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00:00:00Welcome to the

00:00:29Football Show on PLZ Soccer's YouTube

00:00:31Channel. I'm Peter Martin, Alan Ruff,

00:00:33Tamick Manesson, Alison McConnell here with

00:00:35me in the studio as a

00:00:37miserable week continues for

00:00:39Scottish football. Can it get any worse

00:00:41or will we be lifted by

00:00:43what's on show domestically

00:00:45over the weekend and Saturday and

00:00:47Sunday? Give us your view because

00:00:50quite simply, Ruffey, it all unfolded

00:00:51the way I thought it was going to unfold

00:00:53between Aberdeen and Hibs.

00:00:55Hard luck stories apart, we've still got

00:00:58two teams that lost.

00:00:59Yeah, the worst hard luck stories, I think

00:01:01the sending off at

00:01:02the first game was unfortunate, you know

00:01:05VAR again, I mean I just couldn't

00:01:07get my head around that one. Did you say unfortunate

00:01:09or ridiculous? Well

00:01:11ridiculous. The sending off.

00:01:14The handball. The handball.

00:01:16A joke, absolute joke.

00:01:18You know, what's the boys supposed to do

00:01:19is just, I'd love to know the dialogue

00:01:21between these people.

00:01:23And to add insult to injury, they sent him off.

00:01:25Wasn't it just a penalty?

00:01:26He's taken jail.

00:01:27Ali, if I keep showing you something

00:01:28relentlessly to try and drive it home to you,

00:01:31what you think the problem is

00:01:33when you're constantly in the referee's ear.

00:01:34At one point that referee looked around

00:01:36as if to say, I don't know what I'm doing.

00:01:38And they were just constantly going,

00:01:40go back, hand, hand, hand.

00:01:42You know, it was almost as if

00:01:43they were trying to, you know...

00:01:45Influence the decision.

00:01:47Totally.

00:01:47Rather than allow him just to watch it

00:01:49in real time and make his decision.

00:01:51Yeah, I thought Aberdeen would feel

00:01:53really hard done by.

00:01:54I thought it was a preposterous decision.

00:01:56And of course it changes the nature

00:01:57of the tie entirely.

00:01:59It kills him.

00:02:00It just kills him early on in the game.

00:02:02I thought the staff did well as well.

00:02:03Yeah, I did.

00:02:05I thought they were there for the taking

00:02:06for Aberdeen.

00:02:07The first half.

00:02:08I thought Aberdeen looked comfortable

00:02:09in the game.

00:02:10As Alison said, it totally changes

00:02:11the dynamic of the game.

00:02:12You know, you're behind in the tie,

00:02:14you're down to ten men.

00:02:14And the tie is done, effectively.

00:02:16And they go and get the quick second goal.

00:02:17But really, really disappointing

00:02:19decision from the referee.

00:02:21If you could argue that Aberdeen

00:02:24got one in the first leg.

00:02:25I was just about to say,

00:02:26Tabby evens itself up, Peter.

00:02:27Because they got a style of Bucharest

00:02:29and a man sent off for nothing

00:02:30in the first leg.

00:02:31So they'll argue that, well,

00:02:33swings and roundabouts.

00:02:34You know, we go on in the first tie.

00:02:35But disappointing for Aberdeen.

00:02:37You know, they hung in the second half

00:02:39and didn't get embarrassed

00:02:40and they're out of hand.

00:02:40But they go into the Conference League

00:02:42and obviously you've got the draw

00:02:43you're going to speak about

00:02:44the now.

00:02:44But that was a tie for me

00:02:46that I think was winnable.

00:02:47I didn't think they were

00:02:48a great side, Peter.

00:02:49I thought they were poor.

00:02:50And Aberdeen, you know,

00:02:51again, late hearts against

00:02:52I think it was Luzerne

00:02:53a few years ago

00:02:54and Pilsen.

00:02:55FC Zurich.

00:02:56FC Zurich, sorry.

00:02:57And then Pilsen,

00:02:57I think they did a tie against.

00:02:59These are ties

00:03:00if you play really well

00:03:01in the two legs

00:03:02you can get through.

00:03:02So disappointing for Aberdeen.

00:03:04Yeah.

00:03:04Disappointing.

00:03:05Not good enough.

00:03:05I'm going to be brutal about it.

00:03:07It's just not good enough

00:03:08from Aberdeen.

00:03:09It's not good enough

00:03:10from the Scottish sides.

00:03:11What we've witnessed this week

00:03:13and despite the fact

00:03:15that I thought the referee

00:03:16gave them a dubious penalty

00:03:17influenced the whole game

00:03:19by sending him off.

00:03:20It's just not good enough, Ruffey.

00:03:22No, it isn't, you know,

00:03:23and particularly away from home

00:03:24as well.

00:03:24We'll probably come to

00:03:25the Hibs game, you know.

00:03:26I think the inability

00:03:27to see games out, you know,

00:03:29when you're winning,

00:03:30you know, and being more,

00:03:33not defensively,

00:03:34but, you know,

00:03:34making it harder

00:03:35for the other teams.

00:03:36The other teams just seem

00:03:37to get goals.

00:03:38You know, there's no rhyme

00:03:40or reason to the defending,

00:03:41particularly in Europe.

00:03:42So, that's something

00:03:43we have to improve on.

00:03:45Well, Aberdeen won't get cash,

00:03:46which is what we all

00:03:46desperately wanted

00:03:47for all the clubs

00:03:48who were involved

00:03:49in European competition,

00:03:50but they drop into the conference.

00:03:52Here's the draw

00:03:53for Aberdeen

00:03:54in that conference.

00:03:55Shakhtar,

00:03:56Sparta Prague,

00:03:56Strasbourg,

00:03:57AEK Athens,

00:03:59NOAA,

00:03:59that's a team,

00:04:01not just an individual

00:04:01who's going to play

00:04:02against them,

00:04:03and AEK Larnica.

00:04:05Are you...

00:04:05Can I just say,

00:04:06can I just say,

00:04:08three unbelievable

00:04:09away ties for Aberdeen fans.

00:04:10Yeah, Cyprus, Greece

00:04:12and the Czech Republic.

00:04:12You couldn't have

00:04:13hand-tripped

00:04:13the better ones,

00:04:14to be honest.

00:04:14So, basically,

00:04:15just a buzzer.

00:04:16That's tremendous.

00:04:17I think you're Aberdeen fan

00:04:18looking at the Iron

00:04:18and Kelly to qualify.

00:04:19I think that's three

00:04:20tremendous away trips.

00:04:22I'm caring.

00:04:22I want them to qualify.

00:04:24Yeah, absolutely.

00:04:25I think the coefficient

00:04:26has taken an absolute

00:04:28battering this week

00:04:30as it has done

00:04:30across recent seasons too.

00:04:32I think anything

00:04:33that you can do

00:04:34to pick up points

00:04:35and bolster it,

00:04:37it may actually

00:04:37be a bit too late,

00:04:38but you need them

00:04:39to try and pick up

00:04:40points along the way.

00:04:42Same with Rangers

00:04:43and Celtic

00:04:44when they go in now

00:04:45to the Europa League.

00:04:46They need to be trying

00:04:47to bank points

00:04:49and bank wins

00:04:49because the danger

00:04:51is that we're

00:04:51always a team now.

00:04:52Okay,

00:04:53I'll try and read out

00:04:54some points of you

00:04:57on our feed at times.

00:04:59Some you agree

00:04:59with, some you don't.

00:05:00Kenny,

00:05:00who's a Dons fan,

00:05:01says,

00:05:01Yes, Tam,

00:05:03but we never got

00:05:03a penalty.

00:05:04Come on.

00:05:05We should have

00:05:06had a penalty as well.

00:05:07I think that

00:05:08when you look at

00:05:09the decision

00:05:09to send the player

00:05:10off,

00:05:10but in the first half

00:05:11it gave Aberdeen

00:05:12a real advantage

00:05:12and they went

00:05:132-0 down.

00:05:14So, as I said,

00:05:15swings and roundabouts,

00:05:16that was a dreadful

00:05:16decision as well

00:05:17and then Aberdeen

00:05:18won last night,

00:05:18but they shouldn't

00:05:19be equal in each other.

00:05:20They should be

00:05:20getting the right decisions

00:05:21and that's two

00:05:22poor decisions

00:05:22on both legs

00:05:23for the officials.

00:05:24Les says,

00:05:25I said in the chat

00:05:26days ago

00:05:26that Scottish football

00:05:27is rubbish

00:05:28with exceptions.

00:05:29I wonder if you

00:05:31could tell us

00:05:31who those exceptions

00:05:32are, Les.

00:05:33We'd love to know.

00:05:36Hibs,

00:05:37I'm sorry,

00:05:37Ruffy,

00:05:38your 3-1 up

00:05:39for God's sake,

00:05:39just defend it.

00:05:40Take Martin Boyle

00:05:41off,

00:05:42take Bowie off

00:05:43and stick five

00:05:43defenders and four

00:05:44in front of them

00:05:45and just defend

00:05:463-1.

00:05:47Yeah,

00:05:48as I said earlier,

00:05:49we just can't do

00:05:49that European style

00:05:50of football.

00:05:51We see a game out.

00:05:52I mean,

00:05:52I think if you go back

00:05:54to Champions League

00:05:55away back,

00:05:56I'm picking out

00:05:56Chelsea in particular.

00:05:57If Chelsea needed

00:05:59to go somewhere

00:05:59away from home

00:06:00and get nothing each,

00:06:01they'd get nothing each

00:06:02because they've got

00:06:04the players and their

00:06:04make-up,

00:06:05they've got the style

00:06:06to do it,

00:06:07you know,

00:06:07and say we've been

00:06:08there,

00:06:08we've done it,

00:06:09this is what we

00:06:09need to get.

00:06:10We don't see any

00:06:11of teams who go

00:06:12out there needing,

00:06:14once they've got it

00:06:15they don't know

00:06:15what to do with it

00:06:16and it is incredible

00:06:17to put in such a shift

00:06:19and then lose it

00:06:21the way they lost it

00:06:21is tragic.

00:06:22You mean they lost it

00:06:23the way they lost it?

00:06:25I knew you were

00:06:26on that kind of a vein

00:06:27where it was forcing you

00:06:28to say lose.

00:06:30By the way,

00:06:30look at Ali,

00:06:31I'm amazed she hasn't

00:06:32stabbed you with her pen,

00:06:33she's the grammar queen.

00:06:34She's all over any of that

00:06:36by the way,

00:06:36thank God I didn't get you

00:06:37to spell it roughly,

00:06:38she'd have been

00:06:39battering lumps out of you

00:06:40right now.

00:06:40Two O's in your head.

00:06:41So,

00:06:42in the end,

00:06:46I mean,

00:06:46I've got to pay tribute

00:06:47to Martin Boyle

00:06:48because if you look

00:06:49at the stats,

00:06:49he deserves credit,

00:06:50he took his goal well,

00:06:51Tom,

00:06:52but if you see his stats,

00:06:53he's got nine goals,

00:06:55European all-time

00:06:56top goal scorer now,

00:06:58Pat Stanton with eight,

00:06:59Alan Gordon,

00:07:00Joe McBride

00:07:00and then Arthur Duncan

00:07:02with seven,

00:07:03some brilliant names

00:07:04he's joined there,

00:07:04eh?

00:07:05Yeah,

00:07:05he is.

00:07:06I think he's been

00:07:06fantastic for Hibs again

00:07:08last night,

00:07:08you know,

00:07:09he scores a great goal.

00:07:10Listen,

00:07:10that volley,

00:07:11if that goes in,

00:07:12the tie's done.

00:07:13And I get where you're

00:07:14coming from,

00:07:15Hibs need to go

00:07:15and see the game out,

00:07:16but for that 20,

00:07:1825 minutes in the

00:07:19second half,

00:07:19Hibs were absolutely

00:07:20incredibly good.

00:07:22I mean,

00:07:22they went 1-0 down

00:07:23at half-time

00:07:24and I thought,

00:07:24tie's done.

00:07:25And then I think

00:07:26David Gray's went in

00:07:27and had a right go at them.

00:07:27I think the first half

00:07:28they were very passive,

00:07:29Peter,

00:07:29they just accepted it for me.

00:07:31And second half,

00:07:33you know,

00:07:33three goals in 10 minutes.

00:07:34You know,

00:07:34in that travelling support,

00:07:35we're in dreamland,

00:07:36you're thinking,

00:07:37Hibs can go and get through here.

00:07:38Martin Boyle hits the bar,

00:07:40couple of other chances.

00:07:41For me,

00:07:42I think David Gray,

00:07:43I've always been very positive

00:07:44with David Gray,

00:07:44I thought he made a mistake

00:07:45by not bringing Grant Hanley on.

00:07:47I think with five,

00:07:4810 minutes to go,

00:07:48you bring him on,

00:07:49they just lump balls

00:07:50into the box.

00:07:51That's how they get their goal.

00:07:52The ball broke to the boy

00:07:53and they put it in the net.

00:07:54I'd have brought Grant Hanley on,

00:07:56I think he brought the boy

00:07:56Meg on right back.

00:07:58I think it was the wrong call.

00:07:59Hanley on experience,

00:08:00going to head things away

00:08:01and they see the game out

00:08:02but I think for the Hibs support

00:08:04or you watched that last night,

00:08:05you're at the game

00:08:05or you watched it at home,

00:08:07you're looking at that Hibs squad now

00:08:08and you're thinking,

00:08:09we're in for a right good season,

00:08:10Peter.

00:08:10I think Hibs look

00:08:11a very, very strong team this year.

00:08:12Okay,

00:08:13we're going to have a right

00:08:13good ding-dong about that shortly.

00:08:15Okay,

00:08:16let's get to the big two.

00:08:17Only in this week,

00:08:18of all weeks,

00:08:18could we have a situation

00:08:20where there's anger,

00:08:22there's calls for a manager

00:08:23to get sacked,

00:08:24there's calls for a board

00:08:25to get sacked.

00:08:26It has to be Rangers and Celtic.

00:08:28Rangers,

00:08:28just the biggest humiliation.

00:08:30It was embarrassing

00:08:31sitting watching it.

00:08:33The red card,

00:08:35why he does that,

00:08:36I'll never know

00:08:37and then from there,

00:08:38you're actually sitting

00:08:39wondering,

00:08:40should you just go

00:08:40behind the couch

00:08:41and just listen to them

00:08:42as the goals go in

00:08:43and it was six going on anything.

00:08:45Yeah,

00:08:46I think it could.

00:08:47It's not an exaggeration

00:08:48to say it might have been more.

00:08:49It was desperate stuff.

00:08:51I think it looked like a team

00:08:53in free fall,

00:08:54the chaos around the team,

00:08:56the toxicity around it

00:08:58coming from the stands.

00:09:00It's a perfect storm,

00:09:02I think,

00:09:03of poor results,

00:09:06poor individual fallouts,

00:09:09the elements of a dressing room

00:09:12that just seem utterly disjointed.

00:09:14I think that's been played out

00:09:17on the pitch

00:09:18where you see a team

00:09:19that just looks

00:09:20as though there is no cohesion

00:09:21whatsoever.

00:09:23Obviously,

00:09:24whispers of individual fallouts

00:09:26with certain players.

00:09:27Is the manager starting to waffle?

00:09:29Yes.

00:09:30I think so.

00:09:31I think it's very easy

00:09:33to come out

00:09:34and say

00:09:34it needs to be better,

00:09:35it's going to be better,

00:09:37we can be better.

00:09:38What you have to say is

00:09:40well,

00:09:40show us the evidence of that.

00:09:42Where is the evidence

00:09:42that this is a team

00:09:43that's improving

00:09:44and where is the evidence

00:09:46that things have got better?

00:09:48Well,

00:09:48they now drop into the Europa League.

00:09:50Are they a Europa League side

00:09:51in the first place?

00:09:53Should the Rangers fans

00:09:54just be looking and saying,

00:09:55OK,

00:09:56continue the build,

00:09:57give him the time,

00:09:57will he get the time?

00:09:58Will it be Russell Martin

00:09:59managing Rangers

00:10:00in the Europa League?

00:10:02This is the teams

00:10:02that they'll be drawing

00:10:03against Ruffy.

00:10:05Porto,

00:10:05Roma,

00:10:06Braga,

00:10:06Ferenc Farris,

00:10:07Ludegaretz,

00:10:08Sturmgratz,

00:10:09Genk and Bran.

00:10:10What do you make of that draw?

00:10:11Well,

00:10:11I mean,

00:10:12looking at it,

00:10:12I mean,

00:10:13OK,

00:10:13there's a couple of big ones

00:10:14in there,

00:10:15but the rest of the games,

00:10:17we saw Rangers in the Europa,

00:10:18you know,

00:10:19turning it on,

00:10:20but as it sits the now,

00:10:22you know,

00:10:22you can't see that happening

00:10:23because of the situation

00:10:24that they're in.

00:10:25We haven't seen that team

00:10:26do that.

00:10:27This is a totally different team.

00:10:28No,

00:10:28I know,

00:10:29but I mean,

00:10:30we keep hearing

00:10:31they're going to get organised.

00:10:32When these games come round,

00:10:34you would like to think

00:10:34they are,

00:10:35the window's shut,

00:10:36they've got all the players in,

00:10:38he's going to get a team

00:10:38that he wants to pick.

00:10:40At this moment in time,

00:10:41it's Raskin in,

00:10:42Raskin out,

00:10:43Tavenier out,

00:10:44Tavenier in,

00:10:44you know.

00:10:45Sounds like the Hokey Cokey,

00:10:46doesn't it?

00:10:47It is.

00:10:48What fruit are you starting there?

00:10:49Yeah,

00:10:49exactly.

00:10:50There's a gag there in there,

00:10:54but I'm not going to go for it.

00:10:57Tam,

00:10:58what do you make of that draw?

00:10:59What do you make of Rangers now?

00:11:01They look in disarray.

00:11:02Listen,

00:11:02I think if you were a Rangers

00:11:03of a couple of seasons ago

00:11:05under Gio

00:11:06or Stephen Gerrard

00:11:08or even Philip Clermont,

00:11:10you'd fancy that

00:11:10they ties,

00:11:11Peter,

00:11:11but you're right,

00:11:12it's not the same Rangers

00:11:12at the minute.

00:11:13It's not the same team.

00:11:14You know,

00:11:14to go away and get hammered

00:11:15in Bruges

00:11:16really will affect

00:11:18a lot of confidence

00:11:18in terms of European games,

00:11:20but I think when you look at that,

00:11:21we're obviously going to look

00:11:22at Celtic's draw as well.

00:11:23Rangers were obviously

00:11:24higher seeded.

00:11:25I think Rangers are capable

00:11:26of picking up points in that.

00:11:28Some of the home games

00:11:29in particular,

00:11:29away games,

00:11:30a couple of them

00:11:30look quite tricky.

00:11:31Obviously,

00:11:32Porto away,

00:11:32I think Fennes-Varos away

00:11:33will be tricky.

00:11:34But they're capable

00:11:35of going to Austria

00:11:36and Norway,

00:11:36I think,

00:11:36and getting results.

00:11:37I think if a Rangers

00:11:38are Porto,

00:11:39you're looking at it

00:11:39and you're going,

00:11:40if we start to play,

00:11:42you know,

00:11:43if we turn the corner

00:11:43in terms of performances,

00:11:45we can go and get out

00:11:46of the group

00:11:46and get into the knockouts,

00:11:47but at the minute,

00:11:48it looks a tall order

00:11:49with the team

00:11:49and the way Rangers are playing.

00:11:50Yeah,

00:11:51okay,

00:11:51if there was misery

00:11:52for Rangers the night before,

00:11:54there was disbelief

00:11:55because Celtic lost to

00:11:57what can only be described

00:11:58as the minnows

00:11:59of Kazakhstan

00:12:00and Kairat Almaty.

00:12:02And this is the draw

00:12:04that Celtic now

00:12:04find themselves in

00:12:05as a Europa League side.

00:12:07They've got

00:12:08AS Roma,

00:12:09Feyenoord,

00:12:09Braga,

00:12:10Belgrade,

00:12:10Sturmgratz,

00:12:11Michelin,

00:12:12Utrecht and Bologna.

00:12:13That's a how.

00:12:15What sort of a group,

00:12:16Ali?

00:12:16Yeah,

00:12:16it's not bad.

00:12:17A few decent names

00:12:19in there.

00:12:19I think Celtic

00:12:20will still have a hangover

00:12:21from where they think

00:12:22they should be

00:12:23about the opportunity

00:12:24that passed them by.

00:12:26I think there's

00:12:26absolutely no question

00:12:27that they'll be

00:12:28kicking themselves still

00:12:29about that performance

00:12:31and result

00:12:32against Kairat Almaty.

00:12:34I thought it was,

00:12:34it'll take a while,

00:12:35I think,

00:12:36for that to properly

00:12:37dissipate

00:12:38in the realisation

00:12:39of what you've lost.

00:12:41I think the Europa League group,

00:12:44I think there are positives

00:12:45to pick out from it,

00:12:46but there's also

00:12:47an argument to be made

00:12:48that perhaps Celtic,

00:12:50a Europa League club,

00:12:51the Europa League team,

00:12:52that this is an opportunity

00:12:53for them to maybe

00:12:54go and showcase that,

00:12:56but certainly I think

00:12:57there are positive games there

00:12:58and by the time

00:12:59that they come around,

00:13:00I know there's all sorts

00:13:01of talk just now

00:13:02about maybe supporters

00:13:03not wanting to buy into it

00:13:05and buy into tickets.

00:13:06I think when those games

00:13:07come around,

00:13:08there'll probably be

00:13:08a fresh appetite for it.

00:13:10At the minute though,

00:13:11I think it feels very much

00:13:12like a second tier competition.

00:13:14Yeah, well,

00:13:15I was gobsmacked

00:13:15when I was watching

00:13:16the coverage of it

00:13:17because one of the

00:13:18former Celtic players,

00:13:19and it's not something

00:13:19you're guilty of,

00:13:21Tam, nor Ruffy,

00:13:22nor Ali,

00:13:22when we ask for an opinion

00:13:23on the show,

00:13:24lots of people

00:13:24give their opinion,

00:13:25but when Stelian Petrov

00:13:27said he didn't want to say

00:13:27what he truly thought

00:13:28in case he get barred,

00:13:29I just thought

00:13:30that's indicative

00:13:31of where we are

00:13:32as a nation right now

00:13:33with a lot of

00:13:34really good pundits,

00:13:35a lot of really good journalists

00:13:36who,

00:13:37if they offer an opinion,

00:13:38some of these clubs

00:13:40that are run

00:13:40like Donald Trump's party

00:13:42are bar people,

00:13:44you know,

00:13:44we can speak for ourselves,

00:13:46we can speak for Tom English,

00:13:47we can speak for

00:13:47a number of groups

00:13:49and organisations

00:13:49that are barred

00:13:50just because they offer

00:13:51an insight

00:13:52into what's going on.

00:13:53I mean,

00:13:54just tell us,

00:13:55they were rank rotten,

00:13:56they were beaten by a side

00:13:57that cost 275,000 quid.

00:14:00Yeah,

00:14:00listen,

00:14:00I think he should have

00:14:02just come out

00:14:02and said what he thought,

00:14:03Peter,

00:14:03you're right,

00:14:04there shouldn't be a fear

00:14:05of being banned

00:14:05for places,

00:14:06banned for grounds

00:14:07and as an ex-Celtic player,

00:14:08you should be able

00:14:09to speak your mind,

00:14:09you're getting paid

00:14:10to do that anyway

00:14:10on the TV,

00:14:11so I was disappointed

00:14:12when they said that

00:14:13but you're right,

00:14:13I think that Celtic

00:14:14and you look now,

00:14:16you know,

00:14:16they're signing a couple

00:14:17of players

00:14:18and linked with the boy

00:14:19Holberg for £8 or £9 million,

00:14:21why did they not get them

00:14:21in last week

00:14:22or the week before?

00:14:23I think there's a real

00:14:23complacency about Celtic

00:14:25in this tie

00:14:25where they just thought

00:14:26they're ranked

00:14:27300 places below us,

00:14:28you've got more than

00:14:29enough in the building,

00:14:30they should have had Peter,

00:14:31you know,

00:14:31you can argue

00:14:32that they should have

00:14:32had anyway

00:14:32but I think when you get

00:14:34players of that ilk

00:14:35and Balakwisha

00:14:36then you go and win

00:14:37that tie comfortably,

00:14:39so looking at the Celtic tie

00:14:40again,

00:14:41I think they're slightly harder,

00:14:43I think they're four games,

00:14:44you know,

00:14:44Bologna are away,

00:14:45Redstyle Belgrade are away,

00:14:46Feyenoord are away,

00:14:48Midjylland are away

00:14:48who I was quite impressed

00:14:50with against Hibs,

00:14:51they're tough games

00:14:51and there'll be a bit

00:14:53of banter

00:14:53between Celtic and Rangers

00:14:54because they've got

00:14:55three games

00:14:56that they're playing

00:14:56at the same time,

00:14:58between Roma, Braga

00:14:58and Sturm Graz,

00:15:00so it's been interesting

00:15:01to see how they settle

00:15:02against each other

00:15:03in terms of performances

00:15:04but I think Celtic

00:15:05is a tougher draw

00:15:07than Rangers.

00:15:07OK,

00:15:08what about what's going on

00:15:10ahead of the big games,

00:15:11here's what's on offer

00:15:12over the weekend

00:15:12to try and ease the pain

00:15:14because the one thing

00:15:15about Scottish football

00:15:16is we're fanatical

00:15:17about our game

00:15:18and so we should be,

00:15:19we love it,

00:15:20but boy does it need

00:15:20to improve

00:15:21and there needs to be changes

00:15:22which I think we're going

00:15:24to dedicate an entire programme

00:15:25to Livingston

00:15:27against Hearts,

00:15:28Motherwell,

00:15:28the Scottish Premiership

00:15:30champions this season

00:15:31will be taking on

00:15:33Kilmarnock,

00:15:33Rangers Celtic,

00:15:34Dundee,

00:15:35Dundee United,

00:15:35Aberdeen Falkirk

00:15:36and Hibs against St Mirren.

00:15:38There's some belters

00:15:39in there,

00:15:40let's go to,

00:15:41well Ali was out

00:15:42at the Rangers training centre

00:15:43to find out

00:15:45what was on the agenda

00:15:46there with the

00:15:47under siege

00:15:48Russell Martin.

00:15:50Rangers manager

00:15:50Russell Martin

00:15:51faced the media

00:15:52this afternoon

00:15:53after another

00:15:54difficult week

00:15:55in the hot seat

00:15:56as Rangers manager.

00:15:57He goes in

00:15:57to Sunday's game

00:15:58against Celtic

00:15:59at Ibrox

00:16:00under enormous pressure

00:16:01and his latest

00:16:01controversy came

00:16:02around Nico

00:16:04Raskin

00:16:04with suggestions

00:16:05that there had been

00:16:06a complete breakdown

00:16:07in relationship

00:16:08between the midfielder

00:16:09and the Rangers

00:16:10manager.

00:16:11Martin dismissed that,

00:16:12said that the player

00:16:12had trained today

00:16:13and also said

00:16:14that he remains

00:16:16fully part of his plans

00:16:18at Rangers

00:16:18although he stopped

00:16:19short of saying

00:16:20whether or not

00:16:20he would be in the squad

00:16:21for Sunday's game.

00:16:22There's not a breakdown

00:16:22in any relationships here

00:16:24if it's honest and open

00:16:24there can't be a breakdown

00:16:26in any relationships.

00:16:28Martin goes into

00:16:29Sunday's game

00:16:29under immense pressure

00:16:31following three

00:16:32opening league draws

00:16:33against Motherwell

00:16:35against Dundee

00:16:36and of course

00:16:37against St Mirren

00:16:38last week.

00:16:39Then there was that

00:16:39small matter

00:16:40of a 9-1 aggregate

00:16:42defeat to Club Bruges

00:16:44in the Champions League

00:16:44there have been chants

00:16:45from the Rangers support

00:16:46that they don't want

00:16:47the manager at the helm.

00:16:49He believes however

00:16:49the only way to dissipate

00:16:51the noise around

00:16:52his situation

00:16:53is by picking up

00:16:54three points

00:16:54against Celtic

00:16:55at Ibrox on Sunday.

00:16:57I've proven people wrong

00:16:58we're not working

00:16:58against our fans

00:16:59I'm not working

00:17:00against our supporters

00:17:01it's about

00:17:01making sure we do

00:17:03ourselves justice

00:17:04and the players

00:17:05show their worth

00:17:06they show

00:17:06they really want to be

00:17:08here

00:17:08they have the desire

00:17:08to win

00:17:09so it's all about

00:17:11Sunday now

00:17:11and that's the

00:17:12brilliant thing

00:17:12about football

00:17:12you have to have

00:17:13an opportunity

00:17:14to put things right

00:17:16and to make things

00:17:18feel very different again.

00:17:20Okay

00:17:21does he survive

00:17:22if they lose?

00:17:23No

00:17:23I think he's got to win

00:17:25Peter

00:17:25it's incredible

00:17:27what you think

00:17:27after 10 games

00:17:29in charge

00:17:2911 games

00:17:30it's ridiculous

00:17:31really

00:17:31but we've spoke

00:17:33about it so many

00:17:33times in this show

00:17:34when you're at

00:17:34Celtic and Rangers

00:17:35you can't afford

00:17:36to go 10

00:17:3711 games

00:17:38and really really

00:17:39struggle

00:17:40you can't afford

00:17:40to go potentially

00:17:419 points behind

00:17:42Celtic

00:17:42after 4 games

00:17:43the league's done

00:17:44and you're in the

00:17:451st or 2nd of September

00:17:46so nah

00:17:47he's got to win

00:17:48the game Peter

00:17:48for me

00:17:49or he's out the door

00:17:49and I think

00:17:50it won't be

00:17:51I don't think

00:17:52it'll be

00:17:53the boat

00:17:53I think the fans

00:17:54will tell you

00:17:54that he's out the door

00:17:55and I think

00:17:55that that place

00:17:56will be poisoning

00:17:57at full time

00:17:58and you might

00:18:00struggle

00:18:00to get out

00:18:01alive if they

00:18:01get beat

00:18:02you to be honest

00:18:02with you

00:18:03yeah

00:18:03I think

00:18:04it's only a game

00:18:05of football

00:18:05for God's sake

00:18:06but the other

00:18:07thing I was

00:18:07going to say

00:18:08to you

00:18:08Ruffy

00:18:09is quite simply

00:18:10when you start

00:18:11to hear stories

00:18:12of dressing rooms

00:18:13and unrest

00:18:14and players

00:18:15you know

00:18:16on the bench

00:18:17not being picked

00:18:18or dad's actually

00:18:19voicing it out

00:18:20you know

00:18:21we're in a different

00:18:22generation now

00:18:22you know

00:18:23Joe Bellingham's dad

00:18:24I think

00:18:25wants to have it

00:18:26out with the coach

00:18:27now you've got

00:18:27this situation

00:18:28here

00:18:29where Nico Raskin

00:18:30this is not

00:18:32what he needs

00:18:33ahead of this game

00:18:34no and he needs

00:18:35to show a bit

00:18:36of authority

00:18:36I think he tried

00:18:37to do that

00:18:38after I think

00:18:38it was a

00:18:39Motherwell game

00:18:39he tried to

00:18:41obviously

00:18:42he picked on

00:18:43was it

00:18:43Tavernier and Raskin

00:18:45he said a couple

00:18:45he never mentioned

00:18:47the two were dropped

00:18:48the next day

00:18:49for the next game

00:18:50so I don't think

00:18:52he stamped his

00:18:52authority in the

00:18:53dressing room at all

00:18:54I don't think

00:18:54there's enough

00:18:55leaders in there

00:18:56I think he's got

00:18:57a team that's

00:18:58playing as

00:18:59individuals

00:18:59they're all

00:19:00new signings

00:19:01they all want

00:19:01to do well

00:19:02they all want

00:19:02to get the

00:19:04supporters on

00:19:04side

00:19:05I don't think

00:19:05they've done

00:19:05that

00:19:06we've already

00:19:07seen their

00:19:08defence just

00:19:08falls to bits

00:19:10at a moment's

00:19:11notice

00:19:11so you know

00:19:12like Tam

00:19:13I just disagree

00:19:15with Tam

00:19:15I don't think

00:19:16he'll get sacked

00:19:17after it'll be

00:19:18the performance

00:19:18if it was a

00:19:194, a 5, a 6

00:19:21yeah

00:19:21but I think

00:19:22the performance

00:19:23more than anything

00:19:24he needs to

00:19:24prove

00:19:25that as Rangers

00:19:26have done in the

00:19:27past with Celtic

00:19:27that they can't

00:19:28give them a game

00:19:29and if he gets

00:19:29players in before

00:19:30the game

00:19:30do they play

00:19:31do they start

00:19:32can they contribute

00:19:32will they alter

00:19:33the outcome of

00:19:34this game in his

00:19:35favour

00:19:35yeah it's interesting

00:19:36obviously they've

00:19:37been heavily linked

00:19:38with Bojan

00:19:38Majofsky

00:19:39there was very

00:19:40little in the way

00:19:41of confirmation

00:19:42of how that's

00:19:43moving

00:19:43this afternoon

00:19:45when we spoke

00:19:46to Russell Martin

00:19:46but I think if he

00:19:47came in

00:19:47I think he might

00:19:48go straight in

00:19:49for that team

00:19:50interestingly enough

00:19:51today he said

00:19:52that the club's

00:19:54hierarchy will be

00:19:55in attendance

00:19:55tomorrow

00:19:55he's spoken to

00:19:56them again

00:19:57since the 9-1

00:19:59defeat on

00:20:00Wednesday night

00:20:01that they're going

00:20:01to be at the

00:20:02training centre

00:20:02tomorrow

00:20:03that it was

00:20:04always earmarked

00:20:05as there would

00:20:06be a conversation

00:20:06at the training

00:20:07centre prior to

00:20:09Sunday's game

00:20:10they'll obviously

00:20:10be in the building

00:20:11on Sunday

00:20:12I think

00:20:13given the fact

00:20:14that they are

00:20:16not privy

00:20:17to what's going

00:20:17on

00:20:18and the noise

00:20:19around them

00:20:20and the heat

00:20:21in Glasgow

00:20:22and the intensity

00:20:23of the gaze

00:20:25almost in Glasgow

00:20:26they'll get a glimpse

00:20:27of it on Sunday

00:20:28and I think

00:20:28where Rangers

00:20:29to lose

00:20:30an early goal

00:20:31to Celtic

00:20:32I think

00:20:32it will be

00:20:34ferocious

00:20:34I think it will be

00:20:35absolutely ferocious

00:20:37and I think it becomes

00:20:38very difficult

00:20:39when you're in a

00:20:39situation like that

00:20:40to hold your nerve

00:20:41and to say

00:20:42we made disappointment

00:20:43and we're going to

00:20:44resist any temptation

00:20:46to change it

00:20:47but it becomes

00:20:48very very difficult

00:20:49I think if he loses

00:20:50and Celtic go

00:20:51nine points clear

00:20:51he gets sacked

00:20:52on the Monday

00:20:52I don't even think

00:20:53he gets to the Monday

00:20:54I think they do it

00:20:55an hour after the game

00:20:56and then all bets

00:20:57are off

00:20:58I think he's got to win

00:21:00he's got to win the game

00:21:01I don't think

00:21:02a draw's enough

00:21:03I don't think

00:21:03a draw's enough

00:21:04honestly

00:21:04I think he's got to

00:21:05win the game

00:21:05I think a draw

00:21:07might just bring it down

00:21:08when you think

00:21:08then you're going

00:21:09to an international break

00:21:10a draw might just

00:21:11dial down the noise

00:21:13by a tiny bit of time

00:21:15again

00:21:16but then I think

00:21:18you just go from

00:21:18one crisis to another

00:21:20you buy time

00:21:20until the next

00:21:21drop points

00:21:22Can I just say

00:21:23something on that point

00:21:24Ali

00:21:24you're talking about

00:21:25let's just say

00:21:26it's a credible draw

00:21:26I play football

00:21:29with a number of

00:21:30my mates

00:21:30who are Rangers fans

00:21:31I haven't heard one

00:21:33say

00:21:33a draw or a win

00:21:35convinces them

00:21:36that he should be

00:21:37the long term view

00:21:38they're actually at the

00:21:39point where they're

00:21:39saying no

00:21:39get him out

00:21:40which is

00:21:41sometimes fans

00:21:43can be erratic

00:21:44with it

00:21:44but to save

00:21:47someone sometimes

00:21:48in a job

00:21:48sometimes you have

00:21:49to see evidence

00:21:50if you can see

00:21:51the thing going

00:21:52I think we're all

00:21:53at fault because

00:21:53we're 11 games

00:21:54into his tenure

00:21:55by the time he

00:21:56plays Celtic

00:21:57and we're now

00:21:58at the point

00:21:58we're now

00:21:58every year

00:21:59I don't know

00:22:00if it's the

00:22:01social media

00:22:02the whole thing

00:22:03that seems to have

00:22:04gathered a quicker

00:22:05pace about life

00:22:06or a less tolerant

00:22:08society

00:22:08where football fans

00:22:10are saying no

00:22:10we're not going

00:22:11to put up

00:22:11with it

00:22:11but you're

00:22:12shelling out

00:22:12a lot of money

00:22:13and a lot of

00:22:14Rangers fans

00:22:14I've been speaking

00:22:15to are saying

00:22:15no it doesn't

00:22:16matter about the

00:22:17result

00:22:17yeah again

00:22:18I think it

00:22:19depends on the

00:22:19owners

00:22:20the owners

00:22:20are going to

00:22:21get an eye

00:22:21opener

00:22:21what it is

00:22:22actually like

00:22:23to be in

00:22:23Glasgow

00:22:24and all

00:22:25and damned

00:22:27right

00:22:27if it was to

00:22:28go the other

00:22:28way

00:22:28the fans

00:22:29are going to

00:22:30have banners

00:22:30they're going to

00:22:31have their

00:22:31saying

00:22:31and these

00:22:32Americans

00:22:32are going to

00:22:33be sitting

00:22:33there

00:22:34and they're

00:22:34going to

00:22:34witness

00:22:34something

00:22:35they've

00:22:35probably never

00:22:36witnessed

00:22:36before

00:22:37and then

00:22:37it depends

00:22:38which way

00:22:39they react

00:22:40as individuals

00:22:41because we've

00:22:42seen it before

00:22:43and I think

00:22:43Brendan Rodgers

00:22:44said it last

00:22:44week

00:22:45when the

00:22:46supporters

00:22:46start giving

00:22:47to the board

00:22:48the manager

00:22:49rarely goes

00:22:50the other thing

00:22:52which I think

00:22:52deserves

00:22:54looking at

00:22:56from a Celtic

00:22:56perspective on

00:22:57this

00:22:57we've obviously

00:22:58analysed Rangers

00:22:59and how they

00:22:59approach this game

00:23:00and give us

00:23:00your opinion

00:23:01how do you

00:23:01think it's

00:23:02going to go

00:23:02for Rangers

00:23:02if you're a

00:23:03Rangers fan

00:23:03do you think

00:23:04Russell Martin

00:23:04survives

00:23:05is it a

00:23:05credible draw

00:23:06that maybe

00:23:06keeps him

00:23:07there

00:23:07or if he

00:23:08loses

00:23:09is he out

00:23:09that day

00:23:10or maybe

00:23:10after a bit

00:23:11of consultation

00:23:12who knows

00:23:13give us your

00:23:13thoughts on it

00:23:14we'd love to

00:23:14hear from you

00:23:15on it

00:23:15on this game

00:23:16which is

00:23:16mouthwatering

00:23:17to say the

00:23:17least

00:23:18on the flip

00:23:19side of it

00:23:19you've got a

00:23:20man of six

00:23:21points clear

00:23:21a dismal

00:23:22European

00:23:23performance

00:23:23an unhappy

00:23:24group of

00:23:25supporters

00:23:25at the way

00:23:26the board

00:23:27conducts its

00:23:27business

00:23:27and then of

00:23:28course right

00:23:29down to the

00:23:29wire

00:23:30the usual

00:23:31signings

00:23:31coming in

00:23:32Brendan

00:23:32Rodgers

00:23:33now looking

00:23:33at the

00:23:34Europa League

00:23:34where

00:23:34a lot of

00:23:35his players

00:23:36and himself

00:23:36wanted to be

00:23:38in the

00:23:39Champions League

00:23:40and if he

00:23:41does sign

00:23:41the players

00:23:42then he

00:23:43deserves it

00:23:43in the

00:23:44neck

00:23:44because

00:23:44Adam

00:23:45Ida

00:23:45is at

00:23:46Swansea

00:23:46conducting a

00:23:48medical right

00:23:48now

00:23:49meanwhile

00:23:50Brendan's

00:23:50in the

00:23:51press

00:23:51conference

00:23:52saying

00:23:52nobody's

00:23:53leaving

00:23:54unless I

00:23:54get another

00:23:55striker in

00:23:56yeah I

00:23:57don't think

00:23:57he's going

00:23:57to let

00:23:57him go

00:23:58unless he's

00:23:58got something

00:23:59cast iron to

00:23:59come in

00:24:00I mean that's

00:24:00just madness

00:24:00from Celtic's

00:24:01point of view

00:24:01I know Adam

00:24:02he does not

00:24:02have a great

00:24:03time of

00:24:03late at Celtic

00:24:04but to let

00:24:05him go

00:24:05and not

00:24:06bring a

00:24:06replacement

00:24:06in

00:24:06is

00:24:07incredible

00:24:08and

00:24:09you know

00:24:10potentially

00:24:11Yang

00:24:11Birmingham

00:24:12potentially

00:24:12I think

00:24:13a lot of

00:24:13Celtic fans

00:24:14wouldn't be

00:24:14too bored

00:24:14with that

00:24:15one

00:24:15Celtic

00:24:16need

00:24:16two

00:24:19strikers

00:24:20not one

00:24:20yeah they need

00:24:20two

00:24:21they're talking

00:24:21about Caspar

00:24:22Dolberger

00:24:22I think

00:24:23would be

00:24:23a terrific

00:24:23signer

00:24:23£20 million

00:24:25buy not

00:24:25long ago

00:24:26for Nice

00:24:26scored 20

00:24:26goals for

00:24:27Ajax

00:24:27scored 20

00:24:28plus goals

00:24:29for Anderlecht

00:24:29last year

00:24:3050 caps

00:24:31for Denmark

00:24:31I think

00:24:32if you can

00:24:32get Adam

00:24:32Ida

00:24:32out for

00:24:336 or 7

00:24:34million

00:24:34and get

00:24:34him

00:24:34in for

00:24:35a similar

00:24:36fee

00:24:36I think

00:24:37you've

00:24:37want to

00:24:37watch

00:24:37Peter

00:24:37I think

00:24:38there's

00:24:38a real

00:24:38gulf

00:24:39between

00:24:39the two

00:24:40in terms

00:24:40of quality

00:24:41so if

00:24:42Celtic

00:24:42can do

00:24:43that

00:24:43if they

00:24:43can get

00:24:43Dolberg

00:24:44in and

00:24:44Ida

00:24:44out

00:24:44and now

00:24:46bring another

00:24:46winger or two

00:24:47in

00:24:47and all of a

00:24:48sudden

00:24:48you're looking

00:24:48at Celtic

00:24:49a little bit

00:24:50more positively

00:24:50and you're

00:24:51thinking

00:24:51they've now

00:24:52got a lot

00:24:52stronger squad

00:24:53in the final

00:24:53third at least

00:24:54I can't

00:24:57remember the

00:24:57last time

00:24:58Celtic

00:24:58only had

00:25:00one

00:25:01striker

00:25:02on the

00:25:02books

00:25:02I'm not

00:25:04talking about

00:25:04a winger

00:25:05I'm not

00:25:05talking about

00:25:06somebody you're

00:25:06converting

00:25:07somebody into

00:25:07a striker

00:25:08they've only

00:25:09had one

00:25:09striker

00:25:10all the good

00:25:11Celtic teams

00:25:12I can remember

00:25:12have had at least

00:25:13three strikers

00:25:14three number

00:25:15nines

00:25:16who have

00:25:17obviously

00:25:17rotated and

00:25:18come in

00:25:18I'm not

00:25:19going back

00:25:19I will go

00:25:20back to

00:25:21the

00:25:21obviously

00:25:22the Sutton

00:25:23that Larson

00:25:24the Hartsons

00:25:25you know

00:25:25and you can

00:25:26go back

00:25:26further than

00:25:27that

00:25:27you don't

00:25:27need to

00:25:27go back

00:25:28further than

00:25:28that

00:25:28you just

00:25:28go back

00:25:29to January

00:25:29and say

00:25:30Kyogo

00:25:30replace him

00:25:31they only

00:25:32had one

00:25:32then

00:25:33and he

00:25:34was getting

00:25:34injured

00:25:34his shoulder

00:25:35was popping

00:25:36out

00:25:37and he

00:25:38was away

00:25:38somewhere

00:25:39and Celtic

00:25:39struggle

00:25:40a team

00:25:40like Celtic

00:25:41with the

00:25:42amount of

00:25:42games

00:25:42they've

00:25:42got in

00:25:42Europe

00:25:43you've got

00:25:43three

00:25:43strikers

00:25:44three reasonable

00:25:45strikers

00:25:46that you can

00:25:46rely on

00:25:47at this

00:25:47moment in time

00:25:48Celtic have

00:25:49had one

00:25:49striker

00:25:50that they

00:25:50can't even

00:25:51rely on

00:25:51this is what

00:25:53Brendan Rogers

00:25:53had to say

00:25:54at the

00:25:55press conference

00:25:55today

00:25:56this club

00:25:57will invest

00:25:58the investment

00:25:59is there

00:25:59we need to

00:26:00look at the

00:26:00timing of

00:26:01the investment

00:26:01we want to

00:26:02get the

00:26:02timing right

00:26:03to give us

00:26:03every chance

00:26:04we've got a

00:26:05major owner

00:26:06in Dermott

00:26:06who is super

00:26:07intelligent

00:26:07and a board

00:26:08of directors

00:26:09who bleed for

00:26:09the club

00:26:10I hear all

00:26:11this talk

00:26:11of disconnection

00:26:12it couldn't

00:26:12be further

00:26:13from the truth

00:26:13we need to

00:26:14keep ahead

00:26:15of the game

00:26:15so when we

00:26:16lose players

00:26:16we are not

00:26:17in a cycle

00:26:18of waiting

00:26:18and missing

00:26:19out in

00:26:19competitions

00:26:20we want to

00:26:20be in

00:26:21well I'm

00:26:22sorry Ali

00:26:23I'll read

00:26:23between the

00:26:23lines again

00:26:24with this

00:26:24Celtic manager

00:26:25who basically

00:26:27there's more

00:26:29in his press

00:26:30conference than

00:26:30what he doesn't

00:26:31say

00:26:31he's the man

00:26:32who started

00:26:33all this

00:26:33situation of

00:26:35having a go

00:26:35at the board

00:26:36he's the man

00:26:36who was looking

00:26:37to them and

00:26:38demanding that

00:26:39they get their

00:26:39finger out

00:26:40he's three

00:26:40seasons in

00:26:41my god

00:26:41why does he

00:26:42need to say

00:26:43this now

00:26:43when he's

00:26:44actually only

00:26:45let's be

00:26:45honest about

00:26:46it

00:26:46in his final

00:26:47season at

00:26:48Celtic before

00:26:49he leaves

00:26:49he knew all

00:26:50this

00:26:50in the

00:26:51previous

00:26:51seasons

00:26:52he knew it

00:26:52in his

00:26:52first term

00:26:53and he now

00:26:53knows it

00:26:54in the

00:26:54second term

00:26:54why is he

00:26:55waiting now

00:26:55to say it

00:26:56when once again

00:26:57the horse is

00:26:58bolted

00:26:58yeah you can't

00:26:59put the junior

00:26:59back in the

00:27:00bottle once it's

00:27:01out and I

00:27:01think his

00:27:02displeasure and

00:27:03frustration was

00:27:05very clear

00:27:06he wanted

00:27:07players in

00:27:08and he wanted

00:27:08players in

00:27:09at a point

00:27:10where he would

00:27:11have reinforcements

00:27:12going into the

00:27:13Champions League

00:27:14playoff tie

00:27:14that's what that

00:27:16message is there

00:27:17it's all well and

00:27:18good getting players in

00:27:19but I needed

00:27:19them earlier

00:27:20I wanted them

00:27:21in earlier

00:27:21and it's

00:27:22something that

00:27:23has been a

00:27:23perennial complaint

00:27:25of Celtic fans

00:27:26and Celtic

00:27:27managers across

00:27:28recent campaigns

00:27:29it's about

00:27:30not necessarily a

00:27:31criticism about

00:27:32not spending

00:27:32money I think

00:27:33if you look back

00:27:34Celtic spend a

00:27:35lot of money

00:27:35and have spent

00:27:36a lot of money

00:27:37across recent

00:27:38windows and

00:27:39recent summers

00:27:40spends that

00:27:40money do you

00:27:41think he buys

00:27:42the players

00:27:42I think it's

00:27:46probably I think

00:27:48that there's

00:27:49probably an

00:27:49element where he

00:27:50has a say on

00:27:51some of the

00:27:52players coming in

00:27:52I think there

00:27:53are certainly

00:27:55insinuations that

00:27:56some players have

00:27:57been there that

00:27:58he's not had

00:27:58final say on

00:27:59I think I sat

00:28:00in a press

00:28:00conference in

00:28:01Brendan's first

00:28:02tenure at the

00:28:03club when

00:28:04Marianne Shved

00:28:05had just been

00:28:05signed and he

00:28:06said he didn't

00:28:07know why the

00:28:07club had brought

00:28:08in another

00:28:08winger so that

00:28:09would tell you

00:28:09in itself he

00:28:10doesn't always

00:28:11have final say

00:28:12and if he's

00:28:12upset at the

00:28:13timing of

00:28:14everything he

00:28:15should have

00:28:15turned around

00:28:15and said to

00:28:16the board

00:28:16by the way

00:28:17don't give me

00:28:18your seven

00:28:18projects first

00:28:19give me the

00:28:20three that I

00:28:20want that will

00:28:21help us beat

00:28:21Kyrat Almaty

00:28:22although in his

00:28:24mind if you

00:28:25know you can't

00:28:26beat Kyrat Almaty

00:28:27when your current

00:28:27squad we're not

00:28:28making excuses for

00:28:29him if they're

00:28:30his signings he's

00:28:31at fault he's

00:28:32wasted a lot of

00:28:33money I don't

00:28:33believe they're

00:28:34Brendan's signings

00:28:35I think some of

00:28:36them are I agree

00:28:37with Ali I think

00:28:37some of them are

00:28:38obviously I think

00:28:39the bigger ones

00:28:40the trustees the

00:28:42angles he's

00:28:42surely got the

00:28:43final say on

00:28:44them the guys

00:28:44at £1.5 million

00:28:46trustees next

00:28:46out the door

00:28:47I know Peter but

00:28:48I'm pretty sure if

00:28:49you're bringing

00:28:49somebody in for

00:28:50£6 million you

00:28:51know the manager's

00:28:51got the final say

00:28:52on it he's not

00:28:53going to buy a

00:28:54player for £6

00:28:54million because it's

00:28:55a big outlay for

00:28:56Celtic but I think

00:28:57you can look at it

00:28:58both ways I think

00:28:58you can look at it

00:28:59yeah he should have

00:29:00got players in and

00:29:01probably would have

00:29:02won that tie but

00:29:03at the same time

00:29:03Celtic squad currently

00:29:05should have had

00:29:06enough to

00:29:06Kyrat Almaty

00:29:07without question

00:29:07Brendan Rodgers

00:29:08has got to take

00:29:09criticism for that

00:29:09as well he can't

00:29:10just keep saying

00:29:11we could have get

00:29:12players in before

00:29:13the Champions League

00:29:14tie he could have

00:29:15but you should still

00:29:16have taken care of

00:29:16them Peter and

00:29:17that's I don't think

00:29:18he's come out and

00:29:19said that

00:29:19that game should

00:29:21never have been in

00:29:22the balance the

00:29:22first leg at Celtic

00:29:23part should have

00:29:24the game's done

00:29:25and Ida

00:29:26Ida down to

00:29:27Swansea Ruffey

00:29:28come on

00:29:29I know

00:29:30I mean obviously

00:29:31they've eventually

00:29:33made up their mind

00:29:33that he is surplus

00:29:34no no he's not

00:29:35good enough

00:29:36don't say surplus

00:29:37Ruffey

00:29:37he's not good enough

00:29:39I'm not lucky

00:29:40they're admitting

00:29:40he's not good enough

00:29:41now because they

00:29:43couldn't make their

00:29:43mind up whether he

00:29:44was good enough

00:29:44or not

00:29:45no I don't

00:29:45he hasn't shown

00:29:46anything and they

00:29:48keep saying he's a

00:29:48young player he'll

00:29:49learn

00:29:49look at Kuhn

00:29:50took him a year

00:29:51I don't see anything

00:29:53in his game

00:29:53I don't see him

00:29:54as a goal scorer

00:29:54but a lot of the

00:29:55Celtic supporters

00:29:56are saying

00:29:57Brendan Rodgers

00:29:57came back and

00:29:58said the only

00:29:59reason well one

00:30:00of the main reason

00:30:00I've come back

00:30:01is to take Celtic

00:30:02further in European

00:30:03football

00:30:04he's took them

00:30:05back

00:30:05whether they like

00:30:07it or no

00:30:07because he's not

00:30:08forced the issue

00:30:09of bringing players

00:30:10in

00:30:10he doesn't look as

00:30:11if he's made a

00:30:12stand and saying

00:30:13right if I go get

00:30:14three players in

00:30:15I'm off

00:30:15because I thought

00:30:17that was the kind

00:30:17of manager he was

00:30:18going to be

00:30:18I'll tell you

00:30:21one thing

00:30:22you're absolutely

00:30:22right in what

00:30:23you're saying

00:30:23but that last

00:30:25bit there's not

00:30:26a catch chance

00:30:27in hell he'll

00:30:27ever be able

00:30:28to make that

00:30:28line because

00:30:30Ali I have to

00:30:31tell you there

00:30:32are millions of

00:30:33Celtic fans all

00:30:34across the globe

00:30:35and if he says

00:30:36I'm off he will

00:30:37have to go to

00:30:38Ben Becula and

00:30:40dye his hair blonde

00:30:41and wear a red

00:30:42dress and get

00:30:43some lipstick on

00:30:44because they will

00:30:45follow him all

00:30:45across the world

00:30:46he can't leave

00:30:47he's got to sit

00:30:49win the treble

00:30:50and go out

00:30:51with maybe

00:30:51maybe his head

00:30:52held high

00:30:53and a lot of

00:30:53Celtic fans

00:30:54who forget

00:30:55what happened

00:30:55in August

00:30:56yes I think

00:30:58the whole

00:30:58I think a big

00:30:59part of coming

00:31:00back to Celtic

00:31:01for me

00:31:01and it's only

00:31:02an opinion

00:31:03it's not based

00:31:04on conversations

00:31:04it's only an

00:31:05opinion but for

00:31:06me was I want

00:31:07I want my place

00:31:09here you know

00:31:10I want to be

00:31:10loved for what

00:31:11I've done in my

00:31:11first time

00:31:12I want it to be

00:31:12appreciated

00:31:13I don't want

00:31:14to have this

00:31:15I don't want

00:31:19to have this

00:31:19big black mark

00:31:21against my name

00:31:22I don't want

00:31:23to be unwelcome

00:31:24when I want to

00:31:25go back to

00:31:25Celtic Park

00:31:26I'm coming back

00:31:26to rehabilitate

00:31:27myself

00:31:28coming back

00:31:29to try and

00:31:30do it again

00:31:32almost to come

00:31:33back and be

00:31:33successful and

00:31:34win things but

00:31:34this time go

00:31:36out when I say

00:31:37I'm going out

00:31:37I'm coming in

00:31:37to do three

00:31:38seasons I'm a

00:31:39man of my

00:31:39word that's

00:31:40what I'm coming

00:31:41up to do

00:31:41well it's

00:31:43debatable on

00:31:44what the

00:31:45domestic situation

00:31:46will be winning

00:31:47the league which

00:31:48I think they will

00:31:48at a canter and

00:31:50what they do in

00:31:51the Europa League

00:31:52I wonder if they

00:31:53expect to win it

00:31:54and that's their

00:31:55level who knows

00:31:56based on the

00:31:57signees that

00:31:57they're going to

00:31:58bring in but

00:31:59one thing about

00:32:00Celtic going into

00:32:01this game I

00:32:04thought they looked

00:32:04flat against

00:32:05Caillat Almaty so

00:32:06I'm curious to

00:32:07see who they

00:32:09sign will they

00:32:10play in the game

00:32:11who's he going

00:32:12to pick can

00:32:13he go there

00:32:13and win or

00:32:14he'll be happy

00:32:15to get out

00:32:15with a draw

00:32:16yeah I think

00:32:18if you say to

00:32:19this fixture

00:32:19maybe a year

00:32:20year and a

00:32:20half ago

00:32:21you'd fancy

00:32:21Celtic

00:32:22Brendan Rodgers

00:32:22definitely had

00:32:23Indian sign

00:32:24initially I

00:32:25think 16 of

00:32:25his first 20

00:32:26games against

00:32:27Rangers he

00:32:27won this

00:32:29year this

00:32:30calendar year

00:32:30it hasn't been

00:32:31quite the same

00:32:31I think obviously

00:32:32they won the

00:32:32final penalties

00:32:33they got beat

00:32:34at home and

00:32:35then they drew

00:32:35at Ibrox so

00:32:36I think he's

00:32:36now three

00:32:37you could argue

00:32:38three without a

00:32:39win so

00:32:39yeah I do

00:32:41think that

00:32:41Celtic are

00:32:42obviously favourites

00:32:43of the bookies

00:32:43Peter but it's

00:32:44a game for me

00:32:45that's quite hard

00:32:46to call

00:32:46Celtic if they

00:32:47go and play

00:32:47well I think

00:32:49they're a better

00:32:50team better squad

00:32:51Rangers have had

00:32:52their number

00:32:52particularly last

00:32:54season as well

00:32:55so it just

00:32:56depends who turns

00:32:56up on the day

00:32:57Peter and as you

00:32:58say there could

00:32:58be Kasper

00:32:59Dolberg in

00:33:00there could be

00:33:00Balikwishar in

00:33:01there could be

00:33:02the full back

00:33:03from Bucket

00:33:04Juniors in

00:33:04Rangers could have

00:33:06Mayowski in at

00:33:07that point so

00:33:07there's still

00:33:08time for new

00:33:10players to come

00:33:11in and make

00:33:11their debut and

00:33:12make the team

00:33:12look stronger

00:33:13but would Celtic

00:33:15be happy with a

00:33:15draw probably

00:33:16I think you

00:33:17keep that gap

00:33:18but I think the

00:33:19Celtic supporters

00:33:19wouldn't be they

00:33:20want to go and

00:33:22really nail Rangers

00:33:23at the minute and

00:33:23go nine points

00:33:24clear and put the

00:33:24final nail on

00:33:25Russell Martin's

00:33:25coffin I think

00:33:26and as you and

00:33:26I discussed

00:33:27earlier this

00:33:27week and

00:33:28Ruffy as well

00:33:28on the programme

00:33:29quite simply I

00:33:31genuinely hope

00:33:32this doesn't

00:33:32happen I think

00:33:34the Celtic fans

00:33:36should not be

00:33:36throwing abuse

00:33:37towards Peter

00:33:38Lovell and

00:33:39Dermot Desmond

00:33:41or Michael

00:33:42Nicholson I

00:33:43think Peter

00:33:43Lovell and

00:33:44Dermot Desmond

00:33:44over a long

00:33:45period of time

00:33:45have certainly

00:33:46turned the club

00:33:47around financially

00:33:48I think they

00:33:49should be celebrated

00:33:50you know for

00:33:51what they've done

00:33:51but I think when

00:33:53I was speaking to

00:33:53Celtic fans

00:33:54needs a new

00:33:55approach

00:33:56needs a fresh

00:33:56board

00:33:57it might even

00:33:58need a new

00:33:58owner

00:33:59but when I was

00:34:00speaking to Celtic

00:34:00fans they all

00:34:01looked and went

00:34:01there's not a

00:34:03catch chance in

00:34:04hell they will

00:34:04give up power

00:34:05yeah it's a big

00:34:07call Peter

00:34:08I think they like

00:34:09the prestige as

00:34:09well that comes

00:34:10with Celtic

00:34:11Dermot Desmond

00:34:11in particular

00:34:12he's a very

00:34:13very successful

00:34:14businessman

00:34:14he's ran Celtic

00:34:16well over the

00:34:17years but I

00:34:18don't see them

00:34:19leaving any time

00:34:19soon Peter

00:34:20I don't see them

00:34:21leaving I think

00:34:21that they are

00:34:22entrenched at

00:34:23Celtic

00:34:23I don't know

00:34:24how the shares

00:34:25work in terms of

00:34:26trying to buy them

00:34:26out or whatever

00:34:27but I don't see

00:34:29that happening

00:34:29Peter

00:34:30listen

00:34:30with another

00:34:32board with

00:34:32deeper pockets

00:34:34obviously Celtic

00:34:34supporters would

00:34:35love that

00:34:35somebody coming

00:34:36with deeper

00:34:37pockets and

00:34:37putting more

00:34:38money into the

00:34:38team but

00:34:38I don't think

00:34:40that's going to

00:34:40happen

00:34:40there's a great

00:34:41line that we

00:34:42used in the

00:34:42journals the

00:34:43other day

00:34:43there Ali

00:34:45which is

00:34:46the greatest

00:34:47weakness of

00:34:48the powerful

00:34:48is not losing

00:34:49the power

00:34:49but the refusal

00:34:50to let it

00:34:51go

00:34:51great quote

00:34:52that you come

00:34:52up with

00:34:52yes

00:34:53well I used

00:34:55it as a

00:34:55variation on

00:34:56another quote

00:34:56that I'd read

00:34:57yeah I don't

00:35:00think there will

00:35:00be that kind

00:35:01of change

00:35:01I don't see

00:35:02that change in

00:35:03hierarchy

00:35:03whether or not

00:35:04there's an appetite

00:35:05for it's a

00:35:05different question

00:35:06the reality of

00:35:07changing it

00:35:08the mechanisms

00:35:08of changing it

00:35:09I don't see it

00:35:11coming to any

00:35:11kind of fruition

00:35:12what I do think

00:35:14is a more

00:35:14plausible change

00:35:15as an approach

00:35:16to transfers

00:35:17I think at the

00:35:18minute it looks

00:35:19like a scattergun

00:35:21strategy when it

00:35:22comes to bringing

00:35:23in players and

00:35:24recruitment

00:35:24there doesn't seem

00:35:26to be an obvious

00:35:27blueprint of what

00:35:29it is that you're

00:35:30going to look for

00:35:30and recruit

00:35:31I think you could

00:35:32look in seasons

00:35:34gone past and

00:35:35you knew exactly

00:35:35what Celtic's

00:35:36box ticking exercise

00:35:38was when it came

00:35:39for recruitment

00:35:39whether you agreed

00:35:40with it or whether

00:35:40you didn't

00:35:41it was very much

00:35:42a certain criteria

00:35:43had to be made

00:35:44players within a

00:35:45certain age bracket

00:35:47at a certain cost

00:35:48at a certain salary

00:35:49level

00:35:49those were all the

00:35:51boxes

00:35:51once you ticked

00:35:52those that was

00:35:53the remit of

00:35:53players

00:35:54I don't think

00:35:54you're really

00:35:55seeing that

00:35:55now I don't

00:35:56think you're

00:35:57seeing a very

00:35:57streamlined approach

00:35:59I think certainly

00:36:00there could be a

00:36:01more modern

00:36:02structure around

00:36:04the recruitment

00:36:04process

00:36:05I think that's

00:36:06far easier to

00:36:07do than what

00:36:08it is when you're

00:36:09talking about

00:36:09changing the

00:36:11hierarchy at the

00:36:11club

00:36:12I think there

00:36:12is an argument

00:36:13that there's a

00:36:14staleness around

00:36:15the club in

00:36:16certain areas

00:36:17I think it could

00:36:18do with being

00:36:19with a fresher

00:36:20approach

00:36:21how that comes to

00:36:22fresh and I

00:36:22don't really know

00:36:23okay

00:36:24Ruffy

00:36:25Rangers vs Celtic

00:36:26Ibrox

00:36:27like Tam

00:36:28I was

00:36:29tossing a coin

00:36:30alright

00:36:31you've got a coin

00:36:31I'm not tossing a

00:36:32coin now

00:36:33who has a coin

00:36:33these days

00:36:35I've got one

00:36:35quite a few

00:36:37in the light

00:36:38in the light of

00:36:38the two Celtic

00:36:39games and the

00:36:40two Rangers

00:36:40games

00:36:41Celtic over the

00:36:42two games have

00:36:42lost no goals

00:36:44Rangers have

00:36:45lost nine

00:36:46I think the

00:36:47Rangers defence

00:36:48is there to be

00:36:49taken so I'm

00:36:50going to go for

00:36:51Celtic to win

00:36:51this 2-0

00:36:522-0

00:36:53Ibrox

00:36:54okay

00:36:54Ali

00:36:55I honestly

00:36:56don't know

00:36:57I think I

00:36:57would probably

00:36:57go for a

00:36:58draw

00:36:58I think

00:36:59there's a

00:37:01whole theory

00:37:02that the

00:37:02forum book

00:37:03goes out the

00:37:03window when

00:37:04this game's

00:37:04played which I

00:37:05think is

00:37:05rubbish

00:37:06we've spoken

00:37:07about this

00:37:07before I

00:37:07think it

00:37:08always points

00:37:09to the

00:37:09forum team

00:37:10coming out

00:37:11and talk

00:37:11but right

00:37:11now you're

00:37:12in quite a

00:37:13unique position

00:37:13where you're

00:37:14saying well

00:37:14which is the

00:37:15forum team

00:37:16both managers

00:37:17go into it

00:37:18under pressure

00:37:19of a different

00:37:20sort obviously

00:37:21Russell Martin's

00:37:22troubles are very

00:37:22clear for

00:37:23Brendan Rodgers

00:37:24though while

00:37:25it's been an

00:37:27unblemish start

00:37:28to the league

00:37:29campaign there

00:37:30are pressures

00:37:31around the

00:37:31Champions League

00:37:32exit but also

00:37:32bigger questions

00:37:34has there been

00:37:35a game in

00:37:362025 a big

00:37:37game that Celtic

00:37:38should have

00:37:39turned up and

00:37:39won that they've

00:37:40won they've

00:37:41lost twice to

00:37:42Rangers they

00:37:42lost the

00:37:43festive game

00:37:44at Ibrox they

00:37:45lost to

00:37:46Barry Ferguson

00:37:46Rangers at

00:37:47Celtic Park

00:37:48they lost the

00:37:49Scottish Cup

00:37:49final to

00:37:50Aberdeen so

00:37:51I think there

00:37:52are question

00:37:53marks over both

00:37:54managers going

00:37:56into this one

00:37:56I think the

00:37:58Rangers defence

00:37:59I would agree

00:37:59with you I

00:37:59think it looks

00:38:00particularly

00:38:01porous I

00:38:03think but

00:38:04Celtic have

00:38:05looked they've

00:38:07not been

00:38:07particularly

00:38:08clinical in

00:38:09games so

00:38:10whether or not

00:38:11they can take

00:38:11advantage of

00:38:12that is another

00:38:12matter but I

00:38:13think I'm going

00:38:14to say a

00:38:15draw

00:38:15Ali you were

00:38:16almost on the

00:38:17BBC there that

00:38:18was 7000 words

00:38:19when 24 would

00:38:20do that's all

00:38:22we'll get time

00:38:23for on the

00:38:23show I hope

00:38:24you really

00:38:24enjoyed it

00:38:25Ali's gone for

00:38:26a draw by the

00:38:26way 3 to 1

00:38:28the draw Ali's

00:38:29get Skelfs

00:38:30on our

00:38:30backside so

00:38:31have I so

00:38:31have you I

00:38:32can't pick

00:38:33between them

00:38:33although I

00:38:34would say

00:38:34this if

00:38:35Brendan Rogers

00:38:36cannot beat

00:38:37Russell Martin's

00:38:38Rangers there's

00:38:38something far

00:38:39wrong

00:38:39yep and as

00:38:40Alison said

00:38:41Rangers have

00:38:42had a number

00:38:42over the last

00:38:433 or 4 games

00:38:44so depends if

00:38:46Rangers turn up

00:38:46on the day

00:38:47Ruffy's right

00:38:49Rangers are

00:38:50poor defensively

00:38:51but I haven't

00:38:52been impressed

00:38:52with Celtic

00:38:52going forward

00:38:53so I'm going

00:38:54to go for

00:38:552 each Peter

00:38:55but honestly

00:38:56there's no

00:38:56result that

00:38:57would surprise

00:38:58me in this

00:38:58game

00:38:58see if

00:38:59Rangers

00:38:59won 3-1

00:39:00I wouldn't

00:39:01be surprised

00:39:01one day

00:39:01Celtic go

00:39:02there and

00:39:02won 3-0

00:39:03I wouldn't

00:39:04be surprised

00:39:04so any

00:39:06results possible

00:39:07I'll go for

00:39:082 each

00:39:08I'm really

00:39:09interested to

00:39:10see what

00:39:10both lineups

00:39:11are on

00:39:12Sunday

00:39:12and who

00:39:13might be

00:39:14thrown in

00:39:14and I

00:39:15think that

00:39:15can always

00:39:16be quite a

00:39:17unique baptism

00:39:18for players

00:39:19when they're

00:39:19just thrown

00:39:20straight in

00:39:20to a game

00:39:21how many times

00:39:22do you actually

00:39:23do that

00:39:23realistically

00:39:24I think it's

00:39:24happened quite

00:39:25a lot

00:39:26who's gone

00:39:27in straight

00:39:28he's hardly

00:39:29going to turn

00:39:31the game

00:39:31at defence

00:39:32who goes

00:39:33straight into

00:39:34a Rangers Celtic

00:39:34game and

00:39:35absolutely

00:39:36makes an

00:39:38impact

00:39:38managers tend

00:39:39to be

00:39:40reluctant to

00:39:41throw them

00:39:41straight in

00:39:41unless it's

00:39:42real desperation

00:39:43is there

00:39:43desperation

00:39:44anywhere

00:39:44I think

00:39:46if Mijofsky

00:39:47was in

00:39:48available

00:39:49he would

00:39:49start

00:39:49Ruffy

00:39:50Celtic

00:39:51anywhere

00:39:51the only

00:39:52ones I

00:39:53can think

00:39:53of

00:39:53thrown

00:39:53in

00:39:54are the

00:39:54goalkeepers

00:39:54I think

00:39:55Mane

00:39:55got thrown

00:39:56into an

00:39:56Ibricks

00:39:57game

00:39:57they did

00:39:58particularly

00:39:58well

00:39:59I can't

00:40:00remember

00:40:00a new

00:40:01signing

00:40:01getting thrown

00:40:02right in

00:40:03but

00:40:03the way

00:40:05things are

00:40:05going just

00:40:06now

00:40:06you don't

00:40:07know what

00:40:07to expect

00:40:07do you

00:40:08I think

00:40:08Balak-Wishir

00:40:09will start

00:40:09I think

00:40:11you might

00:40:11start as

00:40:12well

00:40:12I can't

00:40:13wait to

00:40:13see

00:40:13Balak-Wishir

00:40:15the new

00:40:15signing

00:40:15for Celtic

00:40:15I can

00:40:18hear echoes

00:40:18of

00:40:18my old

00:40:21pal

00:40:22Derek

00:40:22Johnston

00:40:23who used

00:40:24to think

00:40:25about these

00:40:25games

00:40:25who's going

00:40:26to start

00:40:26now

00:40:26Derek

00:40:28what do

00:40:28you think

00:40:28the line

00:40:28of

00:40:28will be

00:40:29he used

00:40:29to look

00:40:29at me

00:40:29and go

00:40:30McLeod

00:40:30Jarden

00:40:31Miller

00:40:31it didn't

00:40:31matter

00:40:32what

00:40:32generation

00:40:32it was

00:40:33in

00:40:33he just

00:40:34rounded

00:40:34off

00:40:35but I

00:40:35cannot

00:40:36rhyme

00:40:36off

00:40:36this

00:40:36Rangers

00:40:37team

00:40:37and

00:40:37that's

00:40:38the

00:40:38point

00:40:38usually

00:40:39if you've

00:40:39got a

00:40:39good

00:40:39side

00:40:40you can

00:40:40rhyme

00:40:40off

00:40:41nine

00:40:41of

00:40:41the

00:40:41Mally

00:40:41but you

00:40:42can't

00:40:42what you

00:40:44would

00:40:44say

00:40:44is

00:40:44you

00:40:44would

00:40:45favour

00:40:45the

00:40:45team

00:40:45going

00:40:45into

00:40:46the

00:40:46game

00:40:46with

00:40:46confidence

00:40:47and a

00:40:47winning

00:40:48run

00:40:48you don't

00:40:49want to

00:40:50begin

00:40:50a

00:40:50Rangers

00:40:51Celtic

00:40:51game

00:40:52losing

00:40:53six

00:40:53goals

00:40:53you have

00:40:55to have

00:40:55certain

00:40:55characters

00:40:56to get

00:40:56that

00:40:57out the

00:40:57back

00:40:57of your

00:40:57mind

00:40:58to start

00:40:58that

00:40:59game

00:40:59Hugh Burns

00:41:04says

00:41:05Derek

00:41:05Johnson

00:41:05DJ

00:41:06he was

00:41:06mince

00:41:06I think

00:41:08you're

00:41:08doing him

00:41:08a

00:41:08disservice

00:41:09he could

00:41:10play

00:41:10centre

00:41:10half

00:41:11midfield

00:41:11very

00:41:12well

00:41:12and up

00:41:13front

00:41:13as

00:41:14well

00:41:14he's

00:41:14the

00:41:14second

00:41:14all

00:41:15time

00:41:15post

00:41:15war

00:41:15goal

00:41:16scorer

00:41:16for

00:41:16Rangers

00:41:16I think

00:41:18Rangers

00:41:18he would

00:41:18walk

00:41:19right

00:41:19into

00:41:19that

00:41:19side

00:41:20right

00:41:20now

00:41:20that's

00:41:20how

00:41:20good

00:41:20he was

00:41:21okay

00:41:22so we've

00:41:23given our

00:41:23thoughts

00:41:24on that

00:41:24the Dundee

00:41:25Derby

00:41:26Ruffy

00:41:26you've got

00:41:27one manager

00:41:28who I

00:41:28think

00:41:28is

00:41:28desperately

00:41:29hoping

00:41:29he doesn't

00:41:30lose it

00:41:30and the

00:41:31other

00:41:31who thinks

00:41:31we've got

00:41:32a good

00:41:32enough

00:41:32side

00:41:32to go

00:41:33to

00:41:33Denz

00:41:33Park

00:41:33and win

00:41:34it

00:41:34yeah

00:41:35well you've

00:41:35got a

00:41:35Dundee

00:41:36United

00:41:36team

00:41:36full of

00:41:44first goal

00:41:45is always

00:41:45very very

00:41:46important

00:41:46if you

00:41:46can get

00:41:47it

00:41:47I know

00:41:48Dundee

00:41:49have sort

00:41:49of got

00:41:49their act

00:41:50together

00:41:50they look

00:41:51more organised

00:41:52now but I

00:41:53don't think

00:41:53they're that

00:41:54organised

00:41:54that they

00:41:55could be

00:41:55comfortably

00:41:55going to

00:41:56a game

00:41:56and win

00:41:56it

00:41:57so I'm

00:41:57going to

00:41:57go for

00:41:58Dundee

00:41:58United

00:41:58I don't

00:41:59think it

00:42:00matters

00:42:00if there's

00:42:0011 foreigners

00:42:01if they can

00:42:01play football

00:42:02I think

00:42:03that's the

00:42:03key to it

00:42:04all but I

00:42:04would rather

00:42:05see quite

00:42:06a few

00:42:07Scots

00:42:07playing in

00:42:08these games

00:42:08if we had

00:42:09a bigger

00:42:10pool of

00:42:11Scots that

00:42:11could play

00:42:12and get

00:42:12in the

00:42:12team

00:42:12or a

00:42:13manager

00:42:13who had

00:42:13confidence

00:42:14to actually

00:42:14say you

00:42:15know what

00:42:15they're just

00:42:16as good

00:42:16I'm going

00:42:17to play

00:42:17them

00:42:17I don't

00:42:18think it

00:42:18matters where

00:42:19you get

00:42:19your players

00:42:19from

00:42:19you just

00:42:20want value

00:42:20for money

00:42:20Peter

00:42:21and Jim

00:42:21Goodwin's

00:42:22had a great

00:42:22record

00:42:23of going

00:42:23abroad

00:42:23and getting

00:42:23players in

00:42:24the big

00:42:25one is

00:42:25obviously

00:42:25Majofsky

00:42:26bringing him

00:42:27to Aberdeen

00:42:27and selling

00:42:28him on for

00:42:28a big fee

00:42:28so I think

00:42:30he's built

00:42:30a really good

00:42:31side at

00:42:31Dundee

00:42:31United

00:42:32I was really

00:42:32impressed with

00:42:32him in both

00:42:33the games

00:42:33against Rapid

00:42:34Vienna

00:42:34and I

00:42:35think they've

00:42:36got a better

00:42:37squad than

00:42:37Dundee

00:42:38as the next

00:42:39Dundee player

00:42:39I want

00:42:39Dundee to win

00:42:40I really want

00:42:41Elvis to get

00:42:42a result as

00:42:42well but I

00:42:43just think

00:42:43Dundee

00:42:43United at

00:42:44this minute

00:42:44look a stronger

00:42:45outfit Peter

00:42:46and look

00:42:46better in

00:42:47the final

00:42:47third

00:42:47Dundee have

00:42:48dug in

00:42:48the last

00:42:49couple of

00:42:49games

00:42:49good draw

00:42:50at Ibrox

00:42:50and good

00:42:50draw last

00:42:51week

00:42:52down at

00:42:52Kilmarnock

00:42:52but I

00:42:53just think

00:42:54Dundee

00:42:54United have

00:42:55got a wee bit

00:42:55more quality

00:42:55and they'll

00:42:56nick it 2-1

00:42:56Yeah I've

00:42:57got to go

00:42:57Dundee

00:42:57United to

00:42:58edge it

00:42:58Ali what

00:42:59about yourself

00:42:59Yeah I

00:43:00think Dundee

00:43:00United

00:43:01will edge it

00:43:01too I

00:43:01think they've

00:43:02just got that

00:43:02bit more

00:43:03quality

00:43:04I have to

00:43:05say I

00:43:07think Dundee

00:43:08have steadied

00:43:08in a way

00:43:09that I

00:43:09didn't know

00:43:09if they

00:43:10would I

00:43:11think it

00:43:12was a

00:43:12really tough

00:43:12start for

00:43:14Stephen Presley

00:43:14and again

00:43:15we've spoken

00:43:16about this

00:43:17previously on

00:43:18the show how

00:43:18difficult it

00:43:19is when you're

00:43:19swimming against

00:43:20the tide

00:43:20you're not a

00:43:21popular appointment

00:43:22and you're on

00:43:22the back foot

00:43:23immediately and

00:43:24you're not

00:43:24getting positive

00:43:25results the

00:43:26pressure is

00:43:26absolute I

00:43:27think in

00:43:28those

00:43:28circumstances

00:43:29so I've

00:43:29been impressed

00:43:30he's basically

00:43:31just made

00:43:31them really

00:43:32difficult to

00:43:33try to make

00:43:34them as

00:43:34organised as

00:43:35possible and

00:43:36set them up

00:43:37in such a way

00:43:38that they're

00:43:38not leaking

00:43:38goals but I

00:43:39think Dundee

00:43:41United will win

00:43:42I'm going to

00:43:42go for 2-1

00:43:43United

00:43:43I hope he gets

00:43:44the players

00:43:44though Ali

00:43:45he still needs

00:43:46players in

00:43:47whether or not

00:43:47he gets them

00:43:48now when you're

00:43:48thinking you're

00:43:50really properly

00:43:50counting down

00:43:51Ruffy

00:43:522-1 for me

00:43:53Dundee

00:43:54United

00:43:54straight in there

00:43:56the Dundee

00:43:57Dons against

00:43:57Falkirk

00:43:58I'm looking at

00:43:59Aberdeen and

00:44:01I genuinely

00:44:02thought they

00:44:03played well

00:44:04that opening

00:44:0420 minutes

00:44:05I was very

00:44:07critical of them

00:44:07for the

00:44:08Potaudri tie

00:44:08because I

00:44:09thought they

00:44:10should have

00:44:10taken Stour

00:44:10of Bucharest

00:44:11they should

00:44:12have had a

00:44:12real goal

00:44:13when you're

00:44:13against 10

00:44:13men

00:44:14I don't know

00:44:15I have a

00:44:17feeling that

00:44:17they'll bounce

00:44:18back against

00:44:19Falkirk

00:44:19my real worry

00:44:20is Falkirk

00:44:21this season

00:44:21time

00:44:21yeah I think

00:44:23defensively

00:44:25they're lacking

00:44:26a wee bit of

00:44:26experience

00:44:26Premier League

00:44:27experience

00:44:27fair play to

00:44:30John McGlynn

00:44:30he's kept

00:44:31with the

00:44:32nucleus of

00:44:32the squad

00:44:32that's

00:44:33probably went

00:44:34from League

00:44:34One

00:44:34Championship

00:44:35into the

00:44:35Premier League

00:44:36so he's

00:44:36kept with

00:44:37them

00:44:37he's loyal

00:44:37with them

00:44:38which is good

00:44:38but I just

00:44:39think he needs

00:44:40a wee bit

00:44:40more quality

00:44:40particularly

00:44:41centre half

00:44:41areas

00:44:42I think

00:44:42Aberdeen

00:44:43last night

00:44:44obviously

00:44:44poor result

00:44:45dreadful decision

00:44:47killed him

00:44:48but I think

00:44:49Aberdeen

00:44:49have got

00:44:49more than

00:44:50enough

00:44:50quality

00:44:51particularly

00:44:52in the

00:44:52wide areas

00:44:53I think

00:44:54still the

00:44:54striker

00:44:54Kevin

00:44:55Nisbet's

00:44:55rumoured to

00:44:55be coming

00:44:56in

00:44:56probably

00:44:56Sunday

00:44:57Monday

00:44:57I think

00:44:58he'll give

00:44:58them a

00:44:59lift

00:44:59I think

00:45:00in the

00:45:00final third

00:45:00in the

00:45:01striker

00:45:02area

00:45:02they're

00:45:02lacking

00:45:02but I

00:45:03think

00:45:03in the

00:45:03wide

00:45:04areas

00:45:04I've been

00:45:05pretty

00:45:05impressed

00:45:05with

00:45:05some

00:45:05of

00:45:05their

00:45:05players

00:45:06but

00:45:06I

00:45:07think

00:45:07they'll

00:45:08take

00:45:08care

00:45:08of

00:45:08Falkirk

00:45:08even

00:45:09though

00:45:09there might

00:45:09be

00:45:09a few

00:45:09tired

00:45:10legs

00:45:10I'll

00:45:10go for

00:45:103-1

00:45:11to

00:45:11Aberdeen

00:45:113-1

00:45:12I'm going

00:45:122-0

00:45:13Ali

00:45:13did you

00:45:13pick one

00:45:13there

00:45:14I didn't

00:45:15I'm going

00:45:16to tip

00:45:16Falkirk

00:45:17to get

00:45:17a draw

00:45:17I just

00:45:18think

00:45:18sometimes

00:45:18when teams

00:45:19are coming

00:45:19off the

00:45:20back

00:45:20of

00:45:20travelling

00:45:21and

00:45:21heavy

00:45:22legs

00:45:22and

00:45:23everything

00:45:24that goes

00:45:24around

00:45:24European

00:45:25games

00:45:25I'm

00:45:25just

00:45:25going

00:45:26to

00:45:26fancy

00:45:26Falkirk

00:45:27to make

00:45:27something

00:45:27I think

00:45:29the supporters

00:45:29will still

00:45:30be behind

00:45:30Aberdeen

00:45:31Flags

00:45:32there'll be

00:45:33flags

00:45:34I think

00:45:36they'll be

00:45:37encouraged by

00:45:37where they

00:45:38are

00:45:38they're still

00:45:38in Europe

00:45:40I don't

00:45:40think

00:45:41Falkirk

00:45:41have

00:45:41really

00:45:42got

00:45:42their

00:45:42head

00:45:42around

00:45:42defending

00:45:43yet

00:45:43for the

00:45:44last year

00:45:45all they've

00:45:45been doing

00:45:45is attacking

00:45:46and playing

00:45:46exciting

00:45:47football

00:45:47and pleasing

00:45:48everybody

00:45:49to the eye

00:45:49but I think

00:45:50there comes

00:45:50a stage

00:45:51when you've

00:45:51got to

00:45:52set your

00:45:52stall out

00:45:53to get

00:45:53something

00:45:53out of

00:45:53the game

00:45:54as Ali

00:45:54says

00:45:55one

00:45:55each

00:45:55I don't

00:45:56think

00:45:56Falkirk

00:45:56are there

00:45:57yet

00:45:57so I'm

00:45:58going to

00:45:58go Aberdeen

00:45:582-0

00:45:59The High

00:46:00B's at

00:46:01home

00:46:01for this

00:46:02run

00:46:02where you

00:46:03think

00:46:03they're

00:46:03going to

00:46:03be able

00:46:03to take

00:46:04some of

00:46:05the sides

00:46:05that they've

00:46:05dropped

00:46:05points

00:46:06against

00:46:06I'm going

00:46:08to go

00:46:08to this

00:46:08game

00:46:08Tam

00:46:09St Mirren

00:46:09impressed me

00:46:10last week

00:46:11as well

00:46:11This is a

00:46:12tricky one

00:46:13for Hibs

00:46:13I think

00:46:13when you're

00:46:14coming back

00:46:14off a

00:46:15European

00:46:15game

00:46:15the last

00:46:16team

00:46:16you want

00:46:16to face

00:46:16is

00:46:16Steven

00:46:17Robinson

00:46:17St Mirren

00:46:17they're horrible

00:46:19to play

00:46:19against

00:46:19and I mean

00:46:19that as a

00:46:20compliment

00:46:20they're right

00:46:21up and at

00:46:22you

00:46:22they're physical

00:46:23they work

00:46:23hard

00:46:24they press

00:46:24high

00:46:25and if

00:46:26Hibs are

00:46:26off at

00:46:26all

00:46:26if they're

00:46:27tired

00:46:27legs

00:46:28they're

00:46:28feeling

00:46:28sorry

00:46:28for

00:46:28themselves

00:46:29they'll

00:46:29get

00:46:29turned

00:46:29over

00:46:29but

00:46:30I just

00:46:30think

00:46:31there's

00:46:31a real

00:46:32deep

00:46:32squad

00:46:32now

00:46:32at

00:46:32Hibs

00:46:33I think

00:46:33you've

00:46:33seen

00:46:33some

00:46:34of

00:46:34the

00:46:34players

00:46:34coming

00:46:34on

00:46:34last

00:46:34night

00:46:35Chai

00:46:36one

00:46:36in the middle

00:46:36of the park

00:46:36superb

00:46:37player

00:46:37Do you think

00:46:39he needs

00:46:39any more?

00:46:41And then

00:46:42Dykes would

00:46:42be a great

00:46:42signing

00:46:43Peter

00:46:43I think

00:46:43Kieran

00:46:44Bowie's

00:46:44excellent

00:46:44but I

00:46:45think

00:46:45they need

00:46:45another

00:46:46one

00:46:46of his

00:46:47ilk

00:46:47a physical

00:46:48presence

00:46:48up there

00:46:48they've

00:46:49got

00:46:49Martin

00:46:50Boyle

00:46:50they've

00:46:50got

00:46:51Clegie

00:46:58squad

00:46:58this season

00:46:59now

00:46:59Europe's

00:47:00out the

00:47:00road

00:47:00I think

00:47:01you'll

00:47:01see them

00:47:01going

00:47:01a real

00:47:02good

00:47:02run

00:47:02I've

00:47:03got

00:47:03Hibs

00:47:03to win

00:47:032-1

00:47:04but by

00:47:04the way

00:47:04if they

00:47:05get

00:47:06Lyndon

00:47:06Dykes

00:47:06fair play

00:47:08to him

00:47:08he's

00:47:09building

00:47:09a good

00:47:09side

00:47:09I think

00:47:10that would

00:47:10be a

00:47:10fantastic

00:47:11signing

00:47:11for them

00:47:12too

00:47:12being able

00:47:13to hold

00:47:14the ball

00:47:14up

00:47:14and bring

00:47:14other

00:47:15people

00:47:15into

00:47:15play

00:47:15a bit

00:47:16of

00:47:16physicality

00:47:17you saw

00:47:17how much

00:47:17of a

00:47:17handful

00:47:18he was

00:47:18when he

00:47:19was

00:47:19at

00:47:19Livingston

00:47:19how

00:47:20important

00:47:20it

00:47:21came

00:47:21to them

00:47:21and I

00:47:22think

00:47:22it just

00:47:22gives you

00:47:23options

00:47:23it can

00:47:24offer you

00:47:25a variation

00:47:26in how you

00:47:27play

00:47:27and how you

00:47:27set up

00:47:28and maybe

00:47:28changing it

00:47:29within games

00:47:29but I'm

00:47:30going to

00:47:31buck the

00:47:31trend here

00:47:32I actually

00:47:32fancy St

00:47:33Minnan

00:47:33on Sunday

00:47:34yeah

00:47:34okay

00:47:35you're in

00:47:36that kind

00:47:36of a mood

00:47:36today

00:47:37Ali

00:47:37you better

00:47:38get a

00:47:38cut in

00:47:39them

00:47:39by

00:47:39this

00:47:39about

00:47:39a

00:47:395,000

00:47:40to 1

00:47:40accumulator

00:47:41yeah

00:47:41Ali

00:47:42might not

00:47:44see me

00:47:44in Monday

00:47:44Ali

00:47:45you might

00:47:48not

00:47:48see me

00:47:49in

00:47:49Monday

00:47:49we will

00:47:52all put

00:47:52a ten

00:47:52around

00:47:52for you

00:47:53although

00:47:54quite a

00:47:55lot of

00:47:55people

00:47:55will

00:47:56obviously

00:47:56want to

00:47:56put down

00:47:57Alison

00:47:59taking

00:48:00money out

00:48:00of her

00:48:00pocket

00:48:01shocker

00:48:01in the

00:48:01first

00:48:02place

00:48:02even though

00:48:03she bought

00:48:03me a

00:48:04sandwich

00:48:04the other

00:48:04day

00:48:04there

00:48:04roughly

00:48:05Subway

00:48:05can I

00:48:06know this

00:48:06yes

00:48:07other

00:48:08shops

00:48:08as well

00:48:09yeah

00:48:09well done

00:48:12always keep

00:48:13every sponsor

00:48:14happy

00:48:14so you

00:48:16and Ali

00:48:16can't

00:48:17yeah

00:48:17I think

00:48:18I might

00:48:18struggle

00:48:18for that

00:48:19game

00:48:20the other

00:48:20night

00:48:20there

00:48:20I'm

00:48:21going

00:48:21to

00:48:21go

00:48:21one

00:48:21each

00:48:22okay

00:48:22the

00:48:23big

00:48:23dilemma

00:48:23for me

00:48:24Ali

00:48:24and I'm

00:48:24going to

00:48:25be honest

00:48:25about it

00:48:26you know

00:48:26we're

00:48:26looking here

00:48:27at

00:48:28you know

00:48:29some of

00:48:29the games

00:48:30that we

00:48:31talked about

00:48:31on the

00:48:32on the

00:48:33Saturday

00:48:33but on

00:48:33the Sunday

00:48:34we've got

00:48:36you know

00:48:37the Premiership

00:48:37champions

00:48:38this season

00:48:38Motherwell

00:48:39because

00:48:40one guy

00:48:42actually put

00:48:42a tweet

00:48:43out

00:48:43Tam

00:48:43I don't

00:48:44know if

00:48:44you saw

00:48:44it

00:48:44but I

00:48:45had been

00:48:45so

00:48:46positive

00:48:47about

00:48:47Motherwell

00:48:48that he's

00:48:49now gone

00:48:49and said

00:48:50right

00:48:50I've

00:48:50listened to

00:48:51Peter Martin

00:48:51he put a

00:48:52tenner on

00:48:53Motherwell to

00:48:53win the

00:48:54league

00:48:54and he's

00:48:55like

00:48:55he's

00:48:56gung-ho

00:48:56he's

00:48:57gone for

00:48:57it

00:48:57big style

00:48:58and

00:48:58he says

00:48:59we're going

00:49:00to do

00:49:00a Leicester

00:49:01I think

00:49:02if you've

00:49:02got any

00:49:02aspirations

00:49:03to win

00:49:03the league

00:49:03which

00:49:04Motherwell

00:49:04probably

00:49:04have

00:49:05now

00:49:05after

00:49:05that

00:49:05magnificent

00:49:06performance

00:49:06last week

00:49:07against

00:49:07Larts

00:49:07you've got

00:49:08to beat

00:49:08Camarnock at

00:49:09home

00:49:09yes

00:49:09so

00:49:10I think

00:49:11they will

00:49:11I really

00:49:12fancy

00:49:12Motherwell

00:49:12this weekend

00:49:13I think

00:49:13they're a great

00:49:13price as well

00:49:1411 to 10

00:49:15I fancy

00:49:17Motherwell

00:49:17comfortably

00:49:17here 3-1

00:49:18yeah

00:49:18if I could

00:49:19and I

00:49:20hope it wasn't

00:49:21just a flash

00:49:22in the pan

00:49:22but certain

00:49:23Motherwell fans

00:49:23have told me

00:49:24earlier on

00:49:24there were

00:49:25signs of it

00:49:26but I've

00:49:27spoken to

00:49:28I've spoken

00:49:28to players

00:49:29I've listened

00:49:31to Stephen

00:49:32Naysmith talk

00:49:32about it

00:49:33I was speaking

00:49:33to James

00:49:33McFadden

00:49:34this morning

00:49:35I've spoken

00:49:36to fans

00:49:37and they

00:49:38are getting

00:49:38excited

00:49:39Ali

00:49:40because this

00:49:40boy's got

00:49:41them playing

00:49:42I mean

00:49:4262 minutes

00:49:43I looked

00:49:44in the press

00:49:45box Ali

00:49:45and I thought

00:49:46this could be

00:49:476-0

00:49:47they are

00:49:48battering hearts

00:49:49and without

00:49:49their best player

00:49:50yeah

00:49:50taking Lennon

00:49:51Miller out of

00:49:52the equation

00:49:53yeah I think

00:49:53there's much

00:49:54to be excited

00:49:55about

00:49:55I think the way

00:49:55he's set

00:49:56them up

00:49:57the way

00:49:57he's got

00:49:57them playing

00:49:58I think

00:49:58fans are

00:50:00loving it

00:50:00they wouldn't

00:50:02have known

00:50:03what to do

00:50:03I think

00:50:03the aftermath

00:50:04of Tynecastle

00:50:05last weekend

00:50:06to have been

00:50:06ahead

00:50:06and then

00:50:07obviously

00:50:07be pegged

00:50:08back

00:50:08but I think

00:50:09there's just

00:50:09a real level

00:50:10of optimism

00:50:11about the season

00:50:12that lies ahead

00:50:13based on the

00:50:13early evidence

00:50:14of what it is

00:50:15that he's

00:50:16wanting to do

00:50:16what about

00:50:17the recruitment

00:50:17Ali

00:50:17the boy

00:50:18Eli

00:50:19just

00:50:19yeah

00:50:20a couple

00:50:21I think

00:50:21do you have

00:50:22three

00:50:22motherwell players

00:50:23on your team

00:50:24of the week

00:50:24and I think

00:50:24that was

00:50:25replicating

00:50:25that would be

00:50:28indicative of

00:50:29how well

00:50:29he played

00:50:30or perhaps

00:50:31indicative of

00:50:31the game

00:50:32that you were

00:50:32at

00:50:33the only one

00:50:35that I say

00:50:35that I possibly

00:50:36got wrong

00:50:36and I'm not

00:50:37saying he didn't

00:50:38have a good game

00:50:38he had a really

00:50:39good game

00:50:39because he was

00:50:40part of that

00:50:40three in the

00:50:41middle that I

00:50:41thought were

00:50:41brilliant

00:50:42was

00:50:42Claddinger

00:50:43who was

00:50:44I mean

00:50:44Elliot Watt

00:50:45ran the show

00:50:46Eli just

00:50:48was outrageous

00:50:48I mean I just

00:50:49thought so

00:50:49where did they

00:50:50get him

00:50:50but the only

00:50:51one that I

00:50:52would probably

00:50:52out of the

00:50:53team of the

00:50:53week that I

00:50:54picked I

00:50:54would probably

00:50:55pick

00:50:55Kelly and

00:50:55Phillips

00:50:56as maybe

00:50:57because he's

00:50:58been

00:50:58that ball

00:50:59you get a ball

00:51:0020 yards

00:51:0025 yards

00:51:01out

00:51:01Phillips is

00:51:02belting it

00:51:02and he's

00:51:02good

00:51:03yeah but

00:51:04on the

00:51:05point of

00:51:05motherwell I

00:51:06think it's

00:51:06really notable

00:51:07that you have

00:51:08a manager

00:51:08who's come

00:51:09in

00:51:09he's had to

00:51:11cope with all

00:51:12the noise

00:51:12around Lennon

00:51:13Miller

00:51:13and losing

00:51:14him

00:51:15but you can

00:51:15see a very

00:51:16clear strategy

00:51:17and identity

00:51:18immediately

00:51:19so when you're

00:51:20talking about

00:51:20Russell Martin

00:51:21and you're

00:51:21talking about

00:51:22this Rangers

00:51:23team

00:51:23people are

00:51:24toiling to

00:51:25see the

00:51:25evidence

00:51:26that it's

00:51:27going in the

00:51:27right direction

00:51:28they're struggling

00:51:29to see the

00:51:29evidence that

00:51:29the tanker is

00:51:30actually moving

00:51:31and going where

00:51:32it should be

00:51:32whereas at

00:51:33Motherwell you're

00:51:33looking you

00:51:34think it's

00:51:35very early

00:51:36days but you're

00:51:36seeing enough

00:51:37evidence for

00:51:38positivity

00:51:38I can see a

00:51:39clear identity

00:51:40about it

00:51:40very clear

00:51:41identity

00:51:41you know

00:51:42exactly what

00:51:42way they're

00:51:42going to

00:51:43play it

00:51:43off

00:51:43and by the

00:51:44way can I

00:51:44tell you

00:51:45something

00:51:45you know

00:51:46what it's

00:51:46like do

00:51:46remember

00:51:47watching Tottenham

00:51:47last year

00:51:48and you're

00:51:48actually saying

00:51:49Ange please

00:51:50get players

00:51:51behind the

00:51:52ball

00:51:52he's playing

00:51:53it out from

00:51:53the back

00:51:54he's playing

00:51:54triangles

00:51:55and they're

00:51:55making brave

00:51:56passes forward

00:51:57midfielders

00:51:58passing forward

00:51:59it could be a

00:51:59trend

00:52:00yeah you know

00:52:01it's good to

00:52:02see a team

00:52:02like that

00:52:03you know

00:52:03who's not

00:52:03going to

00:52:04well

00:52:04although the

00:52:05guy thinks

00:52:05they're going

00:52:06to win the

00:52:06league

00:52:06I think they

00:52:06might just

00:52:07be outside

00:52:07the top

00:52:08six

00:52:08well that's

00:52:11put a

00:52:12damper on

00:52:12it

00:52:12well he might

00:52:14have a

00:52:14handicap bet

00:52:15you can get

00:52:15handicap bets

00:52:1620 points

00:52:17to your start

00:52:17maybe he's

00:52:19got that

00:52:19but no I

00:52:20think they

00:52:20have been

00:52:21encouraging

00:52:21but you

00:52:21have to

00:52:22take into

00:52:22consideration

00:52:23that last

00:52:2430 minutes

00:52:24they've got to

00:52:25tidy that up

00:52:26to be a team

00:52:27flying like that

00:52:28and winning

00:52:293-0

00:52:29you've got to

00:52:30see that game

00:52:30out as well

00:52:31but stranger

00:52:32things have

00:52:32happened

00:52:33but at home

00:52:33I agree with

00:52:34I think

00:52:34I think they

00:52:35beat

00:52:35Gormann

00:52:35it is

00:52:36Scottish

00:52:36football

00:52:36I wonder

00:52:37if Stuart

00:52:37Kettlewell

00:52:38will get

00:52:38pelters

00:52:39from the

00:52:40Motherwell

00:52:40fans

00:52:40I suspect

00:52:41he might

00:52:42get a

00:52:42wee bit

00:52:42not that

00:52:43he deserves

00:52:44it in my

00:52:44book

00:52:44but

00:52:45Jens Berthel

00:52:46Asgau

00:52:47hopes that

00:52:48they show

00:52:49the due

00:52:49respect to

00:52:50the former

00:52:50manager

00:52:51let's just

00:52:52say is that

00:52:53I hope that

00:52:54every

00:52:54player

00:52:55coach

00:52:56staff member

00:52:57volunteer

00:52:58that leaves

00:52:59Motherwell

00:53:00and comes

00:53:00back

00:53:00in whatever

00:53:01role

00:53:02he or her

00:53:02comes back

00:53:03she comes

00:53:05back in

00:53:05that they

00:53:07will be

00:53:07treated

00:53:07or she

00:53:08will be

00:53:09treated

00:53:09with the

00:53:10respect

00:53:10that

00:53:12they deserve

00:53:13Yeah

00:53:15well said

00:53:16from him

00:53:16what about

00:53:17Stuart

00:53:17Kettlewell

00:53:18what's his

00:53:18take on

00:53:19what reception

00:53:20he's going

00:53:20to receive

00:53:21Well I think

00:53:25he's actually

00:53:26just saying

00:53:26that he can't

00:53:27think about it

00:53:28he's just

00:53:29got to focus

00:53:29on the job

00:53:30It might be a

00:53:30Gerwin Price

00:53:31remember he came

00:53:31on the stage

00:53:32with your

00:53:32headphones

00:53:32Yes

00:53:34you might do

00:53:35that

00:53:35in case

00:53:35anybody

00:53:36shouts

00:53:37bad words

00:53:37for the

00:53:38benefit of

00:53:39anyone who

00:53:39doesn't know

00:53:39Gerwin Price

00:53:40is a

00:53:41darts player

00:53:42yeah so

00:53:43what are you

00:53:44going for

00:53:45I'm going

00:53:45for

00:53:45I go 3-1

00:53:46Motherwell

00:53:47I really

00:53:47really fancy

00:53:48Motherwell

00:53:48I was

00:53:49impressed with

00:53:49him last

00:53:49week as

00:53:50well

00:53:50Yep 3-0

00:53:51Motherwell

00:53:522-0

00:53:52Motherwell

00:53:522-1

00:53:53Motherwell

00:53:54Yeah and

00:53:55finishing outside

00:53:55the top

00:53:56six

00:53:56Yes

00:53:56definitely

00:53:57I'm going

00:53:57to throw

00:53:57that back

00:53:58in your

00:53:58face

00:53:58when it

00:53:58doesn't

00:53:59happen

00:53:59Livingston

00:54:00Hearts

00:54:01David

00:54:02Martindale

00:54:02really looking

00:54:04forward to

00:54:04this one

00:54:05I'd imagine

00:54:07there could

00:54:08be a crowd

00:54:09of around

00:54:098,000

00:54:10which is

00:54:11going to be

00:54:12the biggest

00:54:12crowd in

00:54:13my time

00:54:14outside the

00:54:15Old Firm

00:54:15so the

00:54:16Old Firm

00:54:16come with

00:54:17just under

00:54:1710,000

00:54:18so this is

00:54:19probably going

00:54:20to be the

00:54:20biggest crowd

00:54:21outside the

00:54:21Old Firm

00:54:22game

00:54:22definitely

00:54:24since I've

00:54:24been at

00:54:25Livingston

00:54:25Football

00:54:25Club

00:54:26and this

00:54:27is me

00:54:27going into

00:54:28my

00:54:2812th

00:54:29year

00:54:2913th

00:54:30year actually

00:54:3113th

00:54:31year at

00:54:32the

00:54:32Football

00:54:32Club

00:54:32so big

00:54:33crowd

00:54:33every time

00:54:36I go to

00:54:36a press

00:54:36conference

00:54:37with David

00:54:37Martindale

00:54:38he grabs

00:54:38the PLZ

00:54:39mic and

00:54:39starts

00:54:39scalping it

00:54:40off the

00:54:40bottom

00:54:40I'm going

00:54:41to have

00:54:42to say

00:54:42to him

00:54:42leave it

00:54:44alone

00:54:44we're

00:54:45picking it

00:54:45up

00:54:45but

00:54:47Livingston

00:54:48I'm not

00:54:50going to

00:54:51pick him

00:54:51to go

00:54:51down

00:54:51I just

00:54:52think

00:54:52he's

00:54:52got

00:54:52something

00:54:52about

00:54:53them

00:54:53I don't

00:54:54think

00:54:55they'll

00:54:55go down

00:54:55either

00:54:55Peter

00:54:55disappointed

00:54:56probably

00:54:57with their

00:54:57performance

00:54:58last week

00:54:58against Celtic

00:54:59didn't really

00:55:00turn up

00:55:00Celtic won

00:55:00easily

00:55:01we've

00:55:02invested a

00:55:02few

00:55:02players

00:55:03but at

00:55:03home

00:55:03it'll be

00:55:04hard to

00:55:05beat

00:55:05everybody

00:55:05will

00:55:06fancy

00:55:06Hearts

00:55:06I think

00:55:07Hearts

00:55:07will

00:55:08nick it

00:55:08but I

00:55:08don't see

00:55:08Hearts

00:55:08going there

00:55:09and running

00:55:10over the

00:55:10top of

00:55:10them

00:55:10almost like

00:55:11a home

00:55:11game

00:55:12for

00:55:12Hearts

00:55:12and a

00:55:15Brazilian

00:55:15midfielder

00:55:15and they've

00:55:16just broke

00:55:16their transfer

00:55:17record

00:55:17so

00:55:17that's

00:55:18an evidence

00:55:18positive

00:55:18of Hearts

00:55:19at the

00:55:19minute

00:55:19come back

00:55:20and get

00:55:20a good

00:55:20point

00:55:21last week

00:55:21against

00:55:21Mourley

00:55:21in the

00:55:22end

00:55:22I think

00:55:23they'll

00:55:23go and win

00:55:23narrowly

00:55:242-1

00:55:24Hearts

00:55:24I just

00:55:25wonder if

00:55:25they're going

00:55:25to play

00:55:25Braga

00:55:26from the

00:55:26start

00:55:26I think

00:55:27he has

00:55:28to

00:55:28I think

00:55:28the supporters

00:55:29will insist

00:55:29they want to see him

00:55:30he seems to be a big fan

00:55:31he's scoring goals

00:55:33you don't want somebody like that

00:55:34sitting on the bench

00:55:35I think Livingston will make it hard for them

00:55:37but I do think Livingston will be in the bottom tree

00:55:40at the end of the season

00:55:42do you think they'll be relegated

00:55:46I think they'll be folk at Dundee and Livingston

00:55:48ok

00:55:48interesting

00:55:49you know it's September 1st that we all decide

00:55:51when we're going

00:55:52you've gone early

00:55:53I've got a week

00:55:53change my mind

00:55:54yeah exactly

00:55:55just on that point Ali

00:55:59I don't know about you

00:56:00and I'm only tapping into your memory banks

00:56:03of going to football matches

00:56:04but I like

00:56:06I like short, sharp, nice

00:56:08chants about a player

00:56:10you know

00:56:10songs that are like

00:56:11maybe one verse

00:56:12and a chorus

00:56:13but not

00:56:14six verses

00:56:15and the Claudio Braga song

00:56:17is doing my head in right now

00:56:19because

00:56:19they're doing the whole four verses

00:56:21then

00:56:21and then they clap

00:56:23and then all we hear is

00:56:24Claudio Braga

00:56:25and it's

00:56:26eventually I'm saying

00:56:28he's a good sub

00:56:28no but eventually

00:56:29that's what I'm saying

00:56:30eventually I'm saying

00:56:31hey chance of bringing him on

00:56:32it's long

00:56:35but when he does come on

00:56:36he's good

00:56:37yeah he's been excellent

00:56:38I think

00:56:39I think he'll start

00:56:40I think he's looked

00:56:43really impressive

00:56:44in the games that I've

00:56:46seen of him

00:56:46I think Livingstone

00:56:48will be stodgy

00:56:49I think they'll make it awkward

00:56:50for Derek McKinnis' side

00:56:52but I think hearts prevail in this one

00:56:54I'm going to go

00:56:542-1 hearts

00:56:552-1 hearts

00:56:57yeah I'm going to go

00:56:57for the Jambos

00:57:00to win this one

00:57:013-1

00:57:02might as well go mental

00:57:03since Ali's doing that as well

00:57:06what a weekend

00:57:07on our premium service

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00:57:14so thank you to so many of you

00:57:15who are at this point

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00:57:25I don't know

00:57:26by the way

00:57:26I know you

00:57:28nicked that

00:57:29to be perfectly honest

00:57:30with you

00:57:30our new PLZ gold badges

00:57:31for the premium members

00:57:32but there's patches

00:57:34the football show

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00:57:36that goes in

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00:57:38from the legends collection

00:57:39so a lot of premium

00:57:40go on then

00:57:41yeah

00:57:41I wouldn't be surprised

00:57:43a lot of premium

00:57:44members

00:57:46are getting some

00:57:47great giveaways

00:57:47Ali

00:57:48indeed

00:57:49and some fantastic prizes

00:57:50to win

00:57:50I think you're going to

00:57:52put that up to the camera

00:57:52then

00:57:52the new badge

00:57:53the badge

00:57:54it's very impressive

00:57:55it's a business

00:57:56it's very professional

00:57:56yep absolutely

00:57:57so if you want to get involved

00:57:59you'll get

00:58:00on your MBA

00:58:01yeah

00:58:01you have to be

00:58:02you have to be here

00:58:03more than 12 years

00:58:04to get one of them

00:58:04yeah which is just

00:58:05you're just down on that

00:58:07you're heading towards it

00:58:08how many years

00:58:09you've been with us

00:58:09I guess it's year 7

00:58:10what about you Ali

00:58:11how long have you been here

00:58:13I think I might be about the same

00:58:17yes

00:58:17did you want to join together

00:58:19I think

00:58:19I think we were roughly

00:58:20about the same

00:58:217 years

00:58:21which is incredible

00:58:22because out of the 7 years

00:58:23that you've been

00:58:24out of the 13

00:58:25that we've all been together

00:58:26by Covid

00:58:26I had already been in

00:58:28oh you've been in

00:58:28a few years in

00:58:29I've been in a while

00:58:30but do you know

00:58:30what you've got in common

00:58:31with Tam

00:58:31but not in common

00:58:32with Ruffy

00:58:33like me here

00:58:34is the fact that

00:58:35you two at times

00:58:37get some amount

00:58:38of abuse

00:58:38on our social media

00:58:40whereas the housewife's

00:58:41favourite

00:58:41is just admired

00:58:43he doesn't say anything

00:58:44to upset anyone

00:58:45he's just a weasel

00:58:46he's turning into

00:58:46Stylian Petrov

00:58:47he's spineless

00:58:48don't do it deliberately

00:58:50yeah

00:58:51have you been barred

00:58:52from anywhere Ruffy

00:58:52yeah

00:58:54you were barred

00:58:57with the Thistle fans

00:58:58for scalping them

00:58:59one day in the show

00:59:00you remember that

00:59:01yes

00:59:01hounded out

00:59:01yes

00:59:02absolutely

00:59:03he was like a

00:59:04hokey cokey

00:59:04with the Thistle board

00:59:05at the time

00:59:06but nevertheless

00:59:07premium

00:59:08well worth it

00:59:09some great

00:59:10stuff you can get

00:59:11in our shop

00:59:12as well

00:59:13thank you to so many

00:59:14of you for downloading

00:59:15the podcast

00:59:15as well

00:59:16lots of people

00:59:17like just going out

00:59:18taking the dog

00:59:19for a walk

00:59:20and enjoying

00:59:21listening to our

00:59:22podcast

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00:59:23appreciate you

00:59:24downloading

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00:59:31all the way across

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00:59:34pre-match

00:59:34post-match

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00:59:36the managers

00:59:36and players

00:59:37and obviously

00:59:39I will be

00:59:40joining you live

00:59:41on TikTok

00:59:41across the Celtic

00:59:43Rangers game

00:59:43at Ibrox

00:59:44so if you want

00:59:45to just pop on

00:59:46TikTok

00:59:46and noise me up

00:59:48I'll give you

00:59:49my opinion on that

00:59:50as well as

00:59:51casting my eye

00:59:52over the weekend's

00:59:52football

00:59:53and we'll also

00:59:54have the team

00:59:55of the week

00:59:55and Tam and I

00:59:56tomorrow it's

00:59:57released

00:59:57it's released

00:59:58actually in the

00:59:58next couple of

00:59:59hours Tam

00:59:59we've looked at

01:00:00the odds

01:00:01and we've given

01:00:02our predictions

01:00:02on all of them

01:00:03so people can

01:00:04steam into that

01:00:05as well

01:00:05I tell you

01:00:06why don't we

01:00:06throw in a prize

01:00:07for somebody

01:00:08who jumps in

01:00:09and gets the

01:00:09most right

01:00:10on the feed

01:00:10that we put

01:00:11it out on

01:00:12our social media

01:00:12yep

01:00:13is that a good

01:00:13idea

01:00:14there's 6 games

01:00:15so 12 points

01:00:17up for grabs

01:00:18maybe a correct

01:00:19score or something

01:00:19that might be

01:00:19an extra point

01:00:20you happy with that

01:00:21Ali have a correct

01:00:21score as well

01:00:22absolutely

01:00:23Ali's been fairly

01:00:24controversial on the

01:00:25programme today

01:00:25going against the

01:00:26grain

01:00:27but will she be

01:00:28right

01:00:28ok

01:00:29thank you to Ruffy

01:00:30who's been his

01:00:32usual self

01:00:33Ali

01:00:33and Tam

01:00:34McManus

01:00:34with a new

01:00:35haircut

01:00:35thank you to so

01:00:36many of you

01:00:37for mentioning

01:00:38that Tam

01:00:39husband

01:00:39I ask Ruffy

01:00:40about it

01:00:40because Ruffy

01:00:40just slots

01:00:41my eyes

01:00:41what do you

01:00:41think

01:00:41it's a new

01:00:43eye colour

01:00:44for a start

01:00:45but anyway

01:00:46Tam

01:00:46there's a wee

01:00:46bit of cut

01:00:47I miss that

01:00:48wee whiff

01:00:48that wee

01:00:49blonde whiff

01:00:49that you used

01:00:50to

01:00:50go on

01:00:51the blow felt

01:00:52years

01:00:53the other thing

01:00:54I was going to

01:00:54say to you

01:00:55Ali

01:00:56and it's

01:00:57you'll like this

01:00:58but the amount

01:00:59of people who

01:01:00have mentioned

01:01:00Tam

01:01:00his haircut

01:01:01and they've

01:01:02been reassured

01:01:03and you know

01:01:03that kind of

01:01:04a cosy feeling

01:01:05they're saying

01:01:05Tam's haircut

01:01:06is magnificent

01:01:07he's gone back

01:01:08to the Ned

01:01:09style that suits

01:01:10him

01:01:10and I think

01:01:10that sums it up

01:01:11if you can embrace

01:01:13what you're all

01:01:13about

01:01:14what are you

01:01:14looking at me

01:01:14laughing for

01:01:15with friends

01:01:16like these

01:01:17exactly

01:01:17it's like going

01:01:18for a pint

01:01:20you want to

01:01:20absolutely

01:01:20leather each other

01:01:21the world is

01:01:22too sensitive

01:01:23thanks to

01:01:24Alice McConnell

01:01:25what a fine

01:01:26broadcaster she

01:01:26is

01:01:27and Ruffy

01:01:27and the Ned

01:01:29don't forget

01:01:30to download

01:01:31the podcast

01:01:31as well

01:01:32and thanks

01:01:32for listening

01:01:32and watching

01:01:37I'll see you

01:01:39next time

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