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Time now for the forecast for the new Scottish Premiership season.

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Things looking good. This promises to be quite spectacular. That was a

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blockbuster goal. There will be challenging conditions. Things have

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been changeable in the Highlands. A bright start is again expected. We

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have seen some real highs. That is a glorious goal. In the Glasgow area.

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They are surely speeding up now. That is a rocket. It's going to be a

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cracker. Welcome to Sportscene, a new season and an exciting time for

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Scottish football. And for this show. And earlier slot, hour-long

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programme and enhanced coverage. The Premiership looks like it will be

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more competitive than ever. Michael Stewart and Stuart Thomson will be

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giving an inch in the studio. Plenty of hype surrounding the start of the

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season. Champions Celtic under Brendan Rodgers will begin their

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title defence a way at Hearts. Well, this time last year Hearts won

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their opening five league matches of the season, they will have to go

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some if they are going to get anywhere close to that. A very

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difficult beginning to the campaign. Celtic are looking for six in a row.

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There are a positive look to the Hearts side.

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Tony Watts, scorer of the famous goal against Barcelona. He makes his

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debut against his old team. Scott Sinclair is officially a Celtic

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player. He is a substitute a day. Patrick Roberts is injured. Celtic

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have not been able to call upon Patrick Roberts this afternoon. He

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scored a few against Hearts last season as well. He does well to find

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McGregor and Celtic have options. It's Forrest! The champions are off

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and running. An outstanding goal from James Forrest. He has looked

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more like himself in the European ties, the Scotland man. He worked it

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well with McGregor. This is quality. Par excellence from James Forrest,

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away from the despairing Hamilton. Celtic's bid for six in a row is

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well on its way. Here is Walker. He had some space there. Paterson.

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It's wide. He wrote himself into Celtic legend with that goal against

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the great Barcelona. That is a big chance to score against his former

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employers. He should have done. His manager thinks so, too. The chance

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goes begging. Beginning to close in on that as it comes right through to

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Griffiths. Wide of the goal. Two Joe enormous chances in less than a

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minute for either team. Griffiths somehow found himself in behind the

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jam tart's rearguard. He is normally deadly from there. It should be 2-0,

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after it should have been 1-1. A botched clearance. Back to Walker.

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He goes down. Penalty. Calla Lustig and the rest of the defence, Tierney

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included, protesting innocence. But Jamie Walker has gone down under the

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challenge of Tierney, who won a penalty against Celtic in similar

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fashion in midweek. Jimmy Walker. Tynecastle erupts. See of white and

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maroon. It is 1-1. Walker from the spot. The coolest man in Tynecastle.

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Lovely penalty from him. And it all is them and from this, well, there

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is not much in it. John Beeden was in no doubt whatsoever that that was

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a penalty kick. That has gone over the head of Paterson. Dembele has

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done well. How on earth did that stay out? Griffiths did not hit it

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particularly well, but you would still fancy that are going. Rossi

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stretching all of his neck muscles. Watt fancies this himself. Great

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save by Gordon. The supporters have been appreciative of Tony Watt in

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particular in this first half. It will be a debut for the man who has

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signed this weekend, Scott Sinclair. A youth player under Brendan Rodgers

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at Chelsea. Hearts fans are appealing for everything, as you do.

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That has gone through for your head. The Celtic defence stopped. The

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referee says no penalty. Hearts denied a spot kick, having got one

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in the first. It would have been very soft. In it comes. Griffiths

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scampers after it. Sinclair is in the middle. It is Scott Sinclair! It

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is a dream debut, a summer long chase. That is why they brought him

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to the club. Celtic have been under the cosh but as they always do, they

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demonstrate why they are the champions. Hearts have had chances.

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Scott Sinclair needed just want to justify already is big bucks move to

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Parkhead. Wonderful, clever finish. And Brendan Rodgers watches his new

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signing score on his maiden Celtic appearance.

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Saved by Gordon. Cowie has put in a tireless shift as the captain.

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Spectacular. I wonder if they will get another chance. They have had a

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couple in quick succession, Hearts. Cowie stinging the fingertips of

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Craig Gordon. Hearts sunk by Sinckler. The new Celtic signing

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with the winner. Brendan Rodgers opens his domestic account as Celtic

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manager with a victory. They were made to work for it today, though.

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James Forrest with the opener for the champions early on. Cancelled

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out by a disputed Walker penalty. After a wonderful piece of setup

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play by Leigh Griffiths, Scott Sinclair on his debut scores the

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winning goal on his first Celtic appearance. It finishes here in the

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capital, 2-1. I thought we pressed really well and dominated the game

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and created a lot of chances. You know, we are a group of young

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players that are progressing. We have guys coming up through the

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academy. To play against them and having panicking, that was great

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from our perspective and I thought the performance was great and I'm

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disappointed with the result but we have to accept that and move on. We

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could have been two or three up, that was a dubious penalty. In

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fairness to the referee he said he made a mistake. At least he was big

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enough to admit that. We then had to show character and good mentality in

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the second half to come back and the players accented the risks that we

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put into their game in the last 20 minutes, being super offensive and

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getting attacking players onto the field and then we broke through with

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a quick counterattack. I am delighted for the players and they

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have got their awards for having the bravery to want to win the game. A

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fantastic match in terms of pure entertainment. Michael Stewart, how

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big of a factor was Brendan Rodgers in that victory? It was huge. On a

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couple of fronts. The Celtic players look after manager now and believe

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that he knows what he's doing and tactically we spoke about going

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offensive, three at the back when hearts were playing one upfront and

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that whole combination adds to the belief whereas last year under Ronny

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Deila I'm not sure they would have won. They won plenty where they

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played well but not many when they were not on top form and that happen

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today. Let's get straight to the controversy. Great strike by James

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Forrest but should it have stood? Not in our opinion. Armstrong is

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clearly in an offside position. He is clearly in the way of the

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goalkeeper. I wonder if they hesitate thinking it's going to be a

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penalty kick. The angle shows that he is 100% in the keeper's line of

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vision. The referee has an unobstructed view. There is no doubt

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it should have been disallowed goal. The linesman was in a good position

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and he could have helped. John Beeden might have been thinking, I

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have allowed that to play on and it could have been a penalty, but he is

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looking at Armstrong unobstructed, that should have been enough. He

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pauses after the gold stands to make his mind up. It is all about

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interfering with play, it is almost a carbon copy of what happened

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today. The ball even goes in the right part of the net! The law

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changed at the start of last season so that a player does not have to

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touch the ball to be interfering and that clearly happened at Tynecastle

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today. Stuart Armstrong was interfering because he was affecting

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the view of Hamilton. He was obviously in a direct line of the

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ball. It 100% should have stood. Scott Brown described Walker as a

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cheat. Did he dive? 100%. It was a massive dive, there is zero contact,

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and it's a Tom Daley special. At the end of the day he does cheat. I have

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some sympathy with John Beeden because his line of sight, he does

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not see the gap between the players and as he is looking at that, he

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interprets the move, it was a good dive by Jimmy Walker! If he had made

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contact that is how he would have fallen. But it is poor play, that is

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unacceptable. The linesman has a different view and they have do help

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each other. It should have been none no. It could have been 1-0 and a

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dream debut for Scott Sinclair. You heard Nielsen talking about bringing

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on millions of pounds of players and that is the difference, look at the

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pace and power of Scott Sinclair, great play by Leigh Griffiths. Not

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sure about the defending but that is the big thing with Patrick Roberts

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down the side, that is why he was an important signing now for the

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Champions League, someone with that pace. Clearly a composed finish. St

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Johnstone edged Aberdeen in head-to-head 's last season. Two

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wins out of four but Aberdeen finished best of the rest behind

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Celtic. Looking to bounce back from midweek disappointment against

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Maribor in your up. Commentary comes from Paul Mitchell. -- in Europe.

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One change from the leak of win against Stirling Albion last

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weekend. Three changes to the Aberdeen side that were defeated by

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Maribor. A first Aberdeen start for Miles Storey.

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Jack tries to get involved. A break for Brian Easton. Encouraged by the

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home fans to shoot and he did so. It almost felt the Wales St Johnstone.

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Lewis was behind this and it just deflected on. You can hear shinny

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calling for it. -- fell the way of St Johnstone. That was an

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intelligent pass. Nobody was near Jack and he rips the shot away. The

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long throw experts. It is deflected to Swanson. That is a good stop. It

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will be a goal kick. Two clean sheets in six matches for Aberdeen

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this season. Called into action. That is a good reaction save. It

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goes into the middle. Swanson. It's another good chance for the striker.

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Swanson pulls it back across and he mis-hit sit with his left and it

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seems to come off his knee. Goals in the last 13 meetings between these

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teams. They have not looked like making it 14 so far. It is easily

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headed away. Opportunity for Aberdeen. It's a long shot, drifting

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up from the back was Kenny Maclean. A sweet left but strike. The grass

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cutter not troubling the keeper. Tommy Wright will be wanting more

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from his side. They will have to defend here. Maclean will flick it

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wide. It is missed by two. Onto Consett iron. Reynolds and Logan. It

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finds its way to Consett iron. A lack of power and conviction behind

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the shot. Ryan Jack, on to Logan. Seventh game of the season already.

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Plays it inside. Ryan Jack. Stockley again. Tries to find his way

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through. Shinny will want to keep this on his left foot. He cuts

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inside. Stockley has been involved in a lot of good build-up play.

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Easton on the overlap. Good effort being given by both sides but it has

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exceeded the entertainment value. Trying to make something happen with

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Wetherspoon. That sums up the day. Almost and never with no end

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product. Good skills. But not a good finish. Consett iron is being asked

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to send this long. Gets it away. Consett iron again. Kenny Maclean.

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It's a great header for Ryan Jack. That is as close as Aberdeen have

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come this afternoon. Alan Mannus denies him with a really good save.

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Swanson on corner duty. Sends it up high. The goalkeeper comes for it.

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Clashes with Davidson. It is a brave take from Joe Lewis. He will be

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pleased that he held that. 18 goals in four games between the sides last

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season. Can there be one here? The ball comes in. I am not sure that

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Stockley saw that. It was a good touch to take it past Alan Mannus

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and that may be the last touch of the game. Very few clear-cut chances

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in the game and that was down to a lack of quality from both sides and

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very good defensive performances from both sides. I am grateful for

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the point, both sides approach this well to earn a point and we were

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very robust as a team. Lewis for the goal, and Stockley bring that

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physicality to a team, and it is the type of team, the type of game where

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we may have dropped points last season. In the second half as

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Badgley, but we stood up to a lot of that and it pleased me. It is fair

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to say that it was not as thrilling as the first game with Aberdeen

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starting with Hayes and Rooney. -- without them. How did their

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replacements do? When you lose guys like that it will have a negative

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impact and there is no doubt about that, it is interesting to hear them

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talking about the physicality of the guys that they bring to the team.

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You heard them talking about the lack of that last season. I'm not

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sure that the skill level is always the same as the three guys that were

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missing today. We saw in a couple of BT is the difference that it brings

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to the attack in particular when those three guys are not playing. It

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ends up being a different style, long balls up to Stockley, he is a

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physical guy, there did not seem to be the same synergy between the

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three. He did not manage to get the best of the St Johnstone backline.

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Also the ball goes into the defensive third and this is where it

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starts again, another aimless pump up the park. There was not that

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connection among the front three like their normal years when you

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have Rooney, McGinn and Hayes. There was a negative impact on the whole.

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Going to make them it is a difficult place to go so it was potentially a

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good point. In terms of the summer signing strategy, do you think

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Aberdeen are stronger this season? The squad is stronger but I don't

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think anyone they brought him will breach the starting 11 from last

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year. It was a good point from Aberdeen, they travelled during the

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week for that difficult European tie and then they go to Perth. They will

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be happy with the point again St Johnstone. Continuity is the key.

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Top six has always been a great thing for them, can they do it? Of

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course they can. Continuity is the thing about St Johnstone. They have

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something that a lot of clubs are seeking, that stability and

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continuity. There is no doubt that the top six is achievable. Later we

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will see one new manager. Before all of that we are off to

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Ibrox for the return of top-flight football for the first time since

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2012. Rangers back in the date time following a tumultuous voyage

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through the lower leagues. Paul Maclean provided the commentary.

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COMMENTATOR: It's countdown time, Flag Day at Ibrox. The Rangers

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chairman Dave King sparking the latest celebrations of the club's

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Championship win last season, and after three promotions in four

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seasons Rangers are looking forward to top-flight football. This is the

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Rangers team that lost to Burnley last weekend. Four other summer

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signings on the bench. This is the Hamilton team which beat Livingston

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in the League Cup last Saturday. That is Halladay. The shot on goal

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is saved by Matthews. The 22-year-old Remi Matthews on loan

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from Norwich. Solidly behind it. The interception. Well, that struck the

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arm of the Greek defender. I am pretty sure his arm was tucked into

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his side. No penalty. In four Barry Mackay. Down he goes. It was headed

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away. The hand into the face from the former Celtic man. Up goes Greg

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Doherty. Now Louis Longridge. In from Doherty. It came off Kiernan.

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Now Crawford twists away from Kranjcar and scores. It is a stunner

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at Ibrox. Hamilton ahead after half an hour. Kranjcar went sliding into

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the challenge here. Crawford saw the opportunity to blasted home. That

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has been given away. Halladay on the move, cutting inside, down it goes.

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Outside the box. It's going to be a yellow card. That is the third

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yellow already for the Accies. Perilously close to the penalty box.

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That was mighty close. Clipping the outside of the upright. Why corn was

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a fraction away from levelling things. Donaghy was caught in

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possession. Shifted through four Warokorn. Big chance which he can't

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take. From almost the identical spot from which Crawford scored in the

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first half. Curled it around the goalkeeper and around the post.

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Keeping the ball under pressure. Dangerous ball infield. Harry

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Forrester. That is brilliant from Warokorn. It's 1-1. What an impact

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off the bench from Forrester. A sublime Paris with the outside of

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the right boot. And last season's top scorer makes it five in the new

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campaign for him. In from Ali Crawford. Donaghy's header. What is

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saved by Fotheringham. The former Celtic midfielder thought he had

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Hamilton ahead again. That is a stunning stop, at full stretch for

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the Rangers keeper. Stopping it becoming 2-1. Straight back to

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Forrester. Still going, Harry Forrester. And he screws it wide.

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The creator of the equaliser had a big chance to turn this game

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completely around. Tavernier. No pressure on the ball as he whips in

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the cross. It is Joey Barton. It could have been a special day for

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Barton had that gone in. Lee Wallace with the throw for why corn. He

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pulls up in agony. This could be seriously bad news for Warokorn. He

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is distraught at picking up a hamstring injury. Rangers are now

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down to ten men in the closing stages having used all three

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substitutes. Can they still find a winner? In from Wallace. That came

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off Kiernan. The Hamilton skipper had a swing and a miss.

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Due to an ongoing situation between Rangers and BBC Scotland there will

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be no interviews at Ibrox. There is one of the midfielders, Crawford,

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arguably the star man at Ibrox, is that fair to say?

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Massive credit to them, went in with a game plan and every single one of

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the players were excellent. Rangers were well below par. Joey Barton,

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Mikko Cran char, it was a lot of videos of Crawford and his skills

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were are about to see. It was energetic, skilful. You can see

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Kranjcar gets caught in the ball again. Hamilton playing a nice bit

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of intricate passing. It comes back here, get we wee nutmeg on Barton. A

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great shot, goal bound and went out for a kick. Here you see a side of

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the game that most people don't associate with Ali Crawford. He is

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chasing, reading the game well. Shows a good bit of pace and wins a

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good tackle. He comes on the blindside of Kranjcar, eager to get

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the ball. A great turn. Top-class. He was superb yesterday. As were the

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whole Hamilton tees. -- team. I don't think many people saw it

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coming. It was expected Rangers would come into the top flight and

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win, especially at Ibrox. Kranjcar went off and was replaced by Harry

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Forrester. He made the difference. Up until that point they lacked

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energy. He found himself tween the lines, found some good space. Tries

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a difficult ball and what of all it was. For Waghorn to finish. Every

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time he got the ball, has a wee check of the shoulder, knows where

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Mckay years. -- is. Every time Forrester got the ball, he did

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something positive. He was unlucky here, just fired over the top. But

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he made a real difference. Business doubt there was a big change when he

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came on. It will be interesting to see how that dynamic works in

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Rangers midfield. Lastly had a lot of legs and energy. -- last year.

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Kranjcar is a top class player but fitness concerns, when you see that

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against the busy and energetic Hamilton midfield, there's definite

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change. Energy is a big part of Rangers's game. How that midfield

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will work throughout the course of the season will be interesting to

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see. Kranjcar and Barton, class players but not as young as they

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were. Can they play in the same midfield? No, Hamilton looked more

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energetic, but loads of options. Forrester did well yesterday,

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Rossiter, and others. There are options. Whether they persist with

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Kranjcar to get him match fit, I don't know. There certainly are

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options, they need to find the right one. Can they push Celtic for the

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title? I don't see Rangers challenging for the title. I think

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they will be challenging for second place with Aberdeen and hearts.

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Under Mark Warburton, Rangers have made great strides. I think they'll

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end up in the bottom six, but for me, I think Omagh we -- kill Marnoch

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other ones we need to be concerned about rather than Accies.

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Ross County enjoyed a dream season last time round,

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Jim McIntyre's side also finished in the top six.

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They'd start this season at home to Dundee.

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Paul Hartley's side now without star striker Kane Hemmings,

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Last season 23 games, Ross County hit seven last weekend. Dandy

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themselves -- Dundee, no Greg Stewart due to injury.

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Stepping out from the back. Continuing his run. A chance for

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Ross County. Doesn't get it away. Second attempt. Kevin Holt. Coming

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from the back with a second effort and Kevin had to rescue the

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situation. Makes the run. Great run by O'Hara.

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Dundee with the opening goal after 13 minutes. Rory Loy scored last

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season against Ross County opens the scoring here. Williams supplied

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O'Hara and Lloyd was deadly. -- Loy. The shout goes through for a

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penalty. Seemed to run across, took a moment to go down. Clumsy from

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Vincent. A chance for boys. Just touched inside by Graham.

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McGowan. A great ball through to a O'Hara. O'Hara to Lloyd. -- ploy.

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They started well this game Mark O'Hara and Rory Loy. Referee will

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bring things to a halt for a moment, warning the players about pushing

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and pulling and tugging. Here it comes, referee says penalty.

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McEveley was the man involved. He will be yellow carded. The corner

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was a deep onto the back post. O'Hara went down. It looked fairly

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tame and referee from his position that penalty. Rory Loy, and opening

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game league double last season against Kilmarnock. And now this

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season against Ross County. Didn't finish this, straight down the

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middle. What a great start to the March board Dundee. Two ahead after

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41 minutes, both from Rory Loy. Dundee started the campaign away

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from home last season and won 4- zero Waqar Marnoch.

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Played superbly so far. Felt confident to finish. McEveley steps

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forward. Vincent. McEveley is out of position. Michael Duffy calling for

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it. Being pursued. Honest to McGowan. It is three! Goes under the

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body of Scott Fox. Dandy make them pay. 62 minutes played, Paul

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McGowan, second goal of the season. Gardyne gets it back from Curran. A

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good shot. Gardyne with the initial header. That was going in.

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Davis goes up, first -- Boyce has a shot. Ross County get their first

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league goal of the season. Liam boys. It was on target, but just

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afflicted. 'S. Tries the shot. Off target. Watched

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it go across,. If we going to give penalties for that, we'll have a lot

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of penalties. There is no doubt that Dundee, it was a good corner. J got

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his hand on him. But as I say, if the consistency is to be there, we

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will see a lot for that. If he has a grip shot and the refs box it, you

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just need to suck it up. Overall, it was a terrific team performance. I

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thought the organisation was great today and the work ethic was great.

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We took our chances when they came along and I am delighted because

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they've worked really hard. Great detective worked to see why this

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happened. We looked through every angle. We have more angles this

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season and we worked through them all to see what happened. It was

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clear something went on. You heard the comments from Jim McIntyre. If

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there is something that happens we just need to suck it up. Here it is,

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he got his shot. There is no doubt. That is a penalty. Bobby Madden.

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Bobby Madden, he gave three penalties in the St Johnstone versus

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Falkirk game all full similar things. Ross County manager

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conceding it was a penalty. Obviously he's not seen the footage

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we have. We doesn't have the explorer finding it for him! When he

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sees it, he will realise. Consistency required. You can

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understand when it happened in the other game, people saying the same

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thing, there will be a lot of penalties. But if you have

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consistency and offenders know you can't pull shirts in the box, it is

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up to them. They have to make the decision. If you pulled a shirt, you

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run a risk of a penalty. You want to seek attackers having free runs at

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all because you'll have more goals. A lot of people wondering where

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goals will come from Dundee. That is a well timed run and good

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finish. He is injured -- was injured for the large part of last season.

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He could be a big player for Dundee this year. This week, they have got

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Faissal El Bakhtaoui as well. He is irreplaceable for them. His form

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last season was incredible, not just for Dundee, but he is one of the

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stars of Scottish football. I hope they hold onto him.

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There had been rumours of manager Lee Clark leaving the club

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And now star striker Josh Magennis was the subject of bids

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Kilmarnock fans with cause for concern.

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Elimination from the League Cup hadn't helped either.

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Could the visit of Motherwell provide the catalyst

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Three of kill Marnoch's new signings are

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the problem here for someone. Lee Clark, the manager. Craig Thomson

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sending him to the stand. Based on the advice by fourth official Gavin

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Ross. He looks amused. -- bemused. Boyle fails to control it. Here is

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games worth. He has MacDonald in the middle. -- games word.

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Not popular with the Kilmarnock supporters. Anderson with a

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clearance. McDonald's with a fine save at his near post.

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McDonnell showed his use of reflexes.

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Nice pass to Ainsworth. McDonald finding Ainsworth. To read fix stuff

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from Lionel Ainsworth! The neatest of chips over the goalkeeper and he

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puts Motherwell in front five minutes before the interval. An

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exquisite finish there from the Motherwell player. His first of the

:44:18.:44:25.

new campaign. What a way to do it. Not the best of grows from Greg

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Taylor. -- throws. There is Johnson. That is 2-0. Only 25 seconds into

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the second half. Marvin Johnson comes up with the goods there. It

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was a neat delivery from Chris Cadden and Johnson arriving with a

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fine header to claim his fourth goal in four matches so far this season.

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Samson got a good hands to that one. So close to getting Kilmarnock back

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in the game. Take with the throw. Johnson. Ainsworth behind the

:45:18.:45:28.

defence. He was not offside. That was an easier chance than these

:45:29.:45:31.

spectacular effort he had to score in the first half.

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Ainsworth. Here is Johnson. Marvin Johnson with it. That could have

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been number three for Motherwell. Good defending from Stephen Smith,

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managed to get back there to force him onto his right foot and make the

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block. Anderson. Here is McKenzie. Cadden is in there, so is clay.

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Kilmarnock get the free kick. A combination of tackles there. Kris

:46:12.:46:22.

Boyd, with it! Well saved by Samsung. A bit of impetus for kill

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Marnoch on the -- for Kilmarnock with Boyd on the field. McKenzie,

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neat touch. Boyd, towards Taylor. Martin Smith, the substitute, only

:46:43.:46:49.

on for three minutes who has put Kilmarnock back in the game. Smith,

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the new signing from Sunderland, claiming his first goal for

:46:57.:47:03.

Kilmarnock. And -- Anderson with a long board. Kilmarnock looking for

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the penalty. Craig Thomson says free kick in favour of Motherwell. We are

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not pleased with the two goals we gave away but have a feel for them,

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I think we've fought, give everything. I been disappointed in

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some of the League Cup games where we haven't been competitive enough

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or organised enough. Today, we have. At 2-0, you know what happens. They

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worked hard against us all afternoon, put us under pressure, so

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we didn't expect anything different. Many aspects of it were very

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positive. The first half was excellent. It was an excellent away

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win from Motherwell. There have been offers for Marvin Johnson. So clear

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yesterday on the attack yesterday, Motherwell. They have unbelievable

:48:13.:48:21.

pace but both quite hit and miss. Yesterday, had a big impact in the

:48:22.:48:30.

game, especially Ainsworth's first goal. Kilmarnock probably not that

:48:31.:48:37.

impressed defensively. That is just... Motherwell exploited the

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gaps. This is another brutal goal for Kilmarnock to lose defensively.

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Good play from the players. A powerful header, but they are both

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pivotal to the way Motherwell play. What do you make of Lee Clark? It

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doesn't seem that long ago we were seeing his antics on the sidelines

:48:59.:49:02.

as Kilmarnock managed to stay at last season and ten minutes into the

:49:03.:49:06.

match yesterday he was sent to the stands. Never a dull moment with

:49:07.:49:12.

him! No, quite confusing, he admitted he had sworn but not at the

:49:13.:49:19.

officials. At times the officials can be overly officious. If somebody

:49:20.:49:24.

is swearing at an official, by all means send them to the stand, that

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at times there are too many people round there, too many rules and

:49:29.:49:33.

regulations. There is generally a lot of swearing around the technical

:49:34.:49:37.

area! A lot of work for Kilmarnock still to do. A poor start of the

:49:38.:49:44.

season, out of the cup, did not look brilliant yesterday. A lot of

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players brought in are young and untested in Scottish football.

:49:50.:49:57.

There's a lot to do. Kilmarnock have to hit the ground running quickly

:49:58.:50:00.

because there has been malaise for a number of years.

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Partick Thistle went 10 games without a win

:50:03.:50:04.

As the Premiership began this weekend they were looking

:50:05.:50:07.

to make it 5 wins in a row, after 4 straight wins so far

:50:08.:50:11.

Could they keep that form going against Inverness

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The Highlanders arrived in Glasgow off the back of some decent

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Commentary comes from Alasdair Lamont

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Partick Thistle league debut for her sky. -- Erskine.

:50:32.:50:48.

Foreign will be hoping his side can continue. A decent effort by Billy

:50:49.:51:02.

King. He has looked lively early on. Applause for young Partick Thistle

:51:03.:51:06.

fan Luke Wallace who was taken from us at the age of 16.

:51:07.:51:12.

Sean wells with the free kick. Couldn't find the target, Lindsay.

:51:13.:51:26.

Away from his marker, couldn't test Fon Williams in the visitors goal.

:51:27.:51:41.

Now Callum Booth, done well to get away from Raven. Heavy touch. He has

:51:42.:51:47.

got it through to Chris Erskine. What a finish from the returning

:51:48.:51:54.

hero Chris Erskine. His delighted face says it all. This is exactly

:51:55.:52:03.

why. The second touch, a curling shot. Partick Thistle make the

:52:04.:52:16.

breakthrough. Alan Archibald will be pleased to see his side at the

:52:17.:52:20.

front. They went ten games at the start of last season before they

:52:21.:52:25.

recorded their first win. They would love to do that first time around in

:52:26.:52:33.

this campaign but it is an opportunity to equalise and should

:52:34.:52:35.

have hit the target at the very least.

:52:36.:52:47.

Should have opened his league account there. It has been a

:52:48.:52:55.

sprightly start to the second half from the visitors. May have been

:52:56.:53:04.

better taking that in the left foot first time. Wanted to get onto his

:53:05.:53:07.

right foot but was being closed down. Dragged it wide.

:53:08.:53:22.

The chance for Partick Thistle to throw the ball into the box. Welsh

:53:23.:53:34.

to take the free kick. Second time! That is Amoo. Opposite over the

:53:35.:53:39.

line. This all have they two goal advantage.

:53:40.:53:52.

He really couldn't mess, ammo. -- Amoo.

:53:53.:54:07.

Good to nations tackle by do learn. Do LAN.

:54:08.:54:21.

Here's effort and not too far away. This was only inches wide. Fon

:54:22.:54:38.

Williams wasn't there. In that has scarcely able to threaten the goal.

:54:39.:54:48.

The header really the first save Jeromy has had to make. Doolan might

:54:49.:55:00.

get onto that. Against Warren. A decent save from Fon Williams.

:55:01.:55:13.

Fon Williams got plenty behind it. Try to get the victory in the first

:55:14.:55:23.

game. I don't think there was a lot in the half until Chris Erskine came

:55:24.:55:30.

in. Created couple of chances in the first half. Probably half chances.

:55:31.:55:37.

They also didn't really create a lot of chances. Disappointing result but

:55:38.:55:40.

I can't be too hard on the lads. They've been magnificent. They are

:55:41.:55:49.

hurting, as well. We will move on. Good result for Partick Thistle.

:55:50.:55:55.

Such a contrast to last season. Keeping the lights of Stevie Lawless

:55:56.:55:58.

who we'll thought would leave the club and Chris Erskine. He loves

:55:59.:56:03.

being at Partick Thistle. Certain players have places they perform at

:56:04.:56:06.

Anfield, double that and there's no doubt that Chris Erskine is one of

:56:07.:56:12.

them. Lawless, you're right, it looked like he was going to move on

:56:13.:56:16.

but he signed a new contract and he is pivotal to the waves Partick

:56:17.:56:21.

Thistle want to play. You can see he is always linking up. A wonderful

:56:22.:56:28.

first touch allowed him to set self up and guided in. Must be exciting

:56:29.:56:35.

times for Partick Thistle in terms of fans because converter last

:56:36.:56:42.

season, it's much better. They started with five victories and they

:56:43.:56:46.

are attacking well and scoring goals. A big result yesterday. You

:56:47.:56:51.

seen a fair bit of League Cup football, were you surprised by the

:56:52.:56:59.

scoreline and how toothless they were? Someone you know quite well,

:57:00.:57:06.

Kevin McNaughton, played yesterday. Yes, I was surprised that the lack

:57:07.:57:11.

of attacking threat. Kevin is a next team-mate of mine and I think he

:57:12.:57:14.

will be a big player for Inverness this year. He is very calm, the good

:57:15.:57:23.

influence for the team. I don't know why he's forward, I think is

:57:24.:57:31.

forgotten his centre-half. He is a fantastic player Andy reads the game

:57:32.:57:38.

ever so well. -- and he reads. He will be a big influence in the

:57:39.:57:42.

changing room, as well. Here, this is impressive defending. He sees the

:57:43.:57:46.

danger when the ball goes out wide. He gets to the front post area and

:57:47.:57:52.

cuts out the danger. It is not his natural position, he spent his first

:57:53.:57:55.

eight years at Cardiff as a full-back that he will do very well

:57:56.:58:00.

for Inverness this year. How do you read the ever nest situation? Richie

:58:01.:58:05.

Foran has a couple of good results but that would have been so one for

:58:06.:58:09.

him? You heard him say it was hard for him to take. He will take a lot

:58:10.:58:14.

of confidence from the League Cup performances so far. It's his first

:58:15.:58:19.

game, surely we get too far up or down at this point.

:58:20.:58:22.

And that's it for the first instalment of this

:58:23.:58:24.

We're back next weekend at the new and even better time

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Until then from all of us, goodnight.

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