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Am sent the header over the bar. Am sent the header over the bar. | :02:34. | :02:43. | |
Am sent the header over the bar. There is his manager's reaction. I | :02:43. | :02:50. | |
who, in turn provides Hooper. There is the opening goal. The party can | :02:50. | :03:00. | |
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Commons doing well to wriggle his way out of trouble. Back to Commons | :03:20. | :03:30. | |
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once more. once more. | :03:31. | :03:40. | |
Lode by picks up. -- Ledley. Lode by picks up. -- Ledley. | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
He poked a goal. Ledley doubles Celtic's lead. He can begin to relax | :03:44. | :03:54. | |
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Celtic's lead. He can begin to relax now. No chance for the keeper. | :03:54. | :04:04. | |
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now. No chance for the keeper. Is it is not entirely cleared. | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
scooped it well over the bar. Celtic scooped it well over the bar. Celtic | :04:13. | :04:23. | |
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Hooper's 28th of the season would Hooper's 28th of the season would | :04:52. | :04:55. | |
you believe? They can start pop approximating the champagne about | :04:55. | :05:05. | |
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approximating the champagne about now. -- popping the champagne now. | :05:06. | :05:16. | |
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Samaras - and that's the icing on There were options in the centre. | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
There were options in the centre. And there was no stopping it. It's | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
the second-half performance the second-half performance | :05:25. | :05:35. | |
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little bit of a consolation for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
injury time. But it won't spoil the injury time. But it won't spoil the | :05:45. | :05:52. | |
party at Celtic Park? That party will be in full swing by now, with | :05:52. | :05:57. | |
another one to come when the trophy is handed over. Because of his | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
touch-line ban, Neil Lennon had a 15-minute wait to make his | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
appearance out on the pitch which he eventually Z after talking to the | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
fans, he had a word with me as well. Neil, you have won a few titles as | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
player and manager. How does this player and manager. How does this | :06:12. | :06:16. | |
feel? Better because it is the next one, the present one and I have done | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
it again as a manager which probably means a little bit more than in My | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
playing days. It look a while to get to the finishing line. Does that | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
matter? There are four games to go. I think that's a pretty healthy | :06:30. | :06:34. | |
winning margin. Domestically, there have been times when we haven't been | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
at our best but there were mitigating circumstances. I think we | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
have been pretty consistent from the have been pretty consistent from the | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
turn of the year. And on the back of a great European campaign, it's been | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
a really memorable season. It's human nature, isn't it, when you | :06:48. | :06:53. | |
come down off those emotional highs, that league games can be difficult | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
that league games can be difficult by comparison? It is something we | :06:56. | :07:05. | |
need to look at. It's our first year. When they played a team there | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
were ten making their Champions' League debut. The glamour, the | :07:09. | :07:12. | |
quality. I have experienced myself when I played here. It is very, very | :07:12. | :07:22. | |
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when I played here. It is very, very a spectacular season. With the | :07:34. | :07:39. | |
Scottish Cup Final to come. It could be another silver lining? Well, it | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
is something to look forward to. It was really important to get through | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
last week. We have a Cup Final at the end of it now which shows the | :07:46. | :07:52. | |
consistency of the team but we know Hibs have their own incentive to win | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
the Cup. It is further down the line. Another piece of silver that | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
is important to the club and players. We will be going all out. | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
It is party time. But you will be looking sharpish to next season and | :08:05. | :08:08. | |
you have set the bar high in what you have done in Europe this season? | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
It will be difficult to replicate that. The most difficult thing is to | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
go to the qualifiers. It has come so early. For me, it is the toughest, | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
the first games of the season. We did it last year. We hope we can | :08:26. | :08:30. | |
replicate it again in terms of replicate it again in terms of | :08:30. | :08:32. | |
pre-season. Has he surprised you or become the | :08:32. | :08:38. | |
manager you expected him to be? has not surprised me rat all. I | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
think he has -- at all. I think he has Dobb tremendously well. -- I | :08:43. | :08:49. | |
think he has done tremendously well. He spoke well out on the pitch and | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
picked out the three goal scorers today, Samaras, Hooper and Ledley as | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
three key players to him. They've delivered for him this season when | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
it has mattered most. Possibly this season and the last season before, | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
Guy Hooper has been one of the most influential signings. And Ledley has | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
really grown into the role at Celtic. Coming from Cardiff, a | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
different play where he was able to get into the box. He probably has to | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
play more time on the ball at Celtic. And Samaras on his day can | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
win any game. You saw how important he was during the Champions' League | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
campaign. He was desperate to get fit for every game. He knows his | :09:28. | :09:32. | |
strengths. He can take the ball and take people on. I think he made a | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
point of over the last three or four weeks. You are bringing up different | :09:35. | :09:40. | |
players and praising them week-in and week-out. He has praised Neil | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
Lennon in the end, in the second half, after breaking down Inverness | :09:45. | :09:49. | |
resistance, they did so in some style. It was a game today that they | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
were looking to sign off in a bit of style. Adds Steven said, the lads | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
that had produced the goals have been their biggest players. -- as | :09:58. | :10:03. | |
Steven said. In the bigger games, the biggest players have stepped up. | :10:03. | :10:07. | |
They were terrific today. These are the vital statistics, which confirm | :10:07. | :10:17. | |
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the vital statistics, which confirm across the season which you reckon | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
sum-up the Celtic story. They have different little moments in them. | :10:26. | :10:31. | |
This was the first one. It was in between of the Champions' League | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
qualifier of Helsinki. This was probably a distraction to them. | :10:35. | :10:38. | |
Their whole main intention was to try to progress in the Champions' | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
League. Of course they had a little bit of luck. Langfield made a | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
blunder but they had done enough, got into a good positive start and | :10:47. | :10:57. | |
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they could kick on from there. it is a part of the season Neil | :10:57. | :11:03. | |
Lennon has to wrestle with. He is talking about the league qualifiers | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
Yes, you are recovering from a long, hard season and you are into the | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
qualifiers with the Champions' League and as Steven highlighted, | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
they are vital for Celtic to progress in Europe, especially the | :11:15. | :11:18. | |
way that Scottish football has been this season. Their shining light has | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
been Celtic and the Champions' League. A will the has been said | :11:22. | :11:26. | |
about European hangovers but here is a game against Hearts when Celtic | :11:26. | :11:32. | |
was firing on all cylinders in the midst of European action. This is | :11:32. | :11:39. | |
what everybody had been waiting for, since July, to dominate a game. High | :11:39. | :11:41. | |
since July, to dominate a game. High intensity. Good quality. After this | :11:41. | :11:48. | |
game, they won 11 out of 12. That for me has won them the title. The | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
big players on the night played well. A difficult venue there at | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
Tynecastle but they dominated from start to finish. They set a marker | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
down for everyone. At the turn of the year against Motherwell and two | :12:00. | :12:10. | |
the year against Motherwell and two big players playing a big part. | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
Fraser Forster has been a big signing. He has come and maybe | :12:15. | :12:19. | |
people didn't know a will the about him but on the big occasion he has | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
taken his own performance to a whole new level. Gary Hooper has made a | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
problem for himself by scoring so many goals at Celtic. 28 this | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
season. Robert, strange in a way - I think has played better in previous | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
seasons. He still scores goals. His body language is that he is not | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
fully content about what he is doing and where his future lies but when | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
the big games come he is on the end of things and he plays well. When he | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
plays well, Celtic play well. He brings other players in. Where | :12:53. | :12:57. | |
Celtic have struggled a bit is away from home. Once they have been in | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
sight of the finishing line. This was the game against Ross County, | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
they were two ahead. Maybe it was going too smoothly. Back came Ross | :13:05. | :13:10. | |
County to bite them. Can you relate to this? Going up north as well is a | :13:10. | :13:14. | |
tough place to g Inverness and Ross tough place to g Inverness and Ross | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
County. They have places to go. They know they are not going to win the | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
league. Mentally maybe they switched league. Mentally maybe they switched | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
off at that period. In the Champions' League, this was the | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
Saturday following Juventus. The great occasion. To go from the | :13:34. | :13:39. | |
Juventus stadium to Ross County, it is a little bit compacted. The pitch | :13:39. | :13:44. | |
not great. People were questioning the mentality of the players. Their | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
performance dictated that it was a matter of time. There were big | :13:47. | :13:52. | |
question marks. Neil Lennon criticised the players the following | :13:52. | :13:56. | |
week against Aberdeen, and they scored after 15 or 16 seconds. They | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
found themselves behind but to regroup and to get that appetite | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
back and to go on and which. Steven you have played at Celtic Park, | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
right to the final whistle the fans demand you try to win. I think what | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
Neil Lennon does remarkably well, in his time at Celtic, he says the | :14:13. | :14:16. | |
right things at the right moments. After the Ross County game he was | :14:16. | :14:21. | |
highly critical of his players and rightly so. You have seen they have | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
come back with great character. Neil is the type of person, he has a | :14:24. | :14:32. | |
great hunger and a great desire. This goal celebration tells a real | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
story as well but this meant a lot. It is because they're nearly there | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
for the title. They know they would have been criticised and Neil would | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
have spoken to them. Players with a point to prove is a big motivation. | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
You can see they were desperate to say something to the manager. | :14:50. | :14:55. | |
Obviously they don't like being criticised. It summed-up the Celtic | :14:55. | :15:00. | |
spirit. The distraction of European football and international breaks, | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
it was upsetting the rhythm but when they scored that, they knew that the | :15:05. | :15:09. | |
title was almost in the bag. Neil Lennon has put pressure on himself, | :15:09. | :15:13. | |
particularly with what he has achieved in Europe. Without Without | :15:13. | :15:21. | |
a douchlt he is making a lot of noises down south. -- without a | :15:21. | :15:24. | |
noises down south. -- without a doubt. Neil has raised the bar for | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
his own high standards he has set and also for the team. Well done, | :15:29. | :15:39. | |
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Celtic, they are champions. Today's other Premier League champion was | :15:40. | :15:50. | |
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other Premier League champion was header for the opening goal from | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
header for the opening goal from header for the opening goal from | :16:00. | :16:10. | |
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header for the opening goal from He had the chance there. Steve Lomas | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
knows it. Careless there in the knows it. Careless there in the | :16:40. | :16:50. | |
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Penalty kick. St Johnstone had the chance to | :17:18. | :17:28. | |
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Here is a man with a point to prove. Here is a man with a point to prove. | :17:30. | :17:37. | |
Great finish. Sheer determination from BRIT tan steered the ball away | :17:37. | :17:42. | |
from BRIT tan steered the ball away from the goalkeeper. -- brchlt | :17:42. | :17:52. | |
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from the goalkeeper. -- brchlt entertaining match so far. Both | :17:55. | :18:05. | |
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entertaining match so far. Both up after 25 minutes. This is a great | :18:10. | :18:17. | |
delivery in. A clever head header delivery in. A clever head header | :18:17. | :18:19. | |
from Murray Davidson. He guided past from Murray Davidson. He guided past | :18:19. | :18:29. | |
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A great shot and a marvellous save. Good play all round frb Sproule and | :18:33. | :18:43. | |
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then from the goalkeeper Alan then from the goalkeeper Alan | :18:51. | :19:01. | |
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This side have lost three on the Could have could have, who knocked | :19:08. | :19:18. | |
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His Ross County debut is over, Kovacevic. A penalty. It's the | :19:30. | :19:37. | |
second of the afternoon. And Scobbie, a rash challenge on | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
Scobbie, a rash challenge on Sproule. A good save initially. | :19:41. | :19:47. | |
Watch Sproule. That was clever, the dummy on Scobbie. He has beaten the | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
goalkeeper once. The same determined look. Eyes the goalkeeper and sends | :19:51. | :20:01. | |
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look. Eyes the goalkeeper and sends him the wrong way. Ritchie Brittain. | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
The first Ross County player into The first Ross County player into | :20:09. | :20:18. | |
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Abeid has been delivering good balls just wide. Fraser Wight took a | :20:35. | :20:41. | |
just wide. Fraser Wight took a chance. The German was up but sent | :20:41. | :20:47. | |
chance. The German was up but sent it wide there. Ritchie Brittai n | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
making headlines with both Ross County goals. Making it clear he | :20:52. | :21:02. | |
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wants to cancel his pre-contract and wants to stay for family reasons. | :21:06. | :21:11. | |
Off-field can impact on-field you are more happy if you have the | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
support of your family but it seems a strange situation for Ritchie | :21:16. | :21:20. | |
Brittain. But he has proved by scoring two penalties he has kept | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
his focus and determination and formered well. This is the ultimated | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
in holding your nerve, isn't it, against a set of supporters who | :21:28. | :21:35. | |
probably aren't liking you too much. Not just one penalty but two. | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
think it sums up his season. He think he has been their talisman. | :21:39. | :21:44. | |
Takes the free kicks and corners. He was in the SPL before with | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
Livingstone and St Mirren. He didn't make the grade but he has stepped up | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
to the mark. You can see why St Johnstone wanted him, come January. | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
If it is family issues, until it is resolved you have to take him from | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
his word. Sometimes off the field matters count more than anything | :22:00. | :22:08. | |
else. It is the way it came out. It has come out in the press before St | :22:08. | :22:18. | |
Johnstone got any word. Both three times wanted three -- both teams | :22:18. | :22:25. | |
wanted three points for the European slot. I think St Johnstone's big | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
game is Inverness next week. They know they probably have to win that | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
game. European football for these two, if you told them that at the | :22:32. | :22:34. | |
start of the season, and possibly coming third they would be | :22:34. | :22:39. | |
delighted. Dundee won't be heading back to the | :22:39. | :22:44. | |
First Division without a fight. They were looking to further de delay | :22:44. | :22:48. | |
relegation when they went to relegation when they went to | :22:48. | :22:58. | |
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Craig Sampson had to get away quickly. | :23:23. | :23:28. | |
Dundee haven't won in Paisley since 1997. It would be a good time to | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
1997. It would be a good time to start. More height than distance in | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
start. More height than distance in the clearance there from McAusland. | :23:35. | :23:45. | |
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unlucky. It was McAllister initially but it was headed away by van van. | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
But how about that for a dipper from But how about that for a dipper from | :23:52. | :24:02. | |
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McBride. -- van Zanten. It was Steven Thompson's initial header | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
there. I think he claimed it came off an arm but regardless Dundee | :24:08. | :24:10. | |
have survived that. It came off have survived that. It came off | :24:10. | :24:20. | |
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ahead of Goodwin. That will be a yellow card for the St Mirren | :24:23. | :24:33. | |
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yellow card for the St Mirren McAllister and the Dees lead. | :24:57. | :24:58. | |
They've had their chances. Finally They've had their chances. Finally | :24:58. | :25:05. | |
they've taken one. John Baird over the head of Goodwin and McAlister | :25:05. | :25:15. | |
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the head of Goodwin and McAlister regularly! It's his 16th of the | :25:26. | :25:34. | |
regularly! It's his 16th of the season. And they are back in it. | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
Dundee being pushed towards that relegation trap door. They have to | :25:38. | :25:43. | |
win today, to prevent that hoping. A great ball in there and a greed | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
great ball in there and a greed save. Frustration for John McGinn. | :25:46. | :25:49. | |
-- a great save. He was beating the -- a great save. He was beating the | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
turf there. The goalkeeper reacted turf there. The goalkeeper reacted | :25:53. | :26:03. | |
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is going to be sent off. It is the St Mirren Captain's second booking. | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
It was for the tackle here on the It was for the tackle here on the | :26:15. | :26:25. | |
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beginning to get more into the game. beginning to get more into the game. | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
Easton went himself. Sampson was beaten but the wood work bailed him | :26:43. | :26:44. | |
beaten but the wood work bailed him beaten but the wood work bailed him | :26:44. | :26:54. | |
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are back in front and it is Karl are back in front and it is Karl | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
Finnigan's first of the season. The saunt Mirren players clearly don't | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
think this has crossed the line. Finnigan doesn't care about that. | :27:12. | :27:17. | |
Finnigan doesn't care about that. Dundee do not want to go down today. | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
Finnigan's had a horrible time with injuries. This will be some kind of | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
injuries. This will be some kind of injuries. This will be some kind of | :27:26. | :27:31. | |
payback. Nothing short of a miracle will stop sun deheading back to the | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
First Division but they're demonstrating defiance at the | :27:34. | :27:38. | |
moment. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but | :27:38. | :27:42. | |
will they be wishing that they appointed John Byrne maybe moonth | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
earlier. I think the evidence from the results he has had, and the | :27:48. | :27:52. | |
influence in the team has been terrific for them but also, | :27:52. | :27:58. | |
sometimes you might think that maybe they will be going down, so they're | :27:58. | :28:02. | |
playing with a lot more confidence because they feel like they have | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
nothing to lose. They are about to embark in the process of appointing | :28:06. | :28:12. | |
a permanent manager. Should that be fairly brief? You would think so on | :28:12. | :28:17. | |
current form. His remit when he came in was to keep them up. It was going | :28:17. | :28:22. | |
to be a difficult task. He lost one in seven. That's impressive. A lot | :28:22. | :28:29. | |
of critics, had a lot of harsh words to say. But he silenced them. He | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
been aggressive in the play. He has attacked teams and got the goals. | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
Scott guard Gardener said there would be applications tomorrow | :28:37. | :28:41. | |
morning but you would think he would be at the top of the list. They got | :28:41. | :28:45. | |
the win, Dundee. You wonder maybe whether they should have got all | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
three points because Karl Finnigan's winner, we can't afford goalline | :28:49. | :28:54. | |
technology at the moment but that didn't look to be in. When you are | :28:54. | :29:02. | |
watching it there, it is not clearly watching it there, it is not clearly | :29:02. | :29:06. | |
clear, a clear point of view. Maybe they've had a bit of luck. If you | :29:06. | :29:11. | |
ask undefans who have Treved the lengths and breadth of the country | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
and haven't had much to shout about they would think it is the luck they | :29:16. | :29:19. | |
deserved. It has come a bit too late. Unless it is clear-cut you | :29:19. | :29:25. | |
can't give T I think the linesman is quick putting the flag up I'm with | :29:25. | :29:30. | |
you, that they deserve a bit of luck. And maybe there was a penalty | :29:30. | :29:32. | |
claim for St Mirren that wasn't claim for St Mirren that wasn't | :29:32. | :29:42. | |
:29:42. | :29:53. | ||
upheld. It wasn't clear. But the penalty. He has struck the hand. | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
Danny Lennon wasn't chuffed. A veiled swipe at the skipper for | :29:57. | :30:01. | |
getting himself sent off, two yellow getting himself sent off, two yellow | :30:01. | :30:11. | |
:30:11. | :30:15. | ||
booking, he is caught flat-footed. But as Captain of your team, you | :30:15. | :30:19. | |
cannot make rash tackles. You cannot make tackles. Apparently he had been | :30:19. | :30:23. | |
warned a couple of times before T maybe that wasn't a yellow card. I | :30:23. | :30:28. | |
think the centre-forward has been very clever. He has put himself in | :30:28. | :30:33. | |
and brought him in. You can't make silly tackles. You are leaving the | :30:33. | :30:40. | |
manager short. He has done well, you are the most experienced player and | :30:40. | :30:47. | |
leaving the manager short. Whatever happens, they'll finish on | :30:47. | :30:51. | |
the bottom six. Having won the bottom six. Having won | :30:51. | :30:56. | |
silverware. I think Danny Lennon will be disappointed. They have a | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
good mix of players. They will be bitterly disappointed where they are | :31:00. | :31:04. | |
on the table. Kilmarnock were looking to bounce back from that | :31:05. | :31:10. | |
disappointment at home to Hearts and looking to extend an eight-match | :31:10. | :31:12. | |
unbeaten run against the Tynecastle unbeaten run against the Tynecastle | :31:12. | :31:22. | |
:31:22. | :31:37. | ||
Hearts were 1-0 up in the fourth minute. Al-Sistani only starts ten | :31:37. | :31:42. | |
minutes after the kick-off. It has not been going Kilmarnock's way of | :31:42. | :31:51. | |
not been going Kilmarnock's way of not been going Kilmarnock's way of | :31:51. | :31:54. | |
late. -- Sissoko. In the second, Hearts certainly | :31:54. | :32:00. | |
initially remained in the ascendcy. Jamie Walker's thrusting run ending | :32:00. | :32:08. | |
with him spread eled in the box, following a challenge from Sissoko. | :32:08. | :32:13. | |
Ryan Stephenson's penalty was well-truck but also well-saved by | :32:13. | :32:23. | |
:32:23. | :32:27. | ||
the keeper who also saved a follow-up. The pass that will r | :32:27. | :32:31. | |
nearly led to another penalty but the referee decided it wasn't. | :32:32. | :32:41. | |
:32:42. | :32:47. | ||
Carrick should have made it 2-0 to Carrick should have made it 2-0 to | :32:47. | :32:50. | |
Hearts. Just as it was starting to look like Hearts might actually pick | :32:50. | :32:57. | |
up only their second away win of the season, Kilmarnock ramped up the | :32:57. | :33:02. | |
season, Kilmarnock ramped up the pressure. The home side gave it one | :33:02. | :33:12. | |
:33:12. | :33:15. | ||
more go, Fowler's long ball knocked on by knocked Sissoko but he pulled | :33:15. | :33:24. | |
on by knocked Sissoko but he pulled I was at that game and was impressed | :33:24. | :33:30. | |
by Jamie Walker. Before we speak about him, the two penalty claims | :33:30. | :33:34. | |
one upheld, one not? This one, good positive play. He is driving at | :33:34. | :33:38. | |
them, taking them on, trying to commit people. I think it is harsh. | :33:38. | :33:43. | |
I don't think he does enough wrong. It is about positive play. It is | :33:43. | :33:48. | |
about getting in and around the box. The centre-halves sometimes, there | :33:48. | :33:58. | |
:33:58. | :33:59. | ||
is a -- lazy leg. I think it was not a penalty kick. Kilmarnock's season | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
appears to be fizzling out. They were into the top six but at times | :34:03. | :34:06. | |
yesterday it looked like they didn't want to be there. I think obviously | :34:06. | :34:11. | |
that will be playing in their minds. Kenny Shields will be disappointed | :34:11. | :34:15. | |
not to make the top six. Sometimes once you get to this stage of the | :34:15. | :34:18. | |
season, when you maybe think you should be higher than what you are, | :34:18. | :34:22. | |
when the games come and you are playing in the bottom six and it is | :34:22. | :34:26. | |
maybe not as motivational as it would have been. Who would have | :34:26. | :34:30. | |
thought that Hibs, top of the league in November, beating Celtic at the | :34:30. | :34:33. | |
end of December, would now have Hearts up level with them on the | :34:33. | :34:39. | |
back of that? That's what happens when you win two in 17. That's the | :34:39. | :34:44. | |
record they are on. Gary Lock is not under pressure but he wants to | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
improve the squad and go into next season with optimism. If he can push | :34:49. | :34:56. | |
on, and they have the Edinburgh derby, but maybe they could get luck | :34:56. | :35:00. | |
derby, but maybe they could get luck there. | :35:00. | :35:03. | |
Dundee United against Motherwell. Dundee United against Motherwell. | :35:03. | :35:13. | |
:35:13. | :35:20. | ||
Dundee United against Motherwell. they want to cement their position | :35:20. | :35:27. | |
as the country's second-best team as the country's second-best team | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
and delay Celtic's celebrations. Well what a goal for Michael Higdon. | :35:33. | :35:38. | |
Two minutes on the clock and a Two minutes on the clock and a | :35:39. | :35:40. | |
sensational opening goal. A wonderful strike from the | :35:40. | :35:50. | |
Liverpudlian. That was in all the way. 23 for the season, it equals | :35:50. | :35:54. | |
Willie Petigrew's post-war record for Motherwell. And it is chance | :35:54. | :35:58. | |
number two and we've only played eight minutes and Motherwell double | :35:58. | :36:08. | |
:36:08. | :36:22. | ||
eight minutes and Motherwell double What a start to this match. How can | :36:23. | :36:27. | |
Dundee respond now? McKay, Steven, Dundee respond now? McKay, Steven, | :36:27. | :36:29. | |
it takes a tumble. The referee is only interested in awarding the goal | :36:29. | :36:33. | |
kick. Let's look. There is contact there. Is it enough to award a | :36:33. | :36:43. | |
:36:43. | :36:48. | ||
there. Is it enough to award a James MacFadden. Again the tangerine | :36:48. | :36:54. | |
sea opens up. He will with he'll got a shot away. He couldn't find the | :36:54. | :36:57. | |
target but far too much space opening up and Motherwell almost | :36:58. | :37:07. | |
:37:08. | :37:19. | ||
opening up and Motherwell almost Number two for him. Number three for | :37:19. | :37:24. | |
Motherwell and surely that just about wraps up all three points. | :37:24. | :37:27. | |
Beautiful turn. 24 league goals for the season for Michael Higdon. That | :37:28. | :37:33. | |
is a new post-war record for Motherwell. | :37:33. | :37:43. | |
:37:43. | :37:45. | ||
Motherwell. A lovely free kick there from Wilo | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
Flood. Only the wood work keeping Flood. Only the wood work keeping | :37:49. | :37:56. | |
him out. He was inches away. Dundee him out. He was inches away. Dundee | :37:56. | :38:06. | |
:38:06. | :38:11. | ||
goal. Number 15 for the season for John Dailly. Good finish through the | :38:11. | :38:16. | |
goalkeeper's legs but surely a too goalkeeper's legs but surely a too | :38:16. | :38:18. | |
Little too late. You were at that match. A lot going | :38:18. | :38:25. | |
into it, saying Motherwell must win to stop Celtic having their party | :38:25. | :38:29. | |
before they played their game but it is important for their team. | :38:29. | :38:33. | |
gives them a gap, six points now gives them a gap, six points now | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
with four games to go. I look at someone like James MacFadden, coming | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
in at an ideal time of the season. In January last year, the manager | :38:42. | :38:50. | |
brought in a player that made a difference. And he has done this | :38:50. | :38:56. | |
with MacFadden. A clever piece of business by Stuart. The goal-scoring | :38:56. | :39:02. | |
of Higdon is phenomenal. When you realise he has passed the post-war | :39:02. | :39:07. | |
record, that underlines how we will has done. 24 league goals in the | :39:07. | :39:12. | |
campaign. It is a tremendous achievement. You know, you see him | :39:12. | :39:17. | |
scoring - he is going on a variety of goals there. You would classify | :39:17. | :39:20. | |
Michael Higdon as being aggressive, with balls going into the box but | :39:20. | :39:23. | |
again, there he is showing two really, really good strikes for me. | :39:23. | :39:29. | |
It is 70 SPL goals now in total for Michael Higdon after spells with | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
Falkirk and St Mirren. I got the feeling that Stuart McColl was | :39:34. | :39:38. | |
confident he will be able to hold on to him but there will be a lot of | :39:38. | :39:42. | |
interest. It is probably Hectoring at this moment Most managers and | :39:42. | :39:48. | |
clubs are looking for somebody who score goals on a regular basis. Over | :39:48. | :39:53. | |
the last few seasonses, out of any Old Firm club, he has probably been | :39:54. | :39:57. | |
the most consistent. He gets criticised at sometimes. But it is | :39:57. | :40:01. | |
not about people running channels, it is about putting the ball in the | :40:01. | :40:05. | |
back of the net. Nobody at this moment does it better than Michael | :40:05. | :40:09. | |
Higdon. They have a good goalkeeper. They might have to do about it, if | :40:09. | :40:15. | |
They might have to do about it, if the rumour machine is accurate. He | :40:15. | :40:20. | |
could maybe end up in the Premier League. He is certainly a player | :40:20. | :40:29. | |
that is has caught people's eyes. He has been tremendous and has got | :40:29. | :40:34. | |
Motherwell a few points where the shots he has stopped. His level of | :40:34. | :40:38. | |
consistency has been excellent. The Motherwell fans are probably | :40:38. | :40:43. | |
throwing things at the TV as I try to sell half their team. But that's | :40:43. | :40:47. | |
the inevitable, bhen you do as well as makal Higdon and Michael Randall. | :40:48. | :40:52. | |
I have never seen big Dan as busy since I retired there. Without | :40:52. | :40:55. | |
saying too much, he is certainly is going on to greater things much | :40:55. | :41:01. | |
there is no doubt about it. He has great presence. Since Craig Brown | :41:01. | :41:06. | |
brought him in, he has done well. He wants to play every week. There is | :41:06. | :41:12. | |
no point sitting on the benches but a top-class player. Before we go, | :41:12. | :41:17. | |
Steven, your contract at Middlesbrough is up in the summer. | :41:17. | :41:20. | |
What next? No idea. This is the first time I have been in this | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
situation. I'll look forward to the end of the season, to see what will | :41:25. | :41:29. | |
happen. We should have your mobile phone number running along the | :41:30. | :41:33. | |
bottom for interested parties. don't know if my wife would be happy | :41:33. | :41:37. | |
with that. Leaving Celtic was difficult for you, you had grown up | :41:37. | :41:41. | |
there, that was the job of your dreams. Yes I was lucky to be | :41:41. | :41:44. | |
relatively successful at Celtic, it was great. Three-and-a-half years | :41:44. | :41:49. | |
ago now. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Middlesbrough. Again it | :41:49. | :41:53. | |
is a new chapter in my career. You have had special moments in the blue | :41:53. | :41:57. | |
of Scotland as well. Gordon Strachan currently the manager. I'm trying to | :41:57. | :42:02. | |
get you a wee recall. I have spoke to the manager. The most important | :42:02. | :42:08. | |
thing for me is just to be playing week-in and week-out at a club where | :42:08. | :42:11. | |
they want me to go and play. Whatever that's going to be I'll | :42:11. | :42:15. | |
look forward to it. You know what Gordon Strachan is B is he the right | :42:15. | :42:21. | |
man to get us back to some sort of credibility? I think so. He | :42:21. | :42:24. | |
specially at this time he is a manager full of passion and full of | :42:24. | :42:28. | |
commitment. He gives players a lot of confidence and belief to play. | :42:28. | :42:34. | |
So, I think he's definitely the right man for the job. Management is | :42:34. | :42:36. | |
something, looking further down the line, that interests you. You are in | :42:36. | :42:41. | |
the process of getting your badges done. As you know, but hopefully | :42:41. | :42:47. | |
that's five or six years away. not trying to get you to hang up | :42:47. | :42:53. | |
your boots. Em' 30. Hopefully I have a few years left at playing and | :42:53. | :42:56. | |
that's definitely the avenue I would like to go. Whether it is management | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
or coaching but for just now I'm concentrating on playing football. | :43:01. | :43:05. | |
Let's check on the Premier League placing then, which confirm Celtic | :43:05. | :43:15. | |
:43:15. | :43:15. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds | :43:15. | :44:03. | |
placing then, which confirm Celtic next Sunday night. You can access | :44:04. | :44:07. | |
the highlights any time at the BBC website and you can see this show | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
again on iPlayer. That's it from both Stevens and from me on the day | :44:12. | :44:22. | |
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