the game, managers tell you don't make mistake, don't | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
gift the opposition, that is an incredible scramble at the other | :27:08. | :27:10. | |
end. It is a good ball, a free header. Shouldn't be scoring from | :27:11. | :27:14. | |
there, take nothing away from the goalkeeper, the first save was good. | :27:15. | :27:16. | |
To get up and react twice, the third goalkeeper, the first save was good. | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
time, absolutely brilliant. He fancies a place at Euro 2016 | :27:22. | :27:27. | |
Owain Fon Williams with Wales. Every chance if he continues doing that. | :27:28. | :27:38. | |
He does capped against the Dutch in a friendly after the European | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
qualifiers were done, last November. McGeouch beats Roberts to it but | :27:47. | :28:01. | |
Draper is there. Colossal figure of Ross Draper in | :28:02. | :28:11. | |
that Caley Thistle midfield. Keatings wins the free kick. | :28:12. | :28:15. | |
Devine who is protesting. I think defenders think if you get | :28:16. | :28:18. | |
there quickly you don't go to ground and you get a foot in, that is fair | :28:19. | :28:21. | |
play, as often as not somebody goes and you get a foot in, that is fair | :28:22. | :28:24. | |
down, the referee gives the free kick. | :28:25. | :28:28. | |
Hibs keen to get things going. Henderson again. | :28:29. | :28:35. | |
Great play by McGinn. At least it was. Gray might still | :28:36. | :28:45. | |
keep it in, he has done. It looked like that ball had gone. | :28:46. | :28:50. | |
The final ball, the important bit, he hangs it on the back post instead | :28:51. | :28:53. | |
of sticking it in the danger area. he hangs it on the back post instead | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
lovely turn by Stokes. He is unlucky. It is turned home any way | :29:00. | :29:04. | |
but the flag is up and it won't count. | :29:05. | :29:16. | |
Magical play from Stokes. You can see Alan stubs' face, he can't | :29:17. | :29:19. | |
believe it. He is so quick but he pulls the trigger and he might be | :29:20. | :29:24. | |
just offside, linesman has a great view of that. Caley Thistle players | :29:25. | :29:26. | |
protest and they get their way. A great decision by Alan Stubbs to | :29:27. | :29:39. | |
work the space for himself. A fabulous skill to make the turn and | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
get the shot. He was so unlucky. That might be another brilliant | :29:46. | :29:50. | |
save. Unfortunately Hibs player thinks he's helped himself to a free | :29:51. | :29:56. | |
goal, but offside. That was a great angle there to see that. It did | :29:57. | :30:00. | |
goal, but offside. That was a great appear as though Williams got his | :30:01. | :30:14. | |
fingertips to it. It's Draper. Decisive by David Gray. It looked as | :30:15. | :30:18. | |
though there was a moment when he and his keeper were going to leave | :30:19. | :30:22. | |
it to the other. The goalkeeper doesn't say you've got time to chest | :30:23. | :30:24. | |
it back. You deal with as a defender it back. You deal with as a defender | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
- one touch and get it out of the pack. Everyone ball from this side | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
has been whipped into that front post by Greg Tansey. They've been | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
terrific corners. Greg Tansey scoring a wonderful free | :30:42. | :30:43. | |
terrific corners. Greg Tansey against Hearts a couple of years | :30:44. | :30:48. | |
back. Might even have been his first game back at Cally Thistle. And not | :30:49. | :30:53. | |
for the first time John McGinn clears. He's been really effective | :30:54. | :31:01. | |
in there, John McGinn. Not noted for his defensive abilities, but that | :31:02. | :31:06. | |
ball comes in and it's a dangerous area. If you are a defender, you've | :31:07. | :31:09. | |
got be dealing with it. Just three wins in 17 for Hibs | :31:10. | :31:33. | |
against Inverness. Different personnel over that time. | :31:34. | :32:00. | |
Miles Storey surprised Callum McGregor. WHITE Miles Storey | :32:01. | :32:08. | |
surprised Callum McGregor. -- Darren McGregor. He gets the goal kick, but | :32:09. | :32:16. | |
the defenders have got to work together. This Inverness team is | :32:17. | :32:26. | |
more than capable of going all the way again this season. They played | :32:27. | :32:32. | |
Celtic a week ago and lost 3 nothing. They should have been at | :32:33. | :32:41. | |
least 2-up themselves. Jordon Roberts in the second half missed a | :32:42. | :32:47. | |
one on one with greying Gordon and Celtic racked up a 3 nothing | :32:48. | :32:52. | |
victory. Inverness as good as anyone has been at Celtic Park this season. | :32:53. | :32:57. | |
On their day they are as good as anyone. If John has his 11 best | :32:58. | :33:03. | |
players on the park they are a hard team to beat. | :33:04. | :33:12. | |
That's gone John McGinn's way. It often a coin toss when that kind of | :33:13. | :33:18. | |
That's gone John McGinn's way. It challenge is made isn't it. I wasn't | :33:19. | :33:23. | |
100% sure that was a free kick. Ross Draper eased it under the ball but | :33:24. | :33:29. | |
it is more a shoulder, not an arm. It always goes one way for other, | :33:30. | :33:33. | |
though. Henderson takes the free kick. It should be the keeper's. | :33:34. | :33:43. | |
That kind of free kick needs to be whipped in quicker. If you give it | :33:44. | :33:45. | |
air... He's a good goalkeeper. David whipped in quicker. If you give it | :33:46. | :33:57. | |
Gray, we've only played 17. Vigurs. Roberts trying to better his goal in | :33:58. | :34:24. | |
the last round at Fir Park. And Hibs know he's capable. You've got to | :34:25. | :34:28. | |
close him down too quick. That was far too much time given to him to | :34:29. | :34:31. | |
set his sights. A former Hibs boss and player. A big | :34:32. | :34:51. | |
Hibby as well back in the day. Trying to plot his old team's | :34:52. | :35:01. | |
downfall. It's not just the injuries that John Hughes has had to put up | :35:02. | :35:07. | |
with. They lost some serious talent from his ranks. Watkins went back | :35:08. | :35:17. | |
down south. And Billy McKay before that, of course. | :35:18. | :35:25. | |
But for their brief spell tough top flight it's within not a bad 12 | :35:26. | :35:31. | |
years since Inverness were first promoted to Scottish football's big | :35:32. | :35:35. | |
league. You can see how powerful they are when you look at the head | :35:36. | :35:40. | |
to head. Against Hibs over the years Cally Thistle are well ahead, just | :35:41. | :35:44. | |
getting better and better. Dan Carmichael had a big say against | :35:45. | :37:02. | |
Motherwell in round five. The ball was turned home into his own net by | :37:03. | :37:10. | |
Declan McManus. His own net by Declan McManus. -- by Steve McManus. | :37:11. | :37:22. | |
They are trying to get Storey and Roberts. And McGregor has had to | :37:23. | :37:29. | |
come from the centre defensive post. They like to drag the defences out, | :37:30. | :37:33. | |
don't they? His movement is really good. He's a goal scorer, so you've | :37:34. | :37:39. | |
got to get central. Cally Thistle are on the build-up, the two front | :37:40. | :37:43. | |
players are happy to go out and get on the ball and drive the defenders. | :37:44. | :38:18. | |
Hibs are currently three points better off than they were at this | :38:19. | :38:21. | |
stage last season. Finished second. Everyone knows how long they have | :38:22. | :38:43. | |
had to wait for Scottish Cup glory. They have been there or thereabouts | :38:44. | :38:50. | |
over the last 10 or 15 years. A good change of pace by McGinn. | :38:51. | :39:00. | |
Stokes trying to run by Warren there. That's no mean feat if he can | :39:01. | :39:08. | |
manage it. Dylan McGeouch is not moving welling. Manage it. Dylan | :39:09. | :39:12. | |
McGeouch is not moving welling. -- not moving well. Made an | :39:13. | :39:23. | |
unintentional move with Iain Vigurs. A poor final ball again. More than a | :39:24. | :39:44. | |
quarter into this cup tie now. Who is the happier manager? I think | :39:45. | :39:49. | |
Inverness started better. Now Hibs have got parity and it is even | :39:50. | :39:55. | |
Stevens. But Dylan McGeouch looks like he's pulled something. You can | :39:56. | :39:58. | |
see from his reaction he's not happy. He's been injured. He doesn't | :39:59. | :40:04. | |
want to go off, but Hibs can't afford passengers. | :40:05. | :40:17. | |
The Hibs bench today: Farid El Alagui, Niklas Gunnarson, Shaw and | :40:18. | :40:30. | |
Donaldson. Anthony Stokes is struggling a bit. | :40:31. | :40:43. | |
Time for a change. Is it going to be a like-for-like change? Niklas | :40:44. | :40:52. | |
Gunnarson is going to come on. He is capable of playing midfield. He can | :40:53. | :40:57. | |
also play full-back or centre-back, so Alan Stubbs has options. He can | :40:58. | :41:02. | |
stick him in that central area. But Dylan McGeouch, there is no | :41:03. | :41:07. | |
challenge there. He's pulled up and looks like another muscle strain. | :41:08. | :41:18. | |
Bad news for Hibs. Niklas Gunnarson, the Norwegian, on loan from his | :41:19. | :41:32. | |
homeland club. 6 foot 2 defender is replacing Dylan McGeouch. Defensive | :41:33. | :41:38. | |
play, set pieces, Cally Thistle have put some magnificent corners. Extra | :41:39. | :41:41. | |
height will be a help. It's been a season | :41:42. | :42:01. | |
punctuated by injury problems for Dylan McGeouch. So it looks like | :42:02. | :42:08. | |
three centre-backs, Gunnarson alongside McGregor and Fontaine. | :42:09. | :42:12. | |
That will push Stevenson into the line. A system they've used many | :42:13. | :42:19. | |
times, of the not an ideal change but Hibs will certainly cope. | :42:20. | :42:31. | |
Good pressure by James Keatings. When you've got two markers and one | :42:32. | :42:44. | |
spare, you get tight with your man to stop them dominate. O stop them | :42:45. | :42:48. | |
dominate. -- stop them dominating. Anthony Stokes into the wide area. A | :42:49. | :43:33. | |
good ball from Stevenson. The defender gets across, but does this | :43:34. | :43:39. | |
go out? It is difficult to tell, but a chance for Niklas Gunnarson. Away | :43:40. | :43:44. | |
by Vigurs. Great corner by Henderson. Going to get a second | :43:45. | :43:52. | |
bite of the cherry. Roberts is all over him. Another corner. Two big | :43:53. | :44:04. | |
centre-backs off already. I thought they might throw the big fella off | :44:05. | :44:10. | |
to add to the mix. It is deeper this time from Henderson. Oh, now then. | :44:11. | :44:22. | |
Crawford Allen has given Hibs the decision but it is outside the box I | :44:23. | :44:25. | |
think, according to the ref. That's a tough one to call from his angle. | :44:26. | :44:31. | |
Gets there first, Henderson flicks the ball and then there was | :44:32. | :44:36. | |
definitely a contact there. Might just be on the line. I think the | :44:37. | :44:41. | |
referee has given the defender the benefit of the doubt. Where does the | :44:42. | :44:46. | |
contact take place? It could be right on the line couldn't it. | :44:47. | :44:48. | |
That's a tough one. Liam Polworth has gone into the book | :44:49. | :45:01. | |
for that clip. Henderson, does he fancy going for | :45:02. | :45:04. | |
it himself here in the angle is against him. That top corner must be | :45:05. | :45:11. | |
pretty tempting. Away by Draper. | :45:12. | :45:21. | |
McGinn. Good play by Kevin Thompson. | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
Blood-and-thunder, that what you want to see in a cup tie. It is a | :45:28. | :45:33. | |
good old fashioned cup tie. You have to love that, it is a thumping | :45:34. | :45:38. | |
challenge and they both get up with a smile on their face. This is a | :45:39. | :45:42. | |
belter. Two players go for the ball. Great. | :45:43. | :45:52. | |
Hike stakes football match here.. The draw at the semifinals will be | :45:53. | :45:59. | |
made at 4.45 this afternoon, you will be able to catch that on sports | :46:00. | :46:05. | |
sound on BBC Radio Scotland, once we are done at Easter Road. | :46:06. | :46:12. | |
Could be that these two are both in it later, if we are going to a | :46:13. | :46:16. | |
replay. That would be Wednesday week, 16th. | :46:17. | :46:22. | |
replay. At the Caledonian Stadium, if | :46:23. | :46:25. | |
needed. Half an hour in. | :46:26. | :46:33. | |
Hibs have shaded it as far as chances are concerned. | :46:34. | :46:38. | |
And a flash point between Draper and Thompson. Draper trying to defuse | :46:39. | :46:44. | |
And a flash point between Draper and it. It is getting feisty, I have no | :46:45. | :46:47. | |
problem with that, it adds to the whole occasion. | :46:48. | :47:02. | |
You don't want too many head to heads with 6'5" with Draper. | :47:03. | :47:10. | |
Thompson is moving up a couple of weight divisions but two committed | :47:11. | :47:13. | |
players. There is no need for bookings. | :47:14. | :47:26. | |
The free kick goes their way eventually. | :47:27. | :47:58. | |
Stokes. Hibs have a very good record against top flight sides this | :47:59. | :48:08. | |
season, most notably, recently, the win over Hearts but they have beaten | :48:09. | :48:15. | |
Dundee United and an Aberdeen side they hammered Hearts a few days | :48:16. | :48:21. | |
before in the League Cup. Five cup ties the, five wins and not a goal | :48:22. | :48:25. | |
conceded. Doesn't get much better than that. They have shown they can | :48:26. | :48:30. | |
come up, back up to the Premiership they will be able to more than hold | :48:31. | :48:37. | |
their own next season. They have a fantastic squad here. A top flight | :48:38. | :48:40. | |
squad. Storey is offside. I think he just | :48:41. | :48:45. | |
moved slightly too early. He is pulled off into a good area. He has | :48:46. | :48:49. | |
moved slightly too early. He is to hold the run. The ball is played | :48:50. | :48:53. | |
and he might be level. He might be level. The linesman was bang in line | :48:54. | :48:57. | |
but Storey is going forward. You see that yard then the flag goes up. | :48:58. | :49:12. | |
Hibs have a couple of final appearances in recent year, they | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
were in the semis last season as well. | :49:18. | :49:26. | |
They surely have to win this competition some some time You will | :49:27. | :49:29. | |
find a few Hibs fans have been saying that for a few years now. | :49:30. | :49:39. | |
Roberts. Vigurs whipping the ball away from | :49:40. | :49:45. | |
Henderson. Manufacture Tansey who could so easily have been an | :49:46. | :49:49. | |
Aberdeen player the final day of transfer window. | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
Inverness started well. The first ten minutes of this game, they were | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
nicking the ball about nicely, but Hibs have shaded it since then. You | :50:01. | :50:05. | |
can see with that possession stat. Certainly enjoying far more | :50:06. | :50:08. | |
possession and they are getting the ball in and round the goal and | :50:09. | :50:12. | |
working Fon Williams. So Alan Stubbs I think he wouldn't be happy with | :50:13. | :50:17. | |
slow start but the team are growing it to -- into it. | :50:18. | :50:26. | |
I don't think Roberts could complain it to -- into it. | :50:27. | :50:35. | |
too much about that. McGregor, he bans into him. You can | :50:36. | :50:42. | |
use your shoulder but everything went in there he shouldn't be major | :50:43. | :50:45. | |
league surprise that a free kick was given. | :50:46. | :50:52. | |
Here is Henderson. He did pretty well from where he | :50:53. | :51:02. | |
was. He couldn't get his foot round the | :51:03. | :51:08. | |
ball. He started towards the goalkeeper but too near. Tansey was | :51:09. | :51:13. | |
caught napping there. Stevenson goes in this time on | :51:14. | :51:15. | |
Draper. Stevenson goes in this time on | :51:16. | :51:26. | |
Keiths. Going to get it back. He is going to go for goal himself. -- | :51:27. | :51:33. | |
Keatings. Fon Williams doesn't need to save it. Keatings does well. | :51:34. | :51:39. | |
Straight to the goalkeeper, and you are not going to beat him from the | :51:40. | :51:42. | |
with that. with that. | :51:43. | :51:47. | |
-- from there with that. Unorthodox, played the right thing | :51:48. | :51:51. | |
to do by Fon Williams. The way the ball skipped back up at him. | :51:52. | :52:02. | |
Rangers and Dundee United going through yesterday. Rangers with a | :52:03. | :52:08. | |
4-0 whipping of Dundee before United left it late. Down to ten men to | :52:09. | :52:17. | |
beat Ross County. Celtic 3, Greenock Morton 0 today. | :52:18. | :52:20. | |
All goals were scored in the first half. | :52:21. | :52:29. | |
Eased a -- eases a little bit of pressure for Ronny Deila at least. | :52:30. | :52:39. | |
Here in Edinburgh nothing between them. Hibs with the better chances. | :52:40. | :52:48. | |
Particularly McGeouch Fontaine and Stokes. | :52:49. | :52:54. | |
Both teams finding it difficult to keep hold of the ball in the | :52:55. | :52:57. | |
midfield. Robert, blocked by Gunnarsson. | :52:58. | :53:03. | |
Happy with the challenge. Keatings having a pretty good | :53:04. | :53:19. | |
afternoon so far. Looks lively. Here he is again. | :53:20. | :53:20. | |
Out to Stokes. Stokes could have been in the Caley | :53:21. | :53:36. | |
Thistle line up today if John Hughes had his way. Hughes brought Stokes | :53:37. | :53:43. | |
to Scottish football with Falkirk. Fontaine's ball. He couldn't | :53:44. | :53:45. | |
to Scottish football with Falkirk. generate any power. I think David | :53:46. | :53:52. | |
Gray needs to look at knocking that back into the mixer. He is never | :53:53. | :53:55. | |
going to generate the kind of power required. | :53:56. | :54:19. | |
Henderson. And again. Warren shuts the door. | :54:20. | :55:22. | |
Tansey playing on the right-wing. We have seen Ross Draper playing in a | :55:23. | :55:28. | |
more advanced position. Sit back and enjoy that, that is | :55:29. | :55:42. | |
fantastic from McGinn. Magnificent skill. It is a great challenge by | :55:43. | :55:50. | |
Stevenson but when it broke into the corner, Draper thought he has closed | :55:51. | :55:54. | |
McGinn down. He flicked it over him and started to play. | :55:55. | :55:59. | |
Sailing down the fourth in the showboat McGinn. That was wonderful. | :56:00. | :56:08. | |
Tansey out to Polworth. Nicely done by Vigurs. It is | :56:09. | :56:14. | |
Williams. Still to test Mark Oxley in the | :56:15. | :56:18. | |
first half. Hibs fans upset, James Keatings | :56:19. | :56:45. | |
wasn't given another free kick here. Maybe a knee in the thigh, but the | :56:46. | :56:51. | |
referee was entitled to play on there. | :56:52. | :56:59. | |
You might have heard another boo in the background, that is because the | :57:00. | :57:02. | |
Hibs fans thought Inverness were going to play on from the throw-in. | :57:03. | :57:06. | |
They sportingly gave it back to the many in green and white. | :57:07. | :57:16. | |
0-0 with four to the break. Intriguing, is perhaps the world you | :57:17. | :57:24. | |
would use to describe this. Keatings was intrigued as to where | :57:25. | :57:27. | |
the ball was there! Inverness are upset that went Hibs's | :57:28. | :57:53. | |
way. So Stokes, well as a football fan | :57:54. | :57:56. | |
Craig, you appeal for everything, we have all been there You expect | :57:57. | :58:01. | |
everything to be given to your team, the linesman could see the referee | :58:02. | :58:04. | |
knew what was going on, and made the right decision. | :58:05. | :58:30. | |
John Hughes mentioned as we watch a replay of this trip by Henderson. He | :58:31. | :58:35. | |
mentioned before the game the goals have dried up for them, and they | :58:36. | :58:39. | |
have not really had Mark Oxley in a sweat at any point, a couple of good | :58:40. | :58:44. | |
corners early on from Greg Tansey. Set pieces have been excellent from | :58:45. | :58:48. | |
Caley Thistle but in open play, they have found the Hibs' defence a tough | :58:49. | :58:49. | |
nut to crack. Hence Henderson. He will get the | :58:50. | :59:31. | |
free kick for the pull. It has got scrappy in the last five | :59:32. | :59:32. | |
or ten minutes. Williams deals with it. Not | :59:33. | :59:54. | |
convinced that Tremarco that was he was going to be there though. You | :59:55. | :00:06. | |
mentioned the set pieces, the cross balls from Inverness have been | :00:07. | :00:10. | |
pretty good without them having anyone on the end of it. It's been | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
on opposite story I suppose for the hosts. Not for the first time the | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
build-up play, exquisite, but the final ball left a lot to be asked. | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
If it is chipped into the back post. If you smash it in there, it's a | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
nightmare for back players. That chipped ball, David Gray it's trying | :00:32. | :00:36. | |
to get into the back post. That final ball has got to be better for | :00:37. | :00:39. | |
Hibs. All hands to the pump for Cally | :00:40. | :01:01. | |
Thistle. Miles Storey stays up front. Every other Cally Thistle | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
player back in that defensive area. Henderson zips it in. Stokes keeps | :01:08. | :01:17. | |
it alive. Trying to torment Tremarco. | :01:18. | :01:31. | |
The ref was happy with the Tansey challenge. | :01:32. | :01:47. | |
Again Vigurs was caught. They were unsympathetic to his plight. Ross | :01:48. | :02:08. | |
Draper used his strength. An arm came out and one or two Hibs players | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
asked the ref if it was a penalty, but he didn't give it. When they | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
break apart as the ball's gone out, I think Ross Draper has another | :02:19. | :02:23. | |
push. I don't think Stevens ever got that left arm there. The referee | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
didn't see it. The first half is over at Easter Road. Absolutely | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
nothing between them on the score sheet, but Hibs have had the ball in | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
the net through James Keatings. He was offside after Anthony Stokes had | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
hit the post. Dylan McGeouch, who has gone off injured, with a free | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
header saved by Williams, who was good to prevent Liam Fontaine from | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
gobbling up the rebound. It is Hibernian nil, Scottish Cup holders | :02:57. | :02:57. | |
Cally Thistle nil. Well, 12 goals so far this weekend | :02:58. | :03:07. | |
in the Scottish Cup quarterfinals, but so far without a contribution | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
from this one. A great chance for David Gray there. Scrambled clear. | :03:13. | :03:20. | |
Great goalkeeping by Williams. What a touch from the keeper. On to the | :03:21. | :03:25. | |
post. Keatings is offside. No goal for Hibs. Should it have been a | :03:26. | :03:28. | |
penalty? It was right on the borderline you would have thought | :03:29. | :03:34. | |
there. The challenge was on Liam Henderson. All of that adds up to a | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
0-0 score line between Hibernian and Inverness Caledonian Thistle. We'll | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
get reaction shortly from Celtic Park. Celtic are through to the | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
semifinals, beating championship Morton earlier today by three goals | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
to nil. I'm also looking back on the goals from yesterday. Nine of them | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
at Ibrox and in Dingwall. Let's talk about this game, which started | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
pretty well for Inverness Caledonian Thistle. For the first ten minutes | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
they looked really good. They. They started the game the way John Hughes | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
wanted them to start, on the front foot. Plenty of possession. Three or | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
four corners. Good deliveries into the box, and Hibs defended them | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
well. Gradually Hibs started to take control. There is no doubt that Alan | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
Stubbs is the happier manager in terms of creating opportunities but | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
it must be disappointing they haven't been taking them. Before | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
Dylan McGeouch went off, they've tweaked things, maybe not for the | :04:42. | :04:44. | |
better in terms of the game. You are spot on the game has got scrappy. | :04:45. | :04:50. | |
Dylan McGeouch has gone off and Hibs have gone to three at the back, two | :04:51. | :04:54. | |
wing-backs and Inverness have matched them up. It has become a | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
stale match. The two have cancelled each other out. Very scrappy, lots | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
of free kicks and stoppages in play. In stark contrast to the start of | :05:04. | :05:08. | |
the game, as Willie was talking about, with Inverness on the | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
ascendancy, putting pressure in the final third. Hibs managed to work | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
their way back into the game. They've lost momentum with McGeouch | :05:18. | :05:20. | |
going off and having to change the formation. They don't have anyone | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
else to keep the diamond in midfield. That's normally a position | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
where they have a lot of players to go in. Today they are short of | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
numbers. That was an amazing scramble inside the six yard box. | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
What a chance for David Gray, who was unmarked. Should have been | :05:40. | :05:49. | |
buried into the back of the net. An incredible scramble into the box. | :05:50. | :05:56. | |
And this counterattack. They should have done better. As Willie says, | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
that should be in the back of the net. The game should be 1-0 and all | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
the better for it. Hibs have got to be concerned with the way they were | :06:07. | :06:12. | |
set up. David Gray, no Inverness player within five yards of him. A | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
great save by Williams. But Hibs were very short of numbers at the | :06:19. | :06:26. | |
back there. Polworth had a fantastic opportunity. The TV reruns always | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
tell us more than we see at the time. We knew that James Keatings | :06:32. | :06:35. | |
was offside, but we didn't know this was a brilliant save from Williams | :06:36. | :06:41. | |
to deny Anthony Stokes. It was a fabulous save from the goalkeeper. | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
Wonderful play from Anthony Stokes. Taking the ball with his right foot | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
there, past the defender. Then he turns and hits it really sharply. | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
That's what has taken the goalkeeper by surprise. That's what I was going | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
to say, Willie. This shows what a fantastic save it is from Williams. | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
It is one of those that Anthony Stokes strikes it to early that | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
invariably you see the ones that get past the keeper before they get a | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
chance to react. And it is down so low. It was a top drawer save to get | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
that on the post. Should Hibs have low. It was a top drawer save to get | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
had a penalty? The only thing I'm sure of is I'm unsure whether it was | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
or wasn't a penalty. It is so close. The referee's got a big decision. | :07:28. | :07:33. | |
Would have to say it is a rash challenge from poll pop. Henderson | :07:34. | :07:36. | |
goes down. There is no doubt there was contact, but is that inside? Is | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
it outside? Is it on the line? I can't tell. Unless you've got a | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
laser beam shining up into the sky. Maybe that's the future! It is very | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
difficult. This one to me makes it look like it is inside the box. But | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
it is so tough to call. That's where you say to yourself it is a | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
it is so tough to call. That's where thankless task for the referee. | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
You've got be 100% sure, and Crawford Allen made the right | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
decision, as we are not 100% sure. Let's look at the two managers and | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
their body language on the touchline, which always tells you a | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
whole lot as well. John Hughes would have been really happy with the way | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
his team controlled the game for the first 10 minutes. Thereafter it was | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
his team controlled the game for the about Alan Stubbs' Hibs creating the | :08:30. | :08:31. | |
chances. Hughes showing he hasn't lost that delicate first touch he's | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
always had. It's the two sides of the coin for Hibs. They'll be happy | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
about the chances they've created, but not the fact they haven't taken | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
one. Absolutely. I think that's where Alan Stubbs will be. Very | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
frustrated. Although they didn't start the game particularly well, | :08:49. | :08:51. | |
they grew into the game. They've created by far the better chances. | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
The glaring opportunity is David Gray's chance. He's got to put that | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
away. But the Anthony Stokes one, it is a great turn and shot. Should | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
have dominated proceedings. Dominated possession. They had the | :09:06. | :09:10. | |
better possession. You will go into half-time happy but disappointed | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
that you are not in the league. Watching this game, Inverness's | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
tactics are unusual, looking to get the ball away quickly. You've got | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
Storey and Roberts up front, quick, powerful. They are looking at every | :09:27. | :09:29. | |
opportunity to get in behind the Hibs defence. So hib have got to be | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
careful. Even if they are going to be in the ascendancy in the second | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
half Inverness are looking to exploit that back line with quick | :09:40. | :09:42. | |
balls behind them and they've got guys up front capable of doing that. | :09:43. | :09:47. | |
We have no way of knowing which of the two will take place place in the | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
cup. Yesterday Rangers and Dundee United took their place in the draw, | :09:53. | :09:55. | |
which will be around a quarter to five today after this one has | :09:56. | :10:01. | |
finished. As of earlier today Celtic beat championship Morton by 3-0. | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
Leigh Griffiths scored his 34th of the campaign. Gary Mackay-Steven, | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
and McGregor. It was 3-0 at full-time. The let's get after-match | :10:13. | :10:19. | |
reaction. Congratulations. Are you pleased with the professionalism | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
your players showed today in recording a comfortable victory? | :10:24. | :10:26. | |
Very pleased with and-a-half we started the game well. To get 1-0 | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
and to continue, and then the game is over. They did a very good job. | :10:33. | :10:36. | |
It is something we can build on in future. It was important I guess for | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
your players to show you and the fans that despite criticism during | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
the week they had the Mettle, the personality to go out and show what | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
they are really capable of. I knew that all the time. We've had a rough | :10:53. | :10:58. | |
period now. We haven't lost so much but we haven't played well. We | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
haven't lost and the cup is something you have to win, or you | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
are out. It was a very important game today and now we are in the | :11:08. | :11:10. | |
semifinal, the fourth time in two years. We'll do everything to get | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
that trophy. Jim, commiserations. Could you have asked any more from | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
your players, do you think? Not in terms of effort. The work ethic was | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
fantastic. We made basic errors and that gave Celtic all the incentive | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
they needed to win comfortably. From our point of view, I thought we | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
started the game reasonably well, but the first couple of goals were | :11:35. | :11:38. | |
basic. Celtic aren't good enough on their own to create chances without | :11:39. | :11:48. | |
us handing them those opportunities. Celtic are good enough. I think | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
Thomas lost the flight of the ball. If you give Leigh Griffiths that | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
kind of chance, he's going to bury it. It is a misjudgment. When it | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
happens to a team with the quality of Celtic, it gives the impetus to | :12:04. | :12:07. | |
go and put the tie beyond you. The second goal as well. We had the ball | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
in a comfortable area and lost it. Celtic capitalised on that. In the | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
second half we asked the players to show better character and to dig in. | :12:17. | :12:24. | |
If we lost 3-0, but overall Celtic were comfortable winners and we wish | :12:25. | :12:31. | |
them well in the semifinal. Talking there about Thomas O'Ware's mistake. | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
You'll see the highlights later tonight. Championship Morton had | :12:36. | :12:38. | |
started pretty well in the game. But at the end of it all it is a really | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
important win for Celtic. Crucial for Ronnie Deila. It's one of those | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
games it was a potential banana skin for them. They've not performed | :12:50. | :12:54. | |
particularly great. You heard Ronnie Deila there saying it himself. | :12:55. | :12:57. | |
Having drawn a few games of late. It is one of those games where they are | :12:58. | :13:01. | |
never going to get a huge amount of credit. They are expected to win. If | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
they haven't come out with a victory they wee have been absolutely panned | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
for it. It was a must-win. Something they are going to take a level of | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
confidence from. They've got a real fight on their hands in the league | :13:15. | :13:18. | |
and will be delighted to get through to the semifinal of the Scottish Cup | :13:19. | :13:22. | |
and keep the hopes of a double alive. Do you get the feeling that | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
Ronnie Deila's future is decided whatever snaps It's been a poor | :13:27. | :13:29. | |
season for him. The European performances weren't good. The | :13:30. | :13:31. | |
season for him. The European results not good either. I think | :13:32. | :13:34. | |
he's had plenty of chances to close Aberdeen out. Aberdeen went through | :13:35. | :13:38. | |
that bad patch, five games where I think it was four defeats and a | :13:39. | :13:42. | |
draw. They should have closed Aberdeen out then. They have had | :13:43. | :13:45. | |
other opportunities as well. Aberdeen's beaten them twice in the | :13:46. | :13:50. | |
League Two. They are on their coat tails. I think a decision whether | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
the Celtic manager stays or goes is in the balance isn't it, but I don't | :13:56. | :14:01. | |
think the performances are meriting anything other than speculation to | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
be had about his future. For me it is a strange circumstances, as | :14:07. | :14:09. | |
Europe is where it's at in terms of the parameter of success or not. And | :14:10. | :14:14. | |
there's no doubt it's not been a success. For me I think to myself | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
surely the decision must have been made months ago. I would be | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
surprised if they don't have a firm idea in their head what's going to | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
happen. Let's remind ourselves what happened yesterday in the Scottish | :14:28. | :14:31. | |
Cup quarterfinals. Let's see the goals. What an the goals. What an | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
explosive start at Ibrox - Rangers against Dundee. Lots of intrigue how | :14:37. | :14:43. | |
this would play out. After 14 seconds, Forrester blasted in, as | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
Rangers set the tone from the start. They did. You see Harry Forrester's | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
closing down of the whole of the left-back, that was indicative of | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
the way they started the game. 14 seconds into the first start of the | :15:01. | :15:03. | |
game. That goal in the second half as well. This was around the hour | :15:04. | :15:09. | |
mark. Really good times to score. They were thoroughly dominant in the | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
game. But Dundee had quite a few chances as well. There is no doubt | :15:14. | :15:15. | |
that Rangers deserve to come away as chances as well. There is no doubt | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
the victors. Ound. | :15:20. | :15:26. | |
You know it is going to be a difficult afternoon for yourself, I | :15:27. | :15:30. | |
am sure part Harley would be saying nothing silly in the first ten or 15 | :15:31. | :15:35. | |
minutes, and it is seconds you are talking about, and they are given | :15:36. | :15:38. | |
Rangers the impetus and the confidence to go and dominate the | :15:39. | :15:45. | |
game. You were in Dingwall yesterday, I heard you salivating | :15:46. | :15:49. | |
about your Maccarone pie. What an important one for Dundee United. | :15:50. | :15:53. | |
What a story this is. It was incredible how the game turns on the | :15:54. | :16:00. | |
ordering offer. Off, you think the home side would dominate | :16:01. | :16:03. | |
proceedings. But they haven't shown anything other than effort before, | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
the ordering off. They have managed to get themselves back into the game | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
here. This equaliser. But when Ross County get the penalty, the ordering | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
off happens. It is slotted away, what, I don't know what he is | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
thinking, he won't know what he was thinking either. He has switched off | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
completely. Had to put in the challenge. Gets himself sent off and | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
the whole game changes. Dundee United, you think they are going to | :16:32. | :16:36. | |
have to play the game in their own penalty I box, anybody but, they | :16:37. | :16:37. | |
have to play the game in their own started to play football. They | :16:38. | :16:44. | |
started to pass. They threw men forward. Kept two up front as well. | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
So positive and took the game to Ross County, and right at the death, | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
Mackay sneaks, gets a header and that takes the tie for them. An | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
incredible game of football. Billy Mackay who played down the road in | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
Inverness with that late winner for Dundee United against Ross County in | :17:06. | :17:08. | |
Dingwall. It might give them a Dundee United against Ross County in | :17:09. | :17:10. | |
Springboard to the rest of the season. There is no doubt it can be | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
a positive. It can only be a positive to come back and get the | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
winner there is a huge amount of confidence to be taken from it. When | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
you are in Dundee United's position you will cling on to any hope you | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
get. Let us bring the attention back to game, it is 0-0 add half-time, | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
between Hibs and Caley Thistle. How will it develop? Hibs will look for | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
the same as they got for the majority of the first half. They | :17:38. | :17:41. | |
will look to put Caley Thistle under pressure, keep the football going, | :17:42. | :17:43. | |
keep creating chances, as far as pressure, keep the football going, | :17:44. | :17:46. | |
Caley Thistle are concerned, I would like to see them passing the ball. I | :17:47. | :17:50. | |
don't often say that about them, I think that have to play the ball a | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
bit more direct, but they have played so many long balls, in the | :17:55. | :17:57. | |
first half. It is unusual to see them doing that. I think John Hughes | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
will ask them to play more football. Hibs have had the best chances of | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
the first half. None taken for Alan Stubbs' team, goalless as we go into | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
the second half of this fourth Scottish Cup quarterfinal. Craig | :18:12. | :18:14. | |
patter and and Liam Macleod. Thank you. Caley Thistle to get us back | :18:15. | :18:16. | |
under way. under way. | :18:17. | :18:23. | |
-- Craig Patterson: The 131st season of the Scottish Cup Final is on | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
Saturday 21st May. The semis will be played on the weekend of the 61th | :18:28. | :18:35. | |
and 17th of April. It will be Inverness in the blue shooting south | :18:36. | :18:48. | |
at Easter Road. Caley Thistle have just lost one of their last 13 cup | :18:49. | :18:52. | |
at Easter Road. Caley Thistle have ties, to Dundee United. The holders | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
up against it though. Hibs with the good chances, including from this | :18:58. | :19:00. | |
man in the first half. David Gray, who is looking for Stokes. Flicked | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
away by Warren. Stevenson. Testify Didn't quite work | :19:05. | :19:14. | |
out for Henderson. Hibs shooting towards the Famous | :19:15. | :19:22. | |
Five stand. Eneven that wonderful side couldn't | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
win the Scottish Cup. Can the current Hibbies go all the way this | :19:26. | :19:27. | |
season? current Hibbies go all the way this | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
No further changes at the interval. Hibs were forced into bringing | :19:35. | :19:39. | |
McGeouch off in the first half. His place in the team went to Niklas | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
Gunnarsson. A new winter signing. | :19:46. | :19:55. | |
Caley Thistle's tactics in the first half were the long high balls in the | :19:56. | :20:00. | |
channels to work it through to Storey and Roberts. | :20:01. | :20:09. | |
Wasn't really working, despite the tireless effort between the two. | :20:10. | :20:17. | |
Given Hibs's record against top flight teams this season Hoare | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
attest erode, they might be content with a replay, who knows. | :20:22. | :20:23. | |
Keatings. Roberts winning it back off | :20:24. | :20:40. | |
Fontaine. The guys were staying at the start | :20:41. | :20:46. | |
of the interval Alan Stubbs will be the happier manager. We will bet to | :20:47. | :20:50. | |
that in a moment because here is Keatings. Fon Williams holds on. | :20:51. | :20:57. | |
Careless from Inverness. An excellent effort, terrific save, | :20:58. | :20:59. | |
Caley Thistle guilty of overplaying in their own half. They don't want | :21:00. | :21:03. | |
to knock it long. If they are going to play passes in there, if Hibs | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
pick them off that will happen. You need to set it up and let fly. I was | :21:11. | :21:17. | |
going to ask you about stub, he might be happier, they haven't | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
managed to get their noses in front know You have to take your chance, | :21:22. | :21:23. | |
managed to get their noses in front if you have a team hemmed in. You | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
bet the ball in the back of the net. If you don't hurt them there is a | :21:29. | :21:31. | |
chance they will bite you back. This has been the problem for Caley | :21:32. | :21:34. | |
Thistle, they are playing long balls. The two markers, one spare, | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
storry, Robert, earlier in the game were causing problems, they are not | :21:41. | :21:41. | |
doing that just now. doing that just now. | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
-- Storey. Thompson is in trouble. | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
It appears so. He clutching on to his arm. | :21:53. | :21:59. | |
Things so much better round these parts now that Kevin Thompson is | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
become in Hibs colours for the third time in his career. | :22:06. | :22:09. | |
Remember, the end of his second spell when he trooped off the pitch | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
here after the play-off defeat to Hamilton, on penalties. It is night | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
and day from those horrible times for the Hibs' supporters, I remember | :22:21. | :22:24. | |
being at the back of this stand hearing the supporters howling their | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
derision at the players and their then management team from behind us | :22:29. | :22:36. | |
here in the main stand, and Alan Stubbs has brought the feel-good | :22:37. | :22:40. | |
factor back There is a smile on the faces of the fans and the way the | :22:41. | :22:43. | |
players are playing. There is a free. Do to go out and express | :22:44. | :22:49. | |
yourself. Hibs with the high ball this time. | :22:50. | :23:01. | |
Away by Devine. Stevenson. Stokes. | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
It came off a hand there. Right on the 18-yard line. | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
Hibs certainly think so. But Inverness got away with a very | :23:13. | :23:13. | |
Hibs certainly think so. famous hand ball in the semifinal | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
last season. A little kick out by Miles Storey as | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
well. He and McGregor are coming together. There is no doubt Storey | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
kicked out as McGregor. He has nicked him and nicked hill again, | :23:30. | :23:32. | |
McGregor has turned round and they have come together. There a good | :23:33. | :23:36. | |
chance the referee will book the pair of them for this. | :23:37. | :23:42. | |
It is normally what happens. Frustration getting the better of | :23:43. | :23:46. | |
miles storey. He has let them both off. Well done referee, I think here | :23:47. | :23:50. | |
miles storey. He has let them both row will see there is a pull, a tug, | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
then there is a kick. The referee sees that, Miles Storey will get | :23:54. | :23:57. | |
booked. McGregor reacts and he is lucky not to get booked as well. The | :23:58. | :24:03. | |
ball on the edge. It is just outside the box by the look of it. You can | :24:04. | :24:07. | |
see Stokes reaction, he wanted the free kick. | :24:08. | :24:15. | |
Didn't look as though the arm of Devine was natural, as Henderson | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
fights Stokes. Good pressure by Hibs. Henderson's | :24:19. | :24:27. | |
foul. Stokes to Hibs have got Caley Thistle rattled | :24:28. | :24:45. | |
at the moment. They haven't get their passing game going at the | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
moment. Hibs are pressing them high up the park. | :24:50. | :24:52. | |
Inverness are playing long high balls, they are trying to get into | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
attacking positions buzz they are knocking it about no problem | :24:57. | :24:58. | |
seemingly deep inside their own knocking it about no problem | :24:59. | :25:00. | |
half. That is causing half the problems. | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
Poor from Vigurs. Gray's ball. Stokes. | :25:07. | :25:23. | |
Blocked. Nicely worked by Stevenson back out to Stokes here. Keeper's | :25:24. | :25:28. | |
ball. A poor ball and again from Stokes, straight at the goalkeeper, | :25:29. | :25:32. | |
and to be fair, only Keatings looking to get on the end of that. | :25:33. | :26:17. | |
Caley Thistle might be dragged back into the relegation positions. | :26:18. | :26:28. | |
Kilmarnock as things stand are five points behind Inverness who slipped | :26:29. | :26:32. | |
behind Motherwell, Motherwell winning at Hamilton. | :26:33. | :26:42. | |
It has been -- that is for another day, of course. Stokes. | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
Back to the Irishman. Gray. 1-0 Hibs. It is James Keatings and you | :26:50. | :27:02. | |
have to say it has been coming. That exactly what Hibs were looking | :27:03. | :27:08. | |
for, starred the second half well. Pressured Caley Thistle, now they | :27:09. | :27:15. | |
have their reward and Anthony Stokeses played a huge part. Skill, | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
Coll pose sure, Gray into Keatings and the ball was in the back of the | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
net. It was a terrific goal. Stokes, great skill there. Perfect pass. | :27:26. | :27:31. | |
Ball into the danger area, bang, back in to the net. They were | :27:32. | :27:35. | |
weaving a tapestry on the edge of the box and the holders might just | :27:36. | :27:39. | |
be teetering on the brink of elimination. | :27:40. | :27:48. | |
Keatings has Hibs one foot in the semis. They are missing Jason | :27:49. | :27:54. | |
Cummings today but it is their next top scorer to the fore. It is his | :27:55. | :27:58. | |
eighth of the season. It might be the most important of all. | :27:59. | :28:08. | |
Well they were building the pressure, that is for sure. They had | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
golden opportunities in the first half. | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
They have taken the first real clear-cut opportunity that was | :28:20. | :28:21. | |
bestowed upon them in the second half and they had to work so hard to | :28:22. | :28:28. | |
make that chance. And Keatings made no mistake. I mention testimonister | :28:29. | :28:36. | |
early on, it has been a terrific job she has done, she arrived a couple | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
of summers ago, and immediately set about sorting this place out. | :28:42. | :28:44. | |
And this is another example of it. about sorting this place out. | :28:45. | :28:47. | |
They are tormenting another top flight team. | :28:48. | :28:53. | |
Think the fact that Hibs have pushed the boat out in terms of wages to | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
allow Alan Stubbs to add strength and depth. You lose three players | :29:00. | :29:02. | |
down the spine of your team and you still have this kind of performance. | :29:03. | :29:16. | |
Stevenson, Warren is covering. Hibs will try and make hay now. | :29:17. | :29:20. | |
Caley Thistle team who have struggled to score goals in recent | :29:21. | :29:26. | |
time, you would think 2-0 behind would be beyond them. At least a | :29:27. | :29:32. | |
team that is... Stokes goes for the near post. | :29:33. | :29:44. | |
An unOtamendi -- unorthodox nature of the ball that caused the panic | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
there. That is store Storey. | :29:50. | :29:58. | |
There is no-one other than Roberts on the edge of the box. It's a | :29:59. | :30:03. | |
corner. This will do Cally Thistle. Get out of your own half. It's the | :30:04. | :30:09. | |
set piece again. Storey's got good taste. Gunnarson shows him wide, | :30:10. | :30:17. | |
drives him to the line. Knocked back by McGregor but you can expect this | :30:18. | :30:24. | |
to be whipped in again. That corner was a result for Storey, as there | :30:25. | :30:28. | |
were no Inverness players waiting in the middle. | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
We are going to have to wait, because Crawford Allen is | :30:36. | :30:50. | |
We are going to have to wait, over. What's he got on his mind? | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
Having a word with the fourth official. | :30:58. | :31:07. | |
Finney is adamant that something has been said that was maybe out of | :31:08. | :31:15. | |
turn. Not quite sure what was going on there, but Crawford Allen seems | :31:16. | :31:28. | |
quite happy with things now. Anyway, Tansey swings it in. | :31:29. | :31:41. | |
Inverness trying to put some pressure on. Just get in the Hibs | :31:42. | :31:49. | |
half, trying to get balls into the box, the set pieces. They always | :31:50. | :31:54. | |
look dangerous when they get the ball into the middle. | :31:55. | :32:06. | |
David Gray deals with it. Similarly in the first half he didn't know | :32:07. | :32:13. | |
what was going on behind him. There is no option there. Your first shot | :32:14. | :32:18. | |
is maybe a bit of composure. Chest it back to the goalkeeper. When | :32:19. | :32:23. | |
you've scored a goal to take the lead, you don't start taking | :32:24. | :32:31. | |
chances. Tansey's ball. Punched clear. | :32:32. | :32:44. | |
This is Cally Thistle's best spell of the second half. They will not | :32:45. | :32:54. | |
give up the Scottish Cup without a fight. Danny Williams... | :32:55. | :33:29. | |
On the hour mark, nudging in front through James Keatings. Having a | :33:30. | :33:47. | |
decent little spell here. Cally Thistle began their season way | :33:48. | :34:11. | |
back on 16th July. Their first ever foray into European football. Went | :34:12. | :34:19. | |
out 1-0 on aggregate to the team from Romania. They'll have to win | :34:20. | :34:28. | |
the Scottish Cup if they are to get back into the Europa League | :34:29. | :34:30. | |
qualifiers. On this show so far Hibs look as | :34:31. | :34:49. | |
they they've blown away the cobwebs of the back to back defeats. A | :34:50. | :35:00. | |
yellow card for Warren. It is for complaining. He felt for a second | :35:01. | :35:06. | |
time he had been body checked. He lambasted the linesman and the | :35:07. | :35:11. | |
referee ran out of patience and he gave the yellow card. Gary Warren is | :35:12. | :35:18. | |
not one of the Inverness players on suspension. He lost both Cally | :35:19. | :35:22. | |
Thistle's major finals in recent times because of bans, including | :35:23. | :35:25. | |
that famous day last May. McGregor, Stokes, Oxley and Thomson | :35:26. | :35:50. | |
on yellow cards. Two strikes and you miss a round if you came in at round | :35:51. | :35:54. | |
four. Developing a decent understanding, | :35:55. | :36:07. | |
Keatings and Stokes today. I think he realised he has given the | :36:08. | :36:29. | |
ball away and takes the contact, goes down, asked the referee the | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
question, are you going to give me the free kick? He'll say it is an | :36:35. | :36:40. | |
elbow, an arm across him, therefore that's a free kick. | :36:41. | :37:10. | |
He's going into the book as well. I don't think Greg Tansey can really | :37:11. | :37:18. | |
argue with that. If Inverness are to reach the semis, he will not be | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
available. McGregor on the charge there. If you make a challenge | :37:24. | :37:28. | |
you've got to get solid contact on the ball. Tansey throws himself in | :37:29. | :37:34. | |
there, and a yellow card. Came in reasonably quick. Has to | :37:35. | :37:54. | |
adjust, pulls the trigger quickly. Has to get this on target. McGregor | :37:55. | :37:58. | |
did well to cut right across it. A bit scrappy out there. Hibs still | :37:59. | :38:47. | |
with the lead as we approach the final quarter of this quarterfinal. | :38:48. | :38:50. | |
Greg Tansey needs to be careful. He's thrown himself into another | :38:51. | :38:56. | |
challenge. The referee has let it go, but when you've been booked, | :38:57. | :38:59. | |
you've got to be careful. Having fewer players wouldn't | :39:00. | :39:17. | |
necessarily faze Cally Thistle. Fewer players won't faze Inverness | :39:18. | :39:22. | |
given they won here against Hearts with nine. At the moment you can see | :39:23. | :39:29. | |
it is frustration. They can't get their front players involved. | :39:30. | :39:45. | |
Just one goal in their last three, Inverness, at Dundee in a 1-1 draw. | :39:46. | :40:01. | |
One game stands out since the new year. They beat Ross Ross County in | :40:02. | :40:18. | |
January. Against Aberdeen they won 3-1. They were excellent that night. | :40:19. | :41:16. | |
It all breaks down, as it has done for most of the afternoon for the | :41:17. | :41:41. | |
visitors. I thought Hibs would take the goal, use that confidence and | :41:42. | :41:45. | |
drive forward. Stokes is doing just that. He's done well. | :41:46. | :42:14. | |
Gets it across for Stokes. Stokes can't get his head over it. Scored | :42:15. | :42:35. | |
in his first two games for Hibs, at St Mirren and at Morton. | :42:36. | :43:12. | |
Thomson to Keatings. Was he fouled? Yes, certainly a booking here. | :43:13. | :43:20. | |
Another big decision for Crawford Allen. No doubt Keatings took a | :43:21. | :43:25. | |
tumble there. The the referee says he's already gone down. No | :43:26. | :43:30. | |
complaints from James Keatings. He is quite happy to accept that. It | :43:31. | :43:42. | |
was a cheap yellow card though. It could cost him a yellow in a | :43:43. | :43:48. | |
tournament. A yellow in the semis and they could miss a final. | :43:49. | :44:00. | |
Hibs look pretty comfortable at the moment. | :44:01. | :44:26. | |
As things stand, Hibs will be joining Rangers, Dundee United and | :44:27. | :44:37. | |
Celtic on the draw. 4745pm on BBC Radio Scotland will bring you that | :44:38. | :44:39. | |
In They are assing tale and they are live. David Gray fouled by Vigurs. | :44:40. | :44:53. | |
In They are assing tale and they are usually good ate it. They haven't | :44:54. | :44:57. | |
managed to string together three or four passes, a late challenge by | :44:58. | :45:01. | |
Vigurs. Because David Gray is away from him here, you will find that is | :45:02. | :45:05. | |
a yellow card. That is why you got the reaction from the Hibs fans. | :45:06. | :45:12. | |
a yellow card. That is why you got Well, Liam Polworth off to be | :45:13. | :45:20. | |
replaced by former Hibby Lewis Horner. He started his career here, | :45:21. | :45:27. | |
he only played one, it was against Caley Thistle. There you go then. | :45:28. | :45:37. | |
Horner right back where Polworth had been deployed. | :45:38. | :45:59. | |
Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo is going to come on for Inverness. That is a | :46:00. | :46:24. | |
tight call again. That is Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo. Started the fifth | :46:25. | :46:29. | |
round game at Motherwell. Iain Vigurs is sacrificed. | :46:30. | :46:33. | |
It is an attacking move. You have to get yourself back into the tie. You | :46:34. | :46:36. | |
have to score a goal. Bring on somebody who is going to get forward | :46:37. | :46:47. | |
and add to your attacking options. Born in Brussels although he | :46:48. | :46:49. | |
represents Congo at international level. He has yesterday yet to get a | :46:50. | :46:56. | |
cap. He is on now. Enough need something to fire for them. | :46:57. | :47:00. | |
cap. He is on now. Enough need -- Inverness need something to fire | :47:01. | :47:00. | |
for them. Roberts. Draper. Tansey to Tremarco. | :47:01. | :47:44. | |
Will there be an end product? So often there hasn't been this | :47:45. | :47:45. | |
afternoon for Inverness. Stevenson, he has become Mr | :47:46. | :48:19. | |
Dependable for Hibs. His debut for Hibernian was 11 years | :48:20. | :48:22. | |
Dependable for Hibs. ago now. | :48:23. | :48:28. | |
Been round forever. He was Man of the Match in the 2007 | :48:29. | :48:32. | |
League Cup Final win over Kilmarnock. | :48:33. | :48:42. | |
He is going to take this throw. Thompson loses out. This is Storey. | :48:43. | :48:47. | |
He gives it away. It has been a thing of beauty out | :48:48. | :48:53. | |
there. Hibernian will not care if it is there. They will be taking their | :48:54. | :48:57. | |
place in the semifinal draw later on today. All about getting through. | :48:58. | :49:03. | |
Stevenson. The game has got scrappy again. | :49:04. | :49:16. | |
Caley Thistle have got on the ball by get into a position where they | :49:17. | :49:19. | |
can put dangerous crosses into the box. Mark Oxley has not seen a lot | :49:20. | :49:22. | |
of action. box. Mark Oxley has not seen a lot | :49:23. | :49:30. | |
No stranger to a clean sheet mosque pox, -- Mark Oxley. 21 of them | :49:31. | :49:32. | |
before today. Fon Williams has found them harder | :49:33. | :49:39. | |
to come by. Just the seven for him. | :49:40. | :49:51. | |
Those saves in the first half not doing his chances of a new deal at | :49:52. | :49:55. | |
Caley Thistle any harm. Dean Brill on his way back from that | :49:56. | :50:01. | |
horrific broken kneecap injure are he sustained last April. It is for | :50:02. | :50:05. | |
Horner. . He has got it across. Back in the top bar. | :50:06. | :50:13. | |
He steps up to the plate and the holders are right back in this tie. | :50:14. | :50:19. | |
It is right out the blue for Caley Thistle, but that is what you get | :50:20. | :50:26. | |
when you make a positive substitution. They are look to leaf | :50:27. | :50:31. | |
it to go out for a goal kick, Caley Thistle refuse to give things up | :50:32. | :50:35. | |
here, Horner gets it in and Mbuyi-Mutombo when it comes back to | :50:36. | :50:39. | |
him, get it on the left foot and smash, into the back of the net. | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
Good play down the right-hand side. Fresh leg, get to the by line. Hibs | :50:45. | :50:49. | |
are struggling, and Mbuyi-Mutombo has a terrific finish. | :50:50. | :51:00. | |
It is and wonderful moment for the highlander, despite David Gray's | :51:01. | :51:02. | |
best efforts he couldn't keep it out. | :51:03. | :51:11. | |
And Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo ensures that the holders' defence will go on | :51:12. | :51:19. | |
now for at least. It's a good finish. It looked for a second, a | :51:20. | :51:24. | |
split second adds though he dilly-dallied on it He didn't panic. | :51:25. | :51:27. | |
You know when you have that little bit of time to set it up, and then | :51:28. | :51:32. | |
an emphatic finish, he couldn't strike it any better. David Gray is | :51:33. | :51:34. | |
on the line, but it has gone so strike it any better. David Gray is | :51:35. | :51:38. | |
hard, he has no chance of keeping -- keeping that out. | :51:39. | :51:44. | |
Someone took a bang here. I don't want to be on the receiving end of | :51:45. | :51:51. | |
that, that cease for sure. Hibs were certainly on the receiving end at | :51:52. | :51:54. | |
Mbuyi-Mutombo scores his second Inverness goal and they have both | :51:55. | :52:00. | |
come in the Scottish Cup. He got a wonderful strike in the replay | :52:01. | :52:05. | |
against Stirling Albion. He has certainly given the visitors a new | :52:06. | :52:11. | |
dimension. Oxley has hardly had a save to make | :52:12. | :52:14. | |
but he has had to pick the ball out of his net. | :52:15. | :52:22. | |
Just over 11 to play. Is there to be a winner or or we | :52:23. | :52:33. | |
going to a reply on the 16th? Stokes has gifted it straight back to Caley | :52:34. | :52:38. | |
Thistle. They have the impetus right now. It | :52:39. | :52:42. | |
is Roberts who is capable of the spectacular. | :52:43. | :52:46. | |
Caley Thistle by-of-lifted by the goal. Looks like the fans are trying | :52:47. | :52:50. | |
to finish this at the first time of asking. | :52:51. | :53:01. | |
He is wondering how Hibs have let their lead go. After they got their | :53:02. | :53:07. | |
noses in front, the phrase you used was they got into their shell a wee | :53:08. | :53:11. | |
bit. That is what has happened here. They were flying at the start of the | :53:12. | :53:14. | |
second half. They were pressing high up the pitch, they got their reward | :53:15. | :53:16. | |
second half. They were pressing high and all of a sudden you start to | :53:17. | :53:19. | |
think if we don't concede we are winning this game and you allow | :53:20. | :53:23. | |
Caley Thistle to play in your half, and they get a ball into the box and | :53:24. | :53:25. | |
they make you pay. It is back in the balance. Back in | :53:26. | :53:57. | |
the melting pot. No saves from Fon Williams in the | :53:58. | :54:37. | |
first half will come into bigger focus. | :54:38. | :54:53. | |
Gary Warren. Robert, who has got it. Storey is going to keep this in. | :54:54. | :55:03. | |
Gunnarsson is fortunate it was Kevin Thompson and not an opponent waiting | :55:04. | :55:06. | |
on the edge of the box as he slipped. | :55:07. | :55:22. | |
That is two in a row from Stokes. Draper. | :55:23. | :55:27. | |
Warren to Horner. He is onside here. | :55:28. | :56:05. | |
Storey. Not quite. He just doesn't catch it. Goes on to his left side. | :56:06. | :56:10. | |
Goes for power, but it is a mis-hit and it is wide of the goal. Mark | :56:11. | :56:14. | |
Oxley thought he was going to try and save it then he knows it is | :56:15. | :56:16. | |
going wide. We did wonder how John Hughes... | :56:17. | :56:44. | |
Tries to get close to last season's achievements. Third place, European | :56:45. | :56:49. | |
football for the first time in the club's history. It would be a | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
remarkable achievement to go back-to-back with the Scottish Cup. | :56:55. | :56:58. | |
That doesn't happen very often these days. | :56:59. | :57:08. | |
Williams! Williams! A great, that is a wonderful technique, and if it | :57:09. | :57:12. | |
goes towards the top corner it might end up in the back of the net. It | :57:13. | :57:16. | |
went straight to the goalkeeper but a lovely strike. | :57:17. | :57:32. | |
Tansey left, Roberts right. Goes to Roberts. | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
Pinch it back. Than is is a nice touch to take | :57:38. | :57:46. | |
Tremarco out of the equation. Henderson, Keatings is ahead of him. | :57:47. | :57:51. | |
Stokes. Another poor ball from Henderson, Keatings is ahead of him. | :57:52. | :58:06. | |
Stokes. Approaching the final Fife minute, here is Keatings, slipped at | :58:07. | :58:09. | |
the crucial time. Still alive. Shout for hand ball again. | :58:10. | :58:16. | |
Nothing doing. As long as his arms are down I don't | :58:17. | :58:20. | |
think the referee with give that. A good strike Keatings though. | :58:21. | :58:32. | |
?NEWLINE McGregor couldn't afford take any chances there. | :58:33. | :58:47. | |
Keatings, short, it is deflected against a player. | :58:48. | :59:00. | |
Dagnall is going to replace Keatings. It is a striker's dream | :59:01. | :59:06. | |
the way it came to him inside the box after wonderful build up play by | :59:07. | :59:11. | |
Hibs. They are hoping a substitution might do the trick as it did for | :59:12. | :59:16. | |
Caley Thistle. Dagnall still awaiting his first | :59:17. | :59:20. | |
goal for the club. McGinn takes the free kick. | :59:21. | :59:21. | |
Wasn't great. Since John Hughes made the change it | :59:22. | :59:44. | |
has been a momentum swinger. Hibernian have the ball back but it | :59:45. | :59:47. | |
was Draper who lost it. Hibs will be halfway through the | :59:48. | :00:47. | |
League Cup final this time next week. Taking on Ross County. | :00:48. | :00:56. | |
They hope to still be in the Scottish Cup as well when they do | :00:57. | :01:01. | |
so. Thought he was going to go for it. | :01:02. | :01:27. | |
Let's find out who today's Man of the Match is. Craig Paterson has the | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
honour of deciding that. It's been a stuffy game. Hibs have dominated the | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
majority of it. Hibs defence haven't performed well. McGregor has stood | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
out for me. Me. Me. On one situations he's stood out, so Darren | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
McGregor is my Man of the Match. Two minute to play of the 90. Will there | :01:54. | :02:11. | |
be a hero? It's been a long old season for Hibernian as well as | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
Inverness. Dreams of automatic promotion appear to have collapsed. | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
Still loads to play for though. Still a potential cup double as well | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
as promotion via the play-offs. Gunnarson as we go into the final | :02:25. | :02:35. | |
minute of the I think you've got to credit Cally | :02:36. | :03:03. | |
Thistle. They were under the cosh. Hibs got the goal. It was looking | :03:04. | :03:13. | |
like a replay of Dingwall yesterday when Dundee United snatched it | :03:14. | :03:15. | |
against Ross County late on. Henderson... | :03:16. | :03:29. | |
McGinn brushed aside by Ross Draper. We are about to hear how much injury | :03:30. | :03:36. | |
time is to be added on. It's just We are about to hear how much injury | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
been confirmed that it is two minutes. It is looking like a replay | :03:44. | :03:54. | |
all the way. That will annoy Alan Stubbs, whose team led relatively | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
early in the second half. The strike by James Keatings. | :03:59. | :04:11. | |
Rob rob starteded from an offside position there. We are into the | :04:12. | :04:44. | |
final minute of this quarterfinal. This is | :04:45. | :04:52. | |
Draper is asking a lot from Horner. Putting pressure on Fontaine. One | :04:53. | :05:16. | |
final opportunity, it looks as though it is going to come from the | :05:17. | :05:22. | |
holders. One last chance to get a ball in the box. Warren... Crawford | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
Allen ends it 10 seconds early. These two get to do it all over | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
again a week on westerns in Inverness. James Keatings gave Hibs | :05:35. | :05:38. | |
the lead after Williams pulled off three wonderful saves in the first | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
half. From Gray, Fontaine and from Stokes. And the second half | :05:44. | :05:52. | |
substitute, Mutombo. The holders' grip on the Scottish Cup will | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
continue until Wednesday week at least. A highly fought cup tie. Alan | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
Stubbs will take his side to the Costa del Sol for the week now to | :06:03. | :06:08. | |
prepare for the League Cup final. Cally Thistle can refocus as well. | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
It finished here at Easter Road Hibernian 1, Inverness Caledonian | :06:14. | :06:14. | |
Thistle 1. So they'll do it all again, these | :06:15. | :06:26. | |
two, a week on Wednesday. Up in the Highlands capital. 1-1 the final | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
score. Rangers, Dundee United and Celtic are already through to the | :06:32. | :06:39. | |
semifinal draw. That is round about 4.45pm, BBC Radio Scotland for that. | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
Let's hear from James Keatings. James, I would imagine frustration | :06:45. | :06:47. | |
is the main emotion after that. Did you feel you had done enough to see | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
it out? Definitely. Disappointing getting to that stage in the match | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
and conceding. Thought I had done enough to see it out, but then I | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
sneaked a goal. We'll be confident we can do our job. It looked like a | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
real battle out there today? Yes, it was. Stop-start for fouls all the | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
way through the match. A lot of good football played as well. A lot of | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
good chances. We'll be more confident going into the next one. | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
Frustration that you didn't see it out, because you created quite a few | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
chances. Definitely. Obviously I had one disallowed as well. It came off | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
the post, unlucky not to go in. But we'll take a lot of confidence from | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
this game. We'll go to the replay and we'll be confident we can get | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
the win. Darren, I mentioned to James there, such a battle, a | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
hard-fought match. It was difficult. They are a really good team. We | :07:45. | :07:52. | |
thought we could hold out. To lose a goal in the manner we did was | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
unfortunate. But we'll do it again. A difficult time to lose that goal | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
as well. It's always difficult, especially when the boys up front | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
put in such a good shift. It is unfortunate that we concede, but | :08:05. | :08:13. | |
we'll go again. James... Dar season the Man of the Match. Can you do the | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
honours? Thank you chaps. It was no great surprise, because Hibs were | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
battering at the door that the stage. They were. We spoke about the | :08:25. | :08:29. | |
first half where Inverness started the brighter but Hibs had come into | :08:30. | :08:37. | |
it, Hibs would have been the happier of the two. This is a really | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
well-worked goal. James Keatings gets himself into a really good | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
area. Good build-up play. Good interchange. Keatings plays it back | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
off. Doesn't stand still. Gets himself into a really good area and | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
finishes it well with his right foot, not his strongest foot. It | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
gets them into a strong position. You heard him and Darren very | :08:59. | :09:01. | |
disappointed not to manage to see the game out. I'm not so sure it is | :09:02. | :09:06. | |
the same in terms of the Hearts game. They came flying back into the | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
Hearts game with all the everyone us the of dragging it back to 2-2. This | :09:11. | :09:20. | |
is the flip side. Hearts bitterly disappointed. They are going off now | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
to the Costa del Sol. A couple of the players look like they need a | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
rest or a break, as a few of them looked as if they are tiring. I was | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
wondering how John Hughes would change the game. Lewis Horner | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
created the goal and Mutombo finished it off. Fabulous | :09:42. | :09:43. | |
substitutions from John Hughes. By finished it off. Fabulous | :09:44. | :09:49. | |
the time he makes his substitutes doesn't look like Cally Thistle are | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
going anywhere. Two wonderful goals. This one where Horner chases it. | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
Great composure from Mutombo there. Gets himself into the perfect | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
position. The timing of the run is excellent. He could have panicked | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
but didn't. Picks his spot and drills into it the back of the net. | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
It does take a deflection, but real composure here from the substitute. | :10:18. | :10:22. | |
At that stage of the game with the two substitutes, it was very | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
deserved. Inverness Caledonian Thistle managed to turn this game | :10:28. | :10:31. | |
around completely, and that is striking of the highest order. I | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
think what they've got to remember is if you are in the dug-out area | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
think what they've got to remember don't go anywhere near John Hughes, | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
as you might end up getting a cuff around the lughole, which he did | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
from the manager. Delight turning into pain quickly there! You just | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
want write them off. Hibs looked in command for big chunks of that | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
second half And how precarious a one-nil lead in. Hibs were dominant. | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
They were well on top. Inverness weren't playing particularly great. | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
I'm going to interrupt you to hear from the man who scored the | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
equaliser. A very happy man I would imagine? Yeah, very happy. We worked | :11:17. | :11:22. | |
hard in this game. It was tough game. The opposition was strong as | :11:23. | :11:28. | |
well. I didn't know the team, so I was a bit surprised. High-level | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
football, full of fight. It was a battle. We was 1-0 down and then I | :11:34. | :11:41. | |
came in. The gaffer asked me to try to be close to the box and try to do | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
something from whenever they were on defeat. And from a superb pass from | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
Jordon Robert, set me the ball brilliantly. I put the ball on my | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
left foot and I shoot. Can you go on and win the replay? I don't want to | :11:59. | :12:04. | |
talk about the next game. This game was already tough. We have to focus | :12:05. | :12:09. | |
and work hard. We'll try the best to hold that cup to the club. Thank you | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
for your time. Thank you. I think we'll have to take his word for it | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
there that he is really happy! But obviously he is, and Inverness are. | :12:19. | :12:23. | |
Does the momentum swing their way for the replay Michael? Michael?. I | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
was talking about Darren McGregor and they did it against Hearts. But | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
for me it is the flip. Inverness have the upper hand and it goes back | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
to the Kali stadium. They are going to feel good about their chance. I | :12:40. | :12:45. | |
was telling not long before the goal I saw John Hughes getting out of the | :12:46. | :12:48. | |
side of the park and telling Inverness, get the ball down, pass | :12:49. | :12:52. | |
its again. It became scrappy. They weren't in the game. Even for that | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
10 minutes where they started to get the ball and pass it they were | :12:58. | :13:04. | |
looking a bit tooth unless attack, until Mutombo came on. The goal was | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
a really good bit of composure. Hearing him talk about Roberts | :13:11. | :13:13. | |
there, good composure from him as well. In the end it was a deserved | :13:14. | :13:18. | |
draw. Will Hibs be disappointed they haven't put it to bed? Absolutely. | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
They've got home advantage, got a crowd behind them. They have had | :13:24. | :13:27. | |
played well. They had opportunities in the first half. That's a telling | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
point. When you've got the opportunities you've got to take | :13:31. | :13:33. | |
them. Hibs didn't take the opportunity that they created when | :13:34. | :13:36. | |
they were on top of the game. Game. They paid the price for that. Will | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
you be able to watch that all over again if you fancy tonight the best | :13:43. | :13:47. | |
of that match, on Sportscene highlights programme tonight. Which | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
includes as well as the four Scottish Cup quarterfinals at 10.0, | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
Hamilton, Motherwell and Hearts against Partick Thistle as well. | :13:57. | :13:58. | |
More live football from us next against Partick Thistle as well. | :13:59. | :14:01. | |
Sunday afternoon. You won't want to miss that one. Hibs back in action | :14:02. | :14:06. | |
Sunday afternoon. You won't want to against Ross County this time in the | :14:07. | :14:08. | |
Scottish League Cup final at Hampden. Our coverage kicks off | :14:09. | :14:12. | |
Scottish League Cup final at half past 2. The League Cup final | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
live on the BBC. Hibs thought they were heading for the Scottish Cup | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
semifinals as well here today, but Inverness had other ideas. The | :14:22. | :14:24. | |
Scottish Cup holders. These two will have to do it all over again. From | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
all of us here at Easter Road, bye for now. | :14:30. | :14:32. |