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Tonight a show choc-full of shock scorelines,

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managers under pressure and comical defending -

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We've got six in total from another weekend in the great Scottish

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Starring for us amidst all the melodrama, Michael Stewart

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Inverness Caley Thistle began the weekend bottom of the table.

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They welcomed a Rangers side still without a permanent manager

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and looking to bounce back from their defeat last

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Commentary comes from Alasdair Lamont.

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Richie Folland Gnat name is exactly the same team that came away with a

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point from the last game, Cally Thistle are looking to make it three

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unbeaten in the league, Rangers are already three without a win in the

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league. They have the returning captain, Lee Wallace. Wallace's

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throw is clever. A tight angle but it went for goal, saved by William

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not once but twice. And early warning. Kenny Miller denied at the

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near post. Driving forwards. Barry Mackay with a header. He's got to do

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better than that from that position. The look on his face says that he

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knows that. He's done well. I think that was Danny Wilson getting in the

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clearance. At the near post, as morally wreaks havoc inside the

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Rangers penalty area. Tansey with the hit and it is an! Greg Tansey

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has put Cally Thistle in front! They'd didn't look to be in that

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much danger but Tansey got a hold of that one and it curled away from the

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goalie. Richie Foran's men overhead. -- move ahead. Billy Mackay. It is a

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good effort and a good hand. That's a lovely ball. It's a chance and

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it's gone just wide. Terrific execution in the pass. This is

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Wallace. And it's a penalty kick. Steven McLean deciding that this

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challenge on Wallace was a foul and Waghorn has a chance to draw Rangers

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level and he has done. The 12th of the season for Martyn Waghorn, just

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his fourth in the league but it could be a crucial one. Eventually

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they get their block in. Tansey fancies his chances again! It will

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require a great save to deny him a second. Amazon Hindman. Again

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Waghorn takes it really well but he can't get it into the goal and Kenny

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Miller is furious. You can see that he's looking for the cut back.

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Waghorn went on his own. Kenny Miller comes short. Hyndman

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eventually blocked, a good move by Rangers but it comes to nothing.

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Good football, but as so often has been the case, no cutting edge.

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Billy Mackay. He takes on McKiernan, and Foderingham had to push that way

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to prevent Billy Mackay from putting his side back in front. Mackay. It's

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a penalty! Richie Foran is looking tense as Iain Vigurs, it's saved by

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Foderingham and behind, Foderingham could well have gained Rangers one

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point here. Tansey. At the centre of just about everything for Cally

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Thistle. It goes over his head. What a goal. Billy Mckay. Look what it

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means to Richie Folland Gnat and the players. Something out of absolutely

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nothing from Billy Mckay. And surely Inverness Caley Thistle have won it

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now? Rangers with the last-ditch attack. Jason hold bursting through.

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Did that come off the arm of Iain Vigurs? It's a corner only. Graeme

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Murty can't believe it. Perhaps Rangers's chances have now gone. We

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showed a lot of quality especially with the two finishes. We've been at

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the bottom of the table for a long time. Weaker players would have

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crumbled, not these. Huge desire, hunger, bravery. We kept positive.

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We need the results would come. We've got two fine, fine results

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against two top teams in Rangers and Hearts. What a result for both

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sides, Stephen, you've only just thought outcome you're there, how

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impressed we you with Inverness? Excellent. Rangers started well and

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the passing was crisp, they created chances but didn't take them. The

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goal they gave away was a defensive mistake, symbolic of them all

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season, the same problems again and again. In the second half came out

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well but then Inverness took the initiative. If you look at the

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Inverness players, their desire to get forward and get their second

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goal and the win that would take them off the bottom of the table was

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evident. Tansey needs to get forward and he gets the second ball off the

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back of that. This is poor from Waghorn. Weak. They are driving the

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Rangers defence with three against two and where other Rangers

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full-backs? They've left themselves exposed. They do very well to get a

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shot. This is why it's important that the second midfielder is there.

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They've got to shield the defenders. This is a piece of real magic.

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That's too deep. If he had been tighter he could have nicked did we

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maybe but Billy Mckay is able to pin him because he came late to the

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tackle, poor defending. Great strike by Billy Mckay. What either of you

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convinced by this penalty? I don't think it is a penalty kick, I think

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it hits his chest before his hand. Handball is one of the big talking

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points, you see here it comes off his chest and then his elbow but it

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has to be deliberate. No headstand this week! It's got to be a

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deliberate handball and it isn't. That's him lunging and it comes off

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his midriff, up onto his elbow and I think the referee called it right.

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Lee Wallace calls this a shocking period for Rangers. How bad is it,

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Michael? It's not great. That's a strongly worded statement there, an

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indictment of what is going on at the moment. It's a period of time,

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they need to get number of decisions right, they need someone in charge

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to steady the ship, it's not great on the field, they have won one in

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seven. It is very poor. And off the field they've got a number of

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positions they need to fill. If they don't, they will be more troubles

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ahead for Rangers. The great Scottish footballing soap opera,

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development of the day, Barry Ferguson? He quit as Clyde manager.

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A lot of talk linking him with Rangers. One bookmaker has made him

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favoured it to be the next Rangers manager. Barry was an unbelievable

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player for Rangers, one of the best I ever played with, his contribution

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was incredible but as a manager I don't think it's right for them

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right now. Let's give Inverness do credit, bottom of the table, you

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predicted Inverness would win this, didn't you Stephen? Nine added, 2-1.

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Cheers! -- I did. Pay off the bottom of the table and it will give the

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players such a huge psychological boost. They deserved it, they should

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so much character and spread it in the last 30 minutes of the match.

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Especially against two of the top sides in the division, to get those

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results and get four points out of six it will have filled them full of

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confidence. Welten Cally Thistle. -- well done.

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It's been a turbulent few weeks for Motherwell boss Mark McGhee.

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In trouble with officials, his team struggling at times,

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and then a video filmed by a fan that went viral on social media.

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Dundee arrived at Fir Park fresh from victory over

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With McManus and Tate injured, Zak Jules and charmers come into the

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defence. Keith Lapsley is on the bench. No selection problems for the

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Dundee manager as he sticks by the side that won last week. That means

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one former Motherwell player is an attack. Knocked back in. Mould gets

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it out. It's Zak Jules who's turned that behind his own keeper! Zak

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Jules, only his second league start for Motherwell. He wanted to make an

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impact, not like that! He got it all wrong and looped it over Sampson.

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Dundee are in front with seven minutes played. Motherwell have won

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only one of the last eight meetings with Dundee. Charmers, into towards

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Hennigan. Here's mould. It broke kindly for the Motherwell

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striker and he dispatched that the keeper. Two wins in 12 league

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matches for Motherwell going into this game. Mark or horror. A

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tempting ball in. I'm not sure if he was trying to cross Aldershot but

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O'Hara was on the scoresheet last week against Rangers. His Magellan.

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O'Hara, down towards Haber and Dundee are in front, 2-1. Marcus

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Haber claims his fifth goal of the season. He held off the challenge of

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Zak Jules to swivel and send that one beyond Craig Sampson. Fine

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strike. Dundee's away form hasn't been so good in recent times, no

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wins in their last six matches. Wighton. O'Hara! Marc O'Hara is on

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the scoresheet again! Tooling that one beyond Craig Sampson. Former

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team-mates at Kilmarnock. -- drilling that. O'Hara with his

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fourth goal this season. He really is in the mood this afternoon. He is

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Vincent. Wighton! And Dundee go in front, 4-1! It's turning into a

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rout. In this first half! And its Craig Wighton who buries that with

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the Motherwell rearguard all over the place. Nowhere near to make the

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clearance. Ojamaa teasing all the way. Magellan

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trying a curler. Inches away from a fifth. Good play again by Dundee.

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Worrying times for Mark McGhee and Motherwell. Here is Haber. It's a

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double for Marcus Haber right at the end of this first half. And Dundee

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are in front, 5-1. Poor Mark King again by Motherwell, and Haber took

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full advantage. -- poor marking. McDonald. It's a good save by Scott

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Bain. But that's better from the home team in this second period.

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Scott Bain reacting quickly. To that strike. McDonald, through towards

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Clay. Craig Clay. And it's Scott Bain to the rescue a game for

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Dundee. It has not been Clay's day. It is not Motherwell's day either.

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Scott Bain makes a good save with his boot. And he is Pearson, finding

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a substitute, and the ball is clattered off the post. It's a scary

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moment that the Dundee captain, even scarier looking at the scoreline for

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Mark McGhee and his Motherwell team. I believe we've got a decent group

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of players. I'll say it again, we've been undermined by the loss of

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experienced defenders and we have suffered from bad but otherwise, I

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will take the team out there in the week and will look at what happened,

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we'll try and help charmers, try to help Zak Jules to improve on what

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happened today. First half I thought we'd won the game, outstanding

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player and goals, the shape of the team, we carried out from last week,

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second half, we told them at half-time to make sure we don't

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concede any goals. Some things happen when you have a commanding

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lead but over all the players were outstanding.

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Fantastic result for Motherwell but where on earth does this leave

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manager Mark McGhee? Is under pressure, he said so himself, it's

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simply not good enough and to lose at home 5-0, it wasn't Celtic who

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beat them, it was a team around and about them. He's using the excuse of

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injuries in the backline, McManus and Tate went there but they were

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there when they lost by seven goals against Aberdeen and they've been

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there all season, Motherwell have conceded more goals than any other

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team in the league. Yesterday we highlighted some of these individual

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errors, there's not much the manager can do about this.

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Zak Jules allows Haber to pin him. Look at this, seven bodies back from

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Motherwell but they are just ball watching and not doing anything.

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Charmers switches off and eventually when the ball does come to O'Hara he

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doesn't do anything. Far too many gaps in the back line and then

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you've got two players just ball watching again. You've got to push

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this further out and get in line with the wall. A lot of teams to

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play with the defensive line. They just hold the line and try to create

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enough space at the keeper to come out. That's the danger when you drop

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too far back as we saw that come you've got three players at the

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back, three on one it becomes difficult to defend. Mark McGhee is

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never out of the headlines at the moment, they with their heavy

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scoreline against Aberdeen and the fan video that we all saw on social

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media. And now this scoreline. At the end of the day he won't lose his

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job at the moment, when he? I would be surprised. You must take into

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account, who at Motherwell would make that decision? Is it a

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figurehead who makes the call? I would suggest, when it comes to the

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end of this season there would be the parting of the ways. I think as

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well when you look at what they've got up top in Moult, it's OK there,

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it's the defensive side they have to strengthen because if you keep

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leaking goals and is a problem. Huge credit to Dundee as well.

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The irresistible force that is Celtic this season shows

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It was 2014 when Hamilton Accies upset the applecart with a 1-0

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The chances of that happening again this weekend looked decidedly slim.

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Celtic are without McCullough stick and similar veg, Armstrong has

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replaced Lee Henderson. 19-year-old Stephen Boyd starts up front for

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Hamilton in place of Eamonn Brophy. Watson is out and Gillespie is in

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central midfield. The ball is won back by Gillespie. Suddenly it has

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opened up for Danny Redmond who disappointingly shoots well wide of

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goal. The chances for Accies might be few and far between. It's a

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crunching challenge, which leaves the Celtic winger in some pain. And

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the game is over for Forest. He is replaced by Gary Mackay-Steven.

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Let's hope it's not another long absence for Forest. Kieran Tierney

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on the move, a driving run from him. Through for to Bell. The offside

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flag has gone up against that darting run from the top Celtic

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scorer. Surely the challenge might have led to a penalty, had the flag

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stayed down. Gary Mackay-Steven. It's headed away by Don Marti. The

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mistake by McMahon. He is Armstrong. Although we for Kieran Tierney. That

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Fairey fizzed across the goal from the gang player. Armstrong not too

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far from getting a touch. Celtic playing the patient game against the

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organised Hamilton, Sinclair lets go from long range. This wasn't too far

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away from the top corner. It is won for Accies by Damian McKinnon. There

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are options for Hamilton. It's Dougie Imrie and it's a big

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disappointment. Three in the box waiting for some supply. What a

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touch that was from Kieran Tierney. Sinclair. Kieran Tierney again and

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it's an opportunity for Celtic. Armstrong can't believe he's missed

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this. It was an open goal. Sviatchhenko. Moussa Dembele finds

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the top corner! A brilliant strike to break the deadlock bang on 45

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minutes! The first half of frustration is ended for Celtic with

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Moussa Dembele's 28th Celtic goal. Gamboa firing in the cross.

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Armstrong chasing and collecting and winning the battle against Boyd.

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Kieran Tierney. Moussa Dembele, that could so easily have been his

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second. Massimo Donati was in the way and didn't know a lot about it!

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That's Devlin. In goes Kieran Tierney getting into a dangerous

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position. Massimo Donati put out his leg and down went the Celtic

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full-back, it will be a yellow card for the former Celtic midfielder and

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it will be a penalty for the home team. Positive play from Kieran

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Tierney. And that was a blatant penalty. Moussa Dembele does the

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business. His eighth successful conversion from the spot. Make that

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29 Celtic goals, 2-0. Gary Mackay-Steven. It's Gary

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Mackay-Steven and it's a decent effort on goal, trying to guide that

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into the bottom corner. Gary Woods made the save.

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Boyata. Moussa Dembele and a hat-trick. It's in the net and it

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won't count. Lovely pass from Moussa Dembele. And he is disappointed here

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that Gary Mackay-Steven had strayed maybe half a yard offside. Brown

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pinned in the corner. Lovely backheel, cleared by Kieran Tierney.

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Bad touch from Brown. Flying to the Deco 's Gramoz Kurtaj. Perhaps he

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was hoping there was contact. The referee would say, that the dive.

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Gamboa. Over the top for Griffiths and Armstrong and it is another

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chance for Stewart Armstrong, on another day the midfielder might

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have had a double. Well set up by substitute Griffiths. Bitton. Scott

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Sinclair cutting inside, looking for a penalty. The referee says no, this

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must have been a good shout, Devlin had hold of his arm, down went

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Sinclair, no penalty. Gramoz Kurtaj. McKinnon. Substitute Doherty. Great

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ball in for Brophy. And Gordon has his first save of the match in the

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93rd minute, that tells a story. I suppose in the first half we closed

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up our own space too much and could not get into the areas we wanted.

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That was just our positioning, really. Right on half-time and

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absolutely brilliant goal, the boy loses quality. Maybe one or two

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final passes could have got us in the game. Otherwise, defensively we

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were outstanding. I thought we did well. It just takes that moment of

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quality, if you like. At that point the plan was working. We would have

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had counterattacks, opportunities, we did break forward to give us some

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of the best chances of the game. I was pleased with the players

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actually in the first and the second half. Celtic Manor is out in front,

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Accies bottom of the table. Michael, they obviously arrived with a game

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plan but in the end it didn't work- Celtic Miles out in front. Like many

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teams they go to start it with a game plan and Celtic find a way to

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break them down. You heard about it there, they were structured,

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disciplined. That told in the first half. Look at the compactness of the

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side, just 17 yards between the deepest player, Don Marti, and the

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player at the top. Just checking his shoulders, that made sure Celtic

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didn't have the space to play in. Brendan Rodgers said he thought

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Celtic closed at this base themselves, I think Hamilton

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deserves some credit. This was wonderful skill from Dembele. Goals

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change games. This was right on half-time. It totally changed the

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dynamic. This is the second half, look at the space, the gap between

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the deepest player and the striker. It creates space in areas for

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Celtic's technicians to cause problems for Hamilton. Gary

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Mackay-Steven 's gets a shot off. That shows the importance of having

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the players Celtic have to create that bit of magic because goals do

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change games and it changes the dynamic. We talked about this

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earlier, is there a formula to tackle the Celtic side? We concluded

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that you need a plan and you need a huge slice of luck if Celtic are to

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be stopped. You do, every team has gone there has

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tried to make it difficult, must have played in a similar way to

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Hamilton. Inverness tried to go to to toe with them in the Cup and lost

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6-0. Nobody has found a way to beat them and you wonder if they will

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now. You alluded to that, you have to make sure that everyone you have

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played place to their maximum. If Celtic have an off day you could

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have luck. Sadly for every other team in Scotland no one has had this

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day yet. We seem great goals this season, where does the one from

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Dembele rank? Is fantastic. Accies, bottom of the table, Stephen. Your

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line at the moment is that you feel they are doomed this season.

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Yes, the bottom of the table, and their next four fixtures, looking at

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those, the psychology shift from going bottom of the league. I really

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fear for them. Do you feel the same? It is obviously very tight, but

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looking at those fixtures it will be difficult. Some sad news today.

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Billy Mick O'Neill's opening up about his fight with dementia. Our

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thoughts go out to him and his family, a giant of Scottish

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football. The Scottish Cup is back

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next weekend, and we're What an effort, from the Captain! A

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cool finish! Rangers caretaker manager has delivered a victory! And

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Hamilton are through to the quarterfinals.

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A great weekend in prospect, with the William Hill Scottish Cup.

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On Saturday night join me for Sportscene at 10:20

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And on Sunday afternoon Rob MacLean brings you live coverage

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And then I'm back on Sunday night with more Scottish Cup highlights,

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plus Kilmarnock versus Motherwell in the Premiership.

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What sort of response would we see from Hearts

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after their Edinburgh derby defeat to Hibs midweek?

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Ian Cathro took his side to face Partick Thistle who were looking

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to build on last weekend's win over Hamilton Accies.

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Three changes from the win against Hamilton. Kris Doolan came off the

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bench to score and he starts. Out go Steven Lawless, Adebayo Azeez and

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David Amoo. Also out the side who lost the head, you can see here, and

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incomes Currie. Up against Daniel Devine, coming across them, and he

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does his job... Tracking back as well, it was Daniel Devine who went

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with the Hearts striker. Lovely over the top, it just needed to be a bit

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stronger. They will win back-to-back games for the third time this season

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in the league. This is Ryan Edwards, his free kick... Plenty of bodies

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there. He has not cleared... Gets down on the Doolan, lovely turn, and

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lovely finish! Partick Thistle are ahead, and he is on a good

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goal-scoring run at the moment, Chris -- Kris Doolan. Great

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awareness of where he was. Little left chip into the corner. Hearts,

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the architects of their own downfall here, but you have to give credit to

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Kris Doolan for a lovely clever finish. Dumbuya, you will feed it

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inside. A little deflection, offside, will not count. Kris Doolan

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there are again, but the Hearts back four stepping up this time. Dumbuya,

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and Erskine will gather from Doolan. Thistle missed him when he was out.

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Deflected into the middle, Doolan comes through, and the saved by Jack

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Hamilton, very alert with the legs. It took a wicked deflection off

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Walker and Doolan was really alert. That is a good stop. Sunshine.

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Probably the brightest thing about Hearts so far. That is a bad pass by

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Dumbuya, and Rherras comes in... Good to see this strong contact with

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the ball made. Edwards, Thistle looking to add to their lead. It is

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Booth against Struna, a lovely ball in... And Hamilton with the save!

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Well, they are getting lots of joy left and right. No wonder Jack

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Hamilton is frustrated. The defence in front of them not doing a great

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job, and Doolan almost made it 2-0. Hearts unbeaten, their last three in

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the league, but a real shadow from that cup exit against Hibs. They

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have not come to life today. He is unhappy with the attentions of Nile

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Q1, continuing to complain, the captain coming across, trying to

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push away. -- Niall Keown. Continuing to mouth away at the

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referee, and the referee deems Goncalves are yellow. Played across,

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and this is going to be a red card. The second yellow, and it is red for

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Goncalves. He does not have far to go, the dressing room just on the

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other side. More bad news for Hearts. Pulled away from the first

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challenge, decided to go into the second and not a good start to the

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second half, as the striker Goncalves is off. Wade over...

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Rherras beating by Chris Elliott. He drives across, and Doolan was not

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far away. Yet the scorer this season, Chris Elliott. Not like him.

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He is usually a pretty good goal scorer. Booth, since the free in,

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deflected away by Sutchuin-Djoum. Osman. Max Lowe to get away. Great

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first touch, second touch! -- Hearts are slow to get away. That could

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prove to be a crucial goal, as Thistle seek all three points. 2-0

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ahead, they were. He had no chance. Lashed it home. Nobody is in the

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best moment of their lives. This has been a bad week for this football

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club, but we have the responsibility to improve those things, and

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everybody in these moments has the look inside themselves and find

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more, find strength. We have to stay focused together and deal with what

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we have to deal with. I thought we were magnificent today. Even before

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the sending off I thought we deserved to be well on top of the

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game. As we missed a great chance at 1-0 actually and thought it would

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come back to haunt us but thankfully it did not. That calf problem, you

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decided to put in Lennard Sowah at centre-half. What about that? Was

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there a call to date in Nowak? You look a bit uncomfortable at times.

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These are decisions that we take, decisions that we make -- he looked

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a bit uncomfortable. STUDIO: Are great when for Partick

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Thistle but I asked the question of Ian Cathro about the defensive

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hesitation. There was an issue there throughout the afternoon.

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Absolutely, a pertinent question. I think it was a bad decision to have

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been made. Sowah is not a comfortable defender committee is an

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attacking full-back. You see he is at fault for the first goal, and for

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the second as well, when the ball was outweighed and gets delivered

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into the box, watch Sowah as he plunges into... I don't know what he

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is doing, he misjudges it completely, and a fantastic turning

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straight from Lindsay, but if you look at the situation from Hearts,

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the injury is disappointed, but you have Nowak to step into the defence.

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He is not comfortable in midfield, better in defence, and Sowah is an

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attacking full-back. Don't put him at centre-half. They did not defend

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well but by stark contrast Partick defended absolutely brilliantly.

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Back-to-back wins and clean sheets, seven clean sheets in their last

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ten. Daniel Devine making it difficult here, the ball not sitting

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for him. They are confident, you can tell the manager has worked on them,

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great shape. They just look like a really tight unit. Defensively. This

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one, they just made sure Hearts are having to strike from distance. They

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are compact and very good from Partick, real upturn in their

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results of late. Obviously I was there yesterday and Partick Thistle

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more than deserved their victory against Hearts, but I think we were

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expecting a response from Hearts after that disappointment in the

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Edinburgh derby. Clearly they were hammered yesterday. What is your

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take on the current situation? Ian Cathro, the only way he can get

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himself and the team out of this is to get results. He will live and die

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by the decisions he makes, and the decision there was a poor one. The

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whole structure of the club, it just begs the question for me, main

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players came in in January and the whole reason you are a director of

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football is to create stability and continuity, feigning main players in

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the January transfer window does not strike me as a controlled continuity

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-- signing numeric name players. The manager comes in, you're backing him

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to get his own players -- signing nine players. It was a good team, so

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the point I am making, why is there a director of football if you are

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bringing in all these players. They have signed over 30 since the new

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regime Kemen. A lot of turnover, so where is that continuity -- since

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the new regime came in. Fair enough, director of football, but why this

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huge of players? Argument would be the director football is clearly

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backing his head coach. Yes, but then what is the role of the

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director of football? If he is there to create that stability, the head

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coach comes in to deal with what is already they are. Why pay a director

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of football the top weight in the club to their not really do

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anything? It is strange for me. What do you think, Steven? Does the

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director of football need to be more hands-on? Yes, I agree. I am

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surprised there were nine players brought in in the window, I didn't

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think it was required and I would agree, yes. Another thing about

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Hearts, any team is representative of their head coach and manager, and

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at the moment they have a lot of quality but look leaderless and

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rudderless. I would say Cathro and McLean have real quality but they

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need a figurehead to date them. OK. -- to guide them.

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Aberdeen's grip on second place was strengthened last weekend

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with a victory over Kilmarnock and Rangers slipping

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Ross County were the opposition at Pittodrie.

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Derek McInnes reverts to the familiar line-up that has started

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the majority of their recent run of nine wins in ten games. Graeme

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Shinnie reclaiming his starting place. And this is the Ross County

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first 11, as they look to address a sequence of four defeats in five

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outings. Michael Gardyne becoming the club's all-time leading

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appearance maker. Away by Jason Naismith, clearance not quite

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completed, and Kenny Maclean goes down under the challenge of Alex

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Schalk. And not of the head from them reflected in the referee's

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decision, as he said no penalty. The prize for Aberdeen is they can go

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nine points clear of Rangers. And it is Rooney! The acrobatic effort from

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the Irishman, he got it well. Kenny Maclean, stepped inside and finds

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some space, and he hits the shot through, and it was a decent effort.

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-- McLean. Plenty of sightings of goal for Aberdeen. Not too many

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clear-cut chances. Naismith one on one against Mark Reynolds, and road

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outside. Tim Chow was the man in the six yard box, but Joe Lewis is the

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one emerging with the ball. Good play by Jason Naismith down the

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right-hand side, though. Paul Quinn, the former Aberdeen man, is forward,

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but it will be Schalk... Good effort, and it comes out to Curran.

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The closest Ross County have come to a goal, really decent hit by Schalk

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from the free kick. Joe Lewis palmed it away and Curran could not keep it

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down. Up goes Considine, hammered further clear by Jack and look at

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the pace of Johnny Hayes, eating up the ground and Paul Quinn... It is

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Johnny Hayes... The Rooney! You would expect Adam Rooney to tuck

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that away. Hayes too strong for Paul Quinn who felt he should have had

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the free kick, and Rooney could not finish. Fox, delivers it long. It is

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Alex Schalk... It was a sighting of goal, a decent effort from the

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Dutchman. A good save, too, from Joe Lewis, after the deflection. There

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is Davies... Joe Lewis punches it away, with Curran waiting to knock

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it in. The danger is still not clear for Aberdeen. Boyce, and Curran

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sniffing around in the box again. Ross County will feel they have had

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their chances in this game. Bear in mind that Aberdeen scored seven in

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their last appearance at Pittodrie and that came against Motherwell.

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Yet the breakthrough against Ross County, but here goes McGinn, and

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that is in low through the bodies, but Scott Fox kept an eye on it --

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fizzed in low. The bench, the key component of Aberdeen of late, and

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that hit Adam Rooney, and goes in! At long last they have found the

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breakthrough! 69 minutes played. I am not too sure Adam Rooney knew an

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awful lot about that, as it claim from Davies's miscue, and just

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really hit Rooney on his way to his 17th goal of the season. Johnny

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Hayes, Aberdeen would love a second, just to make this a little more

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comfortable. This is Miles Storey... Rooney again! Fox seemed to claw it

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away. Perhaps a combination of the goalkeeper and the woodwork. Adam

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Rooney denied a second goal. He certainly has an eye for the

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spectacular today. Jack did really well to win that back. Miles

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Storey... The former Inverness Caledonian Thistle player, and he

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picks out McGinn. The ball is out, and the attack is halted. Another

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fine stop by Scott Fox, though, this time to deny Nyom again -- to deny

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McGinn. The cross picked out McGinn, who was completely free. Rooney

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driving into the space. And now this is my old story. He has a good

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record against Ross County, scoring three times last season for

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Inverness, but unable to add his second Aberdeen goal -- Miles

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Storey. Keeping another clean sheet, another three points, very important

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to us. It was not enjoyable at all times. You cannot always enjoy

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playing but you can enjoy winning and I think it was one of those

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days. You cannot ask for any more than what the players give. It was a

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sore one and with the result is going the way they have been, a hard

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one to date, but we will lick our wounds and be ready

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for Wednesday night. STUDIO: Yes, another great when for

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Aberdeen as they strengthen that grip on second place. I know you

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were all over this with your fine toothed comb, Steven. Impressed with

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how many times they got the ball into the box? Yes, we know about

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their wide players, Hayes and McGinn. I would love to play up

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front in this Aberdeen team because you know the ball gets forward, it

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is always given into the box. It is a theme, something they work on.

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They get the numbers into the box and the amount of crosses and

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deliveries they had income absolutely spectacular. Ross County

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dealt with a large part of those. They were defending well. Two

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overhead kicks in the game actually. Ross County defended well with a lot

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of these balls into the box. It is just that the one they lose, he

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should have scored here, but I think it is the next one, it is just a

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really poor bit of defending from Andrew Davies, yet again another

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cross into the box, McLean on the ball, and he inexplicably goes with

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his other foot. I am not sure Adam Rooney knew anything about that,

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will not score an easier goal. To be fair, not vintage Aberdeen that you

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saw last weekend, yet they come away with another three points. Yes, last

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week they did not play particularly well, yesterday it was not Aberdeen

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at their best but they have won ten of their last 11 games, frightening.

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Only Celtic are beating that. Really consistent, and the one thing that

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was interesting to see there, from Derek McInnes, you cannot always

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enjoy football but you can enjoy winning. It creates that confidence,

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the excitement of playing. If you're going out and winning most games, a

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good atmosphere in the changing room. Aberdeen look like a team that

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are a really close-knit group of players that enjoy playing their

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football, because they are winning most of the time. Can you see them

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losing the script and second-place? Not at the moment, Hearts not doing

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particularly well at Rangers have their own troubles. St Johnstone I

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think are perhaps too far away to put in a challenge for second so

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they are going so well and the teams challenging them are not doing

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particularly well so I cannot really see it at the moment, no. Steven,

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what do you make of where the right now, Ross County? Perhaps

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disappointing in the context of League Cup winners and everything.

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Yes, a surprise. They have underperformed the season, lost

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format of the last five games, only two point above the play-off places,

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struggling, no doubt -- they have lost ball of their last five.

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This weekend marked the 132nd anniversary of St Johnstone's

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Kilmarnock arrived hoping to be party poopers.

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COMMENTATOR: St Johnstone are without their injured midfielder

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Barry Davidson, the one change to the team that beat Ross County in

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Dingwall last weekend. Thomas Scobbie stepping into the back

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three. And Kilmarnock lost last time at Aberdeen, they have Scott Boyd

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coming into the central defence. Gary Dicker... Luke Hendrie. Jordan

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Jones getting away from the swipe of Chris Millar. And that follow-up

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challenge coming in from Blair Alston, that will be a free kick for

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Kilmarnock. Lining up as Kris Boyd... Beaten away by Zander Clark.

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It might have taken a deflection on its way through, certainly had the

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power behind it. Back it goes for Millar... Anderson, not the greatest

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of backpackers, and that is not the greatest of clearances. It is Rory

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McKenzie... Simply sensational! In the 12th minute at McDiarmid Park,

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Lee Clark may look bemused, a terrible clearance, but that is what

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you called precision finishing, from a long way out. You have to take

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your hat off to Rory McKenzie, 1-0 Kilmarnock. That was well won by

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Jones. He is still going, Jordan Jones. Kris Boyd's return path does

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not find its target, but Millar loses possession. Sammon with the

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curling shot, which is saved by Zander Clark. St Johnstone looking

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strangely sluggish. Jones, and Luke Hendrie... Able to do as they choose

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at the moment, Kilmarnock, and this is Kris Boyd. Chips it in... For

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Sean Long staff, and the save is made as Kilmarnock threatened to go

:52:39.:52:45.

ahead in the game. That was Longstaff again, should have been

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scoring. After his first effort was beaten away by the goalkeeper. No

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organisation here at all in defence from St Johnstone. Anderson... David

:52:53.:53:08.

Wotherspoon, and there is Maclean, just too high. Off target from

:53:09.:53:16.

Stephen Maclean. Thomas Scobbie's diagonal, eventually looking for

:53:17.:53:22.

Maclean, and he finds .-year-old through, and now is Blair Alston.

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Richard Foster, looking for the cross. Collected by the Kilmarnock

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keeper Freddie Woodman. This was some nutmeg from Foster. Maclean

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with the quick throw, Blair Alston's cross, and he had a flash added on

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the back of his spectacular winner in Dingwall last weekend, but off

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target that time. Kilmarnock still with this one goal advantage. This

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is Jones... The supporting run from Greg Taylor. No pressure on the

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ball. The cross comes in, and a header goes on from Conor Sammon,

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and you would imagine no way back here for St Johnstone, and this is a

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horror story for Zander Clark, the goalkeeper. It has gone right

:54:24.:54:33.

through him. 2-0, Killie, and an unimpressed Tommy Wright. He is

:54:34.:54:42.

persistent, and threads it through for Michael Coulson. He tried to

:54:43.:54:48.

call that in at the far post, Chris Kane, and it took a little

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deflection on its way through, weighed off target, no joy for the

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Sense. Anderson looking to keep this alive. -- no joy for Saints. The

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cross beyond everyone, but Brian Easton can collect it and get the

:55:09.:55:12.

ball back in. Maclean is there, and Chris Kane with a snapshot,

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deflected over the top and the body language from St Johnstone tells you

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everything here. Not their best day. A bad day. I have been here 56 years

:55:19.:55:28.

and that is the worst it has been, so a bad one. We will probably have

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to accept that. Pick ourselves up, because overall it was not good

:55:37.:55:40.

enough. We are delighted to come here today and scored two great

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goals and have a couple more chances as well. I thought we would

:55:45.:55:48.

organise, that our desire and energy in the middle of the pitch, all over

:55:49.:55:52.

it, was brilliant today. STUDIO: It is good when a manager

:55:53.:55:56.

says what he really thinks, isn't it, Michael? The worst 45 minutes he

:55:57.:56:00.

had seen from St Johnstone side in six years, pretty strong stuff? Yes,

:56:01.:56:07.

it is. We applaud St Johnstone so often, I really consistent Aslef,

:56:08.:56:10.

but this season at home they have had a lot of bad results against the

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teams on the butternut -- they are a really consistent.

:56:17.:56:23.

Uncharacteristically sloppy -- they did not allow them to get out the

:56:24.:56:27.

back lane easily and then when they did venture forward and get up the

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park, St Johnstone, look how quickly Kilmarnock countered. Gary Dicker

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playing the ball down the left-hand side were Brian Easton had come

:56:36.:56:40.

from. Yet again, no real pressure on the ball. Plenty of bodies but not

:56:41.:56:44.

getting enough pressure, and they do eventually win it back, then they

:56:45.:56:49.

are sloppy and lose possession again, but Kilmarnock really forcing

:56:50.:56:52.

the pressure back on the St Johnstone, and sloppy. Giving the

:56:53.:56:56.

ball away from David Wotherspoon. This one epitomises it. The desired

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you heard Lee McCulloch talking about. Four Kilmarnock players all

:57:00.:57:05.

the park than the rest of the St Johnstone players, and over 50 yards

:57:06.:57:09.

out, what a finish from Rory McKenzie. Wonderful. As much as

:57:10.:57:14.

Tommy Wright was scathing of St Johnstone, I think Kilmarnock should

:57:15.:57:21.

get a lot of credit. He was spot-on, Lee McCulloch, real desire in the

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performance from Kilmarnock and that is not something we have seen all

:57:24.:57:28.

season from them. Who needs Coulibaly when Rory McKenzie can do

:57:29.:57:35.

that! What a strike. Yes, Lee McCulloch is there, solidity and a

:57:36.:57:38.

good performance for most of the match against Aberdeen and obviously

:57:39.:57:41.

there against St Johnstone. Yes, putting his own stamp on the team.

:57:42.:57:46.

Back to training at normal times. I think all the players love him, they

:57:47.:57:51.

respect him. Yesterday was a high tempo attacking performance. OK, we

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must leave it there for this evening. Steven and Michael, thank

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you very much indeed. The Ladbrokes Premiership

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table looks like this. Aberdeen nine points

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ahead of Rangers. Dundee are on 30 points in sixth

:58:06.:58:09.

place, eight points clear Hamilton Academical

:58:10.:58:11.

bottom on 21 points. It does not look that great for the

:58:12.:58:17.

moment for them. Join us next week for another

:58:18.:58:19.

instalment of the great Scottish The plot twists into

:58:20.:58:22.

the William Hill Scottish Cup, with Saturday night and Sunday night

:58:23.:58:29.

Sportscene. Plus Aberdeen and

:58:30.:58:30.

Partick Thistle live. Until then, from all

:58:31.:58:32.

of us, goodnight. Only interested in one thing

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and that's bent coppers. A 24-year-old man

:59:15.:59:14.

has been charged with murder. Huntley's definitely

:59:15.:59:17.

hiding something.

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