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Good afternoon. So it begins again! Welcome to the new league season.

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Hope you have missed us as much as we have missed you. We will have all

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the scores as usual plus the benefit of the wit and wisdom of our guests.

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Trust me, they might not look good but they are just as excited as I

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am! The premiership season kicked off at lunchtime, Rangers's first

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match in the top flight for four years, at home to Hamilton and would

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you believe, it finished in a 1-1 draw. Martin Canning and Mark

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Warburton, the managers. Hamilton took the lead, Crawford put them

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ahead 30 minutes into the match with a curling shot from inside the

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guilty area. Rangers equalised through Waghorn in the 63rd minute.

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Joey Barton was awarded man of the match. Back on equalised in the 63rd

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minute, Forrester set him up towards the end of the game, he suffered an

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injury and had to leave the field. A point apiece for Rangers and

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Hamilton in the opening game of the season. Perhaps not the outcome one

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would have expected? Definitely not but take nothing away from Hamilton,

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they came with a game plan and execute it to a T. Rangers were poor

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in my opinion, failed to imprint their style on the game, Joey Barton

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was tidy enough and is range of passing was excellent but no Rangers

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player can take man of the match today, think it has to be a Hamilton

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player, they looked fit, organised, I would've given to Ali Crawford. A

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sense of anti-climax for Rangers? I guess the expectation would be that

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they would get off to a flyer, there was some talk of them winning their

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first four games because of some relatively kind starts to the

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season, before the old firm game, but that's a stumble straightaway.

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There are going to be a few of these for the teams, Celtic for me the

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clear favourites for the league but they will stumble and drop points as

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well. For Hamilton, who we would expect to be in a relegation battle,

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that is a point that you possibly didn't expect to get. Told you not

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to mention the relegation fight other title race yet! The consensus

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from both managers was, as you mentioned, Hamilton had a game plan,

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they went there and executed it and that credit to the team and to their

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manager. Especially the Martin Canning, because Hamilton are the

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team with the smallest budget in the league, a relatively young playing

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squad, to go to Ibrox on the day when they are unfurling the flag and

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the fans are poignant, the expectation that they are going to

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wipe the floor with Hamilton today, I thought Rangers would win

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convincingly full stop this started brightly but Hamilton came into the

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game and thoroughly deserved their point today. Some because

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appointments for Rangers, the Waghorn injury, looked like a

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hamstring tear, and Kranjcar was nowhere near the level he needs to

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be at Davey is going to be an asset. Time for our first belt around the

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grounds of the season, with the start at the monarch. I am enjoying

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it! An impressive victory away for Motherwell, Unsworth and Johnson

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have scored, the major moment of drama for, not if their manager, Lee

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Clark, sent to the stands. -- for Kilmarnock. Ross County at home to

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Dundee this afternoon. It may be game over already, an impressive

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start for Paul Hartley's side, classic counterfeited visitors,

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McGowan, he beat Fox just as they ball trundled home, that was number

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three. A Rory Loy double has put Dundee very much in command. Ohio

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won the second penalty, appeared to be held in the box, Rory Loy fired

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at home just before half-time. Let's find out how the other Highland

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representatives are faring, I waited Partick Thistle. Partick Thistle are

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leading 2-0, there hasn't been on between the two sides but crucially,

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Partick Thistle have taken advantage of the few chances they have created

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the stop Caley Thistle haven't really threatened. The goals came in

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the first half from lawless finding the returning hero, chrysalis going,

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and a few moments later, and that the final touch to give Partick

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Thistle 2-0 lead. Dundee United, freshly relegated, at home to Queen

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of the South. Mark Miller didn't score a single goal in two years as

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a Dundee United player but as so often happens, he has scored against

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them to give Queen of the South the half-time lead. But Vandevelde and

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has levelled for the Tannadice team who are playing with a pace and

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intensity which was lacking earlier. For Kirk and Hibernian, finished

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second and third last season. -- for Kirk. At the moment, Jason Cummins,

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who was wanted by Peterborough United, has twice given then

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visitors the lead. A fantastic strike gave for Kirk the lead but

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Hibs have the advantage. -- Falcao. There has been a goal at Ross

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County. Straight after bench, Coleman, very close range, tapped it

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home. There was always goals in this fixture, they might be a few more.

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Just after he said he thought that game was all over! Let's have a

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moment or two to reflect - lines as they develop. My mind is immediately

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to Rugby Park, where Motherwell are 2-0 up. Seems to be a bit of deja vu

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from last season, they lost their opening game - zero. Really bad home

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record. There was a lot of chat before the match about the pitch,

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they have done that. Does that symbolise... It makes you think they

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will play a narrow long ball game. If I was over in for Kilmarnock, I

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would be worried. But the two players who have scored four

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Motherwell are the wide players, Ainsworth with an outrageous chip

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and Johnson with a powerful header. They have dominated the match. The

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worthy of the 2-goal lead. Caps with the departure of Hemmings, the

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modern world where their goals were coming from but they are 3-1 up.

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Probably expect him to leave Dundee, last season, they had Hemmings, Rory

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Loy and Stuart upfront and the other to conduct overshadowed Rory Loy a

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bit. Without them, he has come to the fore a bit today and has got a

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couple. If they see that out, it's a great start to the season for them.

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Partick Thistle are 2-0 up at Firhill, it would be a great start

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for them, they are notoriously slow starters. It would be an excellent

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start. They have recruited well in the summer, bringing chrysalis going

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back, -- Chris Erskine. I think Partick Thistle finished last season

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reasonably well, I would expect them to be up and about the middle of the

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table. Time to flesh out the bones from the headlines earlier. We will

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be John Jensen Sutherland, watching Kilmarnock against Motherwell.

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Kilmarnock can never the pitch or the like but some things never

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change for them, they are struggling again. -- narrow the pitch. Their

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manager Lee Clark was leaving his technical area, the fourth official

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said something to him, it seems he said something back to the fourth

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official which is not to his liking, and he was sent to the stands.

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Interesting to see what is about that after the match. After that,

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Motherwell took control of the match, some sublime skill from

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Ainsworth, his lobbed effort over McDonald is a sight to behold and

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you can see it tomorrow night at 7:30pm, in the highlights. In the

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second half, Marvin Johnson made it 2-0, with a header. Motherwell took

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control of this match. Kilmarnock tried to respond by putting Kris

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Boyd onto the pitch, he almost immediately pulled a goal back but

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it was saved and ever since then it has been something of a stalemate,

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Ainsworth should have made it 3-0 comments upon the offside trap but

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his shot was poor. It is turned into a bit of a tussle in the second-half

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but Motherwell are on course for all points. More now from Ross County

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against Dundee. Currently Ross County one, Dundee three, Rory Loy

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has stepped into the breach, two first-half goals have really set

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Dundee on way, both assisted by Mark O Hara, who did well on the

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right-hand side, picked a lovely cross out, found Rory Loy busting

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into the box and he slammed the ball home from close range. County had a

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number of long effort but the referee, not for the first time this

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season, clamped down on some holding in the box, he had warned couple of

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players before corner came in and then punished McInally for holding

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on Hara, he was booked and didn't complain. The third was a classic

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counter with Dundee sitting, Co tried to get round them, McGowan was

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clean through, his shot squirmed home for a third you thought it was

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all over at that point but it wasn't quite, has hit a shot in and day was

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Craig Curran to tap home. Greg Stuart, out of the squad altogether,

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that got a few tongues are wagging here. Apparently that is due to

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injury and not any impending transfer. Time to go back to

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Firhill. Partick Thistle, looking good for the three points, Steven

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Lawless fires a shot inches right of the far post. The two goals they

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have scored, the first one came ten minutes before the interval, Canon

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booth running down the left-hand side, slipped it to Steven Lawless,

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who got the path to chrysalis Chris Erskine. That was the only touch of

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class in a poor first half. The second half has been better, Caley

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Thistle have raised the tempo as they sought an equaliser but they

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were undone when a Sean Worth free kick was headed back across goal,

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they were unable to clear and I think it was David Amoo got there

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before they could clear to make it 2-0. Inverness Caley Thistle hasn't

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been bad but haven't been able to trouble the Partick Thistle

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doorkeeper. That could be a worry for their new manager. Let's reflect

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a rebate on the premiership matches now. Lee Clark, sent to the stands.

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The pitch, shortened, doesn't bode well for the rest of the season!

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It's a club that seems to have a cloud hanging over it just now.

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There is unrest at board level, the fans aren't happy, they are down in

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the first game of the season, it seems a bit doom and gloom for

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Kilmarnock. In contrast, Ross County ended the season on a high, they won

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the League Cup, made it into the top six, started badly and it seems as

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if it will continue into the premiership. I think they will be

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fine, they are well-run club, a talented manager, they have lost a

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big influence for them but I wouldn't have thought that would

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send them into any kind of tailspin. But as you say, going out of the

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League Cup September the really was... It sets the tone. -- League

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Cup so tamely. They are probably looking to get three points today,

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it puts them up against it. Partick Thistle on course for their

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first three points of the season, it looks pretty comfortable. Yes, they

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haven't been threatened very often and it looks like a comfortable win.

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More now from the Championship. Scott Davie has been watching Dundee

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United against Queen of the South. 1-1, a rather flat and insipid

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performance from Dundee United, Queen of the South keeping a lot of

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the possession, neither side creating many goal-scoring

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opportunities. The best chance falling for United with a Vandevelde

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and free kick. A -- free header but straight to the goalkeeper. Mark

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Miller breaking the deadlock with five minutes to the interval, a well

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worked move, the Australian midfielder Lyndon dykes causing

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problems for the United defence, borrowing his way into the penalty

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area. It was parried to grand Anderson and who build it back, and

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Mark Miller scored, sweeping the ball in from about 12 yards, giving

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Queen of the South deserved lead at that stage, but United came out and

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it took a wonderful equalising goal on 57 minutes from Vandevelde and to

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really spark them into life. Terrific control in the penalty

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area, he flicked the ball not only over the head of one Queen of the

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South defender but over another one, guided it into the net and from

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there on in United have played with patients that had been seared --

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severely lacking up to that point. Cammy Smith, on loan from Aberdeen,

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had a shot from 18 yards that forced Robinson into a save. Stephen Dobbie

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is back for his second spell with Queen of the South that he hasn't

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had much in the way of service, having come on as a substitute.

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Falkirk against Hibs, still 2-1 to the Bicester 's? It is, and over the

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last couple of seasons we have learned that Stephen Cummins likes

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being in the spotlight. -- to the visitors. There was a ?1.2 million

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bid by Hibs for his services, that was rejected. He pounced from six

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yards to tap in an easy goal after a shot had been palmed away by Danny

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Rogers. It fell to Cummings and he put it in the back of the net. The

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Hibs lead only lasted seven minutes because a brilliant strike from 25

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yards, Craig Seybold, his 200th appearance for Falkirk, blasted high

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into the top right corner, brilliant strike which restored parity until

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half-time. Just after the break, guess who popped up again, Jason

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Cummings, along with all forward by VX Norwich striker, he put it high

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in the top corner to make it 2-1. -- the former Norwich. Falkirk went

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close again just as I finished off but it is still Falkirk 1-2

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Hibernian. Cummings very much the man of the

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moment. I didn't guess, I knew who it was a! The transfer window is

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still open. 1.2 million, rising to maybe 1.7 depending on appearances

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and all the rest of it. They don't want to sell him but... How much

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more could they get? Edging towards ?2 million? English clubs don't tend

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to bid high for Scottish players because they know that Scottish

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clubs tend to be forced to sell. Good on Hibs for resisting as long

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as they can. I read about how much work they put in over the summer to

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get him to extend his contract, and then immediately to sell him... If

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an offer comes in that they can't reject... He is a huge player for

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them and they are desperate to get out of that league. Dunfermline sold

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their star striker to Dundee. 4-1 up the newcomers are at home to

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Dumbarton. Great score, I watched them against Inverness and they

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started very brightly, looking like a real threat going forward, but

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then Inverness got a foothold in the game and it ended up 5-1. But that

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is a very good opening day school. As you would expect, the return of

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the SPFL means the return of sports scene highlights. It will be an

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earlier time slot tomorrow night, this should get you in the mood.

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One of the finest goals you will see! He has scored! What an

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absolutely wonderful strike into the top left! See all the action from

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this weekend's Scottish Premiership matches on Sportscene.

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Don't miss it and if you do don't worry, it will be on the iPlayer. We

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are desperate to hear your thoughts on how the season will pan out. Who

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do you fancied to win the Premiership? While you are thinking

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about that let's hear who the manager of the reigning champions

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could challenge his team. It will be tied, probably the usual

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suspects, teams who have been doing well recently as well. The likes of

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Aberdeen have been doing well and they are out of the cup, which will

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give them more training time. Hearts have been about it and have a strong

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squad, Rangers coming into the league will fancy they can do well.

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Other teams will make it very difficult for you. I am really

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looking forward to it. A lot of the games are my first time to the

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stadiums so we shall prepare well. There has been a goal at the Cale

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Marnoch versus Motherwell match. What happened? -- kill Marnoch. Kill

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Marnoch have got one back. It will be a nervous finish for Motherwell.

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With Kris Boyd on the pitch now they will really be pushing to get this

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equaliser. They looked dead and buried a couple of minutes ago but

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this has breathe some life into them. I know you have been desperate

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to get this off your chest, you unburden yourself earlier before we

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were ready. Title challenge, you are going for Celtic? Yes, I think if

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you look at it they have... You can argue all of this but I think they

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have the best goalkeeper, defence, goal-scorer, squad, deepest

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resources to be able to add to the squad in the transfer windows, and

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they arguably have the best manager. That is a lot of advantages! You are

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making a good case! They won by 15 points last season and haven't lost

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anybody and we expect them to be stronger under Brendan Rodgers. Tell

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us more about the goal. Grandstand finish at Rugby Park,

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Kilmarnock have a goal, Martin Smith came off the bench. Taylor's cross

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found Smith. Kilmarnock pile on the pressure. Kilmarnock got a corner

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but now the onus is on Kilmarnock to try to find an equaliser with seven

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minutes left in this game. John Sutton has equalised. I don't

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think we have lost to them in a competitive game in about 18 years

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so we don't want to lose that. I was worried at 1-0 down but I will take

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this. Stephen, let's talk about your tip for the Premiership title. You

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are nodding your head, you are going for Celtic. -- you were nodding.

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Yes, everything he said is true. It is a frightening prospect of having

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Roberts and Griffiths. Both going for Celtic to win, who will run them

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closest? Michael. Aberdeen. I think they will edge it from Rangers. But

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Rangers are really hard to predict because they have made so many

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changes over the summer. Today's match perhaps not indicative of... I

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don't take too much from them dropping points. All of the teams

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will drop points but Rangers have added so many players and we need to

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see how they dropped in. When Kirkhill is sharper and fitter he

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may show the class he has. Others could have done more today as well.

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They are perfect club, Rangers, we don't know how many players they

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will add. I think Aberdeen have been very consistent over two or three

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seasons in the league, they haven't lost anybody yet, they still have

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Hayes, McGinn, Rooney, they have added to three who might make big

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contributions. It wouldn't be surprising if I do of Aberdeen or

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Rangers finish second. Would you like a more succinct answer? No. I

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think Rangers -- I thought Rangers would be putting down the market

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today. I tipped them to finish second on the BBC website. They were

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so poor today and it wasn't until Harry Forrester came on that they

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started to get a foothold in the game, he made a real impact as a

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substitute for Crenshaw, who had no impact. I would say that they will

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sign a couple more players. Where do they need to strengthen? Everybody

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says centre-half but if the hamstring is bad, we will find out,

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they might need another striker. I will go over Rangers at second but I

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agree with Michael that Aberdeen have been a model of consistency for

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a couple of years and they will push Rangers for the second spot. Other

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places in the top six, nobody has alighted upon Hearts. They top four

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material? I think so. We have heard rumblings that there has been unrest

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or supporters are unhappy about... It is hard to call it a lack of

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regrets because the club has progressed hugely in the last two or

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three years on the field and off but there seems to be a bit of

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discontent. Are expectations too high? I think the fans expectations

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are so high that that will be the problem. When they lost to Hibs it

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hurt them, losing to the Maltese team hurt them as well. There is a

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feeling that Hearts are stagnant at on the pitch. Will they make the top

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six? I think they will be fought. St Johnstone, we always say they punch

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above their weight. But by now we expect them to do well and be there.

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They know how to do it, they have a fantastic manager who sets his teams

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are very well, they have not tinkered with the squad very much

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and they have added a couple of good players. Midfield seems to be the

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area they have strengthened and I fully expect them to be top six

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again, they are top six Masters if you like, they know how to do it

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every year. In my ropey arithmetic that leaves one place. I would have

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said Ross County. You can't read too much into the opening games. But

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they remind me of St Johnstone, it they are well run, they have

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arguably got better resources than St Johnstone, thanks to Rory

:28:09.:28:16.

McGregor's largesse. I can see them being the last of the top six clubs.

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I think I will go for Motherwell. The way they finished the season

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last year was mightily impressive and I think the front three on their

:28:25.:28:32.

day are as good as there is in the league, especially in wide areas,

:28:33.:28:36.

the pace and directness they have, and Donald upfront and I have added

:28:37.:28:44.

a good centre-half in Henning. This applies to a whole lot of clubs we

:28:45.:28:47.

are discussing right through the league, that Rangers and Celtic

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might have a big couple of names, Martin Johnston and other players

:28:54.:28:57.

could be lost, and it changes the whole banner of the club. -- the

:28:58.:29:00.

whole dynamic. It was a difficult season for Dundee

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couple of seasons ago, they were inconsistent, too many draws, not

:29:13.:29:15.

enough wins, they rip be pushing for a top six spot this year. It looks

:29:16.:29:21.

like they're going to win today quite comfortably, that's an

:29:22.:29:29.

impressive start. Not everyone likes for the SPL split into groups of six

:29:30.:29:34.

bit gives managers and groups of fans something to aim for. In the

:29:35.:29:39.

old days finishing sixth or seventh, it didn't make much difference

:29:40.:29:45.

but... If your team aren't going to challenge for the title, gives you

:29:46.:29:49.

something to aim for. Your finishing the season with bigger games, making

:29:50.:29:53.

the money through the gate, Partick Thistle are also capable of nudging

:29:54.:29:58.

into the top six, the caption themselves as a Premier League club.

:29:59.:30:04.

To the part of the script discussion where you will say would be pinned

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up on dressing rooms! Who will be fighting for the dreaded drop...

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Festival, we can bring you our first full-time reports. It's full-time,

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one win from one game for Hibs in the Ludik, three points in his first

:30:24.:30:32.

league match for Neil Lennon. A brilliant performance by Hibs,

:30:33.:30:37.

highlighted by two goals from Jason Cummings, the first test after two

:30:38.:30:42.

minutes when he pounced on a mistake by the Falkirk keeper, then after

:30:43.:30:49.

the break, he step down a long ball and fired it into the top corner to

:30:50.:30:55.

make it 2-1. They then unleashed a brilliant shot, his 200th

:30:56.:31:00.

appearance, made it 1-1, but Jason Cummings after the break up the

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winner. Neil Lennon said that he would drive him all the way to

:31:09.:31:11.

Peterborough United in the didn't play well, because they want to buy

:31:12.:31:15.

him, that bid was rejected, I think there might be a few more beds

:31:16.:31:21.

coming in after this performance. Great start for Neil Lennon in his

:31:22.:31:26.

tenure as Hibs manager in the championship. I love this, Stuart

:31:27.:31:33.

Cosgrove, our friend refers to the champion ship as Alcatraz because

:31:34.:31:36.

it's so difficult to get out of. This is the third season. Every

:31:37.:31:45.

season you are down, it is costing the club a lot of money. The

:31:46.:31:49.

turnover of the club is reduced, the clip. They posted losses of ?800,000

:31:50.:31:56.

by being out of the Premier League, that is three seasons now, minimum,

:31:57.:32:01.

as a lower league club. I do think they will get back up this season,

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but it's the same point, if you use Jason Cummings, you lose an awful

:32:07.:32:10.

lot of goals from your side, he is a big game player as well, but he also

:32:11.:32:15.

raising over the course of a season, 20 minimum. His partnership upfront

:32:16.:32:20.

with Grant scheme to be interesting, I think he has lacked a partner that

:32:21.:32:24.

he clicks with. I think this could be the one that works together as a

:32:25.:32:31.

front pairing. Falkirk did remarkably well last season,

:32:32.:32:34.

finishing second, just losing out in the play-offs, lost to Kilmarnock,

:32:35.:32:38.

the target this year is making the play-offs. They have lost a couple

:32:39.:32:44.

are big players over the summer with folks leaving, they're not quite the

:32:45.:32:51.

unit they were. They always seem to cope. They have a good manager. I

:32:52.:32:56.

think we all thought they might be a Premier League team now because of

:32:57.:33:01.

the way they took care of Hibs in the play-offs but then to our

:33:02.:33:05.

surprise, they were taken over by Kilmarnock. Full-time at Ross

:33:06.:33:11.

County. We can hand you over for our full-time report. A fantastic start

:33:12.:33:21.

to the premiership for Paul Hartley's side, Rory Loy stepped up

:33:22.:33:26.

to take on the goal-scoring responsibility, no Stuart today

:33:27.:33:33.

through injury but it didn't matter, Ohio surged down the right and found

:33:34.:33:37.

the striker, then he appeared to be found by McEvedy in the box, it was

:33:38.:33:42.

confidently dispatched before half-time. The decision to award the

:33:43.:33:48.

spot kick might be one for us to see tomorrow night but it did look like

:33:49.:33:51.

it was consistent with one or two other once he has awarded this

:33:52.:33:57.

season. Duffy's weight of past was spot on for McGovern to slot under

:33:58.:34:04.

Fox, Ross County got one back when Craig Curran started in from close

:34:05.:34:10.

range, therefore stretching stuck to the season continues, however. --

:34:11.:34:16.

their frustrating start to the season. Dundee United at home to

:34:17.:34:25.

Queen of the South this afternoon. In the programme this afternoon,

:34:26.:34:30.

prior to kick-off, I was reading how MacKinnon, the new Tannadice manager

:34:31.:34:34.

was saying that in his experience, with Rangers last season, that in

:34:35.:34:38.

this after competitive league, every point has to be earned. A very

:34:39.:34:50.

lacklustre opening 45 minutes, Queen of the South dominated in terms of

:34:51.:34:54.

possession but little in the way of penetration from either side

:34:55.:34:57.

although that did change in the 40th minute. A great bit of play by the

:34:58.:35:02.

Australian midfielder down the left-hand side, getting his way into

:35:03.:35:07.

the penalty area, the shot was parried and it bubbled back to

:35:08.:35:14.

Anderson who wrote it to Millar, who guided it into the far corner of the

:35:15.:35:23.

net. The second half, a similar story, we didn't get much service

:35:24.:35:26.

until late in the game, a shot towards the back post was saved by

:35:27.:35:32.

Battle with about five minutes to go but from the 57th minute it was

:35:33.:35:40.

mostly Dundee United, inspired by Nick van der Velden, who came from

:35:41.:35:46.

AZ Alkmaar, a wonderful goal,", to get to the edge of the box, flipped

:35:47.:35:51.

it over the first challenge and the second had the presence of mind to

:35:52.:35:57.

Stuart into the corner of the net. Robinson very much keeping Queen of

:35:58.:36:06.

the South in the game. There was a shot deflected later on and Robinson

:36:07.:36:09.

reacted well to turn it on to the post, seconds later Smith made space

:36:10.:36:14.

at the edge of the key and at the end, the former Ranger dilly

:36:15.:36:17.

buckaroo Rangers goalkeeper turned it round for a corner. Then they

:36:18.:36:26.

deflected shot past the near post but for all the United pressure,

:36:27.:36:28.

they were nearly caught at the other end. McKinnon at the end, given the

:36:29.:36:36.

second half performance, will feel frustrated that it ended 1-1. Off we

:36:37.:36:41.

go to Firhill. Partick Thistle against in the daily Alli Inverness

:36:42.:36:51.

couldn't do so. Partick, beginning a new league season in positive

:36:52.:36:56.

fashion, spoiling the first promotion match in charge for which

:36:57.:37:04.

Foran. The opening goal, picking up the ball inside the box and firing

:37:05.:37:11.

past the keeper, a fine finish from Chris Erskine. Then David Amoo

:37:12.:37:17.

doubled the lead, after Caley Thistle failed to clear from a Sean

:37:18.:37:22.

Welsh set piece. That was all it was in terms of goal-scoring, Caley

:37:23.:37:26.

Thistle unable to threaten the home goalkeeper for the duration of the

:37:27.:37:31.

90 minutes and given that this group 12 goals in the previous two League

:37:32.:37:35.

Cup games, disappointing for them. They could have had another couple,

:37:36.:37:40.

Lawless and then it was comfortable for the home side. Game over at

:37:41.:37:48.

Kilmarnock. A winning start to the new season for the visitors.

:37:49.:37:54.

Arousing and Tremadog afternoon. -- dramatic. Fort Worth the licence fee

:37:55.:38:02.

to watch the highlights, that is the shore. Come on at manager Lee Clark

:38:03.:38:08.

was sent to the stands, presumably for something he said to the fourth

:38:09.:38:15.

officials -- command manager. I will find out more about that shortly. A

:38:16.:38:21.

great finish over McDonald to make it 1-0, just after half-time,

:38:22.:38:30.

Johnson made it 2-0. With a header. Immediately Kris Boyd was prised

:38:31.:38:33.

from the bench and immediately had a chance well saved, as Kilmarnock

:38:34.:38:37.

tried to find their way back into the match. They struggled to create

:38:38.:38:44.

chances, eventually they got one, it was the substitute Martin Smith,

:38:45.:38:48.

released by Sunderland and picked up by Lee Clark, his flashing header

:38:49.:38:51.

gave Kilmarnock hope with seven minutes to go, it looked like they

:38:52.:38:56.

might rally, Coulibaly looked like he might have a penalty but the

:38:57.:39:01.

referee gave the decision against him, that incensed the Kilmarnock

:39:02.:39:04.

fans but they are giving the players a rousing reception, they have seen

:39:05.:39:08.

a lot of effort and once again they have seen another Kilmarnock defeat.

:39:09.:39:20.

Plaid results show relentlessly! Time to extol the virtues of

:39:21.:39:25.

Championship football. Watching Dunfermline against Dumbarton. If

:39:26.:39:30.

you want entertainment with your football this season, then east end

:39:31.:39:36.

park may be the place to be. Seven goals, a hat-trick, three penalties,

:39:37.:39:40.

an ordering off, where do you start? Dumbarton took the lead on 80

:39:41.:39:44.

minutes, Robert Thomson was the scorer but Stanley came after Moffat

:39:45.:39:49.

had hit the post for Dunfermline. -- it only came. Two goals in two

:39:50.:39:58.

minutes by Cardinal gave the past the lead at half-time and then a

:39:59.:40:01.

mistake by Frazer Wright in the Dumbarton defence gave them the

:40:02.:40:07.

chance for the first hat-trick of the season. Dunfermline then got

:40:08.:40:14.

their fourth and we thought the game is over but then, two penalties in

:40:15.:40:19.

added time from Mark Doherty for Dumbarton made the score 4-3 of the

:40:20.:40:25.

second one, the referee sent off Lee Ashcroft phase foul on Robert

:40:26.:40:31.

Thomson. A great way to start the season, more of this, please. More

:40:32.:40:37.

reports to follow from the Championship. St Mirren against

:40:38.:40:44.

Morton. A share of the points in this derby, the screwing up and up

:40:45.:40:51.

to 17 minutes, Forbes had pledged in a great free kick and the ball was

:40:52.:41:00.

passed by Lingfield. They deserve to be in front, it was the same story

:41:01.:41:03.

into the second half, Morton should have made it 2-0, Miss kick went

:41:04.:41:12.

well wide of the target. Allegri change things around, and it seemed

:41:13.:41:17.

to work, with seven minutes to go. Morgan found space, swung the ball

:41:18.:41:21.

into the box and John Sutton was there to head home. A banner was

:41:22.:41:25.

unfurled by the Saints fans, targeting the Morton supporters,

:41:26.:41:28.

saying simply, forever in our shadow. Not quite today. In no way

:41:29.:41:40.

is McManus in Connie vote shadow! It finished here, 2-0, Raith Rovers

:41:41.:41:49.

took the lead, it was the oppressive Bobby Bahu crossed for the goal. A

:41:50.:42:00.

superb start, McManus then hit the post but by half-time, it was 1-0.

:42:01.:42:04.

Raith Rovers looked dangerous and scored again, it was a very

:42:05.:42:13.

comfortable win for them to stop a United need to get players in and

:42:14.:42:21.

improve quickly. The summary from Somerset Texas nicely to the first

:42:22.:42:23.

classified results round-up of the season. -- takes us nicely.

:42:24.:45:53.

That is today's classified results. Michael, what did you make of that

:45:54.:46:02.

Yeovil Town score? I know you had nodded off by that stage! Back to

:46:03.:46:08.

the Premiership. What is the most significant result of the day? Well,

:46:09.:46:17.

people will look at what happened at Ibrox with a great deal of surprise

:46:18.:46:21.

and give Hamilton credit for that and people will probably read too

:46:22.:46:27.

much of it in terms of Rangers' failures and limitations. Rangers

:46:28.:46:32.

will still be very strong and as we said earlier you still expect them

:46:33.:46:35.

to sign a couple of players and really strengthened. We never got

:46:36.:46:43.

round to discussing who you think will struggle at the bottom end of

:46:44.:46:48.

the Premiership. Hamilton was a team that most people were thinking of.

:46:49.:46:55.

After today would you change that? They looked very good and organised

:46:56.:47:00.

today but against Rangers players raise their levels. You are not

:47:01.:47:11.

going to change your mind today? I feel that Kilmarnock have signed a

:47:12.:47:18.

number of young players from down south who are generally untested at

:47:19.:47:22.

this level of Scottish football Dummett they were so poor last year

:47:23.:47:27.

and I feel there is a malaise in the club. -- football, they were. They

:47:28.:47:33.

have been fighting relegation for the last few seasons and Lee Clark

:47:34.:47:37.

did well to lift them away from trouble. It took a huge gamble with

:47:38.:47:43.

wholesale changes. It was and we are talking in the dark because we don't

:47:44.:47:47.

know how good the players he has brought in are but they are all

:47:48.:47:53.

young, the oldest is 22. Either his faith is vindicated in these guys

:47:54.:47:57.

and they form the backbone of a squad that can keep them up or it

:47:58.:48:02.

goes the other way. I have a bad feeling about Kilmarnock, I have to

:48:03.:48:08.

say. Is that your tip for the drop? I think so. Tomorrow St Johnstone

:48:09.:48:16.

are against Aberdeen and hearts are at home to Celtic. You will be able

:48:17.:48:20.

to listen to live commentary... Michael, as a Dons fan you have

:48:21.:48:34.

suffered and off this week, the cruel exit from Europe at the hands

:48:35.:48:39.

of the referee. If you can bear it, let's have a look at their most

:48:40.:48:48.

recent trip to Perth. You said I had suffered enough and then you... Very

:48:49.:48:54.

hard to find any encouraging result from St Johnstone recently because

:48:55.:48:59.

their record has been quite poor. There was the 5-1 game at Pittodrie

:49:00.:49:07.

but also the 3-0 at McDermott. They seem to have a hex on, Aberdeen Sea

:49:08.:49:13.

to be able to stop them playing. -- seem to be. Aberdeen, they tried to

:49:14.:49:22.

lift the supporters by having the Rooney contract extension. Maybe

:49:23.:49:26.

that was going to be a second boost if they got through, or more of a

:49:27.:49:32.

pick me up after they got beaten, and that is what it turned out to

:49:33.:49:35.

be. What are your feelings on St Johnstone against Aberdeen? 20 goals

:49:36.:49:46.

in their four meetings last season. It shows you that it is open

:49:47.:49:53.

matches, they seem to be a bug bear team for Aberdeen. They need to

:49:54.:50:03.

shake off this European exit. They were probably the better team in

:50:04.:50:07.

Europe over the two legs but they need to shake off the hard story

:50:08.:50:12.

because this is the start of the league. It is an opportunity for

:50:13.:50:17.

them to shake that defeat out of their season. It is quite a new big

:50:18.:50:23.

day is coming up because they have the tie against United. They need to

:50:24.:50:33.

steady things. They did in Europe up until... Talk about your bogey team

:50:34.:50:46.

or hex team, nobody beats marrow bore. They have a poor record

:50:47.:50:50.

against St Johnstone, if they are going to lay down a challenge to

:50:51.:50:55.

Celtic and Rangers, this is when they have to do it. Hearts finished

:50:56.:50:59.

third last season against Celtic, they have one the league in each of

:51:00.:51:09.

the five seasons. Do you remember this one, 3-1 to Celtic? Griffiths

:51:10.:51:16.

scores an excellent goal. It is a great opening day fixture. It is

:51:17.:51:21.

hard to Celtic because it is a difficult place to go and win, one

:51:22.:51:26.

of the best atmospheres in Scottish football. You are just so close to

:51:27.:51:32.

the pitch. The supporters are within spitting distance from you! Not

:51:33.:51:40.

literally! Sometimes, but it is quite compacted and be hearts fans

:51:41.:51:48.

are magnificent. It is a tough one for Celtic and it will be

:51:49.:51:52.

interesting to see how Hearts are shaping up after the disappointed of

:51:53.:52:03.

Europe. Absolutely spot on, we know how intimidating Tynecastle is, it

:52:04.:52:06.

is one of the big away games for every club, but Celtic seem to be

:52:07.:52:12.

managing it, they score a lot of goals there, Leigh Griffiths is a

:52:13.:52:21.

hate figure for... Leigh Griffiths is one of the best players of his

:52:22.:52:29.

type in the country. Brendan Rodgers was talking him up, saying if he had

:52:30.:52:34.

a Latin name he would be worth ?15 million. Ross McCullough just went

:52:35.:52:50.

for 12. He is certainly very talented. He is a terrific

:52:51.:52:53.

talismanic and I think nothing will change this year, he will be the top

:52:54.:52:59.

scorer. You can find out how tomorrow's matches pan out by

:53:00.:53:07.

listening to Sportsound. We have Paul Hartley, the victorious

:53:08.:53:23.

done the manager, who spoke to Martin Dowden.

:53:24.:53:29.

You can't ask for a better performance or result I imagine. It

:53:30.:53:33.

is always a difficult place to come, we have struggled over the last few

:53:34.:53:39.

years but overall it was a terrific team performance. I thought our

:53:40.:53:44.

organisation was great today and the work ethic was terrific. We took our

:53:45.:53:48.

chances when they came along and I am delighted for this group of

:53:49.:53:51.

players because they have worked really hard in pre-season. The man

:53:52.:53:56.

who took the chances was Rory Loy, stepping up really well, everybody

:53:57.:53:59.

is looking at the absence of Kane Hemmings. Rory started the season

:54:00.:54:07.

last season in the same fashion, two goals and then he picked up an

:54:08.:54:11.

injury and it was hard thing to get back in. I thought he was excellent

:54:12.:54:15.

in terms of his work rate today and he took his goals when they came. A

:54:16.:54:20.

hard place to come as well so you will be satisfied with three points.

:54:21.:54:24.

This is a difficult 64 us, they put a lot of pressure on us but I

:54:25.:54:29.

thought we'd coped with it, a lot of balls into the box. You were talking

:54:30.:54:37.

about Greg Stewart not playing, people put two and two together, can

:54:38.:54:42.

you clear that up? He was injured in training but he will hopefully be

:54:43.:54:45.

back Monday or Tuesday. Has there been any movement in terms of goods?

:54:46.:54:52.

Just the couple of bits we have had from Birmingham on we rejected. Will

:54:53.:54:57.

they come back in, I don't know. Will you put a figure on what you

:54:58.:55:06.

expect. He has a year left on his contract, it's not for me to come up

:55:07.:55:10.

with figures, I want to keep Greg Stewart but it won't be easy. I

:55:11.:55:24.

guess you expect that the play you recruited recently can step up to

:55:25.:55:28.

the level? Yes, hopefully when he gets his opportunity, but it was

:55:29.:55:38.

important to get gametime today. Interesting to hear him talking

:55:39.:55:42.

about all back to the, he is somebody I am really looking forward

:55:43.:55:55.

to watching. -- -- Faisal El Bakhtaoui. I think he will be a good

:55:56.:56:05.

addition to the league. Who is your one to watch for the season in the

:56:06.:56:13.

Premiership? Jake Marini from QPR. He was outstanding, his pace was

:56:14.:56:16.

frightening, so he could cause a lot of defences problems. Let's talk

:56:17.:56:35.

about... Hibernian will be very strong, Dundee United. They will be

:56:36.:56:40.

wanting to get into the play-off but it will be extremely competitive.

:56:41.:56:46.

Having played in the Championship the competitive team is frightening.

:56:47.:56:50.

Does it look any tougher this season? I think it does. Hamilton

:56:51.:56:56.

might be a surprise package, Raith Rovers should be good. There is very

:56:57.:57:02.

little between the teams, Hibernian have the biggest budget, Dundee

:57:03.:57:07.

United behind them, Falkirk if they repeat what they did last year they

:57:08.:57:11.

can be up there as well. It is tough but hopefully they can make the

:57:12.:57:19.

play-offs. Well, ladies and gents, that's just about it for the first

:57:20.:57:24.

show of the new season. Before we go, I can reappraise you of the

:57:25.:57:28.

results in the top two divisions in Scotland.

:57:29.:57:46.

Just a reminder, you will see highlights of all the Premiership

:57:47.:58:13.

action in Sportscene tomorrow earlier than it was last week.

:58:14.:58:18.

Steven Thompson is one of Jonathan's guests, I will keep the other one

:58:19.:58:19.

secret. Michael Grant is on the Off The Ball

:58:20.:58:38.

Saturday Supplement. While you are fumbling for your mobile I will did

:58:39.:58:43.

you a good night and thank Stephen Thompson and Michael Grant for their

:58:44.:58:47.

contribution. Thank you very much, gentlemen, thank you for watching

:58:48.:58:52.

and we will see use. -- see you soon.

:58:53.:58:57.

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