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Good evening. The game of football is all about goals. Tonight we bask | :00:57. | :01:05. | |
in their glory on a weekend in which most of us basked in a late dose of | :01:05. | :01:09. | |
summer weather. And tonight we have two veritable rays of sunshine with | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
us in the studio, Craig Levein and Pat Nevin. We start at Kilmarnock's | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
Rugby Park. A scene of discontent of late with fans protests against | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
chairman Michael Johnston. Add to that, the team were without a win so | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
far this season. Add to that, the visitors yesterday were Celtic. | :01:24. | :01:25. | |
There for us was Liam Mcleod. Kilmarnock have not won at home | :01:25. | :01:38. | |
since February. A good line-up from Alan Johnston. It is just about the | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
stronger Celtic team that Neil Lennon could have sent out. | :01:44. | :01:49. | |
Barcelona is on the back burner. Georgia some rest starts. -- | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
Georgios Samaras starts. Kilmarnock make the brighter start | :01:53. | :02:01. | |
at Rugby Park. It is 1-0! It is a horror story for | :02:01. | :02:39. | |
Craig Samson, the Kilmarnock goalkeeper. Georgia Samra Scott away | :02:39. | :02:48. | |
from the command at right back. -- Georgios Samaras got away. Despite | :02:48. | :02:57. | |
Kilmarnock with a bright start, it is Celtic to lead. ! Wonderful! | :02:57. | :03:10. | |
Within a couple of minutes, Celtic have gone to to the good. Georgios | :03:10. | :03:20. | |
Samaras! What about that for a finish from the Greek. To reflect. | :03:20. | :03:28. | |
-- to rhetoric. Alan Johnston will be rubbing his eyes in disbelief. | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
Georgios Samaras has teed it up! It is three goals! A stunning six | :03:34. | :03:45. | |
minutes for Celtic! From 0-0 all the way to 3-0 in the blink of an eye, | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
just about! Georgios Samaras the architect and the finisher. It was | :03:51. | :04:03. | |
set up for him by Kris Commons. This controversy has done nothing to ease | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
relations between Michael Johnson and the supporters who are not | :04:06. | :04:15. | |
inside, but outside protesting. A free kick here for Kilmarnock. A man | :04:15. | :04:21. | |
on loan from Dundee United. Has looked lively today. It is Sammy | :04:21. | :04:31. | |
Clingan. It is one back! A fine free kick from Sammy Clingan. The man | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
from Belfast out of boxing Fraser Forster there. -- outfox Singh | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
Fraser Forster. it is game on again! Celtic came | :04:41. | :05:02. | |
from 3-0 down famously a few weeks ago to get a 3-3 draw. Scarcely | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
could you imagine that Kilmarnock would get back into this a few | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
minutes ago? ! They have pulled it back to 3-2. A much brighter start | :05:12. | :05:22. | |
to the second half for Celtic than they had in the first half. | :05:22. | :05:30. | |
Kilmarnock reduced the arrears from 3-0 down. | :05:30. | :05:56. | |
Charlie Mulgrew to take the free kick. Georgios Samaras is there! | :05:56. | :06:03. | |
That is the hat-trick! Wonderful free kick from Charlie Mulgrew, in | :06:03. | :06:13. | |
four Georgios Samaras. A bit of pushing and shoving inside the | :06:13. | :06:17. | |
penalty area, but the Greek striker scores the first hat-trick. An ideal | :06:17. | :06:26. | |
boost for Georgios Samaras and for Celtic ahead of Barcelona on | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
Tuesday. This might be getting even better for them. Spencer Stokes is | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
waiting! You does not need it! It is five goals! Celtic restorer there | :06:35. | :06:42. | |
are three goal lead that they had in the first hour. -- Celtic go on to | :06:42. | :06:54. | |
restore their 3-goal lead. Whatever performance reproduced today, to | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
lose five goals is unbelievable. We play week in week out. We win a lot | :06:58. | :07:06. | |
of games. The second half, we were very, very good. Clinical. The | :07:06. | :07:12. | |
forwards can take a lot of credit from the way they played away. | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
Georgios Samaras was world-class. I do not care what level you are | :07:16. | :07:22. | |
playing at, to put in a performance like that is world-class. I do not | :07:22. | :07:25. | |
think we played well in the first half. I tried to help my team-mates | :07:25. | :07:30. | |
to get in the game. I think we scored three goals, then we started | :07:30. | :07:37. | |
to do some mistakes. I do not know why. We panicked. The second half, I | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
think we balanced everything, the team, and I think in the end, the | :07:41. | :07:49. | |
result is good. A big morale booster of a result for Celtic ahead of | :07:49. | :07:53. | |
Barcelona on Tuesday night. Calling Georgios Samaras world class, Craig, | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
is world-class a worthy label for him, do you feel? It must have | :07:59. | :08:06. | |
been, because Neil Lennon thought his performance was world-class. For | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
me, I would not use the word in this flippant way. For me, world-class | :08:11. | :08:15. | |
players that perform a consistent, top-notch level week in week out. | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
The accusation against Georgios Samaras is that he can be | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
world-class, as we have seen from here, but it doesn't happen often | :08:24. | :08:30. | |
enough for me to consider him a world-class player. Not world-class | :08:30. | :08:39. | |
defending? No, but you can say that is Georgios Samaras is an | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
international standard striker, when he is on his best. This striker, | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
coming in from the left, he is fantastic. He has got a big, big | :08:47. | :08:53. | |
role to play for Celtic. For the big games, he quite often turns up. And | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
they want to be at his best on Tuesday night. Defensively, great | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
from Celtic coin forward, defensively, signed the frailty | :09:02. | :09:09. | |
against Kilmarnock? Frailty could be one way to put it. Easily beaten, | :09:09. | :09:14. | |
but they need to get back. Eight typical left full-back is to go with | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
his right foot. The good thing I will say, if you look at Scott Brown | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
and look at van Dijk, and what on earth was that all about? The reason | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
being, they know that they have got to be much better than bad, not only | :09:30. | :09:35. | |
against Kilmarnock, but the better games. They will be. The focus on | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
Tuesday night would be totally different, it is much more different | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
playing against Barcelona than Kilmarnock. One thing the Celtic | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
defence will not add to content with is Lee another messy. He is out for | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
three weeks with an injured thigh. -- one thing that Celtic will not | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
have to content with is Lionel Messi. That would be good news for | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
Neil Lennon. He will pick his best team. It is a great boost to know | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
that Lionel Messi, the bass player in the world, is not playing against | :10:08. | :10:13. | |
you. No matter how good they are playing, what one moment, he is the | :10:13. | :10:21. | |
best place to win. Celtic's record against Barcelona makes interesting | :10:21. | :10:25. | |
reading. Four wins for Barcelona out of those eight meeting. Two wins for | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
Celtic. When you look at the score lines, there has never been any | :10:30. | :10:38. | |
thrashings in there. That gives me great encouragement, even looking at | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
that as a Celtic player, that is encouraging. These games have been | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
tight. The recent victory is fresh in their mind, and I saw that Neal | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
was warning their players to refresh their memories against Barcelona the | :10:49. | :10:55. | |
last time. If taken do that, as similar type of thing. Celtic's win | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
over Kilmarnock meant that Inverness would need to win by three clear | :11:00. | :11:04. | |
goals to keep their place at the top of the premiership. Hibs were the | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
visitors. Commentary on this one comes from Rob Mclean. | :11:07. | :11:12. | |
Terry Butcher's first change was to leave Ed Gary Warren and his second | :11:12. | :11:16. | |
is to recall the central defender for this one. No place in the | :11:16. | :11:20. | |
Hibernian team for Abdullah Gul. Nick Ross, he was caught late by | :11:20. | :11:34. | |
Stevenson. Billy McKay open the scoring. Inside | :11:34. | :11:58. | |
11 minutes for Inverness. What a mix-up for the central defender and | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
the goalkeeper, and Billy McKay is the man to take full advantage. His | :12:02. | :12:10. | |
aid goal of the season. -- eighth goal. | :12:10. | :12:17. | |
Billy McKay comes in again. Touches a bit wide this time. What an escape | :12:17. | :12:25. | |
Hibernian. They keep giving the ball away and Vincent is supplying Billy | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
McKay, and you would expect this to be nestling in the net. | :12:30. | :12:37. | |
Flicked on for Heffernan, no flag. Paul Heffernan, right through on | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
goal, he misses the target completely. They have been poor, | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
Hibernian, but what a chance to get the game all square. It came off | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
Josh Meekings by the look of it, which explains the lack of an | :12:54. | :12:55. | |
offside flag. The cross is missed by Williams. Off | :12:55. | :13:12. | |
the crossbar, and flicked away by Robertson. It is buried in the top | :13:12. | :13:19. | |
corner by Richie Foran. 2-0, Inverness, inside the hour. The | :13:19. | :13:26. | |
goalkeeper was lost completely here. The Richie Foran shot was flicked up | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
from Hanlon and into the net. There may already be no way back for | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
Hibernian at 2-0 down. David Raven! That was dangerous. | :13:33. | :13:49. | |
Dean Brill in goal hasn't had too much to do in this match, and he | :13:49. | :13:52. | |
would not been expecting that I don't think. | :13:52. | :14:03. | |
Looking for room, finding it, and scoring! It is another brilliant | :14:03. | :14:09. | |
finish from Billy McKay! Nine goals in nine games for Caley Thistle's | :14:09. | :14:17. | |
top goal-scorer. Nobody got close enough, and that is what he does. | :14:17. | :14:24. | |
Spinning away from Hanlon. And the shot was arrowed away from Williams. | :14:24. | :14:40. | |
This just about sums things up today for Hibernian. This was struck with | :14:40. | :14:49. | |
no conviction. Inverness are attacking as they | :14:49. | :15:02. | |
please. The cross bounces off the crossbar. Yet again, Ben Williams | :15:02. | :15:10. | |
losing all sense of where he was in the six yard box, and again, this | :15:10. | :15:12. | |
was dangerous. Pressure from green Hallamshire and | :15:12. | :15:27. | |
getting the better of Louis Stevenson. That could so easily have | :15:27. | :15:41. | |
number four. Credit to Paul Hanlon for flinging himself in the way of | :15:41. | :15:42. | |
all. -- we have the goal. The flashing header from Holland 's. | :15:42. | :16:01. | |
It is to be no call for Hibs it seems. The players were terrific | :16:01. | :16:11. | |
today. It was great to bounce back from last week. It's terrific. There | :16:11. | :16:19. | |
was a lack of desire to date which is annoying. We have got good | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
players but you have got to be able to, and scrap. We did not do that | :16:24. | :16:32. | |
today. Another two goals for Billy McKay. His goal-scoring tally makes | :16:32. | :16:37. | |
for an impressive reading this season. Last seasons he had nine | :16:37. | :16:43. | |
calls out of 19 domestic matches, this season he has got bangles out | :16:43. | :16:49. | |
of nine domestic matches so far. He is in line to be classed season's | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
portal. What makes him such an impressive striker? -- total. It is | :16:56. | :17:08. | |
a very simple thing, he is a natural. He gets himself between the | :17:08. | :17:18. | |
posts all the time. I remember a striker once saying to me do not | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
think about it, hope where the defenders are not. One thing is, as | :17:23. | :17:34. | |
soon as he gets the ball he turns around and gets it towards the two | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
posts. That's all, it is not complicated. You played with them? | :17:39. | :17:50. | |
He was in the youth team at Leicester, I taught him everything | :17:50. | :18:00. | |
he knows. He got the result they wanted from the side, Terry Butcher. | :18:00. | :18:07. | |
It is remarkable. It is no coincidence for me that Terry | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
Butcher has been in the job for a long PD differential time, he has | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
been able to build his team. I'm delighted for him and for Inverness. | :18:16. | :18:27. | |
-- long PD dog time. After a fast recovery from injury, Ryan Stevenson | :18:27. | :18:35. | |
found a place on the bench. Hearts opponents were Dundee United. The | :18:35. | :18:43. | |
story of this game comes from Jeanne Willis. There were two controversial | :18:43. | :18:55. | |
moments. More of that later. Jason Holt tested the visitor's | :18:55. | :19:05. | |
goalkeeper. This free kick was dealt with well. It was not all about | :19:05. | :19:12. | |
Hearts, Dundee United were doing the bit. This exchange almost like to | :19:12. | :19:21. | |
call. While that shot was well over, the Hearts goalkeeper had to look | :19:21. | :19:25. | |
lively as the seam duo combined again. Some words of encouragement | :19:25. | :19:35. | |
from the dugout. David Goodwillie was Tina lysed for a push which led | :19:35. | :19:44. | |
to this call being disallowed. -- penalised. From almost going a goal | :19:44. | :19:59. | |
behind, Hearts rallied. Jamie Hamill unleashed an effort which required a | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
great save. There were too controversial moments, this is the | :20:05. | :20:08. | |
second, arguably the main talking point. It looks as though a simple | :20:08. | :20:14. | |
tap in had looked Hearts in front but the celebrations were | :20:14. | :20:19. | |
short-lived. This leaf from the Hearts manager amid claims of up to | :20:19. | :20:26. | |
show Dundee United goalkeeper. The goal was disallowed after the death | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
was alerted by his linesman. Hearts were not happy. -- the referee was | :20:30. | :20:38. | |
alerted. All that was still in the first half. It was time for another | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
Dundee United assault on goal. Keith Watson tried his luck, as did | :20:44. | :20:53. | |
Stewart Armstrong. This second half was not quite so incident packed. | :20:53. | :20:59. | |
This man tried to win it for Dundee United. Jamie MacDonald got down | :20:59. | :21:06. | |
well to stop the midfielder. He came closer in the 65th minute. This long | :21:06. | :21:12. | |
ball dealt with well by Stuart Armstrong. This time the post kit | :21:12. | :21:25. | |
out the strike. -- kept out. The points were shared that Tynecastle | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
but Hearts possibly the more aggrieved after the disallowed goal. | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
It is important to take the right amount of peer going forward. We had | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
a post and a few other chanters but I don't think we were clinical | :21:40. | :21:47. | |
enough. For a time they looked dangerous on the counterattack. That | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
decision in the first-half, I'm standing here is thinking we should | :21:52. | :22:01. | |
have won 1-0. What was your take on the phantom goal? The goal that | :22:02. | :22:09. | |
never awards for Hearts? I think the fight of the ball was miss read. The | :22:09. | :22:17. | |
goalkeeper tried to recover and did not get the. Any infringement here? | :22:17. | :22:26. | |
I cannot see anything that would merit a free kick. Your right to say | :22:26. | :22:33. | |
goalkeeper goes too far forward. Have the clear not been on him, with | :22:33. | :22:38. | |
the goalkeeper have dealt with this definitely? I do not think so. I | :22:38. | :22:45. | |
think Hearts I really am lucky. That is the second week in a row they | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
have in unlucky. I do not necessarily think they deserve to | :22:50. | :22:58. | |
have won the game. And should this have stood? I do not think it was | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
for a push, as much for the handball. You were not too many | :23:04. | :23:09. | |
complaints about it. It was a clear handball. Jackie McNamara has | :23:09. | :23:14. | |
actually built a really good team again. Every year we would can in | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
the United and every year deal boosted players but it is a really | :23:19. | :23:27. | |
good team he has built its all well. -- every year at the those good | :23:27. | :23:32. | |
players. We thought Ryan Stevenson was going to be out in fifth team | :23:32. | :23:37. | |
weeks but he came back in seven. How do you say things in terms of Hearts | :23:37. | :23:49. | |
off the field? You are involved in the campaign at the moment to try to | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
keep Hearts in an even keel financially. It is great to have him | :23:53. | :24:03. | |
back, Hearts do not have a lot of experienced players. As the season | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
progresses the chances are that the fraud -- squad, in the aid already, | :24:06. | :24:14. | |
will base stretched. -- being fed beer already will be stretched. -- | :24:14. | :24:26. | |
not having a lot of good players already, they will be stretched. | :24:26. | :24:34. | |
Hopefully everything will be well. Reasons to be cheerful for the jam | :24:34. | :24:41. | |
boats? It could he great result. In the end 13,000 people watched that | :24:41. | :24:54. | |
game. It was fantastic for Hearts. It will be heads against Hearts for | :24:54. | :25:02. | |
last place in the week up. -- had their name against Hearts. -- the | :25:02. | :25:14. | |
league cup. Next to Motherwell who have been quietly building up a | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
steady momentum. A five match unbeaten run. Four of those were Vic | :25:19. | :25:33. | |
today's. -- victories. Motherwell are unbeaten in five and Stewart | :25:33. | :25:39. | |
McCall brings back several players from the team that knocked | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
Livingston out of the league cup midweek. Ross County have threats in | :25:42. | :25:54. | |
the wider years. They look for the first-ever win at Fir Park. -- wide | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
area is. Sutton. It is the first real question asked of Mark Brown. | :26:04. | :26:12. | |
The Motherwell goalkeeper had to get down low to save. McCall will be | :26:12. | :26:19. | |
happy with the way his team are playing at the moment. Very | :26:19. | :26:21. | |
consistent. Sutton, Brown. There was a clash tween Sutton and | :26:21. | :26:41. | |
Brian McLean. -- between. It has gone in, off McManus. After | :26:41. | :27:07. | |
soaking up the early pressure it is Ross County who beat at for Park. -- | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
who read. -- who got the first goal. Britain and Quinn. A nice elbow up. | :27:12. | :27:26. | |
-- build up. The short rises into the DV Cooper | :27:26. | :27:53. | |
stand. -- this short. -- DV Cooper. This is a very good area for this | :27:53. | :28:05. | |
deal meant. -- the Steelmen. It is Sutton. The goalkeeper has got a | :28:05. | :28:11. | |
touch on that. It is a corner to Motherwell. A curling effort from | :28:11. | :28:22. | |
John Sutton. The corner and Sutton. It is 1-1. John Sutton is settling | :28:22. | :28:32. | |
back nicely. The goalkeeper could not keep out the header. Sutton. | :28:32. | :28:42. | |
Here's not just you'd in the box but he is good out of it as well. That | :28:42. | :28:50. | |
was a really good cross. Great ball. Kettlewell. He has a space to | :28:50. | :28:57. | |
operate in. Quinn and back with Kettlewell. This safe. -- this eve | :28:57. | :29:04. | |
from Hollis. Motherwell have come from behind to | :29:04. | :29:36. | |
beat. -- to take the lead. It is 2-1 to Motherwell. | :29:36. | :29:47. | |
The Ross County defence just stop for a split second. They could meet | :29:47. | :30:06. | |
2p. -- they could be made to the. -- pay. McCue turns ten. The points are | :30:06. | :30:19. | |
staying right here. An excellent header. | :30:19. | :30:31. | |
Not too far away from his hat-trick. An excellent performance. | :30:31. | :30:40. | |
It was good for us before he left. He certainly didn't want to go, but | :30:40. | :30:45. | |
financial matters in his favour. You can see why he would want to do | :30:45. | :30:56. | |
leave. I thought going behind was a bit harsh for us today, but we | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
thought we would get chances and we made the most of them. It is only | :31:00. | :31:06. | |
difficult if you allow it to be. He is a striker that get his body in | :31:06. | :31:09. | |
front of the defenders, and he has done well today, but I am sure that | :31:09. | :31:20. | |
he would be man of the match. John Sutton, the star of the show. How | :31:20. | :31:24. | |
difficult a striker would he be to handle? He is obviously. One of his | :31:24. | :31:31. | |
strengths is that when the ball comes into the box, he is a real | :31:31. | :31:36. | |
handful. He is gaining confidence. He has come back from Hearts read | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
things didn't particularly go well for him. Now he has settled back in | :31:39. | :31:50. | |
at Motherwell. Why was it harder for him at Tynecastle than it is at for | :31:50. | :31:58. | |
park? Some players feel more relaxed at different clubs. The more relaxed | :31:58. | :32:03. | |
you are, the better you play. Just the style of it, his crosses have | :32:03. | :32:09. | |
angle, it is pacey, he is crossing all the time. They have got players, | :32:09. | :32:13. | |
they build the team around his style. Stuart McCall is seen what he | :32:13. | :32:19. | |
has got and adapted the style. He really has helped John Sutton. Pat | :32:19. | :32:25. | |
you have got links with Motherwell, he has shipped out a lot of players, | :32:25. | :32:28. | |
shipped in a lot of players, he has got players playing quite attractive | :32:28. | :32:36. | |
football. I like the positivity. I like that you mentioned the links, | :32:36. | :32:39. | |
three of those players that are starting were actually team-mate of | :32:39. | :32:44. | |
mine. That is stunning. One of those players, I often talk about, Keith | :32:44. | :32:49. | |
Lasley, he has improved all the way through his career. He has been | :32:49. | :32:54. | |
told, go for it, Keith, you are a great player. He had a great free | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
kick last week. He is getting positive mental attitude from all of | :32:58. | :33:02. | |
those players, and attacking mindset, and it works for everyone | :33:02. | :33:07. | |
when you bring it. Keith Lasley feeling very old at the moment | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
actually possibly! So a good win for Motherwell. Next | :33:11. | :33:15. | |
week will be a test, as they travel to face the champions. | :33:15. | :33:34. | |
That is next weekend. Finally to McDiarmid Park. St | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
Johnstone had been slipping down the table of late. They welcomed a | :33:39. | :33:42. | |
Partick Thistle side who'd impressed us mightily this season with their | :33:42. | :33:45. | |
swashbuckling brand of attacking football. Your match commentator on | :33:45. | :33:51. | |
this one is Paul Mitchell. St Johnstone, victorious midweek | :33:51. | :33:56. | |
against Hamilton. Two changes with Gary McDonald and Nigel Hasselbaink | :33:56. | :33:59. | |
giving way to Weatherspoon and Davidson. For changes to Partick | :33:59. | :34:10. | |
Thistle. A first start in goal for the experienced Paul Gallacher. | :34:10. | :34:23. | |
It is in! Frazer Wright was back! Steven Anderson went down. He | :34:23. | :34:38. | |
slipped and hurt his hand. Doolan past the goalkeeper. I am not sure | :34:38. | :34:41. | |
if Frazer Wright thought this was off target. A mental slip from | :34:41. | :34:47. | |
Frazer Wright who did not cut it out. Partick are still ahead after | :34:47. | :34:54. | |
six minutes. Anderson certainly appears to be in some pain. He will | :34:54. | :34:56. | |
need some attention. A good save again here for Paul | :34:56. | :35:07. | |
Gallacher. A nice lay-off to make. Was that a shoulder or a barge? Just | :35:07. | :35:24. | |
a shoulder charge. Stephen O'Donnell, delivers so well. | :35:24. | :35:41. | |
Doolan with a header. It was almost two. There would be very little Alan | :35:41. | :35:46. | |
Mannus could have done about that. A great ball in. | :35:46. | :36:09. | |
First premiership goal of the season past what appeared to be an | :36:09. | :36:17. | |
unsighted Paul Gallacher. Got it down well onto Paddy Craig. A clever | :36:17. | :36:22. | |
flick back and Alan Miller had just in the eye line of the goalkeeper. | :36:22. | :36:26. | |
Three minutes to half-time and Steven MacLean curls one in. Third | :36:26. | :36:28. | |
of the season. Murray Davidson claiming for a | :36:28. | :36:43. | |
penalty after it went off the hand of your head. The ball into the | :36:43. | :36:48. | |
defender, no penalty given. Not much of a challenge there, two | :36:48. | :37:06. | |
Thistle players. That is not a penalty. | :37:06. | :37:23. | |
Another good stop for Paul Gallacher. You give Chris Millar | :37:23. | :37:29. | |
space at your apparel. More than capable of taking on that side and | :37:29. | :37:32. | |
getting it on target. Here comes St Johnstone. It is to | :37:32. | :37:47. | |
McClane. McCain has got support. He continues his run. Paul Gallacher | :37:47. | :37:53. | |
gets the touch. Stevie May knows he should have buried it. The | :37:53. | :37:58. | |
goalkeeper, just turning in time to turn it behind. | :37:58. | :38:10. | |
Dave Mackay, into the ground! They have wasted a couple of chances to | :38:10. | :38:21. | |
find the lead. We played enough chances, particularly in the second | :38:21. | :38:24. | |
half. We worked Paul Gallacher quite a bit, but we just did not have that | :38:24. | :38:28. | |
finishing touch to fill the game off. We missed a few chances. You | :38:28. | :38:34. | |
always think you have got more chances than you had. Scott Fox was | :38:34. | :38:40. | |
hindered which meant that Paul Gallacher went in goal instead. -- | :38:40. | :38:50. | |
was injured. A late call. As to get ready for it. I think the sun is in | :38:50. | :38:59. | |
his eyes here, because he is lying on the ground. OK, that is a bad | :38:59. | :39:08. | |
one! He had a really good game. That is the thing with goalkeepers. | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
Younger ones... I think of it was a mistake earlier on. He said there | :39:13. | :39:18. | |
wasn't. These essays look simple, but they are not. That is a really | :39:18. | :39:25. | |
top-quality save. He is not that old! Just 34! Stevie May with a shot | :39:25. | :39:34. | |
that Gallagher is saved, how made? He is one of those players that has | :39:34. | :39:40. | |
had to graft. He has been on loan. He has progressed. He is getting | :39:40. | :39:43. | |
opportunities on the team, which is great. Matt, where can he go with | :39:43. | :39:50. | |
this career, do you feel? As far as you want to go with the right | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
attitude. Someone that puts an effort and tries hard, and is | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
nonstop, that is fine. You can go as far as you want, and it is all about | :39:59. | :40:05. | |
having good players around you. That is it in terms of the action, let's | :40:05. | :40:10. | |
have a look at what it has done to the table. | :40:10. | :40:19. | |
Not much movement at the bottom of the table. | :40:19. | :40:26. | |
The weekend isn't quite over, because St Mirren play Aberdeen | :40:26. | :40:31. | |
tomorrow. We will talk about St Mirren shortly, obviously Danny | :40:31. | :40:37. | |
Lennon's position under scrutiny, but let's talk about Aberdeen, they | :40:37. | :40:42. | |
were rampant against Falkirk, Scott Vernon had a hat-trick to stop how | :40:42. | :40:46. | |
impressed were you with this Aberdeen squad this season? They had | :40:46. | :40:52. | |
a very strong score, a great manager. At the start of the season, | :40:53. | :40:56. | |
I looked at the squad, I thought Aberdeen would have a great chance | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
of finishing behind Celtic. Inverness have started really well. | :41:00. | :41:07. | |
Aberdeen will finish the season strong. Vernon obviously within the | :41:07. | :41:10. | |
goals, four goals in the last two games, great to have a striker back | :41:10. | :41:14. | |
amongst the goals. Some fantastic runs. Will not be surprised if he | :41:14. | :41:19. | |
keeps on going. The important thing for Aberdeen is the fact that they | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
did not lead to a lower league team. Things may have changed. Danny | :41:23. | :41:30. | |
Lennon, does he have to win the match tomorrow to save his job? I | :41:30. | :41:34. | |
hope not. He is a good manager and I would like to see the board being | :41:34. | :41:39. | |
patient and give him a chance. Pat Fenlon was the subject of criticism | :41:39. | :41:42. | |
and he managed to turn it around. That would be the big into moral, | :41:42. | :41:46. | |
you can see highlights from midnight tomorrow night on the BBC sport | :41:46. | :41:50. | |
website. The rest of the premiership highlights are already there. Before | :41:51. | :41:56. | |
we leave you, let's have a look at the back pages for tomorrow. This is | :41:57. | :42:01. | |
the Scotsman saying, bring on Barcelona, building up to the big | :42:01. | :42:07. | |
match on Tuesday. That is the match with Celtic and Barcelona. And a | :42:07. | :42:10. | |
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 | :42:23. | :42:29. | |
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? | :42:35. | :42:40. | |
No, I don't think so. I would be happier with that experience, going | :42:40. | :42:44. | |
in with that under my belt. Is the Celtic squad weaker than last | :42:44. | :42:50. | |
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 | :42:54. | :43:00. | |
goals to nil. These are the test. With all due respect, these are the | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
games you expect them to be winning in the Premier League. This is where | :43:03. | :43:06. | |
they have excelled in recent seasons and I would love to see them do it | :43:06. | :43:11. | |
again. Pat, in terms of Neil Lennon and what he has to do with his | :43:11. | :43:16. | |
Celtic side, what do they have to do to face Barcelona? So much has been | :43:16. | :43:19. | |
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 | :43:32. | :43:36. | |
feels that. They have been fantastic in the past against Barcelona, and I | :43:36. | :43:40. | |
think a lot to be both downsides were really harsh on Celtic when the | :43:40. | :43:44. | |
draw was made and they have shown a real disrespect for Celtic. They are | :43:44. | :43:49. | |
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 | :44:00. | :44:03. | |
play, because he can coax anyone in danger. For me, it is the central | :44:03. | :44:08. | |
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 | :44:14. | :44:23. | |
would say a draw, that would be a good result. I would say that also. | :44:23. | :44:31. | |
That's it for tonight. Best of luck to Celtic on Tuesday night in the | :44:31. | :44:34. | |
Champions League. We're back next weekend. It will be October then. | :44:34. | :44:37. | |
After the sunshine of this weekend I'm predicting a howling gale. From | :44:37. | :44:40. | |
Craig, Pat and myself goodnight. | :44:40. | :44:44. |