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Good afternoon. Welcome to the results show. Who knows what lies

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ahead in the next 60 minutes. We had a rough idea and we will keep

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you up-to-date with what is going on. We will also bring you the

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latest news concerning Rangers. And goodness we have two of the finest

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minds in the country to do it. Pat Nevin and our own asparagus farmer.

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Welcome. Pat, what is happening? There was a penalty kick, which was

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strange, but definitely on. On to the Premier League. One match today

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- Inverness CT. There were a rash of chances. Kilmarnock got the

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better of Inverness CT. Over to New Douglas Park. Early goals.

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McManaman and Boyd have scored. Falkirk against Partick Thistle.

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Duffy was sent off, but the score was drawn level from the penalty

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spot. I hope you are keeping up at home. We are off to the Scottish

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Cup and there was a big lunchtime match. He is the story of the game.

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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was deserved. St Mirren draw first was saved by McDonald. It has gone

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in! Can you believe it? St Mirren are off the canvas and still in the

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Scottish Cup. Incredible. In the first 30 minutes, our position in

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the pitch was not very good. After we changed our position, or weep

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created a lot of chances. -- we created. It was high quality.

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Everything you want from Scottish football. Very good goals and an

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At a cracking goal at the end, and they get to do it all again.

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great way to start a weekend of Cup action. There was of a sleep

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disappointment, but can be in for that reply. -- there was obviously

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disappointment. Hibs have had three really good chances. When they went

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1-0 up early in the game, there was nothing beekeeper could do about it.

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-- they could do about it. After about 25 minutes, I think United

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looked good in the second half. However, they are getting tired and

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they need to battle on. Let us go For the first half-an-hour

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Inverness had been ahead. Sunderland managed to pull a save.

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The ball had been bouncing out in the Inverness penalty area. There

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was a misguided overhead kick. Surely this season's most

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You are so used to St bad news for Hibs. What we saying there? The bad

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news is that they are beginning to hope they can win the Scottish Cup.

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But bad news for Inverness was the own goal. It was an absolute howler.

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We're trying to work out what he was trying to do. Maybe he was

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trying to execute an overhead kick, but it really look like something

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else. -- looked like. Over to Counties seemed to have settled

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this one quite early. Morris and created the it first -- Morrison

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created the first goal. Hamilton have offered very little in this

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match. County are a step closer to the SPL.

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This would be their 24th game unbeaten, stretching back to August

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when Hamilton beat them 5-1. How things have changed. They are 11

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points clear. They'd do not look as if they will start to falter. --

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they do not look. Off to Falkirk Falkirk are down to 10 men. Kieran

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Duffy was sent off. The game was levelled from the penalty spot

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before Duffy were shown that straight red card. -- was shown.

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Falkirk pressing for the win, which they really needs. -- really need.

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If Falkirk do not win, they will be 11 points behind Ross County.

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think you can put the trophy in the car now. There must be something in

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the air up there. I remember a couple of years ago at Inverness

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were on a similar run of victories. Time for us to consider the latest

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developments in the ongoing Rangers story. Yesterday, players agreed to

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take a salary cut to keep Rangers going until the end of the season.

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Meanwhile, administrators are trying to find a buyer for the club.

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It all seemed simple enough, but the company that bought the rights

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to advance tickets are having problems. It all gets curiouser and

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curiouser. Through the internet and a miracle court Jonathan Sutherland,

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we will hear what supporters think. First of all, we will hear from one

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of the administrators. I am pleased to announce today that a package of

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cost-cutting measures have been a Greek with the Rangers playing stop

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that allows the club to move forward. The agreement on

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substantial wage reductions and voluntary departures from the club

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represent a major sacrifice by the Rangers players. The discussions

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had been lengthy and by no means easy for anyone involved, but the

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most important objective in this process is to achieve an outcome

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that will help to save the club. has been another busy week in the

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history of Rangers. First, Rangers players taking a cut in wages. A

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huge respect from the fans to them and the manager who has been

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handling all of this. Paul Murray, a Blue Knights, who will decide

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whether he will become a member of the ball? Buying Rangers may be a

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good way to protect �24 million. Perhaps the club needs to go back

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to the supporters and be run by a troupe Rangers men. -- run by a

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troupe Rangers men. The Rangers fans have been more upbeat than

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they had been for a while. I am going to give a work pundits a

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couple of minutes to cogitate over their whilst we head back up to

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Inverness. There has been a dramatic development there.

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You could not script this. Inverness have equalised. Pure

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atonement on the part of Golobart. He forced the ball over the line.

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At telly what you can't really script, the Rangers story. Let us

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bring you up to date with the very latest developments. This afternoon

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there was a meeting of Rangers supporters. There is the coach and

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some of the representatives of the supporters. This was to set up a

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Rangers fans fighting fund which will allow them to make cash

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donations. According to those behind it, it will go a long way to

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help to support its future. None of the supporters in there would say

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anything to our reporter. They were keeping quiet. Thankfully, a member

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of the retell department came out It went very well, and we will be

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making an announcement early next week. I'm not saying anything,

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there will be a press conference on either Monday or Tuesday. Pat Nevin,

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things cannot be scripted in this, Sandy Jardine coming out of that

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meeting in a positive frame of mind - is the tunnel may be not looking

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as dark as it was? You're hanging on to absolutely anything, if

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you're a Rangers supporter at the moment. We understand that they are

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taking a decrease in wages for a short period of time only. But it

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helps put off this perspective of going into liquidation. But as one

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of the people said very clearly, we are not out of the woods yet. The

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big problems have not gone away. The thing that we can take out of

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that meeting today, we do not know much about it, but the fans,

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obviously, some fans at least, want to put some money in. That could be

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a lot of money, it could be not so much, but the important thing is

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that this money is away from the administrators. This money will be

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passed on to the administrators, I understand. Well, I'm not convinced

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it that is a good idea. It will go into a massive pot and it will

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disappear, which would be really sad. It would be nice if they could

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have some money themselves, so that they could see where the problems

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were, and it could be separated. If it is thrown into a big pot, it

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could be just lost.. We do not know the details of this, but we know

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that it is intended to see the club through the administration process

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in the short term, then to be used in the longer term. Alan, at Dundee,

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there were some parallels, were there not? Yes, as long as the cash

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is able to be released as and when required, to the administrators, I

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don't think it is a question of giving it to the administrators...

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I thought these wage cuts were guaranteeing things in the short

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term. Curdle there might also be a pot for when and if the club goes

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into administration, that is what happened at Dundee. But I think you

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cannot expect the fans just to sit back and expect something to happen,

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it is good that they are getting involved. At the start of this

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process, there was some disquiet at the fact that fans were not getting

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involved as quickly as they might have done. Rangers fans themselves

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were saying, why are they not get involved, like they did at Dundee

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or at Motherwell? It is good that they are getting themselves going

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seriously now. Another thing is this consortium, the Blue Knights,

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and they want to get Ticketus involved. Let me get this straight,

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Craig Whyte put fans' money into Ticketus, reportedly. And there is

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no absolute certainty that they do get any benefit out of it. We are

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all being cynical, understandably so. I think we are all bamboozled.

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To some degree, everybody is. There are professionals who cannot

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believe what has gone on. It is a number of people who have used

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methods which should not be used within business, which have muddied

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the waters. You do not want to dive in and say, this has happened, this

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has happened. Ticketus might have a number of reasons for getting

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involved. The obvious, cynical one would be, they are scared in for a

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penny, in for a pound, maybe, with Ticketus. There is some dismay

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among Rangers fans about the association with Ticketus. Are

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Ticketus really the criminals in this? It was not their fault they

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got involved. They thought that they had a good deal with Craig

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Whyte, and now, as you would, you want to try to protect that deal.

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The administrators were also night that just because the Blue

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Knights are in the forefront of the media spotlight, they might not

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even be the front runners. But the question I think has to be posed is,

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the one earth would want to put their hat in the ring just now,

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with this massive tax case in the background? On the information that

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we have got, nobody would, it would be madness. Even if you get out of

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this with a percentage of the money, surely it would not take into

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account the �49 million or whatever it is which is going to be waiting

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for you afterwards. So, who is going to buy into that? I cannot

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imagine. There is no way that Rangers, over 15, 20, 30 years

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camera can get out of that. Unless you're a multi- millionaire, I

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cannot see any way out of it, at the moment. There full-time scores

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are beginning to trickle in. First of all, Falkirk versus Partick

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Thistle. Yes, this one has finished a 1-1. The visitors went in front

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just before half-time, through Paul Cairney, but Mark Millar levelled

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seven minutes after the break. Duffy was bizarrely shown a red

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card, and then a penalty was wrongly awarded. It was taken by

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Paul Cairney, and saved by the Governor. It should have been won

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at the end, but McGovern pushed the shot onto the post. It finished 1-1.

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Well, we did say earlier on, Falkirk really had to win this one

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- can you now declare the First Division title race over? I would

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never do that. Full-time at Somerset Park. Yes, the game

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slightly petered out at the end. Peter had were not able to get the

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goal. But you can see the professionalism of the Hibernian

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players playing off in the end. It is looking better and better over

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the last three or four weeks. he is, the man who scored a penalty,

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Griffiths. He has made a difference. For what I have seen, yes, you need

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something at the base of it. Hibs are almost starting again, they

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have got so many new players. As well, a new manager, and it looks

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much better now. Full-time in the Hamilton game as well, against Ross

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County... It finished 2-0. Ross County had extended to 24 games

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their unbeaten run. The first one came from close range from Colin

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McMenamin, and the second was equally clinical, scored by Scott

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Boyd. Chances were few and far between, with Ross County happy to

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control the ball, and Hamilton lacking any creative spark. Ross

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County seem to have an inevitable league title and promotion ahead of

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them. There does Dundee's unbeaten record, 23 games, from last season.

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Ross County have beaten that there could, and they are aiming to go

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unbeaten for the season now, can they do it? I think they can. We

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spoke earlier about their home form, and it is astonishing. But that

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away game at Hamilton is one where they might have slipped up, but to

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negotiate that like they have done, very professionally, I think we are

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looking at two Highland clubs in the Premier League next season.

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Let's go to one of those clubs now, Inverness Caledonian Thistle

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against Kilmarnock. It was a slip up in the first half from Roman

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Golobart, but he managed to score at the right end in the second half.

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Yes, this one finished a point apiece. Caledonian Thistle got the

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opener, through that calamitous own goal from Roman Golobart. It was a

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massive mistake. Ironically, on either side of this, Inverness had

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maybe 10 chances, with Mackay to the fore. In the second half, again,

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lots of pressure for Inverness. Then, the Inverness captain was

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one-on-one with the 'keeper, but he was thwarted. Then, sublime

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atonement by Roman Golobart, who forced the ball over the line, amid

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intense pressure for an equaliser, with seven minutes to go.

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Kilmarnock forced a series of late corners, but could not get the

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winner. We're going now to Somerset Park, the Big Match of the

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afternoon in the Scottish Cup quarter-final, let's hear the story

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of the match. Ayr United have lost this one, the Hibernian fans pour

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out of the ground knowing that they are destined for Hendon Park for a

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semi-final date. It was an entirely professional performance from Hibs,

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a shock never looked to be on the cards. The visitors went in front

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as early as six minutes, Roy O'Donovan getting the goal. On 19

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minutes, a Leigh Griffiths penalty doubled the lead. The result was

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never in doubt after that. The only real threat came on 56 minutes,

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when the Hibs goalkeeper saved brilliantly from a header. But

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other than that, Ayr United did not really threaten the Hibs goal. So,

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let's hear how are and other two clubs from the First Division but

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on this afternoon, Morton against Livingstone. This one finished 3-1.

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Livingstone took the lead on four minutes, Marc McNulty calmly going

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round the goalkeeper. Morton equalised through a header from

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McDonald, who was totally unmarked at the back post. Then, five

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minutes before half-time, Livingstone took the lead after

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good build-up play led to a goal from Iain Russell. Into the second

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half, they stretched their lead further, through Craig Barr. There

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was no more scoring. Livingstone took the points. I have to go back

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to something Charles said, talking about the second goal from Roman

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Golobart, describing it as sublime atonement. You would never believe

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his day-job was as an English teacher, would you? Yes, the joy in

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his face when he put that in the net, I thought for a moment it was

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going to be called offside, but there is nothing better, as a

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player, if you can atone for your own goal. It is one of those things,

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it seems to happen quite often, players will go back up the other

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end and get one in the right end. Yes, he did well, it was a

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defender's finish, he turned and slammed it in from one yard. I was

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glad to see him get himself out of a hole. That point apiece for both

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clubs, does it end Kilmarnock's top six prospects? To be fair, I think

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the top six is finished, really. I don't think they will be caught,

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any of them. This underlines it for me. It is a shame, we talk about

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this every season, most people do not like it, more often than not,

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it means that most games will mean something right to the death, but I

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think there will be some this season which to not mean a great

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deal, which is a shame, because for many years, we have had great

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excitement at both ends right to the end. What about the relegation

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battle? Well, I hope I was not jumping the gun when I said there

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would be two Highland clubs in the Premier League. But I think they

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are safe, that is a positive point for them today, I would say. I

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think Terry Butcher has fielded something like 21 different

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permutations of defenders.. It has not been a great season. Know, he

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has had to chop and change such a lot. -- no. It has been a tough

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season, but they will be glad to get to the end of it and go again

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next season. We can move on now to We will start today with the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 90 seconds

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Just one match in the Clydesdale As I mentioned, a good day for

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Bolton Wanderers. They beat Queens Park Rangers in the lunchtime kick-

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off. A huge victory for Bolton and a damaging defeat for Queens Park

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Rangers, who have 10 difficult games to play. A lucky victory for

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Bolton. The ball had crossed the line early in that game and nothing

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was given because the referees that did not see. Rangers equalised just

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after half-time, but Bolton won it with just three minutes to go.

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us hear how Blackburn affair. They want a weight to -- they won away

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to Wolverhampton. There were two significant Mrs from Wolves.

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Blackburn dominated from start to finish. Blackburn played as 18

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right until the end. Great celebrations. A work that, for

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Wolves, the grim Reaper is hovering by the dressing room door. Chelsea

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sacked their manager after last week's was sold. Things went a bit

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better for them today, at home to Stoke. What would have happened if

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there wasn't a send-off in the first half? Well, throughout, or

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Chelsea had the edge. -- Chelsea. Stoke City still kept on coming up

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for words and used all their substitutes. Surely Wednesday night

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will be a different proposition. Over to the Stadium of Light.

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Sunderland and Liverpool. Sunderland have won. The goal came

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at the last minute. It was almost a comedy of errors. A disjointed

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display from Liverpool. They did stage a cavalry charge at the end

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and in the dying minutes there was an outstanding tackle in the

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penalty area. Right at the very death, Steven Gerrard strained

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every sinew. But third successive league defeat for Liverpool. That

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has not happened for nine years. -- the third. Aston Villa won over

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Fulham, but I have to come to Blackburn. I want them to stay up.

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The guys at the bottom of the League have had a good day. There

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is so much pressure on Steve Kean. The abuse was just coming from

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everywhere. More than anything else, they didn't like the new owners and

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they loved Sam and did not wanting to go. However, there seems to be

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some fighting spirit there, but not the same for Wolves. What about

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Queens Park Rangers? Well, it was interesting to hear from that

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report that Blackburn are playing as a team. That was good to hear.

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Artlessly a great win for Owen. Yes, not looking good for QPR. You

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wonder about the wisdom of changing managers during the season. What

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about Aston Villa? The pressure is on. The fans have not taken to the

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new manager. They do not like negativity and had been complaining

:40:48.:40:56.

about the style of play. They start from a defensive base with one guy

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up front. I think they have done well. A lot of players have been

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lost and there is not a lot of money, so I think he has done well.

:41:07.:41:17.
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I agree. Kenny's result is not great for Liverpool. A third defeat

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in a row. There is to work to be done at Anfield. We can head to

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Somerset Park now. A one reporter spoke to the winning manager.

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Congratulations in getting through to the semi-finals. We started the

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game really well and created a lot of chances. I thought from start to

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finish, it was a good performance. I read that you said your team have

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to be at it in this game, in terms of the possibility of an upset and

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there seemed to be. We spoke about it in the week. We knew there was

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going to be some attitude. It seems to meet the players you -- to meet

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the players you bought in in January have improve the pack. They

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seem to have increase the quality and class of your side. They have

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helped the boys who were already here. They were under pressure for

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a long time and that can take its toll. But on and off the pitch

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there is a good atmosphere. There was a real rock at the heart of

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your defence. Yes. We identified that area quite early in that we

:42:57.:43:07.
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needed to have strength there. pleas were you with LEA? -- how

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pleased were you with it LEA? was fantastic. You have a chance to

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write your name into the history books with Hibs. We are in the

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semi-finals. We will see what happens in the trough. We have a

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bigger job on our hands, making sure we stay in the league and that

:43:44.:43:54.
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is what we need to focus on. managed to grab a few words but the

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manager of Ayr United. Are you disappointed with your tee

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not starting at a tempo that they should have? Well, it was

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disappointing. It was incredibly windy day. It makes it difficult,

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but there was a cheap free kick. To go up a goal down so early is

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difficult and we didn't have a chance to get back in the game

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after that. I don't think we played acts as good a tempo as we have

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done previously. Second goal, I know you were upset. Was it with

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the decision of the corner-kick been allowed? I have to see it

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again. I think a lot of the decisions went in favour of Hibs.

:44:58.:45:08.
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It is disappointing. The penalty kick, the referee, and if he is

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giving penalty kicks for something like that, then there will be an

:45:11.:45:21.
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not in any given game. I will watch On the TV, it does look as though

:45:29.:45:33.

he has a hold of his jersey, but I suppose you would say that it is

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not always given in that situation. Yes, you see it in every game, in

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every penalty box. It is very rare that a penalty is actually given.

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It is not easy for referees, but there would be a lot of penalty

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kicks given if it was so easy to give them as that. But these are

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the things which went against us today, decisions seemed to go

:45:59.:46:04.

against us. Saying that, I don't think we played as good as we can,

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which is no disrespect to Hibs, but we have played better than that in

:46:07.:46:13.

previous games this season. We need to pick ourselves up now. We will

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be able to see whether in fact it should have been a penalty or not

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tonight in the highlights show. But right now it is time to go to

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Jonathan Sutherland. He has been on the Internet all afternoon. His

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most recent brief has been finding out what the online community made

:46:34.:46:39.

of today's Scottish Cup quarter- finals. Yes, never knowingly

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offline. We thought there was a possibility of a Cup upset at

:46:42.:46:47.

Somerset Park today, but the SPL side took the lead after just six

:46:47.:46:52.

minutes, and it was pretty comfortable after that. On Twitter,

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one Hibs fan said, this was a tricky away Tom tie at Ayr, I am

:46:57.:47:03.

thinking this could be Hibernian's year, only to flop dismally in the

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semi-finals again. Such cynicism! A replay beckons in Paisley for

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Hearts. This fan says, a story of two halves. We should have been

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thumped in the first half, and were well out of sight in the second. It

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will be tough in the replay, but with Craig Beattie fit again, we do

:47:25.:47:30.

have the players. And this one, a St Mirren firm, says, we were

:47:30.:47:33.

terrific for the first half an hour, we should have been a few goals

:47:33.:47:39.

ahead. -- a St Mirren fan. The officials had a shocker, he says.

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Plenty to talk about there. Do you want to get stuck into that Hibs

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fan, who's saying, dismal...? Hibs fans have had this for long

:47:53.:47:57.

enough, they do not get carried away. You can't, because this has

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been going on for such a long time. It was a decent display today, but

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it did not make you think, yes, you're going to win the Cup, it was

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good enough, no more than that. Celtic are still in the competition,

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and Hearts as well. Dundee united will be difficult to get past as

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well. So, Hibs can just be quietly happy about that. The word

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professional was used again in the interview, it is a word which has

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not been used about Hibs for a long time. What about this one, the

:48:31.:48:34.

manager saying he did not think it was a penalty, but we have watched

:48:34.:48:38.

it a few times, and I think you will have some bad news for him...

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Yes, I know the point he was making, but I think it was a penalty. If

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they see it again, I think the defender will think, what was I

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doing? But I do understand the manager thinking that it would not

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a penalty. He made the point also of an SPL side coming down and

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perhaps getting the decisions. Should we be surprised that St

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Mirren scored two goals? What surprised me, let's be upfront

:49:11.:49:14.

about it, I would not have been surprised if it was a boring game,

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but in fact it was a really exciting game. The first 20 minutes

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were brilliant, I thought they were going to run away with it, but the

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goal was scored just that the right time, by Beattie. There were so

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many talking points, how on earth you will fit into the highlights

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show tonight, I do not know. Before the match I was reading the

:49:46.:49:56.
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comments of the manager, but did he have the balance right today?

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would say so, I would say that Danny Lennon got it right. That

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biggest thing in that game for me was the re-emergence of Craig

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Beattie. He looked a fine player. There were some concerns for him

:50:13.:50:17.

down at Swansea, I think he was their highest paid player, and he

:50:17.:50:22.

seemed to disappear, but he really looked a fine player today, with a

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fine finish for a goal which was wrongly ruled offside. That replay

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will be a week on Wednesday. But I wonder, Pat Nevin, could that be

:50:31.:50:37.

the result of the day? Oddly, no, I'm going to go for a completely

:50:37.:50:44.

different one. Going down to the Premier League in England, I cannot

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overlook this, Sunderland beating Liverpool 1-0. Martin O'Neill took

:50:49.:50:52.

over that team, it looked as though they were relegation fodder, they

:50:52.:50:58.

have just beaten Liverpool, their only two points behind Liverpool.

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That is, to borrow a phrase from Martin O'Neill, absolutely

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astonishing. I think it beats any other result I have seen today.

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would you like to take for your result of the day, Alan? I am torn

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between Angus and Wolverhampton. I thought it was a great result for

:51:20.:51:23.

Forfar, but I think I would have to go down to the English Premier

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League, and say Blackburn Rovers beating Wolverhampton Wanderers. It

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was a huge result for Steve Kean. He looked such a sad and isolated

:51:34.:51:38.

figure on the touchline, but then they got that fantastic win at Old

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Trafford, followed up by this one, it is great for him. Well done,

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gentlemen. Let's move on, because we have got two more Scottish Cup

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ties this weekend, both between SPL clubs, Dundee United at home to

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Celtic and Motherwell against Aberdeen. We will talk about those

:51:56.:52:02.

in a minute or two, once we have heard what supporters are thinking.

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Jonathan is going to channel their thoughts like some kind of online

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spiritualist. Are you with us? here, don't worry about it. Yes,

:52:14.:52:18.

those two games tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to them,

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says this one. This one says, we have scored 16 in a last 10 games,

:52:23.:52:28.

and conceded just one, but our record against Celtic is horrific.

:52:28.:52:33.

We are due a victory, he says. This Celtic fan says, we will not get an

:52:33.:52:37.

easy victory, but we should have just enough to make it through,

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possibly with a replay. This one says, the winner of this one should

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go on to win the Scottish Cup. After that it is Motherwell against

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Aberdeen at Fir Park. This Aberdeen fan says, I am just happy we have

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not been knocked out by a team from the lower leagues yet. Our record

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at Motherwell is ranked bottom, and I do not see it changing any time

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soon. And this one is equally pessimistic, saying, not looking

:53:01.:53:05.

forward to this, would much have preferred Queen of the South.

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Aberdeen will bring a big crowd, I can only see a draw a victory for

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Aberdeen. That's the spirit. Let's talk about these matches, Dundee

:53:16.:53:21.

united-Celtic first. Dundee United, Peter Houston saying, they are

:53:21.:53:27.

going into this in top form, but they need a bit of luck. Yes, like

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in any cup competition, we have seen bits of luck for various teams,

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but Dundee United, they're on a good run, but compare that to

:53:36.:53:46.
:53:46.:53:50.

Celtic's nun, to be fair. Dundee United will be confident, but...

:53:50.:53:54.

This performance, going to Ibrox, a number of us were not all that

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surprised. This was before the madness descended on ibex, I

:53:58.:54:08.
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thought Dundee United macro played really well that day. -- on Ibrox.

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As a partnership, I thought they were fabulous. But in the end, if

:54:13.:54:18.

both teams play as well as they can, then Celtic will win, but anything

:54:18.:54:23.

less than the best from Celtic, and Dundee united have got a fabulous

:54:23.:54:33.
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chance. You look at Celtic, and they have got plenty of firepower

:54:35.:54:43.

themselves. Yes, I think United have got 16 goals in the last five

:54:43.:54:51.

games, suggesting they have really got firepower themselves. I think I

:54:51.:54:56.

am right in saying they have only beaten Celtic once in the last 20

:54:56.:55:02.

games at Tannadice. They have got a very good record against Rangers,

:55:03.:55:07.

on the other hand. I would think they could give Celtic a run for

:55:07.:55:13.

the money. Next week Celtic have got Kilmarnock in the Community's

:55:13.:55:19.

Cup Final. It is important for their treble aspirations. Yes,

:55:19.:55:22.

nobody within Celtic Park wants to talk about the treble. But

:55:22.:55:27.

realistically, if you look at it, they have got a brilliant chance. I

:55:27.:55:31.

would say there are more likely to win the treble than not. They are

:55:31.:55:35.

that far ahead of everybody else. They do not have to keep everybody

:55:35.:55:41.

fit, there is not one player who, getting injured, would put them in

:55:41.:55:45.

trouble. They have got a really good, strong, well-balanced squad.

:55:45.:55:49.

That's the thing. People say many things about Neil Lennon as a

:55:49.:55:56.

manager, but he has built a squad which is so well balanced. They are

:55:56.:56:02.

not reliant on any players. Also, I am really looking forward to

:56:02.:56:12.
:56:12.:56:15.

Motherwell-Aberdeen. The manager loves building up his opponents.

:56:15.:56:20.

Yes, what Craig Brown has done at Aberdeen has been tremendous. I

:56:20.:56:25.

watched them last week at Celtic, and somebody described their

:56:25.:56:29.

unbeaten run as one of the most underwhelming unbeaten runs of all

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time. But nonetheless, I thought last weekend, against Celtic, they

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showed what they can do. Lesser teams would have crumbled, going a

:56:39.:56:43.

goal behind against Celtic, but Aberdeen in the second half were

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very, very good. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's game. It

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could be another draw, perhaps. would not be surprised if it was

:56:58.:57:04.

another really would -- really good game, because Motherwell are an

:57:04.:57:07.

attack-minded side. They have got players that can do something

:57:07.:57:11.

slushy different. I do not want to be biased, it is not because I had

:57:11.:57:14.

some involvement with Motherwell in the past, I would like to see them

:57:14.:57:20.

playing at Hampden Park. They were there last season in the final,

:57:20.:57:25.

remember. Yes, but this would be a good opportunity to play their

:57:25.:57:31.

style of football, expansive football, on a good service. But

:57:31.:57:34.

Craig Brown has done a great job, and he is the man who brought me

:57:34.:57:40.

into football. He has got a lot to answer for. Gents, it has been fun,

:57:40.:57:44.

but it is almost time to leave the viewers in peace for another week.

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Our main headlines... Hibs, the first team through to the semi-

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:57:56.:57:59.

finals of the Scottish Cup, by after winning away at Ayr. It

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finished 2-2 at Tynecastle. And Inverness ended up drawing their

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match with Kilmarnock. Roman Golobart got a goal at both ends in

:58:10.:58:13.

that one. In the first division, Ross County are now well clear up

:58:13.:58:17.

the top, after beating Hamilton Academicals this afternoon. I have

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left just about enough time to try to persuade you to watch more of a

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product, starting tonight... Highlights of those Scottish Cup

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games tonight. And we will be back tomorrow night, with highlights of

:58:32.:58:36.

tomorrow's two games. Jonathan and myself are back next week with the

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