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A super Sunday in the SPL turned into a sensational Sunday. The full

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story will unfold before your eyes over the next 45 minutes. All the

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Saturday action as well. And Kilmarnock manager, Kenny Shiels,

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A disappointing draw in Europe for Celtic in midweek. But Neil

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Lennon's team were looking today to prolong a winning start to their

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title challenge at home to struggling St Johnstone.

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On the back of a goalless night in On the back of a goalless night in

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On the back of a goalless night in perfect start to this campaign.

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Brian Winter has awarded a penalty. It is in the opening minutes.

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Stokes got the shot away and then he goes down under a common's

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challenge. It will be Chris Collins with a chance from 12 yards. -

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outset. Only inches wide from Stokes. Celtic knocking at the St

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stranded. Celtic attacking in waves. St Johnstone holding out, but for

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how much longer? Terrific bit of goalkeeping. It looks like Stokes

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was around him. Good movement from former Celtic man with a chance to

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it was a cross the line but the goalkeeper had his body behind it.

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Collins did well to dig this one took a deflection on its way

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force are now trying to get back into the game. It was another

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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survive. What does Celtic have to do to score? It is a charmed life

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That was St Johnstone's first win at Celtic Park since 1999. And Neil

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Lennon did not take it well. He said there were too many players

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today who wanted to do their own thing. Can you understand that

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frustration? Yes I can, having looked at the highlight. I'm sure

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he is frustrated, but sometimes in football you have to say it is not

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your day. We cannot take credit away from St Johnstone. I was not

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at the game that they were resilient, tough and hard to beat.

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They will feel they earned that results. They played two upfront?

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If you played two up front, it is the depth of the midfield will

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determine if it is positive. You have to give them credit. Should

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this have been given as a penalty? I cannot see the penalty, I cannot

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see it being a penalty. He gets the shot away? He did his bit, got over

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the keeper but he is not going to catch that ball. It does not look

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like a penalty to me. Chris Collins lost his footing but I think it is

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going there anyway. It was a good save by the goalkeeper? He was

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tremendous, he made some fantastic saves, that is what the goalkeeper

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is therefore. The old cliche, the goalkeeper has to do well at Ibrox

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and Celtic Park and he did? What a result, to go there and keep a

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clean sheet and to get a result as well. It will give them a

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tremendous lift. They could have scored before they did and it was a

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former Celtic player, Sheridan he was almost on the end of this,

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agonising? I think he was distracted in his peripheral vision

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and felt he was going to run into the post. He made a good run to the

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back. Hefty deflection on that from Mackay, not that he was bothered?

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don't think it was going in, I don't want to take anything away

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from him, but it took a deflection. Neil Lennon thought his players

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were wasteful in front of goal. He said the fund six were a real let-

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down and as you can see from this, Celtic had loads of pressure and

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had loads of chances in the game? By the looks of it, Celtic have

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lost the ball. They got into some good areas and the frustration as a

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manager is you keep missing most chances. But St Johnstone earned

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their three points. Chris Collins hit the post last week against

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Dundee United, same again. Can you put it down as one of those days?

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That is exactly what it was from Celtic's perspective. They had lots

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of the play and they cannot seem to get it in the net. A great cross

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from Chris Collins. On another day, they might have scored three?

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product, that is what it is all about in football. And this summed

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it up at the end. Stokes denied again. A great reaction from the

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goalkeeper. A great result for St Johnstone. It's not unusual to

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watch the league leaders at Fir Park. It is when it's Motherwell,

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even after only four games of the SPL season. Today brought their

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biggest test so far - Rangers. biggest test so far - Rangers.

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The Motherwell manager kept change The Motherwell manager kept change

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to a minimum, as you do when you are top of the table. Lafferty

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returned after suspension and Ross Forbes was on the bench. Rangers

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defending champions. It looks good on paper this one. It is Motherwell

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coming forward. Murphy testing the goalkeeper. The Rangers No. 1 was

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equal to it. It is an early test. Jamie Murphy has started the season

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well. Rangers really want to bounce back from their disappointment in

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the Europa League. They have a chance here. Lafferty denied by

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real live wire. Into the net it although he does not know much

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about it. Motherwell conceding for could not keep that down. Stuart

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McCall, former Rangers midfielder. It broke for Murphy, but it won't

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count. Handball. It bounced up onto Lafferty is back. A frustrating

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injury-hit start to this season for Lafferty. But that is superbly done.

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It is a nightmare for a team when you concede right on the half-time

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whistle. Especially when it is the second. Steven Naismith looking for

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the third. He scored two belters at that end, the South Stand End last

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season. A 5-0 win on their way to soon. That is the woodwork. Chris

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Humphrey has not been able to free himself of Wallace too often in his

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If Rangers get a third goal, they will probably see all this. The

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third is just not coming at the go the way here. And he does, that

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is a tremendous! And that will settle it. Rangers will go to the

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summit of the SPL and immediately after this. A fine finish to a

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great performance from the 11 first-team players missing for

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Rangers, so to win so convincingly against the league leaders is a

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great result. I am sure you cannot blame them for feeling smug tonight

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because there has been a lot of criticism cannot unfair criticism,

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of not bringing in players and signings, and he has promoted from

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within. It is great he has done that, he has brought in the three

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kids who performed really well and he must be feeling pretty good.

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was doing the radio commentary but it is -- and I realised it is only

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when you see the pictures you see the part played unwittingly by

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Steven Naismith. Amazing, I do not think he knows anything about it,

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he does not. It comes across Nikica Jelavic and the Motherwell defender,

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Naismith did not know much about it. He knew afterwards, he was claiming

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it! Of course, it is his goal! Motherwell were frustrated when

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they got the goal in the net, it was Jamie Murphy who put the ball

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away and it was a fantastic training ground move. The movement

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and good disguise run and the step over the ball, he has inadvertently

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off... You need to understand if they bring out the ratings of this

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game and the referee has to stick to the director. Does the ball play

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the hand? I do not think so. I think it bounced up and was

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probably not controlled properly and he has inadvertently controlled

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the ball and put it away. I would like to ask the referees what they

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think. What killed Motherwell today was two week for counter-attacks

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from Rangers. This in stoppage time when Motherwell looked as though

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they might square the game. horrible time to concede. But Kyle

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Lafferty pulls off to the back of Defence and this is a brilliant

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finish. He have not much margin to put it in and he pulled off the

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back -- he did not have. a ball over the top from a Steven

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Davis and game over for Motherwell. He goes over the keeper and he is

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in. I do not think Motherwell had conceded before and that is it.

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conceded before and that is it. conceded before and that is it.

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Well done. Let's see now how Kenny's Kilmarnock fared at home to

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Hearts today. They had Edinburgh opposition last weekend as well and

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Kilmarnock! It is an own goal!

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Paul Mitchell was at Rugby Park -- Hearts.

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Robinson has got some space. Not the greatest shot from Robinson.

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But it is an early test for Cammy for Paul Heffernan, he goes across

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and chips it in. Too much weight on it. Plenty of support inside the

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box. The striker kept himself onside despite the protests. He

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clipped this too much. Taken well by Manual Pascali. That is a free

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kick. A bit heavy that time to the back of Stephen Elliott. Almost

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catching out Cammy Bell! He took an extra step to his left hand side,

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he expected Moore's work on it. And he seems delighted to the opening

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of the season made by his side come under pressure here. The header

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deflected away here. Well picked up, it did hit the chest of the last

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-- 4 Hearts. And Manual Pascali gets it away before Scott Robinson.

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Head down, looked up and saw the target. Cammy Bell was beaten by

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the Bar! And inside chance for Gary Harkins. He sent it spiralling over

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the crossbar. A great start to the second half for Killie, a great

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football! A look of concern from the Hearts manager. That was a bit

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soft, he just seemed to be standing behind him and went to ground.

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Danny Grainger t take it. Good save, and away from Manual Pascali! What

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a free kick from Danny Grainger, plenty of power, pushed away by the

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goalkeeper. Manual Pascali saved sit over his own crossbar. -- foul-

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up. Who will take the corner? That comes wide. That hit Stephen

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Elliott inside the six-yard box and may will have been played onside

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had it been deflected on target. Hearts have not had a win in the

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last eight SPL games, looking for the opening goal. Elliott is

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offside and it will not count! Eight minutes to play, the

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assistant holding up the flag. It is a common perception it you

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have continued a footballing philosophy, but I think it was

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yours. I think it was combined. Can I say something about the attacks

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of Kilmarnock? It is funny when you reflect on the game and you look

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back in the afternoon and say that it was a decent game of football.

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We tried to entertain as much as we can and we were not as potent as

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last week, but there were two mine saids today. Kilmarnock were coming

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off a 4-1 victory and did not seem to click today. Hearts of coming

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off a 5-nil- defeat against Tottenham and got a lot of unfair

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criticism and were resolute and worked hard and shut down our space.

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Sometimes it was physical. Debate dish it out today, Hearts? -- did

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they. They did and if you do it in the letter of the law it is all

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right. They picked up a few bookings, and not from me, but I do

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think they did over-indulge. But the referee did his job and it

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ended up as a zero goals. James Staton was a real handful -- James

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Dayton. Two of the four yellow card were against him. Most were broken

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justified reason, and sometimes they get away with it. The

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referee's remit is to let the game flow and develop fly, but that was

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not the case today. That was a talented kick. It was not given.

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Some days, you do not get them and Hibs, four goals to them, but you

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said this was not your best seasons. I think we worked hard last season

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and this was a tough game. This was a great finish, one cross from the

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left-back and the other scored by Paul Heffernan was from the right

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back which we encourage. Great skill from James Dayton. I said

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Paul Heffernan, if he does not make that run, we do not score again.

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The full-back was fouled at outside the box. -- outside. Great ball in

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and brilliant movement from Paul Heffernan. Kilmarnock are still

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unbeaten this season, but the bad news for you and Ryan alia re is he

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has picked up a bad injury on his It is a cruciate injury which is

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six-months. He has had a couple of injuries in his career and has

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worked his way back. Psychologically, he was up for this

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season and now we have to try and manage his coping strategies and

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had to do with this. James Dayton will be a big help to him. Be close

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he has been through it? Yes, last season. -- because he has been

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through it. The rehab is so tough. We have a great background staff to

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deal with that. We hope you will make a good and four recovery. --

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he will make. We've shown you the best of Sunday

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in the SPL. The Saturday games are next.

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The Thompson Twins take centre stage in Edinburgh. A big hand for

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Paul Gallacher, who's helping Dunfermline settle into the SPL.

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And B for Butcher, B for Brown and B for Bottom of the league.

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At Pittodrie yesterday, the meeting of two teams who had still to get

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their show on the road. Jonathan Sutherland sets the scene.

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A pretty rubbish start to the SPL for Aberdeen, it has all been a bit

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Mark McGhee, dare I say it! Inverness can score goals, but

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points are proving harder to pick up. It has been a hard look story

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for Caley Thistle, with that change at Pittodrie? Once he was a

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goalkeeper, now George McGuinness of the season, to the relief of the

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home crowd. That first Aberdeen goal had

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finally arrived in the first game of the SPL season, and about time!

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As a footballer, and you do not want to make a mistake here. New

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signing Roman Golobart caught on the ball, Scott Vernon showed no

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mercy. Two goals to Aberdeen. A shocking place to make a mistake

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and a bad start to the 19-year-old Spanish defender newly arrived on

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loan from Wigan. And it was not going Caley Thistles away. The

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referee allowed play on and then blew as the ball found Jonny Hayes,

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very frustrating. Nelson was the star player for Aberdeen, his free

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kick bouncing all the way through and off the post. In the second

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half, a mistake from the Aberdeen defender led to this. An angry

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Terry Butcher had been breaking things in the dressing room at

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half-time and it seemed to rouse his players who should have done

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better from this position. Jonny Hayes and Richie Foran again foiled

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by last-minute defending. Aberdeen were not be totally spent force in

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the second half, this goal was denied. A shot from Nelson blocked.

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But over all, Inverness were dominant in the second half. 21-

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year-old Gavin Morrison with this that was well saved by David

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Gonzalez. Then with 11 minutes to play, another Inverness attack,

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another mistake and Richie Foran finally pulled a goal back. The

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goal deserved and a slightly unorthodox 1-2. On balance of

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chances, it could have finished event, David Gonzalez with a fine

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Aberdeen desperately wanted that win, their first of the season.

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McGuinness played a part in that goal. And don't know what the

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Spanish centre half was doing. He looked up, got his head up. I don't

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know what happened that he went to ground. If that was bad, but the

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player on loan from Wigan, this was even worse, letting in Scott

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Vernon? Here made an horrendous mistake. He is looking for movement

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and there is no movement to play out. He dwelt on it, and I think he

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slipped. Inverness at the bottom of the SPL with just one point. They

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have played a lot of good football this season, I see them creating

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lots of chances every Sunday night on this programme. Yesterday's game

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pretty similar. This was chalked off and was brought back for the

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foul. They are having a lot of bad luck at the moment. There are so

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many things that happen, you get the trend in football were you hit

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a spell and nothing goes right. This is a perfect example of it

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again. It affects the confidence and you are unlucky to be beaten

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and you feel the whole world is against you. I had a report on

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yesterday's game, Inverness, they gave a good account and they

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finally got a goal back. But it is too little, too late. What you're

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saying is true, you can only be unlucky for so long and then it

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begins to play on people's minds? Exactly. I'm sure Terry is starting

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to wonder if he has run over a black cat! Most of the games, I

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watched them against Motherwell, up until half-time Motherwell went in

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and won the game 3-0. But it was not as clean cut as that. I feel

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over the season you will get you look and it will come and go and it

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ebbs and flows like that. It would change for them. Are as long as it

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does not change next weekend when you are Inverness. I will be spying

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on them for the League Cup. At the next week, I don't mind.

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survival is still a long way off for newly promoted Dunfermline but

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they're certainly off to an encouraging start. They won at St

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Johnstone last weekend and returned to Tayside yesterday to play Dundee

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

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expect him to at least test the ball in from Rankin. - - test the

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It was quick thinking from Dixon and also Paul Gallagher. What a

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stunning save to keep the scoresheet blank. He must have seen

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this lake. Good technique from great run from Rankin. A glancing

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of possession and in efforts on goal. Here they come again. Rankin

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gets a shot away. Gallagher was sprawling to his left, don't know

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if he was getting there. Ranking better spell. United conceding the

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throw in. It has been a bit better potentially the winning goal with

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only six minutes remaining. Dunfermline make the breakthrough.

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Almost out of nothing. Terrific drive by Burns. A great technique,

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head down and shot past the goalkeeper. The United fans do not

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think there is a way back. Do the players had the belief to pull

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just hasn't been United's day in front of goal.

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front of goal. 34 League games left for

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Dunfermline. It is a good start and it takes a little bit of pressure

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off now they have newly arrived back in the SPL. They have the

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momentum, what a result that it was. To come away with three points, not

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many teams can do that. Since January, they have won a lot of

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games at hammered eyes. A brilliant result for the manager, he has done

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fantastically well. Two big moment in the match, the ball off his hip,

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but Paul Gallagher's goalkeeping, that saved his fantastic. What a

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save that is. Dundee United will be wondering where they were going to

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get the goal. He has saved two penalties as well this season. I

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think it is instinct. Surely he cannot see that ball coming through

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so many bodies. This is 85 minutes. Dunfermline might have been holding

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on for a point at that stage, they wanted all three? Paul Burns, he

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played for Queen Of The South last season. What a brilliant finish.

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Making a forward run so late in the game. Great result. A win away from

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home this weekend, and a home last weekend against St Johnstone their

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one as well. Six out of six. These points are like gold dust at this

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stage? A watch Dunfermline in the first game against St Mirren. I

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think the manager would admit they did not look too clever that night.

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But they have kicked on since then. I was unsure they have a lot about

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them? I felt that, but having watched them they have started to

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gel into the lead really well and they have the momentum. When you

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sustain momentum, you do form good habits. And like your team, still

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unbeaten. St Mirren have been good to watch so far this season

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although they suffered their first defeat last weekend at home to

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Motherwell. Could they bounce back against Hibs at Easter Road?

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against Hibs. And this cross almost set up Steven Thompson but he fired

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into the side netting. What Hibs needed was enjoy after the misery

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of the demolition at Kilmarnock last weekend. They got some. Garry

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O'Connor proper team from a break of the ball and he finished with

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styled to bag his third S Pill goal of the season. Perhaps now, it's

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can get their season under way properly? They almost doubled their

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lead. Ivan Sproule goal with a diagonal run followed by a diagonal

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shot. Had this gone in we might have had a different game. Three

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minutes before half-time and a mistake from Callum boots allowed

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in the Dutch left back from St Mirren who laid the ball off

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selfishly -- unselfish laid it on would go into the break level,

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another Hibs mistake. Powder-puff defending. Steven Thompson was on

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target this time. Two mistakes and Hibs 2-1 down. Could they turn it

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round in the second half? The short answer was No, a lacklustre

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response from Hibs, this drive off target about as good as it got. It

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is the Edinburgh Derby next weekend and once again, the pressure is

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mounting on the boss, Colin mounting on the boss, Colin

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Calderwood. You were at that game yesterday Kenny. There is a

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refreshing desire in the SPL with a few teams, including your own to

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play attacking football and St Mirren are one of those? Singer and

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have done the League proud the season. Danny has come in with

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fresh ideas wanting to stimulate the way they played. He deserves a

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lot of credit. I could see it yesterday, there were periods in

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the first half when Hibs were on cruise control and they were

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dominant. They got their goal and then they make two mistakes. St

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Mirren in the second half were tremendous, they played well and

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kept the ball. They were patient in their build-ups and I was very

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pleased with them. I felt a bit, you know, at times they were

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passing the ball and the movement was there and they were getting

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shots off. There was penetration in their play also. He has made a big

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contribution to their own downfall. Credit to Tessem on both goals,

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first the Booth, following his corner kick, he gets it wrong?

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came across, he is a very young player. The good thing long-term,

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he will learn from this. He feels uncomfortable on his weaker side

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and misreads the bounce. A great presence of mind, thanks very much.

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I'm sure the Hibs fans know the second goal, they had a midfield

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player at at right-back. It is a midfield situation, he loses his

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concentration. Bingo, they have taken the lead within three minutes.

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Hibs are struggling at the moment and Colin Calderwood would concede

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that, not helped by your own team thumping them last week. Garry

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O'Connor scored all three goals this season. They show what he is

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capable of? It is instinct, he goes across the keeper. He is clinical

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and he is a strong, a big player. This is a great finish,

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improvisation. In off the far post. A great finish that was.

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Determination, gets a couple of lucky bounces, the keeper over-

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compensated by the near post, but really good finish. I do feel for

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the manager because he works hard and he wants them to play the right

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way. He is playing people out of position, a midfield player playing

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right-back. He has lost Michael Hart through injury and he has not

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been able to fill that position. Let's have a look at the Clydesdale

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Next weekend it is three games on Saturday, three games on Sunday.

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Rangers against Aberdeen, the first Edinburgh Derby of the season.

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We'll be back next Sunday night, BBC One at ten twenty five.

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