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01:56Scottish Premiership over Saturday and Sunday but more importantly to last night Rangers 0-Genk won
02:0337,000 there, 13,000 empty seats roughly. Rangers fans still not happy with Russell Martin and the
02:11poor form goes on. Yeah, it looks as if it's not going to go away either. Obviously that was evident
02:16last night, you know, the empty seats. Again another defeat, you know, that even though they
02:22got a player sent off I think in the second half, you know, I thought Genk were the better of the
02:25two sides. Top man on the part was Jack Buckland making the saves at the right time. So I don't
02:32think of any complaints about the result last night but it is a worrying time obviously for the
02:37supporters. They have got some games up you would expect them to win but they have still
02:42got to go out and do it.
02:43Were you surprised that they chose Cermity ahead of Miofsky?
02:47Yes and no. I've got a big game coming up at the weekend, you know, Cermity needs games.
02:54He needs to show that he's what he's about, you know, paying £8-9 million for a striker,
02:59you've got to play him. So I thought first half he was poor, I thought second half, he
03:02came onto a game, he looked more lively second half and showed at least a bit. But I think
03:08the result was fair. I think that Genk were the better team, I know the red card which we'll
03:13talk about kind of killed Rangers at the time but I think when you look at the way the team
03:17started, they've owed his shooting boots on. You know, Elidore had a couple of great chances,
03:21he missed them as well and I think, you know, I gave him a bit of stick at half-time, I think
03:25you gave him a bit of stick and then he pops up about two minutes later and scores.
03:28Yeah. But he could have had a hat-trick on the night so I think that Genk deserved to win
03:33the game. Rangers, Rangers supporters coming away from that. Have you seen progress in your
03:38team? Have you seen progress in the manager? No, for me. Yeah. Penalty, Rangers, should
03:44they have had one? With Tavern there? Yeah. No, I thought there was a slight push in the back.
03:50Just another touch that put him off? Well, he touched him. I was not doing a bit of that,
03:54he touched him, if you touch him. I think that's soft Ruffy. It might be soft but it's still,
03:58it's still, it's not like the two of them are going up together to get a header. No,
04:04the guy gets back to the goal, you know, and Tavernier does, he uses it to his advantage,
04:10there's no doubt, but if you asked him, they said, yeah, give him a wee push but,
04:14and then I went and headed the ball so, but if you look at the boy, he's saying, look,
04:18he pushed me, you know, and VR looked at it, didn't they? Yeah, I thought it would have been
04:22a soft penalty had they got it, put it that way. Yeah, I mean, he's headed it against his hand,
04:26there's a debate on where it hit him in his hand, I thought it was quite high up as well. Yeah.
04:30Can you really give penalties for that Ruffy? No, I mean, he doesn't even know where he's,
04:34he doesn't even see the ball behind him. No, exactly, you know, it's getting ridiculous now
04:39that we're seeing it as well, but it's getting so bad now that you've actually players shouting for it.
04:44You know, you get players absolutely shouting for things that are nowhere near,
04:48no worthy of a penalty kick. Do they need to bring deliberate back in, Peter?
04:52Well, I heard that. As in deliberate, because last night, if it wasn't a push,
04:56it's a penalty because he heads it, it comes off his hand and it's on target. Yeah.
05:00The criteria is, if that happens, it's a penalty kick. So they need to bring in deliberate as in,
05:06well, he deliberately handballed it, or he deliberately put his hand there. Yeah, I would like to see that,
05:13but then again, it opens up another level of interpretation on it. But I do think there needs
05:18to be something that, you know, gives, I also think you need to get to the decision quicker.
05:23You need to look at it and say, okay, is there a push? Right. That's it. Quickly get it. The whole
05:29thing takes too long. And you know what? We're becoming so accustomed to it now. We're actually
05:34tolerating the delay in these things. Now, I don't expect you, unless you're going to tell me differently,
05:40do you, Monday? Red? Oh, still my red card, Peter. A ridiculous tackle at that point in the game.
05:45Guy's gone nowhere on the touchline. He gets away with it at times in Scotland. I thought last week
05:51against Hibbs, he had five, six fouls before he eventually got booked. No, but obviously not
05:56that type of challenge, but he does, there's a lot of fouls at times with Diamandi. But that one
06:02last night is a clear red card. You know, he comes over the top, catches him high, and that kills Rangers
06:06at a time just before half-time when they're in the game. And they've got to try and reshuffle the pack.
06:10But somebody needs to have a word for him, I think, at Rangers and just say, listen,
06:14you need to calm down with the tackles, because that's a dangerous lunge, and it kills the team
06:18and the manager. Yeah, the manager, Russell Martin, certainly thought it had a major effect
06:23on the outcome of the game. A bit of perspective on tonight and how difficult it was after the red card.
06:27Because whether you like it or not, it changes a lot when you're down to 10 men for so long in a game,
06:33in a European tie. So learn from it, especially the first half where we hurt ourselves a little bit
06:39and got trapped too much. And then get ready to prepare and perform and win on Sunday. I don't
06:45think a game tonight where we're down for 10 men that long, for that long, changes things a huge
06:50amount in terms of that. So I feel nothing but support from them.
06:53I mean, we've got to look at it and be fair to him on the 10 men. I think he deserves some kind
06:59of leeway on that. But you have to look at when there was 11 men on the pack. And then look at
07:04overall. Are the Rangers fans, Tam clearly has made his point clear, are the Rangers fans seeing
07:10enough of a style and enough of the team that he's trying to put together that suggests they could go
07:17on a long run, Ruffy? Because as I look at their run of games, you know, there are three of them
07:23away, Livingston, Sturham, Graz, Falkirk, before they're at home to Dundee United. So, you know,
07:29there can be no slip ups.
07:31No, there can't. I think he knows that and I think the players know that. I think they're so wide open.
07:35I think last night was very evident. There was large gaps in the defence. You know,
07:40the full backs don't help the two centre-halves. They're still charging forward and leaving gaps
07:45all over the place. So, no, I think, I mean, I know he wanted to, I know they wanted to win the game
07:50when they were down to 10 men, but I think he would have come out with more credit if they'd sorted
07:56their soul out not to get beat. You know, if they defended properly, you know, and said,
08:01right, okay, we're down to 10 men. This team are creating chances. Let's just make sure we get
08:06nothing each, make sure we don't get beat here. But he never did that.
08:09Ruffy, I don't know a team in history who doesn't practice at training down to 10 men. Am I right?
08:15I do it all the time, Peter. I remember the first time I encountered it was
08:19Tony Mulberry at Hibbs when he first came in. And we would always do 11 aside.
08:23When that was Alec McLeish, Bobby Longston, it was always 11 v 11. And one day he says,
08:27thankfully it wasn't me, he said one of the players, Rick, just going to stand off for five minutes.
08:32We'll play 10 v 11. The team with 10 is 1-0 up and 11's got to break them down.
08:37Yeah. We've done it all the time. It would be 5, 10, 15, 20 minutes. So you knew how to play against
08:42a certain, a man advantage, two men advantage. So you're right. It happens all the time in training.
08:46You know, teams do it all the time and practice it. So I agree with Ruffy. They had to get tight in,
08:50you know, try and play for a 0-0. But they are so open. Magoma, the left back as well,
08:55wide open ball inside him all the time. You know, Taven there for the goal, he's too wide. Ball gets played,
09:00goes through and scores. So yeah, I think defensively, Rangers still look very,
09:04very, very poor at the back. The fullback areas, you know, they're not tight. They don't play as
09:08a tight four-peer. When they get the ball, they go wide. The two fullbacks go wide. And when they
09:12lose the ball, they don't get in quick enough tight. And that's where they're getting caught out.
09:15You know, the defence is poor when the star man's the goalkeeper. He's making too many saves.
09:21You know, they're cutting through them far, far too easy and he's having to work overtime.
09:26Even Jack Butlin admitted that it's getting very difficult to try and build momentum.
09:35And we'll come back to that Rangers goalkeeper. But nevertheless, that's exactly what he was
09:40mentioning was an opportunity missed because off the back of the Hebs result, you're trying to lift
09:47the ground very quickly. It's almost nigh on impossible to lift the ground and the momentum
09:54when they're against the manager. And you see at one point, and you hear at one point,
10:00you could have heard a pin drop at one point. It's almost apathetic.
10:03Yeah. I just think a lot of the Rangers supporters are kind of over it now in terms of Russell Martin.
10:10They just want him out the door. They don't really care about the result. They just want him out.
10:13They want to change a manager, Peter. And how many times have we seen Rangers, European nights,
10:17Europa League nights, that place is bouncing. You know, the run they went to and got to the final.
10:22You know, there was teams coming and they were getting blown away. You know, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig,
10:27teams like that, Red Star, Belgrade. And last night, you're right, there was no atmosphere.
10:32And the atmosphere lifts the Scottish clubs, particularly at home. Celtic Rangers are known
10:36for their home atmosphere in European games. And last night, Genkwood came expecting that
10:41to be raucous and intimidating. And after five, six minutes, you could hear a pin drop
10:46and they just went out about their business.
10:47As far as the goal that finished them, I was actually going to double down on my tweet
10:54last night because he's hopeless.
10:56I think he's hopeless. I think they're a wee bit harsh, he's hopeless.
10:58No, he's at least...
11:00First half, he was hopeless. Come on, come on.
11:03He was hopeless the first half. He should have had a hat-trick the first half.
11:06Yeah.
11:06The penalty miss, you know, the one that gets squared across to him, you know, he's got to
11:10score that. But to be fair to me, he took his goal well, Peter. You know, good movement,
11:15kept himself on, side goes through and tucks it away past the goalkeeper in an exuberant
11:20celebration. So you see how much it meant to him, obviously, being the next Celtic player
11:23coming back and coming to Ibrox. He wanted to do well. Maybe he was trying too hard the first
11:27half, but I think in terms of his movement and his goal, you can see he's got something. But,
11:33you know, first half, you know, but for his misses and the penalty miss, the game would have been buried.
11:38Yeah, it was a dream come true for O to get that goal.
11:42I miss sometimes this weather or English cultures and, yeah, something different,
11:51something special for me and play in Ibrox. Yeah. So I did one of my best,
11:58it was dream to score in this Ibrox. Yeah. So I did. I'm happy.
12:03Yeah. He was so happy. I thought he was going to take his shorts and his pants off as well,
12:07but he was just throwing everything out. But, nevertheless, anyone who was going to pay
12:1328 million euros for him, roughly, needs their head looked.
12:15Yeah. I think he maybe falls into the Dessers category, scores goals, but misses a lot.
12:22He's not in the same category as Dessers. Dessers is a goal scorer.
12:27Yeah, but what I mean is he gets criticised as well for the ones that he should score. And last night,
12:32he should have scored two or three. That's what kind of striker he seems to be. You could see that
12:36when he was at Celtic as well. He wasn't prolific. He might get one or two here and there, but
12:43fair, fair, dude. I mean, he seemed to be enjoying it.
12:46Don't worry, O is not listening. You can actually slaughter him and have an opinion on him.
12:51No, I think Tam's right. You know, he took his goal well. He took his goal very well.
12:5428 million euros.
12:55How much? 28 million euros.
12:57No chance.
12:58Can you imagine that get called back for VAR after he took his top off, his GPS, everything,
13:03because I thought it was quite tight for the offside. I thought it was offside.
13:06When I seen the replay, I went, he's going to write full here if this gets brought back
13:09after he's took all his stuff off.
13:10By the way, can I just say, I thought the penalty against Rangers was harsh.
13:14The clip on there.
13:16I thought it was a penalty, Peter.
13:17Did you?
13:17I think because he's caught wrong side, the boy's away from him.
13:21And I thought it was the wee tug at the start.
13:23Do you think so?
13:23The tug?
13:24He can see him, just clips his heels, Peter, and brings him down. I thought it was a good call.
13:28What about the stats? This is Russell Martin's stats. It's not good reading for anyone on this.
13:32Rangers record, 14 games, 4 wins, 5 draws, 5 losses, goals scored 17, goals conceded 20,
13:40and they've managed just 14 shots on target in the last 5 games, Ruffy.
13:43It's not good, is it? It's not good. It's not good if you're a Rangers manager and everything
13:49that comes with playing, being the manager or being a player, that's not the stats that
13:53the supporters want to see. And as long as these stats keep getting thrown up there,
13:57they'll get worse, obviously, and somebody will have to make a shout somewhere.
14:02I'm really, if it continues the way it was, I'm surprised if the manager himself doesn't
14:07he just hold his hands up and say, look, give me, pay me up my three year or something and
14:12let me go away for this.
14:13Can you tell me which clubs in the past, I'll give you, I'll kind of broaden it out for you,
14:19can you tell me which club in the last 150 years has said, you know what, I think we're
14:23going to pay you up because you've offered that?
14:26No, I'm not, no, I know that, but you know what I mean, they do get paid up, you know,
14:29if that's not happening.
14:30No, they get sacked.
14:31No, they get sacked, but they still get paid up.
14:33If you've got two years left in his contract, I'm sure his agent will come to a deal.
14:37He's going to hold his hands up.
14:38Can you imagine being an individual player, having to put up with this, get out, we don't want
14:46you thing. I mean, he must have the mental strength
14:49of God knows what.
14:50Tam and I were like that, by the way, he said, do you think Ruffy will eventually
14:53say, look, that's me, I'm off.
14:54I said, no, no, Ruffy's going down with the Titanic, puts it in there with the guy with
14:58the violin and the drums.
14:59Can you put yourself in his place?
15:02I can.
15:02When he goes away from football, when he goes away from football.
15:05I'll be sitting tight until I've got the bullet.
15:08Yeah, of course he will, he will, but by the way.
15:10Why don't you get through all that abuse and not to get paid up?
15:12Yeah, but there can be negotiations before you get sacked, when you get called in
15:16and they say, look, we're not happy the way things are going.
15:19Thinking about paying you up, what's it going to cost again?
15:21Well, he doesn't do that conversation, that's his agent.
15:24Well, he's agent then.
15:25He'll be basically told by the way.
15:26But there comes to a stage that that is going to happen, if it continues the way it is now.
15:29Well, this is what we're saying, and that stage happens to be at the weekend.
15:32If he doesn't win against Livingston.
15:33We've been saying that.
15:34We've been saying that if he doesn't beat Hibbs, if he doesn't beat this team, if he doesn't beat that team.
15:38How long can you continue trying to manage a team with that hanging over your nut?
15:44Well, Kirk, well, because I think because of the logical aspect of this, as we have said over a period of time in the last four or five weeks, he needs to be given time to build his own side.
15:56Now, he's got to balance that against the expectation of a Rangers support who want the team to win the league.
16:03They thought he wasn't their first choice.
16:06They definitely don't like him.
16:07They didn't want him.
16:08He goes in.
16:09He has to try and transform a team of losers and a team of people who were, it was mutiny in the bounty.
16:16Iggeman doesn't want to go on.
16:18Fallout between Raskin and players or the manager, still to be clarified.
16:22But the point is this.
16:23He's had all sorts of problems to deal with.
16:26But the biggest problem is the fans didn't fancy him to start with.
16:30They want him to win the league.
16:32He's got draw after draw after draw.
16:34And we're not even out of September.
16:35And they're nine points behind their greatest rivals and hearts as well.
16:39So the reason why we're now saying it's breaking point is they've got a cup win over Hibs.
16:45They've lost that game with 10 men.
16:46He's got to cut them some slack.
16:48But if you go 12 points behind, you know, Andrew Cavanagh is looking at it right now.
16:54He's already got a list.
16:56He's already got a list of players, eight managers, and he's saying, right,
16:59if I have to sack this man on Sunday night or Monday morning, get on the phone.
17:04If they're not already on the phone.
17:06But is he also saying if he beats Livingston, he gets more time?
17:09Absolutely, yes.
17:10And every time he wins a game, he gets more time.
17:13Yeah.
17:13But then when he has a defeat, it's get out.
17:16There must be a defining time of when you say, look, this guy's either getting time or he's not getting time.
17:22Well, he's not getting time when they go 12 and 15 points behind two teams, roughly,
17:27where he's got a budget that is way beyond what hearts have got.
17:31Way beyond.
17:32I get that, but I mean, what, well, the owners need to come out and tell everybody what they're thinking.
17:37No, they don't.
17:38They just need to sit in.
17:39What are you with owners?
17:40Are they sitting in?
17:41When's the last owner who came out and said anything?
17:43You were as tight as a drum when you were on the party crystal board.
17:46We never knew whether you were on it or not.
17:48You were kept that quiet.
17:49That's not true at all.
17:50We were up front.
17:51Yeah, wasn't it?
17:51Eat front, up front.
17:52Tam, it's quite simple.
17:54If he wins against Livingston, you can't sack him.
17:56No, he needs to keep winning, but...
17:59But, I mean, it's getting monotonous.
18:01You're looking at the game.
18:01Every time he wins a game, it's okay.
18:03He loses a game, he's out.
18:05He wins a game, he's okay.
18:06He loses a game, he's out.
18:07He's got a job.
18:08The boy's got a job.
18:08He's a human being.
18:09It's not monotonous for him.
18:11It's time when some of the supporters need to back off and give him time.
18:15Well...
18:15I mean, it's only how many games into the season.
18:17That's not going to happen.
18:18It's not going to happen, Russell.
18:18This is the problem.
18:19I think Robert has just come up with something, which I think every Rangers fan has mentioned,
18:25which is Martin's style of play is worrying.
18:28If you are in a situation where you can look and you say they're unlucky or mitigating circumstances,
18:33then you actually start saying to yourself,
18:37okay, we'll cut on some slack.
18:39But the demands and the expectations of this support and, of course, their eyes.
18:44They don't deceive them, their eyes.
18:45Peter, can you see a clear style of play with Russell Martin's Rangers?
18:49Can you see...
18:50By the way, I can see what he's trying to do there.
18:53He's not getting the results now, but I can see what he's trying to do.
18:56That's the problem.
18:57Robert's right.
18:58Ange Postogoglu came in at Celtic, lost the first couple of games,
19:02but you could see what he was trying to do.
19:04And if he had better players, he would start to do it better.
19:07And I think with Rangers, they've spent all their money.
19:09They've got their squad in.
19:11And now he's the type of judge, Russell Martin.
19:13And you're looking at that team going, what is he trying to do?
19:16Are they trying to...
19:17You know, the high press or the low block or the...
19:19What is it they're trying to do?
19:21And you can't see it with Russell Martin.
19:22And that's the worrying thing for a Rangers supporter at the minute.
19:24Yeah, okay.
19:25Livingston against Rangers on this Sunday.
19:26This is where it fits into the fixtures over Saturday and Sunday.
19:30And our reporters will be out keeping you up to date,
19:32talking to the fans,
19:34getting post-match reaction as well from the manager and the players.
19:37Celtic-Hibbs, Dundee United against Kilmarnock,
19:40Hearts-Falkirk, St Mirren-Dundee,
19:43Motherwell against Aberdeen,
19:44which we're going to get on to very shortly,
19:46and Livingston against Rangers on this Sunday.
19:50Will he be the Rangers manager on the Monday morning?
19:54Give us your thoughts on it ahead of that game.
19:56Let us know because he needs going to Livingston
19:59like a hole in the head with that pitch, Ruffey.
20:01Yeah, I mean, if you hear any of the teams that go there,
20:04that's the first thing they've got to get their head round.
20:06You know, it is better.
20:07There's no doubt about that.
20:09I think they've spent a wee bit of money trying to upgrade it.
20:11It looks a lot better,
20:13but it's still particularly astroturf,
20:16you know, and players don't like playing on that.
20:19But it's going to be a difficult one.
20:20It's going to be a battle more than anything else,
20:23and the Rangers players have to show that they are in for a battle.
20:26Yeah.
20:26Last time, Hibbs won at Celtic Park.
20:302010, Danny Galbraith.
20:32Yeah.
20:33Ex-teammate of mine at Limerick FC,
20:35and if Hibbs keep defending the way they're defending, Peter,
20:39that's going to be another 10-year, to be honest with you,
20:41because I watched Hibbs at the midweek against Falkirk,
20:45and they could have scored 4-5 in the first half.
20:48Second half, Falkirk probably could and should have won the game,
20:51and I think he's got to bring Grant Hanley back in.
20:54I thought he brings Grant Hanley back in tomorrow
20:56and tries to play tighter because, you know,
21:00Hibbs are conceding goals at an alarming rate,
21:02and they're doing it at really, really poor times in the game, Peter,
21:05just before half-time, just after half-time.
21:07It's a real mental block at the minute with Hibbs.
21:08This is what David Gray had to say in the conceding of these goals.
21:12What I've tried to say to the players and reassuring the players is
21:15what I don't want anybody thinking is they're looking at the clock at all
21:19and worrying about, do I do anything different?
21:21If we be successful for 39 minutes,
21:24and I'm going to do something in the 79 minute,
21:25am I going to do anything different on the 40th?
21:27And we could lose a goal tomorrow, an unstoppable strike,
21:30and the 44th minute people are talking about the timing of the goal again.
21:33Now, some of the goal we've been losing and the timing of them,
21:37the timing is one thing, but I would be really disappointed
21:39if we both were losing anyway.
21:40And as a group, we're disappointed in these moments.
21:43So that's the biggest thing.
21:46Yeah.
21:46You mentioned that in your column.
21:48Yeah.
21:48The time, sir.
21:49I did. Did you read it?
21:51Yeah, can I ask you this?
21:52If somebody reads it.
21:53Would you, his wife and his family,
21:57would you drop Rocky Bashiri?
22:01Possibly tomorrow, Peter.
22:02I know these are not big fans of him.
22:05I thought, obviously, the second half of last season,
22:07done really well, started the season well.
22:08The last couple of games, he's been back to the old Rocky Bashiri.
22:12You know, he's been making mistakes, you know,
22:14and switching off at crucial times in the game.
22:17Possibility that he brings, takes him out of the team
22:19and brings Hanley in tomorrow.
22:21As far as Celtic are concerned, well,
22:22they're off the back of that good point in Belgrade,
22:25roughly, against Red Star.
22:26I think the second half was a lot better than the first half, obviously.
22:29They controlled the game.
22:31You know, players got a wee bit of confidence after they got the goal.
22:34And going away from home, yeah, I think you would come back.
22:37It would be a trip you would come back relatively happy.
22:39Yeah.
22:40What's your thoughts on Maeda?
22:42Well, there seems to be something, doesn't there, behind the scenes.
22:45You know, he's definitely not the player he was last year
22:48before this transfer carry-on went on.
22:50And, I mean, for him to have cleaned out his stuff at Lennoxstown,
22:54and that must have been a sorry time for him
22:57when they said, no, you're not going.
22:59And it depends on an individual how you deal.
23:03I mean, people don't realise that is an absolute life-changer,
23:06you know, that move.
23:07And you've got to get your head around it.
23:08You've got to go to your family and say, look,
23:10unpack the bags and all that carry-on.
23:12So he might be the kind of person that's going to take a while
23:15to get his head around it and get his head down.
23:18There's no doubt about it.
23:19Football and Wise, yeah, he's got it.
23:21But, like every football, Tam will tell you,
23:23sometimes footballers go through that kind of thing
23:26after a transfer disappointment for a couple of months.
23:29Yeah.
23:30Did it take you a couple of months
23:31after the Man City move fell through, Ruffey?
23:33Yeah.
23:34Yeah.
23:34Three months.
23:37Same with the Rochester Rhinos move,
23:39and that came up.
23:40Yeah.
23:40A few itching.
23:42Yeah.
23:42When we do PLZ SAC or USA,
23:46that'll probably resonate with a lot of people, Tam.
23:49The one thing that Brendan Rodgers had to say on Dyson Maeda,
23:53which probably echoes what Ruffey was talking about there,
23:56you can't underestimate how difficult it's been for him.
24:00This is a guy who has given absolutely everything for this football club.
24:03Even sometimes when you want to give your best,
24:06there's a subconscious thing that can hold you back.
24:09What's important is you don't get caught up in this sort of mentality of it's not fair
24:14because that's a very dangerous territory.
24:17You have to look forward, do it for your teammates,
24:19do it for your family, do it for your supporters,
24:22and eventually you get, excuse me, your confidence back.
24:26Yeah, I agree with that.
24:29And that again is the individual, up to the individual.
24:31I would like to think that he has obviously had some kind of agreement with the club
24:37that if a bid comes in and it suits us and it suits you,
24:41we are duty-bound to honour that deal
24:43because the boys coming from Japan obviously were given that in their make-up.
24:49Now, I would like to think that Brendan Rodgers or whoever has put an arm around him
24:52and said, look, it's not happened this time.
24:55The January window will come, you know,
24:57and if the same circumstances are there for you and for us,
25:01he's got to honour whatever he's told them.
25:03Well, you would think so, but that has happened before
25:07and certain players were left very, very angry.
25:10Anyway, also in Brendan Rodgers' first time round at Celtic,
25:15so whether he gets a January move or not, interestingly enough...
25:18I wonder if he keeps playing the way he's playing, Peter.
25:19Well, on the European football show,
25:21Cara Henderson's European football show,
25:23she was talking to Chris Commons today,
25:26you can see it on our YouTube channel,
25:28and Chris Commons says, no, no, you know, he's here,
25:31he's got a contract, you've got to keep building the team around him,
25:34he'll come good again.
25:36Yeah, but I don't think it'll be he's a nine, Peter.
25:37I think I would play him wide right.
25:40Take Yang out of the team and play Mide on the right,
25:43to the next, to the left, and actually through the middle.
25:45I think that's, you know, it's a chance for him
25:48to get his confidence back and run into people,
25:50and I think being a wide player and being a striker
25:52is two totally different things, I think.
25:54When you're that main number nine,
25:55the pressure's on you to score goals all the time.
25:57As a wide player, you can chip in now and again,
26:00and I think it'd maybe help him.
26:02But I don't think he's went in a huff,
26:04but I just agree with Ruffy,
26:05I just think that the massive disappointment
26:07of getting a life-changing move,
26:08I think the players that come over from Japan
26:10are not on a lot of money.
26:12I think that was a, you know,
26:13Ange Postakoglu had that market down to a tee.
26:16He was bringing players in, selling them on.
26:18He sold probably to them.
26:19You know, you come in four, five, six grand a week,
26:22and you get offered 20 grand a week to England,
26:24we'll let you go.
26:25And there's some difference between that financially.
26:27I wonder if it'll affect the price
26:29when they eventually do sell them,
26:30although Flying Haggis on our YouTube channel,
26:33I think, has put a good point,
26:35which I'm certainly embracing,
26:37but I'm not too sure you are.
26:39He says, I can't get my head around that mentality.
26:42I've really struggled at times in my life,
26:44working hard for rubbish wages.
26:46He's had a month to get it together.
26:48Three months, for God's sake, get it.
26:50He's done.
26:51Yeah, I would appreciate a support or thinking like that.
26:56But again, you've got to look at the other side.
26:59He's a human being like everybody else.
27:01He has moments that things aren't going,
27:04but I know he's earning a lot of money,
27:05but apart from that,
27:06there are things in your life
27:07that don't obviously run the way that you want it to run,
27:11and the individual has to deal with it.
27:14You know, I get what he's saying,
27:16but sometimes it's different in a way for football.
27:20You're okay when you're playing football,
27:21but you're not there all the time.
27:22Were you going to say,
27:24I get what Flying Haggis is trying to say?
27:26Because his name is Jeff,
27:28but he just doesn't want anybody to know what his name is.
27:31All right, Jeff.
27:32All right.
27:32So you put it out and it was Jeff.
27:34His name's not Jeff, for God's sake.
27:36He's peace.
27:36Many names has he got?
27:38That's YouTube for you.
27:40What you do is you get people who are scared
27:42to obviously be caught because they're going to...
27:44You get what you say.
27:46It's a platform where you can be a nutcase at times,
27:48but nevertheless...
27:49You can earn lots of money and still not be happy.
27:53It's been...
27:53Well, there's lots of cases of footballers
27:56who have not enjoyed themselves away from the game
28:00and earning a lot of money.
28:01I've worked at some places where I've earned a lot of money
28:03and I've not been happy,
28:04but I've thought, you know what?
28:05I'm just going to put up with it.
28:07I'm just going to give my best every day
28:09and I'm going to put up with it.
28:11Yeah, I think when you've been in the game long enough...
28:14He's not going to drop tools.
28:15He's not going to go out and no try.
28:19It's just not happening for him, that's all.
28:21OK.
28:21Tam, have you ever been at a club where you just...
28:23You've felt wronged and you've just...
28:26The edge has gone off you.
28:28You've just thought, it's not there.
28:29Your heart's not in it.
28:31Don't think it doesn't happen, but it does.
28:34Probably with Dundee when I was at Dundee.
28:35Yeah.
28:36And obviously Alex in now.
28:37I think it was just before Alex came in.
28:39Alex Ray and Dundee won the Championship
28:42and had an opportunity to go to St Johnstone
28:44who won the Premier League at the time
28:45and it got blocked at the last minute.
28:47And that pissed me off a bit
28:49because I was getting a chance to go back into the Premier League.
28:51Yeah.
28:51I can sense a wee bit of tension in the studio the other day.
28:54Did you blame Alex personally?
28:56No, I think Alex was saying,
28:57yeah, you can go, but it was other influences.
29:00No, I wasn't too happy with that.
29:03And that's obviously not on the same scale as Maida,
29:04but there's times where you want to move,
29:07you want to go.
29:07And it gets blocked for whatever reason.
29:10And it can affect you as a player.
29:12Yeah.
29:13But it's all okay with you now with him
29:15because he's in every Monday.
29:16Aye, aye, it's fine.
29:17There's tension, yeah.
29:18No, no.
29:18I sensed that.
29:20Ruffy, have you ever been sitting next to somebody,
29:23apart from myself,
29:24that you think, you know,
29:25I'm not a big fan?
29:28Yeah, there's been a couple of occasions, aye?
29:29Name them.
29:33Highly unlikely.
29:34Jim Lane?
29:34No, Jim's a nice guy.
29:35Jim Lane?
29:36Jim's a good lad.
29:37Jim's a good lad.
29:37Jim's a good lad.
29:39Which brings me next...
29:40You're asking the wrong guy to show a spine on this.
29:48Anyway, listen, just on that,
29:50the two games,
29:51I forgot to get your predictions on it.
29:53Ruffy Livingston against Rangers.
29:552-0 Rangers.
29:571-1.
29:57I'm going to go for an upset here.
29:59I'm going to go for Rangers to win 2-1.
30:00You're a smart arse.
30:02You really are, by the way.
30:03They'll steam in on you, by the way.
30:04You'll get battered for that.
30:06Listen, I want to thank everybody for supporting us as well.
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30:37And you will, obviously, get opinion from professionals, former players, managers.
30:43We try and bring as much into the show as we possibly can.
30:46Our reporters are out giving you as many interviews as they possibly can around your favourite team.
30:51So, with that in mind, Motherwell against Aberdeen is our next port of call.
30:57And it has to be.
30:58Because, if there's the great sack race, it's between Russell Martin and Jimmy Tallinn.
31:03Who dips first?
31:04Yeah, it's an enormous game for Aberdeen.
31:07Obviously, losing in the Cup last week at Potodrie at home to Motherwell.
31:11Motherwell in flying form.
31:12Never an easy place to go.
31:13Aberdeen need to win that, Peter, for me.
31:15I think he's got no excuses now.
31:17A real, real bad run at the tail end of last season.
31:20Started this season poorly.
31:21No, scored a goal in the league.
31:23Bought them in the league.
31:24With the money that Aberdeen have spent and the fan base the size of the club.
31:27I think they need to start climbing the table and it needs to start tomorrow.
31:32Our reporter Kerry Pollock and Kobe Henderson have been following both camps.
31:37This Saturday, Motherwell take on Aberdeen here at Firth Park just seven days.
31:41After sending the Dons out of the Premier Sports Cup, however,
31:44well boss Jensberth will ask who knows better than to underestimate Jimmy Tallinn's goal-shy outfit.
31:50It's obviously a team that's under a little bit of pressure, but a team that's extremely desperate can also be really, really difficult to play.
32:01We have to be really, really mindful that we don't give them a sniff of there's something to go for.
32:09We don't give them any easy chances or make it too easy for them to defend.
32:13So we have to, we have to step up.
32:16Our reporter Kobe Henderson has been speaking to the Aberdeen boss this week.
32:19Here's what he had to say.
32:21Yeah, thanks Kerry.
32:22Jimmy Tallinn spoke to the media just moments ago.
32:25It's been a terrible start to the season for Aberdeen.
32:28Just one point on the board and still no league goals scored.
32:33It's a capable Aberdeen team on paper.
32:35You have to admit there's a lot of talented players in the squad.
32:38However, they've just not been playing as a team.
32:41But Jimmy Tallinn believes his side are united.
32:43But you have to be a collective unit to win games.
32:47That's why I'm talking about this last 15% that we need to add now.
32:50And I think there was a really reality check for us of these tight games we play now.
32:58And we are close to get points, but we don't.
33:00And then the reason why, that's why I have to check on.
33:03And then I think everybody agrees.
33:05So everybody is united.
33:08Well, Lawson, they may be united, but they'll be divided if they don't get the win against Motherwell.
33:12Because I think Motherwell's breaking point, I think that is the end.
33:16I think they'll cut the cord then.
33:18I think he needs to get something.
33:20You know, even a draw would give him a wee bit more time.
33:23A defeat would just add the pressure, there's no doubt.
33:26And the supporters again, like the Rangers supporters,
33:29will start voting with their feet, not turning up at the game.
33:32So it'll be interesting to see many Aberdeen supporters make that trip for that game.
33:37But he needs to get something.
33:39He needs to get a wee break.
33:40I'm thinking of the games, obviously.
33:43Livingston getting a player sent off.
33:44I think last week they were hitting the bar and the ball's cleared off the line.
33:48He's just going through a stage where they're not winning games.
33:52And that needs to change, obviously, very quickly.
33:55Kobe's been out and about.
33:57He's been getting the thoughts of some Aberdeen fans on his future.
34:01On a pragmatic level, we've had some serious signings over the summer.
34:04You look at Armstrong, Carlsson, Celtic fans, for example,
34:08who have bit your hand off to sign these types of players.
34:10And no offence to other managers in Scotland,
34:12but they didn't sign for any old chump.
34:14They signed for Jimmy Thielen because they know what he's capable of,
34:17his style of play.
34:18Yeah, there's been a lot of talk about the start to the season,
34:21but I think there's only been 23 points since November.
34:24Is there the argument to maybe say this isn't just a blip
34:26and this is maybe a longer run?
34:28Obviously, there was this Scottish Cup in there as well,
34:30and it did pick up slightly towards the end of last season as well.
34:34Look, I think Jimmy Thielen's earned the right to stay, as I've said.
34:38I think, does he maybe need to look at his formation,
34:40his style of play, change things up a bit?
34:42Yes, I would think so.
34:43I think teams have maybe figured out what his plans are,
34:45what his tactics are.
34:47He could probably have a look at that,
34:48but look, I back him 100% and he's earned the right to turn this around.
34:53Trust Colby to get somebody with a university degree
34:55who is actually speaking fluently in a lot of sense.
34:59A lot of Aberdeen fans may not agree with that gentleman
35:03who put across a very, very fair and balanced point on it.
35:07I think they're at breaking point.
35:09Yeah, I think they're at breaking point as well.
35:10I think obviously the Scottish Cup win has given them large amounts of credit.
35:16A lot of supporters will never forget that day if they were at the game,
35:20but obviously the game moves on.
35:22You start not winning games, they're just losing, losing, losing.
35:26These supporters can turn very, very quickly,
35:30and I think Aberdeen are at that stage just now.
35:33They need to start winning games.
35:34Yeah, they're also looking for a new director of football.
35:37Surely they can't wait for one before they sack the manager
35:40because I think this is at that point where you're starting to say to yourself,
35:44really, Aberdeen, bottom of the table,
35:47wondering whether they're even going to get into the top six?
35:49Yeah, and I think that obviously the targets at the start of the season for Aberdeen
35:54would be top three or top four in European football
35:56and doing well in the Cups.
35:58They're bottom of the league, they're out of the League Cup,
36:00so it's not been a great start at all.
36:03As I've said before, I've said it many times on the show, Peter,
36:06there's not been an Aberdeen manager more backed financially than Jimmy Tillin.
36:09You know, the squad, they signed three international players in the break.
36:13You know, Carlson, Nisbet, Armstrong, they're fantastic footballers.
36:18And for them to be bottom of the league and not scored a goal is nowhere near good enough.
36:21So I think I agree with Ruffey.
36:23I think Aberdeen need to get something out of the game tomorrow
36:25or I can see the chop coming for Jimmy.
36:28Yeah, Adam has said they've spent £4 million in the window.
36:33He's had mad investment for a non-old firm manager.
36:37Nearly a year of horrid results.
36:39Can't score a goal, never mind a win this season.
36:42He reckons the clock is ticking.
36:44And I am not going to suggest who they should have as their manager.
36:49I suggested to them, Erlon, I got it in the neck.
36:53And I'll tell you, my tweet is coming shortly.
36:56Saved in drafts for a bit.
36:57But, yep, it's in there for a year and a half.
37:01And there are not too many wins in that year and a half, I have to tell you.
37:04So Jimmy Tallinn has not turned out to be the messiah.
37:08I don't think he's motivating the squad.
37:10I think some of them have absolutely switched off.
37:13I don't think they are playing to his instruction anymore.
37:18I think some of those players have just looked and thought to themselves,
37:21it's not working, he's not doing it for us.
37:24And I have said, and I'll throw this in, and I think MCG is on the right track here.
37:32Because if you're looking for a manager, and I'm going to put my neck out again on this, Ruffy.
37:36If you're looking for a manager now, you say, who gets the Scottish Premiership?
37:40Who gets what could potentially be a job where you have to come in and get them galvanised back at it?
37:47Do you think that is, Ruffy?
37:48Stephen Robinson.
37:49You're thinking Russell Martin, aren't you?
37:50No, no, no, I think you're not far away from that.
37:55But we all thought when the Hearts job come up, he'd be a perfect candidate for that.
38:01He never got it.
38:02Obviously Derek McInnes got it.
38:04So his name gets mentioned at nearly every big job, but nobody seems to be prepared to take a chance on him.
38:11I don't think it'd be a chance.
38:12I think the way he prepares his team, the way he talks after the games, the way he actually acts during the games,
38:20he shows the fans what it really means to him.
38:23I think that's one of Jimmy Tallinn's failures.
38:26He's not very...
38:27Demonstrative.
38:28Is a motive a good word?
38:30He's not very motivational.
38:32Aye, at the side of the part.
38:33And sometimes when you see a manager like that, you go, well, does he really care?
38:38Does he really...
38:39Does he more passion on the side?
38:40Aye, but that's not to say they're not good managers, but I like to see a manager at the side.
38:45I like to see Martin O'Neill charging up and down the park and big Alex losing the nut and all that.
38:51He doesn't seem to lose the nut.
38:53So I don't know who'd be in the dressing room or after the game.
38:56Okay, let's look at the flip side of it.
38:58If you want to try and build momentum and get a result,
39:02Fir Park's the last place you want to go right now because they're playing good football.
39:05Have I gone too early in my enthusiasm for the football that Motherwell are playing, Tam?
39:09No, you haven't and they're unbeaten this season.
39:12I'm just looking at your wee table there, they're unbeaten.
39:15I know there's a tonne of draws in there, I think there was five or six in this drop,
39:19but I would think Motherwell would really fancy their chances.
39:23Regan Charles Cook's a great signing, scored the winner last week.
39:26They've got some quality players in Motherwell now.
39:27They've got a manager.
39:28Stephen Welsh.
39:28Stephen Welsh has come in, there's a great signing for them.
39:30They're pretty tight at the back, so I'd fancy Motherwell to win this.
39:36I think that could be the death knell for Jimmy to lean at Aberdeen,
39:39but Motherwell have been the surprise package of the season for me so far.
39:43He's still adamant that he thinks that they're going to get better.
39:48The more he works with them, the more they start to embrace his message
39:52and, of course, the fact that, like every manager,
39:55you get players in who have to buy into the system.
39:58But boy, do they look as if they're buying into it.
40:00Yeah, but as Tam said, they've picked three quality players
40:04who you would think would make them better in the long run.
40:07I think they've got a quality goalkeeper.
40:10So that's nearly there.
40:11But if he believes that he's going to change it,
40:15he's got to make the players believe it as well
40:17because it's on the park that it counts.
40:19And just now they don't look as if, when it's nothing each or one each,
40:23whatever, they don't believe that they can go on and win the game.
40:26But a wee turn of fate, a wee bit of luck, you never know.
40:30So I'm going to go for one each.
40:32One each?
40:33Yep.
40:33OK, I'm going to go 2-1 Motherwell.
40:35I'm going to go 2-0.
40:362-0 Motherwell.
40:37Yeah, no goals for Aberdeen again?
40:39Nope.
40:39Yeah, OK.
40:40Even with your old mate Kevin Nisbet there?
40:42No, I think 2-0 Motherwell.
40:43OK, I'm standing by it and quite frosty in his look towards me there.
40:46Also, Motherwell had two shots at Pataudry.
40:52What Motherwell were you watching?
40:54Well, if you watch their overall football when you go to a game for 90 minutes,
40:59they are good to watch.
41:00Robert says,
41:01Peter, I thought you might have suggested Neil Lennon for the Aberdeen job.
41:06Let's not rule it out right now.
41:08But from Motherwell against Aberdeen, give us your thoughts.
41:12Do you think he's going to get longer?
41:13If he loses to Motherwell, does Jimmy Tilleen still survive that?
41:18It's the same situation as Russell Martin.
41:20Give us your opinion on that.
41:21We want to engage with you.
41:23We'll read out some of your messages as well and see where we go with it.
41:28And we're more than happy to air your opinions on this one.
41:33Thanks to Paul.
41:34This is 1-0 Motherwell.
41:36Dundee United against Kilmarnock.
41:38Jim Goodwin is actually anticipating something that I want to get your thoughts on, guys,
41:43because the Dundee United boss reckons they're in for a physical battle.
41:48They'll throw up a completely different challenge.
41:51Kilmarnock are one of the more direct teams in the league.
41:53They've got two big, tall, number nines, physical players at the top end of the pitch.
41:58It'll probably be a bit more of a dogfight than what tonight was in terms of Aberdeen
42:03trying to build from the back and play through the different sections.
42:05So, yeah, that's what this Premiership throws up.
42:10You know, week to week, you've got to prepare yourselves properly for a different challenge
42:15game after game.
42:16But tonight will give us confidence.
42:18The boys are really looking forward to Saturday already.
42:21Third in the table.
42:22Two wins, two draws, one defeat.
42:24I thought they played well in Europe.
42:26They're good to watch.
42:28They've got a star man for me who I think is one of the best midfielders at the moment
42:31on the evidence of what I'm watching in Kamara.
42:34However, he just looks the real deal, Ruffey.
42:38And again, I thought they cruised it against Aberdeen.
42:42Yeah, they certainly did.
42:43They're the very opposite for Aberdeen.
42:45They look like a team who are confident and believe in a lot of the players they've brought
42:50in.
42:50There's a lot of match winners in there.
42:52They're winning games.
42:53You can see the fans are right behind them, which is great.
42:56You know, you're going on to the park and you know the fans are cheering for you.
42:59They want you to win, which is a head start as well.
43:02But you're right.
43:02They've got two or three players in there who have adapted to the Scottish style of football.
43:07I particularly like that young boy they got from Liverpool.
43:11Lucas Stevenson.
43:12Stevenson.
43:12I think he's got something special.
43:15He's going places in the game.
43:16And, you know, that kind of player who's coming in, he knows he's on loan.
43:20He knows he's got to impress his own team.
43:23So, Dundee United are getting the benefit of it.
43:26I'm looking at the boy Kamara.
43:27He's 6'1", 28 years of age.
43:31And they got him on a free.
43:34Tam, in the middle of the park, he just moves about there as if he's 5'6", at times,
43:41controlling it, driving, hustling and spreading the play.
43:45Yeah, very, very good signing, Peter.
43:48And I think Dundee United have made a lot of them this summer.
43:52I think Sapsburg up front has been excellent as well.
43:54So, listen, they've obviously went down a different market from most clubs.
43:57They've went abroad.
43:58Dolcec?
43:59Dolcec as well, Peter, who I think has had five goals or assists in the last first five games.
44:04So, yeah, they've went down a different route.
44:06They've went abroad for their shopping.
44:08And they've signed a lot of very, very good players.
44:10And I want to give Jim Goodwin and Lee Sharp credit for bringing them all and gilling them all together.
44:14Because it can't be easy bringing people from all over the place in Europe or Africa.
44:19And they're all coming in and doing a really, really good job.
44:21So, I would fancy running 90 strong in this game.
44:24I think they'll have too much for coming on at home.
44:26Yeah.
44:26You see that, Ruffy?
44:28Excuse me, when he's talking, he's throwing in stats right, left and centre.
44:31That kind of a thing.
44:32You've refrained from that over the 13 years.
44:35You don't want to kind of muddy the waters.
44:37Yeah, but it's okay, throwing out stats.
44:39But you've got to bank them up.
44:40So, Ruffy does it.
44:42It was one Ruffy saying it.
44:45And then he just said, is it?
44:46And he went, no, it's not.
44:47No, no.
44:47My favourite is the day that on STV, we're on a Saturday programme, which is all stats.
44:54And he gave me about four or five before the commercial break.
44:59And I looked and I thought, wow, I've been with him now maybe four or five years
45:02and he's never offered a stat in his life.
45:05And I thought, four or five in the one part of the programme?
45:08And up came the commercial break.
45:11And Ruffy Samuay to the toilet.
45:12He went to the toilet and I checked all of his stats and it was all Codswallop.
45:16It was a complete made-up pile of nonsense.
45:20Is he trying to make yourself look clever?
45:21No, no, no.
45:23I'm just saying.
45:23Mark Aveni and Gordon Smith were on the show, by the way.
45:26He's lying.
45:29No, you hear him and I'm not just having a go at BBC, you know, because they're very
45:33steady.
45:33No, I'm saying.
45:34They're very good, very thorough in everything they do.
45:36But an example game starts when they say, oh, this is going to be quite a good game today.
45:41Come on, I'm having to beat Dundee United for 13 years.
45:44So it's a Dundee United win for me.
45:47Come on, I'm 1-1.
45:48Yeah.
45:49You can have all the stats in the world.
45:51It doesn't mean you're right.
45:53And that's our headline for today's show.
45:55Oh, Ruffey takes swipe at the major broadcaster.
45:58It's as simple as that.
45:59Once you hear it, you know it's there.
46:02The other one was, just because you've got all the stats doesn't mean you're right.
46:06Is that the point of a stat, Ruffey, you know?
46:08I mean, you're right.
46:09Yeah, no, but you can throw them out there and they're going to be so outrageous.
46:12I have some.
46:12I mean, you've already done two or three this morning.
46:14Yeah.
46:15What about Tundee United-Kilmarnock, Ruffey?
46:17I've done three-nothing.
46:19Three-nothing?
46:19Yes.
46:20Tundee United.
46:20I'm really impressed with the United.
46:21I'm going to Tundee United.
46:22I'm going up there because, obviously, the ban still continues.
46:26We're heading into three years.
46:28I wonder if we'll get back in when Brendan leaves, or will it just be the full three years
46:33and then on to the next?
46:34You need to sack the board and on.
46:35You need to take the lot out.
46:36Well, I made it.
46:37I made the banner.
46:40Banned for another five years.
46:42Yeah, absolutely.
46:43Dundee United, 2-0.
46:473-0.
46:48I fancy a Dundee United home win strongly.
46:50Comfortable, yes.
46:51Do you like the big boy Dakers I've been telling you about for Kelly?
46:54Okay.
46:54He's a big tall boy.
46:55Aye.
46:55You know, Kermarnock, the best player I've got is the boy Watson.
46:59The middle-of-the-part young boy.
47:00David.
47:00I think he's excellent.
47:01Yeah.
47:02And I've seen him during the week there, Rangers and Hearts linked to him already.
47:06Derek's obviously worked with him at Kermarnock.
47:07So, I think they'll struggle to hold on to him this summer.
47:10I think he's excellent.
47:11Yeah.
47:12Thank you to people who are watching it on the live.
47:15Obviously, we do it at four o'clock because we're getting it in the neck, Ruffy.
47:18Some people like to watch it live so they can cane us.
47:21But there are people who watch it at their own leisure and that is the majority of people
47:25who just pick it up once the kids have gone to bed or the kids watch it when the parents
47:30are out.
47:31That's a hope.
47:32So, we're delighted that you're with us.
47:35Hearts against Falkirk.
47:37I mean, it's just unbelievable.
47:39Equal on points with Celtic.
47:41Four wins and a draw in the last five games.
47:43Derek McKinnis said people are dying for Hearts to lose a game.
47:46I mean, is there really a kind of a, this vitriolic campaign of not liking Hearts?
47:53I don't see it.
47:55Yeah.
47:55Well, apart from you, you.
47:56I think Hibs supporters don't like to see their biggest rivals.
48:00Yeah, that's, but you're supposed to be a balanced pundit.
48:03Yeah, no, I'm not.
48:04I don't know what teams he's having, who he's having a go at.
48:07What other teams is there?
48:08Is it Kilmarnock, St Murnham?
48:10Rangers?
48:11Probably.
48:12Yeah.
48:13Well, that's a few of them.
48:14Who's going to be in their bonnet about them?
48:15Because he's doing well.
48:16No, I think, I think he thinks people are probably going to be in their bonnet because everybody's
48:20saying they're going to split the whole firm.
48:22You know, a lot of people are saying this could be the year and obviously that's what
48:26he's saying.
48:26Well, a lot of people don't want us to do well because we'll end up second, of course.
48:30Well, I think we'll be second.
48:32Well, that's your opinion.
48:34What about you?
48:35What did you have?
48:35No, I had Rangers second.
48:37And who did you have third?
48:38Hibs.
48:39Funny that, eh?
48:41Where were you?
48:43Hibs third?
48:44Hibs third as well, but you know, you look at, I looked at Celtic during the week there
48:48and I looked at Rangers last night and I think if you're a Hearts fan,
48:52you're thinking, come on, just put a consistent run together.
48:55It's definitely there for the taking.
48:56I think Celtic win the league, but in terms of finishing second, will Hearts ever get a
49:00better opportunity than this season with this Rangers team to finish second?
49:05I don't think so.
49:06But they haven't really, have they, Hearts?
49:08They've not set the heather on fire.
49:09Yeah, but they've got an opportunity if they beat Falkirk at home to go 12 points ahead
49:13I think they will beat Falkirk.
49:15They've got a good bench as well, Ruffy.
49:17Yeah, and that's always good, you know, to look at the bench and bring game changers
49:21onto the park and you've seen Brendan Rodgers doing it, I say that every week, 60 minutes,
49:27just watch the clock and two or three come on, you know, it doesn't matter what the score
49:31is, they come on and if you've got that kind of stuff on the bench, it's great and
49:36Hearts have never heard that.
49:37My only problem with it, Tam, is Derek McInnes has been in this movie before, never had he
49:42a better chance than to win the league in the Ronnie Dyla years at Celtic, where he was
49:50hopeless and because of the strength of the squad, they just got themselves over the line.
49:56But he's been there before, he's had a collapse before, this time with Hearts, I think there's
50:02a structure in place to back him up that might even strengthen again in January.
50:07If he can keep this juggernaut going.
50:09Yeah, I think the cash that Tony Bloom's got behind him, I think if Hearts are in the
50:12mix, to split the old firm, I think they will spend big in January.
50:16I think that they will go and strengthen and try and do that with an opportunity to go into
50:20Champions League qualifiers.
50:21So, no, I do think that this is a real opportunity for Hearts this season.
50:26These are the games they've got to win.
50:27See if I was, see if Hearts were neck and neck with Celtic in January and I was a Hearts fan,
50:33I'd be on the phone to James Anderson saying, look, I know Tony's got a fair bit of cash,
50:39is there any chance you could give us four or five million before you pop your clogs, whether
50:44that be in the next 20, 30 years, but any chance of just giving us four or five million,
50:47which would be like a drop in the ocean, let's have a go.
50:51Well, possibly, possibly.
50:52Let's not hope anyone dies in time soon.
50:55No, I said 20 to 30 years, you've got plenty of time, but if you had a few millions, lots
51:01of millions, you'd...
51:01I would.
51:02You'd want, you would, wouldn't you?
51:03You've got hundreds of millions and you don't spend it bigger than a drum.
51:06If I won the lottery, a hundred million, I'd buy Partick Thistle and I'd make them a force.
51:12But you wouldn't be able to turn Partick Thistle with a hundred million in it?
51:15I'd make a good shot at that.
51:17Yeah.
51:17Would you buy a lot of homegrown players?
51:20I'd leave that to my director of football.
51:21Yeah, sure you would.
51:26Brilliant.
51:27Would you give anything to me and Tam because we've been with you in the trenches?
51:29I'd put you on the board.
51:31Oh, what would you do?
51:31Because I think you could, in your own sort of a sphere, I think you could do.
51:38Just out of curiosity, I don't...
51:39Because I need, we need a painter.
51:41That's exactly what I'm just about to ask you.
51:42What is he doing?
51:43Because he's starting his painting.
51:45What's he bringing you to?
51:47Right, okay.
51:48Listen, I've ran into a couple of Falkert fans this week.
51:51And boy, they're not happy with me.
51:53They just let me have it and said, listen, you've got us relegated.
51:56And I actually had to stand my ground and say, I love John McGlynn.
52:00I think he's a great coach.
52:02I love the way they play football, Tam.
52:05But I can't see anything other than, you're going back down.
52:09Am I wrong?
52:11I hope you're wrong.
52:12Yeah.
52:12I hope for football's sake you're wrong.
52:15Because you're right, Falkert do play the right way.
52:17They're open and expansive.
52:19I thought they were brilliant the other night in the second half against Hibs.
52:21You know, they've got a real buzz about the club at the minute.
52:24You know, full houses at home.
52:26You know, John McGlynn's brought them up through the leagues.
52:27Players have come up through the leagues.
52:29You know, they're hungry to do well.
52:30I really, really hope Falkert stay up.
52:32But my fear would be, in the winter months, going away from home, can they still play that
52:38way?
52:38And have they got the...
52:39Well, my answer is yes, they did it in the championship.
52:41That's the championship.
52:42Yeah, that's the point.
52:43That's the only thing that I think is a drawback.
52:45So, I hope Falkert do stay up.
52:47But I think it's about to them indeed to see who goes down.
52:51I think that's your bottom two for them.
52:53Thanks to Paul Brady, who's just sent us a wee message saying, Ruffy, you're going to
52:56need a lot more than 100 million.
52:58So there you are.
53:00Quite a lot of people.
53:02And Barry says, I never do the Euro Millions after that Partick fan won it.
53:08What's the chances of another Partick Thistle fan winning the Euro Millions?
53:12It ain't going to happen.
53:13Barry, you're so right.
53:15It would be absolutely fantastic if it did.
53:18Hearts against Falkert.
53:19I am going 3-1 Hearts.
53:21I am going to go 2-0 Hearts.
53:222-1 Hearts.
53:24St Mirren against Dundee.
53:25Fifth, one win, three draws, one defeat.
53:28And they're in the semi-finals of the Premier Sports Cup.
53:31St Mirren are my team of the year this year.
53:33Is that right?
53:33Already?
53:34Just out of September?
53:35Yeah, they've just come out, I think, I like everything they do.
53:39I like the style of play.
53:40I like the manager's attitude towards every game that he plays.
53:45The place is buzzing.
53:46And it's good for a team like St Mirren to have this kind of success.
53:50They've been in this sort of adult, not in the last four or five years, but if you go
53:53way back, you'll remember the players that they had, the wee Richardsons and a fantastic team.
54:01Yeah, Billy Stark.
54:01Billy Stark and all of them.
54:03Scallion.
54:04Will they go on?
54:04Yeah, all of them.
54:06Scandlin.
54:07Scandlin, yeah.
54:07Benny Victor.
54:08Mick Victor, yeah.
54:09Scandlin was a great player.
54:11I would love, if you were talking about a home-based player that I'd love to interview,
54:15that had never done anything, Ian Scandlin.
54:17Have you ever, do you remember Ian Scandlin?
54:19Well before Manchester.
54:19Wee Weir.
54:20Wee Weir.
54:21Peter Weir, great player.
54:21Peter Weir.
54:22Yeah, absolutely.
54:23They're against the Dundee side.
54:24Am I, Ruffy, would you make, I love Stephen Presley.
54:27I think he's a really decent guy.
54:28I like him a lot.
54:29I've known him for such a long time.
54:31And he's a good lad.
54:33But they got a good win against Livingston.
54:36Can they?
54:37A fortunate win.
54:37They got a fortunate win by the penalty in the last minute.
54:39For God's sake.
54:40No, but they'd lost two back goals.
54:42Yeah.
54:42But, no, I think Livingston and Falkirk and Dundee will be fighting it out for the
54:48season.
54:49But that'll be encouraging, that win.
54:51It remains to be seen whether it makes a difference to the team.
54:54Because Stephen's been saying, look, we just need a win to get confidence within the camp.
54:59So we'll see what happens tomorrow.
55:00Prediction?
55:022-1 St Mirren.
55:04Yeah.
55:053-1 St Mirren.
55:06I'm going to go 2-1 St Mirren against Dundee.
55:10Thanks to so many of you for giving us your opinion.
55:13It's always good to read out as many of them as we possibly can.
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55:38You and your partner could be off to the Champions League final in Budapest in the Puskas Arena.
55:44Have you seen the Puskas Arena, Rob?
55:45No, never played in that one.
55:46It is absolutely fantastic.
55:51What a stadium.
55:52Flight, accommodation, two tickets.
55:56Who would you take?
55:56Would you take Maggie or would you take your best mate, Ronnie?
55:59That you were at the party.
56:00Maggie is my best mate.
56:01Eh?
56:02Maggie is my best mate.
56:04Oh my God.
56:05Oh my God.
56:07You had me.
56:07Stop the show.
56:08You had me at hello.
56:10Shut up, Ruffy.
56:12Oh, Ruffy.
56:12No, I would take Ronnie, would you?
56:14No.
56:15No?
56:15No, after last week.
56:16He's tacked the cover.
56:18I took Ronnie, my pal, who's a Ranger supporter,
56:20to the Celtic Thistle game.
56:23Yeah.
56:23And the cameras caught him in the crowd.
56:24His mates are getting him.
56:27His life is ruined.
56:29But he got a free meal out of it.
56:31What's he wanted about?
56:33Yeah, absolutely.
56:36Damn.
56:38All set for a big week.
56:39Edinburgh Derby's coming up as well.
56:41We're going to be talking about that after the weekend.
56:43There could be a situation.
56:44Do you believe on Monday when you're on the show with Alec Ray and Ruffy and myself,
56:47do you believe that we will have a situation where there's one or two clubs looking for a new manager?
56:54Yeah, I think there'll definitely be one.
56:56There'll definitely be one.
56:58Possibly even two.
56:59But it's a big weekend for Aberdeen and Rangers, to be honest with you.
57:03And a big weekend for Hibs as well.
57:05You know, Hibs are not a great start to the season.
57:08And they're going to Celtic.
57:10Then they've got Hearts away next week.
57:11So they need to start picking up points in the league as well.
57:13Yeah, two good points to finish.
57:14Kenny, who's an LA, is an Aberdeen fan.
57:16He says, Motherwell 1, Aberdeen 2.
57:18A last moment of hope from Kenny there.
57:21And we also got a guy who says,
57:22I thought Ruffy was going to take Zico with him.
57:25You just never know.
57:27The two of them are constantly in contact with each other.
57:30Talking about that.
57:30So it's waiting, Ruffy?
57:31Yeah.
57:31Never want to see him again.
57:32Yeah, absolutely will.
57:34You never saw him the first time either.
57:35Or the second.
57:36Yeah, exactly.
57:37Can I just say to you that if you want analysis of the British teams in the Europa League this week,
57:46then join Cara Henderson on the European Football Show on YouTube.
57:51It's dropped today.
57:52You can have a look.
57:53She's in discussion with Chris Commons,
57:55who's giving us his opinion on all of the football.
57:59Some interesting shouts from Chris Commons on Russell Martin and, of course, Dyson Maeda.
58:05Well worth watching on our YouTube channel now.
58:07And interestingly enough, I mentioned the Edinburgh Derby because Kerry Pollock will have some very special guests
58:12in the countdown to the Edinburgh Derby next week.
58:16So it'll be well worth catching up with Kerry as well.
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58:30Hope you have a great weekend.
58:32It's going to be great football.
58:33And it's going to be one of those weeks when you have to be in control in your house
58:38because there's so many great games to watch.
58:40And then you'll turn to your partner, male or female, and say,
58:45but I want to watch the Ryder Cup as well.
58:48And that's when you'll know.
58:50Start for Europe, 3-1-up.
58:51Yeah, exactly.
58:52That's when you know when you're in control.
58:54What did you put in USA, Raffi?
58:55No, I never have.
58:56I'm glad you told me the score because I recorded it.
58:59Yeah, that's fun.
59:00That's great.
59:01And by the time people watch it tomorrow,
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