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Snodgrass fancies it. Tim Howard is equal to it. Just one Scottish | :00:33. | :00:54. | |
Premiership game at the weekend saw St Mirren beat Ross County by 2-1. | :00:55. | :01:05. | |
Scotland finds the net totally against the run of play! Very good | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
opposition. What a week it has been and what a weekend. Tonight, we | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
bring you the essence of football. The agony, the ecstasy and the | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
teenage sensation lighting up Scottish football right now. Billy | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
Dodds and Michael Stewart join me in the studio. Aberdeen had lost their | :01:37. | :01:40. | |
last 16 week matches in Glasgow's East End. At Celtic Park for us was | :01:41. | :01:51. | |
the McLeod. Commons and Samaras are back. Kris Commons has scored three | :01:52. | :02:01. | |
against the Dons. Aberdeen are without the injured Flood and | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
suspended Thomson. Hector moves into midfield. | :02:09. | :02:22. | |
The Irish man is back in the Aberdeen team today. He did not know | :02:23. | :02:30. | |
too much about that. Ambrose is dominating the situation. A good run | :02:31. | :02:37. | |
from him. Very good, he just did not have the finish to match. Forgiven | :02:38. | :02:45. | |
for getting a nose bleed then. Right into the Aberdeen penalty area. | :02:46. | :02:56. | |
Izaguirre, Samaras. Celtic working to preserve their unbeaten record. | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
Langfield makes a save in unorthodox fashion. He scooped it away. Since | :03:02. | :03:12. | |
their last league win here, Aberdeen, it is 16 games and 16 | :03:13. | :03:19. | |
defeats against Celtic. Not their favourite fixture. Commons turns it | :03:20. | :03:27. | |
into the net! It is a cheap call from an Aberdeen point of view but | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
Kris Commons scores yet again against Aberdeen. They are his | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
favourite opposition. Nine minutes from the interval, it is the | :03:39. | :03:46. | |
champions who strike first. Cons are dying, Zola. It is turned in. Begin! | :03:47. | :04:01. | |
-- Niall McGinn in first-half stoppage time draws Aberdeen level. | :04:02. | :04:09. | |
Forster did not get the, Naill McGinn did. Celtic have started the | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
second half very well. They are bright. Ledley goes down. He wants a | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
penalty but he is not getting one. Izaguirre appealed one in the first | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
half. Good backflip from Kris Commons. The Dons have been so well | :04:32. | :04:45. | |
organised to date. Lately! -- lately. -- Ledley. Samaras goes all | :04:46. | :05:01. | |
the way through. The goalkeeper was beaten but the Celtic Park would | :05:02. | :05:11. | |
work denies Celtic going in front. Kris Commons. It is a terrific save | :05:12. | :05:21. | |
from Langfield. He has been on the receiving end so often at Celtic | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
Park. He has won here before but that was with Dundee. That is the | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
tremendous piece of goalkeeping. Izaguirre. McGinn. What a save from | :05:33. | :05:41. | |
Forster that was. Right at the end of the match here. Naill McGinn must | :05:42. | :05:49. | |
have thought he had won it for Aberdeen. Forster bought the | :05:50. | :05:56. | |
slightest touch onto it. The Charlie Mulgrew corner kick. Derek | :05:57. | :06:05. | |
Boerrigter has turned it in and has surely won the game for Celtic. The | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
Dutch man with his first goal for the club. It is a devastated | :06:13. | :06:21. | |
Aberdeen now. Samaras. Celtic looking for another one just to put | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
icing on the cake. The Aberdeen fans dotted up the other side of the | :06:28. | :06:36. | |
ground. -- batted. Celtic could have lost this game but in 93 minutes | :06:37. | :06:46. | |
they have put in a third goal. The unbeaten run continues. Kris | :06:47. | :06:55. | |
Commons. We did very well. We dominated the game in PDF 's. We had | :06:56. | :07:06. | |
a good response in the second half. Over all I think we thoroughly | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
deserved our win against the very resolute Aberdeen team. It was | :07:11. | :07:18. | |
nothing against the players. It was not quality that undone us. It was | :07:19. | :07:26. | |
determination that defeated us today. We have to make sure it is | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
our team who win the game. I could Neil Lennon was talking about his | :07:29. | :07:53. | |
goalkeeper. I think he was culpable here. It is a ball he cannot win. | :07:54. | :08:01. | |
This is something Fraser Forster struggles with at times. That was a | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
wonder save. It is a great save, is it not? That is world-class. It is | :08:09. | :08:16. | |
amazing how somebody of his height struggles sometimes. He does not | :08:17. | :08:23. | |
handle cross balls or high balls. He is six foot four, he is world-class | :08:24. | :08:30. | |
at stopping it. Yesterday they could have gone 2-1 down. He is still a | :08:31. | :08:38. | |
great goalkeeper but has to get better at the cross balls. There | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
have been some nightmare situations at Celtic Park. There were a lot of | :08:45. | :08:53. | |
good moments. This man is good, he clears the area. This is the first | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
goal where he comes. He clears the box. He could have reacted quicker | :08:59. | :09:06. | |
they are. With this strike, quite a few good few moments in the game. | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
This one with Kris Commons through on goal. He gets a good touch on | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
that. This one, I am just not sure. He has put it into the middle of | :09:18. | :09:22. | |
goal in injury time. He good maybe get it further away. The game is | :09:23. | :09:31. | |
already finished. I think we are talking about them because of the | :09:32. | :09:36. | |
high standards this is in. They have been excellent, the two of them. | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
There were great saves yesterday but some sloppiness as well. Obviously | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
Aberdeen are looking at the long-term project. We are talking | :09:47. | :09:53. | |
about the stability and balance to the playing side. They are having a | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
good season. A couple of dodgy results in the past couple of weeks | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
but overall the Aberdeen situation is in a much better place. Because | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
that will feel sore, he could have got something out of that. Celtic | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
are still unbeaten in the league. That is impressive in itself. Very | :10:18. | :10:24. | |
impressive. It is difficult to continue to get yourself up for | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
these games. Champions' League games deal with themselves but to be at | :10:29. | :10:32. | |
this situation in the league is impressive. In the United and | :10:33. | :10:43. | |
Partick Thistle have been this season's intervenors. -- Dundee | :10:44. | :10:44. | |
United. That is wonderful! Dundee United are | :10:45. | :11:06. | |
unchanged from the impressive win at Motherwell. Thistle lost 3-0 against | :11:07. | :11:22. | |
St Mirren. The first start for Jordan McMillan. | :11:23. | :11:31. | |
The chance of an opening goal. Inside two minutes, Dundee United | :11:32. | :11:43. | |
are ahead! A wonderful move. The finish was clinical. Gary | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
Mackay-Steven taking this well and drilling it back past Scott Fox. | :11:49. | :12:12. | |
Jeff G, Osborne ahead of him. -- Cifci. That is heavy from Balatoni. | :12:13. | :12:27. | |
He is getting a yellow card. He was late with his tackle. Armstrong. It | :12:28. | :12:35. | |
is a great ball through. Gary Mackay-Steven for the second. He | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
chipped setup. Clears it off the line. Excellent defending. Great | :12:43. | :12:54. | |
play by Partick Thistle. Onto Forbes. Forbes brilliantly away from | :12:55. | :13:02. | |
Wilson. That is a good call by the referee. He tried to block it and | :13:03. | :13:08. | |
his arm came up. You can see the arm out. Thistle have a chance equalise. | :13:09. | :13:19. | |
Muirhead. That is a calmly struck penalty from Aaron Muirhead. Gold. | :13:20. | :13:37. | |
What a finish from Andrew Robertson. Dundee United back ahead. He | :13:38. | :13:45. | |
hammered it across the goalkeeper. What a finish. Armstrong. Knocked | :13:46. | :14:02. | |
away. Down to John Rankin. Off the base of the post. What a great shot. | :14:03. | :14:14. | |
Balatoni has to be careful. He has taken him down. He is off. Gary | :14:15. | :14:22. | |
Mackay-Steven one way and then the other. Intercepted. Gary | :14:23. | :14:37. | |
Mackay-Steven, this 43-1. It is another good finish for Gary | :14:38. | :14:49. | |
Mackay-Steven. Then the United with another classy goal. Thistle are | :14:50. | :14:58. | |
beaten. This could be perfect for Brian Graham on his birthday. His | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
first Dundee United goal is his present to himself. All four than | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
the United goals have been set up by the youngster. They have taken | :15:12. | :15:17. | |
advantage of Thistle being down to ten men. They finished top class. | :15:18. | :15:30. | |
That was a bad tackle. Stuart Bannigan is refusing to go to the | :15:31. | :15:33. | |
referee, that will not help his cause. The referee takes a look, it | :15:34. | :15:43. | |
is a red card. And the referee decided that was a red card. | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
Are you concerned you were only one up at the break? Yes, that gives us | :15:48. | :15:54. | |
a lift in the match. The 20 minute they came into it, they get a | :15:55. | :15:59. | |
penalty which was disappointed. They had -- they had our tails up, but we | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
showed good character to come back and to get a win we fully deserved. | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
You mentioned in the press this week you have free-flowing football and | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
another debuts in four goals, what do you have to do? We are working on | :16:16. | :16:23. | |
the back four every day and we will keep working away. | :16:24. | :16:29. | |
I would watch Dundee United over Barcelona any day of the week. How | :16:30. | :16:34. | |
was that from the wunderkind? The nominal. The watching the highlights | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
and you cannot eulogise about the guy enough -- you are watching. | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
Close control, awareness, for somebody so young, it is | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
frightening. And he is always in space coming he knows how to get | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
away from players. And now when he gets on the ball, he is attracting | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
so many opposition players that it is opening up space for the | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
opposition and for his team-mates. Through balls, creating goals, | :17:08. | :17:15. | |
creating and scoring, great player. He has a special ability to see | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
things before anyone else. It is natural and I would not like to be | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
playing against Dundee United at the moment. Gary Mackay-Steven, | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
Armstrong, and we do talk about those things because we would love | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
to what them. It is the other side. -- to watch them. They struggled | :17:35. | :17:40. | |
early in the season but since they put Rankin in, other players have | :17:41. | :17:49. | |
struggled. Rankin has helped free the boys up and they are taking | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
teams to the cleaners. How difficult is it to handle this kind of talent | :17:57. | :18:04. | |
as a manager? He was not binding pockets where there were plenty of | :18:05. | :18:11. | |
space -- bases available. -- spaces. Do you nurture that talent and make | :18:12. | :18:15. | |
sure he does not play too many games? United are so strong in that | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
forward area that they can afford to pull him out of games. He might | :18:22. | :18:28. | |
beginning a rest. The swagger is summed up by this moment from | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
Souter, such a highly rated defender and this says everything. Confidence | :18:35. | :18:40. | |
is blowing and it is great to see. You enjoyed these things. -- | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
blowing. Dundee are 18 supporters will love to watch. -- ATEAM. | :18:49. | :18:56. | |
The time for talking was over as Terry Butcher began in earnest as | :18:57. | :18:58. | |
the manager of Hibs. More from Terry Butcher later, but | :18:59. | :19:21. | |
all is not lost yet for Hearts. Victory at Aberdeen before the | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
international rake keeping alive the hope that relegation can be avoided. | :19:26. | :19:31. | |
-- the international rake. On the field, Callum Paterson and Ryan | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
Stevenson their best chance to get goals. Ross County looking for a | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
win, on a run of three straight defeats. | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
It was a vital game for both clubs as they strive towards premiership | :19:51. | :20:02. | |
survival. It was a 330 mile round trip and everybody inside Tynecastle | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
had their moneys worth. -- money 's with. County did not win in the | :20:09. | :20:13. | |
league since beating Aberdeen at the tawdry and they were gifted a goal | :20:14. | :20:17. | |
in the first half. This perfect pass to Graham Carey. He could scarcely | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
believe his good fortune and took all advantage with a clinical | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
finish. -- all advantage. The lead lasted five minutes, this corner | :20:30. | :20:34. | |
eventually falling to Callum Paterson. A fine finish by the young | :20:35. | :20:46. | |
striker allowed space and time for this volley. Jamie Walker was | :20:47. | :20:51. | |
proving to be a thorn in the Ross County defence. On this occasion, | :20:52. | :20:56. | |
the captain Richard Brittain wrestled him to the ground, getting | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
a yellow card to have consequences later in the game. Chances again for | :21:02. | :21:05. | |
Ross County, it to refit effort from Quinn. -- a great effort. Ball was | :21:06. | :21:13. | |
clearly not crossing the goal line. Then another effort, the Dutch | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
striker given an opportunity here. Jamie McDonald saved the day. One | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
final chance in the opening period for Ross County. Gary Glen setting | :21:26. | :21:33. | |
up Quinn, but Hearts County -- but the Hearts keeper came out on top. | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
They found their way out on top early in the second-half will stop | :21:38. | :21:45. | |
Glen set up his team-mate. But Melvin De Leeuw fired the ball home | :21:46. | :21:51. | |
from 16 yards. Nine defenders around the 18 yard box for Hearts but still | :21:52. | :21:55. | |
De Leeuw had time to control the ball before firing home. Then a | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
pivotal moment, eight challenge on Walker by Richard Brittain. -- a | :22:01. | :22:07. | |
challenge. And a second yellow card and an early bath. Little doubt in | :22:08. | :22:16. | |
the mind of the referee about the decision. And with three minutes | :22:17. | :22:21. | |
left, Hearts made an extra man pay off. This had from Danny Wilson | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
ended up in the back of the net. -- header. Ryan Stevenson and Brian | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
Maclean challenged for the ball that went in off the post. Another chance | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
for Hearts in stoppage time, Callum Paterson with the header, which came | :22:39. | :22:44. | |
off the crossbar and this shot was wide of target. So close to a winner | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
at one point it -- but one point each after an alternating afternoon | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
at Tynecastle. -- and exciting afternoon. It has | :22:56. | :23:02. | |
been a difficult season but if we can eradicate our past couple of | :23:03. | :23:07. | |
games, we have a chance because they did not have to work too hard today. | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
Our best performance of the season so far, offensively and defensively | :23:15. | :23:17. | |
we were good, because Hearts put a lot of balls into the box like they | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
do. Overall, it horrific -- a great afternoon for Scottish book all. | :23:24. | :23:29. | |
It seems Hearts are making problems for themselves that they do not | :23:30. | :23:36. | |
need. Making defensive mistakes that have been punished throughout the | :23:37. | :23:39. | |
season. We have highlighted this, the first goal, terrible mistake. | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
Plenty of time and space, no opposition. They have options. He | :23:45. | :23:52. | |
tries to play it to the right back and he passes it straight to the | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
Ross County player. The second goal, defensively, nine players around the | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
box. They do not clear it, they are not mocking anybody. It is not good | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
defensive work and they are getting punished. -- marking. It is a great | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
finish, take nothing away from Ross County, but poor defending when you | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
have nine in the box. And there is this incident, why does he not play | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
it back to the centre half rather than the goalkeeper? That was more | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
fortunate. It has happened throughout the season for Hearts | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
that they have been punished with. We see this with Saint Mirren, | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
nobody! These are against teams they have been competing with at the | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
bottom of the table. To get out of trouble, they have to make sure they | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
are defeating teams. At Kilmarnock, simple straight ball up the pitch | :24:51. | :24:54. | |
should and Kris Boyd does the damage. -- up the pitch. Hearts were | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
better going forward and created opportunities, 20 of goalmouth | :25:02. | :25:06. | |
action, and a what of positives. -- plenty. Surely they need to be doing | :25:07. | :25:14. | |
something special to be getting the points rather than what they are | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
doing and making mistakes? After watching the game, I am more | :25:20. | :25:23. | |
confident they have the possibility to get out of trouble. Offensively, | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
they looked a lot better. At the start of the season, you wondered | :25:28. | :25:30. | |
whether goals would come from without a street -- without a | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
strike. I think they have a chance. You want offensive and defensive and | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
if they can sort it out at the back, they will score goals. They have got | :25:44. | :25:47. | |
it down to 12 points now and four wins and that has not been the case | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
for a lot of the season, so they are hanging in. Christmas comes early | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
next weekend with a fourth round of the Scottish cup. We will be keeping | :25:58. | :26:04. | |
you abreast of Abe breathless Saturday afternoon -- a breathless. | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
And on Saturday night, a round-up of the highlights of the day 's action. | :26:09. | :26:16. | |
And it gets even better on Sunday afternoon. We live at Tynecastle as | :26:17. | :26:22. | |
Celtic faced 2012 winners Hearts. And we are back again on Sunday | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
night with more highlights to round off the weekend. | :26:28. | :26:35. | |
Hibs finally got their man, would we see a different game with Terry | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
Butcher in charge? After a two match ban, he took his place in the dugout | :26:42. | :26:50. | |
away to St Mirren. A 10th manager in 16 years for Hibs. | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
Terry Butcher is the new man at the helm. Just one change. St Mirren | :26:55. | :27:05. | |
skipper missing and replaced in midfield. The first Hibs selection | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
for Terry Butcher sees a couple of players dropped. | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
Four straight defeats for Hibs. They need an improvement and quickly. | :27:17. | :27:31. | |
Kenny McLean. Steven Thomson! What a chance after 2.5 minutes to open the | :27:32. | :27:35. | |
scoring. And he cannot quite believe that he has not taken this chance. | :27:36. | :27:41. | |
He took a couple of touches but he took too long. | :27:42. | :27:47. | |
A bit of room for handling. Back after a long absence. A flashing | :27:48. | :27:54. | |
header from Collins, an early replacement. And that is progress | :27:55. | :28:01. | |
for Hibs, and effort on target. -- and effort. -- an effort. | :28:02. | :28:10. | |
The cross is deflected. Collins! Down goes Collins, looking for a | :28:11. | :28:22. | |
penalty. And no joy. The referee turns down the appeal. Was their | :28:23. | :28:27. | |
contact? It certainly looks like it. -- was their contact. This is a good | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
shout for a penalty, not given. Kenny McLean 's corner. And it goes | :28:36. | :28:45. | |
off the line. Not good defensively from Hibs. Maclean is prompting. | :28:46. | :28:59. | |
That is a good all in. -- ball. That is a good strong left hand from Ben | :29:00. | :29:18. | |
Williams. The initial threat was dealt with. And the goalkeeper | :29:19. | :29:21. | |
wrapped the ball that time. -- wrapped. Still goalless in Paisley. | :29:22. | :29:32. | |
That was tenacious stuff. Deflection. And straight in to the | :29:33. | :29:39. | |
gloves of Williams. He tries to turn away from Foster. | :29:40. | :29:58. | |
That was a great strike! And the head in hands held you everything | :29:59. | :30:04. | |
from the St Mirren midfielder. It was close. | :30:05. | :30:10. | |
Early in the season, those games we would not have come away with any | :30:11. | :30:13. | |
point so that is important, and it takes is the six out of seven | :30:14. | :30:19. | |
undefeated. So that is very good momentum. For me, they all he heroes | :30:20. | :30:25. | |
because they are under massive pressure having lost four and coming | :30:26. | :30:31. | |
to a team that has won five out of six. -- they all heroes. There is a | :30:32. | :30:35. | |
lot of pressure and everybody is expecting miracles so it is not | :30:36. | :30:37. | |
revolution as evolution. I think it is fair to say that under | :30:38. | :30:54. | |
Pat Fenlon Hibernian where a bit flaky at times. What do you think of | :30:55. | :31:00. | |
Terry Butcher? Yes, they have to build confidence. You can see | :31:01. | :31:15. | |
throughout the first half they were not sure. Every single one of them, | :31:16. | :31:26. | |
they improved by second half. Hibernian were the second -- the | :31:27. | :31:31. | |
better team in the second half. They took the game to St Mirren. The work | :31:32. | :31:38. | |
ethic was the and that is where Terry Butcher is starting. It is | :31:39. | :31:42. | |
slow progress but the confidence will come and then the results will | :31:43. | :31:49. | |
come. You were never convinced by Pat Fenlon, is Terry Butcher the man | :31:50. | :31:57. | |
for you? If he does what he did that Inverness the fans will not be | :31:58. | :32:00. | |
complaining. He is going to make them hard to beat and getting things | :32:01. | :32:06. | |
right off the ball, as time progresses they will get things | :32:07. | :32:15. | |
right on the ball. I thought with this, the sun was in my eyes, I was | :32:16. | :32:20. | |
at the other end, but I received a text from a BBC colleague who said | :32:21. | :32:27. | |
it was never a penalty. That was Richard Gordon. It was never given. | :32:28. | :32:35. | |
I think that was a penalty. Regardless of weight it is on the | :32:36. | :32:40. | |
pitch you have to give a free kick Audie penalty. -- weighed it is. And | :32:41. | :32:52. | |
that Rugby Park. Things have been difficult for the Kilmarnock | :32:53. | :33:02. | |
manager. With Darren Barr and Jackson Irvin suspended, youngsters | :33:03. | :33:11. | |
Johnstone and Slater, then. -- come in. Paul Lawson and McFadden | :33:12. | :33:31. | |
returned to midfield for Motherwell. All are getting into a fine goal. It | :33:32. | :33:37. | |
is Moors and an early chance beer for Motherwell. Kilmarnock just not | :33:38. | :33:45. | |
able to clear the lines. Moo unable to punish them. This man has done | :33:46. | :34:01. | |
well. It is a good all in. So is Moors. You are looking for the | :34:02. | :34:17. | |
striker to hit the target. Lawson. Moore is in again. Craig Moore is | :34:18. | :34:20. | |
finding the openings in the Kilmarnock rearguard. There is the | :34:21. | :34:30. | |
header. There is care. Sutton. A great save from Sampson. To deny | :34:31. | :34:41. | |
John Sutton. Concerning times for Alan Johnson at the moment. Can dine | :34:42. | :34:53. | |
linking well with Boyd. Still Boyd. That shot is tidied away by Nielsen. | :34:54. | :35:14. | |
Cleared away by McManus. That is a good delivery. Aims worth is looking | :35:15. | :35:23. | |
for support in the centre. Good delivery back in by bikers and | :35:24. | :35:26. | |
Sutton opens the scoring for Motherwell. Ten minutes into the | :35:27. | :35:35. | |
second half. It is the goal of the season and Kilmarnock are exposed | :35:36. | :35:41. | |
again. Great counter attack by the visitors. A lovely shimmy of the | :35:42. | :35:53. | |
feet and into wards Boyd. Parried by Nielsen. Tess Salah and it still | :35:54. | :36:00. | |
will not go for Allan Johnston's side. A touch by Michael Gardyne. | :36:01. | :36:13. | |
Here is Boyd. That should have been the equaliser. Kris Boyd knows he | :36:14. | :36:21. | |
should have done better. Eagle leading myths from the Scotland | :36:22. | :36:35. | |
striker. -- E bleeding mess. -- a glaring miss. And that ties up the | :36:36. | :36:46. | |
win for Motherwell with two wins remaining. Everybody is really | :36:47. | :36:58. | |
frustrated because once again it is the same problems. In the second | :36:59. | :37:05. | |
half we have got to defend better. There is not the lot in this | :37:06. | :37:09. | |
division. If you defend well and are properly organised we have the team | :37:10. | :37:15. | |
who can create goals. We are pleased with a really good the's work. A | :37:16. | :37:25. | |
good day for Motherwell. We were talking about the frailties of | :37:26. | :37:35. | |
Kilmarnock. They are a club who have suffered this season defensively. | :37:36. | :37:42. | |
When you make the -- mistakes like they are you will get punished. | :37:43. | :37:50. | |
Young Johnson is highlighted, picking up Sutton, that is a | :37:51. | :37:56. | |
mismatch. Seeing that they live someone near, it is not where he | :37:57. | :38:04. | |
wants to be. Roles reversed. I am the same. We are having a go at | :38:05. | :38:12. | |
defenders tonight. We do not want to be harsh on young or harder but he | :38:13. | :38:16. | |
has got to learn quickly. He did not have his best they. He has come into | :38:17. | :38:24. | |
the team that are not performing. These are elementary mistakes you do | :38:25. | :38:29. | |
not want to see anybody making. It is difficult to step in to a team | :38:30. | :38:39. | |
that is not performing well. Here is a nice beach. With experience you | :38:40. | :38:43. | |
know how to handle that situation better. Every week we talk here | :38:44. | :38:56. | |
about exasperation and here being ruled out in terms of defensive | :38:57. | :38:59. | |
problems this team has got, what do you think? He works hard. He has | :39:00. | :39:11. | |
gone the year to a club that is in a bit of turmoil. It is hard to get | :39:12. | :39:18. | |
results. If he does not get results the punters turn on him. He should | :39:19. | :39:25. | |
be given time. He has proven he is a good manager. He will get it right | :39:26. | :39:30. | |
if he is given time. The punters are giving him a hard time but it is not | :39:31. | :39:38. | |
all his fault. Speaking of Kenny Shiels, we continue managerless at | :39:39. | :39:46. | |
Inverness. Yesterday it was Duncan Shearer who took the side for the | :39:47. | :39:54. | |
visit of St Johnstone. St Johnstone would be a tough nut to crack. The | :39:55. | :40:04. | |
Perth side on a format running when. -- four match running win. The first | :40:05. | :40:15. | |
proper match of the post-butcher either. It was pretty much business | :40:16. | :40:22. | |
as usual. A goal for Inverness. His 10th Premiership strike of the | :40:23. | :40:32. | |
season. Good work here with the cross and Mackay doing what he does | :40:33. | :40:37. | |
best. Perhaps that full-time job would not be so bad after all. Aaron | :40:38. | :40:47. | |
Doran the next to try his luck. As force in Johnstone, after the recent | :40:48. | :40:53. | |
run of stunning form, Hasselbank and may at the best. Nothing wrong with | :40:54. | :41:03. | |
the cutting-edge of Billy McKay. He got a shot on target but Alan | :41:04. | :41:10. | |
McManus made the save. A well rounded performance from Inverness, | :41:11. | :41:14. | |
by no means a classic but they were the better side. This chance was | :41:15. | :41:22. | |
squandered to make it 2-0. As for Inverness, not bad for a rudderless | :41:23. | :41:28. | |
ship. The win might have been more comfortable but three points | :41:29. | :41:34. | |
nonetheless and Inverness Caledonian Thistle stay within sight of league | :41:35. | :41:40. | |
leaders Celtic. That man again, Billy McKay, he's caused when he | :41:41. | :41:44. | |
wants but I wish he would score more! We were hanging on at 1-0 to | :41:45. | :41:52. | |
be fair to St Johnstone. They put us under pressure. If we can restrict | :41:53. | :41:57. | |
teams like St Johnstone from getting balls into the box we have done | :41:58. | :42:06. | |
something with our style of play. It was not poor effort or attitude just | :42:07. | :42:10. | |
that we lacked a little bit of attitude today. -- lacked quality. | :42:11. | :42:22. | |
Kenny Shiels is the hot tip for the Inverness manager hot seat. You are | :42:23. | :42:30. | |
right, he does not want the pressure. He has been the before. In | :42:31. | :42:36. | |
terms of managerial, who knows, it is being kept under wraps. I think | :42:37. | :42:42. | |
they have gone about it in the right way in terms of not letting anything | :42:43. | :42:48. | |
leaked out. I think the club have handled it well and they will get | :42:49. | :42:54. | |
the right manager. It is a difficult one to call. It is unusual in | :42:55. | :43:00. | |
football, it has been kept quiet. If he keeps winning they will meet | :43:01. | :43:05. | |
Duncan Shearer keep the job or do you think it is Kenny Shiels? It is | :43:06. | :43:11. | |
difficult to say because it has been kept quiet. The chairman is the only | :43:12. | :43:19. | |
one who will know. Is Kenny Shiels the perfect fit? There are loads out | :43:20. | :43:27. | |
there. Kenny Shiels you could see, Craig Levein has the right stature. | :43:28. | :43:35. | |
Kenny Shiels knows all be players. There are positives for a few | :43:36. | :43:39. | |
candidates. I think Kenny Cameron has done it exactly right, take your | :43:40. | :43:49. | |
time and get the right man. And as we can see from the Scottish | :43:50. | :43:52. | |
Premiership table Inverness Caley Thistle stay five points behind | :43:53. | :43:59. | |
Celtic. Aberdeen slip to fifth place. Hearts are now 12 points | :44:00. | :44:05. | |
behind Kilmarnock at the bottom. Time now for a quickly at the back | :44:06. | :44:12. | |
pages tomorrow. Toiling Milan on brink of crisis ahead of Celtic game | :44:13. | :44:23. | |
says the Scotsman. They drew 1-1 with Genoa on Tuesday night. | :44:24. | :44:29. | |
Balotelli not looking very happy about things. When is he ever? He | :44:30. | :44:37. | |
missed the penalty, that is why he is unhappy. I do not think Celtic | :44:38. | :44:44. | |
have anything to fear. Celtic have handled themselves better this | :44:45. | :44:50. | |
season. The results have not been as good but they deserve to be at this | :44:51. | :44:55. | |
stage now. I am confident they will get a win. Here is an expectation | :44:56. | :45:01. | |
now that Celtic will go out and perhaps beat Milan? We know what can | :45:02. | :45:09. | |
happen at Parkhead. They have to, it is the only chance to go and beat | :45:10. | :45:15. | |
Milan. Take it to the last game. We have said all along it would be a | :45:16. | :45:19. | |
tight group, Barcelona against everybody really. Celtic have got | :45:20. | :45:26. | |
every chance to go and win it. Thank you very much. That is your lot this | :45:27. | :45:34. | |
week. The Scottish Premiership takes a winter nap next weekend which | :45:35. | :45:39. | |
means we get a double dollop of Sportscene highlights on Saturday | :45:40. | :45:43. | |
and Sunday night. Join us for all of that. Good night. | :45:44. | :45:52. |