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Hello and welcome to our pre-Hogmanay Sportscene spectacular. | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
The final football fling of 2013, and what a way to go out. Some great | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
goals tonight, meaty talking points as always and two top pundits. | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
Steven Thompson and Pat Nevin join me for this last highlights show of | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
the year. A poignant start tonight. Six years ago yesterday the | :01:15. | :01:16. | |
Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell died on the pitch during a match | :01:17. | :01:20. | |
with Dundee United. It was always going to be an emotional day for all | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
involved with Motherwell Football Club. They were at Firhill to play | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
Partick Thistle. Commentary comes from John Barnes. | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
Alan Archibald makes only one change to his starting line-up. Stephen | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
O'Donnell returns at full-back in place of Jordan McMillan. | :01:42. | :01:50. | |
Francis-Angol is back in alongside McFadden, so John Sutton is on the | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
bench. And Partick Thistle get an early | :01:54. | :02:11. | |
lead! He scores against his old club. Craig insisted on a plate for | :02:12. | :02:18. | |
Lawless. Terrific save their by the | :02:19. | :02:45. | |
Motherwell goalkeeper, Twardzik. It is Lawless again, looking for his | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
second. A good start for Alan Archibald. | :02:51. | :02:59. | |
And Motherwell equalise! It's their captain, Leslie. Excellent skills | :03:00. | :03:09. | |
from James McFadden. And good awareness to spot Leslie on the run. | :03:10. | :03:25. | |
It is blocked away by Twardzik again. | :03:26. | :03:46. | |
And Francis-Angol puts Motherwell 2-1 in front! And it's his first | :03:47. | :04:00. | |
ever goal for the Fir Park club. He slots it away with his least | :04:01. | :04:01. | |
favoured foot. A deft flick from James McFadden, | :04:02. | :04:15. | |
increasing Motherwell's lead. Back in the starting line-up and on the | :04:16. | :04:18. | |
scoresheet for the second time this season. Good hold-up play from | :04:19. | :04:26. | |
Anier. Pick should have done better but McFadden was there to pounce. -- | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
Piccolo. Great strike from James McFadden, | :04:30. | :04:40. | |
tried to catch out Scott Fox. The keeper was up to the challenge. | :04:41. | :04:59. | |
Thistle were looking for a penalty as the Motherwell players slid in. | :05:00. | :05:02. | |
The referee says no. A good effort from another former | :05:03. | :05:21. | |
Motherwell player. Twardzik, once more, doing well to turn it over. | :05:22. | :05:34. | |
Ainsworth! That is number four for Motherwell. Ainsworth's third goal | :05:35. | :05:47. | |
in three successive matches. Partick Thistle, caught out at the back | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
again and this time, Lasley the provider, Ainsworth with the finish. | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
A good day out for the Motherwell supporters. | :05:57. | :06:05. | |
Scott Fox, happy to grab that one, but McFadden, returning to something | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
like his best this afternoon. Once again, Partick Thistle are | :06:10. | :06:26. | |
punished at the back! Slack defending there. Not keeping his eye | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
on the ball, and Sutton, the substitute, scored his ninth of the | :06:34. | :06:34. | |
season. Scott Foxton eyes Ainsworth. -- | :06:35. | :06:50. | |
denies Ainsworth. This will be their biggest win in the new top-flight. | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
I thought we were a bit fortunate to go in at half-time 3-1, Thistle had | :06:57. | :07:05. | |
a really good go and played some good stuff first half, but we showed | :07:06. | :07:09. | |
a good deal of character and some good football to take the lead and | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
then go ahead. Second half, it was a case of hip on the break. Very | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
disappointing to start the going so well, we were looking good, and then | :07:21. | :07:28. | |
it was bad decision-making. I think, try and keep going, but we don't | :07:29. | :07:33. | |
really organise and there are mistakes for the goals as well, | :07:34. | :07:34. | |
individual errors. It was a big day for Motherwell and | :07:35. | :07:43. | |
a fantastic win. It was great to see James McFadden playing like that | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
again. Absolutely. I would argue he is the most talented footballer of | :07:48. | :07:55. | |
his generation for Scotland. He gets this from a throw in, there is | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
nothing on here at all. He has such vision. He wasn't looking, he is | :08:00. | :08:06. | |
absolutely sure that Lasley will make the run. They have known each | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
other since they were young, but he is learning the intelligence side of | :08:11. | :08:17. | |
the game. When he sees the gap, and that is one hell of a gap between | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
the centre backs! We will get back to that later. But we're now seeing | :08:22. | :08:28. | |
him the way he was. Very few players think of scoring from throw ins. | :08:29. | :08:36. | |
When he looks fit, and his knees are fine, he is a joy to behold. That | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
was the James McFadden of old. He is a sensational talent. I spoke to him | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
last week in the tunnel, he was despondent, he hadn't got on, but it | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
just shows you, a week in football is not a long time at all. Hopefully | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
that gives him the shot in the arm he needs because if it James | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
McFadden is a real asset. You alluded to some poor Partick Thistle | :09:03. | :09:05. | |
defending. Let's look at it at more detail. One of those guys has got to | :09:06. | :09:15. | |
get in there. Get in, close down the space. No one is going near him. And | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
you can't do that at this level. Here, it's very simple. They it | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
inside, just don't lose the ball. Because Ainsworth is sneaking up the | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
back there, and he isn't so much space, so you can't take chances if | :09:31. | :09:38. | |
you are the final man. You certainly don't pass it to Lasley, he is | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
having a great season. I can't really speak about this, any ideas? | :09:44. | :09:48. | |
I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he lost the ball | :09:49. | :09:53. | |
in the floodlights! This one is interesting. 18 metres between the | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
defenders, that amount of space, you wouldn't get that very often. You | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
are generally looking to get a yard of space, not 18 yards! Alan | :10:05. | :10:08. | |
Archibald was disappointed with the defending. Partick Thistle on | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
getting the services of Lyle Taylor, a good signing? Definitely, he got a | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
lot of goals for Falkirk last season. He plays on the shoulder, he | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
may be the missing link for Partick Thistle. They face Celtic in the New | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
Year. Next we're off to McDiarmid Park where goal-shy St Johnstone | :10:33. | :10:35. | |
were up against Dundee United. The last Saints goal had come in | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
November. In contrast Dundee United had been goal crazy in recent times, | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
but their superb run of form had come to a shuddering halt with | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
defeat to St Mirren on Boxing Day. Commentary comes from | :10:46. | :11:02. | |
Edwards found room for the shot. He made a difference when it came off | :11:03. | :11:29. | |
the bench against Celtic and he is off to us rightly start here. -- ace | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
rightly start. That is a penalty! And that was also | :11:34. | :11:49. | |
a red card. He wasn't convinced the header was reaching the goalkeeper. | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
He had a towel, it wasn't much, it was enough for a dismissal early on. | :11:55. | :12:02. | |
Stevie May scores his 15th of the season. And St Johnstone are ahead | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
against their rivals. He doesn't look too pleased, he | :12:09. | :12:22. | |
should be! It was hooked off the line by Andy Robertson. A towering | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
header, the keeper was beaten. That was a good effort from the St | :12:27. | :12:42. | |
Johnstone midfielder. It was really good build-up, quick passing and | :12:43. | :12:44. | |
movement. Looking for a response from his | :12:45. | :12:50. | |
team, Jackie McNamara. It's grammar clear by Dundee United. | :12:51. | :13:06. | |
-- scrambled clear. They are happy at the moment to be still in the | :13:07. | :13:09. | |
game under real pressure. That was close from Wilson! Good | :13:10. | :13:23. | |
effort from the full-back am just moved to much, I think. | :13:24. | :13:39. | |
The shot from the former Partick Thistle man, always rising. | :13:40. | :13:57. | |
Running a long way with the ball, David Wotherspoon, and a stinging | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
shot at the end of it. Steve May scores again! It has gone | :14:02. | :14:19. | |
right through the goalkeeper, it is a double for St Johnstone. He should | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
not really have been scoring from that position. The goalkeeper was at | :14:26. | :14:36. | |
fault as well as the defender. Good ball from Nigel Hasselbaink. | :14:37. | :14:44. | |
Agonising! He not that across goal, but there was just too much on it | :14:45. | :14:55. | |
for Steve May to make contact on the hat-trick hunt. Stephen Anderson. | :14:56. | :15:05. | |
He can set up Steve May! Hat-trick for the 21-year-old Saint Johnstone | :15:06. | :15:18. | |
striker. It is his 15th goal of the season. We started the game really | :15:19. | :15:26. | |
well and I just hope the performance is not undervalued because of the | :15:27. | :15:28. | |
sending off because I thought we were by far the better team up to | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
that stage. We emphasised the point that we wanted a high tempo game, | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
press them high up the pitch, and we did that, but I thought we also | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
played some good football. For me, that is a disappointing thing, the | :15:43. | :15:46. | |
concentration, the decision-making at times, to get the penalty in the | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
first instance for me was per decision making. It was a fantastic | :15:51. | :15:55. | |
victory for St Johnstone. How big was the sending off and was the | :15:56. | :15:59. | |
right decision? It is a game changer, a sending off is always | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
going to be a huge point in a game and for me it is a sending off, | :16:05. | :16:08. | |
without a doubt. He has his hand on his shoulder and at the last-second | :16:09. | :16:13. | |
peoples and back. It is a definite sending-off and unfortunately it is | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
a goal-scoring opportunity. Pat, do you agree? No option whatsoever for | :16:19. | :16:26. | |
the referee, so well done. Ten men, eight changes, away from home, not | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
much of a surprise. It is all about how you react. A lot of the talented | :16:32. | :16:35. | |
Dundee United youngsters were on the bench for various reasons. Lots of | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
scouts in the stands would have been disappointed. They did see Steve May | :16:42. | :16:45. | |
scoring a hat-trick. How difficult will it be to keep hold of him in | :16:46. | :16:49. | |
January? There will definitely be people looking at him. That was his | :16:50. | :16:53. | |
15th goal yesterday, after his hat-trick. He has a bit of | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
everything, he has been pivotal for St Johnstone. He can turn on either | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
fruit. Good finish. He has been a big player for St Johnstone and they | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
will be having to fend off teams because he has been sensational. He | :17:10. | :17:12. | |
has really lit up the Premier League. The only thing that has made | :17:13. | :17:19. | |
him bad in some peoples eyes is his unorthodox look and style. He looks | :17:20. | :17:24. | |
bulkier than he actually is, he is really quite quick. He is quite | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
scruffy but he is a superb player. Let us talk about Dundee United. | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
People were surprised when Saint Mirren turned them over. Thanks. | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
People will be saying the bubble has burst. Not at all. They have lost | :17:41. | :17:46. | |
two in a row, seven goals conceded and two sendings off. But before | :17:47. | :17:52. | |
that they were absolutely superb. It is just a wee blip and they have too | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
much talent in their squad. Plenty of us looking forward to the Dundee | :17:57. | :18:02. | |
United clash against Aberdeen. Aberdeen were playing Ross County | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
yesterday. A few changes to the says, with Mark Reynolds replacing | :18:07. | :18:09. | |
Russell Anderson. Barry Robson was dropped to the bench. As for Ross | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
County, despite their recent struggles, they had never ever lost | :18:16. | :18:22. | |
to Aberdeen. In fact one of their three victories was to Aberdeen in | :18:23. | :18:24. | |
October. There is not many better ways to | :18:25. | :18:36. | |
announce your return to the team than taking a free kick like this. | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
Nicky Low making virtually the entire stadium jump as Aberdeen took | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
the lead in just the second minute of the match. | :18:46. | :18:51. | |
And just ten minutes later it got even better for Aberdeen, when Peter | :18:52. | :18:57. | |
Pawlett was brought down in the penalty area. Good skill, no doubt | :18:58. | :19:06. | |
about the decision. Scott Vernon took the penalty responsibility, it | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
was a fine save from Michael Fraser to keep the score at 1-0. | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
Scott Vernon promptly got over his disappointment for another goal. And | :19:17. | :19:26. | |
the turn but the short distance -- good turn but the shot drifted wide. | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
Ross County had made changes from the side that lost to Hibs. They | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
were calling for a penalty and they might have had a case with the way | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
Mark Reynolds's handmade contact with the ball. Nothing was given and | :19:40. | :19:44. | |
Aberdeen were causing problems again for the side second bottom of the | :19:45. | :19:48. | |
Premiership. Scott Boyd deflected Niall McGinn's cross against his own | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
post. Some need play set up another Aberdeen chance. For once, Niall | :19:55. | :20:02. | |
McGinn's aiming was off. Overall, Aberdeen were the better side, as | :20:03. | :20:06. | |
they geared up for the New Year new firm derby. Cameron Smith with a | :20:07. | :20:11. | |
shot saved as it finished 1-0. I felt we were in total control of the | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
match. I was really enjoying watching my team played today. We | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
have been wasteful of good opportunities, getting into good | :20:21. | :20:22. | |
areas, and we have been there before. Missed penalties have come | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
back to bite us and thankfully it did not today. We did not do well | :20:28. | :20:32. | |
enough offensively today. Defensively, we kept their good | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
players quiet, and they are a very good side. Deserve to be where they | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
are in the league. It has been a difficult start to the season for us | :20:41. | :20:43. | |
and we are just having to hang on in there and trying to replace and | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
taking players in January. Nicky Low with his first league start. Also | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
his first senior goal in football and what a strike it was. Wreck to | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
Reef Derek McInnes's side halfway through the season, what you make of | :20:58. | :21:07. | |
this? -- a victory for them. He has been sensational. He has got a real | :21:08. | :21:10. | |
positivity about the club that had been missing. Big crowds coming to | :21:11. | :21:16. | |
the game, 11,000, semifinal of the, but it will not be enough for Derek. | :21:17. | :21:21. | |
He will see this as the start of his journey. Let's look at the report | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
card so far. Makes for pretty impressive reading. Played 19 games, | :21:28. | :21:35. | |
35 points, and have won 11 of them. What do you make of those? Superb | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
but not surprising in anyway. Aberdeen have underperformed for so | :21:41. | :21:43. | |
many years but I think a lot of people within the game looked at | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
them and thought, you got lucky getting him because he was very | :21:50. | :21:51. | |
unfortunate with what happened to him down south, many other teams | :21:52. | :21:58. | |
were interested, I think it took a little while to convince some | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
supporters but I think almost all of them are on board now. So many | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
people are looking forward to the derby between Dundee United and | :22:08. | :22:10. | |
Aberdeen, how do you see that going? It will be brilliant, cracking game, | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
3-3. I just want both teams to play at their best. If Dundee United play | :22:18. | :22:22. | |
at their best, this will be some game, if this little blip continues | :22:23. | :22:27. | |
it will be great. It will be goalless. Plenty more to come and | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
with New Year dear, up 1% of pictures -- a lot of fixtures are a | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
small while away. Some mouthwatering derby day | :22:39. | :22:53. | |
matches. After the horror show start to the | :22:54. | :23:07. | |
season, Kilmarnock had turned a corner in recent weeks. They made it | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
three wins out of four games. They were back in the capital to face | :23:15. | :23:19. | |
Hibs. Another victory would bring them level on points with the Easter | :23:20. | :23:21. | |
Road side. Hibs unchanged from their victory in | :23:22. | :23:33. | |
Ross County. They seek Terry Butcher's first home win. Kilmarnock | :23:34. | :23:39. | |
defeated Hearts last time out. The manager names the same side that | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
took to the field at Tynecastle. Sombre moment of reflection at | :23:45. | :23:51. | |
Easter Road in memory of the youth player David Paul who passed away. | :23:52. | :24:13. | |
One-handed save from Craig Samson. Good early play from Hibs. Stevenson | :24:14. | :24:23. | |
with that in well. Was heading to the top corner. Paul Hanlon got | :24:24. | :24:36. | |
free! Hibs ahead after 12 minutes. Another header from a corner and | :24:37. | :24:39. | |
this time it is Paul Hanlon. Kilmarnock would have been aware of | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
the fact that Hibs had scored from two corners against Ross County. | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
Hibs gather through Stevenson. Forcing the save from Samson. Lewis | :24:50. | :25:03. | |
Stevenson picked up on this clever little ball. He tested Craig Samson. | :25:04. | :25:12. | |
What a great run from the midfield from Scott Robertson. The ball was | :25:13. | :25:31. | |
not dealt with by Kilmarnock. Rattled the bar and James Collins | :25:32. | :25:34. | |
could not get it back on target. Kris Boyd has scored in his last | :25:35. | :25:51. | |
four games, he will be disappointed with that effort. | :25:52. | :26:02. | |
Worth a shot. Foreword to Robertson. Good stuff from Hibs. | :26:03. | :26:21. | |
The referee was well positioned. He waves away the protests of the Hibs | :26:22. | :26:29. | |
players. That was clever from Paul Cairney. | :26:30. | :26:36. | |
Hibs will break, James Collins leading the charge. | :26:37. | :26:54. | |
Some good end to end stuff in this game. Out why to Lewis Stevenson. | :26:55. | :27:17. | |
Shown the inside, and that is a mistake as he cannot finish. 13 | :27:18. | :27:22. | |
minutes to play. Lewis Stevenson rise and get the | :27:23. | :27:51. | |
goal! Only his second in just over 200 appearances for Hibs, he rounds | :27:52. | :27:57. | |
of the afternoon in style. Cracking strike from Lewis Stevenson. I think | :27:58. | :28:04. | |
we have had seven goals and seven different goal-scorers. Spreading | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
the goals around. I don't mind that. If they keep working hard then goals | :28:10. | :28:13. | |
will come and they certainly did today. They made it difficult for | :28:14. | :28:18. | |
us. We have got to defend the corner better in the first place, the first | :28:19. | :28:21. | |
goal, especially when you see the week before they scored two goals | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
from corners. It is a poor goal to lose. We are all starting to detect | :28:26. | :28:30. | |
slight evidence of the Terry Butcher difference at Hibs. What do you see? | :28:31. | :28:36. | |
Good organisation, particularly set pieces. We will have a look at what | :28:37. | :28:44. | |
they showed us last week. All the players sitting in that really tight | :28:45. | :28:47. | |
area but what what happens when the ball comes in, there is a marker on | :28:48. | :28:54. | |
the scorer. In actual fact, for all this, the same game, but when they | :28:55. | :28:58. | |
split, the ball comes in, there is still a marker on the scorer, so | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
this is about desire, yes it is a clever little trick, the same again | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
yesterday we know what is going to happen, they are going to go a | :29:10. | :29:11. | |
different way, just that bit of confusion but once again, there is a | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
marker Hathaway -- have a yard away. You need the desire to win | :29:17. | :29:20. | |
that ball and I keep on using the word desire and that is the perfect | :29:21. | :29:26. | |
word to describe Terry Butcher. That is what he has brought to heads so | :29:27. | :29:33. | |
far. Seems to be more conviction. Yesterday, a threat would have been | :29:34. | :29:37. | |
Kris Boyd and Chris Johnson and clearly that was snuffed out. | :29:38. | :29:41. | |
Definitely, in the last five weeks they have been in top form, main | :29:42. | :29:45. | |
players for Kilmarnock, and Hebburn and managed to snuff them out. In | :29:46. | :29:50. | |
terms of Terry Butcher bringing organisation, you can see that | :29:51. | :29:55. | |
coming through. The battle is getting into the top six. Yes, they | :29:56. | :29:59. | |
need to score more goals, looking better now, the most important thing | :30:00. | :30:03. | |
is, 16 goals they have lost this season, only Celtic have lost fewer. | :30:04. | :30:09. | |
Next we're off to St Mirren Park where Steven Thompson's side were | :30:10. | :30:12. | |
hoping to carry on where they'd left off after their superb 4-1 victory | :30:13. | :30:15. | |
over Dundee United on Boxing Day. Just the one change to the team with | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
Danny Grainger coming in for Kenny Mclean. And St Mirren's chances of | :30:20. | :30:22. | |
another home win looked pretty good as they were up against the side | :30:23. | :30:26. | |
rock bottom of the Premiership. Hearts had lost their last five | :30:27. | :30:27. | |
matches. The only bit of real good news for | :30:28. | :30:34. | |
Hearts was that their last two wins had both come away from home. With | :30:35. | :30:38. | |
the story of the match in Paisley, here's Brian McLauchlin. | :30:39. | :30:48. | |
Steven Thompson has had no problem in finding the net. He gives Saints | :30:49. | :30:54. | |
the perfect start after three minutes. The Hearts defence in a | :30:55. | :31:06. | |
real model. -- model. His 11th goal of the season. The former Scotland | :31:07. | :31:11. | |
striker almost set up a second for the Saints. This is is through ball | :31:12. | :31:18. | |
to Naismith. His shot was parried away by McDonald, Granger just | :31:19. | :31:21. | |
failed to connect with the rebound. Hearts have lost their previous five | :31:22. | :31:27. | |
matches and scored just one goal but their equaliser is a contender for | :31:28. | :31:31. | |
goal of the season. Walker's Cross, initially cleared by the defence | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
only to Jamie Hamill. A thundering 30 yarder into the roof of the net. | :31:38. | :31:49. | |
Jim Goodwin has been in the news recently, he felt he had claims for | :31:50. | :31:58. | |
a penalty. The ball certainly struck the teenager, but not with intent, | :31:59. | :32:03. | |
thought the referee. Another chance for Thompson. Naismith with the | :32:04. | :32:09. | |
shot, Thomson's effort, just wide of goal. Jamie Walker has also had an | :32:10. | :32:17. | |
eye on goal this season for Hearts, this effort was also the wrong side | :32:18. | :32:22. | |
of the post, though. One final chance for Hearts in the final | :32:23. | :32:26. | |
minute stop substitute Smith with a run down the right, his cross met by | :32:27. | :32:34. | |
Pettersson only for the keeper to deny him. Both sides picked up a | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
valuable point. I thought today we made some poor | :32:39. | :32:47. | |
decisions on the ball at times, that was uncharacteristic of us. I don't | :32:48. | :32:55. | |
expect those mistakes from the group players we have. We never turned up | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
on Boxing Day, they were some choice words after that game and I think | :33:03. | :33:05. | |
the players responded in the right manner. It was important we put in a | :33:06. | :33:12. | |
performance for the fans. Whatever static strike from Jamie Hamill. It | :33:13. | :33:17. | |
has been a morale sapping few weeks for Hearts. How much will that have | :33:18. | :33:23. | |
meant for them? It's lovely that they can get that, but it won't help | :33:24. | :33:28. | |
them enough. It's the same thing every time, a bit of sympathy, not | :33:29. | :33:33. | |
pity, but simply because they are always having to deal with hard | :33:34. | :33:37. | |
times. But they never seem to give up fighting. You are absolutely | :33:38. | :33:45. | |
prolific it seems! We're going to focus on the man on the other end of | :33:46. | :33:54. | |
the pitch, Kello. He has been early on, he is making three, four, | :33:55. | :34:01. | |
top-class saves again. I know he is in contract talks with us at the | :34:02. | :34:07. | |
minute to renew his contract, if you are watching, hurry up ! You know | :34:08. | :34:15. | |
it makes sense! But he is a sub superb keeper. Some news for St | :34:16. | :34:23. | |
Mirren, Jim Goodwin has accepted a two match ban following this | :34:24. | :34:26. | |
incident on Boxing Day against Dundee United. St Mirren, | :34:27. | :34:34. | |
disappointed about Dundee United flagging this incident up on social | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
media, what is your take on it? The SFA will deal with it, they dealt | :34:40. | :34:45. | |
with it fairly lightly, two matches, it could have been a lot worse. But | :34:46. | :34:50. | |
there is no point to add fuel to the fire. It's been dealt with, it was a | :34:51. | :34:54. | |
terrible thing he did, no excuse at all. Anything to add? I thought that | :34:55. | :35:05. | |
might be the reaction. We finish with Inverness versus Celtic. The | :35:06. | :35:11. | |
reigning Scottish champions - and surely champions elect - have been | :35:12. | :35:14. | |
untouchable this season in domestic football. Top of the league and so | :35:15. | :35:18. | |
far unbeaten. For the largest part of the season they'd been pushed | :35:19. | :35:21. | |
hardest by Caley Thistle, but in recent weeks the Highlanders had | :35:22. | :35:24. | |
lost their grip on second place. How would they get on yesterday? | :35:25. | :35:27. | |
Commentary comes from Alasdair Lamont. | :35:28. | :35:34. | |
Bill Mackay is in fine form, eight goals in his last seven games. | :35:35. | :35:42. | |
Celtic make just one change, James Forrest coming in for Fisher stop | :35:43. | :35:46. | |
--. An early chance for Kris Commons! | :35:47. | :36:15. | |
Taken with some aplomb. A lovely 1-2 with Samaras, and a delightful | :36:16. | :36:19. | |
finish. Through the legs of the keeper. Celtic, within three | :36:20. | :36:25. | |
minutes, are in front against Caley Thistle. | :36:26. | :36:34. | |
Caley Thistle will look to respond quickly. That was done around, he | :36:35. | :36:44. | |
shot straight at Fraser Forster. A comfortable save in the end for the | :36:45. | :36:45. | |
England keeper. Stokes tried it all the way across | :36:46. | :37:04. | |
goal. -- dragged. I think he was looking to shoot there. John Hughes | :37:05. | :37:09. | |
and Lincolnshire in conversation, then that to get their side back on | :37:10. | :37:11. | |
level terms. Billy Mackay is usually so deadly in | :37:12. | :37:21. | |
that edition but on this occasion, his header was a rather weak one, | :37:22. | :37:24. | |
easy for Fraser Forster. That was a really powerful hit by | :37:25. | :37:44. | |
Shinnie. And again, Shinnie brings out a good | :37:45. | :38:06. | |
save from Fraser Forster. He has looked at Caley Thistle's most | :38:07. | :38:08. | |
potent threat, the full-back. Kris Commons was nipping in front of | :38:09. | :38:31. | |
the defender, almost clipping in the second goal of the afternoon. Good | :38:32. | :38:32. | |
movement from the front man. It almost came off. He has looked | :38:33. | :38:51. | |
really lively, Kris Commons. This was really good intelligence, just | :38:52. | :38:54. | |
an inch or two to five. -- too high. Brown flashes it wide. It was a | :38:55. | :39:17. | |
lovely Celtic move. Allowing for all, almost producing their second | :39:18. | :39:18. | |
goal. -- flowing football. It was worth a try, the ball was | :39:19. | :39:41. | |
moving. Straight into the arms of a grateful | :39:42. | :40:03. | |
Brill. Good play by Stokes. Brown didn't have the accuracy. | :40:04. | :40:15. | |
How did he miss that! Linesman's flag was up, but almost a dream | :40:16. | :40:23. | |
debut. He wasn't offside, Christie. Disappointed to lose a goal so early | :40:24. | :40:35. | |
on and after that put so much effort into the match and come away losing. | :40:36. | :40:41. | |
That is disappointing, but in terms of ball retention, passing it, very | :40:42. | :40:45. | |
good. Celtic knew they were in a game. We were off to a great start, | :40:46. | :40:52. | |
that seemed to settle us down a bit, but going forward, we could have | :40:53. | :40:55. | |
done better with the amount of the session we had. But six clean sheets | :40:56. | :41:00. | |
in a row domestically, we are playing very well. It was a good | :41:01. | :41:07. | |
start from Celtic. We're going to focus on the good and maybe the | :41:08. | :41:10. | |
slightly bad that we noticed in this match. Even historically, Celtic are | :41:11. | :41:18. | |
always good at intricate play through the centre of teams, even | :41:19. | :41:24. | |
back in the 80s. When Collins is involved, they always are. -- | :41:25. | :41:31. | |
Commons. That is the oldest one in the book. But look how many players | :41:32. | :41:36. | |
test taken out of the game, four players have. It is intricate, quick | :41:37. | :41:49. | |
play, step overs. Countless Celtic teams have done it over the years. I | :41:50. | :41:55. | |
love watching them do that but it always has that guy Kris Commons | :41:56. | :42:00. | |
involved. A slight disappointment they didn't score more goals | :42:01. | :42:04. | |
yesterday. We're nit-picking now, but some of the defending at times | :42:05. | :42:10. | |
could have been tighter. Six and a half games since they lost a gold | :42:11. | :42:18. | |
domestic league. But if you do turn off, you pay for it eventually. Look | :42:19. | :42:26. | |
at Ambrose, he has just left him. It's a free header. Again here, back | :42:27. | :42:36. | |
post, three players, massive chance. Last minute of the game as well. I | :42:37. | :42:42. | |
have seen this creeping into the game and eventually will affect them | :42:43. | :42:46. | |
and it did against the much but it seems in Europe. Having said that, I | :42:47. | :42:51. | |
suspect they might still win the league! Your side face them soon. | :42:52. | :42:59. | |
Yes, on Sunday. It's always a very difficult game against them, | :43:00. | :43:02. | |
considering they have six clean sheets it's a difficult task. I | :43:03. | :43:07. | |
always enjoy the games against Celtic, a bigger atmosphere. It will | :43:08. | :43:14. | |
be a tough test for sure. A shocking incident in this match, I couldn't | :43:15. | :43:18. | |
believe this. This was a pushing incident on the referee. Crawford, | :43:19. | :43:29. | |
not very happy about it. I just can't believe it! It's funny, but it | :43:30. | :43:35. | |
would never crossed my mind to push the referee over. It's hilarious, he | :43:36. | :43:40. | |
has just pushed him over. Could have been a red card! It was like Paolo | :43:41. | :43:51. | |
Di Canio! I don't think so, I think the players within his rights here. | :43:52. | :43:55. | |
Get out of the way, I need to close him down! Emits me, I would push him | :43:56. | :44:02. | |
out of the way. -- if it was me. He is in my way, you shouldn't be | :44:03. | :44:06. | |
there. Get out of the way of the play. Did you ever do anything like | :44:07. | :44:13. | |
that? No, but I would have. The most important thing is you stop the | :44:14. | :44:17. | |
goal, you do whatever you can. That's why the referee didn't book | :44:18. | :44:22. | |
him. As he knows it's not deliberately offensive, nasty | :44:23. | :44:25. | |
thing, he's only trying to slow the way down. You are looking at me... ! | :44:26. | :44:37. | |
Done it. Controversial stuff. The final table looks like this. | :44:38. | :45:01. | |
From everyone here, have a happy Hogmanay. Until next year, good | :45:02. | :45:06. | |
night! | :45:07. | :45:09. |