:00:20. > :00:30.Last weekend's SPL goals total of 26 was the biggest in nearly 10
:00:30. > :01:04.
:01:04. > :01:09.Aberdeen scored two of those 26 goals and manager Craig Brown is
:01:09. > :01:12.here with Billy Dodds and myself, as we review this weekend's SPL
:01:12. > :01:16.action. The pair of them have a relationship which goes back a long
:01:16. > :01:19.way. I seem to remember this one didn't have a happy ending. We will
:01:19. > :01:28.hear from them after we've seen highlights of today's SPL meeting
:01:28. > :01:32.A Celtic team showing just one change from the 11 who started
:01:32. > :01:36.Tuesday night's Champions League win in Moscow. Skipper Scott Brown
:01:36. > :01:40.rested, winger James Forrest started. One change for Hearts as
:01:40. > :01:50.well. Scotland defender Andy Webster record, midfielder Scott
:01:50. > :02:20.
:02:20. > :02:27.take them back... Hears Charlie here. In a clash with Charlie
:02:27. > :02:37.Mulgrew. That was brave goalkeeping. Play continued but it is the end of
:02:37. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :03:02.of the situation. But Andrew Driver initially there by Andrew Driver.
:03:02. > :03:16.
:03:16. > :03:26.But he gets away with it and goal. Commons did really well to
:03:26. > :03:26.
:03:26. > :04:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:04:07. > :04:17.opening goal. It's a first in the space. He hit that with a fair bit
:04:17. > :04:32.
:04:32. > :04:42.vital role in the Champions League victory over Spartak Moscow and
:04:42. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :06:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:06:33. > :06:37.Couldn't quite find the target, perhaps in the dying seconds?
:06:37. > :06:47.Andrew Driver with a chance. He Dragsic wide, he should have hit
:06:47. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:56.Jamie MacDonald is OK. It looked bad at the time but the guy who
:06:56. > :07:00.replaced him, Peter Enckelman, didn't cover himself in glory at
:07:00. > :07:06.didn't cover himself in glory at tour. It's a great way to pass, he
:07:06. > :07:10.doesn't even have to take a touch. He got power on it but he has been
:07:10. > :07:15.littered by mistakes. It's these mistakes that people remember. He
:07:15. > :07:21.has to make maybe 20 saves after that for them to forget about it,
:07:21. > :07:25.but they keep on sticking with him. There's been a few. It's a shame
:07:25. > :07:29.because he's had a good career but it was his fault for the goal.
:07:29. > :07:33.didn't look as if that would be the only goal of the game because
:07:33. > :07:37.Celtic had so much possession and pressure and chances. Gary Hooper
:07:37. > :07:42.drifting into space, nobody picks him up at all. When the ball is
:07:42. > :07:45.played out wide, Kris Commons cuts it quite well. He scored five last
:07:46. > :07:50.time against Hearts and you expected him to score their. On
:07:50. > :07:55.another day these go in. Celtic had so many chances they could have
:07:55. > :08:00.scored. Three of four goals quite comfortably. But Stevenson, a great
:08:00. > :08:05.shot for Hearts as well. This is great play from Celtic. I was very
:08:05. > :08:09.surprised they played the same team. They were brilliant in Moscow. But
:08:09. > :08:17.with international break, Neale would say, I can play them in this
:08:17. > :08:20.game and then they've got a couple Given hindsight, Neil Lennon
:08:20. > :08:26.probably would have freshened it up because there was a bit flat at
:08:26. > :08:32.times. It's OK in hindsight. I think it's a testament to Hearts.
:08:32. > :08:37.They've always given Celtic problems. They always play for 51
:08:37. > :08:42.and make it very different. Maybe Neil Lennon thought he had to play
:08:42. > :08:47.the best team. But they've won the game. You know your teams when they
:08:47. > :08:50.play bad and they still win, you take that home. But they have a big
:08:51. > :08:57.Poole. You would think they could freshen it. But the team did so
:08:57. > :09:01.well in Moscow, on you go. Many will get a break. To me, they
:09:01. > :09:05.didn't look too flat. I watched the game on TV and I thought Celtic
:09:05. > :09:10.played very well. How much of a boost is it for Scottish football
:09:10. > :09:15.that they are in the Champions League and are pulling back of
:09:15. > :09:19.against Moscow? They are doing great, even better at Liverpool. He
:09:20. > :09:29.played the right side of midfield against Liverpool, Pedersen. He's
:09:29. > :09:33.up front there. A 17-year-old. What a player he is. And he could have
:09:33. > :09:43.scored, it would have made for a different game if he'd taken the
:09:43. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :10:02.coming from the other side on to his right foot, it would have been
:10:02. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:12.back in the net. It was through two People talk about Hearts because of
:10:12. > :10:17.the size of the club, being a top- six team this season, but a lot has
:10:17. > :10:24.changed at Tynecastle. Will they make the top of? He I've ticked
:10:24. > :10:29.them not to but... Does that mean they will? On their wage bill they
:10:29. > :10:34.should. They still have a big squad of players. They've lost one or two
:10:34. > :10:38.but they still have a good squad, a big squad and a talented group of
:10:39. > :10:42.players. Some of the young boys coming through operate, Paterson
:10:42. > :10:52.the example. Hibs have to be happy with the first couple of months of
:10:52. > :11:03.
:11:03. > :11:13.the season, which continued with a It has on the whole been pretty
:11:13. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:11:55. > :12:03.Kearney. It's 1-0 to Hibs. Doyle, who scored a cracker at Aberdeen
:12:03. > :12:13.last weekend, flushing a head from the Kearney cross. Paul Kearney has
:12:13. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:39.made such a big difference to Hibs they are currently at the bottom of
:12:39. > :12:49.the SPL. Four points adrift of Dundee United. It is Colin Nish on
:12:49. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :13:00.the offensive. Was Ian Davidson's cross? -- was he in Davidson's
:13:00. > :13:15.
:13:15. > :13:25.It was Jim McAllister's challenge. Kearney had the legs taken from him.
:13:25. > :13:25.
:13:25. > :14:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:14:06. > :14:16.Griffiths. This one comes against David Wotherspoon. Role did with
:14:16. > :14:53.
:14:53. > :14:57.Hibs were top of the lead briefly for less than 24 hours but you beat
:14:58. > :15:02.them last weekend. Is it a bigger Trans formation in a team than the
:15:02. > :15:06.Hibs we saw finishing last season? They have performed as a team
:15:06. > :15:11.without doubt. Pat Fenlon does very well on the loan market. He's got
:15:11. > :15:16.some good signings. The latest, Ryan McGivern from Man City,
:15:16. > :15:21.absolutely outstanding. Came on against us last week, just after
:15:21. > :15:26.half-time. He was absolutely first class. Great pace, good left foot.
:15:26. > :15:30.Delivery terrific. You can't ask a ball from a full-back. I'm told
:15:30. > :15:34.that is not an exception, that's the norm for him. He will be a
:15:34. > :15:38.fixture in the Hibs team now. two players everyone is raving
:15:38. > :15:41.about in a Hibs context were Griffiths and McPake. But two
:15:41. > :15:48.Griffiths and McPake. But two others to grab the attention, they
:15:48. > :15:53.are involved in all three goals here, that is Owen Doyle. I like
:15:53. > :15:57.Kearney because at Thistle, you can see them in the circle. They always
:15:57. > :16:03.hit the box. Doyle works hard. Kearney played central area for
:16:03. > :16:08.Partick Thistle, but he always gets in the box. He wins the penalty. He
:16:08. > :16:18.is wide left, he's getting in the box, he is forced to play wide left
:16:18. > :16:31.
:16:31. > :16:37.to get a game at Hibs but he's He's done it again. So Wotherspoon,
:16:37. > :16:41.Scottish under 21 player - he does very, very well indeed. Billy is
:16:41. > :16:51.right about Kearney. He does not play in the wide position. He plays
:16:51. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:57.more central, as he did for Thistle. He is competitive. Hibs, you are
:16:57. > :17:05.right, they have transformed the team. They will stay at the top, or
:17:05. > :17:11.near the top throughout the season. Is that part of them getting in the
:17:11. > :17:21.type of player they want? He was under pressure. He gets results. He
:17:21. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:58.another three points. Paul Mitchell in! O'Leary made the move to
:17:58. > :18:03.deflect the goal. It's paid off. He certainly moved to deflect the
:18:03. > :18:13.target. It his first ever goal for Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock lead after
:18:13. > :18:44.
:18:44. > :18:54.plays well. I tell you what - he was lucky.
:18:54. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:27.first time they have trailed all seconds from the start of the
:19:27. > :19:33.
:19:33. > :19:41.second half and Aberdeen are level wrong way. It is the fourth goal of
:19:41. > :19:51.the season and about -- Aberdeen are level.
:19:51. > :19:51.
:19:51. > :20:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:20:50. > :21:00.lead. 54 minutes played. A delightful chip in from Fraser. He
:21:00. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:21:52. > :21:57.knew what he wanted to do. Aberdeen 3-1. The ball came in from Hayes.
:21:57. > :22:07.He did so well, even to get there to make the chance.
:22:07. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:27.three points. It's a fantastic finish for the first SPL goal of
:22:27. > :22:31.the season for Scott Vernon. Kilmarnock could not get there.
:22:31. > :22:37.That's a great finish by Scott Vernon. Aberdeen will take all
:22:37. > :22:43.three points and their fine run continues. The Kilmarnock manager
:22:43. > :22:50.said his team did not deserve to lose. Discuss? I am bias as well,
:22:50. > :22:56.but I think we did enough in the game to get the result we got - 3-1.
:22:56. > :23:02.There was a goal between the teams, maybe twoment Fraser is a fantastic
:23:02. > :23:06.talent to watch, isn't he? He is indeed. This was by far from his
:23:06. > :23:11.best game. He's had some sparkling games earlier in the season. Games
:23:11. > :23:16.in which we didn't score, but he created numerous chances. You see
:23:16. > :23:20.him here - it is interesting, he prefers to cross it with his left
:23:20. > :23:25.foot. At that occasion he crossed it with his right. Young player of
:23:25. > :23:30.the month for September? Certainly. He's taken the SPL by storm and the
:23:30. > :23:36.way to that cross, as Craig was saying, usually by the left. He is
:23:36. > :23:39.strong. I think he's so sharp and quick that teams struggle with him.
:23:39. > :23:44.Is he the target for rough treatment, Craig? He probably is.
:23:44. > :23:49.To be fair to kill far mock, I don't think they -- kill far mock I
:23:50. > :23:53.don't think they set out to be have lent in any way. It is a tribute to
:23:53. > :23:59.him, isn't it, the way guys try to stop him.
:23:59. > :24:06.It is a compliment to him. There are occasions, in Inverness, some
:24:06. > :24:10.hard tackling on him. That was a bit fierce that one. I don't think
:24:10. > :24:14.anyone is setting out - there's Kearney - not setting out to injure
:24:14. > :24:20.him or be violent. They find it difficult to stop him without
:24:20. > :24:27.impeding him. That is getting free kib force us and yellow cards for
:24:27. > :24:36.the opposition. He's so sharp. Of course you want protection. Some
:24:36. > :24:41.of the players - these are big, solid defenders. Do you have
:24:41. > :24:45.sympathy for defenders? Never. You talk to the wrong person!
:24:45. > :24:50.There's no question, the one major thing about him is he does not take
:24:50. > :24:55.a dive. He never goes down unnecessarily. When he goes down he
:24:55. > :25:00.gets back up. He is brave. He has been warned you are not to put it
:25:00. > :25:04.on. I see him quote as saying, if you are fouled you don't go down
:25:04. > :25:09.unless you have to. There are some obgkaigs he is staggering on.
:25:09. > :25:15.If you go down a bit - you don't want them to do that. You want them
:25:15. > :25:25.to be honest about it. I never thought I would say this about
:25:25. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:33.Gavin Rae, but three goals for him. Gavin was playing off the front
:25:33. > :25:40.quite a bit and was good for a goal there. He's very versatile, Gavin
:25:40. > :25:47.Rae. Niall McGinn, two with headers. He's not the tallest guy in the
:25:47. > :25:51.world. He's a very good spring. He's got electric pace, so he gives
:25:51. > :25:54.us movement. How promising are things - I know you will not say
:25:54. > :25:59.Aberdeen will win the league at the moment - how promising are things
:25:59. > :26:05.for the rest of the season? We want to improve every year. That was the
:26:05. > :26:15.target. In recent times, we have sold five players. Very few SPL
:26:15. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:23.clubs have sold five. We have lost five. They were all sales. Two guys
:26:23. > :26:27.like Maguire. It is difficult to replace guys like that - we have
:26:27. > :26:31.not bought anyone. We have simply gone into the market and bought
:26:31. > :26:36.players who were out of contract. So, I think we have managed to
:26:36. > :26:40.build a reasonable good squad. Hopefully it will get stronger. The
:26:40. > :26:45.experience of Anderson of Rae, of Hughton and Vernon up front has
:26:45. > :26:49.helped us greatly. We have some wonderful young boys. Before I came
:26:49. > :26:55.to Aberdeen, there was a great supply of youths coming through.
:26:55. > :26:59.You can see that, Fraser is one of them. The list goes on. Was the
:27:00. > :27:04.goal off the training goal - is this one he has been practicing
:27:04. > :27:08.with his knee? He acts well. I don't think he tried to put it in
:27:08. > :27:12.the net, tried to put knit the area. I don't know what Craig thinks of
:27:12. > :27:17.that one. He has punched it straight into the bodies. His
:27:17. > :27:22.reaction, maybe a bit quick there. Credit to him, I think he's not
:27:22. > :27:25.trying to no knock it back into the area. He will wish he pushes it
:27:25. > :27:29.away from goal rather than into bodies and it caused a lot of
:27:29. > :27:34.problems. Maybe a bit harsh because I thought
:27:34. > :27:40.he should run backwards and put it over the bar. I am sitting in the
:27:40. > :27:47.middle of the park with a dog out there, looking at that situation.
:27:47. > :27:53.It was a good safe. You lose your sight in older age. I knew you
:27:53. > :27:57.would repeat my age. You will repeat that tomorrow morning?
:27:57. > :28:02.hiper critical yesterday. I am not a goal-keeping coach. I am looking
:28:02. > :28:08.at it, trying to be as fair as possible. Up quicker, keep your
:28:08. > :28:14.eyes on the ball, put it over the bar. Seems simple to me. Now the
:28:14. > :28:21.only season question marks over Lomas as St Johnstone seem
:28:21. > :28:30.ridiculous now - September's manager of the month was looking to
:28:30. > :28:35.an SPL win yesterday at St Mirren. Lomas, taking manager of the month
:28:35. > :28:45.award for September. This St Johnstone side looking to
:28:45. > :29:08.
:29:08. > :29:18.side in front. It's all too easy - shrugs off the defender. It's a
:29:18. > :29:50.
:29:50. > :30:00.cool finish that gives St Johnstone almost ended in the back of the
:30:00. > :30:00.
:30:00. > :30:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:30:59. > :31:09.the start of the second half. The allowing St Mirren that kind of
:31:09. > :31:09.
:31:09. > :32:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:32:29. > :32:33.are furious, they want a penalty five if you include their League
:32:33. > :32:40.Cup result as well. What's changed? A little bit of luck, getting some
:32:40. > :32:44.players back. Not great defending their, Hasselbaink is strong. I
:32:44. > :32:49.think when you get confidence, it's a testament to Steve Lomas because
:32:49. > :32:53.let's make no mistake, he was under serious pressure. Usually you lose
:32:53. > :33:00.your game when you get voted manager of the month. You can see
:33:00. > :33:04.the results. A big rush of confidence going through that club.
:33:04. > :33:11.They've got a good look about them at the moment. I think the big
:33:11. > :33:16.turning point was the Celtic result. I watched the four-game. -- fall
:33:16. > :33:19.game. Peter was a good contribution in that match. They played
:33:20. > :33:24.exceptionally well against Celtic. This is the gain you were talking
:33:24. > :33:30.about. St Johnstone have lost a few players with illness that week as
:33:30. > :33:34.well. They were under strength and yet they beat Celtic. They have
:33:34. > :33:38.taken off since then. There's no doubt they've done exceptionally
:33:38. > :33:44.well. St Mirren are a good side. Looking at the highlights, I think
:33:44. > :33:48.St Murer -- St Mirren were a bit unfortunate not to get something
:33:48. > :33:53.from the game. Aberdeen contributed to the early-season pressure on
:33:53. > :33:58.Steve Lomas because he won in Perth. It all seems crazy now, that people
:33:58. > :34:02.were questioning his future at the club. They are a few points off the
:34:02. > :34:05.top of the league. We are only a quarter of the way through this
:34:05. > :34:10.league. There's a long way to go. Things will change before the end
:34:10. > :34:16.of the season. St Johnstone started in a different fashion, now they
:34:16. > :34:26.are on this great run. By Steve Lomas, I hope it doesn't stop. But
:34:26. > :34:29.
:34:29. > :34:34.I think they will come a cropper. you get huge confidence. It goes
:34:34. > :34:38.through every player and the whole team. They seem to keep winning.
:34:38. > :34:43.St Mirren haven't really made a lot, St Mirren haven't really made a lot,
:34:43. > :34:47.a couple of penalty claims near the end. This one looks a Stone wall
:34:47. > :34:55.against Robertson. It is. You would rather have the penalty. I don't
:34:55. > :35:02.know if he is playing advantage. I'd rather have a penalty kick than
:35:02. > :35:08.a cross coming into the box anyway. You've got St Merryn in the League
:35:08. > :35:12.Cup quarter-finals. Great respect for St Mirren. My pal Tommy Craig
:35:12. > :35:19.is now working there, he's an excellent coach. There's a big
:35:19. > :35:24.improvement in St Mirren. They've got the injury to McGowan, which
:35:24. > :35:28.will obviously upset them. He was a key player, they will have to do
:35:28. > :35:38.well to get a replacement for McGowan. But there are a couple of
:35:38. > :35:39.
:35:39. > :35:44.young players, McLean. They are a tough team. We will have a
:35:44. > :35:47.difficult game in the Cup against St Mirren. Four good League Cup
:35:47. > :35:51.quarter-finals coming up and the milestone match in the north on
:35:51. > :36:01.Friday night launched this SPL weekend. The first of a top-flight
:36:01. > :36:01.
:36:01. > :36:09.Highland derby. Inverness against team was the return to the midfield
:36:09. > :36:16.after a three-match ban of Owain Tudur Jones. Derek Adams was able
:36:16. > :36:26.to record his captain and the main striker McManaman, in place of
:36:26. > :36:26.
:36:26. > :37:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:37:25. > :37:30.Shinnie can't get there. Ross has taken the credit for the
:37:31. > :37:36.opening goal. Roberts was there, too, he seemed to go up for it from
:37:36. > :37:46.the corner. It seems to have come off the back of frost Draper. Caley
:37:46. > :37:46.
:37:46. > :39:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:39:23. > :39:33.Denied by Michael Fraser. What a the ball cleanly enough but then he
:39:33. > :39:41.
:39:41. > :39:51.His first ever goal for Ross County came against Caley Thistle. He
:39:51. > :39:51.
:39:51. > :40:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:40:40. > :40:50.Mikaele is going through. -- Billy McKay. Quinn caused the problem
:40:50. > :41:05.
:41:05. > :41:15.Doran finishers with a sensational Borlee. Aaron Doran has won the
:41:15. > :41:23.
:41:23. > :41:31.game for Caley Thistle. What a I was acting as your official
:41:31. > :41:37.interpreter. The best part of 7000 there, how special of a night was
:41:37. > :41:42.it? It was a great night for football. And then the type of game
:41:42. > :41:51.we got, because I was expecting an old fashioned, physical Derby. It
:41:51. > :41:54.never materialised. Inverness started particularly well. At 2-0
:41:54. > :42:00.up I thought they should have had the game over. Then Ross County had
:42:00. > :42:04.a brilliant second half. Aaron Doran's second goal sealed it.
:42:04. > :42:07.was Inverness setting the tone from the start. It did have a big
:42:07. > :42:11.influence in this match because there was really no looking back
:42:11. > :42:16.for them because of their strong start. They were right in the faces
:42:16. > :42:22.of Ross County. Draper had a bit of luck, Consob is back, but he could
:42:22. > :42:28.have scored before that. The timing changed in the first half was when
:42:28. > :42:30.they hit the bar. Suddenly Ross County came in. Inverness scored
:42:30. > :42:34.their second slightly against the run of play, but I thought
:42:34. > :42:37.Inverness were the better team and deserved to win it. You be
:42:37. > :42:47.different - that you know the difference back-to-back wins can
:42:47. > :42:51.make. Inverness have done the same thing. A fantastic result. His team
:42:51. > :42:54.played brilliantly with him up there. I don't know the rules
:42:54. > :43:00.because I haven't been suspended yet, but he's not allowed an hour
:43:00. > :43:07.before the game in the dressing room or at half-time. They played
:43:08. > :43:12.exceptionally well. Good credit to both teams. Excellent teams. They
:43:12. > :43:16.are doing the north of Scotland proud. When we see the run that
:43:17. > :43:21.Ross County had, it was sensational. Now it's been arrested a little,
:43:21. > :43:25.they'll come back I'm sure. We will see in a couple of weeks' time. I'm
:43:25. > :43:30.hoping that we can do what Inverness did to Ross County, but
:43:30. > :43:35.it will be very difficult. A good game. Great quality. Some fine
:43:35. > :43:40.goals. Aaron Dorrans's goal to Clinton was spectacular. Inverness
:43:40. > :43:50.3-1 winners of that first of a Highland derby in the SPL. Going
:43:50. > :44:08.