:00:40. > :00:55.Welcome to use sports scene, we two of the Premiership season. No wild
:00:56. > :01:00.predictions as to who will win. It is important we'll stay fully flow,
:01:01. > :01:09.definitely not in pants. Steven Thompson, Michael Stewart, and a man
:01:10. > :01:17.who has just during the 100 club. Kris Boyd. Stunning goal, from
:01:18. > :01:25.Kilmarnock's top marksman. Scottish football's deadliest gunslinger. A
:01:26. > :01:33.warm sporting welcome to Chris Boyd, who has just hit treble figures for
:01:34. > :01:40.Kilmarnock. We two began at dens Park. Jane Hemmings and Greg Stewart
:01:41. > :01:47.had gone. Arranges the visitors. Mark Warburton's side held to a draw
:01:48. > :01:55.on the opening weekend by Hamilton Academicals.
:01:56. > :02:00.Dundee's striking stars, Stewart and Hemmings had they been sold. This is
:02:01. > :02:04.a team that won well on the first weekend of the season. Six changes
:02:05. > :02:15.after the League Cup defeat at Peterhead. Niko Kranjcar out.
:02:16. > :02:24.Michael Duffy caught in possession by Andy Halliday. The ball breaks
:02:25. > :02:30.for Harry Forrester. Always excitement when he is on the ball
:02:31. > :02:36.for Rangers fans. Now Lee Wallace, all the time he wants to drive back
:02:37. > :02:43.across goal. Clawed away by the Dundee goalkeeper. Rangers attacking
:02:44. > :02:54.at will. Not too much at the moment standing in their way.
:02:55. > :03:04.Switching from one side to another. James Tavernier, scrambled away.
:03:05. > :03:14.Barrie McKay. Harry Forrester. Brilliant finish. Rangers in front
:03:15. > :03:19.after 14 minutes. He made all the difference, against Hamilton last
:03:20. > :03:31.week coming off the bench. His snapshot firing ranges in front. --
:03:32. > :03:33.Rangers in front. James Vincent, formerly of Inverness Caledonian
:03:34. > :03:42.Thistle. Danny Williams gets away from Wallace. Straight at
:03:43. > :03:48.Fotheringham. Shame is a Greg Stewart, for the Dundee fans,
:03:49. > :03:54.lacking a finish. -- shades of Greg Stewart. Halladay, on the move
:03:55. > :04:01.again, Wallace getting in behind, Forrester. Dangerous moments for
:04:02. > :04:09.Dundee. They are being played off the pitch. The game might already
:04:10. > :04:18.have slipped out of their grasp. Constant torment, Forrester. The
:04:19. > :04:24.Longcross rescued by Barrie McKay. Forrester. Threatening again.
:04:25. > :04:48.Finding room at the back post. Wilson turning away from the
:04:49. > :05:00.challenge of O'Hara. Wallace, Kenny Miller, 2-0. Six minutes away from
:05:01. > :05:10.half-time. Kenny Miller doing the rest. First goal of the season. 2-0,
:05:11. > :05:25.no more than they deserve. Back from the gallon, to the 20-year-old Kerr.
:05:26. > :05:30.Willie Mackay, Kenny Miller. Miller showing the keeper too much of the
:05:31. > :05:34.ball. Rangers could have been home and hosed. On Miller. Should have
:05:35. > :05:57.been scoring really. Rory Loy feeding off scraps so far.
:05:58. > :06:05.Does well to win the corner kick. Danny Williams, Mark O'Hara, free
:06:06. > :06:11.header. To score his first goal for Dundee. Changes the complexion of
:06:12. > :06:21.this game. Could have been 4-0 Rangers, now 2-1. This could be a
:06:22. > :06:31.lifeline for Paul Hartley's team. Court late. That will be a booking,
:06:32. > :06:40.for the man who scored the opening goal of the game. That will hurt.
:06:41. > :06:54.Wallace, for Forrester. That was a wild swing by Harry Forrester. Burke
:06:55. > :07:00.just a couple of moments ago. The card is staying in the pocket this
:07:01. > :07:09.time, for Craig Thomson. Much to Forrester's relief.
:07:10. > :07:18.Opare does well, moving it to Miller. Having a great game for
:07:19. > :07:24.Dundee, the former Kilmarnock full-back. There is Duffy. Big
:07:25. > :07:38.chance gone for Dundee. In the context of this game, two over. One
:07:39. > :07:43.was Vincent, one was Duffy. Forrester, skipping away from the
:07:44. > :07:50.challenge. Wild lunge from him. Did he get a touch on the ball?
:07:51. > :07:56.Certainly getting a bit of Duffy. The Dundee fans screaming for the
:07:57. > :08:02.second yellow card, for Forrester. Long ball down the middle. Danny
:08:03. > :08:10.Williams, behind Lee Wallace. Wes Foderingham makes the save. That was
:08:11. > :08:20.a chance, to level things up. Dundee were so far out of this game in the
:08:21. > :08:25.first hour. Dundee substitute looking to make his presence felt.
:08:26. > :08:33.Here is Thompson. Straight at the goalkeeper. Get out of jail card,
:08:34. > :08:47.for Fotheringham. Terrible kick out. Different game now at dens Park.
:08:48. > :08:52.Long ball finding Williams. Can he squeeze this in? Certainly does,
:08:53. > :08:56.sliced over his own crossbar by Danny Wilson. Suddenly panic
:08:57. > :09:10.stations at the back, for Rangers. Good skill, good flick. In goes
:09:11. > :09:17.Barrie McKay. Can he tie things up? Fingertips. Diverting that around
:09:18. > :09:21.the post. Rangers finishing strongly, as they started this
:09:22. > :09:34.match. In between some shaky moments. It is the final whistle.
:09:35. > :09:45.Rangers have all three points. Second half, really good, intensity,
:09:46. > :09:51.quality was better. First half not as good keeping the ball, over
:09:52. > :09:57.police, encouraging signs. Rangers the first Premiership win of the
:09:58. > :10:02.season. The good, bad and ugly, you have to say on display. First, the
:10:03. > :10:08.good. Vastly improved performance, from the Hamilton game. Started
:10:09. > :10:13.well, intensity, possession as you would expect, excellent. The passing
:10:14. > :10:16.was crisp, much improved performance. The interplay between
:10:17. > :10:21.Barrie McKay and Lee Wallace superb down the left. We have seen them do
:10:22. > :10:28.this later times. Wallace overlapping. This leads to the first
:10:29. > :10:34.goal. Instinctively on the left foot, proving he can still do it at
:10:35. > :10:39.age 30 six. Down the left-hand side, first-time ball around the corner by
:10:40. > :10:43.Barrie McKay. Wallace charting this town, winning it back, recycling the
:10:44. > :10:49.play. Harry Forrester trying to get the shot off. Barrie McKay was
:10:50. > :10:54.excellent, involved in lots of Rangers' positive play. First touch,
:10:55. > :11:01.skill getting around a defender. Kenny Miller should have scored.
:11:02. > :11:06.Rangers probably should have been three or four up at half-time. So
:11:07. > :11:10.many good things to say about the attacking display in the first half.
:11:11. > :11:17.In terms of the bad, defensively, set pieces. Not the first time we
:11:18. > :11:21.have seen this. Corners against. The biggest one was the Scottish Cup
:11:22. > :11:28.final, losing two goals from corners. Individual errors, people
:11:29. > :11:32.switching. Andy Halliday marking from David Gray getting half a yard.
:11:33. > :11:37.Gets to the ball in front of him. Costing Rangers the cup final. Rob
:11:38. > :11:46.Kiernan dropping his marker. Joey Barton drops his man. Both of them
:11:47. > :11:51.are totally free. Mark O'Hara getting on the end of it. Neither
:11:52. > :11:56.the players he should have been picking them up were anywhere near
:11:57. > :12:00.them. The set plays, two guys, Rossiter and Kenny Miller,
:12:01. > :12:06.highlighted on the six yard box. Never seen a setup like that. If you
:12:07. > :12:10.have zonal and man marking, the best headers only six yard box, then
:12:11. > :12:16.other guys going to block the runs. Rangers have the reverse, the main
:12:17. > :12:27.header giving man for man. We used to do it like that. Lee McCulloch on
:12:28. > :12:32.the six yard box. We had big people going to win the ball. No disrespect
:12:33. > :12:36.to Kenny Miller, he will not jump for the ball. If you are doing that,
:12:37. > :12:41.the main markers marking players, they have to make sure they do not
:12:42. > :12:47.ball watch. Ultimately what happens. Mark Warburton admitting they were
:12:48. > :12:51.loose, giving the ball away cheaply. He said another referee could have
:12:52. > :12:57.sent up Harry Forrester. Should the referee have sent off? This foul,
:12:58. > :13:07.where he gets the booking, for me, the least bad. This one, loses the
:13:08. > :13:11.ball, a swipe. That is a booking. No danger that is anything other than a
:13:12. > :13:17.yellow card. The third tackle, the worst of the lot. Straight red card?
:13:18. > :13:22.If he had been given a red card, there would not be any complaints.
:13:23. > :13:27.He might get some of the ball, but he goes right over the top of it.
:13:28. > :13:34.That is reckless. The force in that tackle, red card. No complaints. The
:13:35. > :13:38.first tackle, the least bad out of them all. Getting the yellow card.
:13:39. > :13:43.Whatever permutation, Rangers should have been down to ten men. Mark
:13:44. > :13:49.O'Hara, one of the stars, right back at Kilmarnock. Was it realised he
:13:50. > :13:56.was more than decent midfielder? He was a guy with a lot of ability,
:13:57. > :14:00.getting about the pitch. If the right back or suspended, he would
:14:01. > :14:04.find himself there, if there was midfielder is missing from the
:14:05. > :14:09.midfield. Paul Hartley has found a role, with the way he was playing,
:14:10. > :14:17.he's enjoying his football. Scoring goals. I saw an interview with him,
:14:18. > :14:22.speaking about wanting to get to Dundee, hopefully getting the number
:14:23. > :14:26.ten position, he feels is naturally best position. Some players get
:14:27. > :14:31.shunted around from area to area, it actually harms them. He has found
:14:32. > :14:37.himself in a role where he is settled. Taking in too much
:14:38. > :14:42.information from other positions. He is settled. Injuring his football.
:14:43. > :14:46.Ross County looking to bounce back from their opening weekend defeat to
:14:47. > :14:50.Dundee. Inverness Caledonian Thistle, three wins out of four
:14:51. > :14:54.macro in the cup, last week they lost to Partick Thistle, and dumped
:14:55. > :14:59.out of the cup by League 1 side calibre athletics. Could they find
:15:00. > :15:00.their form in the first Highland derby of the season? Commentary from
:15:01. > :15:28.Paul Mitchell. A cup last to Alloa Athletic,
:15:29. > :15:34.stinging them midweek. Four macro changes in the level. Rob Draper
:15:35. > :15:41.coming into midfield. Opening-day league loss against Dundee, Jim
:15:42. > :15:46.McIntyre makes alterations, Foster and Craig: coming in. -- Craig
:15:47. > :16:08.Curran. Squaring the play. Plays the ball
:16:09. > :16:13.onto Paul Curran. Boyce has scored. Inverness Caley Thistle filleted
:16:14. > :16:18.down the middle. The header from Boyce. Right in between the two
:16:19. > :16:21.central defenders. Goalkeeper no chance. Ross County take the lead.
:16:22. > :16:42.Liam Boyce. Tanzi, King cannot get there. Paul
:16:43. > :16:49.Curran. Foster. Brilliant first touch from Boyce. Better second
:16:50. > :16:56.touch. Second goal for Liam Boyce. What a great first half Ross County
:16:57. > :16:59.are having. Foster delivered. The defender taking out of the game
:17:00. > :17:04.completely. Boyce would not miss from there. Two up in 26 minutes,
:17:05. > :17:13.both from Liam Boyce. Caley Thistle, no wins in the first
:17:14. > :17:20.six league games last season. Looking to get back into things. The
:17:21. > :17:25.whistle goes, the ball in the net. Andrew Dallas looking across. No
:17:26. > :17:31.flag. Trying to explain, the goal has been given. I am not sure Ross
:17:32. > :17:34.County realise it. Inverness Caley Thistle pulling one back at
:17:35. > :17:41.half-time. Here come the complaints, they are vocal and many. Scott Fox
:17:42. > :17:47.saying I stopped. Referee Andrew Dallas explaining this is a goal. He
:17:48. > :17:53.appeared to be offside. The last touch may have come from Davis. No
:17:54. > :17:57.offside flag. Inverness Caley Thistle getting a lifeline on
:17:58. > :18:05.half-time. Andrew Dallas not endearing himself to Ross County.
:18:06. > :18:13.The free kick comes in. Liam Boyce helping himself, another simple
:18:14. > :18:18.header. Patrick for Liam Boyce. His third is a Ross County player. You
:18:19. > :18:23.have to question the defending. And the positioning of the goalkeeper,
:18:24. > :18:34.so far to the post. Simple header from Liam Boyce. The hat-trick man.
:18:35. > :18:40.Try to send it wide. Ross County lost the opening game of last
:18:41. > :18:45.season, winning the second. Losing their opening game this season, well
:18:46. > :18:51.ahead here. Into the middle, Davis. Down to Draper. Rust Reither
:18:52. > :18:58.thumping Caley Thistle backing into the match. Simple drive of the right
:18:59. > :19:12.boot. Ross Draper after 65 minutes, winning the home side another goal.
:19:13. > :19:22.Tanzi floating it up. Little flick on. Well played by the big defender.
:19:23. > :19:28.The big number three has been out for the last three games, showing
:19:29. > :19:34.his value there. A bit more nervous now, Jim McIntyre. Another long
:19:35. > :19:39.throw, flicked on. Davis trying to get the ball away. Was there a
:19:40. > :19:47.Polish? Liam Boyce looking nervously at Andrew Dallas. Contact, not
:19:48. > :19:53.above. Time running out for the home side. Ross Draper, sending into the
:19:54. > :20:01.middle. Header down the middle. Chance. Liam Bell worth coming in.
:20:02. > :20:07.Bad defending in the game. Andrew Davies presenting it to him, but not
:20:08. > :20:12.on target. Delighted, right from the off, we were at it. Scored some
:20:13. > :20:18.fantastic goals. Specially the first two. Liam's second goal fit to grace
:20:19. > :20:27.any league in the world. Fantastic take. Dummying the defender, putting
:20:28. > :20:33.it away. We gave Inverness their first goal, by not managing the game
:20:34. > :20:41.properly, two minutes before half-time. Disappointing. We said to
:20:42. > :20:46.the players, keep doing what they were doing. We knew Inverness would
:20:47. > :20:47.apply pressure. That is the way it worked out. I thought we were worthy
:20:48. > :21:02.winners. Liam Boyce was the difference, he
:21:03. > :21:07.has heart, desire and hunger, on and off the ball, the workrate was
:21:08. > :21:15.immense, he believed them to do. Simple as that. The referee has
:21:16. > :21:22.blown the whistle early. I think I'm getting a little bit towards the
:21:23. > :21:25.ball. I think the gaffer said he admitted he was wrong. You can do
:21:26. > :21:35.anything about it. We have the three points. Another defeat for Caley
:21:36. > :21:40.Thistle, Liam Boyce the start. Huge dollop of controversy? Another
:21:41. > :21:44.refereeing mistake. Quite confusing when you watch your back. Andrew
:21:45. > :21:49.Dallas thought the linesman's flag went up for offside. The ball is
:21:50. > :21:54.played through. You can see him blow his whistle. The ball ricochets into
:21:55. > :21:57.The ball ricochets into the back of the net.
:21:58. > :22:02.Looks as if he will give the free kick for offside. The players
:22:03. > :22:07.remonstrate he changes his mind, gives a goal. Puzzling to say the
:22:08. > :22:14.very least. When all is said and done, massive mistake. He was
:22:15. > :22:19.probably on-site. Scott Fox saying he may have saved it. I think he has
:22:20. > :22:24.dived at full stretch. Should have been a drop ball. By the letter of
:22:25. > :22:30.the law, should have been a drop ball. I don't think Scott Fox is
:22:31. > :22:37.getting it. Ultimately did not have an impact on the end result. When
:22:38. > :22:42.you play all through, Scott Fox not getting it, did not make any real
:22:43. > :22:47.difference. Natural justice prevailing. Liam Boyce, hat-trick
:22:48. > :22:53.hero. Enduring some injury hell, missing Euro 2016. 20 goals last
:22:54. > :22:59.year, missing out on the Euros. Great ball into the box. Good header
:23:00. > :23:04.to get off the mark. You were impressed by his coaching skills.
:23:05. > :23:11.Second goal? Unbelievable first touch. I feel for young Steven
:23:12. > :23:18.Thomson. Opens him up, great finish at the end. You think about the
:23:19. > :23:21.first Ross County player to score a hat-trick in the top flight last
:23:22. > :23:29.season. Going the first hat-trick of this season. Great finish them to
:23:30. > :23:34.get the goal with a header. You have to ask questions of Fon Williams.
:23:35. > :23:37.You have to expect a goalkeeper to come out and command the area. The
:23:38. > :23:41.cross had so much height, the goalkeeper comes out, the advantage
:23:42. > :23:46.of getting the arms up. Take nothing away from Liam Boyce. Natural
:23:47. > :23:50.goal-scorer. Bad week for Caley Thistle, far too early to talk about
:23:51. > :23:59.pressure. Three defeats in a row, not ideal. Away at Hearts next week.
:24:00. > :24:05.He said the defending was not good enough. Two defeats in a row in the
:24:06. > :24:09.league. Not a good start. I watched them play against Dunfermline in the
:24:10. > :24:14.League Cup, winning 5-1, I thought they could be really good, but not
:24:15. > :24:18.the start they wanted. Plenty to come, plenty of football on BBC One
:24:19. > :24:29.Scotland in general. You don't want to miss this. A game deeply woven
:24:30. > :24:33.into our communities. With social and political change, Scottish
:24:34. > :24:38.football transform. I was in the room, utter bedlam. Something
:24:39. > :24:43.incredibly exciting. Was it for the good of Scotland's game? We realise
:24:44. > :24:50.the world changed. The escalation of wages, where the rot sets in.
:24:51. > :24:54.Scotland's Game. Tricky start of the season for
:24:55. > :24:59.Kilmarnock, made worse by the sale of last season's top scorer, Josh
:25:00. > :25:16.Magennis, to Charlton. Yesterday they needed a pick me up. Very, very
:25:17. > :25:21.disappointing. Add a glass. He has proved himself quite well since he
:25:22. > :25:26.came in. The important thing, the manager gets the money to spend, to
:25:27. > :25:32.replace him. Realistic, we're not going to be high up the table. Must
:25:33. > :25:39.win already. First six points of the season.
:25:40. > :25:54.The first league start for Darren mine. Kilmarnock, debut for George
:25:55. > :26:05.Green, the day after signing. Kris Boyd comes in.
:26:06. > :26:15.Steven Smith, clipping that forward, to namesake Martin. Jordan Jones,
:26:16. > :26:20.for Boyd, the type of opportunity he normally gobbles up. Kris Boyd
:26:21. > :26:38.raises the hand, in acknowledgement. Badness. -- bad miss. Crawford. A
:26:39. > :26:42.chance for Emory. Blazes over. Only a half chance, really. Capable from
:26:43. > :26:56.there. Gillespie, feeding it through for
:26:57. > :27:05.Longbridge. Taylor. Long-range. Regen in. Jamie MacDonald, alert
:27:06. > :27:20.enough to block the shot. Best chance so far, for Hamilton axes. --
:27:21. > :27:28.Accies. Crawford, nice touch. Taylor does well to get back with the
:27:29. > :27:38.challenge. Lewis Longbridge. Longbridge firing Hamilton Accies in
:27:39. > :27:42.front. Looks like the chance had gone, when Taylor got the tackling.
:27:43. > :27:53.Showed great composure to pick him out. Powerful, low shot. Zipping by
:27:54. > :27:55.Jamie MacDonald at the near post. Accies make the breakthrough, midway
:27:56. > :28:10.through the first half. Crawford. Lovely ball for Emory,
:28:11. > :28:16.racing away down the right. Crawford continuing the run. Good save, Jamie
:28:17. > :28:20.MacDonald. Terrific move by Hamilton Accies. Almost deserving of a goal.
:28:21. > :28:34.Jamie MacDonald thought otherwise. Again, Emory, room on the right. Can
:28:35. > :28:42.he pick out a team-mate? Not too many options. Doherty. Tamely into
:28:43. > :28:49.the arms of McDonald's. Another well constructed move by the home side.
:28:50. > :28:58.Doherty did not get enough behind that one.
:28:59. > :29:10.Jones looked lively in the first hour. The Saint Cross, Kris Boyd.
:29:11. > :29:15.Kilmarnock are level. Jones set him up in the first half, could not
:29:16. > :29:21.convert on that occasion. This time round, Boyd heading emphatically
:29:22. > :29:26.past Matthews. Lee McCulloch calling the shots in the technical area,
:29:27. > :29:31.Manager Lee Clark in the stand after last week's misdemeanours. Happier
:29:32. > :29:36.to see his side level. Here goes Jones, trying to wreak more havoc on
:29:37. > :29:40.the edge of the Accies box. Free kick, he is claiming it is inside.
:29:41. > :29:47.Steven MacLean tells it just outside. Dangerous, nonetheless.
:29:48. > :29:54.Jones has been a pest. Trying to cause more bother. A poor free kick.
:29:55. > :30:04.Long ball returned up towards Souleymane Coulibaly, creates a bit
:30:05. > :30:13.of space. What a goal from Souleymane Coulibaly! Terrific
:30:14. > :30:20.hold-up play, a bit of skill to find the space and he curled the ball
:30:21. > :30:29.beyond Matthews, and that was special, and so was the celebration.
:30:30. > :30:38.Long ball from Georgios Sarris over the top, great chance for the
:30:39. > :30:43.substitute Roy. Richard Roy really should have got his side back on
:30:44. > :30:51.level terms, but McDonald got a crucial touch. He can't believe his
:30:52. > :30:56.side are behind, chance for them to snatch a point. Gillespie with the
:30:57. > :31:00.follow-up, Crawford denied by the width of the post.
:31:01. > :31:05.I thought we were the better team from start to finish, good food all,
:31:06. > :31:13.lots of opportunities, but we didn't take them. -- good football? We
:31:14. > :31:20.seemed to lose discipline and focus in terms of what was required but
:31:21. > :31:31.the substitutions helped us again. Kilmarnock remain unbeaten at New
:31:32. > :31:38.Douglas Park. Was it a deserved win? We started the game bright and
:31:39. > :31:43.Hamilton scored. As the manager said, when we changed to two
:31:44. > :31:47.upfront, there was not much room to pass in the middle of the pitch. We
:31:48. > :31:54.went forward from back to front quite a bit and we got a success
:31:55. > :32:01.when we went to the two upfront. Two upfront made all of the difference?
:32:02. > :32:05.It is interesting mentioning that the change formation made
:32:06. > :32:09.difference. The clip of the first goal here, it highlights the fact
:32:10. > :32:14.that you look at the number of bodies Kilmarnock have in the final
:32:15. > :32:19.third, six players in there. He is playing up front I submitted,
:32:20. > :32:24.Souleymane Coulibaly has the desire to get on the end of it, rate
:32:25. > :32:29.movement and he finishes off heading into the back of the net. The second
:32:30. > :32:34.goal is a wonderful bit of play from Souleymane Coulibaly, top drawer
:32:35. > :32:38.finish, and I think it just shows that once they had the two players
:32:39. > :32:43.up front it made a big difference and it highlights the fact that Lee
:32:44. > :32:47.Clark is meant to be suspended, he is on the stand on the
:32:48. > :32:51.walkie-talkie, talking about the change of formation. Is there any
:32:52. > :32:57.point in the suspension if he is involved in the changes of
:32:58. > :33:03.formation? Walkie-talkie Gate. Is there any point in him being banned?
:33:04. > :33:07.It seems pointless, I don't know what the rules are, he is giving
:33:08. > :33:15.instructions. He probably could have shouted them from where he was. It
:33:16. > :33:21.kind of makes a mockery of the ban. What is it like at Kilmarnock? So
:33:22. > :33:26.many people are tipping your club to struggle. Last weekend was a big
:33:27. > :33:31.disappointment, leaving the game, shot and the leg, losing the opening
:33:32. > :33:38.game to Motherwell, after the cup competition as well. But yesterday
:33:39. > :33:43.we put on a performance, two massive games coming up, Ross County and
:33:44. > :33:47.Rangers on Friday night. It was important that we got the three
:33:48. > :33:50.point yesterday and we did that. We saw Lee Clark on the walkie-talkie
:33:51. > :34:00.and I am sure he is talking to you all the time, what is he like as a
:34:01. > :34:04.manager? Exactly what you see, he calls a spade a spade. He wants
:34:05. > :34:10.everybody to work as hard as they can, you see that in terms of when
:34:11. > :34:13.we get the ball forward, but the one big thing the manager is always
:34:14. > :34:18.harking on about is picking up the second ball is higher up the pitch.
:34:19. > :34:22.It is effective for us because when you have so many bodies forward, the
:34:23. > :34:27.goal came from picking up the second ball, getting a cross into the box.
:34:28. > :34:32.I have been in the middle to finish it off but with Souleymane Coulibaly
:34:33. > :34:44.as well, it is an unbelievable finish from him. 4-4-2 has gone out
:34:45. > :34:47.of fashion. Souleymane Coulibaly was labelled the new Drogba at one
:34:48. > :34:52.point, what have you see from him in training that gets you excited? His
:34:53. > :34:58.finishing is unbelievable, even in the cup games he scored a couple of
:34:59. > :35:03.goals. Even the way he rolled the defender, came back inside. He
:35:04. > :35:09.didn't even need to look at the goal, always a sign of a great
:35:10. > :35:17.striker. It is a great finish but his celebrations are brilliant as
:35:18. > :35:24.well. We will have a race between you two at the end of the show.
:35:25. > :35:28.Motherwell looking to follow up their victory to Kilmarnock but they
:35:29. > :35:38.faced a St Johnstone side on brilliant form.
:35:39. > :35:43.Motherwell make only one change, Ainsworth takes the place of Stevie
:35:44. > :35:50.Hammell. It is a return to the familiar 4-3-3 formation. Chris
:35:51. > :35:55.Miller and Molly -- Murray Davidson return to midfield and Steven
:35:56. > :36:07.MacLean is back to lead the attack. Saints coming forward. Almost an own
:36:08. > :36:17.goal of Stephen McManus. That was almost an awkward moment for the
:36:18. > :36:28.Motherwell defenders as Hennigan knocked it off McManus. Good touch
:36:29. > :36:34.from Samson, Chris Millar wearing the captain's armband and leading by
:36:35. > :36:47.example. He wanted to have the shop on that occasion. The profiling
:36:48. > :36:53.Craig Clay. -- the throat finding. Neat touch for Marvin Johnston.
:36:54. > :37:00.Ainsworth! He just couldn't get in there on the end of that cross from
:37:01. > :37:04.Johnstone, who is in very good form. St Johnstone have won three of the
:37:05. > :37:14.last four meetings between these sides. There is Craig Clay battling
:37:15. > :37:25.hard in the middle of the park. Richard Tait is calling for it. That
:37:26. > :37:28.is the opening from Motherwell three minutes into the second half. He has
:37:29. > :37:38.been switched to left midfield, Chris Cadden. It was maybe the
:37:39. > :37:42.deflection of Brian Easton that caught out the central defenders of
:37:43. > :37:47.Sam Johnstone but it didn't fool Chris Cadden as he claimed his third
:37:48. > :37:54.goal of the season. Good work by the right full-back.
:37:55. > :38:06.Mark McGhee and happier man than in midweek after the defeat by Celtic.
:38:07. > :38:13.-- a happier. Swanson. Chris Millar with a chip into the box, it is
:38:14. > :38:17.Maclean and Samson Hass to grab that at the second attempt. Maclean
:38:18. > :38:23.couldn't get enough power on the header.
:38:24. > :38:35.Lay for McDonald. Johnson finds Richard Tait again. Chance for
:38:36. > :38:41.Lionel Ainsworth. It breaks back to McDonald and he just couldn't
:38:42. > :38:42.finish, the little experienced striker. Good blog initially from
:38:43. > :39:04.Stephen Anderson to deny Ainsworth. Steven MacLean has done well to ride
:39:05. > :39:08.the challenge and find Swanson. Still Danny Swanson, that is the
:39:09. > :39:15.equaliser. Danny Swanson is on fire at the moment. There is no tracking
:39:16. > :39:23.him. That is his sixth goal of the season. His sixth goal in six starts
:39:24. > :39:29.for the Perth club. Tommy Wright has given this player a new lease of
:39:30. > :39:30.life. He has turned inside Hennigan and deposited that through the legs
:39:31. > :39:48.of Craig Samson. Maclean outside Swanson, Chris came
:39:49. > :39:52.through the middle, lovely pass. Chris Kane really should have done
:39:53. > :40:00.better there and he knows it. Excellent through ball from Swanson.
:40:01. > :40:11.It has broken the way of Chris Cadden. Chris Cadden trying his luck
:40:12. > :40:16.from distance this time, Alan Mannus got a fingertip to it, he has scored
:40:17. > :40:26.once already in this match, looking for a second. Blyth with the flick
:40:27. > :40:34.on, here it is Marvin Johnson, excellent save from McManus to deny
:40:35. > :40:39.Johnson. You can see why Oxford United are interested in Johnson
:40:40. > :40:48.with that effort. Anderson's free kick. Lovely flick by Shaughnessy,
:40:49. > :40:55.he has ridden two tackles. Chris Kane, Steven MacLean! The Motherwell
:40:56. > :41:00.goalkeeper makes a mistake and he is punished. It looked like an easy
:41:01. > :41:07.catch initially for Craig Samson from the shot from Chris Kane but he
:41:08. > :41:12.has bounced it straight in front of Steven MacLean and that is a
:41:13. > :41:19.terrific reaction by the striker, bravely diving into put it home.
:41:20. > :41:30.Steven MacLean's fourth goal of the season. Johnson's free kick. There
:41:31. > :41:37.is McDonald, he has used a hand. He is apologetic but he will get the
:41:38. > :41:41.booking. If he was a bit quicker he may have got his head to it but that
:41:42. > :41:47.was more like an audition for the Australian Olympics team with a
:41:48. > :41:52.volleyball smashed to beat Alan Mannus. Sam Johnstone's three wins
:41:53. > :41:58.over Motherwell saw them come from behind to win 2-1. Will they do it
:41:59. > :42:02.this time there is there one last chance for an equaliser? It is
:42:03. > :42:09.Johnson with it. Put it into the danger area, here is Thomas. He
:42:10. > :42:13.couldn't quite hit the target and that may well be the last
:42:14. > :42:18.opportunity for the home side to get the equaliser.
:42:19. > :42:24.I think the result was right, they were better than us today, they
:42:25. > :42:27.showed more energy, had more desire. We obviously talked about that in
:42:28. > :42:34.the dressing room, how they were feeling in the game, and we were
:42:35. > :42:37.lacking the energy they would normally have. I don't know whether
:42:38. > :42:41.it is the three games in the last week or the result of just Wednesday
:42:42. > :42:46.night and not being able to recover as quickly as they did. They had a
:42:47. > :42:50.very positive result last time which affects you in a different way, we
:42:51. > :42:55.will try to work out why but they were the better side and deserved to
:42:56. > :43:00.win. From a footballing aspect that was our best performance on a passed
:43:01. > :43:04.the ball really well, controlled large spells in the first half,
:43:05. > :43:14.probably didn't make enough of the opportunities but always looking for
:43:15. > :43:17.a goal. We showed character to come back from one goal down away from
:43:18. > :43:25.home. Tommy Wright says best performance
:43:26. > :43:28.of the season and Danny Swanson in particular. It was an inspired
:43:29. > :43:33.performance from him, he looks fitter and stronger than last year
:43:34. > :43:42.and he was involved with an awful lot. A sneaky 1- to there. -- 1-2.
:43:43. > :43:50.This is a fantastic ball for Chris Kane, lovely weighted pass. He
:43:51. > :43:55.probably should score, I don't know whether Samson gets a touch to it.
:43:56. > :44:01.He cuts inside and a near post finish here, here he was, the star
:44:02. > :44:06.man in the team but everyone innocent Johnstone team stayed well,
:44:07. > :44:15.what a start to the season. Sam Johnstone flying, Chris, you went to
:44:16. > :44:21.dinner with Craig Samson. Not a great moment. No, but as a
:44:22. > :44:27.goalkeeper these things happen. The Celtic game during the week... They
:44:28. > :44:32.lost 5-0 but apparently his performance was excellent. I can't
:44:33. > :44:38.render him ever making mistakes like this, it was probably a one-off. He
:44:39. > :44:44.tries to take the sting out of the shot, palms it down. It goes away
:44:45. > :44:47.from him but I will give credit to Steven MacLean for following that
:44:48. > :44:54.in, putting his head in an area where he could get hurt. It is a
:44:55. > :45:01.great three points for St Johnstone. What did Craig say. Not much, he was
:45:02. > :45:05.just getting ready for tonight. Great reaction from Steven MacLean
:45:06. > :45:09.but a great run that St Johnstone are on, they keep proving everybody
:45:10. > :45:12.wrong, they keep getting the results. Next weekend, early
:45:13. > :45:17.kick-off against Celtic big challenge. What more can be said
:45:18. > :45:21.about St Johnstone that hasn't already? They must be the envy of a
:45:22. > :45:26.lot of clubs in the league, they haven't got a huge budget but they
:45:27. > :45:30.continue to challenge at the top end of the table, getting into Europe.
:45:31. > :45:35.Tommy Wright is Mr consistency and it permeates through this team. You
:45:36. > :45:39.sort Motherwell at close quarters at Rugby Park at the weekend, tough
:45:40. > :45:44.week in terms of the hammering they took at Celtic Park and that defeat
:45:45. > :45:50.as well. How do you gauge that Motherwell side this season? Last
:45:51. > :45:54.week they took the game to us, I watched the majority of the Celtic
:45:55. > :46:04.game but it is always difficult at Celtic Park so you can or less write
:46:05. > :46:10.that off. -- more or less. These are the games, against St Johnstone, if
:46:11. > :46:19.they want to get in the top six, Motherwell. They will be
:46:20. > :46:24.disappointed after Rugby Park, trying to get the three points
:46:25. > :46:28.yesterday. Marvin Johnston, it is important that they keep hold of him
:46:29. > :46:36.as well. Aberdeen finished second to Celtic
:46:37. > :46:40.last season. This weekend they faced a Hearts side without Jamie Walker,
:46:41. > :46:43.a figure of much controversy last weekend.
:46:44. > :46:52.There was no contact in my opinion. He attempted to calm the referee.
:46:53. > :46:56.Walker has gone down under the challenge of Tierney. The referee is
:46:57. > :47:04.in no doubt that that is a penalty kick. Derek McInnes brings Ash
:47:05. > :47:13.Taylor with Peter Pawlett free of his early season ban. Stockley is
:47:14. > :47:16.preferred to Rooney. A disappointing season so far far Hearts, out of
:47:17. > :47:26.Europe, out of the League Cup. It doesn't get any easier. Jamie Walker
:47:27. > :47:44.is suspended. Aberdeen don't have a particularly good. They have begun
:47:45. > :47:53.the game pretty good run -- they have begun the game pretty well.
:47:54. > :48:09.Really good run by McGinn. Mixed fortune in the week, the Jambos out.
:48:10. > :48:23.He caught it OK but no direction at all. This is the visitors' first
:48:24. > :48:30.chance of the game. 0-0 at St Johnstone last week for McInnis and
:48:31. > :48:36.Doherty's side. They don't often win on the opening day of the season,
:48:37. > :48:41.Aberdeen. First home game for them here and they are trying to assert
:48:42. > :48:51.themselves, Burns off the bar but the flag was up. Cracking ball in by
:48:52. > :48:58.Niall McGinn. Wes Burns hits the woodwork, it wouldn't have counted.
:48:59. > :49:06.Conceded the threat in the wide areas for Aberdeen. Burns may be
:49:07. > :49:13.just off, very tight, though. -- maybe. Big chances for Hearts,
:49:14. > :49:23.plenty of hype in there, Paterson, Souter in there as well. He possibly
:49:24. > :49:34.should have done better, John Souttar. He didn't get any purchase
:49:35. > :49:39.on it. It is linked towards Nicholson, who is in here. And Shay
:49:40. > :49:44.Logan committed himself. It is a good challenge by the Aberdeen
:49:45. > :49:53.full-back. He had to get that spot on, he got plenty of the ball. Aided
:49:54. > :50:07.by Ryan Jack. McGinn shimmies over it. A teasing ball in by Logan. He
:50:08. > :50:15.was coming into the back to accept this but very good delivery by
:50:16. > :50:25.Logan. Salmond does enough to force it to Tony Watt. He goes himself. He
:50:26. > :50:29.had options left and right but he is a striker, as soon as he sees the
:50:30. > :50:50.goal he will have a go. Jack to Maclean, not long on as a
:50:51. > :50:55.substitute. Niall McGinn, nice ball. It was Peter Pawlett's header.
:50:56. > :51:00.Aberdeen won the first two battles between these two last season, lost
:51:01. > :51:05.the following three, though, including a Scottish Cup exit.
:51:06. > :51:13.Hearts losing out to the champions, Celtic, last weekend. They felt they
:51:14. > :51:26.should have taken something from the game. That has come of Miles Storey,
:51:27. > :51:29.who has got it back to Logan. Perry Kitchener was there. He had to be
:51:30. > :51:35.otherwise Logan is getting a shot in, I think.
:51:36. > :51:49.It worked out OK for Hamilton, Joum to Salmond. He was in Aberdeen
:51:50. > :51:56.target in the summer. Here is Tony Watt, huge chance here! And it is
:51:57. > :52:00.spurned. Well, a fully fit Tony Watt might have done better with that,
:52:01. > :52:08.three minutes to play and this would surely have won the game for Hearts.
:52:09. > :52:15.It is a big miss. In a game of few chances this has been the best one.
:52:16. > :52:22.I thought we were totally dominant bird you credit Hearts, I think in
:52:23. > :52:25.the second half they had one or two opportunities and they defended well
:52:26. > :52:29.in the second half and deserved a draw. Aberdeen were probably the
:52:30. > :52:38.better team first half. It was a tough point for both sides but an
:52:39. > :52:41.entertaining game. Second versus third from last
:52:42. > :52:45.season, I think we all expected a bit more, perhaps not the thriller
:52:46. > :52:53.we were hoping for. Michael, what was the story of the match for you?
:52:54. > :52:58.You were there. It is interesting the managers talking about the game.
:52:59. > :53:01.Aberdeen over the 90 minutes were the better side but Hearts nullified
:53:02. > :53:06.the threat as the game went on but without offering a great deal of
:53:07. > :53:15.attack. Perhaps a draw was a fair result in the end. Aberdeen missing
:53:16. > :53:19.a spark, Jonny Hayes is out. When you looked back over the game it was
:53:20. > :53:24.a good defensive display from Hearts but you were looking if Aberdeen had
:53:25. > :53:30.something different to open up and perhaps Jonny Hayes could have
:53:31. > :53:35.helped them with that. In the opening period Aberdeen bombarded
:53:36. > :53:39.Hearts and they looked energetic, on the front foot, a lot of balls and
:53:40. > :53:43.from the wide areas, Stockley trying to get on the end of it. The best
:53:44. > :53:48.opportunity in the first half was perhaps an opening from the
:53:49. > :53:51.left-hand side that fell to Niall McGinn, who knocked it behind the
:53:52. > :53:56.defence and created an opening for himself. Good defending from Hearts
:53:57. > :54:00.to get a deflection, put over the bar. As the game went on you
:54:01. > :54:04.thought, Aberdeen will bring something different but in the
:54:05. > :54:07.second half it just wasn't there. I think Jonny Hayes has been missed
:54:08. > :54:14.for Aberdeen and I don't know what the guys think that he is a big
:54:15. > :54:20.miss. A bit of a heavy schedule for Aberdeen. Four goals Billy are games
:54:21. > :54:28.in nine days, perhaps some players that he. -- four goals in nine
:54:29. > :54:37.games. That is a lot of games. Even last year we were back -- they were
:54:38. > :54:47.back early, they probably didn't have enough rest. It plays a part.
:54:48. > :54:57.From the Hearts perspective, good defending, bit lacking in attack.
:54:58. > :55:06.That was a bit concerning. The two guys up front, Salmond and Walker...
:55:07. > :55:12.Tony Watt was probably the biggest spark in the attack line for Hearts,
:55:13. > :55:18.he created opportunity, laid it out wide, got in the box. Nichols can
:55:19. > :55:23.try to beat the last defender and he gets blocked and it comes to
:55:24. > :55:28.nothing. Tony Watt ended up getting the best chance of the game, a good
:55:29. > :55:35.bit of play from Conor Sammon who I thought was poor yesterday. You'd
:55:36. > :55:42.think he is a bit slow on the corner... He loses his balance,
:55:43. > :55:48.neither side will be head over heels. Tony Watt has been lacking
:55:49. > :55:52.match sharpness, he has had an injury but do you think he will be a
:55:53. > :55:59.success at Hearts? I think he will, he is at a stage in his career where
:56:00. > :56:07.he needs a run of games. He went to Cardiff and did really well.
:56:08. > :56:12.Briefly, are Hearts to physical? Five yellow cards yesterday, four
:56:13. > :56:18.against St John's, seven against Celtic, 16 in a week. I don't think
:56:19. > :56:21.it is to physical if it is backed up with attractive football but at the
:56:22. > :56:26.moment their style of football is becoming a bit industrial and when
:56:27. > :56:32.you back it up with statistics like that that is concerning. When Robert
:56:33. > :56:38.took over it was very attractive football and now it is more akin to
:56:39. > :56:43.the director of football. Michael, Chris, Stephen, thank you very much
:56:44. > :56:50.for joining us, it has been very interesting. That is it for week two
:56:51. > :56:57.of this football season. Andy Murray is about to get his Olympic final
:56:58. > :57:03.under way over on BBC One, best of luck to him. We are back at 6:30pm
:57:04. > :57:12.next weekend on BBC Two. Until then, from all of us, good night.