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You Celtic were last year's cup winners and favourites to retain the

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historic trophy. Aberdeen sprung the surprise of round five.

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COMMENTATOR: Peter Pawlett turns this game on its head! It's been 24

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years since Aberdeen last lifted the trophy. Derek McInnes side hungry to

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return to Celtic Park in May to lift the cup again. They will have to

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beat a defiant Dunbarton side who haven't won for quite some time.

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They take the lead at Easter road. They face a tough challenge against

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another Premiership side who booked their place in round six with a

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dominant display against Forfar. Which quarter finalists will book

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their semifinal berths at Ibrox? Good evening. Welcome to Sportscene.

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A lot has changed in Scottish football in recent years, but one

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thing stays the same, the magic of the Scottish Cup endures. A few more

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lines were added to its rich history today. Owen Coyle and Pat Nevin are

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with me. Seven-time winners Aberdeen went into the weekend as favourites

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tore win the Scottish Cup an eighth time. They fully expected to see off

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Dumbarton. The sons of the rock did win the Scottish Cup once upon a

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time in 1885. -- 1883.

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Season 2013/14 could turn out to be the best in a generation for

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Aberdeen and their success starved supporters. A League Cup Final

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appearance to come in eight days, and a home tie against lower-league

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opposition for a place in the semifinals of this competition.

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Ian Murray's side have only lost one match in nine matches. Derek McInnes

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has left the match winner from Celtic Park out today, Peter

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Pawlett. Seven-time Scottish Cup winners

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Aberdeen against Dumbarton who have won it once.

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The sixth Scottish club meeting between the clubs. Aberdeen hold the

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4-1 load in that head-to-head. The only Dumbarton game was in 1913.

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Really positive. A wonderful run forward from the left back.

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That extra option gives teams an extra dimension.

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A quick ball in for Robson and the keeper keeps it out.

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Grindlay did enough. Barry Robson must have been thinking he was

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putting Aberdeen in front here. This was a good ball in as well, attacked

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by the diving Robson. Grindlay held on.

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Aberdeen come forward! That's side net only from Barry Robson.

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Some in the stadium thought this had gone the other side of the post.

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Quickly done by Aberdeen and Robson has gone twice in a matter of

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minutes. Ian Murray was perhaps with the fans

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in feeling his team should have had a spot kick for that.

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Megginson didn't get his chance at beer Dean.

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-- at Aberdeen. Not bad delivery, comes to Smith!

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Blocked by Graham. How important was that?

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The ball fizzed in. When it came back to Smith, dragged it onto the

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left foot. Graham gets in the way. That was awkward. Megginson, not

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bad. Langfield spills it. Anderson bails

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him out. He might owe his skipper a drink after this, bar of soap.

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Nobody's chasing it. Oh, that may be a corner. It is. That could be

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costly from Linton. You hope it's not.

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That settles things down here at Pittodrie. The resistance broken.

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That relieves some of the nerves. This place had got pretty jittery

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since halftime. Adam Rooney's sixth for the club in

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just his eighth appearance. Aberdeen really do have a prolific striker in

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their ranks. It's what they were missing. They were missing a goal

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today, they have that now. They have crept a little bit closer

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to the last four. It looks pretty even between those

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two for pace. Aberdeen hunting down a second goal.

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He'll take the corner. The skipper scored against Celtic in

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the last round. He's so close. A very good ball. Since the goal,

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Aberdeen have it all to play, the shackles are off. Hayes across the

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face. Almost came to Rooney as well. Much better from Aberdeen since they

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scored the goal. It was headed into the ground and

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that is a massive chance for Dumbarton, with just two minutes

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left. This was a wonderful ball in. PaulPaul McGinley headed it into --

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Paul McGinn headed it down. That was a big chance. Will they get

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another? into their second semifinal of the

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season. This time in the Scottish Cup. Ian Murray can be proud of his

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side. Adam Rooney there is the match winner. What a wonderful signing he

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has been for the club. The final cog in the McInnes machine perhaps. Job

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done for Aberdeen. Russell Anderson played an important role at the

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back. But Derek McInnes can turn his and Aberdeen's attention towards

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next Sunday and the Scottish League Cup Final, where they will play

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Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Celtic Park. It finished here Adam

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Rooney the hero, Aberdeen 1, Dumbarton 0.

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Rooney the hero, Aberdeen 1, Dumbarton Obviously delighted. Big

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achievement with these players again. I thought the second half

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performance in particular was excellent, real control of the game.

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We scored from a set play. We looked as if we could have scored from more

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set plays as well. We've hit the post. Asked loads of questions of

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them second half. While the game's only 1-0, Dumbarton will feel they

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had an opportunity, they had one at the death. McGinn nearly got in at

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the back post. It wasn't easy by any stretch. Would have liked it to be

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more comfortable. But anticipated a difficult game, because they have a

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decent side. Disappointed with the score, obviously. We had a chance to

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go ahead ourselves. In terms of performance wise, work rate,

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commitment, the players were magnificent from the first minute to

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the last. None more so than Paul McGinn getting into the box with a

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minute to go and heading over the bar. Must have been so difficult

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when you have 40,000 people queuing outside the stadium for tickets.

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Yes, it's incredible. There's been a queue for the last couple of weeks.

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Every day you see them and it's brilliant the support. Thankfully we

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can give them this this season. We feel that a couple of people who

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have been around this club a lot longer than I have, anticipated

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25,000 to 28,000, so the people who have been here that length of time,

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they're overwhelmed with the reaction from the support. It shows

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you the level of support is there. It shows the level of desire to get

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a trophy again, and we're 90 minutes away from it. We're looking forward

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to it. With that support behind it, it can only help us. And so the

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Aberdeen band wagon continues. The League Cup Final next weekend,

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through to the semifinals of the Scottish Cup. Let's get the views of

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Pat and Owen. Pat, Aberdeen grinding it out once again. Yeah and that's

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not being harsh on them. They've understand a level of match craft

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they have to get through and that's grinding out results, getting late

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goals, never losing pleef. They've added that, which they -- belief.

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They've added that, which they didn't have before. This was tricky

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today, very tricky, for once, the expectation was high that they would

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get there. They managed to do it without playing brilliantly. You

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started your much travelled career at Dumbarton, how do you game their

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performance today? I think they've performed very well. They'll be

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pleased by their showing. They certainly came out of the game with

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a lot of credit. The disappointment will be that they've conceded a goal

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from a that the should never have conceded in the first place. They

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had chances, particularly late on. They've acquitted themselves very

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well. They have to carry that on in the league. They'll probably feel

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it's an opportunity maybe even to take it to a replay and get it back

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to a home tie. But they acquitted themselves very well. Defensively

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disciplined from Dumbarton on the whole, but there was a crucial

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lapse. When this happens, the ball is here, Linton can put it anywhere,

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get it out. How many times have you noticed rkts when that happens, when

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you know what you should have done, this is what happens. The difficulty

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is you concede a conner to Barry Robson. He's one of the best

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set-play deliverers in the game. Rooney with his sixth goal for

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Aberdeen in eight matches. He's hit the ground running for Aberdeen. I

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think the fact that he's going away from goal and still being able to

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develop the power there was absolutely magnificent. Classic goal

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scorer. We knew he could do it. He's a proven goal scorer, outstanding

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acquisition from Derek to already what was a very good team. That's

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taken them to another level again. He's generated the power because of

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the pace from Robson. The fact that he's come away from the goal, he's

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allowed to lose his marker. Hose a clever player, terrific goal scorer.

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He's going to be a fantastic player for them. Mectioned Robson already

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-- mentioned Robson already. He was everywhere and 35 years of age now.

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Along with Flood, really impressed with him. His energy levels are

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right up there. Watch this moment, He's got three players between him

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and the by-line. He's 35, remember, can he get there? Yes. He's put in

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the perfect ball into the area there. It's his team-mate's problem

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for not getting there. The quality is there. What he has got as well,

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this is a great thing, he's an outstanding lad and a real team

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player, but he has a burning desire. This This was a feature of the

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afternoon. Their game knowledge was class all the way. Good players like

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playing with good players. How highly do you rate him? He's a great

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lad. He started at Rangers as a kid. He's popular with the players

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because he's a fantastic team player. He's a great lad and he

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always has time for people. I love to see guys getting their rewards in

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football, outstanding. Can you see him going for another season? No

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doubt about it. Players will play as long as they want to play. He has

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that desire to be the best he can be every day. I think it's a very good

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match. It's a good fit. He's enjoying a great season. Dumbarton

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had their chances. They were disciplined, but they had chances to

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equalise. Look at this, massive amount of space and they got

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themselves into this position time and again. Put a lot of pressure on.

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The big man read it well. Time and again they were going into that

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area, they did create a few chances, not a huge amount, but a good

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number. Then another day it might have just fallen for them. You did

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feel sorry for them. I think they deserved something. I think this

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might have been, well, the second best chance. No doubt about it.

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Speaking of Anderson, I mean, what he's done, as much as bits of his

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pace has went, he is so intelligent, that he puts himself in outstanding

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positions. That's an outstanding chance. I would like to think that

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you would look to put that in the back of the net. But it's well

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created. If Dumbarton score that goal, they probably get the draw.

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They get the replay. It's fantastic. They will look back on today, they

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played really well, two moments, clear the ball away for the corner

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and put that away and it's different. When you come out of the

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games against bigger clubs you don't want to have any regrets. As well as

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they played, they'll come out of the gay thinking - we shouldn't have

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conceded a corner and they had a chance to force the replay. It will

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be tinked with regret. Murray setting high standards at Dumbarton.

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Obviously matches tomorrow. Are Aberdeen the clear favourites for

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you? They are for me, at the moment. Clear favourites is pushing it a

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bit. Dundee United have been in great form. If they play at their

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best they have a great chance as well. You will not write Rangers

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off. Last word for Dumbarton, a lot of good players in there today.

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McGinn had a great game. Quick tip? I don't want to put more pressure on

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them. I have a vested interest. I think Aberdeen are favourites. I

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think the resurgence at the club, it's fantastic for such has always

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been a Scotland, top club, and it's great to see that energy about it.

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It's fantastic. Thanks very much. The other Scottish Cup quarter final

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was an early quickoff. The home side Raith Rovers against St Johnstone,

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the Saints were always going to be favourites against their

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championship opponents. The sheer Scottish Cup looks

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wide-open. Both sides must believe they have a terrific chance of

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reaching the final. St Jon ston start the tie as

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Moon was in the team the last time these two met. Talking of goal

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scoring exploits, this man has 21 to his name already this season.

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Barge in the back there for Stevie May by the returning Watson.

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It's into the bottom corner! What a start for Saints. McDonald burries

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the chance. Raith Rovers fall behind. Lee Robertson beaten --

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Robin son beaten. It's a lovely finish from McDonald. The high ball

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not dealt with by the Raith Rovers back line. Superbly executed by the

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midfielder. Just a second goal of the season for Gary McDonald. What

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an important one it could prove to be.

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Delight early in the match for Tommy Wright.

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You can tell by that flag, it's a swirling wind.

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Oh, what a goal from Cardle! That is special stuff. You just knew when he

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caught sight of goal 30 yards out that he thought the shot was on. Oh,

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and it was on! There were claims for handball. The

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referee saw nothing amiss. That's unstoppable from Cardle.

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Joe Cardle draws Raith Rovers level. We really have a cup tie on our

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hands again here. A free kick is given. The pass is

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back into the path of Hasselbaink who was grounded. This is a real

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chance for St Johnstone to regain the lead.

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It didn't dip down in time. A yard or so high from McKay.

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Slips it in for Croft. It's a corner, but it could have been more

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dangerous for Raith Rovers, but for that intervention. Quickly taken

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corner. That's not too far away. # St

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Johnstone claiming for a corner kick.

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They felt Robinson got a touch on this.

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Looked like it sailed straight past the post. A couple of bounces, but

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no touch from the goalkeeper. The Rangers' manager an interesting

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spectator. That's a great ball in. Smith

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couldn't get anything on it. What a ball from Joe Cardle. He

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really has just such a delicious right foot.

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Again, a chance for Raith Rovers. It was Hill from the back this time. He

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scored against Hibs at Easter Road. A chance to score again here.

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He's held up. The free kick goes Raith Rovers' way.

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Another terrific challenge for Callachan this time. He had so much

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time and spice. He -- space. He should have directed that into the

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net. What a chance! Brilliant ball in from Cardle.

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Great run from Hasselbaink, oh, what a goal! St Johnstone back in front.

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They do have that early goal again. It's a sixth goal this season for

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Nigel Hasselbaink. What a terrific one it is. Two, three, four players

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he gets away from before just stabbing it past Robinson. St

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Johnstone gain the upper hand in this Scottish Cup quarter final.

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Tommy Wright absolutely thrilled to get their noses back in front.

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Dunne should have done better. He had plenty of time to think about

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this. He saw it coming. Stevie May fancied a shot on goal.

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It took a deflection on its way. It's another corner kick.

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They've lifted their performance at the start of the second half. I

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wonder if that was the result of a few stern fwrords Tommy Wright at

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halftime. -- words from Tommy Wright at

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halftime. Robin son saves well. Stevie May

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looking livelier. He's onside there. He was caught late by Lee Croft

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that's a bad challenge. That will be another booking. Fox saw it coming.

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He was able to get out of the way of most of it. It was a despairing

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challenge for Croft. Fox went for goal. At the second

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attempt he smothers the ball. Liam Fox having won the free kick decided

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to go for goal. That's a good strike. That is not

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far away. Free kick given for the challenge.

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Just caught the striker. A third goal now for St Johnstone

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would certainly end this as a contest, you feel.

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Anderson! It's crept in at the near post. Surely now St Johnstone have

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booked their place in the Scottish Cup semifinal. Robinson beaten at

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his near post. The goalkeeper won't be too happy with that. Anderson

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just the slightest touch. It's a deft finish. No man on the post for

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Raith Rovers and Robinson couldn't keep it out. Tommy Wright will guide

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his side into the last four. Grant Murray's side haven't

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disgraced themselves here this afternoon.

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Joe Cardle trying to plant the ball to swing in this free kick.

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There goes the fulltime whistle. Tommy Wright and St Johnstone

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progress and Murray's Raith Rovers' Scottish Cup dream is at an end. It

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finished 1-3. Overall we deserved the win. The

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first half, the conditions played a big part in the game. We started

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extremely well getting the goal. I think that we allowed them back in

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it. Some of our decision making at times, I don't thip we moved the

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ball at times and that causes a few problems. They did play well with

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the conditions. They did put us under pressure. We gave a good

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account of ourselves. If you go behind, it becomes difficult but we

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got back into the game with a great strike. We were on top for a spell

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in the game. You have to take your chances when they come along,

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against a very good side who came out the second half and punished us.

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We nup the conditions with the wind, it was difficult for us. It was just

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about making sure the second half we used it to our advantage. We did

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that. The players have worked extremely hard this season. They're

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disappointed with the performance and result they had against

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Aberdeen. I said to them, they probably deserve a crack at a

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semifinal. You know, we can relax now, let the others fight it out.

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St Johnstone through to their ninth Scottish Cup semifinal. Could this

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be the year they make the final of the competition? It was windy today,

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we can see that from the pictures, how challenging were the conditions?

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The pitch wasn't ideal as well. All credit to players for serving up a

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decent game. It was very blowy. The movement on the ball, but all credit

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to the players, they got through it. Fine entertainment and good goals as

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well. I think St Johnstone were worthy winners. It was a perfect

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start for St Johnstone. worthy winners. It was a perfect

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start for St It was absolutely. You have to get the right start and hold

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on. You can tell from that there the wind is blowing it all over the

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place. It's a fantastic strike. He's kept his body over the ball, kept it

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plo. It's down into the corner. We're being overly harsh. We talked

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about the wind, did that make it a gave of two halves in the that

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cliched sense? It did. Raith Rovers probably felt they could have went

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in with a lead at halftime. They had great opportunities to get that. In

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the build up at 1-0, you felt when Cardle was on the ball he was a

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danger all die. -- day. It's played in. Cardle was a threat all day. You

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know he's only one thing, what a wonderful strike against an

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international goalkeeper. It's a fantastic goal at any level.

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Fantastic. Almost Pat Nevin-esque at times! Absolutely smacked that one.

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It bobbles a bit and he catches it. You have to get it right. The

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intelligent thing is make sure you use the conditions. The winds behind

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him, have a go, Stevie May was popping them from everywhere,

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lashing it every time he got the chance. Not often you cash them as

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well as that. You had a moment there and an historical moment, the

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possibility that could happen. On this occasion, suddenly, it wasn't

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to be. I don't think they were good enough. Let's talk about Joe Cardle.

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He obviously has talent, no disrespect to Raith Rovers, could he

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not play at a higher level? Everything he did today was very

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positive. I saw him as a young player and I felt he would take

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every opportunity to make a name in a game. He's certainly showed enough

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ability today. He was a threat all day against a Premier League

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defence. In open play, he was positive, looked to his fullback.

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Played with his left. He's a talented player. There's fantastic

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chances for Raith Rovers to get back into the match and maybe take the

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lead. Cardle at the centre of things. I would like to make the

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excuse that the wind again, it's blowing the ball about and coming

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in. I don't think they can make that excuse there. He gets him sl up,

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maybe slightly too early, if anything. Rkts Maybe so, the

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difficulty is the two headers for me, they're not half chances.

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They're guilt-edged chances to score goals. When you are the under dog

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playing against your Premier League April significance as they were

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today, it was the same with Dumbarton, you have to take your

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chances. When you miss them, they won't come around too often. The

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second half came along and just like in the first half, an early goal for

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St Johnstone, that knocked the stuffing out of Raith Rovers. It is

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a great goal. You mentioned that Stevie May gets out in the way. I

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love the toe poke. OK, decent pace, very direct, but toe pokes are

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great. Do not dis the toe poke. Keepers can't read them. Fair play

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to Tommy Wright for putting Hasselbaink in the team. He hasn't

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scored for 14 days. -- games. When he's given space like he was there,

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it's an invitation to score. How much was that a great goal or poor

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defending? It's a bit of both. Being a forward and goal scorer myself I

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don't want to take anything away from him. It was a nervous

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individual goal. There were two or three Raith players there, if they

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would have done something different, it would have resulted in not being

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a goal. The other thing is we talk about the conditions, the FA Cup was

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about bobbly, kept control of that when running at pace. Now, the third

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goal that clinched it for St Johnstone were you surprised by the

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goal scorer? I was. Anderson is a player I had at St Johnstone. He's

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been there for ten years. It's great that you see lads get their rewards.

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I think it's a soft goal from Raith Rovers point of view.

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They'll feel disappointed by losing such a soft goal. You have a theory

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about men on the post. Get it off your chest! You hate this idea. A

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lot of teams aren't doing it now, particularly in the English

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Premiership, seven or eight of them are not putting any of them on any

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post. There are always variations. People think right I'm going to try

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something different. The bottom line it, when you lose a soft goal at

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near post from a managerial point of view it's hobble. Let's talk about

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the quarter finals, Inverness Cally Thistle against Dundee United. On

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paper perhaps the tie of the weekend. How do you see that one

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going? I think it will be a brilliant game. Two very good

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footballing teams. I've watched Dundee United the last couple of

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weeks, they've been pleasing on the eye. They lock a very good outfit.

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They have so much young talent in the team. Sometimes that brings

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inconsistency. But they have been very consistent just now. It will be

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a great football game. Terms of the game at Ibrox can you see a chance

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for Albion Rovers to possibly win? I would say there's a chance, but only

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a chance. If you're fortunate it's a chance in ten. Rangers should be far

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too strong for this. They've had such a terribly hard time, for a lot

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of reasons, and a few of them to do with the fans. However, this could

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be a fantastic week for Rangers. If they get through to the semifinal,

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that's going to be at their home ground. They could win their league

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and get promotion during the week as well. What a week! Thanks very much.

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There were two games in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon, as well.

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We're live as Inverness Cally Thistle host Dundee United, 12. 15pm

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on BBC One. We're back with highlights of that, plus Rangers

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versus Albion Rovers, today's cup action and all those Premiership

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goals 10. 25pm BBC One. That's all for the first part of the Scottish

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Cup weekend. Thanks to Owen Pat. The magic of the cup is still very much

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here especially for Aberdeen and St Johnstone. Until tomorrow, good

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night.

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