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# There's a murmur in the air. # And I can fell it.

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You Hardy bought down the history books to find the last time St

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Mirren won the Scottish Cup 25 years ago. Ian Ferguson's goal was

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the winner against the UEFA Cup finalists, Dundee United. How times

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have changed. For their opponents today, a Cup glory his more recent.

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First, with Hearts Cup final defeat of Rangers in 1998, and in 2006,

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they got the better of Gretna. Hearts have won the Scottish

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tenants Cup 2006. For St Mirren, Cup success is long overdue. Four

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Hearts, it would provide welcome relief from tempestuous times at

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Tynecastle. Well 2012 p the year are brand new chapter is written?

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The chase for a place in the William Hill Scottish Cup

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semifinals starts right now. This quarter-final is live on the BBC.

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With Pat Nevin and me in the studio, Hearts striker, Kevin Kyle. Sap

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lake Kevin Kyle is not playing, but let's find out who is. Hearts with

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that fantastic result at Ibrox last week. It almost got lost in the

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fact that the main story this week has been about Rangers. Craig

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Beattie came on last week at Ibrox, and he gets his first start. Yes,

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and he gets his first start. Yes, playing alongside Stephen Elliott.

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They do not normally play it with two strikers, but if you are going

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to play with two strike us, someone has to play alongside Craig Beattie.

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It is a very attack-minded St Mirren side. Lots of attacking

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options with Van Zanten and Graham Carey. They are a 4-3-3. It is a St

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Mirren team have not been scoring many goals. Five draws in a row.

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They are hard to beat and that is good news on Cup day at Tynecastle.

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Danny Lennon has named virtually five strikers in that side. They

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have came here and tried to defend and lost, today they are going to

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go for it. Who will be the first team to make it into the last four,

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we will find out soon. No Rudi Skacel in the line-up for Hearts.

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He is on the bench. Would he not be a lucky charm to have around?

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Obviously scoring in every game he has played in this season, you

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would think he would be starting, but the manager is trying to mix

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but the manager is trying to mix things up. Or why? You would have

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to ask the manager that. If called upon, I am sure he will come on at

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and that trusty left food will get a goal. St Mirren have such an

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attack-minded side. But I could say the same for Hearts. I am surprised

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that Rudi Skacel is not playing, but there is creativity from Andrew

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Driver in the wadi area. I am slightly surprised that McGowan is

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on, but Kenny McLean can get for words as well. It should be an open

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game, there should be opportunities. I hope there are goals. Were you

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surprised last Saturday at what happened at Ibrox? Very surprised,

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because our recent run of results has not been great. I cannot

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remember the last time we got a victory there. But to go a goal

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down and come back end went 2-1, it was a fantastic result. To go there

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against a good Rangers side was a welcome boost. Four Hearts, this

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ended a run of five league victories with about a win. They

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were slipping out of the top six. surprise GPS people-watching,

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because there were lots of good players at Hearts. If confidence

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falls away, it can effectively win in the group. They came away with

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three points and were delighted about that. At this stage, you can

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smell Hampden Park. It is the quarterfinals, it is not miles away.

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That will boost their confidence. He is what underlines the surprise

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element in the starting line-up of Rudi Skacel. This was the game in

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January, Rudi Skacel hat-trick. scored three wonderful goals that

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they, or with his left foot, from outside the box. But the manager

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has picked different personnel today to play instead. It to the

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fans it might be surprising, but consistency is important. The video

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shows that Rudi Skacel is superb, but some weeks he is not involved

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in the game as much as you would hope. I'm sure that Rudi Skacel

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will accept the decision of the manager. It is more than two years

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since St Mirren beat Hearts and it was at Fir Park. Not a good playing

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surface. This was the semifinals of the League Cup competition. By the

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way, what a goal. I think there will be a better playing surface

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today. Billy Mehmet. Delight to attack in an exciting way. The

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manager tries to impose that style, so it will be different from that

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day. Let's hope this is not an omen about today, a bit St Mirren have

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drawn the last five games and several of them have been 0-0.

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does not sound exciting. We could do with an early goal. Both teams

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will be set to attack. It is nice to see two strikers up front for

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Hearts. St Mirren have three up front. Hopefully we will see some

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goals and there will be no goalless draw. Let's hear from that the

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managers. Paulo Sergio first. confident are you players give

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India a tremendous result last weekend? Victories always give

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confidence to the team. We have worked a lot, but today it is a

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different game with different characteristics, different

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opposition, so we have to worker lot to be happy at the end.

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important would it be for you and the club to progress further in the

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Scottish Cup? We're like the others, we are right here, and everyone

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wants to keep going in the cup. I am no different. It would be a

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dream to go to Hampden Park. We will do what we have to do to

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arrive there. Is there a real desire within your team to do well

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at the Scottish Cup this season? Certainly. Sometimes you take

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opportunities and the present and for yourself, and sometimes you are

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given opportunities. In the last round against Ross County, they had

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a fantastic opportunity to go into the next round, and they failed to

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take it. We put in a very good performance against Ross County.

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Tynecastle has not been happy hunting ground for you in the SPL

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this season, how will you rectify that? The first game this season,

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we did not bring our strengths and qualities with us. However, it was

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an own goal and a penalty kick that cost us dearly. In the second game,

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we were winning by two, Hearts were down to ten men, and then we self-

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destructed. We know it will be difficult, but we are looking

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forward to the challenge. Getting into the top six for St Mary and

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his season could be a struggle but getting to the semifinals could

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change the complexion? Yes. Ross County were expected to get through

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that Cup replay. But the manager now knows he has a chance. I do not

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think the expectation is that St Mirren will get a result. So they

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can go with it knowing that there is no danger it is unlikely that

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they will get to the top six so they can throw everything at it. I

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am looking to the mid- field -- I am looking forward to the midfield

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battle. I have always been a fan of Kenny McLean. He could be a

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fabulous player, against Ian Black. Ian Black is a really good player,

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player who is technically much better than people give him credit

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for, because everyone looks at the tackles and the bookings. Would he

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be more effective if he cut that side out of his game, all the cards

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that he picks up, or is that just what you get with Ian Black?

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depends on how the game goes for him. When everything is going well,

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he is a fabulous footballer with a good range of passing, very clever,

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but when it gets difficult, as he does not know where to draw the

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line, and he sometimes steps over it. Sometimes they're crazy tackles

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and even as a team mate, you think, what are you doing? Over the last

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five months he has been very quiet and it shows, because people are

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speaking about his football. I think he is a fabulous player. At

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the Sylla tackles will be always in his locker, if you think about the

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size of him, he is very small. But his all-round game is good. It is

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all well and good tackling hard and fair, but sometimes he oversteps

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the mark. People are speaking more about his football and he is

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enjoying it more. All the discussion about events of the

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pitch at Hearts has gone quiet, because relative to Rangers, it is

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not that bad? Yes. But to be fair, you are not thinking about that

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when you're out on the pitch. It is the last stage of the Scottish Cup,

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so you're focusing on that. For the players, they will be glad to leave

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that behind. Hearts will believe they can get through this. They

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have really good quality in the wadi areas. I like watching Andrew

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Driver. He can go a long way in his game. Mehdi Taouil is also an

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interesting player. On his day, he is technically as good as anyone,

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when it is not his day, get Rudi Skacel on, quickly. How will the

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sin-bin fans feel about how their season has panned out? -- how well

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the St Mirren fans. At the start of the season, a lot of people were

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speaking about St Mirren and how they were in the top six. There

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were high hopes, but things have become stale recently. Four of

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their last games have been goalless draws. Winning a game would make a

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difference. They will probably finish in the bottom six, but this

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is a great opportunity for them. It will be an interesting game, but it

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will be a difficult one for both sides. Hopefully Hearts will come

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out on top. A place in the last four of the Scottish Cup beckons

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for either Hearts or St Mirren. Let's get the Tynecastle and our

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commentators, Craig Paterson and Liam McLeod.

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Big dreams are run the line today. Hartson seemed million will have an

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eye on lifting the Scottish Cup at the National Stadium. Here is there

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a chance to make it to the semifinals. Since winning this

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competition in 2006, the cup competitions have not been kind to

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Hearts. They have won just four of their Scottish Cup games since

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beating Greg now in 2006. But they have been in charge of this fixture

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for a while, particularly at Gorgie. It has been 51 years since the

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Paisley side won here in a Scottish Cup tie. The last knockout meeting

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between the teams ended in a 1-0 St Mirren when at Fir Park in the

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only kept his cards in his pocket in one of the 29 game this is

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season. Craig Beattie getting up for a

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start today. His last appearance for Celtic was in the Scottish Cup

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final in 200. He has a chance to impress again, having done so as a

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half-time subat Ibrox last weekend. Steven Thompson won the cup with

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pre-league meetings between the on the front foot and it looks like

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they are doing that. The start is even more important. Try and get

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game. But you notice him when he's not in the team. Black and Mrowiec

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are the rock. Sitting there in the back four to make sure you don't

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That will be a feature of the game I think. Craig Beattie at the other

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end will try to do the same as Steven Thompson.

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He was leading with the arm, not the elbow. It might well have

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within a free kick. Thompson showing the Hearts defenders he's

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up for a battle today. He's the top scorer for St Mirren,

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shout there by Stevie O'Reilly. arm went out from Mehdi Taouil. How

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clear the collision was I'm not first blood to St Mirren. What a

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chance for St Mirren. Great link-up play. Good ball.

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He's got to find the corner. Determined to hit the target. Goes

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side foot, straight at the There is the first race and Paul

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McGowan proved he can match him for pace.

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Great recovery from Nigel handball but it hasn't been given.

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It looked like handball, it has to be said. The St Mirren players

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can't believe it. They are so close together, it is a question of where

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is the arm? Is it in anen natural fans here. They are here in good

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Not only does he get back but he gets the goal kick, but the big

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decision of the game so far, was this a penalty kick? A touch from

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Gary Teale. He's going to let fly, Daniel Grainger (Inaudible) and it

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hit somebody in the hand. I don't think you'll get a penalty for that.

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Is it one of those you eem given? If you are a fan you scream penalty,

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but the players are so close together it would be a big decision

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hasn't he? He's looking for them to get forward.

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He's named a team designed to give chances and that's what they've

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again for St Mirren. Mitch sent link-up play again. The hard work

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down the left-hand side for Nigel Hasselbaink shows his strength, but

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picks out a great pass. You would pansy Paul McGowan to at least hit

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the target. He size up the opportunity but just at the last

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second tried to get extra power off It winter over this time. It's a

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corner. A great save but St Mirren are cutting Hearts open at the

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moment. Is it offside? Nigel Hasselbaink, what are you going to

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do? Cuts inside, hits a defender and tips up and over the bar.

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Another chance gone. What a good start St Mirren have made to this

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handball against Teale but it's defending than attack sog far.

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-- attacking so far. Hasselbaink and Teale have been so involved

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early. Hearts want Driver and Mehdi Taouil

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to give them the option but it When you've got a big striker in

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there, give them something to go off. That ball was over the bar and

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out for the goal kick and any again it's wavered away by Stevie

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O'Reilly. I think this time he's kicked it on his own hand, so the

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chances of getting out of that are nil.

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If you are a defender and that happens you don't expect the

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Beattie to use his aerial ability. This is the handball Shi'ite, Ryan

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McGowan involved. You're not going to tell me you would give a penalty

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for that. It is worth a game, but anyone out there. A bit of

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well, something they have been consistent in for the vast majority

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of the season. When they have not Andrew Driver. He gets himself away

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from the wing and into the box. That could easily have, of Lee Mair

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and gone into the back of the net. he is not a natural winner. They

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have moved Mehdi Taouil into trying get him on the ball. For the last

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five minutes, Hearts are spending more time in the St Mirren half of

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have been some golf. It is a grey it saved. -- some goal. It is a

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great save. That is a clever ball from Craig Beattie. This is a

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nightmare from defenders. The goalkeeper does very well. And this

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happened at the other end of the pitch just afterwards. He was

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unlucky, he just dragged his shot player initially by Jim Goodwin,

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and then he does well and holds his line. You can see him holding, and

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I tell you what, you might claim he is level. But the linesman's flag

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went up straight away. Heading towards the first quarter of what

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sometimes it will go with the defender and sometimes the attacker.

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It was 50-50. It depends what angle the referee sees it from. A set-

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piece chance for St Mirren. We await the deadlock to be broken at

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Tynecastle. The free-kick looks further out and you would expect

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for a strike on goal. He scored against Aberdeen at Pittodrie from

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this sort of distance. He did not catch it. He has the power, but he

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got his foot under the ball. No goals, Graham Carey. He scored a

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fantastic goal against Dundee United in a league game against

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Hasselbaink. That infuriates managers. What is he thinking,

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Danny Lennon, because after 10 minutes he would have been

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delighted, but Hearts have come into the game? He will still be

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happy about the way his team are playing, dominating possession at

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the free kick. Andy Webster has words with Mrowiec.

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He cannot let teams get a free kick in this area. This is a real chance,

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perfect position. He has a chance to get it over the wall and down.

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Graham Carey has had a chance to set his sights, well I be him

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a strike than a few moments ago when it was about 15 yards back.

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You can see the goalkeeper is worried. Everyone is back for

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cannot deny it that St Mirren deserved that. St Mirren draw first

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blood at Tynecastle. It is a terrific strike. Jamie MacDonald

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went across but he could not reach it. It has gone through the hole in

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the wall. I do not understand why they have left a whole to knock the

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ball through. I do not know if the idea is to get the goalkeeper to

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look through that gap, but it has cost them, because Graham Carey has

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used the gap. Graham Carey gets his 4th goal. St Mirren are in front.

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They are in the box seat for a reaction. It is a corner. St Mirren

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can smell blood and they are going Mirren do hold on, I think he will

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Mirren at the moment, some really slick passing. That will lift their

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That's a corner. It's all hands to the pump just now.

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They are under pressure. A great ball. They get it in early. Gary

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Teale did all that. Get it out for a corner. It will be Graham Carey

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forward they come forward with menace. They keep getting two or

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three men in the final area to give want to see more pressure on the

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ball. This really is impressive from St Mirren. They are trying to

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take the crowd here at Tynecastle the Jambos.

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Nigel Hasselbaink was definitely the man causing the problems. Once

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again drives into the box. It was blocked by Hearts defenders but the

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home team have got to get to grips Stephen Elliott refused to accept

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he was going to be bullied off the Beattie! On his debut he hits

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Hearts level in the cup die! perfect header from the striker.

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You've got to mark him. You cannot allow him a free header. A good

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ball in. A decent run. Great header, right in the bottom corner. A

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perfect header from a really good corner kick. One start, one goal

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for Craig Beattie. He impressed last week. He's impressed the home

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fans this week. His Hearts career is off and running. That changes

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the complexion of the game now. The Hearts players get a lift.

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Hearts are going to make a change. Adrian Mrowiec is going to come off

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and Rudi Skacel is going to come on. I wonder if the manager, he was

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going to do it and then his team scored. He then changes and says

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let's leave it for five or ten. Paulo Sergio wasn't happy with the

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way thing were going. He knows that Rudi Skacel has a record of scoring

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against St Mirren, so he is through on a player who he knows has an

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impact. I think it might be eight goings in his last four goals.

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fans who have their tails up. Grot great defending but the corn

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is important they don't let their heads go down with such a fine

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start. You've got to retain the belief. That's football. You switch

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off a second, the opposition score Mirren could be in bother. Skacel

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was waiting for that pass. He made a poor choice. Skacel got up and

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Driver was there. He tried to go for it himself but just didn't

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Hearts manager. Won the cup for the even think of hitting the target.

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But they have that option now, Hearts, with Craig Beattie. Get it

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forward early. Suddenly, we were talking about the front three for

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St Mirren being supported but now WHISTLE Ian Black is taken out of

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the game by Nigel Hasselbaink. He just gets up and gets on with

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He just gets up and gets on with things. If you're going to dish it

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out, you have got to be able to Craig Beattie did so well to get

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this on target. A perfect strike. Is he offside when that ball was

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struck? He is not, he is onside. That is a massive let-off for St

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Mirren. Craig Beattie headed the equaliser after a Graham Carey gave

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some men in the lead. Here it is, through the gap in the wall. At

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that point, St Mirren had is a deserved lead. Hearts came back.

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Danny Grainger's corner. Craig Beattie's header. Then came that

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controversial moment at the end of Thank you. It is a cracking

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Scottish Cup tie, the first of this quarter-final weekend. Pat Nevin

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and Kevin Kyle are with me in the studio. Hearts will be delighted

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about the way that first half has turned around, because St Mirren

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dominated early on. Yes. We will be delighted with the draw, but we

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were disappointed with the goal that was chopped off. It did not

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look offside. Hopefully the manager will have a few words in the

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dressing room and we can continue where we left off. St Mirren

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looking vulnerable, having had so much control of the game? It should

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happen at some point in the game. Hearts are the home side. But the

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control that some men had over the game was incredible early on. I

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thought they played really well, particularly on the left with Nigel

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Hasselbaink. We noticed that Ian Black started to get more into the

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game and controlling it, and suddenly Hearts had a good period.

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Hearts could have been 2-1 up at the break, but it has made for an

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exciting game. It has been so fantastic. St Mirren have to keep

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playing their own game, and that is not easy when you have lost a goal.

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Craig Beattie thought he had scored Craig Beattie thought he had scored

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again it right on half-time. Was this a big break for St Mirren?

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Thigh it is a massive break. came to Craig Beattie and he put it

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in the back of the net. The replay shows that he is clearly onside.

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That is disappointing because that is a massive call and the linesman

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has got to get that spot-on. It is not even close. No, but that is to

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be expected. It looks easy when we slowed down. But the assistant is

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looking along the line? I agree. That is his job and he has got it

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wrong. But it is difficult. It is an old argument, if you have

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managed to get a video replay, we could play that back immediately

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and the goal would stand. But that is not in the rules. I feel sorry

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for Hearts because they deserve that goal. Would you describe this

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as a set-piece shambles from Hearts point of view. I do not want to be

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too critical, because they our team-mates, but it does not look

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like the best of walls. There is a gap between a Andy Webster and the

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man next to him. It has ended up in the back of the net and it is a

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disappointing Gold to lose. The St Mirren defending was not too clever

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on the equaliser but that is why Hearts have brought in Craig

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Beattie. Yes, good power and a lovely header down. Have Velicka

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been near post for St Mirren. I have no idea what Gary Teale is

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supposed to be doing, I see is not on the post. Is he the front man,

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AC going to stop anything? He is doing nothing. The amount of times

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a goal is scored because someone is not standing on the front post. I

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cannot see any point in Gary Teale standing where he is standing

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because it is not stopping anything. It is hard enough to believe that

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some men are all square at half- time. They could have been 2-1 down

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because how many good chances did they have early on? They dead. This

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comes from a mistake by Ian Black. It was good played down the line.

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They were unlucky. For the first half-hour, St Mirren had numerous

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chances to take the lead. Tassel bank has been fantastic as well.

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Look at close he was. -- Nigel Hasselbaink. When one winner goes

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down the line, the other one goes into the box. -- winger. In St

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Mirren harbour lot of attacking options, but they have failed to

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put the chances away. Did St Mirren turn up with the right attitude in

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contrast to the home team? I do not know. It is sometimes just one

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player who puts on some pressure. The game moves in that direction.

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Because Nigel Hasselbaink was getting beyond the defence on the

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left, it pulled Hearts back. There was not enough help between the

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Hearts forward line and midfield. Because Hassell Bank is pushing

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forward, it gives the rest of the St Mirren players a chance. -- at

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Nigel Hasselbaink. If I wasn't Mirren, I would get the ball to

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Nigel Hasselbaink. He can isolate the full back. St Mirren will be

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hoping not to look back on this game and it encapsulates their

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whole season. Great football, lots of chances, but not taking enough

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of them. Yes, that is the story of their season. In the first half,

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they must have passed it 10 or 15 times without Hearts getting

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anywhere near the ball. They have got to believe that they can do

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that and they have got to take their chances. If they do not, they

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will eventually be punished. those St Mirren chances and a

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couple of penalty claims to add in as well. I do not think the second

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one was going to be given against McGowan. What about this one?

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not deliberate and I do not where else he can put his hands. But the

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ball is always going towards the goal. I have seen plenty given on

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those occasions and St Mirren can be disappointed. I think we are

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showing this for comedy value! No wonder he has a bandage on his hand

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if he keeps doing that. There was nothing in that one. St Mirren will

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be disappointed that they did not get that but there were some big

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calls for the officials. Was Andrew Driver too honest? Could this have

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been a penalty? Yes. It was good build up. There was a great turn.

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He is thinking that from six yards out he could have got a goal, but

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it is nice to see that he stayed on his feet. I would not have went

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down because I cannot dive! It's I would like to applaud him now for

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being an honest footballer who wanted to score a goal more than

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throwing himself to the ground. I understand that is the modern way

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we look at the game, but I applaud him. The game has turned. Even

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without Hearts been given the gold they should have had a head of the

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half-time whistle, they are in a good place which they were not in

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after half-an-hour. Scoring a goal changes the attitude of the entire

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team in the midfield. The Hearts midfield had been overrun. The

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tactics were perfect. The Hearts management may have had a look at

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it, and decided that it was not working. They got Mrowiec off

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quickly after the equalising goal went in. I was thinking that was a

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strange time to make a change, but they have looked better and better

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after that. Intriguing for the second half. I thought that the

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midfielders were totally dominant, and that is the base from which St

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Mirren have that done well. What about today's other finals. --

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other quarterfinals. It originated against Hibernian. It -- Ayr United.

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They know what causing Cup upsets is all about. Look at this. Yes,

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they will fancy their chances against Hibernian who have not been

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in the best of form this season. They are second from the bottom of

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the table and not playing with confidence. Anything can happen

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today. You will be hoping that lightning does not strike twice at

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Somerset Park, Pat Nevin? Yes. It is the Somerset Park effect. You go

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down there and it just changes. It is like an old-fashioned Scottish

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Cup game. United lift themselves for it. They're not in the best

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position in the First Division, but I think they are very good team.

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For a cup game, with the fans behind them, get them back to

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Easter Road, I would accept that knife. You will see highlights from

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that match and the best of the Tynecastle action tonight at

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10:30pm. Also, we will be on at 10 o'clock tomorrow night for Dundee

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United again Celtic, and Motherwell against Aberdeen. It is 1-1 at

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Tynecastle halfway through. A massive talking point ahead of the

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half-time whistle when Craig but -- Craig Beattie had the ball in the

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net for the second time today, but it was not given. You can see that

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he is onside. It was a good finish. It was a good finish from a tight

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angle. For someone who has not had a lot of match practice, as he has

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looked sharp. He took the first ball well and he anticipated his

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ball coming through at some point. He was unlucky for that to be ruled

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offside. Do you still have sympathy for the officials? Yes, because I

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have run the line myself a few times. It looks easy, and they got

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it wrong that time, but when the defenders are walking out, the two

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central defenders are running out, and that makes it harder. You have

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to be looking at the shot. The shot happened about 30 yards out, so by

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the time you have moved your eyes to it, they have moved beyond the

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ball. That is why they make these mistakes. That is why we must

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eventually have video replay technology. I have some sympathy

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for the assistant on that occasion, What's been going on in that away

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dressing room during half-time, Kevin? A team who were so much in

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charge early on and at the end of that first half looking vulnerable.

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I think Danny Lennon will want them to do what they did in the first

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half-hour of the game, because they were passing the ball really well.

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To believe in what they were doing, to get the goal to try and go 2-1

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ahead. They don't have to change a lot, because they are play well,

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that's evident, but they've got to be clinical in front of the goal.

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Obviously Hearts I think might come out like St Mirren did in the first

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half and take control of the game, grab the bull by the horns and get

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the game finished as quickly as possible. Danny Lennon will be

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saying to them to continue with what you are doing and when you are

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in front of the goal to be more clinical. We have a chance to ask

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you about your hip injury. You last played 14 months ago, you had

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surgery a few weeks ago and were on crutches for a long-running hip

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problem. How hopeful are you that you will play again? I'm very

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hopeful. The surgeon explained the consequences, he wasn't too sure

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what he was going to find. But after doing the surgery, as I came

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round he spoke to me and said he was far more on the milk than he

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was after being inside -- more optimistic than he was after being

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inside high hip. He said as long as you take you're time with your

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rehabilitation programme I'm optimistic you will get back to

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playing. I'm taking my time with rehab, not trying to push it. Just

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make sure that I do get back. You've never hurried in your life

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so no point starting now is there? It didn't work out. This time I'm

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going make sure that at the end of a 12-week programme, but I'm

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looking to it being at the end of June. I've spoken to the manager

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and he said regardless of your contract situation we want tow do a

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pre-season and we'll ache pretty there. My goal is from the

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beginning of July to be ready for pre-season. It will be great to

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think that you make a comeback, so all the best with that. And what a

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comeback for your team. Craig Beattie heading in the equaliser as

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Graham Carey rifled on that free kick. And right on half time. How

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big a talking point will that be at full time? The Craig Beattie goal

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chucked off by officials, so it Your commentators are Craig

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make a change in the first half and That was a foul. Just nicked the

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chance! Elliott can't believe it. Chances don't come any better. The

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goalkeeper does well on a couple of They had three bangs at it. Samson

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was equal to the first two, but Elliot had the best chance of the

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Hearts starting on the front foot Driver. When you've started well

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and you know you've got the opposition under the cosh, keep

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It's Skacel! The comeback is complete. What a

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surprise! It's Rudi Skacel. It is absolutely incredible. The record

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that this lad has against St Mirren. He tortures them, continually

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scores against them. I mentioned his shooting abit. Didn't expect it

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to come in the aerial route, but the right place at the right time.

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If you get a quality ball in the box, it's half a yard and that is a

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brilliant header from the midfielder. No chance at all for

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the goalkeeper. Right in the bottom corner. What a start for Hearts.

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What a signing Craig Beattie is turning into for Hearts. A great

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ball in. It is not the cleanest of contact for Rudi Skacel. Now St

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Mirren have got to show their now who can grab this game by the

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scruff of the neck? Paul McGowan can't get a touch, therefore you

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can't get into it wide areas. -- into the wide areas.

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Hearts will feel this is justified given what happened just before

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We've seen that before haven't we? now. St Mirren know they are going

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to dig their way back into the game. Through themselves into challenges,

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trying to see if they can bully Hearts back off the ball.

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first one wasn't a penalty. Neither different class since the start of

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the second whatever. They have grabbed the game by the scruff of

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their neck. They are making it hard for St Mirren. Now they are trying

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to turn the screw. A third goal would put them in a terrific

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luxury of a Rudi Skacel on the play from St Mirren in the second

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St Mirren fans when they were in at the last moment. It came off

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David Van Zanten at the last moment. I cannot believe he does not pull

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the trigger. He tried that little trite and he was crowded out. Watch

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this. He takes an extra touch and that allows the defenders to see

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him off. It may be a moment Hearts end up regretting. St Mirren have

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had several of those. Hugh Murray comes on for the Paisley side. He

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is very much a one-club man. himself a few seconds to see if

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there was any advantage and he has come back for the initial free kick.

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There is nothing in that, it is just a tackle. Hearts feel hard

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Hearts are now playing all the football, looking confident. St

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Mirren cannot make three passes in a row. It seems strange for a team

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that played so well in the first to see the best of times since he

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came back from that long. It was a period that began before

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the injury with a potential McGowan. He has got great recovery

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pace. He was done by some skill, but because he is fleeter of foot,

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as he can get back to make the match of the season against Rangers.

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He has been in and out of the team, but he also has an Edinburgh derby

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Just another warning to Hearts that That could have been a hat-trick.

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The skill was brilliant. Now you need the composure and he has gone

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for power. His fate was under the ball. He blasted it over. -- his

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spot on that time. It was a good ball in. Nigel

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Hasselbaink was on the run, but he set off too early. St Mirren do not

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have the same options as Hearts. They were able to bring Rudi Skacel

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on. St Mirren have still got Marc McAusland and Darren Mooy. But they

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Nigel Hasselbaink knocks it over the bar. He has got to do better

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than that. Just when St Mirren made some magic, a poor finish.

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looked like it was going to break for Steven Thompson before it even

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arrived to Nigel Hasselbaink. needs to hit it cleanly. The

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goalkeeper has virtually no chance from there, but you have got to hit

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just now. Marius Zaliukas. When you're defending, do it properly.

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If you do not want them to take a quick throw-in, smash the ball out

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Grainger had made a terrific run down the outside. He went on his

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own and did not make a great job of kick, but the referee says no file.

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there from the St Mirren striker. Are wry smile. He tried to go

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between two strong alliance. -- two strong players. That is frustration.

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Just go warning for Steven Thompson. He's keeping his cards in his

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pocket today. I am all for that. There is nothing worse than red

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Jersey. Why the foreword wants to grab the

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defender's Jersey, I do not know. All these breaks in play are good

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for Hearts. If the play is broken up, Hearts will not mind that at

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moment the decisive goal of the Nigel Hasselbaink.

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brought to the club by Danny Lennon in the summertime. And this is a

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the -- fouled by Grainger, says the Captain. How many times have they

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been in a position to push forward, are going to get the equaliser from,

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Craig. You've God wide players, but it is all ifs and buts. They are

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just not producing. involved, Paul McGowan, but goes at

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side has had a couple of difficult wrong ones but unfortunately today

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as well, so he's banged to rights. It is a horrible job with the new

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offside law. But have they taken part in the move? Bring back the

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chance at the back, leave themselves short in an efforts to

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Taouil lying with his head buried in the turf. St Mirren are unhappy.

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They've taken a quick throw and time's running out. The referee has

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decided this may have been a head knock. It is hard to tell how much

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contact there was. The St Mirren players and the manager are raging

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that they weren't allowed to take a quick one and get moving.

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steamed be caught by Nigel Hasselbaink's left arm or left

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hand.'S being asked to be treated off the park by royal royal royal.

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-- by Stevie O'Reilly. Paulo Sergio to your right. I think

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we know who the happier manager is. His team can dictate the way this

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game is. They can make passes and Who will be punished this time?

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Taouil getting the boos from the St back there. I think Hearts may have

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to think about a substitution. You McGowan, Hearts will play on.

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challenges, similar severity. One isn't given and the second is.

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Maybe the referee has a better view than we do. Craig Beattie, I think

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he's won the ball hasn't he? The biggest concern for Danny

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Lennon is that the opposition goalkeeper hasn't been tested

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area but he has at least got the koenslaigs prize of a corner kick,

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Graham Carey's corner kick beats everyone. That was a complete and

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save by Jamie MacDonald. Superb. It has gone in! Would you believe it?

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Nigel Hasselbaink has levelled things up for St Mirren. It did not

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look likely but they are off the canvass and still in the Scottish

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Cup. Incredible. An incredible finish. He no idea how he got that

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in the back of the net. I thought the chance was gone. I thought

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Jamie MacDonald had saved a tie but they kept at it. There is a block.

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There was an even better block. It comes off the heel of Marius

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Zaliukas. That beat the goalkeeper and from nothing St Mirren have

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grabbed themselves an equaliser. So unucky for -- unlucky for Marius

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Zaliukas. It was going nowhere near the goal until Zaliukas. Hearts

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have the opportunity to get a ball from a long throw from Paul McGowan.

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We are moving into the final few might be struggling right now. But

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here is the goal again. He's knocking it across. It is

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definitely an own goal. So unlucky will it be a winner? I doubt it. I

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think both teams might settle for right and he says that Gordon

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Middleton has his flag up. I think the linesman is spot-on. Craig

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Beattie just went too early. Three linesman who shook his head. Craig

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Samson is out of jail. That was close to a free kick right on the

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edge of the ball over the line. It is impossible for the same night to

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get that one right. Craig Samson Offside against Andy Webster.

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Andy Webster is ushering the ball out of play, why has the flag not

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gone up? In to a fading with play? He was part of the place. --

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was a gilt-edged chance. -- Craig Samson gets rid of the danger.

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has come to McGowan on the volley. He hit it well and it was a good

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save. There is going to be two Every time a team gets forward,

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you're thinking that something might happen. He is the Nigel

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Hasselbaink challenge on Ian Black. This is what led to the golf. We

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goal-kick. We're moving into the final minute. The referees

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following the ball. There was a tangle, whether it was meant or not.

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Very difficult for the rectory to spot when these things are off the

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ball. -- for the referee. It looks like we're going to have a replay

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from Jim Goodwin. Stephen Elliott has gone for the goal kick. I think

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Redrow is fair. -- I think a draw is fair. The St Mirren fans are

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making the noise as Stevie O'Reilly N's a pulsating cup tie at

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Tynecastle. The teams will have to do it all over again on 21st March,

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that is a week on Wednesday, in Paisley. Marius Zaliukas with an

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own goal. He turned Nigel Hasselbaink's effort into his own

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net. Nigel Hasselbaink was probably St Mirren's most productive player

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in the second half. Craig Beattie was very impressive again, after

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impressing at Ibrox last weekend. He scored in the first half before

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setting up Rudi Skacel for Hearts' second. Graham Carey gave cent men

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at the a lead a long time ago, on 20 minutes. -- St Mirren. The

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20 minutes. -- St Mirren. The spoils are shared, probably

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deservedly in the end. Hearts are the most disappointed as they

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I think we could all stand another helping of that Cup tie in Paisley

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a week on Wednesday. We went into it with high hopes but it turned

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into a very entertaining 90 minutes. It does seem a long way back to

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Graham Carey's free kick which had St Mirren ahead in the match. Well

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worth it at that stage because they had so much of the match. Up let's

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hear from Nigel Hasselbaink. That was a hard game, I take it? It was

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very hard. All the players gave very hard. All the players gave

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their all. It was a real game of two haps. St Mirren were arguably

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the better in the first half, but then a Hearts turned on the style.

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I was doing the hard work. We started well in the first half. As

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a team, we work hard. It is good for us and them as well. In do you

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fancy them at home? He yes. I think we are stronger at home. Well done.

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It was Nigel Hasselbaink being fouled by Andy Webster 25 yards out

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and which allowed Graham Carey the chance to give St Mirren the lead.

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Yes. Nigel Hasselbaink caused Hearts problems throughout the game.

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Everything's under Len dead was through Nigel Hasselbaink. He is

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following that in as well. As he was everywhere. Nigel Hasselbaink

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is a top selection for man of the match, but maybe Craig Beattie as

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well? Yes, he was fabulous. Just after this goal, he could have had

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after this goal, he could have had another one, the one that was ruled

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out. This crosses brilliant. It is a quality cross that a centre-

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forward is desperate to attack. He would love to get that himself. He

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was fabulous until the gas completely ran out with 15 minutes

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to go. Understandable given that he has not had many games. This was

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remarkable. It went in off Marius Zaliukas. This was 2-2. Unfortunate

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for Marius Zaliukas. St Mirren did well to keep the ball alive.

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Throughout the game, Nigel Hasselbaink did not give up on

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anything. St Mirren kept fighting until the end. It is bad for Hearts,

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but these things happen in football. but these things happen in football.

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Let's hear from Craig Beattie. grab the ball and got an assist. Be

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you think you did well enough to get the victory? Yes. I have just

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seen the goal that they got to keep themselves in the Cup tie, and it

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was not pretty. I the disappointed? It looked like you had grabbed a

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second goal, and television replays suggest that you were inside?

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I am disappointed. The linesman told me at half-time that he did

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not know if it was offside, but he put up his flak. We're very

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disappointed. Do you feel that you have more to bring to this team?

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Yes, it is just my second game. I had 45 minutes at Ibrox and I will

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hopefully get fitter. What do you think about the replay? It will be

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a difficult game. There are not many easy games. We want to get to

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many easy games. We want to get to Hampden Park. Thank you. I do not

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think we could have dreamt that that match would produce as many

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talking points as it did, the disallowed goal, and also Craig

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Samson having his hands around a ball outside the penalty box.

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trying to make excuses for the officials earlier, but stop the

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video there, it is outside the box when his hands first touch it, but

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if the assessment is not completely sure, then it is inside the box. It

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is quite close. Once again, they got it wrong. I think that was

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outside. We were saying it was a free kick, but it was a close one.

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I tried to make excuses for the assistance beforehand, but there

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were some mistakes. However, when you have an exciting game, some of

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it will be the mistakes of the referee and the players. Nigel

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Hasselbaink was superb today. Hearts fans know whether to laugh

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or cry? They turned things around and got themselves into a winning

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position and then they would be in the semifinals at the death? They

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will be disappointed because the only bad bit of the game was the

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first 20 minutes and the last five minutes. The majority of the game

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they dominated, with good possession. These things happen in

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football. You have got to play until the 90th minute, until the

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final whistle blows. We will take encouragement from the performance

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and take it into the replay, and repeat the performance. That

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comeback will do Sunderland a whole lot of good, because you did wonder,

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the way the second half was going, where the equaliser was coming

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from? Yes. For the last 15 minutes, Hearts were the better side. In the

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second half, Hearts were miles ahead. A lot of that wasn't the

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fact that McGowan had stop Nigel Hasselbaink playing. He had two

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players closing him down all the time. You could not see where they

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were going to get a goal, but when Nigel Hasselbaink gets more time

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and space, as he started to explode into the game. I enjoyed watching

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the fact that he was waiting for that moment. He was going for it.

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He had a great effort all the way through the game. I really enjoyed

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it. Craig Beattie going forward, as he could be a great addition to

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Hearts. Is the momentum with St Mirren going into the replay in

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Paisley? Today Hearts were the favourites being at home. St Mirren

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will look forward to taking Hearts back to the brand new stadium. I

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was going to say Love Street! They will fancy themselves being the

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home side. St Mirren having the backing of the home crowd, they

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will fancy it more than Hearts. Hearts will have to put in a good

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performance. If that sets the tone for the rest of the quarterfinals,

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we will be more than happy. Yes, I am excited and looking forward to

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it. I suspect that all the other cup ties will be just as exciting,

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because they all have a good story behind them. But they will do well

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