:00:46. > :00:53.Time now for the forecast for the new Scottish Premiership season.
:00:54. > :01:03.Things looking good. This promises to be quite spectacular. That was a
:01:04. > :01:11.blockbuster goal. There will be challenging conditions. Things have
:01:12. > :01:19.been changeable in the Highlands. A bright start is again expected. We
:01:20. > :01:29.have seen some real highs. That is a glorious goal. In the Glasgow area.
:01:30. > :01:37.They are surely speeding up now. That is a rocket. It's going to be a
:01:38. > :01:41.cracker. Welcome to Sportscene, a new season and an exciting time for
:01:42. > :01:47.Scottish football. And for this show. And earlier slot, hour-long
:01:48. > :01:52.programme and enhanced coverage. The Premiership looks like it will be
:01:53. > :01:56.more competitive than ever. Michael Stewart and Stuart Thomson will be
:01:57. > :02:00.giving an inch in the studio. Plenty of hype surrounding the start of the
:02:01. > :02:02.season. Champions Celtic under Brendan Rodgers will begin their
:02:03. > :02:14.title defence a way at Hearts. Well, this time last year Hearts won
:02:15. > :02:18.their opening five league matches of the season, they will have to go
:02:19. > :02:24.some if they are going to get anywhere close to that. A very
:02:25. > :02:29.difficult beginning to the campaign. Celtic are looking for six in a row.
:02:30. > :02:36.There are a positive look to the Hearts side.
:02:37. > :02:45.Tony Watts, scorer of the famous goal against Barcelona. He makes his
:02:46. > :02:53.debut against his old team. Scott Sinclair is officially a Celtic
:02:54. > :03:02.player. He is a substitute a day. Patrick Roberts is injured. Celtic
:03:03. > :03:10.have not been able to call upon Patrick Roberts this afternoon. He
:03:11. > :03:15.scored a few against Hearts last season as well. He does well to find
:03:16. > :03:23.McGregor and Celtic have options. It's Forrest! The champions are off
:03:24. > :03:27.and running. An outstanding goal from James Forrest. He has looked
:03:28. > :03:39.more like himself in the European ties, the Scotland man. He worked it
:03:40. > :03:46.well with McGregor. This is quality. Par excellence from James Forrest,
:03:47. > :03:59.away from the despairing Hamilton. Celtic's bid for six in a row is
:04:00. > :04:15.well on its way. Here is Walker. He had some space there. Paterson.
:04:16. > :04:19.It's wide. He wrote himself into Celtic legend with that goal against
:04:20. > :04:25.the great Barcelona. That is a big chance to score against his former
:04:26. > :04:35.employers. He should have done. His manager thinks so, too. The chance
:04:36. > :04:45.goes begging. Beginning to close in on that as it comes right through to
:04:46. > :04:49.Griffiths. Wide of the goal. Two Joe enormous chances in less than a
:04:50. > :04:57.minute for either team. Griffiths somehow found himself in behind the
:04:58. > :05:07.jam tart's rearguard. He is normally deadly from there. It should be 2-0,
:05:08. > :05:20.after it should have been 1-1. A botched clearance. Back to Walker.
:05:21. > :05:26.He goes down. Penalty. Calla Lustig and the rest of the defence, Tierney
:05:27. > :05:31.included, protesting innocence. But Jamie Walker has gone down under the
:05:32. > :05:40.challenge of Tierney, who won a penalty against Celtic in similar
:05:41. > :05:53.fashion in midweek. Jimmy Walker. Tynecastle erupts. See of white and
:05:54. > :06:04.maroon. It is 1-1. Walker from the spot. The coolest man in Tynecastle.
:06:05. > :06:12.Lovely penalty from him. And it all is them and from this, well, there
:06:13. > :06:22.is not much in it. John Beeden was in no doubt whatsoever that that was
:06:23. > :06:28.a penalty kick. That has gone over the head of Paterson. Dembele has
:06:29. > :06:39.done well. How on earth did that stay out? Griffiths did not hit it
:06:40. > :06:41.particularly well, but you would still fancy that are going. Rossi
:06:42. > :07:01.stretching all of his neck muscles. Watt fancies this himself. Great
:07:02. > :07:05.save by Gordon. The supporters have been appreciative of Tony Watt in
:07:06. > :07:09.particular in this first half. It will be a debut for the man who has
:07:10. > :07:17.signed this weekend, Scott Sinclair. A youth player under Brendan Rodgers
:07:18. > :07:21.at Chelsea. Hearts fans are appealing for everything, as you do.
:07:22. > :07:31.That has gone through for your head. The Celtic defence stopped. The
:07:32. > :07:35.referee says no penalty. Hearts denied a spot kick, having got one
:07:36. > :07:54.in the first. It would have been very soft. In it comes. Griffiths
:07:55. > :08:06.scampers after it. Sinclair is in the middle. It is Scott Sinclair! It
:08:07. > :08:15.is a dream debut, a summer long chase. That is why they brought him
:08:16. > :08:20.to the club. Celtic have been under the cosh but as they always do, they
:08:21. > :08:29.demonstrate why they are the champions. Hearts have had chances.
:08:30. > :08:39.Scott Sinclair needed just want to justify already is big bucks move to
:08:40. > :08:43.Parkhead. Wonderful, clever finish. And Brendan Rodgers watches his new
:08:44. > :08:56.signing score on his maiden Celtic appearance.
:08:57. > :09:14.Saved by Gordon. Cowie has put in a tireless shift as the captain.
:09:15. > :09:20.Spectacular. I wonder if they will get another chance. They have had a
:09:21. > :09:27.couple in quick succession, Hearts. Cowie stinging the fingertips of
:09:28. > :09:32.Craig Gordon. Hearts sunk by Sinckler. The new Celtic signing
:09:33. > :09:38.with the winner. Brendan Rodgers opens his domestic account as Celtic
:09:39. > :09:42.manager with a victory. They were made to work for it today, though.
:09:43. > :09:50.James Forrest with the opener for the champions early on. Cancelled
:09:51. > :09:54.out by a disputed Walker penalty. After a wonderful piece of setup
:09:55. > :09:58.play by Leigh Griffiths, Scott Sinclair on his debut scores the
:09:59. > :10:08.winning goal on his first Celtic appearance. It finishes here in the
:10:09. > :10:14.capital, 2-1. I thought we pressed really well and dominated the game
:10:15. > :10:18.and created a lot of chances. You know, we are a group of young
:10:19. > :10:24.players that are progressing. We have guys coming up through the
:10:25. > :10:29.academy. To play against them and having panicking, that was great
:10:30. > :10:32.from our perspective and I thought the performance was great and I'm
:10:33. > :10:38.disappointed with the result but we have to accept that and move on. We
:10:39. > :10:42.could have been two or three up, that was a dubious penalty. In
:10:43. > :10:47.fairness to the referee he said he made a mistake. At least he was big
:10:48. > :10:51.enough to admit that. We then had to show character and good mentality in
:10:52. > :10:55.the second half to come back and the players accented the risks that we
:10:56. > :10:59.put into their game in the last 20 minutes, being super offensive and
:11:00. > :11:04.getting attacking players onto the field and then we broke through with
:11:05. > :11:07.a quick counterattack. I am delighted for the players and they
:11:08. > :11:13.have got their awards for having the bravery to want to win the game. A
:11:14. > :11:16.fantastic match in terms of pure entertainment. Michael Stewart, how
:11:17. > :11:24.big of a factor was Brendan Rodgers in that victory? It was huge. On a
:11:25. > :11:29.couple of fronts. The Celtic players look after manager now and believe
:11:30. > :11:32.that he knows what he's doing and tactically we spoke about going
:11:33. > :11:39.offensive, three at the back when hearts were playing one upfront and
:11:40. > :11:42.that whole combination adds to the belief whereas last year under Ronny
:11:43. > :11:46.Deila I'm not sure they would have won. They won plenty where they
:11:47. > :11:51.played well but not many when they were not on top form and that happen
:11:52. > :11:56.today. Let's get straight to the controversy. Great strike by James
:11:57. > :12:02.Forrest but should it have stood? Not in our opinion. Armstrong is
:12:03. > :12:06.clearly in an offside position. He is clearly in the way of the
:12:07. > :12:11.goalkeeper. I wonder if they hesitate thinking it's going to be a
:12:12. > :12:17.penalty kick. The angle shows that he is 100% in the keeper's line of
:12:18. > :12:21.vision. The referee has an unobstructed view. There is no doubt
:12:22. > :12:28.it should have been disallowed goal. The linesman was in a good position
:12:29. > :12:32.and he could have helped. John Beeden might have been thinking, I
:12:33. > :12:36.have allowed that to play on and it could have been a penalty, but he is
:12:37. > :12:45.looking at Armstrong unobstructed, that should have been enough. He
:12:46. > :12:50.pauses after the gold stands to make his mind up. It is all about
:12:51. > :12:56.interfering with play, it is almost a carbon copy of what happened
:12:57. > :13:02.today. The ball even goes in the right part of the net! The law
:13:03. > :13:05.changed at the start of last season so that a player does not have to
:13:06. > :13:09.touch the ball to be interfering and that clearly happened at Tynecastle
:13:10. > :13:14.today. Stuart Armstrong was interfering because he was affecting
:13:15. > :13:20.the view of Hamilton. He was obviously in a direct line of the
:13:21. > :13:30.ball. It 100% should have stood. Scott Brown described Walker as a
:13:31. > :13:37.cheat. Did he dive? 100%. It was a massive dive, there is zero contact,
:13:38. > :13:42.and it's a Tom Daley special. At the end of the day he does cheat. I have
:13:43. > :13:45.some sympathy with John Beeden because his line of sight, he does
:13:46. > :13:50.not see the gap between the players and as he is looking at that, he
:13:51. > :13:56.interprets the move, it was a good dive by Jimmy Walker! If he had made
:13:57. > :14:03.contact that is how he would have fallen. But it is poor play, that is
:14:04. > :14:06.unacceptable. The linesman has a different view and they have do help
:14:07. > :14:15.each other. It should have been none no. It could have been 1-0 and a
:14:16. > :14:19.dream debut for Scott Sinclair. You heard Nielsen talking about bringing
:14:20. > :14:22.on millions of pounds of players and that is the difference, look at the
:14:23. > :14:28.pace and power of Scott Sinclair, great play by Leigh Griffiths. Not
:14:29. > :14:32.sure about the defending but that is the big thing with Patrick Roberts
:14:33. > :14:35.down the side, that is why he was an important signing now for the
:14:36. > :14:43.Champions League, someone with that pace. Clearly a composed finish. St
:14:44. > :14:47.Johnstone edged Aberdeen in head-to-head 's last season. Two
:14:48. > :14:53.wins out of four but Aberdeen finished best of the rest behind
:14:54. > :14:56.Celtic. Looking to bounce back from midweek disappointment against
:14:57. > :15:06.Maribor in your up. Commentary comes from Paul Mitchell. -- in Europe.
:15:07. > :15:10.One change from the leak of win against Stirling Albion last
:15:11. > :15:21.weekend. Three changes to the Aberdeen side that were defeated by
:15:22. > :15:29.Maribor. A first Aberdeen start for Miles Storey.
:15:30. > :15:41.Jack tries to get involved. A break for Brian Easton. Encouraged by the
:15:42. > :15:44.home fans to shoot and he did so. It almost felt the Wales St Johnstone.
:15:45. > :16:01.Lewis was behind this and it just deflected on. You can hear shinny
:16:02. > :16:04.calling for it. -- fell the way of St Johnstone. That was an
:16:05. > :16:13.intelligent pass. Nobody was near Jack and he rips the shot away. The
:16:14. > :16:19.long throw experts. It is deflected to Swanson. That is a good stop. It
:16:20. > :16:24.will be a goal kick. Two clean sheets in six matches for Aberdeen
:16:25. > :16:34.this season. Called into action. That is a good reaction save. It
:16:35. > :16:41.goes into the middle. Swanson. It's another good chance for the striker.
:16:42. > :16:49.Swanson pulls it back across and he mis-hit sit with his left and it
:16:50. > :16:53.seems to come off his knee. Goals in the last 13 meetings between these
:16:54. > :17:02.teams. They have not looked like making it 14 so far. It is easily
:17:03. > :17:07.headed away. Opportunity for Aberdeen. It's a long shot, drifting
:17:08. > :17:18.up from the back was Kenny Maclean. A sweet left but strike. The grass
:17:19. > :17:21.cutter not troubling the keeper. Tommy Wright will be wanting more
:17:22. > :17:33.from his side. They will have to defend here. Maclean will flick it
:17:34. > :17:42.wide. It is missed by two. Onto Consett iron. Reynolds and Logan. It
:17:43. > :17:50.finds its way to Consett iron. A lack of power and conviction behind
:17:51. > :17:59.the shot. Ryan Jack, on to Logan. Seventh game of the season already.
:18:00. > :18:06.Plays it inside. Ryan Jack. Stockley again. Tries to find his way
:18:07. > :18:13.through. Shinny will want to keep this on his left foot. He cuts
:18:14. > :18:27.inside. Stockley has been involved in a lot of good build-up play.
:18:28. > :18:34.Easton on the overlap. Good effort being given by both sides but it has
:18:35. > :18:39.exceeded the entertainment value. Trying to make something happen with
:18:40. > :18:45.Wetherspoon. That sums up the day. Almost and never with no end
:18:46. > :18:53.product. Good skills. But not a good finish. Consett iron is being asked
:18:54. > :19:02.to send this long. Gets it away. Consett iron again. Kenny Maclean.
:19:03. > :19:09.It's a great header for Ryan Jack. That is as close as Aberdeen have
:19:10. > :19:15.come this afternoon. Alan Mannus denies him with a really good save.
:19:16. > :19:23.Swanson on corner duty. Sends it up high. The goalkeeper comes for it.
:19:24. > :19:32.Clashes with Davidson. It is a brave take from Joe Lewis. He will be
:19:33. > :19:39.pleased that he held that. 18 goals in four games between the sides last
:19:40. > :19:45.season. Can there be one here? The ball comes in. I am not sure that
:19:46. > :19:48.Stockley saw that. It was a good touch to take it past Alan Mannus
:19:49. > :19:55.and that may be the last touch of the game. Very few clear-cut chances
:19:56. > :19:59.in the game and that was down to a lack of quality from both sides and
:20:00. > :20:04.very good defensive performances from both sides. I am grateful for
:20:05. > :20:13.the point, both sides approach this well to earn a point and we were
:20:14. > :20:16.very robust as a team. Lewis for the goal, and Stockley bring that
:20:17. > :20:21.physicality to a team, and it is the type of team, the type of game where
:20:22. > :20:24.we may have dropped points last season. In the second half as
:20:25. > :20:30.Badgley, but we stood up to a lot of that and it pleased me. It is fair
:20:31. > :20:39.to say that it was not as thrilling as the first game with Aberdeen
:20:40. > :20:45.starting with Hayes and Rooney. -- without them. How did their
:20:46. > :20:49.replacements do? When you lose guys like that it will have a negative
:20:50. > :20:52.impact and there is no doubt about that, it is interesting to hear them
:20:53. > :20:57.talking about the physicality of the guys that they bring to the team.
:20:58. > :21:00.You heard them talking about the lack of that last season. I'm not
:21:01. > :21:06.sure that the skill level is always the same as the three guys that were
:21:07. > :21:09.missing today. We saw in a couple of BT is the difference that it brings
:21:10. > :21:13.to the attack in particular when those three guys are not playing. It
:21:14. > :21:18.ends up being a different style, long balls up to Stockley, he is a
:21:19. > :21:25.physical guy, there did not seem to be the same synergy between the
:21:26. > :21:29.three. He did not manage to get the best of the St Johnstone backline.
:21:30. > :21:32.Also the ball goes into the defensive third and this is where it
:21:33. > :21:37.starts again, another aimless pump up the park. There was not that
:21:38. > :21:42.connection among the front three like their normal years when you
:21:43. > :21:47.have Rooney, McGinn and Hayes. There was a negative impact on the whole.
:21:48. > :21:51.Going to make them it is a difficult place to go so it was potentially a
:21:52. > :21:58.good point. In terms of the summer signing strategy, do you think
:21:59. > :22:02.Aberdeen are stronger this season? The squad is stronger but I don't
:22:03. > :22:05.think anyone they brought him will breach the starting 11 from last
:22:06. > :22:10.year. It was a good point from Aberdeen, they travelled during the
:22:11. > :22:15.week for that difficult European tie and then they go to Perth. They will
:22:16. > :22:21.be happy with the point again St Johnstone. Continuity is the key.
:22:22. > :22:28.Top six has always been a great thing for them, can they do it? Of
:22:29. > :22:31.course they can. Continuity is the thing about St Johnstone. They have
:22:32. > :22:36.something that a lot of clubs are seeking, that stability and
:22:37. > :22:41.continuity. There is no doubt that the top six is achievable. Later we
:22:42. > :23:04.will see one new manager. Before all of that we are off to
:23:05. > :23:09.Ibrox for the return of top-flight football for the first time since
:23:10. > :23:13.2012. Rangers back in the date time following a tumultuous voyage
:23:14. > :23:18.through the lower leagues. Paul Maclean provided the commentary.
:23:19. > :23:24.COMMENTATOR: It's countdown time, Flag Day at Ibrox. The Rangers
:23:25. > :23:28.chairman Dave King sparking the latest celebrations of the club's
:23:29. > :23:32.Championship win last season, and after three promotions in four
:23:33. > :23:36.seasons Rangers are looking forward to top-flight football. This is the
:23:37. > :23:47.Rangers team that lost to Burnley last weekend. Four other summer
:23:48. > :23:48.signings on the bench. This is the Hamilton team which beat Livingston
:23:49. > :24:10.in the League Cup last Saturday. That is Halladay. The shot on goal
:24:11. > :24:17.is saved by Matthews. The 22-year-old Remi Matthews on loan
:24:18. > :24:29.from Norwich. Solidly behind it. The interception. Well, that struck the
:24:30. > :24:36.arm of the Greek defender. I am pretty sure his arm was tucked into
:24:37. > :24:47.his side. No penalty. In four Barry Mackay. Down he goes. It was headed
:24:48. > :24:59.away. The hand into the face from the former Celtic man. Up goes Greg
:25:00. > :25:05.Doherty. Now Louis Longridge. In from Doherty. It came off Kiernan.
:25:06. > :25:12.Now Crawford twists away from Kranjcar and scores. It is a stunner
:25:13. > :25:21.at Ibrox. Hamilton ahead after half an hour. Kranjcar went sliding into
:25:22. > :25:30.the challenge here. Crawford saw the opportunity to blasted home. That
:25:31. > :25:35.has been given away. Halladay on the move, cutting inside, down it goes.
:25:36. > :25:48.Outside the box. It's going to be a yellow card. That is the third
:25:49. > :25:55.yellow already for the Accies. Perilously close to the penalty box.
:25:56. > :26:01.That was mighty close. Clipping the outside of the upright. Why corn was
:26:02. > :26:11.a fraction away from levelling things. Donaghy was caught in
:26:12. > :26:18.possession. Shifted through four Warokorn. Big chance which he can't
:26:19. > :26:23.take. From almost the identical spot from which Crawford scored in the
:26:24. > :26:34.first half. Curled it around the goalkeeper and around the post.
:26:35. > :26:40.Keeping the ball under pressure. Dangerous ball infield. Harry
:26:41. > :26:49.Forrester. That is brilliant from Warokorn. It's 1-1. What an impact
:26:50. > :26:55.off the bench from Forrester. A sublime Paris with the outside of
:26:56. > :27:04.the right boot. And last season's top scorer makes it five in the new
:27:05. > :27:08.campaign for him. In from Ali Crawford. Donaghy's header. What is
:27:09. > :27:16.saved by Fotheringham. The former Celtic midfielder thought he had
:27:17. > :27:19.Hamilton ahead again. That is a stunning stop, at full stretch for
:27:20. > :27:33.the Rangers keeper. Stopping it becoming 2-1. Straight back to
:27:34. > :27:41.Forrester. Still going, Harry Forrester. And he screws it wide.
:27:42. > :27:53.The creator of the equaliser had a big chance to turn this game
:27:54. > :28:01.completely around. Tavernier. No pressure on the ball as he whips in
:28:02. > :28:11.the cross. It is Joey Barton. It could have been a special day for
:28:12. > :28:22.Barton had that gone in. Lee Wallace with the throw for why corn. He
:28:23. > :28:27.pulls up in agony. This could be seriously bad news for Warokorn. He
:28:28. > :28:34.is distraught at picking up a hamstring injury. Rangers are now
:28:35. > :28:39.down to ten men in the closing stages having used all three
:28:40. > :28:44.substitutes. Can they still find a winner? In from Wallace. That came
:28:45. > :28:56.off Kiernan. The Hamilton skipper had a swing and a miss.
:28:57. > :29:04.Due to an ongoing situation between Rangers and BBC Scotland there will
:29:05. > :29:07.be no interviews at Ibrox. There is one of the midfielders, Crawford,
:29:08. > :29:13.arguably the star man at Ibrox, is that fair to say?
:29:14. > :29:20.Massive credit to them, went in with a game plan and every single one of
:29:21. > :29:31.the players were excellent. Rangers were well below par. Joey Barton,
:29:32. > :29:34.Mikko Cran char, it was a lot of videos of Crawford and his skills
:29:35. > :29:41.were are about to see. It was energetic, skilful. You can see
:29:42. > :29:48.Kranjcar gets caught in the ball again. Hamilton playing a nice bit
:29:49. > :29:54.of intricate passing. It comes back here, get we wee nutmeg on Barton. A
:29:55. > :29:58.great shot, goal bound and went out for a kick. Here you see a side of
:29:59. > :30:04.the game that most people don't associate with Ali Crawford. He is
:30:05. > :30:11.chasing, reading the game well. Shows a good bit of pace and wins a
:30:12. > :30:19.good tackle. He comes on the blindside of Kranjcar, eager to get
:30:20. > :30:27.the ball. A great turn. Top-class. He was superb yesterday. As were the
:30:28. > :30:31.whole Hamilton tees. -- team. I don't think many people saw it
:30:32. > :30:36.coming. It was expected Rangers would come into the top flight and
:30:37. > :30:43.win, especially at Ibrox. Kranjcar went off and was replaced by Harry
:30:44. > :30:48.Forrester. He made the difference. Up until that point they lacked
:30:49. > :30:54.energy. He found himself tween the lines, found some good space. Tries
:30:55. > :31:01.a difficult ball and what of all it was. For Waghorn to finish. Every
:31:02. > :31:09.time he got the ball, has a wee check of the shoulder, knows where
:31:10. > :31:18.Mckay years. -- is. Every time Forrester got the ball, he did
:31:19. > :31:22.something positive. He was unlucky here, just fired over the top. But
:31:23. > :31:28.he made a real difference. Business doubt there was a big change when he
:31:29. > :31:32.came on. It will be interesting to see how that dynamic works in
:31:33. > :31:40.Rangers midfield. Lastly had a lot of legs and energy. -- last year.
:31:41. > :31:44.Kranjcar is a top class player but fitness concerns, when you see that
:31:45. > :31:52.against the busy and energetic Hamilton midfield, there's definite
:31:53. > :31:56.change. Energy is a big part of Rangers's game. How that midfield
:31:57. > :32:02.will work throughout the course of the season will be interesting to
:32:03. > :32:06.see. Kranjcar and Barton, class players but not as young as they
:32:07. > :32:11.were. Can they play in the same midfield? No, Hamilton looked more
:32:12. > :32:19.energetic, but loads of options. Forrester did well yesterday,
:32:20. > :32:23.Rossiter, and others. There are options. Whether they persist with
:32:24. > :32:27.Kranjcar to get him match fit, I don't know. There certainly are
:32:28. > :32:33.options, they need to find the right one. Can they push Celtic for the
:32:34. > :32:37.title? I don't see Rangers challenging for the title. I think
:32:38. > :32:43.they will be challenging for second place with Aberdeen and hearts.
:32:44. > :32:50.Under Mark Warburton, Rangers have made great strides. I think they'll
:32:51. > :33:00.end up in the bottom six, but for me, I think Omagh we -- kill Marnoch
:33:01. > :33:02.other ones we need to be concerned about rather than Accies.
:33:03. > :33:04.Ross County enjoyed a dream season last time round,
:33:05. > :33:08.Jim McIntyre's side also finished in the top six.
:33:09. > :33:09.They'd start this season at home to Dundee.
:33:10. > :33:12.Paul Hartley's side now without star striker Kane Hemmings,
:33:13. > :33:51.Last season 23 games, Ross County hit seven last weekend. Dandy
:33:52. > :33:56.themselves -- Dundee, no Greg Stewart due to injury.
:33:57. > :34:08.Stepping out from the back. Continuing his run. A chance for
:34:09. > :34:15.Ross County. Doesn't get it away. Second attempt. Kevin Holt. Coming
:34:16. > :34:18.from the back with a second effort and Kevin had to rescue the
:34:19. > :34:34.situation. Makes the run. Great run by O'Hara.
:34:35. > :34:45.Dundee with the opening goal after 13 minutes. Rory Loy scored last
:34:46. > :34:58.season against Ross County opens the scoring here. Williams supplied
:34:59. > :35:05.O'Hara and Lloyd was deadly. -- Loy. The shout goes through for a
:35:06. > :35:08.penalty. Seemed to run across, took a moment to go down. Clumsy from
:35:09. > :35:31.Vincent. A chance for boys. Just touched inside by Graham.
:35:32. > :35:40.McGowan. A great ball through to a O'Hara. O'Hara to Lloyd. -- ploy.
:35:41. > :35:47.They started well this game Mark O'Hara and Rory Loy. Referee will
:35:48. > :35:54.bring things to a halt for a moment, warning the players about pushing
:35:55. > :35:58.and pulling and tugging. Here it comes, referee says penalty.
:35:59. > :36:06.McEveley was the man involved. He will be yellow carded. The corner
:36:07. > :36:12.was a deep onto the back post. O'Hara went down. It looked fairly
:36:13. > :36:20.tame and referee from his position that penalty. Rory Loy, and opening
:36:21. > :36:28.game league double last season against Kilmarnock. And now this
:36:29. > :36:33.season against Ross County. Didn't finish this, straight down the
:36:34. > :36:42.middle. What a great start to the March board Dundee. Two ahead after
:36:43. > :36:49.41 minutes, both from Rory Loy. Dundee started the campaign away
:36:50. > :36:55.from home last season and won 4- zero Waqar Marnoch.
:36:56. > :37:09.Played superbly so far. Felt confident to finish. McEveley steps
:37:10. > :37:16.forward. Vincent. McEveley is out of position. Michael Duffy calling for
:37:17. > :37:25.it. Being pursued. Honest to McGowan. It is three! Goes under the
:37:26. > :37:30.body of Scott Fox. Dandy make them pay. 62 minutes played, Paul
:37:31. > :37:52.McGowan, second goal of the season. Gardyne gets it back from Curran. A
:37:53. > :37:57.good shot. Gardyne with the initial header. That was going in.
:37:58. > :38:14.Davis goes up, first -- Boyce has a shot. Ross County get their first
:38:15. > :38:18.league goal of the season. Liam boys. It was on target, but just
:38:19. > :38:40.afflicted. 'S. Tries the shot. Off target. Watched
:38:41. > :38:44.it go across,. If we going to give penalties for that, we'll have a lot
:38:45. > :38:53.of penalties. There is no doubt that Dundee, it was a good corner. J got
:38:54. > :38:57.his hand on him. But as I say, if the consistency is to be there, we
:38:58. > :39:05.will see a lot for that. If he has a grip shot and the refs box it, you
:39:06. > :39:09.just need to suck it up. Overall, it was a terrific team performance. I
:39:10. > :39:15.thought the organisation was great today and the work ethic was great.
:39:16. > :39:26.We took our chances when they came along and I am delighted because
:39:27. > :39:33.they've worked really hard. Great detective worked to see why this
:39:34. > :39:38.happened. We looked through every angle. We have more angles this
:39:39. > :39:42.season and we worked through them all to see what happened. It was
:39:43. > :39:51.clear something went on. You heard the comments from Jim McIntyre. If
:39:52. > :39:56.there is something that happens we just need to suck it up. Here it is,
:39:57. > :40:07.he got his shot. There is no doubt. That is a penalty. Bobby Madden.
:40:08. > :40:10.Bobby Madden, he gave three penalties in the St Johnstone versus
:40:11. > :40:21.Falkirk game all full similar things. Ross County manager
:40:22. > :40:26.conceding it was a penalty. Obviously he's not seen the footage
:40:27. > :40:31.we have. We doesn't have the explorer finding it for him! When he
:40:32. > :40:36.sees it, he will realise. Consistency required. You can
:40:37. > :40:41.understand when it happened in the other game, people saying the same
:40:42. > :40:44.thing, there will be a lot of penalties. But if you have
:40:45. > :40:48.consistency and offenders know you can't pull shirts in the box, it is
:40:49. > :40:53.up to them. They have to make the decision. If you pulled a shirt, you
:40:54. > :40:56.run a risk of a penalty. You want to seek attackers having free runs at
:40:57. > :40:58.all because you'll have more goals. A lot of people wondering where
:40:59. > :41:12.goals will come from Dundee. That is a well timed run and good
:41:13. > :41:21.finish. He is injured -- was injured for the large part of last season.
:41:22. > :41:32.He could be a big player for Dundee this year. This week, they have got
:41:33. > :41:36.Faissal El Bakhtaoui as well. He is irreplaceable for them. His form
:41:37. > :41:39.last season was incredible, not just for Dundee, but he is one of the
:41:40. > :41:50.stars of Scottish football. I hope they hold onto him.
:41:51. > :41:53.There had been rumours of manager Lee Clark leaving the club
:41:54. > :41:57.And now star striker Josh Magennis was the subject of bids
:41:58. > :41:59.Kilmarnock fans with cause for concern.
:42:00. > :42:02.Elimination from the League Cup hadn't helped either.
:42:03. > :42:04.Could the visit of Motherwell provide the catalyst
:42:05. > :42:41.Three of kill Marnoch's new signings are
:42:42. > :42:50.the problem here for someone. Lee Clark, the manager. Craig Thomson
:42:51. > :43:05.sending him to the stand. Based on the advice by fourth official Gavin
:43:06. > :43:09.Ross. He looks amused. -- bemused. Boyle fails to control it. Here is
:43:10. > :43:18.games worth. He has MacDonald in the middle. -- games word.
:43:19. > :43:39.Not popular with the Kilmarnock supporters. Anderson with a
:43:40. > :43:47.clearance. McDonald's with a fine save at his near post.
:43:48. > :43:53.McDonnell showed his use of reflexes.
:43:54. > :44:05.Nice pass to Ainsworth. McDonald finding Ainsworth. To read fix stuff
:44:06. > :44:12.from Lionel Ainsworth! The neatest of chips over the goalkeeper and he
:44:13. > :44:17.puts Motherwell in front five minutes before the interval. An
:44:18. > :44:25.exquisite finish there from the Motherwell player. His first of the
:44:26. > :44:33.new campaign. What a way to do it. Not the best of grows from Greg
:44:34. > :44:41.Taylor. -- throws. There is Johnson. That is 2-0. Only 25 seconds into
:44:42. > :44:46.the second half. Marvin Johnson comes up with the goods there. It
:44:47. > :44:54.was a neat delivery from Chris Cadden and Johnson arriving with a
:44:55. > :45:04.fine header to claim his fourth goal in four matches so far this season.
:45:05. > :45:17.Samson got a good hands to that one. So close to getting Kilmarnock back
:45:18. > :45:28.in the game. Take with the throw. Johnson. Ainsworth behind the
:45:29. > :45:31.defence. He was not offside. That was an easier chance than these
:45:32. > :45:36.spectacular effort he had to score in the first half.
:45:37. > :45:48.Ainsworth. Here is Johnson. Marvin Johnson with it. That could have
:45:49. > :45:53.been number three for Motherwell. Good defending from Stephen Smith,
:45:54. > :46:04.managed to get back there to force him onto his right foot and make the
:46:05. > :46:11.block. Anderson. Here is McKenzie. Cadden is in there, so is clay.
:46:12. > :46:22.Kilmarnock get the free kick. A combination of tackles there. Kris
:46:23. > :46:31.Boyd, with it! Well saved by Samsung. A bit of impetus for kill
:46:32. > :46:42.Marnoch on the -- for Kilmarnock with Boyd on the field. McKenzie,
:46:43. > :46:49.neat touch. Boyd, towards Taylor. Martin Smith, the substitute, only
:46:50. > :46:56.on for three minutes who has put Kilmarnock back in the game. Smith,
:46:57. > :47:03.the new signing from Sunderland, claiming his first goal for
:47:04. > :47:12.Kilmarnock. And -- Anderson with a long board. Kilmarnock looking for
:47:13. > :47:20.the penalty. Craig Thomson says free kick in favour of Motherwell. We are
:47:21. > :47:25.not pleased with the two goals we gave away but have a feel for them,
:47:26. > :47:30.I think we've fought, give everything. I been disappointed in
:47:31. > :47:37.some of the League Cup games where we haven't been competitive enough
:47:38. > :47:45.or organised enough. Today, we have. At 2-0, you know what happens. They
:47:46. > :47:50.worked hard against us all afternoon, put us under pressure, so
:47:51. > :47:53.we didn't expect anything different. Many aspects of it were very
:47:54. > :48:02.positive. The first half was excellent. It was an excellent away
:48:03. > :48:12.win from Motherwell. There have been offers for Marvin Johnson. So clear
:48:13. > :48:21.yesterday on the attack yesterday, Motherwell. They have unbelievable
:48:22. > :48:30.pace but both quite hit and miss. Yesterday, had a big impact in the
:48:31. > :48:37.game, especially Ainsworth's first goal. Kilmarnock probably not that
:48:38. > :48:41.impressed defensively. That is just... Motherwell exploited the
:48:42. > :48:50.gaps. This is another brutal goal for Kilmarnock to lose defensively.
:48:51. > :48:54.Good play from the players. A powerful header, but they are both
:48:55. > :48:58.pivotal to the way Motherwell play. What do you make of Lee Clark? It
:48:59. > :49:02.doesn't seem that long ago we were seeing his antics on the sidelines
:49:03. > :49:06.as Kilmarnock managed to stay at last season and ten minutes into the
:49:07. > :49:12.match yesterday he was sent to the stands. Never a dull moment with
:49:13. > :49:19.him! No, quite confusing, he admitted he had sworn but not at the
:49:20. > :49:24.officials. At times the officials can be overly officious. If somebody
:49:25. > :49:28.is swearing at an official, by all means send them to the stand, that
:49:29. > :49:33.at times there are too many people round there, too many rules and
:49:34. > :49:37.regulations. There is generally a lot of swearing around the technical
:49:38. > :49:44.area! A lot of work for Kilmarnock still to do. A poor start of the
:49:45. > :49:49.season, out of the cup, did not look brilliant yesterday. A lot of
:49:50. > :49:57.players brought in are young and untested in Scottish football.
:49:58. > :50:00.There's a lot to do. Kilmarnock have to hit the ground running quickly
:50:01. > :50:02.because there has been malaise for a number of years.
:50:03. > :50:04.Partick Thistle went 10 games without a win
:50:05. > :50:07.As the Premiership began this weekend they were looking
:50:08. > :50:11.to make it 5 wins in a row, after 4 straight wins so far
:50:12. > :50:14.Could they keep that form going against Inverness
:50:15. > :50:17.The Highlanders arrived in Glasgow off the back of some decent
:50:18. > :50:31.Commentary comes from Alasdair Lamont
:50:32. > :50:48.Partick Thistle league debut for her sky. -- Erskine.
:50:49. > :51:02.Foreign will be hoping his side can continue. A decent effort by Billy
:51:03. > :51:06.King. He has looked lively early on. Applause for young Partick Thistle
:51:07. > :51:12.fan Luke Wallace who was taken from us at the age of 16.
:51:13. > :51:26.Sean wells with the free kick. Couldn't find the target, Lindsay.
:51:27. > :51:41.Away from his marker, couldn't test Fon Williams in the visitors goal.
:51:42. > :51:47.Now Callum Booth, done well to get away from Raven. Heavy touch. He has
:51:48. > :51:54.got it through to Chris Erskine. What a finish from the returning
:51:55. > :52:03.hero Chris Erskine. His delighted face says it all. This is exactly
:52:04. > :52:16.why. The second touch, a curling shot. Partick Thistle make the
:52:17. > :52:20.breakthrough. Alan Archibald will be pleased to see his side at the
:52:21. > :52:25.front. They went ten games at the start of last season before they
:52:26. > :52:33.recorded their first win. They would love to do that first time around in
:52:34. > :52:35.this campaign but it is an opportunity to equalise and should
:52:36. > :52:47.have hit the target at the very least.
:52:48. > :52:55.Should have opened his league account there. It has been a
:52:56. > :53:04.sprightly start to the second half from the visitors. May have been
:53:05. > :53:07.better taking that in the left foot first time. Wanted to get onto his
:53:08. > :53:22.right foot but was being closed down. Dragged it wide.
:53:23. > :53:34.The chance for Partick Thistle to throw the ball into the box. Welsh
:53:35. > :53:39.to take the free kick. Second time! That is Amoo. Opposite over the
:53:40. > :53:52.line. This all have they two goal advantage.
:53:53. > :54:07.He really couldn't mess, ammo. -- Amoo.
:54:08. > :54:21.Good to nations tackle by do learn. Do LAN.
:54:22. > :54:38.Here's effort and not too far away. This was only inches wide. Fon
:54:39. > :54:48.Williams wasn't there. In that has scarcely able to threaten the goal.
:54:49. > :55:00.The header really the first save Jeromy has had to make. Doolan might
:55:01. > :55:13.get onto that. Against Warren. A decent save from Fon Williams.
:55:14. > :55:23.Fon Williams got plenty behind it. Try to get the victory in the first
:55:24. > :55:30.game. I don't think there was a lot in the half until Chris Erskine came
:55:31. > :55:37.in. Created couple of chances in the first half. Probably half chances.
:55:38. > :55:40.They also didn't really create a lot of chances. Disappointing result but
:55:41. > :55:49.I can't be too hard on the lads. They've been magnificent. They are
:55:50. > :55:55.hurting, as well. We will move on. Good result for Partick Thistle.
:55:56. > :55:58.Such a contrast to last season. Keeping the lights of Stevie Lawless
:55:59. > :56:03.who we'll thought would leave the club and Chris Erskine. He loves
:56:04. > :56:06.being at Partick Thistle. Certain players have places they perform at
:56:07. > :56:12.Anfield, double that and there's no doubt that Chris Erskine is one of
:56:13. > :56:16.them. Lawless, you're right, it looked like he was going to move on
:56:17. > :56:21.but he signed a new contract and he is pivotal to the waves Partick
:56:22. > :56:28.Thistle want to play. You can see he is always linking up. A wonderful
:56:29. > :56:35.first touch allowed him to set self up and guided in. Must be exciting
:56:36. > :56:42.times for Partick Thistle in terms of fans because converter last
:56:43. > :56:46.season, it's much better. They started with five victories and they
:56:47. > :56:51.are attacking well and scoring goals. A big result yesterday. You
:56:52. > :56:59.seen a fair bit of League Cup football, were you surprised by the
:57:00. > :57:06.scoreline and how toothless they were? Someone you know quite well,
:57:07. > :57:11.Kevin McNaughton, played yesterday. Yes, I was surprised that the lack
:57:12. > :57:14.of attacking threat. Kevin is a next team-mate of mine and I think he
:57:15. > :57:23.will be a big player for Inverness this year. He is very calm, the good
:57:24. > :57:31.influence for the team. I don't know why he's forward, I think is
:57:32. > :57:38.forgotten his centre-half. He is a fantastic player Andy reads the game
:57:39. > :57:42.ever so well. -- and he reads. He will be a big influence in the
:57:43. > :57:46.changing room, as well. Here, this is impressive defending. He sees the
:57:47. > :57:52.danger when the ball goes out wide. He gets to the front post area and
:57:53. > :57:55.cuts out the danger. It is not his natural position, he spent his first
:57:56. > :58:00.eight years at Cardiff as a full-back that he will do very well
:58:01. > :58:05.for Inverness this year. How do you read the ever nest situation? Richie
:58:06. > :58:09.Foran has a couple of good results but that would have been so one for
:58:10. > :58:14.him? You heard him say it was hard for him to take. He will take a lot
:58:15. > :58:19.of confidence from the League Cup performances so far. It's his first
:58:20. > :58:22.game, surely we get too far up or down at this point.
:58:23. > :58:24.And that's it for the first instalment of this
:58:25. > :58:30.We're back next weekend at the new and even better time
:58:31. > :58:36.Until then from all of us, goodnight.