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Good evening. The game of football is all about goals. Tonight we bask

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in their glory on a weekend in which most of us basked in a late dose of

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summer weather. And tonight we have two veritable rays of sunshine with

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us in the studio, Craig Levein and Pat Nevin. We start at Kilmarnock's

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Rugby Park. A scene of discontent of late with fans protests against

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chairman Michael Johnston. Add to that, the team were without a win so

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far this season. Add to that, the visitors yesterday were Celtic.

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There for us was Liam Mcleod. Kilmarnock have not won at home

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since February. A good line-up from Alan Johnston. It is just about the

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stronger Celtic team that Neil Lennon could have sent out.

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Barcelona is on the back burner. Georgia some rest starts. --

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Georgios Samaras starts. Kilmarnock make the brighter start

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at Rugby Park. It is 1-0! It is a horror story for

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Craig Samson, the Kilmarnock goalkeeper. Georgia Samra Scott away

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from the command at right back. -- Georgios Samaras got away. Despite

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Kilmarnock with a bright start, it is Celtic to lead. ! Wonderful!

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Within a couple of minutes, Celtic have gone to to the good. Georgios

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Samaras! What about that for a finish from the Greek. To reflect.

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-- to rhetoric. Alan Johnston will be rubbing his eyes in disbelief.

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Georgios Samaras has teed it up! It is three goals! A stunning six

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minutes for Celtic! From 0-0 all the way to 3-0 in the blink of an eye,

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just about! Georgios Samaras the architect and the finisher. It was

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set up for him by Kris Commons. This controversy has done nothing to ease

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relations between Michael Johnson and the supporters who are not

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inside, but outside protesting. A free kick here for Kilmarnock. A man

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on loan from Dundee United. Has looked lively today. It is Sammy

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Clingan. It is one back! A fine free kick from Sammy Clingan. The man

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from Belfast out of boxing Fraser Forster there. -- outfox Singh

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Fraser Forster. it is game on again! Celtic came

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from 3-0 down famously a few weeks ago to get a 3-3 draw. Scarcely

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could you imagine that Kilmarnock would get back into this a few

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minutes ago? ! They have pulled it back to 3-2. A much brighter start

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to the second half for Celtic than they had in the first half.

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Kilmarnock reduced the arrears from 3-0 down.

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Charlie Mulgrew to take the free kick. Georgios Samaras is there!

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That is the hat-trick! Wonderful free kick from Charlie Mulgrew, in

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four Georgios Samaras. A bit of pushing and shoving inside the

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penalty area, but the Greek striker scores the first hat-trick. An ideal

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boost for Georgios Samaras and for Celtic ahead of Barcelona on

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Tuesday. This might be getting even better for them. Spencer Stokes is

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waiting! You does not need it! It is five goals! Celtic restorer there

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are three goal lead that they had in the first hour. -- Celtic go on to

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restore their 3-goal lead. Whatever performance reproduced today, to

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lose five goals is unbelievable. We play week in week out. We win a lot

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of games. The second half, we were very, very good. Clinical. The

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forwards can take a lot of credit from the way they played away.

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Georgios Samaras was world-class. I do not care what level you are

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playing at, to put in a performance like that is world-class. I do not

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think we played well in the first half. I tried to help my team-mates

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to get in the game. I think we scored three goals, then we started

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to do some mistakes. I do not know why. We panicked. The second half, I

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think we balanced everything, the team, and I think in the end, the

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result is good. A big morale booster of a result for Celtic ahead of

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Barcelona on Tuesday night. Calling Georgios Samaras world class, Craig,

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is world-class a worthy label for him, do you feel? It must have

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been, because Neil Lennon thought his performance was world-class. For

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me, I would not use the word in this flippant way. For me, world-class

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players that perform a consistent, top-notch level week in week out.

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The accusation against Georgios Samaras is that he can be

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world-class, as we have seen from here, but it doesn't happen often

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enough for me to consider him a world-class player. Not world-class

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defending? No, but you can say that is Georgios Samaras is an

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international standard striker, when he is on his best. This striker,

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coming in from the left, he is fantastic. He has got a big, big

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role to play for Celtic. For the big games, he quite often turns up. And

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they want to be at his best on Tuesday night. Defensively, great

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from Celtic coin forward, defensively, signed the frailty

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against Kilmarnock? Frailty could be one way to put it. Easily beaten,

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but they need to get back. Eight typical left full-back is to go with

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his right foot. The good thing I will say, if you look at Scott Brown

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and look at van Dijk, and what on earth was that all about? The reason

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being, they know that they have got to be much better than bad, not only

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against Kilmarnock, but the better games. They will be. The focus on

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Tuesday night would be totally different, it is much more different

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playing against Barcelona than Kilmarnock. One thing the Celtic

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defence will not add to content with is Lee another messy. He is out for

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three weeks with an injured thigh. -- one thing that Celtic will not

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have to content with is Lionel Messi. That would be good news for

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Neil Lennon. He will pick his best team. It is a great boost to know

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that Lionel Messi, the bass player in the world, is not playing against

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you. No matter how good they are playing, what one moment, he is the

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best place to win. Celtic's record against Barcelona makes interesting

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reading. Four wins for Barcelona out of those eight meeting. Two wins for

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Celtic. When you look at the score lines, there has never been any

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thrashings in there. That gives me great encouragement, even looking at

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that as a Celtic player, that is encouraging. These games have been

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tight. The recent victory is fresh in their mind, and I saw that Neal

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was warning their players to refresh their memories against Barcelona the

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last time. If taken do that, as similar type of thing. Celtic's win

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over Kilmarnock meant that Inverness would need to win by three clear

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goals to keep their place at the top of the premiership. Hibs were the

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visitors. Commentary on this one comes from Rob Mclean.

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Terry Butcher's first change was to leave Ed Gary Warren and his second

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is to recall the central defender for this one. No place in the

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Hibernian team for Abdullah Gul. Nick Ross, he was caught late by

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Stevenson. Billy McKay open the scoring. Inside

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11 minutes for Inverness. What a mix-up for the central defender and

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the goalkeeper, and Billy McKay is the man to take full advantage. His

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aid goal of the season. -- eighth goal.

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Billy McKay comes in again. Touches a bit wide this time. What an escape

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Hibernian. They keep giving the ball away and Vincent is supplying Billy

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McKay, and you would expect this to be nestling in the net.

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Flicked on for Heffernan, no flag. Paul Heffernan, right through on

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goal, he misses the target completely. They have been poor,

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Hibernian, but what a chance to get the game all square. It came off

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Josh Meekings by the look of it, which explains the lack of an

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offside flag. The cross is missed by Williams. Off

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the crossbar, and flicked away by Robertson. It is buried in the top

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corner by Richie Foran. 2-0, Inverness, inside the hour. The

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goalkeeper was lost completely here. The Richie Foran shot was flicked up

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from Hanlon and into the net. There may already be no way back for

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Hibernian at 2-0 down. David Raven! That was dangerous.

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Dean Brill in goal hasn't had too much to do in this match, and he

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would not been expecting that I don't think.

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Looking for room, finding it, and scoring! It is another brilliant

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finish from Billy McKay! Nine goals in nine games for Caley Thistle's

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top goal-scorer. Nobody got close enough, and that is what he does.

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Spinning away from Hanlon. And the shot was arrowed away from Williams.

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This just about sums things up today for Hibernian. This was struck with

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no conviction. Inverness are attacking as they

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please. The cross bounces off the crossbar. Yet again, Ben Williams

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losing all sense of where he was in the six yard box, and again, this

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was dangerous. Pressure from green Hallamshire and

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getting the better of Louis Stevenson. That could so easily have

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number four. Credit to Paul Hanlon for flinging himself in the way of

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all. -- we have the goal. The flashing header from Holland 's.

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It is to be no call for Hibs it seems. The players were terrific

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today. It was great to bounce back from last week. It's terrific. There

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was a lack of desire to date which is annoying. We have got good

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players but you have got to be able to, and scrap. We did not do that

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today. Another two goals for Billy McKay. His goal-scoring tally makes

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for an impressive reading this season. Last seasons he had nine

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calls out of 19 domestic matches, this season he has got bangles out

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of nine domestic matches so far. He is in line to be classed season's

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portal. What makes him such an impressive striker? -- total. It is

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a very simple thing, he is a natural. He gets himself between the

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posts all the time. I remember a striker once saying to me do not

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think about it, hope where the defenders are not. One thing is, as

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soon as he gets the ball he turns around and gets it towards the two

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posts. That's all, it is not complicated. You played with them?

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He was in the youth team at Leicester, I taught him everything

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he knows. He got the result they wanted from the side, Terry Butcher.

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It is remarkable. It is no coincidence for me that Terry

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Butcher has been in the job for a long PD differential time, he has

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been able to build his team. I'm delighted for him and for Inverness.

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-- long PD dog time. After a fast recovery from injury, Ryan Stevenson

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found a place on the bench. Hearts opponents were Dundee United. The

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story of this game comes from Jeanne Willis. There were two controversial

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moments. More of that later. Jason Holt tested the visitor's

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goalkeeper. This free kick was dealt with well. It was not all about

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Hearts, Dundee United were doing the bit. This exchange almost like to

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call. While that shot was well over, the Hearts goalkeeper had to look

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lively as the seam duo combined again. Some words of encouragement

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from the dugout. David Goodwillie was Tina lysed for a push which led

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to this call being disallowed. -- penalised. From almost going a goal

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behind, Hearts rallied. Jamie Hamill unleashed an effort which required a

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great save. There were too controversial moments, this is the

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second, arguably the main talking point. It looks as though a simple

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tap in had looked Hearts in front but the celebrations were

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short-lived. This leaf from the Hearts manager amid claims of up to

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show Dundee United goalkeeper. The goal was disallowed after the death

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was alerted by his linesman. Hearts were not happy. -- the referee was

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alerted. All that was still in the first half. It was time for another

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Dundee United assault on goal. Keith Watson tried his luck, as did

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Stewart Armstrong. This second half was not quite so incident packed.

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This man tried to win it for Dundee United. Jamie MacDonald got down

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well to stop the midfielder. He came closer in the 65th minute. This long

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ball dealt with well by Stuart Armstrong. This time the post kit

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out the strike. -- kept out. The points were shared that Tynecastle

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but Hearts possibly the more aggrieved after the disallowed goal.

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It is important to take the right amount of peer going forward. We had

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a post and a few other chanters but I don't think we were clinical

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enough. For a time they looked dangerous on the counterattack. That

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decision in the first-half, I'm standing here is thinking we should

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have won 1-0. What was your take on the phantom goal? The goal that

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never awards for Hearts? I think the fight of the ball was miss read. The

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goalkeeper tried to recover and did not get the. Any infringement here?

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I cannot see anything that would merit a free kick. Your right to say

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goalkeeper goes too far forward. Have the clear not been on him, with

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the goalkeeper have dealt with this definitely? I do not think so. I

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think Hearts I really am lucky. That is the second week in a row they

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have in unlucky. I do not necessarily think they deserve to

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have won the game. And should this have stood? I do not think it was

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for a push, as much for the handball. You were not too many

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complaints about it. It was a clear handball. Jackie McNamara has

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actually built a really good team again. Every year we would can in

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the United and every year deal boosted players but it is a really

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good team he has built its all well. -- every year at the those good

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players. We thought Ryan Stevenson was going to be out in fifth team

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weeks but he came back in seven. How do you say things in terms of Hearts

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off the field? You are involved in the campaign at the moment to try to

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keep Hearts in an even keel financially. It is great to have him

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back, Hearts do not have a lot of experienced players. As the season

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progresses the chances are that the fraud -- squad, in the aid already,

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will base stretched. -- being fed beer already will be stretched. --

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not having a lot of good players already, they will be stretched.

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Hopefully everything will be well. Reasons to be cheerful for the jam

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boats? It could he great result. In the end 13,000 people watched that

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game. It was fantastic for Hearts. It will be heads against Hearts for

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last place in the week up. -- had their name against Hearts. -- the

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league cup. Next to Motherwell who have been quietly building up a

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steady momentum. A five match unbeaten run. Four of those were Vic

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today's. -- victories. Motherwell are unbeaten in five and Stewart

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McCall brings back several players from the team that knocked

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Livingston out of the league cup midweek. Ross County have threats in

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the wider years. They look for the first-ever win at Fir Park. -- wide

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area is. Sutton. It is the first real question asked of Mark Brown.

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The Motherwell goalkeeper had to get down low to save. McCall will be

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happy with the way his team are playing at the moment. Very

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consistent. Sutton, Brown. There was a clash tween Sutton and

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Brian McLean. -- between. It has gone in, off McManus. After

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soaking up the early pressure it is Ross County who beat at for Park. --

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who read. -- who got the first goal. Britain and Quinn. A nice elbow up.

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-- build up. The short rises into the DV Cooper

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stand. -- this short. -- DV Cooper. This is a very good area for this

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deal meant. -- the Steelmen. It is Sutton. The goalkeeper has got a

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touch on that. It is a corner to Motherwell. A curling effort from

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John Sutton. The corner and Sutton. It is 1-1. John Sutton is settling

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back nicely. The goalkeeper could not keep out the header. Sutton.

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Here's not just you'd in the box but he is good out of it as well. That

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was a really good cross. Great ball. Kettlewell. He has a space to

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operate in. Quinn and back with Kettlewell. This safe. -- this eve

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from Hollis. Motherwell have come from behind to

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beat. -- to take the lead. It is 2-1 to Motherwell.

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The Ross County defence just stop for a split second. They could meet

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2p. -- they could be made to the. -- pay. McCue turns ten. The points are

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staying right here. An excellent header.

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Not too far away from his hat-trick. An excellent performance.

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It was good for us before he left. He certainly didn't want to go, but

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financial matters in his favour. You can see why he would want to do

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leave. I thought going behind was a bit harsh for us today, but we

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thought we would get chances and we made the most of them. It is only

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difficult if you allow it to be. He is a striker that get his body in

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front of the defenders, and he has done well today, but I am sure that

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he would be man of the match. John Sutton, the star of the show. How

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difficult a striker would he be to handle? He is obviously. One of his

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strengths is that when the ball comes into the box, he is a real

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handful. He is gaining confidence. He has come back from Hearts read

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things didn't particularly go well for him. Now he has settled back in

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at Motherwell. Why was it harder for him at Tynecastle than it is at for

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park? Some players feel more relaxed at different clubs. The more relaxed

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you are, the better you play. Just the style of it, his crosses have

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angle, it is pacey, he is crossing all the time. They have got players,

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they build the team around his style. Stuart McCall is seen what he

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has got and adapted the style. He really has helped John Sutton. Pat

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you have got links with Motherwell, he has shipped out a lot of players,

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shipped in a lot of players, he has got players playing quite attractive

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football. I like the positivity. I like that you mentioned the links,

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three of those players that are starting were actually team-mate of

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mine. That is stunning. One of those players, I often talk about, Keith

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Lasley, he has improved all the way through his career. He has been

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told, go for it, Keith, you are a great player. He had a great free

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kick last week. He is getting positive mental attitude from all of

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those players, and attacking mindset, and it works for everyone

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when you bring it. Keith Lasley feeling very old at the moment

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actually possibly! So a good win for Motherwell. Next

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week will be a test, as they travel to face the champions.

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That is next weekend. Finally to McDiarmid Park. St

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Johnstone had been slipping down the table of late. They welcomed a

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Partick Thistle side who'd impressed us mightily this season with their

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swashbuckling brand of attacking football. Your match commentator on

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this one is Paul Mitchell. St Johnstone, victorious midweek

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against Hamilton. Two changes with Gary McDonald and Nigel Hasselbaink

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giving way to Weatherspoon and Davidson. For changes to Partick

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Thistle. A first start in goal for the experienced Paul Gallacher.

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It is in! Frazer Wright was back! Steven Anderson went down. He

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slipped and hurt his hand. Doolan past the goalkeeper. I am not sure

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if Frazer Wright thought this was off target. A mental slip from

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Frazer Wright who did not cut it out. Partick are still ahead after

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six minutes. Anderson certainly appears to be in some pain. He will

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need some attention. A good save again here for Paul

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Gallacher. A nice lay-off to make. Was that a shoulder or a barge? Just

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a shoulder charge. Stephen O'Donnell, delivers so well.

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Doolan with a header. It was almost two. There would be very little Alan

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Mannus could have done about that. A great ball in.

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First premiership goal of the season past what appeared to be an

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unsighted Paul Gallacher. Got it down well onto Paddy Craig. A clever

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flick back and Alan Miller had just in the eye line of the goalkeeper.

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Three minutes to half-time and Steven MacLean curls one in. Third

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of the season. Murray Davidson claiming for a

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penalty after it went off the hand of your head. The ball into the

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defender, no penalty given. Not much of a challenge there, two

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Thistle players. That is not a penalty.

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Another good stop for Paul Gallacher. You give Chris Millar

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space at your apparel. More than capable of taking on that side and

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getting it on target. Here comes St Johnstone. It is to

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McClane. McCain has got support. He continues his run. Paul Gallacher

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gets the touch. Stevie May knows he should have buried it. The

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goalkeeper, just turning in time to turn it behind.

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Dave Mackay, into the ground! They have wasted a couple of chances to

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find the lead. We played enough chances, particularly in the second

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half. We worked Paul Gallacher quite a bit, but we just did not have that

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finishing touch to fill the game off. We missed a few chances. You

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always think you have got more chances than you had. Scott Fox was

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hindered which meant that Paul Gallacher went in goal instead. --

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was injured. A late call. As to get ready for it. I think the sun is in

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his eyes here, because he is lying on the ground. OK, that is a bad

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one! He had a really good game. That is the thing with goalkeepers.

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Younger ones... I think of it was a mistake earlier on. He said there

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wasn't. These essays look simple, but they are not. That is a really

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top-quality save. He is not that old! Just 34! Stevie May with a shot

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that Gallagher is saved, how made? He is one of those players that has

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had to graft. He has been on loan. He has progressed. He is getting

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opportunities on the team, which is great. Matt, where can he go with

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this career, do you feel? As far as you want to go with the right

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attitude. Someone that puts an effort and tries hard, and is

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nonstop, that is fine. You can go as far as you want, and it is all about

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having good players around you. That is it in terms of the action, let's

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have a look at what it has done to the table.

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Not much movement at the bottom of the table.

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The weekend isn't quite over, because St Mirren play Aberdeen

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tomorrow. We will talk about St Mirren shortly, obviously Danny

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Lennon's position under scrutiny, but let's talk about Aberdeen, they

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were rampant against Falkirk, Scott Vernon had a hat-trick to stop how

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impressed were you with this Aberdeen squad this season? They had

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a very strong score, a great manager. At the start of the season,

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I looked at the squad, I thought Aberdeen would have a great chance

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of finishing behind Celtic. Inverness have started really well.

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Aberdeen will finish the season strong. Vernon obviously within the

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goals, four goals in the last two games, great to have a striker back

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amongst the goals. Some fantastic runs. Will not be surprised if he

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keeps on going. The important thing for Aberdeen is the fact that they

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did not lead to a lower league team. Things may have changed. Danny

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Lennon, does he have to win the match tomorrow to save his job? I

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hope not. He is a good manager and I would like to see the board being

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patient and give him a chance. Pat Fenlon was the subject of criticism

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and he managed to turn it around. That would be the big into moral,

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you can see highlights from midnight tomorrow night on the BBC sport

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website. The rest of the premiership highlights are already there. Before

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we leave you, let's have a look at the back pages for tomorrow. This is

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the Scotsman saying, bring on Barcelona, building up to the big

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match on Tuesday. That is the match with Celtic and Barcelona. And a

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similar theme with the Scottish Sun newspaper. And the Daily Mail goes

:42:10.:42:23.

with it as well. Lionel Messi is out for Barcelona. In terms of that

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match, Craig, and Tuesday nights, in a way, does it make it more tricky

:42:29.:42:35.

for Celtic, the fact that they beat Barcelona at Parkhead last season?

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No, I don't think so. I would be happier with that experience, going

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in with that under my belt. Is the Celtic squad weaker than last

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season, they lost three big players in the summer, they had that

:42:50.:42:53.

fantastic showing against AC Milan were they lost unluckily by two

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goals to nil. These are the test. With all due respect, these are the

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games you expect them to be winning in the Premier League. This is where

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they have excelled in recent seasons and I would love to see them do it

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again. Pat, in terms of Neil Lennon and what he has to do with his

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Celtic side, what do they have to do to face Barcelona? So much has been

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said about the players Barcelona will be missing, but they will be

:43:19.:43:28.

huge lead difficult? It has been said Neil Lennon fears to as a

:43:28.:43:32.

possibility they will be hammered, but I do not think in his heart he

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feels that. They have been fantastic in the past against Barcelona, and I

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think a lot to be both downsides were really harsh on Celtic when the

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draw was made and they have shown a real disrespect for Celtic. They are

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good side, a European side. Who has to be the main big players? The core

:43:49.:43:55.

of the team has to be good. I would like to see Stokes playing, he is

:43:55.:43:59.

holding the ball up well. I would hope that Georgios Samaras would

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play, because he can coax anyone in danger. For me, it is the central

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player. We've got van Dijk, big player, van Dijk, for me, Brown and

:44:08.:44:14.

Mulgrew, play at the best, Celtic have a chance. Quick prediction? I

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would say a draw, that would be a good result. I would say that also.

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That's it for tonight. Best of luck to Celtic on Tuesday night in the

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Champions League. We're back next weekend. It will be October then.

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After the sunshine of this weekend I'm predicting a howling gale. From

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Craig, Pat and myself goodnight.

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