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Our staple ingredients, score updates, full-time reports

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All spiced up with wit and wisdom from the Mel and Sue

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of Scottish football, Craig Paterson and Des McKeown.

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Together we can savour their thoughts on managerial

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sackings, share issues and European failure, amongst other things.

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Do not adjust your sets, those are the scores. Not a single goal in any

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of the Premiership matches. Dundee play Celtic tomorrow. There are

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goals in the Championship. Those are the scores. Let's get the

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stories behind them. We will start with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

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Now scored in Inverness with the league leaders continuing their

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amazing clean sheet record this season. The game started slowly with

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both teams struggling to make an impact in blustery conditions. We

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had to wait until 36 minutes before we had a clear shot at goal. That

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move started with Graeme Shinnie. The ball fell to Aaron Doran who

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struck the ball towards the Kilmarnock goal. It was millimetres

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away from the woodwork. Aaron Doran was again involved in a good mood --

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good move later. Josh Magennis had a gold-plated opportunity at the other

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end. His first touch let him down and the ball went out for a corner.

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Not too much excitement so far, but hopefully things will pick up from

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where they left off at the end of the first 45.

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I do hope so. What do you want to talk about? Let's talk about no

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goals for either side, but both teams have made positive starts to

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the season. Yes, particularly Inverness. It was a difficult half

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of last season. They have came out of the blocks, defeating Celtic last

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week. They have not conceded a legal, and it does not look like

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that will change today. -- league goal. Let's go to New Douglas Park.

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It is 0-0. At the moment, Hamilton are licking the more likely to

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score. The players have come onto the pitch. Ziggy Gordon has had the

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best chance of the first half. He shot low past the post. It was the

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closest that Hamilton came and they dominated. Ross County are

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managerless. Patrick Kluivert has been bouncing around the stadium,

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well, his name anyway. He has been spoken about as a possible manager

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for Ross County. We have a goal. Where do you think

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it is? North. Yes, it is at Pittodrie. Aberdeen against Partick

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Thistle. You have the distinction of reporting on the first goal in the

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Premiership. Yes, what a goal it was. The

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stubborn resistance of Partick Thistle has been broken. It was a

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powerful shot beyond Paul Gallacher, into the bottom left-hand corner of

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the goalkeeper's net. It will brighten up the game. Aberdeen have

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seen plenty of possession. They have come up against a very pragmatic

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Partick Thistle. Last year, the conceded four goals here. Aberdeen

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have managed to find their way through after showing some invention

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from set pieces. Derek McInnes has clearly been working his players

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very hard after the defeat at St Johnstone. There has been a

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goal-line clearance from one of the Partick Thistle players. He was

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signed from Huddersfield on loan midweek. He had a crucial clearance.

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Partick Thistle or offering very little in way of attack. There was

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very nearly a second goal. From eight yards, the striker should have

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hit the target. He pitted by the post.

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You wait 47 minutes for a goal, and they all, once. There has be one --

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there has been won at New Douglas Park.

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It is the captain, Martin Canning, who has headed into the top corner.

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Hamilton could go top of the league, depending on other results. Hamilton

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are leading, 1-0. Now, St Mirren Park. Our reporter

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Davis Paul Mitchell. It is 0-0. We are back under way.

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Dundee United have a chance. Chris Erskine, these your last week,

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scores. He coals it beautifully into the score -- he sends it beautifully

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into the corner. The goal has come after 47 minutes. It has come for

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Dundee United. We were all morning, and then we saw

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that goal. They are all coming. 1-0 to Dundee United. St Mirren have

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been playing well, though. Yes, it has been a good end to end game, but

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that is the breakthrough, and it is hard for St Mirren. At the bottom,

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you have scored no goals, you are looking for that break. It was a

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good ball through and a good finish. Confidence is low for St Mirren. It

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will be difficult for them to get back into it now that Dundee United

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are ahead. If things go to form, as soon as we go to John Barnes, he

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should have a goal to report. Will a yellow card suffice? It is

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still goalless. In the first period, St Johnstone were on top

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possession-wise. They did that in the early stages. Wotherspoon had a

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shot blocked. Chris Millar had a fine effort beaten away by cards

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eight in the Motherwell goal. -- by Twardzik. In the second half,

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Motherwell have not created much at all. John Sutton did extremely well

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and should have scored in the 40 names minute. It was a high ball. He

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managed to turn Tam Scobbie. His shot was like a pass back. They do

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not have the shooting boots on. That has been the story of the

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season for Motherwell. They scored on the opening day of the season,

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but they have not scored since. Yes, last year, John Sutton scored lots

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of goals for them. Stuart McCall has always managed to get his team

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scoring lots of goals. But that is three games on the bones without

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scoring. We did not get the chance to talk about Hamilton. Hamilton

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have been the surprise package. Yes, I'm the opening day of this season,

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they lost to Inverness. I thought it would be a long season. But they

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have had three victories. The more points you can get on board early in

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the season, it is nice to have that cushion. Hamilton are building up a

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really good one. We are going to the Championship. We are going to

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Tynecastle. It is 3-12 Hearts. Almost a fourth

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for Hearts. Sam Nicholson, and it was a terrific save. It has been a

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magnificent opening period for Hearts. Jamie MacDonald is between

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the stakes for Falkirk. The former Hearts keeper. The second goal came

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when Sam Nicholson was brought down inside the box. It was terrific

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skill by Sam Nicholson. Billy King knocked in the rebound after the

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spot kick was saved. The Falkirk goalkeeper was soon picking out the

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ball from his net for the third time. Billy King made it three.

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Falkirk have had their chances. There was a free kick that was

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narrowly wide. Then, just into the second half, the ball was hit higher

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over the crossbar. Hearts have been magnificent, in particular Sam

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Nicholson. Falkirk have made a couple of changes. You really cannot

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see anything other than Hearts scoring more goals. It is 3-0.

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Some people may have been surprised by the way that Hearts have started

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the season. But not you, you have been tipping them for a great

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things. I had a good feeling about what Robbie Neilson was doing. When

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they beat Rangers on the opening day of the season, I thought they were

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sending out a message. Then they defeated Hibernian. The next game

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was the one that would say whether they were really on it, when they

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went to Raith Rovers. We were speaking earlier, and we said, how

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will they cope when they go to places like Raith Rovers? 4-0. That

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sends out a real message. They are leading comfortably today. We will

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stay in the Championship today and here have Rangers are failing.

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It is 2-2. -- how Rangers are doing. In the 18th minute, some of the home

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fans held a protest against the board. Within a couple of minutes,

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there was more discontent for the home fans when Queen of the South

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scored. The ball infield was controlled by Gavin Reilly. He shot

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past the goalkeeper. Rangers had a couple of chances to equalise. Kris

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Boyd sign effort deflected over the bar. In the 27th minute, Marius

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Zaliuskas equalised. It was a looping header. It seemed to drop

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over the Queen of the South defenders. Rangers never got going.

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There was a curious moment when a pass was misheard out of defence.

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The player turned and shouted at the Rangers fans. To make it worse,

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Queen of the South scored again. Marius Zaliuskas was cut out of

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position. Iain Russell scored. Templeton has equalised for Rangers.

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Rangers are more lively. This game is in the balance. Regarding the

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protest, how widespread was it and what they protest in against? It was

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the bottom tier of the stand behind one of the goals. The majority of

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the fans held up red cards towards the director's box. Elsewhere around

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the going -- ground, you could clearly hear chanting at the board.

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They are protesting against the directors, shareholders who have an

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influence in the running of the club. There was an announcement to

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the stock exchange yesterday about a forthcoming offer of shares. It was

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clear from that if Rangers don't raise the money they are looking

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for, the club could go into Administration. That may not happen

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because there could be emergency funding. But there are two

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long-standing issues, one of the financial problems and the fans

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distrusting the board. They have both flared up again in the last

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couple of days. We can head back to Douglas Park. They are flowing now.

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Tony Andrew was brought down by Rocco Quinn. 2-0 to Hamilton and

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Ross County look like they are defeated now. Staying with Ross

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County, we have witnessed the first managerial sacking of the season.

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Derek Adams having to clear his desk and hand in the club mobile phone.

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His former employers languishing at the bottom of the league with no

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points after four matches. He is gone but not forgotten.

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The manager of Ross County, Derek Adams has left by mutual agreement.

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Derek Adams has enjoyed striking successes with Ross County. Ross

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County have pulled off a major Scottish Cup upset. Sensational

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defeat of Celtic. Fantastic goal. People like me, show them what

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character you have got. He won Premiership promotion. It comes

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after the club lost its opening four games of the Premiership season. We

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certainly would not be where the club is today without his

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contribution but we feel we need to go in a different direction. I think

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I am the only person in Scotland who was surprised at that news. Where

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you taken aback? Slightly surprised, David that four league games into

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the season, having given Derek Adams so many new players during the

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summer, they took that decision just now. I would have thought the

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conversation would have had to have been taken towards the tail end of

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last season. There has been investment in another squad of

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players. One thing you cannot say against the board of directors, they

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have backed Derek Adams and signing new players. I thought a knee jerk

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reaction with a too strong a reference to it, but for league

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defeats in a row, there isn't a club there with minus 15 points this

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season and I think there is more to it in terms of the strategy at the

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club. I think Roy has referred to the journey Ross County have taken

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and I think they are looking to take a different direction away from

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Derek and George Adams. One name that has been put into the frame,

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Patrick Clive Everton, has applied for the job apparently? The chairman

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said himself, he has had an application from him. He was at the

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World Cup helping Louis van Gaal. Ross County, they have done well to

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get where they are and every time I speak to the chairman, I am so

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impressed. Everything he does is professional, he wants to go in a

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different direction and time for a change. Patrick is left, left field.

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It is huge. It is colossal. What would be the endgame for Patrick? It

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Ross County can attract Patrick, then grab him. We can go to his old

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boss at the Netherlands, Louis van Gaal, his side were in action today

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in the lunch time match down south. And Lancashire derby. Manchester

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United await to Burnley and we can find out what transpired from Turf

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Moor. First Premier League .4 Burnley but Louis van Gaal's quest

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for his first year league win as the Manchester United will go into

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September. There was assumption sparse but set up Robin van Persie

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for a shot that was well saved. Burnley's best came early. David

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Jones free kick struck the crossbar. United had a couple of penalty

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claims turned down and are still a work in progress. Louis van Gaal,

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not finding things easy in the English Premier League? He is

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getting the kind of results David Moyes got when he started. When you

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spend big money, and it is not happening, and towards the end of

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the game, Angel Di Maria, substituted, Robin van Persie,

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substituted. He is telling the players, I don't know care who you

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are, I don't care how much you cost, you will come and play for me. He

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did say, don't rule is out entirely of winning the league title. I would

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be surprised. Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal are ahead of

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them. Louis van Gaal, it is definitely a work in progress.

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Throwing cash at it, is it? No, they have got to attract players. They

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have been given permission to talk to Daley Blind. Let's return to

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Kenny Crawford. He promised us old and he is delivering. It is another

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penalty for Hamilton and another goal. Antoine-Curier, he chose the

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bottom right corner and put it past the goalkeeper, Mark Brown. It came

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about cars of a long ball. It is now 3-0 to Hamilton and it is going from

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bad to worse for Ross County. We were talking about Louis van Gaal a

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moment ago. Another manager who's not having

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an easy time of it is His team have the distinction

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of being knocked out of Champions League qualifying not once

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but twice! No lock-in at the last chance

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cocktail bar this time. Defeat at home to Maribor consigning

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them to drink in the spit and They won't be clinking champagne

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flutes with the likes of Real Madrid,

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Barcelona and Manchester City. Nope, they'll be sharing

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straws with these chaps. We'll hear what Craig and Des have

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to say in a jiffy after we've heard what Celtic fans think of the draw

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and their failure to qualify for the It was a very poor performance.

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After the good luck of getting back in, the team was poor.

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Disappointed, gutted. Distraught, even. We should be in the Champions'

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League every year. It is to be expected to be honest. I think we

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are punching above our weight anyway. Salzburger quite a decent

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team. I would like to think we anyway. Salzburger quite a decent

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team. I would like to would be playing after Christmas when we have

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the team bedded in. It is a good draw. There isn't a big team to get

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people to come and watch it. More on Celtic later, but now we're heading

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to pit Audrey because there has been another goal. I thought Nicky Low's

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goal was a stunner in the 47th minute. Niall Annett Genk has just

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topped that with a long-range from the edge of the box. -- Nile McGinn.

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He unleashed the wonderful left foot drive and curled it beyond the

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despairing goalkeeper. Nestled into the corner of the net. Two splendid

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goal is to watch on the highlights programme tomorrow. Aberdeen going

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great guns, but let's talk about Celtic in the Champions' League. Not

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the glitzy at drawers to be honest. It is about attract and people to

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come and watch the games. The pot of gold is there if you are in the

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Champions' League, but you have to learn that in the Europa League by

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getting through to the next ages. They need to use the next few months

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to build up a lead in the top division then have a go at Europe.

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The draw does look favourable. Dynamos grab have always produced

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good players. Salzburg, back by Red Bull, they will have decent players

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as well. We will continue this discussion later, there has been

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another incident of note at New Douglas Park. It is becoming the

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Kenny Crawford show. It is a penalty for Ross County. Ross County have

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missed the penalty. Michael McGovern has saved the penalty. Richie

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Britain stepped up and headed to the left but the goalkeeper was equal to

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it and it is still 3-0. The bottom line is, Celtic simply aren't good

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enough for the Champions' League? Not at this point. I don't think

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anybody could the night Ronnie's judgement in terms of his team. Some

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people would question, Neil Lennon managed to get Celtic into the group

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stages in the last two seasons. What has changed? When there is a new

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manager involved, there is a transitional period, even for tried

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and tested players. They are constantly downsizing and that is

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what the Celtic fans get concerned about. Is it downsizing? The chief

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executive says every penny that is available is being made available

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for transfers, but maybe in recent seasons they have not been buying

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all that well? It is downsizing. The bottom line is, Celtic are spending

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less on a player budget than they have previously. The reason might be

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absolutely, make good business sense, but Celtic's squad, quality

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and value and price has downsized. We are going to head to Ibrox for an

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update on rages at home to clean up the South. Rangers have taken the

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lead. -- Queen of the South. The ball went through the bodies of a

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couple of the Queen of the South players and that might have cited

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the goalkeeper. The ball ended up in the back of the night -- net. Derek

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Lyle has just headed over the bar for Queen of the South. But he has

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taken a nasty knock to the back of his head and there was blood

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streaming down his face. He has been substituted so they are down to ten

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men at the moment. Heading to Paisley and another goal to report

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between St Mirren and Dundee United. The goal is Dundee United, it is now

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2-0. If you click your way to the goalkeeper's Handbook, if coming for

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a corner, make sure you don't have a big central defender. The goalkeeper

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was nowhere near the ball. It was so easy to Dundee United. St Mirren,

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same old story here so far. Let's head to Tynecastle in the

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championship and there has been a red card rush to mark yes, Hart

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reduced to ten men. What a reckless challenge it was. It was a

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two-footed lunge. No decision for the referee to make other than to

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get the red card out of his pocket. He held up his hands, he knew he had

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done wrong. Hearts still 3-0. Celtic were coming a cropper in the

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qualifiers for the Champions' League, 22 clubs were hard at it in

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the early League, 22 clubs were hard at

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rounds. While Celtic were coming a cropper

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in the qualifiers for the Champions League, 22 clubs were hard at it in

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the early-ish rounds of the Scottish League Cup. Among the ties an

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Ayrshire derby. 9,000 souls turning out to watch Kilmarnock coming out

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on top by 1-0. It was scored by Rory McKenzie So Killie went in to the

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draw for the third round. And you can see one of those ties live and

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exclusive on BBC One Scotland, it's Celtic v Hearts. You can watch it at

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7:00pm on Wednesday the 24th Celtic Park and take on Celtic.

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There are some fantastic ties. Partick Thistle, St Mirren. So many

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good games. It is a really open competition, if you look at previous

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winners, we have had Aberdeen, St Mirren, Kilmarnock. Yes, it has been

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fabulous for those teams. We are now led the stage in the competition

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where no one is thinking about leaving players out because you have

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a big game next week. Everyone is thinking about this as a competition

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they can win. When you see derby matches, that is encouraging. The

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Ayrshire derby, 9000 people turned out. The outstanding tie in the

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second round is Inverness and Rangers. Yes, Rangers will want to

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test themselves against teams in the top division. That is where they

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want to be. A couple of years ago, the beat Motherwell comfortably, and

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then they lost to Inverness at Ibrox. Rangers will remember that.

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As I mentioned, Inverness, St Mirren, Kilmarnock have all won it.

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If there was to be an unlikely winner this season, who would you

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put your money on? Dundee United. You can see one of those Thais live

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and exclusive on BBC1 Scotland. -- one of those games. That is at seven

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o'clock on Wednesday the 24th of September.

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Now we are going back to Inverness. Do you have any updates for gas?

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Yes, Inverness have taken the lead. It was a great move through to Aaron

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Doran. He slotted the ball perfectly past Craig Samson into the

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Kilmarnock goal. The first half was very uneventful. Inverness Caley

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Thistle started to impose themselves before half-time. In the second

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half, it has been one-way traffic, with Inverness very much on top. The

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last effort made the breakthrough. It is 1-0.

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That was a good goal for Inverness. It could keep them on top of the

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table. Yes, really important. I was looking at the history and these

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clubs have never been involved in a 0-0 draw. I've seen a number of

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these games. They are always really good. Do you think there are more

:33:23.:33:28.

goals in that game? Probably not now I have given it the big build-up. If

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you're Inverness, you have not conceded a goal all season, we will

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sit here and make it difficult for Kilmarnock. With easy-going -- where

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is the goal going to come for Kilmarnock? We will go back to New

:33:44.:33:52.

Douglas Park. Hamilton are still leading 3-0. It

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is an incredible beginning to the season for Hamilton. There are going

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to make it four victories from five games in the Premiership. Martin

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Canning scored the first on 47 minutes. It has been penalties ever

:34:10.:34:15.

since. Tony Andreu is brought down by Roqica -- Rocco Quinn.

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Antoine-Curier scored the penalty. He was doing the very same thing

:34:28.:34:34.

seven minutes later. The penalty was conceded and the player was sent

:34:35.:34:40.

off. Ross County had a chance to make it 3-1. They had a penalty.

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Richie Brittain's penalty was saved by the goalkeeper. It is great from

:34:46.:34:53.

Hamilton, but not so good from Ross County.

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That is very well and good for Hamilton, but I do not think they

:34:59.:35:02.

have a squad to compete in the Champions League next year! I do not

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think the manager will worry about it. He will be delighted to get four

:35:10.:35:18.

victories in a row. It is incredible, the lost the first Game

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2-02 Inverness. -- they lost the first match 2-0 two Inverness.

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There is another goal at Tynecastle. Hearts are now leading 4-0. Osman

:35:44.:35:57.

Sow scored the penalty. He sent the goalkeeper the wrong way. Jordan

:35:58.:36:01.

McGhee started the proceedings with a header early on. Hearts were

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reduced to ten men after Prince Buaben was sent off. There was no

:36:09.:36:15.

question, it was the right decision by the referee. But Hearts are

:36:16.:36:20.

cruising to victory. Let's hear from Paul Mitchell. He is

:36:21.:36:25.

in Paisley, watching St Mirren at home to Dundee United.

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Yes, what will happen first, Patrick Kluivert getting a job in Scottish

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football, or St Mirren scoring a legal? -- league goal. It is 2-0 to

:36:37.:36:53.

Dundee United. Chris Erskine scored the first. He nipped in between the

:36:54.:37:02.

central defenders. He tucked the ball home beautifully. On 68

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minutes, Marian Kello came for the corner and got nowhere near it.

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Jaroslaw Fojut, with his first goal. Thank you. There has been another

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goal at the Caledonian Stadium. It is for Inverness. Caley Thistle

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have come alive in the last few minutes. We had the goal from Aaron

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Doran, and then a brilliant long-range effort from Greg Tansey.

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Caley Thistle are very much on top. You may have noticed we have been

:37:51.:37:55.

ignoring John Barnes. He has been at the only goalless game in the

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Premiership. Motherwell, St Johnstone.

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It is still goalless. The managers have certainly changed their teams

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with a number of substitutes. They have both used there are three

:38:09.:38:14.

substitutes. St Johnstone are trying their luck from distance with David

:38:15.:38:21.

Wotherspoon. Motherwell have enjoyed the better of the second half. St

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Johnstone had the better of the first. McDonald had an effort saved

:38:26.:38:35.

by the keeper. Motherwell, John Sutton had a couple of chances. One

:38:36.:38:45.

was more like a pass back than assured. The second was a down word

:38:46.:38:54.

header. But the St Johnstone players managed to clear the danger. Both

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teams are looking for a winner. I am not sure they are going to get it.

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Let's go to Pittodrie. Aberdeen and Partick Thistle.

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It is 2-0 to Aberdeen. Partick Thistle's stubborn resistance was

:39:19.:39:21.

broken in the second half by Nicky Law. Niall McGinn added a stunning

:39:22.:39:32.

second. Partick Thistle have had some half chances. Eliot had a drive

:39:33.:39:42.

that was saved by Jamie Langfield. Aberdeen have been more ruthless

:39:43.:39:45.

when they have had their opportunities. They are pretty

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comfortable for their advantage late in the game.

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It sounds like Aberdeen have sparked into life. Yes, you wonder where the

:39:55.:40:01.

goals are going to come from. Adam Rooney was great this year. Earlier,

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they were not finding the back of the net. But they had a good result

:40:08.:40:12.

against Kilmarnock. It looks like they are going to pick up three

:40:13.:40:18.

points today. If you look at the table, Motherwell and Aberdeen, who

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were second and third last year, they are down in the bottom half.

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They need to catch up and get on to the coat-tails of Celtic. That means

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a run of victories. Aberdeen have created some good goals and

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wonderful chances. Now to Richard Wilson at Ibrox.

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It is 3-2 to the home side. Rangers went behind after a Gavin Reilly

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scored. Marius Zaliuskas equalised. It was the visitors who went in

:41:05.:41:07.

ahead at half-time when Marius Zaliuskas was caught out of

:41:08.:41:11.

position. Iain Russell managed to finish. Templeton equalised. And now

:41:12.:41:18.

the home side or in front through Bilal Mohsni.

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Thank you. There is one Premiership match still to be played this

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weekend. And it's between one

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of the unbeaten teams in the league, They enjoyed very different

:41:30.:41:31.

fortunes last week. After three draws on the spin,

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Paul Hartley's Dundee got This is the winning goal. It came

:41:35.:41:50.

against the run of play. Dundee have started fairly well. Three draws and

:41:51.:41:57.

then there's victory. Yes, it was a great first touch by Peter

:41:58.:42:01.

MacDonald. It was a really cool finish. A fantastic victory for

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Dundee. Paul Hartley has worked wonders everywhere he has been, at

:42:08.:42:12.

Alloa and again at Dundee. I think they may take something from the

:42:13.:42:19.

game tomorrow. Yes, do you think that Paul Hartley will be a success

:42:20.:42:27.

in the managerial game? No, he was a bass on the part, but you do not

:42:28.:42:31.

know how that will transferred into the dressing room. But he clearly

:42:32.:42:36.

has ability, and I think he has bought well. He has players who are

:42:37.:42:44.

real Premiership players. He has brought them into play with his

:42:45.:42:48.

young players, and the bland looks to be working well. There has been

:42:49.:42:53.

an incident of gnawed at Tynecastle. Perhaps the goal.

:42:54.:43:03.

Yes, it is Hearts four, Falkirk one. It was good play. The substitute

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hammered the ball beyond the goalkeeper into the roof of the net.

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Nothing more than consolation. Hearts will collect all three points

:43:15.:43:19.

this afternoon. There are four minutes left.

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Loads of goals now, even one for John Barnes.

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There is. We talked about changes made by both managers and attack.

:43:28.:43:32.

One of the changes has paid off St Johnstone. Brian Graham, on loan

:43:33.:43:38.

from Dundee United, he is on the scoresheet with four minutes left.

:43:39.:43:44.

It was a good cross, and he jumped higher than everyone else. It is 1-0

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to St Johnstone. Where were we? Dundee and Celtic.

:43:51.:44:00.

Celtics slumped to a 1-0 defeat in Inverness. The eight Nemani was

:44:01.:44:05.

compounded by the fact it was an own goal. -- the disgrace was

:44:06.:44:13.

compounded. This was a good ball into the box. When it comes off you

:44:14.:44:19.

like that, there is nothing you can do about it. If the referee side

:44:20.:44:25.

from that angle, the boot was quite high. It was one of those days.

:44:26.:44:31.

Celtic made the changes, the Champions League was everything. It

:44:32.:44:36.

costs them, because Celtic are a quality side. It is unlikely that

:44:37.:44:48.

will be the same line-up Ronnie Dilo will go with? He is already talking

:44:49.:44:54.

about Judge me over the year and we will be better prepared for the

:44:55.:44:59.

Champions' League. It is about getting the team out there that will

:45:00.:45:05.

get results week after week. It is a difficult game, away from home and

:45:06.:45:07.

he has to get his best players out there. Do you think Dundee are

:45:08.:45:10.

within the chance? there. Do you think Dundee are

:45:11.:45:14.

within Confidence is going to be high, fans will come along expect

:45:15.:45:21.

dink. I think Celtic Mark Bee smarting after midweek. Back game

:45:22.:45:28.

with Queen of the South will stop long ball up the middle. Kris Boyd

:45:29.:45:40.

leapt to head the ball on. 4-2 to the home side. Moving on because our

:45:41.:45:46.

international team return to action next week in their first match in

:45:47.:45:52.

the European Championship qualifiers. It is a nice gentle

:45:53.:46:02.

attempt for Gordon Strachan. We are away to Germany. Let's cast our eyes

:46:03.:46:07.

over the men Gordon Strachan has chosen.

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We will rake off because there has been another goal. St Mirren and

:46:20.:46:28.

Dundee United. St Mirren fans are leaving. Beautiful tape inside the

:46:29.:46:36.

box, the goalkeeper was given no chance. Dundee have this one all

:46:37.:46:43.

done and dusted. Think it is game over there. We can return to the

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discussion of the Scotland trip to Germany. Interesting selection from

:46:49.:46:54.

Gordon Strachan. Call up for Callum Mcgregor from Celtic. He has been

:46:55.:47:04.

shining so far? Yes, just signed a new five-year contract yesterday as

:47:05.:47:11.

a reward for his early-season form. Ronnie has seen something in the kid

:47:12.:47:15.

he wants to involve him. He was out on loan last year to Notts County.

:47:16.:47:21.

But he has started on fire here commonly has been the shining light

:47:22.:47:30.

for Celtic. 21 years of age. I think Gordon Strachan will introduce him

:47:31.:47:34.

to give him a little flavour of it. It is important to have him

:47:35.:47:39.

involved. Craig Gordon is back in action for Celtic and back in the

:47:40.:47:42.

Scotland squad. What a comeback, the best comeback since Kate Bush.

:47:43.:47:50.

Everybody thought he was finished. Celtic have taken a chance. He is a

:47:51.:47:57.

class act. Everything about him says quality. He is dealing with things

:47:58.:48:02.

as a sweeper and has everything going for him if you can keep him

:48:03.:48:08.

fit. You mentioned the goalkeepers, never has Scotland had that kind of

:48:09.:48:15.

talent. If one gets injured, we have quality to bring in. I think we

:48:16.:48:23.

might have to be strong next Sunday. Pity he cannot play all three of

:48:24.:48:26.

them at the same time. Callum Mcgregor is more or less going along

:48:27.:48:32.

for the experience, does he have a chance of starting? Gordon Strachan

:48:33.:48:38.

will be loyal to the players who have done so well. Everybody is

:48:39.:48:44.

fighting for each other. It sends out a great message. It tells the

:48:45.:48:49.

players, it does not matter about your age or experience, if you are

:48:50.:48:53.

playing well when these games come along, you have a chance of making

:48:54.:49:00.

it into the squad. We showed you the Scotland squad, but I will not show

:49:01.:49:05.

you the Germany squad. They have real-world class players and they

:49:06.:49:10.

are the defending world champions. What a way to start the campaign, I

:49:11.:49:13.

waited the defending world champions? Nothing to lose, I have

:49:14.:49:20.

to say. Scotland will go there and it will be very difficult for them,

:49:21.:49:25.

and against that kind of quality, it is a huge ask to take anything from

:49:26.:49:31.

the game. They are the best team I have seen for a long time. Everybody

:49:32.:49:36.

knows what their job is and everybody willing to go and graft

:49:37.:49:42.

for 90 minutes so for Scotland to go away and get anything from that with

:49:43.:49:47.

the sensational. Can we get anything from it? No! I hope I am wrong. They

:49:48.:49:56.

are a phenomenal team. Scotland do well when they are written off.

:49:57.:50:00.

Gordon Strachan has done well and he will have them organised. The

:50:01.:50:05.

players will get a lift from going to that stadium to perform against

:50:06.:50:09.

the world champions. If I am a betting man, I would have to say a

:50:10.:50:14.

real difficult game for Scotland to take anything out of it. Let's go

:50:15.:50:21.

back to New Douglas Park. There has been another goal. It is another

:50:22.:50:38.

goal but Hamilton. Into injury time now. I believe full-time is

:50:39.:50:46.

beginning to trickle in, the first is Inverness Caledonian Thistle

:50:47.:50:52.

against Kilmarnock. Inverness have 120-macaro. They are still top of

:50:53.:50:58.

the league and now they have set a new record of games played without

:50:59.:51:04.

conceding a goal. The game sprang to life just before half-time. Josh

:51:05.:51:12.

Magennis should have done better for Kilmarnock when the ball came to him

:51:13.:51:16.

in the box 's. But his first touch let him down. Caley Thistle came out

:51:17.:51:26.

of the blocks quickly at the start of the second half. Adam Doran found

:51:27.:51:31.

himself in space at the edge of the box and slotted the ball past the

:51:32.:51:41.

keeper. It was followed by a good move down the right by Watkins. The

:51:42.:51:51.

shot was deflected and came out to Tanzi. It ricocheted off the inside

:51:52.:51:56.

of the post and into the back of the net. Inverness were worth three

:51:57.:52:03.

points. They looked like a very streetwise and tough side to beat.

:52:04.:52:11.

John Barnes is always streetwise, he is at Motherwell and said Johnson.

:52:12.:52:16.

It is all over and it is Brian Graham who came up with the goods. A

:52:17.:52:23.

goal four minutes from the end to secure the three points. Before

:52:24.:52:26.

that, St Johnstone enjoyed the better spell in the first half with

:52:27.:52:38.

a few good efforts. Motherwell came out stronger in the second half

:52:39.:52:45.

after not reducing much in the first half. John Sutton had a couple of

:52:46.:52:51.

efforts, one which looked like a pass back. Then a header from a

:52:52.:52:57.

corner kick which was cleared off the line by a posse of St Johnstone

:52:58.:53:02.

defenders. Josh Law told an effort wide of the target. Then St

:53:03.:53:10.

Johnstone came close with a header. But it was Gary McDonald who

:53:11.:53:14.

produced the cross and then Brian Graham jumped above everybody at the

:53:15.:53:19.

back post, headed down into the bottom, left hand corner of the net

:53:20.:53:25.

to secure the three points. It now means Motherwell have lost four

:53:26.:53:27.

consecutive matches for the first time since December 2009.

:53:28.:53:36.

Two goals for Scott Davie to remind us of. Partick Thistle came here

:53:37.:53:45.

with a more pragmatic approach than they did when they lost 4-0 last

:53:46.:53:50.

season. Aberdeen showed imagination from set pieces, causing Partick

:53:51.:53:57.

Thistle problems. It did need a couple of good saves in the first

:53:58.:54:08.

half. They were beaten eventually goals in the second half, Nicky Low

:54:09.:54:19.

in for the injured Willo Flood. Sublime bit of skill. Shot flew into

:54:20.:54:27.

the top left hand corner of the goal. If that was good, Nile McGinn

:54:28.:54:35.

was even better. Bending it with the left foot into the far corner of the

:54:36.:54:41.

net. A good reflection throughout 90 minutes. Partick this'll had a

:54:42.:54:51.

couple of chances. Gallagher excelled with a couple of saves. A

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30 yard, stunning save from Robson. They are trying to find a way past

:55:03.:55:10.

defences they have been coming up against. Four goals for Hamilton and

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a fourth win on the spin. For Premiership wins out of five, 12

:55:23.:55:27.

points out of 15, it is brilliant for Hamilton, whose fans you might

:55:28.:55:33.

be able to hear chanting in the background. Canning got the first.

:55:34.:55:42.

Rocco Quinn brought down Tony Andro. Antoine-Curier slotted home. Tony

:55:43.:55:48.

Andrew, Danny Antoine-Curier slotted home. Tony

:55:49.:55:55.

Andrew, Edmonds had chances to make it for, but it was the substitute

:55:56.:56:03.

who did it in injury time. Two for Dundee United away to St Mirren.

:56:04.:56:08.

Without a league point or league goal, August has been Krul for St

:56:09.:56:12.

Mirren. Draw parallels to previous matches, they were not outplayed

:56:13.:56:16.

until the last 15 minutes of this one. McGinn ten closest the St

:56:17.:56:27.

Mirren. They came close at the start of the second half but found

:56:28.:56:29.

themselves a goal down after 47 minutes. Chris Erskine burst through

:56:30.:56:42.

and put the ball home. The lead was never threatened.

:56:43.:56:52.

Into the championship and we start at Tynecastle with Hearts were at

:56:53.:57:01.

home to Falkirk. Four is the magic number. 4-1, the second week in a

:57:02.:57:08.

row they have scored four goals. Jordan McGhee with the opener, Billy

:57:09.:57:17.

King, James Keating 's, penalty save by Jimmy Knapp Donald. Osman Sow

:57:18.:57:28.

from the penalty spot. Consolation later on. The one sour note, red

:57:29.:57:43.

card shown Hearts player. It will not dampen the enthusiasm of the

:57:44.:57:47.

16,000 crowd inside Tynecastle this afternoon. Four goals and win to

:57:48.:57:59.

Rangers, they were at home to clean up the South. Finished 4-2 at Ibrox.

:58:00.:58:07.

But it was framed by discontent. Home fans protested against the

:58:08.:58:16.

board of directors, holding up red cards and chanting, sack the board.

:58:17.:58:19.

The financial troubles are worrying the fans. Queen of the South made it

:58:20.:58:25.

hard work for Rangers, taking the lead when Gavin Rees converted.

:58:26.:58:35.

Rangers equalised all-star Queen of the South restored their lead just

:58:36.:58:37.

before half-time when Riley squared the ball for Russell. The home side

:58:38.:58:44.

wrote a Ian Black and David Templeton on at half-time and

:58:45.:58:52.

Templeton's first touch resulted in a goal. Kenny Miller rounded off the

:58:53.:59:01.

day when he came off the bench late on and secured victory with a tidy

:59:02.:59:04.

finish after Kris Boyd's header flicked the ball on. It wasn't a

:59:05.:59:11.

sparkling results, but it will provide the funds with some cheer.

:59:12.:59:23.

No cheer for Hibs fans. No cheer, especially when you look at how

:59:24.:59:30.

Hearts have settled into life in the championship. They did not do enough

:59:31.:59:36.

to win this game in any shape or form. They took the lead on 16

:59:37.:59:41.

minutes. to win this game in any shape or

:59:42.:59:43.

form. They took the lead Jason Cummings with the header. But the

:59:44.:59:46.

second half was all about Alloa Athletic. Ian Flanagan, on as a

:59:47.:59:54.

substitute want it with five minutes to go. Floated it dutifully into the

:59:55.:00:04.

top of the net will stop. Alan Stubbs, the Hibs manager has a lot

:00:05.:00:11.

of work to do. It is now time to the classified round-up.

:00:12.:05:40.

We can talk about today's goings-on in Scotland. At half-time, there was

:05:41.:05:48.

not a single goal anywhere. Then the goals came flooding in. Nowhere more

:05:49.:05:53.

so than at Hamilton. It was remarkable. We have seen it so many

:05:54.:06:01.

times when a manager has lost his job, a caretaker comes in, Steven

:06:02.:06:06.

Ferguson, a former opponent of Maine, he was taking care of the

:06:07.:06:11.

team but it did not happen for them. Hamilton, what a start to the

:06:12.:06:20.

season. Four victories in a row. The last time they would in this

:06:21.:06:24.

division, they won five games all season. They have already won four.

:06:25.:06:30.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle stay at the top. Stunning. They have kept

:06:31.:06:38.

another clean sheet. They are real quality outfit. John Hughes is

:06:39.:06:42.

getting them to play in his style. That is a club record for Inverness,

:06:43.:06:47.

six consecutive clean sheets. It is phenomenal. Dundee United, 3-0

:06:48.:06:54.

winners awaited St Mirren today. They are back on track. Yes, three

:06:55.:07:10.

big goals. The last goal was a great finish. To be fair to St Mirren,

:07:11.:07:17.

they had chances. That must be worrying for St Mirren. They played

:07:18.:07:21.

well, but they cannot get the ball in the net. Yes, it destroys

:07:22.:07:28.

confidence. They need Steven Thompson back. They need someone who

:07:29.:07:33.

will guarantee goals. Aberdeen or off the mark. Yes, it was important

:07:34.:07:39.

for them to win today. Aberdeen will be challenging for Europe again. It

:07:40.:07:45.

was a good victory for St Johnstone today. Yes, I think Tommy Wright has

:07:46.:07:52.

said that he needed striking options after Stevie May left. They have

:07:53.:07:58.

scored two mag late goals this week. St Johnstone are fighting to the

:07:59.:08:02.

very end for their manager and their team-mates. We are beginning to see

:08:03.:08:08.

who will be in the top six and the bottom six in the league. Yes, for

:08:09.:08:13.

the fans, the last thing you want to do is to be in the bottom of the

:08:14.:08:18.

table. They will be thinking about the relegation fight once again. But

:08:19.:08:22.

that is life in Scottish football. I'm afraid that's just about it

:08:23.:08:26.

for today. That's

:08:27.:08:27.

because it's international weekend. Don't fret too much though

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because there are highlights of all this weekend's Premiership

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matches and selected Championship action in the highlights show with

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Jonathan Sutherland. I'm sure you won't

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want to miss that. But that's all from me

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for a fortnight, Thanks to our guests,

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Craig Paterson and Des Mckeown. And thanks as ever to you

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for watching.

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