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You Hardy bought down the history books to find the last time St | :00:28. | :00:34. | |
Mirren won the Scottish Cup 25 years ago. Ian Ferguson's goal was | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
the winner against the UEFA Cup finalists, Dundee United. How times | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
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have changed. For their opponents today, a Cup glory his more recent. | :00:50. | :00:57. | |
First, with Hearts Cup final defeat of Rangers in 1998, and in 2006, | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
they got the better of Gretna. Hearts have won the Scottish | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
tenants Cup 2006. For St Mirren, Cup success is long overdue. Four | :01:09. | :01:14. | |
Hearts, it would provide welcome relief from tempestuous times at | :01:14. | :01:21. | |
Tynecastle. Well 2012 p the year are brand new chapter is written? | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
The chase for a place in the William Hill Scottish Cup | :01:25. | :01:34. | |
semifinals starts right now. This quarter-final is live on the BBC. | :01:34. | :01:41. | |
With Pat Nevin and me in the studio, Hearts striker, Kevin Kyle. Sap | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
lake Kevin Kyle is not playing, but let's find out who is. Hearts with | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
that fantastic result at Ibrox last week. It almost got lost in the | :01:51. | :01:57. | |
fact that the main story this week has been about Rangers. Craig | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
Beattie came on last week at Ibrox, and he gets his first start. Yes, | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
and he gets his first start. Yes, playing alongside Stephen Elliott. | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
They do not normally play it with two strikers, but if you are going | :02:11. | :02:18. | |
to play with two strike us, someone has to play alongside Craig Beattie. | :02:18. | :02:25. | |
It is a very attack-minded St Mirren side. Lots of attacking | :02:25. | :02:34. | |
options with Van Zanten and Graham Carey. They are a 4-3-3. It is a St | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
Mirren team have not been scoring many goals. Five draws in a row. | :02:39. | :02:45. | |
They are hard to beat and that is good news on Cup day at Tynecastle. | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
Danny Lennon has named virtually five strikers in that side. They | :02:49. | :02:53. | |
have came here and tried to defend and lost, today they are going to | :02:53. | :03:00. | |
go for it. Who will be the first team to make it into the last four, | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
we will find out soon. No Rudi Skacel in the line-up for Hearts. | :03:06. | :03:13. | |
He is on the bench. Would he not be a lucky charm to have around? | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
Obviously scoring in every game he has played in this season, you | :03:17. | :03:23. | |
would think he would be starting, but the manager is trying to mix | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
but the manager is trying to mix things up. Or why? You would have | :03:26. | :03:35. | |
to ask the manager that. If called upon, I am sure he will come on at | :03:35. | :03:45. | |
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and that trusty left food will get a goal. St Mirren have such an | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
attack-minded side. But I could say the same for Hearts. I am surprised | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
that Rudi Skacel is not playing, but there is creativity from Andrew | :03:58. | :04:07. | |
Driver in the wadi area. I am slightly surprised that McGowan is | :04:07. | :04:14. | |
on, but Kenny McLean can get for words as well. It should be an open | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
game, there should be opportunities. I hope there are goals. Were you | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
surprised last Saturday at what happened at Ibrox? Very surprised, | :04:27. | :04:33. | |
because our recent run of results has not been great. I cannot | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
remember the last time we got a victory there. But to go a goal | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
down and come back end went 2-1, it was a fantastic result. To go there | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
against a good Rangers side was a welcome boost. Four Hearts, this | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
ended a run of five league victories with about a win. They | :04:54. | :05:02. | |
were slipping out of the top six. surprise GPS people-watching, | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
because there were lots of good players at Hearts. If confidence | :05:06. | :05:15. | |
falls away, it can effectively win in the group. They came away with | :05:15. | :05:22. | |
three points and were delighted about that. At this stage, you can | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
smell Hampden Park. It is the quarterfinals, it is not miles away. | :05:28. | :05:34. | |
That will boost their confidence. He is what underlines the surprise | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
element in the starting line-up of Rudi Skacel. This was the game in | :05:40. | :05:45. | |
January, Rudi Skacel hat-trick. scored three wonderful goals that | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
they, or with his left foot, from outside the box. But the manager | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
has picked different personnel today to play instead. It to the | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
fans it might be surprising, but consistency is important. The video | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
shows that Rudi Skacel is superb, but some weeks he is not involved | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
in the game as much as you would hope. I'm sure that Rudi Skacel | :06:13. | :06:19. | |
will accept the decision of the manager. It is more than two years | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
since St Mirren beat Hearts and it was at Fir Park. Not a good playing | :06:24. | :06:30. | |
surface. This was the semifinals of the League Cup competition. By the | :06:30. | :06:36. | |
way, what a goal. I think there will be a better playing surface | :06:36. | :06:46. | |
today. Billy Mehmet. Delight to attack in an exciting way. The | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
manager tries to impose that style, so it will be different from that | :06:50. | :07:00. | |
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day. Let's hope this is not an omen about today, a bit St Mirren have | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
drawn the last five games and several of them have been 0-0. | :07:08. | :07:13. | |
does not sound exciting. We could do with an early goal. Both teams | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
will be set to attack. It is nice to see two strikers up front for | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
Hearts. St Mirren have three up front. Hopefully we will see some | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
goals and there will be no goalless draw. Let's hear from that the | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
managers. Paulo Sergio first. confident are you players give | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
India a tremendous result last weekend? Victories always give | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
confidence to the team. We have worked a lot, but today it is a | :07:47. | :07:50. | |
different game with different characteristics, different | :07:50. | :08:00. | |
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opposition, so we have to worker lot to be happy at the end. | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
important would it be for you and the club to progress further in the | :08:04. | :08:12. | |
Scottish Cup? We're like the others, we are right here, and everyone | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
wants to keep going in the cup. I am no different. It would be a | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
dream to go to Hampden Park. We will do what we have to do to | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
arrive there. Is there a real desire within your team to do well | :08:28. | :08:34. | |
at the Scottish Cup this season? Certainly. Sometimes you take | :08:34. | :08:39. | |
opportunities and the present and for yourself, and sometimes you are | :08:39. | :08:43. | |
given opportunities. In the last round against Ross County, they had | :08:43. | :08:48. | |
a fantastic opportunity to go into the next round, and they failed to | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
take it. We put in a very good performance against Ross County. | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
Tynecastle has not been happy hunting ground for you in the SPL | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
this season, how will you rectify that? The first game this season, | :09:04. | :09:11. | |
we did not bring our strengths and qualities with us. However, it was | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
an own goal and a penalty kick that cost us dearly. In the second game, | :09:16. | :09:21. | |
we were winning by two, Hearts were down to ten men, and then we self- | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
destructed. We know it will be difficult, but we are looking | :09:25. | :09:32. | |
forward to the challenge. Getting into the top six for St Mary and | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
his season could be a struggle but getting to the semifinals could | :09:36. | :09:44. | |
change the complexion? Yes. Ross County were expected to get through | :09:44. | :09:51. | |
that Cup replay. But the manager now knows he has a chance. I do not | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
think the expectation is that St Mirren will get a result. So they | :09:54. | :10:00. | |
can go with it knowing that there is no danger it is unlikely that | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
they will get to the top six so they can throw everything at it. I | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
am looking to the mid- field -- I am looking forward to the midfield | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
battle. I have always been a fan of Kenny McLean. He could be a | :10:16. | :10:22. | |
fabulous player, against Ian Black. Ian Black is a really good player, | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
player who is technically much better than people give him credit | :10:25. | :10:31. | |
for, because everyone looks at the tackles and the bookings. Would he | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
be more effective if he cut that side out of his game, all the cards | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
that he picks up, or is that just what you get with Ian Black? | :10:41. | :10:46. | |
depends on how the game goes for him. When everything is going well, | :10:46. | :10:52. | |
he is a fabulous footballer with a good range of passing, very clever, | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
but when it gets difficult, as he does not know where to draw the | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
line, and he sometimes steps over it. Sometimes they're crazy tackles | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
and even as a team mate, you think, what are you doing? Over the last | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
five months he has been very quiet and it shows, because people are | :11:11. | :11:19. | |
speaking about his football. I think he is a fabulous player. At | :11:19. | :11:25. | |
the Sylla tackles will be always in his locker, if you think about the | :11:25. | :11:32. | |
size of him, he is very small. But his all-round game is good. It is | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
all well and good tackling hard and fair, but sometimes he oversteps | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
the mark. People are speaking more about his football and he is | :11:40. | :11:46. | |
enjoying it more. All the discussion about events of the | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
pitch at Hearts has gone quiet, because relative to Rangers, it is | :11:50. | :11:57. | |
not that bad? Yes. But to be fair, you are not thinking about that | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
when you're out on the pitch. It is the last stage of the Scottish Cup, | :12:02. | :12:07. | |
so you're focusing on that. For the players, they will be glad to leave | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
that behind. Hearts will believe they can get through this. They | :12:12. | :12:17. | |
have really good quality in the wadi areas. I like watching Andrew | :12:17. | :12:24. | |
Driver. He can go a long way in his game. Mehdi Taouil is also an | :12:24. | :12:30. | |
interesting player. On his day, he is technically as good as anyone, | :12:30. | :12:37. | |
when it is not his day, get Rudi Skacel on, quickly. How will the | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
sin-bin fans feel about how their season has panned out? -- how well | :12:43. | :12:52. | |
the St Mirren fans. At the start of the season, a lot of people were | :12:52. | :12:57. | |
speaking about St Mirren and how they were in the top six. There | :12:57. | :13:07. | |
were high hopes, but things have become stale recently. Four of | :13:07. | :13:11. | |
their last games have been goalless draws. Winning a game would make a | :13:11. | :13:16. | |
difference. They will probably finish in the bottom six, but this | :13:16. | :13:22. | |
is a great opportunity for them. It will be an interesting game, but it | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
will be a difficult one for both sides. Hopefully Hearts will come | :13:27. | :13:32. | |
out on top. A place in the last four of the Scottish Cup beckons | :13:32. | :13:38. | |
for either Hearts or St Mirren. Let's get the Tynecastle and our | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
commentators, Craig Paterson and Liam McLeod. | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
Big dreams are run the line today. Hartson seemed million will have an | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
eye on lifting the Scottish Cup at the National Stadium. Here is there | :13:51. | :13:57. | |
a chance to make it to the semifinals. Since winning this | :13:57. | :14:00. | |
competition in 2006, the cup competitions have not been kind to | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
Hearts. They have won just four of their Scottish Cup games since | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
beating Greg now in 2006. But they have been in charge of this fixture | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
for a while, particularly at Gorgie. It has been 51 years since the | :14:18. | :14:24. | |
Paisley side won here in a Scottish Cup tie. The last knockout meeting | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
between the teams ended in a 1-0 St Mirren when at Fir Park in the | :14:29. | :14:39. | |
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only kept his cards in his pocket in one of the 29 game this is | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
season. Craig Beattie getting up for a | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
start today. His last appearance for Celtic was in the Scottish Cup | :15:45. | :15:52. | |
final in 200. He has a chance to impress again, having done so as a | :15:52. | :16:01. | |
half-time subat Ibrox last weekend. Steven Thompson won the cup with | :16:01. | :16:11. | |
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pre-league meetings between the on the front foot and it looks like | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
they are doing that. The start is even more important. Try and get | :16:58. | :17:08. | |
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game. But you notice him when he's not in the team. Black and Mrowiec | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
are the rock. Sitting there in the back four to make sure you don't | :18:33. | :18:43. | |
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That will be a feature of the game I think. Craig Beattie at the other | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
end will try to do the same as Steven Thompson. | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
He was leading with the arm, not the elbow. It might well have | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
within a free kick. Thompson showing the Hearts defenders he's | :20:01. | :20:09. | |
up for a battle today. He's the top scorer for St Mirren, | :20:09. | :20:19. | |
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shout there by Stevie O'Reilly. arm went out from Mehdi Taouil. How | :20:46. | :20:56. | |
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clear the collision was I'm not first blood to St Mirren. What a | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
chance for St Mirren. Great link-up play. Good ball. | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
He's got to find the corner. Determined to hit the target. Goes | :22:00. | :22:10. | |
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side foot, straight at the There is the first race and Paul | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
McGowan proved he can match him for pace. | :22:32. | :22:42. | |
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Great recovery from Nigel handball but it hasn't been given. | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
It looked like handball, it has to be said. The St Mirren players | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
can't believe it. They are so close together, it is a question of where | :23:00. | :23:10. | |
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is the arm? Is it in anen natural fans here. They are here in good | :23:17. | :23:27. | |
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Not only does he get back but he gets the goal kick, but the big | :23:56. | :24:02. | |
decision of the game so far, was this a penalty kick? A touch from | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
Gary Teale. He's going to let fly, Daniel Grainger (Inaudible) and it | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
hit somebody in the hand. I don't think you'll get a penalty for that. | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
Is it one of those you eem given? If you are a fan you scream penalty, | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
but the players are so close together it would be a big decision | :24:19. | :24:29. | |
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hasn't he? He's looking for them to get forward. | :24:51. | :24:54. | |
He's named a team designed to give chances and that's what they've | :24:54. | :25:04. | |
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again for St Mirren. Mitch sent link-up play again. The hard work | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
down the left-hand side for Nigel Hasselbaink shows his strength, but | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
picks out a great pass. You would pansy Paul McGowan to at least hit | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
the target. He size up the opportunity but just at the last | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
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second tried to get extra power off It winter over this time. It's a | :26:54. | :26:57. | |
corner. A great save but St Mirren are cutting Hearts open at the | :26:57. | :27:06. | |
moment. Is it offside? Nigel Hasselbaink, what are you going to | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
do? Cuts inside, hits a defender and tips up and over the bar. | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
Another chance gone. What a good start St Mirren have made to this | :27:16. | :27:26. | |
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handball against Teale but it's defending than attack sog far. | :29:20. | :29:23. | |
-- attacking so far. Hasselbaink and Teale have been so involved | :29:24. | :29:30. | |
early. Hearts want Driver and Mehdi Taouil | :29:30. | :29:40. | |
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to give them the option but it When you've got a big striker in | :30:02. | :30:08. | |
there, give them something to go off. That ball was over the bar and | :30:08. | :30:18. | |
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out for the goal kick and any again it's wavered away by Stevie | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
O'Reilly. I think this time he's kicked it on his own hand, so the | :30:37. | :30:43. | |
chances of getting out of that are nil. | :30:43. | :30:47. | |
If you are a defender and that happens you don't expect the | :30:47. | :30:57. | |
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Beattie to use his aerial ability. This is the handball Shi'ite, Ryan | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
McGowan involved. You're not going to tell me you would give a penalty | :31:37. | :31:47. | |
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for that. It is worth a game, but anyone out there. A bit of | :32:12. | :32:22. | |
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well, something they have been consistent in for the vast majority | :32:31. | :32:41. | |
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of the season. When they have not Andrew Driver. He gets himself away | :34:05. | :34:12. | |
from the wing and into the box. That could easily have, of Lee Mair | :34:12. | :34:22. | |
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and gone into the back of the net. he is not a natural winner. They | :34:47. | :34:56. | |
have moved Mehdi Taouil into trying get him on the ball. For the last | :34:56. | :34:59. | |
five minutes, Hearts are spending more time in the St Mirren half of | :34:59. | :35:09. | |
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have been some golf. It is a grey it saved. -- some goal. It is a | :36:03. | :36:12. | |
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great save. That is a clever ball from Craig Beattie. This is a | :36:16. | :36:24. | |
nightmare from defenders. The goalkeeper does very well. And this | :36:24. | :36:29. | |
happened at the other end of the pitch just afterwards. He was | :36:29. | :36:39. | |
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unlucky, he just dragged his shot player initially by Jim Goodwin, | :37:24. | :37:29. | |
and then he does well and holds his line. You can see him holding, and | :37:29. | :37:36. | |
I tell you what, you might claim he is level. But the linesman's flag | :37:36. | :37:45. | |
went up straight away. Heading towards the first quarter of what | :37:45. | :37:55. | |
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sometimes it will go with the defender and sometimes the attacker. | :38:17. | :38:26. | |
It was 50-50. It depends what angle the referee sees it from. A set- | :38:26. | :38:30. | |
piece chance for St Mirren. We await the deadlock to be broken at | :38:30. | :38:36. | |
Tynecastle. The free-kick looks further out and you would expect | :38:36. | :38:46. | |
for a strike on goal. He scored against Aberdeen at Pittodrie from | :38:46. | :38:54. | |
this sort of distance. He did not catch it. He has the power, but he | :38:54. | :39:04. | |
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got his foot under the ball. No goals, Graham Carey. He scored a | :39:12. | :39:17. | |
fantastic goal against Dundee United in a league game against | :39:17. | :39:27. | |
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Hasselbaink. That infuriates managers. What is he thinking, | :40:36. | :40:41. | |
Danny Lennon, because after 10 minutes he would have been | :40:41. | :40:45. | |
delighted, but Hearts have come into the game? He will still be | :40:45. | :40:49. | |
happy about the way his team are playing, dominating possession at | :40:49. | :40:59. | |
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the free kick. Andy Webster has words with Mrowiec. | :41:33. | :41:40. | |
He cannot let teams get a free kick in this area. This is a real chance, | :41:40. | :41:47. | |
perfect position. He has a chance to get it over the wall and down. | :41:47. | :41:51. | |
Graham Carey has had a chance to set his sights, well I be him | :41:51. | :42:01. | |
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a strike than a few moments ago when it was about 15 yards back. | :42:07. | :42:11. | |
You can see the goalkeeper is worried. Everyone is back for | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
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cannot deny it that St Mirren deserved that. St Mirren draw first | :42:34. | :42:40. | |
blood at Tynecastle. It is a terrific strike. Jamie MacDonald | :42:40. | :42:45. | |
went across but he could not reach it. It has gone through the hole in | :42:45. | :42:50. | |
the wall. I do not understand why they have left a whole to knock the | :42:50. | :42:56. | |
ball through. I do not know if the idea is to get the goalkeeper to | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
look through that gap, but it has cost them, because Graham Carey has | :43:01. | :43:11. | |
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used the gap. Graham Carey gets his 4th goal. St Mirren are in front. | :43:14. | :43:24. | |
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They are in the box seat for a reaction. It is a corner. St Mirren | :43:55. | :44:05. | |
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can smell blood and they are going Mirren do hold on, I think he will | :44:23. | :44:33. | |
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Mirren at the moment, some really slick passing. That will lift their | :45:05. | :45:15. | |
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That's a corner. It's all hands to the pump just now. | :45:27. | :45:33. | |
They are under pressure. A great ball. They get it in early. Gary | :45:33. | :45:43. | |
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Teale did all that. Get it out for a corner. It will be Graham Carey | :45:44. | :45:54. | |
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forward they come forward with menace. They keep getting two or | :47:30. | :47:40. | |
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three men in the final area to give want to see more pressure on the | :49:20. | :49:23. | |
ball. This really is impressive from St Mirren. They are trying to | :49:24. | :49:33. | |
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take the crowd here at Tynecastle the Jambos. | :50:37. | :50:47. | |
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Nigel Hasselbaink was definitely the man causing the problems. Once | :51:57. | :52:02. | |
again drives into the box. It was blocked by Hearts defenders but the | :52:02. | :52:12. | |
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home team have got to get to grips Stephen Elliott refused to accept | :52:46. | :52:56. | |
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he was going to be bullied off the Beattie! On his debut he hits | :53:18. | :53:25. | |
Hearts level in the cup die! perfect header from the striker. | :53:25. | :53:29. | |
You've got to mark him. You cannot allow him a free header. A good | :53:29. | :53:39. | |
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ball in. A decent run. Great header, right in the bottom corner. A | :53:39. | :53:47. | |
perfect header from a really good corner kick. One start, one goal | :53:47. | :53:52. | |
for Craig Beattie. He impressed last week. He's impressed the home | :53:52. | :54:01. | |
fans this week. His Hearts career is off and running. That changes | :54:01. | :54:05. | |
the complexion of the game now. The Hearts players get a lift. | :54:05. | :54:10. | |
Hearts are going to make a change. Adrian Mrowiec is going to come off | :54:10. | :54:15. | |
and Rudi Skacel is going to come on. I wonder if the manager, he was | :54:15. | :54:22. | |
going to do it and then his team scored. He then changes and says | :54:22. | :54:28. | |
let's leave it for five or ten. Paulo Sergio wasn't happy with the | :54:28. | :54:34. | |
way thing were going. He knows that Rudi Skacel has a record of scoring | :54:34. | :54:41. | |
against St Mirren, so he is through on a player who he knows has an | :54:41. | :54:46. | |
impact. I think it might be eight goings in his last four goals. | :54:46. | :54:56. | |
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fans who have their tails up. Grot great defending but the corn | :55:10. | :55:20. | |
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is important they don't let their heads go down with such a fine | :56:04. | :56:09. | |
start. You've got to retain the belief. That's football. You switch | :56:09. | :56:19. | |
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off a second, the opposition score Mirren could be in bother. Skacel | :56:40. | :56:46. | |
was waiting for that pass. He made a poor choice. Skacel got up and | :56:46. | :56:50. | |
Driver was there. He tried to go for it himself but just didn't | :56:50. | :57:00. | |
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Hearts manager. Won the cup for the even think of hitting the target. | :58:15. | :58:20. | |
But they have that option now, Hearts, with Craig Beattie. Get it | :58:20. | :58:27. | |
forward early. Suddenly, we were talking about the front three for | :58:27. | :58:37. | |
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St Mirren being supported but now WHISTLE Ian Black is taken out of | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
the game by Nigel Hasselbaink. He just gets up and gets on with | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
He just gets up and gets on with things. If you're going to dish it | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
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out, you have got to be able to Craig Beattie did so well to get | :02:26. | :02:33. | |
this on target. A perfect strike. Is he offside when that ball was | :02:33. | :02:40. | |
struck? He is not, he is onside. That is a massive let-off for St | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
Mirren. Craig Beattie headed the equaliser after a Graham Carey gave | :02:45. | :02:52. | |
some men in the lead. Here it is, through the gap in the wall. At | :02:52. | :03:02. | |
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that point, St Mirren had is a deserved lead. Hearts came back. | :03:05. | :03:15. | |
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Danny Grainger's corner. Craig Beattie's header. Then came that | :03:15. | :03:25. | |
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controversial moment at the end of Thank you. It is a cracking | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
Scottish Cup tie, the first of this quarter-final weekend. Pat Nevin | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
and Kevin Kyle are with me in the studio. Hearts will be delighted | :03:34. | :03:40. | |
about the way that first half has turned around, because St Mirren | :03:40. | :03:46. | |
dominated early on. Yes. We will be delighted with the draw, but we | :03:46. | :03:52. | |
were disappointed with the goal that was chopped off. It did not | :03:53. | :04:00. | |
look offside. Hopefully the manager will have a few words in the | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
dressing room and we can continue where we left off. St Mirren | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
looking vulnerable, having had so much control of the game? It should | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
happen at some point in the game. Hearts are the home side. But the | :04:16. | :04:22. | |
control that some men had over the game was incredible early on. I | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
thought they played really well, particularly on the left with Nigel | :04:26. | :04:33. | |
Hasselbaink. We noticed that Ian Black started to get more into the | :04:33. | :04:38. | |
game and controlling it, and suddenly Hearts had a good period. | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
Hearts could have been 2-1 up at the break, but it has made for an | :04:43. | :04:51. | |
exciting game. It has been so fantastic. St Mirren have to keep | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
playing their own game, and that is not easy when you have lost a goal. | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
Craig Beattie thought he had scored Craig Beattie thought he had scored | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
again it right on half-time. Was this a big break for St Mirren? | :05:05. | :05:12. | |
Thigh it is a massive break. came to Craig Beattie and he put it | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
in the back of the net. The replay shows that he is clearly onside. | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
That is disappointing because that is a massive call and the linesman | :05:21. | :05:29. | |
has got to get that spot-on. It is not even close. No, but that is to | :05:29. | :05:36. | |
be expected. It looks easy when we slowed down. But the assistant is | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
looking along the line? I agree. That is his job and he has got it | :05:41. | :05:49. | |
wrong. But it is difficult. It is an old argument, if you have | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
managed to get a video replay, we could play that back immediately | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
and the goal would stand. But that is not in the rules. I feel sorry | :05:59. | :06:08. | |
for Hearts because they deserve that goal. Would you describe this | :06:08. | :06:13. | |
as a set-piece shambles from Hearts point of view. I do not want to be | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
too critical, because they our team-mates, but it does not look | :06:18. | :06:25. | |
like the best of walls. There is a gap between a Andy Webster and the | :06:25. | :06:35. | |
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man next to him. It has ended up in the back of the net and it is a | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
disappointing Gold to lose. The St Mirren defending was not too clever | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
on the equaliser but that is why Hearts have brought in Craig | :06:44. | :06:51. | |
Beattie. Yes, good power and a lovely header down. Have Velicka | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
been near post for St Mirren. I have no idea what Gary Teale is | :06:55. | :07:02. | |
supposed to be doing, I see is not on the post. Is he the front man, | :07:02. | :07:11. | |
AC going to stop anything? He is doing nothing. The amount of times | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
a goal is scored because someone is not standing on the front post. I | :07:17. | :07:21. | |
cannot see any point in Gary Teale standing where he is standing | :07:21. | :07:26. | |
because it is not stopping anything. It is hard enough to believe that | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
some men are all square at half- time. They could have been 2-1 down | :07:32. | :07:40. | |
because how many good chances did they have early on? They dead. This | :07:40. | :07:46. | |
comes from a mistake by Ian Black. It was good played down the line. | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
They were unlucky. For the first half-hour, St Mirren had numerous | :07:51. | :07:57. | |
chances to take the lead. Tassel bank has been fantastic as well. | :07:57. | :08:07. | |
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Look at close he was. -- Nigel Hasselbaink. When one winner goes | :08:07. | :08:17. | |
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down the line, the other one goes into the box. -- winger. In St | :08:23. | :08:27. | |
Mirren harbour lot of attacking options, but they have failed to | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
put the chances away. Did St Mirren turn up with the right attitude in | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
contrast to the home team? I do not know. It is sometimes just one | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
player who puts on some pressure. The game moves in that direction. | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
Because Nigel Hasselbaink was getting beyond the defence on the | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
left, it pulled Hearts back. There was not enough help between the | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
Hearts forward line and midfield. Because Hassell Bank is pushing | :09:00. | :09:06. | |
forward, it gives the rest of the St Mirren players a chance. -- at | :09:06. | :09:15. | |
Nigel Hasselbaink. If I wasn't Mirren, I would get the ball to | :09:15. | :09:22. | |
Nigel Hasselbaink. He can isolate the full back. St Mirren will be | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
hoping not to look back on this game and it encapsulates their | :09:24. | :09:29. | |
whole season. Great football, lots of chances, but not taking enough | :09:29. | :09:38. | |
of them. Yes, that is the story of their season. In the first half, | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
they must have passed it 10 or 15 times without Hearts getting | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
anywhere near the ball. They have got to believe that they can do | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
that and they have got to take their chances. If they do not, they | :09:51. | :09:57. | |
will eventually be punished. those St Mirren chances and a | :09:57. | :10:02. | |
couple of penalty claims to add in as well. I do not think the second | :10:02. | :10:09. | |
one was going to be given against McGowan. What about this one? | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
not deliberate and I do not where else he can put his hands. But the | :10:14. | :10:21. | |
ball is always going towards the goal. I have seen plenty given on | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
those occasions and St Mirren can be disappointed. I think we are | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
showing this for comedy value! No wonder he has a bandage on his hand | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
if he keeps doing that. There was nothing in that one. St Mirren will | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
be disappointed that they did not get that but there were some big | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
calls for the officials. Was Andrew Driver too honest? Could this have | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
been a penalty? Yes. It was good build up. There was a great turn. | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
He is thinking that from six yards out he could have got a goal, but | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
it is nice to see that he stayed on his feet. I would not have went | :11:07. | :11:15. | |
down because I cannot dive! It's I would like to applaud him now for | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
being an honest footballer who wanted to score a goal more than | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
throwing himself to the ground. I understand that is the modern way | :11:24. | :11:33. | |
we look at the game, but I applaud him. The game has turned. Even | :11:33. | :11:37. | |
without Hearts been given the gold they should have had a head of the | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
half-time whistle, they are in a good place which they were not in | :11:41. | :11:47. | |
after half-an-hour. Scoring a goal changes the attitude of the entire | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
team in the midfield. The Hearts midfield had been overrun. The | :11:52. | :11:57. | |
tactics were perfect. The Hearts management may have had a look at | :11:57. | :12:04. | |
it, and decided that it was not working. They got Mrowiec off | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
quickly after the equalising goal went in. I was thinking that was a | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
strange time to make a change, but they have looked better and better | :12:13. | :12:23. | |
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after that. Intriguing for the second half. I thought that the | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
midfielders were totally dominant, and that is the base from which St | :12:28. | :12:35. | |
Mirren have that done well. What about today's other finals. -- | :12:35. | :12:45. | |
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other quarterfinals. It originated against Hibernian. It -- Ayr United. | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
They know what causing Cup upsets is all about. Look at this. Yes, | :12:56. | :13:00. | |
they will fancy their chances against Hibernian who have not been | :13:00. | :13:05. | |
in the best of form this season. They are second from the bottom of | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
the table and not playing with confidence. Anything can happen | :13:09. | :13:15. | |
today. You will be hoping that lightning does not strike twice at | :13:16. | :13:25. | |
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Somerset Park, Pat Nevin? Yes. It is the Somerset Park effect. You go | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
down there and it just changes. It is like an old-fashioned Scottish | :13:34. | :13:41. | |
Cup game. United lift themselves for it. They're not in the best | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
position in the First Division, but I think they are very good team. | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
For a cup game, with the fans behind them, get them back to | :13:51. | :13:57. | |
Easter Road, I would accept that knife. You will see highlights from | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
that match and the best of the Tynecastle action tonight at | :14:01. | :14:07. | |
10:30pm. Also, we will be on at 10 o'clock tomorrow night for Dundee | :14:07. | :14:15. | |
United again Celtic, and Motherwell against Aberdeen. It is 1-1 at | :14:15. | :14:19. | |
Tynecastle halfway through. A massive talking point ahead of the | :14:19. | :14:26. | |
half-time whistle when Craig but -- Craig Beattie had the ball in the | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
net for the second time today, but it was not given. You can see that | :14:32. | :14:38. | |
he is onside. It was a good finish. It was a good finish from a tight | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
angle. For someone who has not had a lot of match practice, as he has | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
looked sharp. He took the first ball well and he anticipated his | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
ball coming through at some point. He was unlucky for that to be ruled | :14:54. | :15:00. | |
offside. Do you still have sympathy for the officials? Yes, because I | :15:00. | :15:06. | |
have run the line myself a few times. It looks easy, and they got | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
it wrong that time, but when the defenders are walking out, the two | :15:11. | :15:17. | |
central defenders are running out, and that makes it harder. You have | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
to be looking at the shot. The shot happened about 30 yards out, so by | :15:23. | :15:28. | |
the time you have moved your eyes to it, they have moved beyond the | :15:28. | :15:35. | |
ball. That is why they make these mistakes. That is why we must | :15:35. | :15:39. | |
eventually have video replay technology. I have some sympathy | :15:40. | :15:48. | |
for the assistant on that occasion, What's been going on in that away | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
dressing room during half-time, Kevin? A team who were so much in | :15:53. | :16:00. | |
charge early on and at the end of that first half looking vulnerable. | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
I think Danny Lennon will want them to do what they did in the first | :16:04. | :16:09. | |
half-hour of the game, because they were passing the ball really well. | :16:09. | :16:14. | |
To believe in what they were doing, to get the goal to try and go 2-1 | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
ahead. They don't have to change a lot, because they are play well, | :16:19. | :16:23. | |
that's evident, but they've got to be clinical in front of the goal. | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
Obviously Hearts I think might come out like St Mirren did in the first | :16:28. | :16:33. | |
half and take control of the game, grab the bull by the horns and get | :16:33. | :16:37. | |
the game finished as quickly as possible. Danny Lennon will be | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
saying to them to continue with what you are doing and when you are | :16:41. | :16:47. | |
in front of the goal to be more clinical. We have a chance to ask | :16:47. | :16:52. | |
you about your hip injury. You last played 14 months ago, you had | :16:53. | :16:59. | |
surgery a few weeks ago and were on crutches for a long-running hip | :16:59. | :17:02. | |
problem. How hopeful are you that you will play again? I'm very | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
hopeful. The surgeon explained the consequences, he wasn't too sure | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
what he was going to find. But after doing the surgery, as I came | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
round he spoke to me and said he was far more on the milk than he | :17:15. | :17:21. | |
was after being inside -- more optimistic than he was after being | :17:21. | :17:28. | |
inside high hip. He said as long as you take you're time with your | :17:28. | :17:31. | |
rehabilitation programme I'm optimistic you will get back to | :17:31. | :17:35. | |
playing. I'm taking my time with rehab, not trying to push it. Just | :17:35. | :17:44. | |
make sure that I do get back. You've never hurried in your life | :17:44. | :17:51. | |
so no point starting now is there? It didn't work out. This time I'm | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
going make sure that at the end of a 12-week programme, but I'm | :17:59. | :18:02. | |
looking to it being at the end of June. I've spoken to the manager | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
and he said regardless of your contract situation we want tow do a | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
pre-season and we'll ache pretty there. My goal is from the | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
beginning of July to be ready for pre-season. It will be great to | :18:17. | :18:23. | |
think that you make a comeback, so all the best with that. And what a | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
comeback for your team. Craig Beattie heading in the equaliser as | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
Graham Carey rifled on that free kick. And right on half time. How | :18:33. | :18:40. | |
big a talking point will that be at full time? The Craig Beattie goal | :18:40. | :18:50. | |
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chucked off by officials, so it Your commentators are Craig | :18:52. | :19:02. | |
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make a change in the first half and That was a foul. Just nicked the | :19:58. | :20:08. | |
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chance! Elliott can't believe it. Chances don't come any better. The | :20:34. | :20:44. | |
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goalkeeper does well on a couple of They had three bangs at it. Samson | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
was equal to the first two, but Elliot had the best chance of the | :21:00. | :21:10. | |
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Hearts starting on the front foot Driver. When you've started well | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
and you know you've got the opposition under the cosh, keep | :21:57. | :22:07. | |
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It's Skacel! The comeback is complete. What a | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
surprise! It's Rudi Skacel. It is absolutely incredible. The record | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
that this lad has against St Mirren. He tortures them, continually | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
scores against them. I mentioned his shooting abit. Didn't expect it | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
to come in the aerial route, but the right place at the right time. | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
If you get a quality ball in the box, it's half a yard and that is a | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
brilliant header from the midfielder. No chance at all for | :23:00. | :23:06. | |
the goalkeeper. Right in the bottom corner. What a start for Hearts. | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
What a signing Craig Beattie is turning into for Hearts. A great | :23:10. | :23:20. | |
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ball in. It is not the cleanest of contact for Rudi Skacel. Now St | :23:21. | :23:31. | |
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Mirren have got to show their now who can grab this game by the | :24:14. | :24:19. | |
scruff of the neck? Paul McGowan can't get a touch, therefore you | :24:19. | :24:29. | |
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can't get into it wide areas. -- into the wide areas. | :24:30. | :24:34. | |
Hearts will feel this is justified given what happened just before | :24:34. | :24:44. | |
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We've seen that before haven't we? now. St Mirren know they are going | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
to dig their way back into the game. Through themselves into challenges, | :25:51. | :25:57. | |
trying to see if they can bully Hearts back off the ball. | :25:57. | :26:07. | |
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first one wasn't a penalty. Neither different class since the start of | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
the second whatever. They have grabbed the game by the scruff of | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
their neck. They are making it hard for St Mirren. Now they are trying | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
to turn the screw. A third goal would put them in a terrific | :27:21. | :27:31. | |
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luxury of a Rudi Skacel on the play from St Mirren in the second | :28:48. | :28:58. | |
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St Mirren fans when they were in at the last moment. It came off | :31:00. | :31:05. | |
David Van Zanten at the last moment. I cannot believe he does not pull | :31:05. | :31:11. | |
the trigger. He tried that little trite and he was crowded out. Watch | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
this. He takes an extra touch and that allows the defenders to see | :31:16. | :31:25. | |
him off. It may be a moment Hearts end up regretting. St Mirren have | :31:25. | :31:35. | |
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had several of those. Hugh Murray comes on for the Paisley side. He | :31:36. | :31:46. | |
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is very much a one-club man. himself a few seconds to see if | :32:31. | :32:35. | |
there was any advantage and he has come back for the initial free kick. | :32:35. | :32:43. | |
There is nothing in that, it is just a tackle. Hearts feel hard | :32:43. | :32:53. | |
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Hearts are now playing all the football, looking confident. St | :33:38. | :33:43. | |
Mirren cannot make three passes in a row. It seems strange for a team | :33:43. | :33:53. | |
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that played so well in the first to see the best of times since he | :34:07. | :34:12. | |
came back from that long. It was a period that began before | :34:12. | :34:22. | |
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the injury with a potential McGowan. He has got great recovery | :35:02. | :35:08. | |
pace. He was done by some skill, but because he is fleeter of foot, | :35:08. | :35:18. | |
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as he can get back to make the match of the season against Rangers. | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
He has been in and out of the team, but he also has an Edinburgh derby | :36:08. | :36:18. | |
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Just another warning to Hearts that That could have been a hat-trick. | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
The skill was brilliant. Now you need the composure and he has gone | :37:21. | :37:31. | |
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for power. His fate was under the ball. He blasted it over. -- his | :37:32. | :37:42. | |
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spot on that time. It was a good ball in. Nigel | :37:57. | :38:07. | |
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Hasselbaink was on the run, but he set off too early. St Mirren do not | :38:07. | :38:13. | |
have the same options as Hearts. They were able to bring Rudi Skacel | :38:13. | :38:19. | |
on. St Mirren have still got Marc McAusland and Darren Mooy. But they | :38:20. | :38:29. | |
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Nigel Hasselbaink knocks it over the bar. He has got to do better | :39:54. | :40:04. | |
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than that. Just when St Mirren made some magic, a poor finish. | :40:09. | :40:13. | |
looked like it was going to break for Steven Thompson before it even | :40:13. | :40:20. | |
arrived to Nigel Hasselbaink. needs to hit it cleanly. The | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
goalkeeper has virtually no chance from there, but you have got to hit | :40:23. | :40:33. | |
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just now. Marius Zaliukas. When you're defending, do it properly. | :40:46. | :40:50. | |
If you do not want them to take a quick throw-in, smash the ball out | :40:50. | :41:00. | |
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Grainger had made a terrific run down the outside. He went on his | :41:33. | :41:43. | |
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own and did not make a great job of kick, but the referee says no file. | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
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there from the St Mirren striker. Are wry smile. He tried to go | :44:05. | :44:15. | |
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between two strong alliance. -- two strong players. That is frustration. | :44:16. | :44:23. | |
Just go warning for Steven Thompson. He's keeping his cards in his | :44:23. | :44:28. | |
pocket today. I am all for that. There is nothing worse than red | :44:28. | :44:38. | |
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Jersey. Why the foreword wants to grab the | :44:53. | :44:58. | |
defender's Jersey, I do not know. All these breaks in play are good | :44:58. | :45:05. | |
for Hearts. If the play is broken up, Hearts will not mind that at | :45:05. | :45:15. | |
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moment the decisive goal of the Nigel Hasselbaink. | :46:47. | :46:57. | |
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brought to the club by Danny Lennon in the summertime. And this is a | :47:10. | :47:20. | |
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the -- fouled by Grainger, says the Captain. How many times have they | :49:13. | :49:23. | |
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been in a position to push forward, are going to get the equaliser from, | :50:04. | :50:10. | |
Craig. You've God wide players, but it is all ifs and buts. They are | :50:10. | :50:20. | |
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just not producing. involved, Paul McGowan, but goes at | :50:59. | :51:09. | |
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side has had a couple of difficult wrong ones but unfortunately today | :51:18. | :51:28. | |
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as well, so he's banged to rights. It is a horrible job with the new | :51:36. | :51:42. | |
offside law. But have they taken part in the move? Bring back the | :51:42. | :51:52. | |
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chance at the back, leave themselves short in an efforts to | :52:33. | :52:43. | |
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Taouil lying with his head buried in the turf. St Mirren are unhappy. | :53:17. | :53:21. | |
They've taken a quick throw and time's running out. The referee has | :53:21. | :53:26. | |
decided this may have been a head knock. It is hard to tell how much | :53:26. | :53:31. | |
contact there was. The St Mirren players and the manager are raging | :53:31. | :53:36. | |
that they weren't allowed to take a quick one and get moving. | :53:36. | :53:41. | |
steamed be caught by Nigel Hasselbaink's left arm or left | :53:41. | :53:49. | |
hand.'S being asked to be treated off the park by royal royal royal. | :53:49. | :53:59. | |
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-- by Stevie O'Reilly. Paulo Sergio to your right. I think | :54:00. | :54:06. | |
we know who the happier manager is. His team can dictate the way this | :54:06. | :54:16. | |
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game is. They can make passes and Who will be punished this time? | :54:48. | :54:58. | |
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Taouil getting the boos from the St back there. I think Hearts may have | :55:17. | :55:27. | |
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to think about a substitution. You McGowan, Hearts will play on. | :56:02. | :56:05. | |
challenges, similar severity. One isn't given and the second is. | :56:05. | :56:10. | |
Maybe the referee has a better view than we do. Craig Beattie, I think | :56:10. | :56:16. | |
he's won the ball hasn't he? The biggest concern for Danny | :56:16. | :56:19. | |
Lennon is that the opposition goalkeeper hasn't been tested | :56:19. | :56:29. | |
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area but he has at least got the koenslaigs prize of a corner kick, | :56:55. | :57:05. | |
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Graham Carey's corner kick beats everyone. That was a complete and | :57:29. | :57:39. | |
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save by Jamie MacDonald. Superb. It has gone in! Would you believe it? | :58:17. | :58:21. | |
Nigel Hasselbaink has levelled things up for St Mirren. It did not | :58:22. | :58:25. | |
look likely but they are off the canvass and still in the Scottish | :58:25. | :58:31. | |
Cup. Incredible. An incredible finish. He no idea how he got that | :58:31. | :58:36. | |
in the back of the net. I thought the chance was gone. I thought | :58:36. | :58:42. | |
Jamie MacDonald had saved a tie but they kept at it. There is a block. | :58:43. | :58:48. | |
There was an even better block. It comes off the heel of Marius | :58:48. | :58:55. | |
Zaliukas. That beat the goalkeeper and from nothing St Mirren have | :58:55. | :59:05. | |
grabbed themselves an equaliser. So unucky for -- unlucky for Marius | :59:05. | :59:15. | |
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Zaliukas. It was going nowhere near the goal until Zaliukas. Hearts | :59:16. | :59:21. | |
have the opportunity to get a ball from a long throw from Paul McGowan. | :59:21. | :59:31. | |
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We are moving into the final few might be struggling right now. But | :59:58. | :00:02. | |
here is the goal again. He's knocking it across. It is | :00:02. | :00:12. | |
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definitely an own goal. So unlucky will it be a winner? I doubt it. I | :00:54. | :01:04. | |
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think both teams might settle for right and he says that Gordon | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
Middleton has his flag up. I think the linesman is spot-on. Craig | :01:39. | :01:48. | |
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Beattie just went too early. Three linesman who shook his head. Craig | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
Samson is out of jail. That was close to a free kick right on the | :02:12. | :02:22. | |
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edge of the ball over the line. It is impossible for the same night to | :02:37. | :02:47. | |
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get that one right. Craig Samson Offside against Andy Webster. | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
Andy Webster is ushering the ball out of play, why has the flag not | :03:11. | :03:21. | |
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gone up? In to a fading with play? He was part of the place. -- | :03:25. | :03:35. | |
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was a gilt-edged chance. -- Craig Samson gets rid of the danger. | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
has come to McGowan on the volley. He hit it well and it was a good | :04:05. | :04:14. | |
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save. There is going to be two Every time a team gets forward, | :04:51. | :04:59. | |
you're thinking that something might happen. He is the Nigel | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
Hasselbaink challenge on Ian Black. This is what led to the golf. We | :05:02. | :05:12. | |
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goal-kick. We're moving into the final minute. The referees | :05:35. | :05:41. | |
following the ball. There was a tangle, whether it was meant or not. | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
Very difficult for the rectory to spot when these things are off the | :05:45. | :05:55. | |
ball. -- for the referee. It looks like we're going to have a replay | :05:55. | :06:05. | |
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from Jim Goodwin. Stephen Elliott has gone for the goal kick. I think | :07:01. | :07:11. | |
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Redrow is fair. -- I think a draw is fair. The St Mirren fans are | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
making the noise as Stevie O'Reilly N's a pulsating cup tie at | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
Tynecastle. The teams will have to do it all over again on 21st March, | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
that is a week on Wednesday, in Paisley. Marius Zaliukas with an | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
own goal. He turned Nigel Hasselbaink's effort into his own | :07:36. | :07:43. | |
net. Nigel Hasselbaink was probably St Mirren's most productive player | :07:43. | :07:52. | |
in the second half. Craig Beattie was very impressive again, after | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
impressing at Ibrox last weekend. He scored in the first half before | :07:58. | :08:06. | |
setting up Rudi Skacel for Hearts' second. Graham Carey gave cent men | :08:06. | :08:16. | |
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at the a lead a long time ago, on 20 minutes. -- St Mirren. The | :08:18. | :08:19. | |
20 minutes. -- St Mirren. The spoils are shared, probably | :08:19. | :08:24. | |
deservedly in the end. Hearts are the most disappointed as they | :08:24. | :08:34. | |
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I think we could all stand another helping of that Cup tie in Paisley | :08:36. | :08:41. | |
a week on Wednesday. We went into it with high hopes but it turned | :08:41. | :08:47. | |
into a very entertaining 90 minutes. It does seem a long way back to | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
Graham Carey's free kick which had St Mirren ahead in the match. Well | :08:52. | :08:58. | |
worth it at that stage because they had so much of the match. Up let's | :08:58. | :09:04. | |
hear from Nigel Hasselbaink. That was a hard game, I take it? It was | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
very hard. All the players gave very hard. All the players gave | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
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their all. It was a real game of two haps. St Mirren were arguably | :09:17. | :09:24. | |
the better in the first half, but then a Hearts turned on the style. | :09:24. | :09:32. | |
I was doing the hard work. We started well in the first half. As | :09:32. | :09:39. | |
a team, we work hard. It is good for us and them as well. In do you | :09:39. | :09:48. | |
fancy them at home? He yes. I think we are stronger at home. Well done. | :09:48. | :09:53. | |
It was Nigel Hasselbaink being fouled by Andy Webster 25 yards out | :09:53. | :09:57. | |
and which allowed Graham Carey the chance to give St Mirren the lead. | :09:57. | :10:05. | |
Yes. Nigel Hasselbaink caused Hearts problems throughout the game. | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
Everything's under Len dead was through Nigel Hasselbaink. He is | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
following that in as well. As he was everywhere. Nigel Hasselbaink | :10:15. | :10:19. | |
is a top selection for man of the match, but maybe Craig Beattie as | :10:19. | :10:27. | |
well? Yes, he was fabulous. Just after this goal, he could have had | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
after this goal, he could have had another one, the one that was ruled | :10:30. | :10:39. | |
out. This crosses brilliant. It is a quality cross that a centre- | :10:39. | :10:44. | |
forward is desperate to attack. He would love to get that himself. He | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
was fabulous until the gas completely ran out with 15 minutes | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
to go. Understandable given that he has not had many games. This was | :10:56. | :11:04. | |
remarkable. It went in off Marius Zaliukas. This was 2-2. Unfortunate | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
for Marius Zaliukas. St Mirren did well to keep the ball alive. | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
Throughout the game, Nigel Hasselbaink did not give up on | :11:12. | :11:22. | |
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anything. St Mirren kept fighting until the end. It is bad for Hearts, | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
but these things happen in football. but these things happen in football. | :11:26. | :11:31. | |
Let's hear from Craig Beattie. grab the ball and got an assist. Be | :11:31. | :11:39. | |
you think you did well enough to get the victory? Yes. I have just | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
seen the goal that they got to keep themselves in the Cup tie, and it | :11:43. | :11:50. | |
was not pretty. I the disappointed? It looked like you had grabbed a | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
second goal, and television replays suggest that you were inside? | :11:56. | :12:04. | |
I am disappointed. The linesman told me at half-time that he did | :12:04. | :12:09. | |
not know if it was offside, but he put up his flak. We're very | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
disappointed. Do you feel that you have more to bring to this team? | :12:15. | :12:22. | |
Yes, it is just my second game. I had 45 minutes at Ibrox and I will | :12:22. | :12:27. | |
hopefully get fitter. What do you think about the replay? It will be | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
a difficult game. There are not many easy games. We want to get to | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
many easy games. We want to get to Hampden Park. Thank you. I do not | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
think we could have dreamt that that match would produce as many | :12:40. | :12:44. | |
talking points as it did, the disallowed goal, and also Craig | :12:44. | :12:50. | |
Samson having his hands around a ball outside the penalty box. | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
trying to make excuses for the officials earlier, but stop the | :12:55. | :13:01. | |
video there, it is outside the box when his hands first touch it, but | :13:01. | :13:07. | |
if the assessment is not completely sure, then it is inside the box. It | :13:07. | :13:13. | |
is quite close. Once again, they got it wrong. I think that was | :13:13. | :13:19. | |
outside. We were saying it was a free kick, but it was a close one. | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
I tried to make excuses for the assistance beforehand, but there | :13:24. | :13:31. | |
were some mistakes. However, when you have an exciting game, some of | :13:31. | :13:35. | |
it will be the mistakes of the referee and the players. Nigel | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
Hasselbaink was superb today. Hearts fans know whether to laugh | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
or cry? They turned things around and got themselves into a winning | :13:45. | :13:51. | |
position and then they would be in the semifinals at the death? They | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
will be disappointed because the only bad bit of the game was the | :13:55. | :14:01. | |
first 20 minutes and the last five minutes. The majority of the game | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
they dominated, with good possession. These things happen in | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
football. You have got to play until the 90th minute, until the | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
final whistle blows. We will take encouragement from the performance | :14:16. | :14:22. | |
and take it into the replay, and repeat the performance. That | :14:22. | :14:26. | |
comeback will do Sunderland a whole lot of good, because you did wonder, | :14:26. | :14:31. | |
the way the second half was going, where the equaliser was coming | :14:31. | :14:39. | |
from? Yes. For the last 15 minutes, Hearts were the better side. In the | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
second half, Hearts were miles ahead. A lot of that wasn't the | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
fact that McGowan had stop Nigel Hasselbaink playing. He had two | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
players closing him down all the time. You could not see where they | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
were going to get a goal, but when Nigel Hasselbaink gets more time | :14:59. | :15:05. | |
and space, as he started to explode into the game. I enjoyed watching | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
the fact that he was waiting for that moment. He was going for it. | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
He had a great effort all the way through the game. I really enjoyed | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
it. Craig Beattie going forward, as he could be a great addition to | :15:21. | :15:26. | |
Hearts. Is the momentum with St Mirren going into the replay in | :15:26. | :15:33. | |
Paisley? Today Hearts were the favourites being at home. St Mirren | :15:33. | :15:38. | |
will look forward to taking Hearts back to the brand new stadium. I | :15:38. | :15:44. | |
was going to say Love Street! They will fancy themselves being the | :15:44. | :15:52. | |
home side. St Mirren having the backing of the home crowd, they | :15:52. | :15:58. | |
will fancy it more than Hearts. Hearts will have to put in a good | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
performance. If that sets the tone for the rest of the quarterfinals, | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
we will be more than happy. Yes, I am excited and looking forward to | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
it. I suspect that all the other cup ties will be just as exciting, | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
because they all have a good story behind them. But they will do well | :16:18. | :16:24. |