:00:24. > :00:29.We're still not finished, a long weekend in the SPL, you are about
:00:29. > :00:36.to see highlights of the five games played so far. With Billy Dodds for
:00:36. > :00:40.company, and this man. Just a desire to go and stop the
:00:40. > :00:50.opposition scoring goals. Sometimes players need to be
:00:50. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:59.inspired by their team-mates. Hibs captain, James McPake is with
:00:59. > :01:05.We will start our round up in Inverness, they tested out their
:01:05. > :01:09.squad strength to keep squad members fresh for the showdown with
:01:09. > :01:19.Juventus in the week. Good news and bad news for Inverness on the
:01:19. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:31.Celtic debuts for Israeli defender, Rami Gershon, and Australian mid-
:01:31. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :02:01.Rossenttini has, the Highlanders in front.
:02:01. > :02:06.-- Ross has. The Highlanders in front. A fine finish from Ross.
:02:06. > :02:16.Aaron Lennon keen for him to get game time in front of Juventus,
:02:16. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:27.Forster, but he didn't deal with it. This is almost like a box ticking
:02:27. > :02:33.exercise for them. Commons, with a better finish.
:02:33. > :02:39.Hammered home by the Scotland international. It came from an
:02:39. > :02:49.Australian international. On a plate, and there is just no saving
:02:49. > :03:27.
:03:27. > :03:37.plate, and there is just no saving to his right. The free kick has
:03:37. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:48.been given by Craig Thomson for always rising that time.
:03:48. > :03:58.Teddy Butcher has seen his side struggle at times, they lost to St
:03:58. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:29.Mirren, and either side of that cup Fraser is not interested. It came
:04:29. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:42.back off the elbow of the Celtic youngster. That is Gershon.
:04:42. > :04:46.It's a debut goal for the Israeli. Celtic have turned this game around.
:04:46. > :04:56.As they try to go 18 points clear at the top of the Clydesdale bank
:04:56. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :06:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:06:04. > :06:09.going back down the A9. Celtic's second string effectively,
:06:09. > :06:19.their second string is beating what on paper is their closest
:06:19. > :06:31.
:06:31. > :06:35.Miku almost got his second and almost Celtic's fourth. Just the
:06:35. > :06:38.just the nine changes to the Celtic side, pretty impressive show of
:06:38. > :06:41.strength from them? It was very impressive. Although you were
:06:41. > :06:44.seeing the nine changes, if you look through the team there is
:06:44. > :06:48.still a lot of international players in the team. They have a
:06:48. > :06:51.very strong squad, it is a tricky place to go, it is probably to take
:06:51. > :06:55.away Celtic it is one of the trickyist places to go and get
:06:55. > :06:58.points. Inverness came and beat Celtic at Celtic park, it is a very
:06:58. > :07:02.good result for them going up there, especially with the changes and the
:07:02. > :07:07.good fine form going into the Juventus game w no fresh injuries
:07:07. > :07:09.to bigger players. It is four defeats on the trot at Inverness,
:07:10. > :07:13.and far from panic stations, but it could be the season of their dreams,
:07:13. > :07:19.they are still second? Those four results has taken it away from them.
:07:19. > :07:24.But I have said it all weekend, I have been asked the question, I
:07:24. > :07:27.think the squad, looking at over the season, they have had a
:07:27. > :07:30.fantastic season. They have sat high up in the league. They have
:07:30. > :07:35.some fantastic players. I think they are happy the way they are
:07:35. > :07:40.playing. Terry will be saying keep it going, and get results playing
:07:40. > :07:44.in this manner. The first chance for the Celtic fans to see the
:07:44. > :07:50.likes of Rogic and Gershon, and both looking handy. This is Rogic,
:07:50. > :07:55.coming from Australian football? does brilliant here. He goes down,
:07:55. > :07:58.runs it to the defenders and cuts the ball back into a great area, it
:07:58. > :08:02.is a great finish from Commons. Nine times out of ten when that
:08:02. > :08:07.ball is there he's putting it in the back of the net with the
:08:07. > :08:11.quality he has. It is a turn of pace, left, left, left, burst past
:08:11. > :08:15.the defender and great cutback as well. You are looking at this one.
:08:15. > :08:19.I know it is Gershon that scores it, but you would love to be attacking
:08:19. > :08:23.that, it is a great ball there. stands it up great, three or four
:08:23. > :08:28.in there that are looking to go and put their head on that, there is
:08:28. > :08:32.not much work to be done to put that in the back of the net. There
:08:32. > :08:36.might be a question over Fraser Forster over the Inverness goal,
:08:37. > :08:41.but you can't deny the quality he has come up with. Is there a
:08:41. > :08:45.concern in the Juventus game about lack of games? I'm not so sure.
:08:45. > :08:52.He's proved how good a goalkeeper he is. I think he's a bit unlucky
:08:52. > :08:56.there. Mackay is in his way. He's a bit blinded, can you see what he
:08:56. > :09:03.can do here, in the Juventus game he will be ready and do his best.
:09:03. > :09:06.He has been a star in the Champions League run. The season he has had,
:09:06. > :09:10.he has got himself in the England squad. That tells you everything
:09:10. > :09:13.you need to know. He has to be at the top of his game going into this
:09:13. > :09:19.big game. He has missed five. Let's look he at what the Celtic team
:09:19. > :09:29.might be on Tuesday night. This is your stab at it.
:09:29. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:43.We're actually making the You think he will keep the midfield
:09:43. > :09:50.solid. You have that attacking threat for Samaras to support
:09:50. > :09:57.Hooper, a lot of people would want Commons in the female, but Commons
:09:57. > :10:02.might come in if McGrew has to be leftback. If he's not fit. Injuries
:10:02. > :10:06.apart, that would be roughly along the lines, to get some sort of
:10:06. > :10:09.result against Juventus, whether it is a 0-0 draw, or there is enough
:10:09. > :10:16.in that team to hurt them and get goals. Anything you would change
:10:16. > :10:18.about that team? I think that the change possibly could be Commons.
:10:18. > :10:23.Big games before in the Champions League that I have watched, he
:10:23. > :10:28.keeps the ball. He creates things for Celtic, I think if there is a
:10:28. > :10:35.change, it might be him, with the quality's got. I spi Billy is spot
:10:35. > :10:40.on with the team, if it is spot on with injuries. It will be that team.
:10:40. > :10:45.There you go, Billy spot on with the team. Dundee United, having
:10:45. > :10:49.waited five months for a home win, thought they might get a couple for
:10:49. > :10:59.some succession. They were against Hearts, best of the action with
:10:59. > :11:13.
:11:13. > :11:16.Rankin has turned and got the shot away. Two minutes gone, Johnny
:11:16. > :11:21.Russell puts Dundee United one ahead. He scored in the first
:11:21. > :11:24.minute last week, takes a little longer to do. Good build up play. A
:11:24. > :11:29.lovely touch with Johnny Russell, three Hearts players around him, he
:11:29. > :11:39.still qees is squeezed the ball away. John Rankin's ball in.
:11:39. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:23.Russell's great control, and Hearts ball, and Lucas came down very
:12:23. > :12:52.
:12:52. > :12:58.awkwardly. That look like the end comes across to Ryan Stevenson, and
:12:58. > :13:05.red cards him. The side-on view, Ryan Stevenson is having to be led
:13:05. > :13:10.away by John Rankin. Stevenson left the ground and led with the studs,
:13:10. > :13:20.he got the benefit out there, but in the end he doesn't get the
:13:20. > :13:48.
:13:48. > :13:53.scores after 62 minutes. Dundee United are two ahead. Beautiful
:13:54. > :13:58.move. He went the near side of the goalkeeper. It is the type of goal
:13:58. > :14:08.that gets better every time you see it. Same can't be said about the
:14:08. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :15:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:15:31. > :15:41.second goal of the season, having scored against Hibs, timed his run
:15:41. > :15:43.
:15:43. > :15:45.to perfection, and United wrap up a Hearts fans reckon the outcome
:15:45. > :15:51.might have been different had Ryan Stevenson not seen red for this,
:15:51. > :15:57.after only 25 minutes of the match. I don't want to see people sent off
:15:57. > :16:00.for this, but. Do you understand why he was? Yes, the foot is a bit
:16:00. > :16:06.high, especially Ryan Stevenson, a good lad, I don't think he's a
:16:06. > :16:10.dirty player. I have to say that's behind him on the blindside, and
:16:10. > :16:15.he's unlucky, but the rules, we keep on saying this, by the letter
:16:15. > :16:19.of the law, but very unlucky there to be sent off.
:16:19. > :16:25.Will Hearts appeal it? I think they will, I don't know if they will be
:16:25. > :16:32.successful. There you go. Of course some might suggest that willy
:16:32. > :16:36.Collumis trying to balance the books, for not red carding Ryan
:16:36. > :16:43.Stevenson in the Derby? unfortunate thing is he was the
:16:43. > :16:47.referee in both the games. You are making a meal of that! Jo I didn't
:16:47. > :16:51.want to go off with the Hearts fans, I got straight back up. That is an
:16:51. > :16:56.unfortunate thing that it is Willy in both games. People will look and
:16:56. > :17:00.say did he react to missing the one at Tynecastle earlier on in the sea
:17:00. > :17:04.on, which I don't buy into that. I don't believe he's done that. I
:17:04. > :17:08.think he's went with his gut feeling and his decision, he has
:17:08. > :17:11.made the decision on the day. Whether or not that's right, that
:17:11. > :17:14.was his decision, as it was in the first game. It must have been in
:17:14. > :17:22.his head, I don't want to go through this again, I don't want to
:17:22. > :17:27.miss it, maybe it is a quick to go through the same process of
:17:27. > :17:31.TV evidence proving him wrong. He has been quick to react.
:17:31. > :17:36.different are Dundee United under Jackie McNamara? Peter Hughes son
:17:36. > :17:40.did a fantastic job, but the tail end, I don't know the intensity of
:17:40. > :17:46.the play. This goal sums up, Russell closing the ball down, the
:17:46. > :17:49.pace and tempo. Both on and off the ball. They have certainly shown a
:17:49. > :17:54.bit of confidence. They beat Rangers in the cup as well. That
:17:54. > :18:00.hadn't won a home game for a while, and won two in the spin. I just
:18:00. > :18:03.think the intensity, nit-picking the Hearts defend remembers ball-
:18:03. > :18:06.watching, but it is a fantastic goal. Every time you see it, it's
:18:06. > :18:09.nice to watch. Sometimes, I mean, whether it was Jackie McNamara or
:18:09. > :18:14.anyone else, sometimes a team get a lift any way from a new manager,
:18:14. > :18:18.don't they? You do, you see a lot of teams with newer managers,
:18:18. > :18:25.getting the first couple of result, you see teams doing it when they
:18:25. > :18:28.are struggling, bringing a manager struggling, you have seen a bit of
:18:28. > :18:33.reaction since they came in. One of the big pluses from a hearts point
:18:33. > :18:37.of view is what Ngoo gives them, 20 years old, on loan from Liverpool.
:18:37. > :18:42.And you can see massive potential here, can't you? For a big guy.
:18:42. > :18:46.There is one thing he has, natural height, athleticism, strength,
:18:46. > :18:51.power, but it is all sort of goals, we will see a cop of goals he
:18:51. > :18:56.scores, long-range efforts, a real find. Young as well. He's unlucky
:18:56. > :19:01.not to get a hat trick in this game. Eventually he gets himself one.
:19:01. > :19:06.Would you be able to put him in your hip pocket in a month's time
:19:06. > :19:11.in the Derby? Looking any time I have seen him he looks a handful.
:19:11. > :19:15.He's big and strong. He's a couple of inches away from having three
:19:15. > :19:19.goals yesterday. Look at this, he's just powering through them there.
:19:19. > :19:23.And again, there is a great finish. He looks a real threat. It will be
:19:23. > :19:28.hard to deal with when we play against him. Good players you look
:19:28. > :19:32.forward to playing against, and challenging yourself against them.
:19:32. > :19:35.It is the long range strikes, and power, sometimes you don't give
:19:35. > :19:39.games away with quick people. He looks natural in the box as well.
:19:39. > :19:43.The goal against Dundee United, that goal we saw there, just a
:19:43. > :19:48.natural finisher. Dundee United, 3- 1 winners. One debatable red card
:19:48. > :19:52.in that game. Another couple of red cards in the next one, of the non-
:19:52. > :19:56.debatable variety, I think you will agree, as we watch highlights of
:19:56. > :20:06.kal American knock against Motherwell.
:20:06. > :20:31.
:20:31. > :20:32.Hammell. Barber thought he would try his
:20:32. > :20:42.luck and got lucky. The deflection off Stevie Hammell with Randall
:20:42. > :20:46.going the wrong way. Always a bustling presence from
:20:46. > :20:55.Motherwell, nothing there. His kick is not 2350. Motherwell
:20:55. > :20:59.still with chance here. Knows he should have done better, the
:20:59. > :21:09.Motherwell captain. Good cutback from Law, Lasley off
:21:09. > :21:31.
:21:31. > :21:41.attack alive. Kilmarnock get it away.
:21:41. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :22:02.Real chance again for Motherwell. hat trick of clearances from the
:22:02. > :22:02.
:22:02. > :22:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:22:44. > :22:54.striker! At one point it looked like he had him. Lasley should have
:22:54. > :23:01.
:23:02. > :23:06.2-0 Kilmarnock, it is William Gross, Shields shows his approval in the
:23:06. > :23:14.stands. The choreographed dance routine! He has had quite an impact
:23:14. > :23:18.in a defensive role so far, will yap Yam Gross, put -- will yap scam
:23:18. > :23:28.gross, great cross from Dayton. A frustrating afternoon for
:23:28. > :23:36.
:23:36. > :23:41.in front of the referee. He's reaching for the red card. Fraser
:23:41. > :23:46.five minutes. He has barely touched the ball. He didn't touch the ball
:23:46. > :23:49.there either, that is why he's getting his marching orders, the
:23:49. > :23:59.frustration showing from the Motherwell defender, it was a
:23:59. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:25.terrible strike at Dayton, the challenge from the Motherwell
:24:25. > :24:28.captain, and Dayton not at all happy, neither are the rest of the
:24:28. > :24:33.Kilmarnock players, neither is the referee, Kenny McLean, a straight
:24:33. > :24:38.red for Lasley, he can have no complaints, the Motherwell skipper,
:24:38. > :24:48.it was a wild lung. That could have been very pain -- lung, that could
:24:48. > :24:51.
:24:51. > :24:56.have been very painful for Dayton. Off the bar! It should have been 3-
:24:56. > :25:02.0. Kilmarnock on easy street now against the nine men of Motherwell.
:25:02. > :25:07.Effort. He have manager wants his strikers
:25:07. > :25:10.to work back and do defending as well. You used to be a striker with
:25:10. > :25:14.Livingston as well. I don't think Gross could have done more at
:25:14. > :25:18.either end of the pitch? To be honest his defending in the game is
:25:18. > :25:24.more important than his goal. You look at him, this one especially,
:25:24. > :25:29.the reaction he got that back out. He did excellent. To go and a great
:25:29. > :25:34.header again for his goal. He has done his fair share at both ends of
:25:34. > :25:40.the pitch for Kilmarnock yesterday. Great awareness? Yeah, it was. As
:25:40. > :25:47.James said, for both ends of the pitch. Great header for the goal,
:25:47. > :25:51.but doing his defensive stuff first The in the front area he gets on
:25:51. > :25:55.the post, the other one he's on the post and comes off it to get the
:25:55. > :25:58.header on the line. Everything he did yesterday was brilliant.
:25:58. > :26:06.don't know if Motherwell had something against James Dayton,
:26:06. > :26:10.both red cards were for a swipe at the Kilmarnock winner. It is Fraser
:26:10. > :26:13.Kerr? From that angle it looks bad, I don't know if that was intent to
:26:14. > :26:18.go in and hurt Dayton there. I think he has just maybe mistimed it,
:26:18. > :26:22.you can see by the rules it is a red card. He was on the pitch just?
:26:22. > :26:29.There is no doubt, it looks terrible, but five minutes on the
:26:29. > :26:32.pitch, just for me it is really clumsy. I always think he had his
:26:32. > :26:36.eyes on the ball. I can understand why it was a red
:26:36. > :26:39.card, I don't think it was intentional from the young lad.
:26:40. > :26:43.Last Years of Edward Thomas one t looked like an overspill of
:26:43. > :26:51.frustration on his part, maybe we can understand why. Earlier in the
:26:51. > :26:58.game he had a couple of, the second one was a great chance to score.
:26:58. > :27:03.it is, it is not going for you it is not going for you. There is a
:27:03. > :27:08.chance when this one comes in, it pops it over, what you do then, is
:27:08. > :27:12.you get frustrated, as you said, you fly into things like. That that
:27:12. > :27:18.is cynical. He is a hardy lad. I'm wondering how he would analyse this
:27:18. > :27:22.if he was sitting in a chair next to us. I think he will be
:27:22. > :27:26.disappointed looking back on, that he has never come across to me as
:27:26. > :27:29.that type of player, when he looks back on it he will be disappointed.
:27:29. > :27:34.That is something we will be bringing up with him when he's next
:27:34. > :27:37.in this very studio. The hopes of the Aberdeen fans haven't been
:27:37. > :27:47.delivered into result, their team was unlikely to find it easy
:27:47. > :27:47.
:27:47. > :28:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:28:43. > :28:49.yesterday against league Cup signed a four-and-a-half year deal
:28:49. > :28:51.with Aberdeen. It has been a brilliant time for Aaron Lennon and
:28:51. > :29:01.the rest of the St Mirren management team. That takes the
:29:01. > :29:01.
:29:01. > :30:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:30:13. > :30:22.Mark Reynolds is getting a second yellow, that is a controversial red
:30:22. > :30:26.card for the Aberdeen defender. The Dons are down to ten. (crowd
:30:26. > :30:36.boos) It came at him a fair pace, he will be harshly dealt with there
:30:36. > :30:36.
:30:36. > :31:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:31:27. > :31:33.I don't think he knew where the The Aberdeen fans raging with that
:31:33. > :31:38.decision. He said play on. Aberdeen feeling
:31:38. > :31:48.hard done by, they didn't get the penalty for handball, with Mark
:31:48. > :31:52.
:31:52. > :31:55.Aberdeen keeper. He's better rating himself for trying to pass it back
:31:55. > :32:00.along that horrendous playing surface.
:32:00. > :32:03.That could have been another embarrassing moment for Jamie
:32:03. > :32:10.embarrassing moment for Jamie Laingfield. It was a hotly-
:32:10. > :32:13.contested red card, and same again here where Mark Reynolds saw a
:32:13. > :32:17.second yol low, not in too many doubt about the first one.
:32:17. > :32:21.first one he will put his hand up and say it is a booking, he as
:32:21. > :32:24.unlucky. The ball goes up and he gets through, you see it there, I
:32:24. > :32:31.don't think he will have any complaints about that. He only held
:32:31. > :32:34.on to him for about five seconds there. I think that's why the pitch
:32:34. > :32:41.is in the state is because there was a rugby international on it a
:32:41. > :32:45.few weeks ago. How unlucky is that, it was a strike, he tries to get
:32:45. > :32:48.his hand out of the way. To get sent off, are you joking? That's a
:32:48. > :32:52.poor decision. Nobody wants to see that. I certainly don't. I don't
:32:52. > :32:56.know about you. I think that was very harsh, I think he will be
:32:56. > :33:00.disappointed, he as going to miss games for that, which I can't -- he
:33:00. > :33:04.is going to miss games for that. I don't see if that is a foul. I
:33:04. > :33:09.don't see where the ball hits him. He's doing the right thing, he goes
:33:09. > :33:13.out to try to stop the block, his hapbtdz aren't out to the side are
:33:13. > :33:17.-- hands aren't out to the side, they are not in an unnatural
:33:17. > :33:25.position. It was unfortunate. games for handball in the box, and
:33:25. > :33:30.firstly, a push by David Baron, not much in that? I wouldn't give the
:33:30. > :33:35.penalty. Now Baron drops him, and there is a little reaction, late. I
:33:35. > :33:40.don't thing that's a penalty. They would be unfortunate for that to be
:33:40. > :33:44.given against them. I don't think anything is a penalty looking at
:33:44. > :33:48.this. We will slow it down, I think that hits his back. It is good to
:33:48. > :33:52.show these on a Sunday night. These are areas of the confusion from the
:33:52. > :33:56.fans on the game, who think it is a penalty at the time. When they look
:33:56. > :34:02.back at that one, which may not have struck McGuinness's arm at all.
:34:02. > :34:04.And this one actually strikes Baron on the stomach or hip? It is a hard
:34:04. > :34:08.one for the referee, they have to make the decision there and then,
:34:08. > :34:12.it is easy for us we can slow it down and sit and watch it as many
:34:12. > :34:17.times as we want. I think the other disappointing thing on that game is
:34:17. > :34:21.when you see the Reynolds one, the other two didn't get given a
:34:21. > :34:25.penalty. So if they are going to do that, there needs to be a bit of
:34:25. > :34:29.consistency. I think that's maybe for me the disappointing thing in
:34:29. > :34:36.that game. You mentioned the pitch, the ground staff don't like you
:34:36. > :34:40.saying nasty Things about it. But I tell you what, Jamie Laingfield was
:34:40. > :34:44.saying bad things about it. This was almost a megaembarrassment?
:34:44. > :34:50.turns around and blames his defender for giving the pass back.
:34:50. > :34:56.It is a nice weighted one. We were saying there was a rugby
:34:56. > :35:00.international, in golf you don't want to see that, there is another
:35:00. > :35:05.shot here as well. Quite funny. He got away with it. He had a couple
:35:05. > :35:10.of great saves. I like that, he has had a few, I don't want to say they
:35:10. > :35:15.were clangers, that is his nickname, a few mistake, it is nice to see
:35:15. > :35:18.him make a couple of good saves. When will that pitch recover?
:35:18. > :35:21.summer, in the last couple of seasons there was a few like that,
:35:21. > :35:25.Motherwell was, you have to get to the summer and address it, whether
:35:25. > :35:29.you relay it. It will be spler a bit of growth and then the --
:35:29. > :35:35.summer and a bit of growth, and then the best of the pitch there.
:35:35. > :35:39.This SPL weekend kicked off on Friday night, Dundee desperate for
:35:39. > :35:49.some sort of platform against the team who came up with them from the
:35:49. > :36:04.
:36:04. > :36:12.goes, but the referee says no to the penalty appeal. Looked to be
:36:12. > :36:22.caught by the keeper, Douglas. There is the Clydesdale Bank league
:36:22. > :36:48.
:36:48. > :36:55.Dundee captain, who booted this one waved away, this time at the other
:36:55. > :37:05.end. Dundee convinced this came off the hand of the defender, Boyd,
:37:05. > :37:29.
:37:29. > :37:39.Well, save number one not clever, but save number two, crucial. What
:37:39. > :37:55.
:37:55. > :38:05.a chance for the German substitute It is the story of the season,
:38:05. > :38:17.
:38:17. > :38:27.chances not taken, and mistakes the opening goal. Barry Smith knows
:38:27. > :38:27.
:38:27. > :39:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds
:39:16. > :39:22.tells you it was agonisingly close, crossbar. Goal given. Lawson's
:39:22. > :39:29.first goal of the season in controversial circumstances.
:39:29. > :39:36.Chambers is the assistant who has given this. It was a tough call. Of
:39:36. > :39:43.that over the line? It certainly looks to be. We don't have the
:39:43. > :39:49.definitive angle, but that looks to be over the line for 1.0. Lawson
:39:49. > :39:55.hammers the ball down the pitch. Gary Glenn gets there. With
:39:55. > :40:02.virtually the last kick of the game, County make it two, they are about
:40:02. > :40:06.County make it two, they are about to join Aberdeen in sixth place.
:40:06. > :40:14.It is a while since we looked at some penalty claims, another three
:40:14. > :40:19.from Friday night. He was seemingly caught by Dougs
:40:19. > :40:23.last, an escape by Dundee. The only way the referee has let him off is
:40:23. > :40:28.the ball has gone out the park and running away from him. Still it
:40:28. > :40:31.could have been given. That struck the hand of Boyd? Not for me. He's
:40:31. > :40:37.close, he's up tight doing what he should be doing, it happens that
:40:37. > :40:40.quick, to give a penalty would have been hard on Boyd.
:40:40. > :40:43.There are so many factors to consider when you are looking at
:40:43. > :40:47.these, that one was blatant? thought the exact same as games for
:40:47. > :40:51.the first two. That one you couldn't see it. Not making excuses,
:40:51. > :40:53.but the one thing you would have to say is his hands are where a
:40:54. > :40:58.goalkeeper's hands would be. That is a penalty, you can understand
:40:58. > :41:03.why the first two are not given, that one was the stone wall variety.
:41:03. > :41:07.As you were saying you were there for Friday night. What did you
:41:07. > :41:11.think when the Lawson shot came off the down side of the crossbar?
:41:11. > :41:17.wasn't sure, it is a hard one, the officials have got it right. You
:41:18. > :41:22.see in the picture there, he's not in the picture, the linesman. Mr
:41:22. > :41:27.Chambers, he gave it. He didn't really know, they were looking at
:41:27. > :41:31.one another, he ran back the assistant referee, he decides to
:41:31. > :41:34.run back the other way. The Dundee players are questioning him, you
:41:34. > :41:41.can see from there it is over the line. I'm telling you, they guessed
:41:41. > :41:45.it, but got it right. The rise and rise of Ross County is remarkable,
:41:45. > :41:49.isn't it. I have to declare a bias, obviously when you look back and
:41:49. > :41:53.you think that less than 20 years ago they were in the Highland
:41:53. > :41:57.league. Five seasons ago they were playing in the second deviegs
:41:57. > :42:03.vision, and now they are a -- division, and now they are a point
:42:03. > :42:07.away from the top six in the SPL? You can throw in Scottish Cup
:42:07. > :42:11.Finalists in 2010, they are a cracking team to play against, they
:42:11. > :42:15.have taken nine points off us this season. They are a good organised
:42:15. > :42:20.team, you see Lawson's striking, and they have quality players in
:42:20. > :42:23.the team. Viger, s is another good player, players that are really
:42:23. > :42:29.doing well in this division and deserve to be in the division. I
:42:30. > :42:34.think the job der rack Adams has done is a great job -- job Derek
:42:35. > :42:41.Adams has done, you are thinking it is a team coming up for a division
:42:41. > :42:49.alone. There is a right good chance there. Dundee are 15 points adrift
:42:49. > :42:52.at the bottom, any hope for them at all? That is it gone, I could hear
:42:52. > :42:57.the despondancy in Barry Smith's voice in the interviews off the
:42:57. > :43:04.radio. He will keep going as a winner and player, that is Dundee
:43:04. > :43:07.going out. There was a called Cup Final play.
:43:07. > :43:10.Let's talk about tomorrow night, any feeling of disappointment
:43:10. > :43:15.tomorrow at the moment, because you started so well, you were stop of
:43:15. > :43:19.the league at one stage, results more recently haven't matched up to
:43:19. > :43:23.what went before. I guess there is a big picture to look at? When you
:43:23. > :43:26.are looking at the league table you can look at it in two ways, we are
:43:26. > :43:30.still in the mix, we have a chance tomorrow to go joint second. The
:43:30. > :43:36.desappointing side is we have had four or five chances to go second
:43:36. > :43:40.outright, we have not won the games. When you take in the last couple of
:43:40. > :43:46.seasons we are progressing, and doing well. This season we are
:43:46. > :43:50.still in the cup. We had a tie away to Kilmarnock, it is a great chance
:43:50. > :43:59.to get back. In the league we are up there, this is the top six for
:43:59. > :44:03.the football club is our game aim - - our game this season. For me that
:44:03. > :44:08.is underachieving. The game since Celtic has to be a highlight?
:44:08. > :44:11.beat Celtic, or even Rangers, when they were in the SPL, it is the
:44:11. > :44:16.first time I had ever beaten any of them. It was a great day, and a God
:44:16. > :44:21.performance for us. We could have been two or three nil up in the
:44:21. > :44:23.first half. Great goal, doim Doyle had had a few chances that he was
:44:23. > :44:29.unlucky with. That day showed the change from last season, being able
:44:29. > :44:34.to hold in that league in that game with a lot of pressure from Celtic
:44:34. > :44:38.when last year we would have crumbled. Nobody mentions the lack
:44:38. > :44:42.of Scottish cup success at Hib, you are on the way again, with a couple
:44:42. > :44:46.of good wins. This one in the Derby. I didn't play that day, but being
:44:46. > :44:51.there, seeing what it meant to the fan, to put Hearts out, and in this
:44:51. > :44:55.one as well. It has been two tough ties, to be fair, we have had.
:44:55. > :44:59.Another one coming up. We are hopeful that we can go to
:44:59. > :45:05.Kilmarnock and get the result. We know how hard. I expect it was a
:45:05. > :45:10.shock geeing Gary Diegan doing that? I have known him many years
:45:10. > :45:17.and never seen him have a shot and score. Was it a penalty? No, I
:45:17. > :45:23.think you have seen maybe five or six of those. It was Jews tins when
:45:23. > :45:27.Ben Williams did this? It is always luck, Ben has been saving them
:45:27. > :45:32.every time this season. In terms of tomorrow night's games, you are
:45:32. > :45:39.going for a hat trick of wins against St Jones ston, two wins
:45:39. > :45:43.against them already? Yes. We know how good a side they are, and they
:45:43. > :45:48.can beat us. We are confident, we are always confident at home. But
:45:48. > :45:51.it is a game where we need it start picking up points again. We haven't
:45:51. > :45:55.been winning enough in the league recently. We need to get back to
:45:55. > :45:59.winning ways, and we need to do that tomorrow. It is up to you to
:45:59. > :46:03.finish best of the rest, outside Celtic, and it is up for other
:46:03. > :46:07.teams as well? It is there for almost everyone this season. It is
:46:07. > :46:11.great for everybody else. But we would love to be sitting six or
:46:11. > :46:14.seven points better off, but we are not. We have got to get back to
:46:14. > :46:19.winning games and make sure we are high up the league come the end of
:46:19. > :46:25.the season. And when you look at the table, this just underlines how
:46:25. > :46:30.tight it is. If you take Celtic and Dundee out of the equation, there
:46:30. > :46:35.are just those eight points between second top and second bottom.
:46:35. > :46:41.It is a tight league. Look at us, we are five points above St Mirren
:46:41. > :46:45.in 11th place, we go there next week, depending on tomorrow night's
:46:45. > :46:49.result it can be cut to two point. It shows you how tight it is, good
:46:49. > :46:55.for Scottish football, not so good from the teams playing it. It is
:46:55. > :47:05.good for efrp else watching. next burst of SPL action begins
:47:05. > :47:21.