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We look back on an action packed weekend of football, Rangers finally get a win in the Scottish Premiership to ease the pressure on Russell Martin but it does not ease on Jimmy Thelin as Aberdeen are beaten again.   00:00 Introduction  🎙️Peter Martin, Alan Rough, Tam McManus and Alex Rae.  ⚽️Plus:  Fan protests continue at Rangers and Celtic! Hearts go TOP!

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00:01:19So, lots to talk about on the show today.

00:01:22Here's the results over the course of the weekend's football.

00:01:26Celtic 0, Hibbs 0, Dundee United 0, Kilmarnock 2, Hearts 3, Falkirk 0, St Mirren 1, Dundee 0,

00:01:33Motherwell 2, Aberdeen 0 and Livingston 1, Rangers 2.

00:01:37And Hearts out in front at the top of the table.

00:01:41But I think we'll start at Livingston because, boy, did they need the win, Alec Ray.

00:01:47Yeah, absolutely. We sat here last week talking about the importance of a good start in Europe.

00:01:51Obviously very disappointing.

00:01:53But going into the Livingston game, there was a potential banana skin.

00:01:57And I thought in the first half, Peter, I thought they played very well.

00:02:00You know, could have added to the one that they got, the penalty.

00:02:03Majofsky had a brilliant opportunity as well.

00:02:05So, I thought the first half was, you know, not too bad.

00:02:08However, you know, Livingston in the second half were, I thought they were excellent.

00:02:13Deservedly equalised as well.

00:02:14And then you think to yourself, well, here we go again.

00:02:17You know, this is going to go from bad to worse.

00:02:19But they managed to scrape that win with a kind of forced opportunity.

00:02:24You know, unlikely source as well.

00:02:25And Arons, we just swept it home.

00:02:27So, overall, I think they'll be more relieved than anything else.

00:02:31Yeah, the manager himself, Russell Martin.

00:02:33As you would expect when you get that win,

00:02:35just hopes it's now the line in the sand and they can push on from here.

00:02:39I'd rather be 3-0 up at half-time.

00:02:42But, yeah, I think it could be a real big moment for us.

00:02:44Hopefully, they'll feel really good about it in the dressing room.

00:02:48I enjoyed their celebrations together.

00:02:51And as I said to them, like, we deserve it, but we make it hard for ourselves.

00:02:55So, the game is always open to interpretation.

00:02:57Mine is we were brilliant for 45 minutes.

00:02:59And then for 25 minutes in the second half,

00:03:04we showed so much character and resilience.

00:03:05And I'm really proud of them for that.

00:03:07You've got to give a bit of balance on this, Raffi.

00:03:09If you are critical of Russell Martin and his Rangers side,

00:03:13when they're not getting wins, he's got the win.

00:03:16He's got that three points that he could possibly now use as motivation to say,

00:03:21look, we stuck in, we battled away, we got the points.

00:03:25This is what you can do, a wee bit of belief.

00:03:27Take out the anxiety, which, again, he's mentioned on numerous occasions

00:03:32this team seem to be suffering from.

00:03:34Yeah, I think Alec had it in the head the first 45 minutes.

00:03:37I thought they were superb.

00:03:38The best have been this year.

00:03:40And then, obviously, the second half.

00:03:41And then Livingston get the goal.

00:03:43And that old bit comes in, you know.

00:03:46Then you see players starting to go, here we go again.

00:03:48And you wonder whether they're going to dig themselves out of it.

00:03:51But they go at the breaks.

00:03:53I think Livingston will be kicking themselves, I think,

00:03:55the last three minutes of that.

00:03:57Extra time, the injury time.

00:03:59They had more than numerous occasions to get the ball up the park

00:04:02and just didn't deal with it at all.

00:04:04You know, and all credit to them, just kept going, kept going.

00:04:07And you will take it at the end of any game, you know,

00:04:10if you get a goal late on like that.

00:04:12You have to give the players a pat on the back for saying, keep going.

00:04:15Yeah, one man, as you would expect to, wasn't too happy with it all was Livingston boss David Martindale.

00:04:21I feel we're a wee bit unlucky not to take something from the game.

00:04:25Maybe not beating them, but I think we're a wee bit unlucky not to take something from the game.

00:04:29Again, I just, I need to stop talking about this, but it was a really, really soft free kick

00:04:35giving away in the middle of the park.

00:04:38I just felt, it seems to be happening quite a bit now with a bigger club.

00:04:42They kind of get, every decision kind of falls in their favour.

00:04:47Yeah, there you are.

00:04:48You get a peeved manager, he's not happy with it.

00:04:50I think, as I said there, I think the defenders had themselves to blame.

00:04:56I think the boy had to try to have a clearance and he nearly hit it out for a corner,

00:04:59you know, instead of just putting it up the park, you know, and getting a bit of respite,

00:05:03you know, and, I mean, Alex has been in a better stage than me.

00:05:07You've got to kill the game, you've got to sort of see the last couple of minutes out,

00:05:10you know, but they never did that.

00:05:12So, you feel a wee bit of sympathy for them, but you have to give credit to the Rangers.

00:05:16Yeah, the one thing that's not going away is, and I obviously don't want to use,

00:05:21the expletives, but they are telling them where to go, whether it's a win or not.

00:05:25The fans are still not having them at the moment.

00:05:27Yeah, I don't agree with that, Peter.

00:05:28I thought that was poor for the Rangers supporters.

00:05:30Listen, I know they don't want the manager there, but they've scored a last-minute goal.

00:05:33You know, the players are buzzing, the manager's buzzing, the fans should be buzzing.

00:05:37You've got a result, you know, and it seems as if there's a lot of Rangers fans.

00:05:40I was sitting with a couple watching the game, and they didn't even celebrate when the goal went in.

00:05:44They just thought they weren't bothered.

00:05:46I don't know if that's just apathy through a lot of the Rangers supporters at the minute,

00:05:49but they just don't see any kind of progress, even winning games.

00:05:52It's just prolonging Russell Martin's reign at Rangers, but I thought it was poor when you're shouting that after the game,

00:05:58you know, screaming that towards the manager.

00:06:00I'll just make the manager more determined, I think.

00:06:02Yeah.

00:06:02Keep getting it right and keep getting results.

00:06:03They're screaming that when he gets off the bus.

00:06:05Yeah, as I said, he's getting pelters, and listen, I know the Rangers supporters are not happy,

00:06:10but, you know, he's a human being.

00:06:12I just don't agree with the stick he's getting at the minute, Peter, and I think the only thing he can do is win games.

00:06:17There's got another game coming up in Austria during the week that he's got to win as well,

00:06:20but I thought, you know, you've won the game, there should be a bit of euphoria after the game that you've won,

00:06:24won a football match in the last couple of minutes, and your first thought is to tell the manager to get to.

00:06:28I just, I thought it was poor.

00:06:30Yeah, strange times.

00:06:32It could have been worse if you've been playing for Europe at the Ryder Cup,

00:06:34and New York, you're going to get more pelters there.

00:06:37But as far as the game and the nature of the game, now, again, I'm not condoning abuse.

00:06:43It's part and parcel of it, and I think he seems very level-headed.

00:06:47It's not that he's being dismissive of the Rangers' support.

00:06:50What he's trying to do is deflect away from the team and say,

00:06:55well, you know, I've just got to deal with it in my own way,

00:06:57and I'm not going to give you any back-page headlines on it.

00:07:01I'm, you know, they're booing.

00:07:03I've just got to get on with it.

00:07:04I don't think he can afford to focus on that anyway,

00:07:07because if he's focused on that, he's got enough on his plate with the results,

00:07:12the performances, the anxiety within his squad.

00:07:14So if he's focused with outside influences as well, Peter,

00:07:17and it can be brutal at times, I think he has to just keep his head down,

00:07:20just focus on the team.

00:07:22And then obviously, as Tam says, they've got a European game in midweek,

00:07:25and then obviously is at Falkirk next weekend, isn't it?

00:07:27So they'll need to just kind of try and tick away and try and get wins,

00:07:31because the only way this turns and change anyone's mind...

00:07:34Now, a lot of these fans will be stubborn and they'll double down on this

00:07:39and they'll just say, we want a change.

00:07:40But the only way this guy's going to try and change the other percentage of the crowd

00:07:45are the ones that are still undecided, because it's still very early days.

00:07:49You know, when you think about the amount of people,

00:07:51the players that come into the club,

00:07:52he has to get that little bit of kind of balance between or this,

00:07:56don't get caught up in it, and then focus on what he can control.

00:07:58Well, on that point, you know, controlling the team

00:08:01and trying to get the best out of them and tinkering with them,

00:08:04do you have sympathy?

00:08:05Because he's now living in a period where there is no time for any manager these days,

00:08:12whether it's north, south of the border, right across Europe, globally,

00:08:15you know, you only have to look at, you know, Graham Potter,

00:08:17you know, bumped at the weekend and then replace 48 hours later.

00:08:23There's no time.

00:08:24No, I totally agree.

00:08:25One of the things that he keeps saying is we have to keep believing the process.

00:08:29The process has to accelerate, Peter,

00:08:32because you can't afford that Rangers to go one game,

00:08:35lose a game, draw a game and things.

00:08:37You need to gather momentum.

00:08:39And by momentum, what happens is you shift the perspective onto the opposition.

00:08:42And if Celtic start dropping points like they did at the weekend,

00:08:45if you're on a four or five game run, you can,

00:08:48we know how the city works, it's like a pendulum,

00:08:50and then you can bat it over the road.

00:08:51But at the moment, it's just firmly at his door.

00:08:54And it's only through winning games can you then kick on

00:08:57and then try and kind of get some sort of parity,

00:09:00try and get some more fans back on board.

00:09:02What was it like for you emotionally?

00:09:04Because it's different for Philippe Clement because he's not a Rangers fan.

00:09:07Yeah, but Peter, see the thing,

00:09:09I see this Rangers fan, what if you're a Rangers fan?

00:09:12Or whether you're the guy at the...

00:09:14Because the thing is, he carries a can for everything.

00:09:17At that particular time, there was no director of football,

00:09:19no CEO, you know, there was no chairman.

00:09:22So it was an actual mess.

00:09:23So he was a figurehead.

00:09:25So whether you're a Rangers fan or not,

00:09:26you're the guy that then gets the scrutiny.

00:09:28Every word that's said in the media

00:09:29is then kind of dissected as we do on a weekly basis.

00:09:33So the pressure is really on there,

00:09:35whether you're a Rangers fan or not.

00:09:37But I take your point on board

00:09:38because I've obviously got the emotional attachment to Rangers.

00:09:42But it was very, very difficult.

00:09:44You need a tin helmet.

00:09:45But I knew that when I come back.

00:09:47And it's interesting, when I first came back,

00:09:48when I was 34, we had a really poor start.

00:09:51I think we drew up at Aberdeen,

00:09:53competing by Celtic,

00:09:54getting knocked out of Europe by CSK Moscow.

00:09:57And the actual scrutiny,

00:09:58and it was tin helmet stuff,

00:09:59and you're going, oh my God,

00:10:00I've played nearly 600 games.

00:10:02I've never experienced pressure like that.

00:10:04So until you're in the firing line,

00:10:07it's non-stop,

00:10:08and it's every three days, Peter, at Rangers.

00:10:10So it's no use if you can go from Saturday to Saturday.

00:10:13You know, everybody's scrutinising every couple of days.

00:10:15You're fronted up at the media.

00:10:17Anything you're said out of turn,

00:10:20people are on it like a rash,

00:10:21depending on how results are.

00:10:22So results will dictate everything

00:10:24that's going on at Rangers and Celtic for that matter.

00:10:26Yeah, what about the positives of the performance, Ruffey?

00:10:28Because, you know,

00:10:30much maligned as he is at times,

00:10:32you know, I think people will look back and say,

00:10:36OK, James Tavernier's career's come to an end.

00:10:40Let's see if we can find another 130-plus goals right back.

00:10:45Boy, that's going to be difficult.

00:10:46He scored a good goal at the weekend.

00:10:47It was amazing.

00:10:49You know, you're looking at the build-up of that goal,

00:10:51and the ball goes wide and that,

00:10:52and all of a sudden the ball comes into the box,

00:10:54and Tavernier's in there.

00:10:54And you go, where did he come from?

00:10:56Where did he get in there?

00:10:57Ruffey, did you actually see his movement?

00:10:59Aye, he followed it.

00:11:01He followed it and followed it.

00:11:01But he actually burst into the box,

00:11:03and then it was obviously when he went back to the back post,

00:11:05he'd be a just...

00:11:06But the actual, for his age,

00:11:07the desire to actually get in there to score,

00:11:09I thought it was really impressive.

00:11:10It was superb, you know.

00:11:11But it just shows you where Rangers are

00:11:12at this precise moment in time.

00:11:14If they hadn't have been the way things are happening

00:11:16on the park, off the park,

00:11:19would you have seen celebrations like that

00:11:21at the end of a 2-1-1 against Livingston?

00:11:23Ordinary?

00:11:24It just shows you the pressure that everybody's in,

00:11:28and to get a win like that,

00:11:30you're going to celebrate it.

00:11:31OK, slight negative penalty.

00:11:33Before he actually took it,

00:11:36I'm sitting there,

00:11:37and you know how you always,

00:11:39with your mates,

00:11:39you always like to call the penalty.

00:11:41Left, right.

00:11:42So I'm going,

00:11:43keeper's top right.

00:11:44That's his favourite place.

00:11:45Top right, keeper can't save it.

00:11:47And he goes down the middle

00:11:49with the worst penalty I've seen him taking in a long time.

00:11:52Yeah, yeah.

00:11:53You expect him to score that, Peter.

00:11:54He's got a great record at penalty kicks.

00:11:56I was just listening to the radio when I was coming home.

00:11:58But yeah,

00:11:59as the guy said,

00:12:00he's a phenomenal goal-scoring record

00:12:02to the right back.

00:12:03Penalties,

00:12:03you'd put your hat on him.

00:12:05But going back to the other,

00:12:06the goal disallowed,

00:12:08I thought that was a great call for the referee.

00:12:09I thought it controlled it with his hand.

00:12:11It was at Cornelius,

00:12:12and he put it in.

00:12:12And I thought the referee got most of the decisions right.

00:12:17John Beaton.

00:12:18John Beaton.

00:12:19I thought Rangers' first half were excellent,

00:12:21as the guys I've touched on.

00:12:22I thought they played really, really well.

00:12:23Second half,

00:12:24they came out and it was just,

00:12:25it was a totally different team.

00:12:27And Livingston came out and really got on top of it.

00:12:28But,

00:12:29as Alex said,

00:12:30they just won the game.

00:12:312-1,

00:12:32got up the road,

00:12:33take another game off

00:12:34and go into the next game.

00:12:34That's all Rangers and Russell Martin can do at the minute,

00:12:36just keep winning week by week.

00:12:37Yeah,

00:12:38interestingly enough,

00:12:38and it's only right and proper that I should read out some of the points on this one.

00:12:45Brian Spence says,

00:12:46it should have been 3-0 in the first half,

00:12:48then Rangers never come out for the first half hour of the second half.

00:12:52A relief,

00:12:53but a hard watch in the second half.

00:12:55Rangers are still weak at the back.

00:12:59I would just say,

00:13:00I think,

00:13:00I'm going to analyse every goal they're lost,

00:13:03but if you shut your eyes,

00:13:04you think any ball that comes into the box,

00:13:06it's a bit of a panic,

00:13:07you know,

00:13:08okay,

00:13:09they get caught underneath that one at the weekend there,

00:13:11but it seems to be good deliveries into the ball.

00:13:14And there are a lot of good deliveries going into the box.

00:13:16Sometimes it's very difficult to defend them,

00:13:18but they don't seem to be defending the quality ball into the box very well.

00:13:23That's one of the bugbears for me,

00:13:24Peter.

00:13:25Yeah.

00:13:25Not stopping the ball coming into the box.

00:13:26I think it was far too easy that he actually delivers that in,

00:13:30and then he just peels off the back of John Suter,

00:13:32I think it was.

00:13:32Yeah,

00:13:33but I mean,

00:13:33initially,

00:13:35and I think of some of the,

00:13:36the really good teams or the methodical teams that have been put together over the last,

00:13:43what,

00:13:4325 years,

00:13:44Celtic and Rangers,

00:13:45and that is the basics.

00:13:47Yeah,

00:13:47stop at the sauce.

00:13:48You know,

00:13:48stop the ball coming into the box.

00:13:50I mean,

00:13:50I think,

00:13:51if you think of Walter and you think of Martin O'Neill,

00:13:54I used to watch them go tonto at the side of the pitch,

00:13:59you know,

00:13:59because quite simply,

00:14:00when that ball's over on those flanks,

00:14:02Tam,

00:14:03you know,

00:14:03close them down,

00:14:04don't give them the space,

00:14:05don't give them the chance to shift,

00:14:06to put that ball into the box.

00:14:08Because that was,

00:14:09yeah,

00:14:09that's a full-back,

00:14:10should be their first job,

00:14:11is to stop a cross coming in,

00:14:12but now it's not.

00:14:13In the modern day,

00:14:14it's,

00:14:14can you get forward?

00:14:15Can you,

00:14:15can you create?

00:14:16Can you score goals?

00:14:17Get crosses in?

00:14:19Whereas,

00:14:1915,

00:14:2020,

00:14:2025 years ago,

00:14:21full-back's main job was stop the winger,

00:14:23stop the winger getting by you,

00:14:24stop the winger crossing the ball in.

00:14:25So,

00:14:25yeah,

00:14:26it's totally changed now,

00:14:27Peter,

00:14:27and it was a great ball in from Montgomery,

00:14:29the in-swinger,

00:14:29you know,

00:14:30a great ball in,

00:14:30but Alex Wright,

00:14:31you've got to stop the ball coming in.

00:14:32It's very difficult,

00:14:33Tam,

00:14:33you obviously played up front,

00:14:34so see the thing is,

00:14:35ideally,

00:14:36if you're a centre-half,

00:14:37you would want to try and get some sort of contact with the boy scoring goal,

00:14:42you know,

00:14:42for him to actually not,

00:14:43just peeled off the back.

00:14:44That's what I'm saying,

00:14:45so you need contact with him,

00:14:46so you know when he moved,

00:14:47that then you can then get some sort of contact to try and get him off balance.

00:14:50Free header from that distance,

00:14:52that would be a concern.

00:14:53Yeah,

00:14:53absolutely.

00:14:54Are you filled with optimism,

00:14:57about the,

00:14:59you know,

00:14:59having then to try and go and lift it again for Europe?

00:15:03Yeah,

00:15:03well listen,

00:15:03the European games,

00:15:05it may well help them as well,

00:15:06that are away from home,

00:15:07you know,

00:15:07maybe better suited in the transition.

00:15:10So,

00:15:10again,

00:15:11they'll need to try and get the campaign up and running,

00:15:12because you don't want to lose your first couple of games.

00:15:15Yeah,

00:15:16we'll talk about the European games shortly,

00:15:19but it was a 2-1 win for Rangers.

00:15:21Give us your thoughts on it.

00:15:23Quite a view point from our live feed is,

00:15:27that it's a stay of execution for Russell Martin.

00:15:30He's still not winning over the hard core of the Rangers' support.

00:15:34They won't change,

00:15:35but the general feeling is he's going to get the time,

00:15:39you know,

00:15:39and if each result like that just buys him a bit more.

00:15:42Yeah,

00:15:42we haven't heard the owner coming out and saying anything otherwise.

00:15:48You know,

00:15:48it seems to be Russell has meetings with the owner,

00:15:51as you do,

00:15:51and he seems to be giving the reassurances.

00:15:54You know,

00:15:54the owner seems to be strong enough to put the boon to the back burner,

00:15:59and just say,

00:16:00look,

00:16:00carry on,

00:16:00get us wins,

00:16:01get us on a run,

00:16:02and that's what he has to do.

00:16:04Yeah.

00:16:05By the way,

00:16:05hearts are top of the table.

00:16:06We're going to talk about the game shortly,

00:16:08because,

00:16:09quite simply,

00:16:10Celtic slipped up at home against Hibirnian.

00:16:12This is what Brendan Rodgers had to say about the silence that was going on.

00:16:17The Celtic fans certainly not happy with it.

00:16:20I can only focus on the football.

00:16:22That's the challenge for me at the moment,

00:16:24to give the supporters the belief that we will continue to improve,

00:16:27and I think they would have liked that performance.

00:16:29Obviously,

00:16:30they would have loved to have won the game,

00:16:31and I want people to be coming away and talking about the football and the performance,

00:16:34rather than the protests and the silence.

00:16:37After the 12th minute,

00:16:38you felt the support and the lift,

00:16:40which can make all the difference.

00:16:43So,

00:16:44what is the,

00:16:45what is the,

00:16:46by the way,

00:16:46I'd have to tell you,

00:16:47there's a slight technical hitch there.

00:16:49I actually think,

00:16:51I think over,

00:16:51I think we're waiting.

00:16:52End of the road,

00:16:53sort of railway.

00:16:54I was waiting on,

00:16:55I was waiting on the curtains coming across,

00:16:58and then,

00:16:58you know,

00:16:58Alec was a great lad,

00:17:00you know,

00:17:01tributes are tripling.

00:17:03I think that wasn't hooked up a year.

00:17:04Wi-Fi.

00:17:05It's been a saver.

00:17:06So,

00:17:07hopefully,

00:17:07you can see our backdrop is now working,

00:17:10slight technical hitch there.

00:17:11But,

00:17:12you know,

00:17:13silence,

00:17:14I mean,

00:17:15I applaud

00:17:17Celtic fans,

00:17:20any fans,

00:17:21who've got the right to be within reason,

00:17:22without being abusive,

00:17:23the right to show their protest.

00:17:26I just can't see where this is going,

00:17:29this silence.

00:17:31What,

00:17:31what,

00:17:31what has it changed?

00:17:32Because,

00:17:33this board is not going to give them anything.

00:17:35They will not say a thing to them.

00:17:37No,

00:17:38they're not going to move aside.

00:17:39There's no doubt about that.

00:17:40The,

00:17:40the only thing,

00:17:41you hope,

00:17:42would get through is,

00:17:43look,

00:17:44don't make a mess it in January.

00:17:46If,

00:17:46Ben and Rodgers wants players in,

00:17:48get it organised.

00:17:49Shows that,

00:17:50you're listening to what we're saying.

00:17:52Shows you're listening to the protest.

00:17:54Shows that,

00:17:55it's getting through to you.

00:17:57And I think that's the only thing they're going to get,

00:17:58because there's not one of them going to walk away.

00:18:00So,

00:18:01they have to get it right in January.

00:18:03They had chances,

00:18:04Celtic.

00:18:04I mean,

00:18:05they dominated.

00:18:05A barrel load.

00:18:06Yeah.

00:18:06Yeah,

00:18:07I actually thought they were really impressive,

00:18:08Gordon.

00:18:09Peter,

00:18:10the way that they shift the ball,

00:18:12the way they get in behind teams,

00:18:13the way they flash it across the goals,

00:18:15they have a variation of phases of play,

00:18:18which actually calved the opposition.

00:18:20The only thing that would be disappointing for him was,

00:18:22on the day,

00:18:24Iron Natural's chance is just guilt-edged really,

00:18:26isn't it,

00:18:26when it comes around the face.

00:18:28But,

00:18:29I think,

00:18:30overall,

00:18:31in terms of the performance,

00:18:32it's a very typical Celtic performance,

00:18:34very dominant with the ball possession,

00:18:36and created.

00:18:37They just weren't clinical on the day.

00:18:38But,

00:18:39I think if you continue to play in the manner that they do,

00:18:42they will win more games than not.

00:18:44Yeah.

00:18:45You know what I'm like with you,

00:18:46because I've worked with you for such a long time as well.

00:18:48But,

00:18:49Gordon Duncan's five stone lighter than me,

00:18:52right?

00:18:52He only kept one foot.

00:18:54No,

00:18:54I know,

00:18:55I know.

00:18:55He's very easy to mark out of a game.

00:18:59There's a big difference between the two of us,

00:19:01by the way.

00:19:01In the trenches,

00:19:02if somebody was...

00:19:03I'm coming for you,

00:19:04all right,

00:19:04all right.

00:19:05If somebody was in Denison,

00:19:07right?

00:19:07If there's two boys in Denison,

00:19:09and they're battering lops out of you,

00:19:10who do you want to see?

00:19:12I know,

00:19:12I know.

00:19:13Is it Gordon Duncan from Radio Play?

00:19:14No,

00:19:14it's you.

00:19:15It's you.

00:19:15I'll cause you're here,

00:19:16I'm saying,

00:19:17sure.

00:19:19I just had a brain to be easier.

00:19:20Do you know what this reminds me of,

00:19:21by the way?

00:19:22Remember the day we were on STV,

00:19:24and he was in the studio,

00:19:25and we're just about to come back from a break,

00:19:27and he goes...

00:19:29And he tried,

00:19:29you know,

00:19:30and the two of us,

00:19:31and you get caught.

00:19:32And the two,

00:19:32Ruffy and I look went,

00:19:34what are you fixing your hair for?

00:19:35You haven't got any hair.

00:19:36What are you doing?

00:19:38You've got some memory,

00:19:39man.

00:19:39Oh,

00:19:40honestly.

00:19:40As soon as he said that,

00:19:41I thought to myself,

00:19:42can you believe him,

00:19:43after all we've been through?

00:19:44I don't know.

00:19:46Anyway,

00:19:47what did you make of the Emmys?

00:19:49Listen,

00:19:50I think they got what they went for,

00:19:52Peter.

00:19:52I think when you look at Hibs over the last,

00:19:54I've been watching most of their games,

00:19:55I've watched Oil all season,

00:19:57basically,

00:19:57and the goals they've lost have been terrible.

00:20:00You know,

00:20:00against Falkert during the week,

00:20:01they lost two poor goals.

00:20:03I always felt they were going to go to Parkhead

00:20:04and shut up shop,

00:20:05and just say,

00:20:06break us down.

00:20:07You know,

00:20:07they probably watched a game during the week,

00:20:09Celtic against Red Style Belgrade,

00:20:10and Celtic didn't break them down.

00:20:13The Cairo-Atlmati games,

00:20:14they couldn't break them down at Parkhead.

00:20:15So I just think Hibs just used that template

00:20:17to try and break them down.

00:20:19I thought Grant Hanley was outstanding.

00:20:20I thought the goalkeeper was outstanding.

00:20:22I thought Bowie up front was outstanding.

00:20:24You know,

00:20:24done a lot of unseen donkey work,

00:20:26and was good at set plays against.

00:20:28So,

00:20:28no,

00:20:28I think it's a great point for Hibs.

00:20:30You know,

00:20:30you're starting to get concerned

00:20:31if Hibs go there and get beat again.

00:20:33You're thinking,

00:20:33we've only won one game this season.

00:20:35But,

00:20:36you know,

00:20:36I think it's six games,

00:20:37five draws,

00:20:38one-one.

00:20:38Unbeaten.

00:20:39So,

00:20:40obviously a big game coming up against

00:20:41Hearts at the weekend,

00:20:42but I thought Celtic first half

00:20:43should have been two or three up,

00:20:44no doubt about that.

00:20:45Second half,

00:20:46I thought the substitutions at Celtic made,

00:20:47made them weaker.

00:20:48And in the last 20 minutes,

00:20:49usually you look at a game,

00:20:50you go,

00:20:51Celtic will break them down,

00:20:52Celtic will score.

00:20:53I never got that feeling with Celtic.

00:20:54But the first time in the way,

00:20:55I thought,

00:20:56I fancy Hibs to see this out of here.

00:20:57And they did.

00:20:58Because we're bringing,

00:20:59no disrespect guys like Johnny Kenny,

00:21:01James Forrest on you.

00:21:02You're just thinking,

00:21:03no,

00:21:03it's not like for like now with Celtic.

00:21:04They're weaker when they bring

00:21:05their substitutions for me.

00:21:06And that front three,

00:21:08the way you set them up by an actual middle,

00:21:11Maeda right?

00:21:12Yeah,

00:21:13I actually said that last week.

00:21:14I thought that's what you might have done.

00:21:15I thought Maeda was more lively,

00:21:17definitely,

00:21:18in the first half,

00:21:18you know,

00:21:19playing down that side.

00:21:20Barlet Wiesher come on again

00:21:21was poor,

00:21:22Peter.

00:21:22You know,

00:21:23and you can sense a wee bit of frustration

00:21:25for the Celtic fans already towards him.

00:21:26Yeah.

00:21:27He's not doing it.

00:21:28I don't think he's got a trick.

00:21:29No,

00:21:29he's too safe,

00:21:30Peter.

00:21:30And as a wide player,

00:21:32you know,

00:21:32if you're 1v1,

00:21:33just go at him.

00:21:34Just go at him.

00:21:35He seems to be just coming back inside.

00:21:36I don't know if he's lacking confidence

00:21:37at the minute,

00:21:38Peter,

00:21:38and you do that as a forward player

00:21:39or a wide player.

00:21:40If you've no good confidence,

00:21:41you're not trying to make a mistake

00:21:42and he needs to be more positive,

00:21:44I think,

00:21:45going forward.

00:21:45Here's a thing that kind of does my head in

00:21:48and you will be able to comment on this

00:21:51from the way you,

00:21:52the players that you played with

00:21:54and the message,

00:21:56and I think this is the most important thing,

00:21:58which is the message from the manager,

00:22:00which is basically,

00:22:02you're safe midfielders who play at square

00:22:04and then you've got the guy

00:22:06who gets the ball

00:22:06and he looks up

00:22:07and he goes,

00:22:08well,

00:22:08I'm not going to commit,

00:22:09I'm not going to push forward

00:22:10and try and get,

00:22:11you know,

00:22:11try and get a two-on-one

00:22:12in a sense of a position.

00:22:13Yeah, an overload, yeah.

00:22:13Yeah,

00:22:14so what you get,

00:22:15you get a situation

00:22:15where they go for safe balls

00:22:17or they play the ball back.

00:22:19In contrast to that,

00:22:20I don't know what

00:22:20Jens Berthalasko

00:22:22is saying to the Motherwell players,

00:22:23but when they get the ball,

00:22:24automatically forward.

00:22:26Play forward,

00:22:27run forward.

00:22:27Yes.

00:22:28That's it, Peter.

00:22:29You're absolutely right

00:22:30and that's a real frustration

00:22:32for me these days

00:22:34because a lot of players

00:22:35are all possession-based

00:22:36and the teams

00:22:37with the intensity

00:22:38play forward.

00:22:39You know,

00:22:39you look at Callum McGregor

00:22:40over his tenure at Celtic,

00:22:42he loves to just get the ball.

00:22:43He ticks it,

00:22:44keeps it,

00:22:44moves it,

00:22:45gets to the other side,

00:22:46looks to penetrate.

00:22:46So you need,

00:22:47I know exactly what you're talking about

00:22:48and they're invaluable,

00:22:50these guys,

00:22:50but then you also need

00:22:51the runners as well.

00:22:52So if you can get the players,

00:22:53because it's not just

00:22:54in possession where you,

00:22:56you know,

00:22:56I'll just keep possession,

00:22:58but you've got to make

00:22:58unselfish runs,

00:22:59you've got to be brave runs,

00:23:00running behind,

00:23:01unselfish,

00:23:02so then someone else

00:23:03can release you.

00:23:04So I agree with you,

00:23:05I think there's a lot of players

00:23:06that are safe at the moment.

00:23:07Yeah,

00:23:08absolutely.

00:23:08And by the way,

00:23:09the other thing,

00:23:10Ruffy,

00:23:10which we also discussed

00:23:12just ahead of the games

00:23:14at the weekend was

00:23:15there was a Stonewall

00:23:16certainty he was going to

00:23:17drop Rocky Bashiri

00:23:18because I think

00:23:19he had to go back.

00:23:21He had a birthday child

00:23:22and he wasn't dropped.

00:23:24He may have been dropped.

00:23:26We said we'd be able to tell.

00:23:27It was a blessing.

00:23:28No harm to him

00:23:29because he's a certain

00:23:30level of defender,

00:23:31but I think when you come up

00:23:32against quality teams,

00:23:34you're looking,

00:23:34I think he's prone to a mistake

00:23:36and Hanley just came in

00:23:38and blocked everything.

00:23:39Yeah,

00:23:39he's not as disciplined

00:23:40as Hanley.

00:23:41He seems to chase the game.

00:23:43He wants to make great tackles.

00:23:44You know,

00:23:45he's got that robust thing

00:23:46about him,

00:23:47but in the last two or three games

00:23:48he has been posted missing.

00:23:51Like Hanley.

00:23:52I think Hanley's good

00:23:53if it's depending

00:23:55on what style of play

00:23:56the other team's playing.

00:23:58At the weekend there,

00:23:59at the weekend

00:24:00it suited him

00:24:01because just as you've said,

00:24:03Celtic get the ball wide.

00:24:04You know it's coming in.

00:24:05Of course, yeah.

00:24:05You know it's coming in

00:24:06near post

00:24:06or you know it's getting

00:24:07flashed across

00:24:08and he's got the experience

00:24:10to read these situations.

00:24:12I think Masheera

00:24:13was the last two games,

00:24:14wasn't he?

00:24:14Wasn't he picking up

00:24:15and he was getting caught away?

00:24:16He was one of these guys

00:24:18in centre-halves

00:24:19who don't want to be

00:24:19away out wide

00:24:20and he was getting

00:24:21caught out wide

00:24:22far too many.

00:24:22What about this point here

00:24:24which is SK says

00:24:26Rangers are a point

00:24:27behind Hibs

00:24:28and yet Hibs are still

00:24:29getting praise

00:24:30for the start to the season.

00:24:33It's a great way

00:24:33you can...

00:24:34It's how you spin it.

00:24:35Yeah, absolutely.

00:24:36It's a fantastic way

00:24:37plus of course

00:24:37expectation

00:24:38as well here.

00:24:40You know,

00:24:41there was a wee bit

00:24:42of what I would say

00:24:43with people looking

00:24:44and saying

00:24:44wait a minute Hibs

00:24:45you know,

00:24:46you've got a lot of praise

00:24:47but you know

00:24:48you're out of Europe

00:24:49you need to start producing

00:24:51for all the expectations

00:24:53that's surrounding them.

00:24:54Yeah, I think obviously

00:24:55with Hart's doing so well

00:24:56as well

00:24:56it just adds more pressure.

00:24:57Compounds it.

00:24:58You know,

00:24:59it compounds it

00:25:00in my opinion

00:25:02a poor start to the season

00:25:02for Hibs.

00:25:03I've seen them

00:25:04in the European games

00:25:04you watched them as well

00:25:05they were excellent

00:25:06and you're thinking

00:25:06Hibs can go and do something

00:25:07this season

00:25:08they're going to challenge

00:25:08for third

00:25:09or possibly even second

00:25:10and losing the two-goal lead

00:25:12at Falkirk during the week

00:25:13there was

00:25:13I wouldn't say pressure

00:25:15on the manager

00:25:15but there was a view

00:25:16Hibs support

00:25:16I was mumbling about them

00:25:17so I think that

00:25:18they go there

00:25:19they get a great point

00:25:20they've got another

00:25:20massive game

00:25:21coming up at the weekend

00:25:22at Tynecastle

00:25:22so yeah,

00:25:24I think if Hibs can keep

00:25:24that defensive shape

00:25:25and that discipline

00:25:27at the back

00:25:27they've always got goals

00:25:28in them

00:25:28obviously bar the weekend

00:25:29it was a tough game

00:25:30but Hibs have been

00:25:31scoring a lot of goals

00:25:32this season

00:25:32creating chances

00:25:33but they've been

00:25:33poor at the back

00:25:34so if they can go

00:25:35to Tynecastle

00:25:36and put in a similar

00:25:36performance defensively

00:25:37they can go and get a result.

00:25:38Yeah, the interesting thing

00:25:39that you mentioned

00:25:40is a throwaway line there

00:25:42you know when we're

00:25:43talking about people

00:25:44going silent

00:25:45and something's got to

00:25:47change in the attitude

00:25:48and the strategy

00:25:49of the Celtic board

00:25:51I don't know

00:25:53if there's any

00:25:53expectation

00:25:54on either side

00:25:56Celtic or Rangers

00:25:57to go deep

00:25:58into these competitions

00:25:59because

00:26:00although I think

00:26:01Europa League

00:26:02is their level

00:26:02I don't see

00:26:04anything that suggests

00:26:05to me

00:26:06long term

00:26:07you've got a disgruntled

00:26:07manager

00:26:08you know

00:26:08peeved that he didn't

00:26:09get the players he wanted

00:26:10and you've got another

00:26:11manager just fighting

00:26:12for his life

00:26:13and Celtic have got

00:26:14braggartised.

00:26:15I would imagine

00:26:17that Celtic would think

00:26:18they could go

00:26:18to the later stages

00:26:20with the personnel

00:26:22and see that

00:26:23Which members of Celtic

00:26:24the manager?

00:26:25I would just think

00:26:26as a club

00:26:27and the money

00:26:28that they've spent

00:26:28in the last year

00:26:29you would like to think

00:26:31that they could compete

00:26:32with teams that they're

00:26:33coming up against

00:26:34now obviously

00:26:34that transfer window

00:26:36in the summer there

00:26:37was probably not as well

00:26:38as they would have expected

00:26:39see if they can get through

00:26:41to the kind of

00:26:42the play-off game

00:26:43or even you know

00:26:44the top eight

00:26:45will be a tough ass

00:26:46for them

00:26:47to get an automatic

00:26:48buy there

00:26:48but see if they can get

00:26:49through and then

00:26:50they add a couple

00:26:51in January

00:26:52I don't think

00:26:53that's beyond Celtic's realms

00:26:54do you know what I think?

00:26:56To try and

00:26:56the top 24 of this

00:26:58His point is

00:26:58the time you get to January

00:26:59they've got to back

00:27:00the manager

00:27:00they won't back

00:27:01the manager in January

00:27:02because what the board

00:27:03will say is

00:27:03oh January

00:27:04tough window

00:27:04can't get it

00:27:05No

00:27:05but the thing is

00:27:07then you've also got

00:27:07how do the fans

00:27:09then react to that

00:27:10another

00:27:11kind of

00:27:12barren window

00:27:13they might be going

00:27:14because Celtic have often

00:27:15went down to the Premier League

00:27:16and nicked a

00:27:17a lone player

00:27:19you know they've done that

00:27:20over the years

00:27:21but

00:27:21somebody who's sitting

00:27:22gathering dust on the bench

00:27:23absolutely

00:27:23they'll get

00:27:24Raheem Sterling's been mentioned

00:27:26obviously he's own 300 grand

00:27:27but

00:27:27you know

00:27:28if you could maybe

00:27:29pay 10 grand towards that

00:27:31yeah

00:27:31I was actually just

00:27:35going to say

00:27:36come on Ali

00:27:37no well I'm telling you

00:27:37you think I'm joking

00:27:39didn't you

00:27:39we paid £6,000

00:27:40towards a player

00:27:41who was on

00:27:42£128,000 a week

00:27:43that is magnificent

00:27:46there you go

00:27:46yeah

00:27:47that's the true

00:27:48£6,000 towards

00:27:49£128,000 a week

00:27:51and we got the boy

00:27:52and we also had

00:27:53a sidekick

00:27:54are you talking at Rangers

00:27:55no

00:27:56another club

00:27:56no no it was at Reading

00:27:57and then we also had

00:27:59another player from

00:28:00Chelsea as well

00:28:01he was on 55

00:28:03we had a sale on

00:28:04£6,000

00:28:04that's all we could pay

00:28:05so £12,000 for the

00:28:06both of them

00:28:07and I think it worth

00:28:08£280,000 a week

00:28:10they were pocketing

00:28:10and just out of curiosity

00:28:11when you were sitting

00:28:12on the bench

00:28:13I'm like I get back

00:28:14he's driving away

00:28:15and he's barely comparable

00:28:16when you were sitting

00:28:17on the bench

00:28:18and he's thinking

00:28:18he's playing well

00:28:19for £6,000 isn't he

00:28:20did he look like

00:28:22a £128,000 player

00:28:23Pete I can't speak

00:28:24highly enough about him

00:28:25he was absolutely

00:28:26tremendous a boy

00:28:27what was his name

00:28:28it was Danny Drinkwater

00:28:29wow

00:28:30Danny Drinkwater

00:28:31as you know

00:28:31he won the Premier League

00:28:32and he was brilliant

00:28:33his attitude was excellent

00:28:34done a really good turn

00:28:35for us

00:28:35and then we actually

00:28:37tried to get him

00:28:37the following summer

00:28:38but it never quite

00:28:39materialised

00:28:40and the £55,000 player

00:28:41steady away

00:28:43yeah

00:28:43it's funny how you said

00:28:47you said Bentley

00:28:49convertible there

00:28:50I remember

00:28:50a Ranger Celtic game

00:28:52we were at

00:28:53Ibrox

00:28:54and we were standing

00:28:55at the railings

00:28:55across the road

00:28:56and the wee boy

00:28:57that was playing

00:28:58with Rangers

00:28:59that came to the hearts

00:29:00came out

00:29:00and he's Bentley convertible

00:29:01Ian Black

00:29:01aye

00:29:03what a memory

00:29:04you've got for that

00:29:05it's incredible

00:29:06that's where all the

00:29:07heavy hutters stand

00:29:07outside Ibrox

00:29:08that's where Ruffy is

00:29:09that was getting

00:29:10out of the road

00:29:10he's got your

00:29:12mini metro

00:29:13can I also tell you

00:29:15Billy big time here

00:29:16because his wife

00:29:17reviews cars

00:29:18he'd come up

00:29:19and chat up the door

00:29:19one day

00:29:20he'd say come on

00:29:20we'll go to a junior game

00:29:21to see Les Mahego

00:29:22and he'd come up

00:29:23on a Bentley convertible

00:29:24is that right?

00:29:25I mean

00:29:25obviously wasn't mine

00:29:26we got a

00:29:28put a drive

00:29:29we got a

00:29:31puncture

00:29:31Lesley

00:29:31we're at Lesley

00:29:33Hager Jr

00:29:33Scottish Cup time

00:29:34I'm just

00:29:35just getting there

00:29:35and we got a puncture

00:29:36I says to the wife

00:29:38what happens now

00:29:38is the boy jump out

00:29:39of the boot

00:29:39and fix it

00:29:40for the money

00:29:41on 80 grand

00:29:42but I can't see

00:29:44just on that point

00:29:46Celtic Braga

00:29:47well within the realms

00:29:49as Alex says

00:29:49to mention it

00:29:50but do you see

00:29:50I think Rangers

00:29:52and

00:29:53I think I'm going to be honest

00:29:56about it

00:29:56there's more chance

00:29:57of Brendan Rodgers

00:29:58getting something

00:29:58out of the Celtic side

00:29:59as you say

00:30:00to get some good

00:30:01scalps along the way

00:30:02I wonder about Rangers

00:30:04they don't have any

00:30:05credentials

00:30:06this squad

00:30:07this is a completely

00:30:08changed Rangers side

00:30:09but I think

00:30:09like we saw last year

00:30:11the way this

00:30:11new competition

00:30:13is structured

00:30:14if you win your

00:30:15three home games

00:30:16and get a point

00:30:16away from home

00:30:17you're there

00:30:17or thereabouts

00:30:18now you're up there

00:30:19so your home games

00:30:20are really really

00:30:21important

00:30:22and you have to say

00:30:23Rangers and Celtic

00:30:24if they're playing

00:30:25particularly well

00:30:26the teams that

00:30:27they're coming up

00:30:28against

00:30:28they should have

00:30:30a good chance

00:30:30of winning them

00:30:31at home

00:30:31OK

00:30:32let's talk about

00:30:33the champions

00:30:33hearts

00:30:34OK

00:30:37his face

00:30:37I'm your jets

00:30:40they're top of the table

00:30:413-0 win over Falkirk

00:30:42and by the way

00:30:43our reporter

00:30:43Cara was there

00:30:44she said they looked

00:30:45impressive

00:30:45yeah

00:30:46I've seen the highlights

00:30:47last night Peter

00:30:48and

00:30:48is it

00:30:49Cursidius

00:30:50the winger

00:30:51Cursidius

00:30:51he looks a real find

00:30:53having Braga

00:30:54just playing off

00:30:55of Shankland

00:30:55no legs energy

00:30:56and Shankland

00:30:57looks rejuvenated

00:30:58under Derek McInnes

00:30:59as well

00:30:59two days go well

00:31:00so hearts are flying

00:31:01gone really well

00:31:02good experienced squad

00:31:03owners come in

00:31:04everything he touches

00:31:05Tony Bloom

00:31:06turns to gold

00:31:06so if you're

00:31:08a Celtic Rangers fan

00:31:11you're thinking

00:31:11hearts might actually

00:31:12do something

00:31:13but they've got to

00:31:13keep it up

00:31:14they've got to sustain it

00:31:15they've got a big game

00:31:16at the weekend

00:31:16against Hibs

00:31:17but comfortable win

00:31:17deservedly so

00:31:18Derek McInnes

00:31:19showing everyone

00:31:20that he's a top manager

00:31:22I think there was

00:31:23a few Rangers supporters

00:31:24turned their nose up

00:31:25at him

00:31:25potentially going to Rangers

00:31:26turned their nose up

00:31:27at Long Shankland

00:31:28potentially going to Rangers

00:31:30look at them now

00:31:31look where Rangers are now

00:31:32so I think both of them

00:31:33would have been excellent

00:31:34for Rangers

00:31:34but in terms of hearts

00:31:36their fans will be

00:31:37getting excited now

00:31:38if they can beat Hibs

00:31:38at the weekend

00:31:39yeah and of course

00:31:40Derek's well aware

00:31:41that everybody's waiting

00:31:42for them to fall

00:31:43I don't think so

00:31:44as I said before

00:31:45you'll get

00:31:48maybe a lot of people

00:31:50hoping that somebody

00:31:51can go in

00:31:51and do something

00:31:52but the majority

00:31:54of people out there

00:31:54they want us to get beat

00:31:56and I'm alright with that

00:31:57they don't want hearts

00:31:59they want hearts

00:31:59put in a place

00:32:00everybody who's used

00:32:02to doing certain things

00:32:03and winning games

00:32:04and nobody

00:32:05really I don't think

00:32:06genuinely believes

00:32:07we can

00:32:08mount a challenge

00:32:10and for us

00:32:11it's all about

00:32:13just dealing

00:32:13with the games

00:32:14exactly

00:32:14somebody's mentioned

00:32:16there's no disgrace

00:32:18coming here

00:32:18getting beat 3-0

00:32:20under the circumstances

00:32:21the hearts are

00:32:21kind of flying

00:32:22and we'll not be

00:32:23the first or the last

00:32:24but yeah

00:32:25we have to learn

00:32:26and we have to

00:32:26just ourselves down

00:32:27and then we move on

00:32:28and we get ready

00:32:29for the Rangers game

00:32:30next Sunday

00:32:31yeah

00:32:32they've got a couple

00:32:33of games to play

00:32:34tomorrow and then

00:32:36on Thursday

00:32:37and we'll welcome

00:32:38them to Falkert Stadium

00:32:39next Sunday

00:32:40yeah

00:32:41no disgrace

00:32:42in losing

00:32:43to Tyne Castle

00:32:44from John McGlynn's

00:32:46perspective

00:32:46we'll talk about

00:32:47Falkert's predicament

00:32:48in a moment

00:32:48but as far as

00:32:50Derek McInnes is

00:32:51concerned

00:32:51he's got

00:32:53from the couple

00:32:55of games that I've

00:32:55watched him as well

00:32:56Ruff

00:32:57he's got game

00:32:57changes from the

00:32:58bench

00:32:58yeah I was just

00:33:00going to say that

00:33:00somebody gave me

00:33:02the team sheet

00:33:03for the weekend

00:33:04and I was looking

00:33:04at it

00:33:05yeah they have

00:33:06they've got game

00:33:07changers

00:33:07I mean

00:33:08game changers

00:33:09at Hartz's level

00:33:11yeah that they

00:33:11never had before

00:33:12but certainly

00:33:13I mean

00:33:14I don't like you

00:33:15but for me

00:33:16Harry Millen

00:33:16has been absolutely

00:33:17sensational

00:33:18you know

00:33:19with Harry

00:33:20at Thistle

00:33:20and Derek's

00:33:22moved him into

00:33:22a wide

00:33:23an advanced wide

00:33:25and he's getting

00:33:26forward

00:33:26and he's actually

00:33:27drifting in

00:33:28and I don't know

00:33:29if you just gave him

00:33:29a free licence

00:33:30but he's certainly

00:33:31playing to his

00:33:31strengths

00:33:32and he's been

00:33:33focal to a lot

00:33:33of the stuff

00:33:34that Hartz have done

00:33:34yeah

00:33:35are you impressed

00:33:36with him

00:33:36very much so

00:33:37I like the additions

00:33:38you know I think

00:33:39at the top end

00:33:40of the pitch

00:33:41you want guys

00:33:42that can do

00:33:42a bit of magic

00:33:43Peter

00:33:43the goal that

00:33:44that boy scored

00:33:44at the weekend

00:33:45coming in off

00:33:46that left hand side

00:33:46and then

00:33:47right in the top

00:33:48corner

00:33:48I like what

00:33:49Shanklin's doing

00:33:50I actually think

00:33:50he's matured

00:33:51into a really good

00:33:52centre forward

00:33:52I think he's always

00:33:53at goals

00:33:53but he's intelligence

00:33:55bringing people

00:33:56into play

00:33:56and if you've got

00:33:57legs at either

00:33:57side of him

00:33:58the boy Braga

00:33:59looks a real find

00:34:00as well

00:34:00and it's interesting

00:34:01because when you

00:34:02think about this

00:34:02Tony Bloom

00:34:04you know kind of

00:34:04unearthing people

00:34:05from nowhere

00:34:06they seem to have

00:34:07managed to do that

00:34:08over the course

00:34:09of that last

00:34:09transfer window

00:34:10how's that going

00:34:11to look in January

00:34:11as well

00:34:12I think the next

00:34:13three games

00:34:13Hibs

00:34:15Camarnock away

00:34:16then Celtic

00:34:17will be a real

00:34:18good yardstick

00:34:19to see where

00:34:20this Arts team

00:34:20is going to go

00:34:21well interestingly

00:34:22enough and I'm

00:34:22glad you mentioned

00:34:23the games that

00:34:24they've got coming

00:34:25up because

00:34:25the only team

00:34:27I've watched

00:34:29this season

00:34:29that's given them

00:34:30an absolute doing

00:34:30is Muddle

00:34:31and they passed

00:34:32them off the park

00:34:33and then obviously

00:34:34Derek made the

00:34:35changes to try and

00:34:36bring them back

00:34:36into it and get

00:34:37the draw

00:34:37but while we're

00:34:40complimenting

00:34:40every one of the

00:34:42guys that provides

00:34:43the flare

00:34:43he's had a

00:34:45settled back

00:34:46four

00:34:46sometimes he shifts

00:34:48Milne into the

00:34:48midfield because

00:34:49Kingsley is an

00:34:50option there

00:34:51if he's making

00:34:51substitutions

00:34:52but the two

00:34:53central defenders

00:34:54have been

00:34:54something that's

00:34:55a solid for him

00:34:56he's got Halkett

00:34:57in there

00:34:58sitting there

00:34:59and he's

00:35:00producing

00:35:01he's avoiding

00:35:02the injury

00:35:02and he's also

00:35:03got his central

00:35:04midfield

00:35:05Stuart Finlay

00:35:06who is a

00:35:07steady Eddie

00:35:07I think he's a

00:35:08great signing for

00:35:09Stuart Finlay

00:35:09I've always liked

00:35:10him

00:35:10very very strong

00:35:12centre half

00:35:13and I think

00:35:14him and Halkett

00:35:14have got a good

00:35:14partnership at the

00:35:15back

00:35:15and as I said

00:35:16Halkett's always

00:35:17been a good

00:35:17footballer for me

00:35:18he's been quick

00:35:19he reads the

00:35:20game well

00:35:20but he's been

00:35:21crippled with

00:35:21injuries really

00:35:22it's really

00:35:23affected his

00:35:23career

00:35:23but yeah

00:35:24they look solid

00:35:25at the back

00:35:25another clean

00:35:26sheet of the

00:35:26weekend

00:35:27and Tynecastle's

00:35:28an intimidating

00:35:29place to go and

00:35:29play

00:35:30if you put teams

00:35:31under pressure

00:35:31early

00:35:32you get the

00:35:32early goal

00:35:33it's very

00:35:33difficult

00:35:33place to go

00:35:34and get results

00:35:35so as Alex

00:35:36said their next

00:35:36three games

00:35:37if they can go

00:35:38into that Celtic

00:35:38game still top

00:35:40of the league

00:35:40and welcome

00:35:41Celtic at home

00:35:42I think after

00:35:42an international

00:35:42break then

00:35:43you go and win

00:35:44that then people

00:35:45will be starting

00:35:46talking to them

00:35:46about those title

00:35:46team contenders

00:35:47are you going

00:35:48into the game

00:35:48at the weekend

00:35:50with a bit of

00:35:51fear

00:35:52Tynecastle

00:35:53Hearts

00:35:54at home

00:35:54no

00:35:55no

00:35:55I'm not

00:35:57no fear

00:35:57I think that

00:35:58Hibs are capable

00:35:59of going there

00:35:59and getting the

00:36:00result

00:36:00Hibs have had

00:36:01a decent record

00:36:02against Hearts

00:36:02over the last

00:36:03couple of seasons

00:36:03it's turned a wee bit

00:36:04it always goes

00:36:05swings and roundabouts

00:36:06but I'm confident

00:36:07Hibs can go there

00:36:08I think Hibs

00:36:09have got every bit

00:36:10as good a squad

00:36:11as Hearts

00:36:11yeah

00:36:11you think they'll win

00:36:12no I think it'll

00:36:14withdraw

00:36:14he built it up

00:36:17there

00:36:17what happens is

00:36:20and sometimes

00:36:20this happens

00:36:21and you'll not

00:36:22be aware of this

00:36:22Ruffy's rubbing

00:36:23half

00:36:23sometimes Ruffy

00:36:24will have a drink

00:36:25and he puts it

00:36:26down at the wrong

00:36:27position and

00:36:28whatever he's got

00:36:28in the drink

00:36:29he drinks it

00:36:30so what they do

00:36:30is they build

00:36:31a team up

00:36:31and then they go

00:36:32no I think

00:36:32they'll get bumped

00:36:33you know what I mean

00:36:34so it's a situation

00:36:36where I'll be honest

00:36:38with you

00:36:38I've been impressed

00:36:40I've gone through

00:36:41the Easter Road

00:36:42I've watched them

00:36:42I've been impressed

00:36:43with them

00:36:43sometimes a wee bit

00:36:44of you know

00:36:45it's going to be

00:36:47brilliant

00:36:47I mean I'm looking

00:36:49at them and thinking

00:36:49to myself

00:36:49all geared up

00:36:50if Hearts win this

00:36:52suddenly

00:36:52they all go

00:36:53they really crank it

00:36:55up don't they

00:36:55he's got to

00:36:56he's got to go

00:36:56and win this game

00:36:57and then I still

00:36:58think he's got to

00:36:59he's got to go

00:37:00and take Celtic

00:37:01as a scalp

00:37:02before anybody

00:37:02takes them seriously

00:37:03yeah

00:37:05I thought well

00:37:06listen ideally

00:37:07if that was the

00:37:08case then

00:37:08they would actually

00:37:08be further ahead

00:37:09and then there

00:37:10would be real

00:37:10belief within

00:37:11that squad

00:37:11and it'd be

00:37:12interesting

00:37:12because we

00:37:13obviously

00:37:13mentioned Celtic

00:37:14in the January

00:37:15window

00:37:15it'd be interesting

00:37:16to see if Tony

00:37:17Bloom would

00:37:18try and unleash

00:37:20a couple of other

00:37:20players

00:37:20maybe compliment

00:37:21them in January

00:37:22can you imagine

00:37:24can you imagine

00:37:25the jambos

00:37:25were six points

00:37:26clear

00:37:27I mean they're

00:37:28already at this

00:37:28moment

00:37:29nine

00:37:29clear range

00:37:30so you're

00:37:31saying to yourself

00:37:32can you imagine

00:37:33they were enough

00:37:34clear

00:37:35that suddenly

00:37:36you get

00:37:36never mind Tony

00:37:37Bloom

00:37:37just go to

00:37:38James Anderson

00:37:39and say listen

00:37:39I know you're a

00:37:40billionaire

00:37:40any chance

00:37:41you're a jambo

00:37:42let's have a real

00:37:44go here

00:37:44to actually end

00:37:48something that goes

00:37:49back to 1985

00:37:50we have seen it

00:37:51in last season

00:37:52we've seen it

00:37:53with Aberdeen

00:37:54they collapsed

00:37:55Aberdeen are no

00:37:56Derek McKinnis

00:37:57on the heart's side

00:37:58are they

00:37:58no no no

00:37:59but that particular

00:38:00if we went back

00:38:01a year ago

00:38:01you'd have been

00:38:02going my god

00:38:02they can go

00:38:03because they were

00:38:04obviously producing

00:38:04great results

00:38:05did you think

00:38:06they could go

00:38:07the business

00:38:07I'll be honest

00:38:08with you

00:38:08I don't see

00:38:09this either

00:38:10no no no

00:38:11I don't see it

00:38:12I think it would

00:38:13be refreshing

00:38:13I saw the weakness

00:38:14on Aberdeen's side

00:38:14because I think

00:38:15managers and

00:38:16assistants like

00:38:17yourself and

00:38:17scouts can look

00:38:18at I looked at

00:38:19Aberdeen

00:38:20I thought to

00:38:20myself

00:38:20well there's

00:38:21four

00:38:21there's the

00:38:21two older

00:38:22guys holding

00:38:23in the midfield

00:38:23there's the

00:38:24three

00:38:24there's these

00:38:25one

00:38:25they'll quickly

00:38:26work them out

00:38:27and then they'll

00:38:28steam in on them

00:38:29because that's what

00:38:29good coaches and

00:38:30managers do

00:38:31they'll look at a

00:38:31team and a

00:38:32manager's tactics

00:38:33and say okay

00:38:34they've won 11

00:38:35games on the trot

00:38:36how can we stop

00:38:37them

00:38:37and that's what

00:38:38good coaches do

00:38:39absolutely

00:38:40so see the thing

00:38:40is as well

00:38:41with the heart

00:38:41situation

00:38:42there'll be people

00:38:42doing that with

00:38:43hearts at the

00:38:43moment and how

00:38:44they can do that

00:38:44they'll have to

00:38:45go through pretty

00:38:46much unscathed as

00:38:47well I think

00:38:47that'll be a

00:38:48factor in terms

00:38:49of squad depth

00:38:49you know we've

00:38:50already mentioned

00:38:51Hal Kipp

00:38:51it's great to see

00:38:52him back because

00:38:53he has had a

00:38:53torrid time with

00:38:54injuries

00:38:54Stuart Finlay's

00:38:55had a wee bit

00:38:56of over the

00:38:57piece as well

00:38:57when he was at

00:38:58Camarnock he's

00:38:59had the odd

00:38:59injury

00:38:59so if they can

00:39:00keep them all

00:39:01unscathed and

00:39:02then you have

00:39:03that kind of

00:39:03continuity then you

00:39:04have a real

00:39:05chance to keep

00:39:07ticking along

00:39:07keep getting

00:39:08results

00:39:08but as I said

00:39:09I think the next

00:39:10couple of weeks

00:39:10I think we often

00:39:11get excited because

00:39:12it's such a

00:39:13brilliant start for

00:39:13them and because

00:39:15Rangers have kind of

00:39:15I wouldn't say

00:39:16tailed off

00:39:17but because

00:39:17they're so far

00:39:18off the pace

00:39:19people start

00:39:20thinking that's

00:39:20the next

00:39:21challenge but

00:39:21for me Celtic

00:39:22are always the

00:39:23yardstick

00:39:23yeah

00:39:24Ruffy

00:39:25are you

00:39:25excited as

00:39:28Tom

00:39:28no because I

00:39:29think when

00:39:29OK Hibbs defended

00:39:31particularly well

00:39:31at the weekend

00:39:32there but

00:39:32they're not

00:39:33going to be

00:39:33I wouldn't

00:39:34like to think

00:39:34they'll be doing

00:39:35that in

00:39:35timecastle I

00:39:36think they'll

00:39:36obviously try

00:39:37and win the

00:39:37game and I

00:39:38just feel when

00:39:39they try and

00:39:39win the game

00:39:40spaces start

00:39:41creating you

00:39:42know and they

00:39:42start losing

00:39:42goals as they

00:39:43did against

00:39:44Motherwell when

00:39:44they were charging

00:39:45forward so it

00:39:46had to be

00:39:47disciplined but

00:39:48as we spoke

00:39:48about it early

00:39:49on I think

00:39:50at this moment

00:39:50in time I

00:39:51think Hearts

00:39:52have got more

00:39:52match winners

00:39:53than Hibbs

00:39:53yeah

00:39:54Aurora says

00:39:55I hope Hearts

00:39:56keep it up

00:39:57sick and fed

00:39:57up of Celtic

00:39:59winning the

00:39:59league every

00:40:00year

00:40:00yeah so is

00:40:02Alec

00:40:02so he's

00:40:03sharing your

00:40:06feelings on

00:40:07this and I

00:40:08think Aurora

00:40:08is a

00:40:09Dons fan

00:40:09but nevertheless

00:40:11you think it's

00:40:14going to be

00:40:15Hearts

00:40:15yeah

00:40:15you think it'll

00:40:16be Hearts

00:40:16that's unusual

00:40:17for you

00:40:18Ruffy

00:40:18you think Hearts

00:40:19will be Hibbs

00:40:19the weekend

00:40:20yeah

00:40:20so do I

00:40:21what about you

00:40:22Alec

00:40:23I'll go for a

00:40:26draw

00:40:26yeah

00:40:26okay

00:40:27two skills on

00:40:28your arses

00:40:29you two

00:40:29you're really

00:40:30great in the

00:40:31predictor

00:40:31okay

00:40:32if Hearts

00:40:34are not going to

00:40:34win it Ruffy

00:40:35let's talk

00:40:36about the

00:40:36other champions

00:40:37because they

00:40:39managed to

00:40:40in the most

00:40:40dramatic of

00:40:41fashions

00:40:42heaped the

00:40:43pressure on

00:40:44Jimmy Tallinn

00:40:44I said on

00:40:45Friday we

00:40:45could be in

00:40:46the great

00:40:46sack race

00:40:47so suddenly

00:40:48Russell Martin

00:40:49survives

00:40:50does this

00:40:50guy

00:40:51again it'll

00:40:52be the

00:40:52owner

00:40:53it'll be

00:40:54what kind

00:40:55of relationship

00:40:55he's got

00:40:56with the

00:40:56manager

00:40:57you know

00:40:57everybody

00:40:58have been

00:40:58saying

00:40:58look

00:40:59you've

00:41:00sacked

00:41:00the previous

00:41:01managers

00:41:01far too

00:41:02quickly

00:41:02he might

00:41:02be saying

00:41:03to himself

00:41:03well maybe

00:41:04I need to

00:41:05give this

00:41:05guy a wee

00:41:05bit more

00:41:06time

00:41:06obviously

00:41:06the Scottish

00:41:07Cup win

00:41:07gives him

00:41:08that wee

00:41:08bit

00:41:08the record

00:41:09that keeps

00:41:10getting thrown

00:41:11up

00:41:11if it had

00:41:11anybody else

00:41:12he wouldn't

00:41:12be there

00:41:13five wins

00:41:13in 33

00:41:14league games

00:41:14yeah but I

00:41:15mean you look

00:41:15at the game

00:41:16at the weekend

00:41:16and you have

00:41:17to say that

00:41:17that game

00:41:18could have

00:41:18went either

00:41:18way

00:41:19you know there

00:41:20wasn't much

00:41:20between the

00:41:20two teams

00:41:21I think if

00:41:21Aberdeen had

00:41:22taken their

00:41:23chances they

00:41:23might have

00:41:23got it and I

00:41:24think the

00:41:24manager would be

00:41:25standing at the

00:41:26side going

00:41:26well okay

00:41:27it's nothing

00:41:27each it's a

00:41:28it's a bonus

00:41:29yeah

00:41:29let's just get

00:41:30out of here

00:41:30with a point

00:41:31and quell the

00:41:32sort of anxiety

00:41:33and then the

00:41:34goal

00:41:34god

00:41:35I don't know

00:41:36what he was

00:41:36trying to do

00:41:37I don't know

00:41:38if you remember

00:41:38Ruffy

00:41:39one of your

00:41:40old teammates

00:41:40I said to

00:41:42Kendrick

00:41:42each one day

00:41:43I said do

00:41:43you remember

00:41:43that brilliant

00:41:44goal you scored

00:41:46against Belgium

00:41:46I mean his

00:41:47first goal

00:41:48against Belgium

00:41:48was a raker

00:41:50but his second

00:41:51goal was world

00:41:52class

00:41:52into him

00:41:54and he's

00:41:54turned

00:41:54turns round

00:41:55and then

00:41:56bends it

00:41:57with his other

00:41:57foot into the

00:41:58top corner

00:41:59and I remember

00:42:00saying to

00:42:00Kenny what a

00:42:01goal that was

00:42:02Kendrick

00:42:03said to me

00:42:04what did he

00:42:05say Ruffy

00:42:05I think he

00:42:06thought the

00:42:07defence had

00:42:07let him

00:42:07done

00:42:08do you know

00:42:10what he said

00:42:11Ruffy

00:42:11yeah we lost

00:42:12and it was

00:42:14Kenny's way of

00:42:15saying so what

00:42:16it's a great

00:42:17goal doesn't

00:42:17matter we lost

00:42:18and at the end

00:42:19of the day

00:42:20this guy's

00:42:21record is

00:42:21absolutely

00:42:22abysmal

00:42:23and

00:42:24you can

00:42:25have all

00:42:25the great

00:42:26performances

00:42:26you want

00:42:27but as

00:42:27Kenny

00:42:27Deglish's

00:42:28point at

00:42:28the time

00:42:28was when

00:42:29you look

00:42:30at the

00:42:30scoreline

00:42:31in the

00:42:31history books

00:42:32it doesn't

00:42:33say by the way

00:42:33they played

00:42:34well that

00:42:34they

00:42:34no listen

00:42:35ultimately

00:42:36it's about

00:42:37results

00:42:37and I

00:42:39actually watched

00:42:40parts of this

00:42:41game I was in

00:42:41a little watering

00:42:42hole at the

00:42:42top end of

00:42:43West Nile

00:42:43Street and

00:42:45when I actually

00:42:45seen the goal

00:42:46in which the

00:42:47keeper had an

00:42:48absolute nightmare

00:42:48I thought it's

00:42:49typical of a

00:42:50team that are

00:42:51really struggling

00:42:51that a goal

00:42:52that are at

00:42:52results and

00:42:53another defeat

00:42:54I think in

00:42:55general

00:42:56it's interesting

00:42:56because the

00:42:57board have to

00:42:58step back and

00:42:58go has this

00:42:59guy lost the

00:43:00dressing room

00:43:00and we've not

00:43:01seen enough

00:43:02performances but

00:43:03when you actually

00:43:03look at the

00:43:04chances that they

00:43:04carved out within

00:43:05the game they

00:43:06just didn't have

00:43:07that killer touch

00:43:08at the top end

00:43:09of the pitch

00:43:09otherwise they

00:43:10could have

00:43:10been quite

00:43:11comfortable

00:43:11at periods

00:43:12have you ever

00:43:12been part of

00:43:14a team when

00:43:14things aren't

00:43:15going particularly

00:43:16well and the

00:43:18owners actually

00:43:18bring the

00:43:20experienced players

00:43:21in to get their

00:43:22view on what's

00:43:22happening

00:43:23away from the

00:43:23game

00:43:24today they're

00:43:25called a

00:43:25management group

00:43:27now or

00:43:28something

00:43:28so that's

00:43:30very much a

00:43:30thing but I

00:43:31think over the

00:43:31piece when we

00:43:32were there they

00:43:32would call our

00:43:33one or two

00:43:34senior players and

00:43:34go right okay

00:43:35what's the state of

00:43:36play in the

00:43:36dressing room and

00:43:36things players that

00:43:38the manager could

00:43:40lean on and

00:43:41respect he to

00:43:41try and get a

00:43:42flavour of the

00:43:42dressing room

00:43:43I don't get the

00:43:44impression that the

00:43:44Aberdeen team have

00:43:45downed tools for

00:43:46this guy yet I

00:43:47genuinely don't get

00:43:47that feeling when

00:43:48I see the

00:43:49performance at the

00:43:50weekend where

00:43:50they're creating

00:43:51chances they're

00:43:51still fighting for

00:43:52him but ultimately

00:43:53the results have

00:43:54to improve

00:43:54I'm led to believe

00:43:55that in one of

00:43:56the games the

00:43:56manager just

00:43:57came out of

00:43:57the dressing room

00:43:58shut the door and

00:43:59let Graeme

00:43:59Chenny rip into

00:44:00them

00:44:00possibly

00:44:02I agree with

00:44:04the guys I

00:44:04don't think

00:44:05there's a lot

00:44:06wrong with

00:44:07Aberdeen at

00:44:07the minute

00:44:07they're just

00:44:08not getting a

00:44:09break of the

00:44:09ball rub of

00:44:09the green

00:44:10they're making

00:44:10mistakes the

00:44:11goalkeeper cripples

00:44:11them it's

00:44:12similar to

00:44:13David Gray

00:44:13last season

00:44:14with Hibbs

00:44:15I know David

00:44:16obviously had a

00:44:17wee bit more

00:44:17credit in the

00:44:18bank with the

00:44:18Hibbs supporters

00:44:19because he

00:44:19would have

00:44:19done as a

00:44:19player but I

00:44:20don't think

00:44:21there's a lot

00:44:21wrong with

00:44:22Aberdeen at

00:44:22the minute

00:44:22you just need

00:44:22a win for

00:44:23somewhere I

00:44:24don't see it

00:44:24coming in

00:44:24is it Wednesday

00:44:25or Thursday

00:44:26they play

00:44:26Shakhtar

00:44:26I don't

00:44:27think they're

00:44:27going to

00:44:27beat them

00:44:28but I

00:44:28think Dave

00:44:28Cormac's

00:44:29over

00:44:29he's planning

00:44:31to come

00:44:37at the

00:44:39minute I

00:44:39thought if

00:44:40they were

00:44:40going to

00:44:40sack them

00:44:41it would

00:44:42probably

00:44:42have been

00:44:42done

00:44:42today but

00:44:43it looks

00:44:43as if

00:44:44they're

00:44:44going to

00:44:44carry on

00:44:45me

00:44:45and the

00:44:46manager

00:44:46himself

00:44:47no surprise

00:44:47Jimmy

00:44:48Tillene still

00:44:48thinks he

00:44:48can turn

00:44:49it around

00:44:49I never

00:44:50think about

00:44:51these kind

00:44:52of things

00:44:52because it's

00:44:52something I

00:44:53never can

00:44:53control

00:44:54I have

00:44:54always tried

00:44:56to talk

00:44:58with them

00:44:58daily so

00:44:58we know

00:44:59where we

00:44:59are in

00:45:00honest

00:45:01conversations

00:45:01but it's

00:45:02not my job

00:45:03to talk

00:45:04about myself

00:45:05I have

00:45:06a strong

00:45:07conviction

00:45:08we can

00:45:08turn this

00:45:08around

00:45:09but it's

00:45:09this is

00:45:10not for me

00:45:11it's not a

00:45:11relief

00:45:12it was a

00:45:12joy

00:45:12and it

00:45:13was

00:45:13I enjoyed

00:45:14it

00:45:14it's not

00:45:16like I've

00:45:16been

00:45:16extremely

00:45:17nervous

00:45:18that it

00:45:18wouldn't

00:45:18come

00:45:19so

00:45:20it doesn't

00:45:22feel like

00:45:22a relief

00:45:23at all

00:45:23it feels

00:45:24like

00:45:24joy

00:45:25happy

00:45:25for the

00:45:25players

00:45:26happy

00:45:26for the

00:45:26fans

00:45:27happy

00:45:27for the

00:45:27staff

00:45:28and I

00:45:30will

00:45:30probably

00:45:30also

00:45:30myself

00:45:31when I

00:45:31lie

00:45:32down

00:45:32on the

00:45:32pillow

00:45:32tonight

00:45:33fall

00:45:34asleep

00:45:34with a

00:45:34little

00:45:34smile

00:45:35on my

00:45:35face

00:45:36yeah

00:45:37Ruffy

00:45:37have you

00:45:37ever

00:45:38laid down

00:45:39on the

00:45:39pillow

00:45:39with a

00:45:39smile

00:45:40on your

00:45:40face

00:45:40no

00:45:43it's

00:45:44an

00:45:44interesting

00:45:44one

00:45:46for me

00:45:48I'd probably

00:45:48be half

00:45:48cut

00:45:49if I'd got

00:45:49that one

00:45:50that's why I'd be

00:45:51smiling

00:45:52on my

00:45:52pillow

00:45:53but

00:45:53they seem

00:45:56two similar

00:45:57managers

00:45:57they seem

00:45:58to be

00:45:58just

00:45:58taking it

00:45:59in their

00:45:59stride

00:46:00they're not

00:46:00getting excited

00:46:01they're not

00:46:01they're just

00:46:03trying to take

00:46:05every game

00:46:05as it comes

00:46:06but he

00:46:06mentioned the

00:46:07owner there

00:46:07which he

00:46:08hadn't done

00:46:08before

00:46:08they always

00:46:09like to say

00:46:10I'm in

00:46:10touch with

00:46:11the owner

00:46:11and I'm in

00:46:12touch with

00:46:12the owner

00:46:12and I've

00:46:13not had any

00:46:13bad vibes

00:46:14for him

00:46:14but I

00:46:15think what he

00:46:16got away

00:46:16with at the

00:46:17weekend was

00:46:17the performance

00:46:18I think the

00:46:18performance was

00:46:19good the

00:46:19result was

00:46:20bad and if

00:46:21you see that

00:46:21players are

00:46:22putting in a

00:46:22performance and

00:46:23they're trying

00:46:23their best

00:46:24sometimes that

00:46:25gives you a

00:46:25wee bit of

00:46:26leeway

00:46:26well

00:46:27I mean

00:46:28also we've

00:46:30got to

00:46:30put it into

00:46:31perspective as

00:46:32well when

00:46:32the boy

00:46:33Mitov lets

00:46:34the goal in

00:46:35I'm thinking

00:46:38to myself

00:46:38I'm looking

00:46:38at it and

00:46:39I'm thinking

00:46:39what can the

00:46:41manager do

00:46:41about that

00:46:42I mean you

00:46:42just see your

00:46:43head sinks

00:46:44because at

00:46:45that point when

00:46:45he let the

00:46:46goal in the

00:46:47only thing that

00:46:47was going

00:46:47through my

00:46:48head is you

00:46:49possibly have

00:46:50just got the

00:46:51manager the

00:46:51sack

00:46:52is that what

00:46:52you thought

00:46:52I thought

00:46:53when the

00:46:54ball hits the

00:46:54back of the

00:46:55net and he's

00:46:56made that

00:46:56absolute blunder

00:46:57I thought

00:46:58the statistics

00:46:59don't lie

00:47:00you can't

00:47:00score a

00:47:01goal

00:47:01that's right

00:47:01well they

00:47:02haven't scored

00:47:02a good point

00:47:04Tam there

00:47:04we were looking

00:47:04at the stats

00:47:05but the

00:47:07interesting thing

00:47:07about that

00:47:08Peter

00:47:08I was like

00:47:09that type of

00:47:11incident for

00:47:12me is

00:47:13conducive to

00:47:13a team that

00:47:14are struggling

00:47:14not that the

00:47:15manager was

00:47:15going to lose

00:47:16his job

00:47:16my automatic

00:47:17thought was

00:47:17that's just

00:47:18conducive of

00:47:19what you're

00:47:19actually watching

00:47:20because they've

00:47:20actually done

00:47:20okay the

00:47:21games went

00:47:22you could have

00:47:22won it

00:47:23but then you

00:47:24just see a

00:47:24keeper just

00:47:24getting it all

00:47:25badly wrong

00:47:26and then

00:47:26ultimately they

00:47:27take nothing

00:47:27for the game

00:47:28yeah and the

00:47:29second one goes

00:47:30in at the

00:47:31tail end of

00:47:31it and then

00:47:32you're thinking

00:47:32to yourself

00:47:32okay I'm

00:47:34looking at

00:47:34Shakhtar Donetsk

00:47:35haven't lost in

00:47:37seven won five

00:47:37games two points

00:47:39clear at the top

00:47:40of the Ukrainian

00:47:41League now

00:47:42they're not the

00:47:43force they once

00:47:44were because

00:47:44you know in the

00:47:45last what 10

00:47:4615 years I

00:47:48think I've been

00:47:49in the Donetsk

00:47:50stadium a couple

00:47:51of times and

00:47:52boy could they

00:47:53call on some

00:47:53big players from

00:47:55Brazil I mean

00:47:55they had a few

00:47:57right tasty

00:47:57players but

00:47:59they're still

00:47:59playing at a

00:48:00better level and

00:48:01I can see

00:48:02Aberdeen taking

00:48:03a tanking

00:48:03yeah I think

00:48:05if you're an

00:48:06Aberdeen fan

00:48:07you're not

00:48:07going to get

00:48:07full of

00:48:08confidence

00:48:08you're an

00:48:08Aberdeen

00:48:09player you

00:48:09know they're

00:48:10obviously a

00:48:11well-known name

00:48:12in European

00:48:12football and

00:48:13they'll be

00:48:14favourites to

00:48:14win the game

00:48:15but I don't

00:48:16think there's

00:48:16a lot of

00:48:16pressure on

00:48:17Aberdeen in

00:48:17this game I

00:48:17think everyone's

00:48:18expecting Shakhtar

00:48:19to go and wipe

00:48:19the floor with

00:48:20them like you

00:48:20say and Aberdeen

00:48:22can maybe play a

00:48:22wee bit

00:48:23I think so I

00:48:24think you can

00:48:24go and play

00:48:25freely if I'm

00:48:25in that

00:48:25situation and

00:48:26I'm sitting

00:48:27bopping my

00:48:27league at a

00:48:27club like

00:48:28Aberdeen and

00:48:28we're playing

00:48:28Shakhtar

00:48:29Donetsk everybody

00:48:29expects us to

00:48:30get pumped

00:48:30and you can

00:48:32play well so

00:48:32I'm going to

00:48:33go for it

00:48:336-0

00:48:36Shakhtar

00:48:3623

00:48:42yeah

00:48:43the thing is

00:48:46and this is the

00:48:47key to it all

00:48:48when you

00:48:48the game at the

00:48:50weekend after it

00:48:50it's the bigger

00:48:51game

00:48:51Dundee

00:48:52Dundee at

00:48:53home

00:48:53St Mirren

00:48:54away

00:48:54AAC

00:48:55Athens

00:48:55away

00:48:56and then

00:48:56you've got

00:48:57Heves and

00:48:58Kilmarnock

00:48:58and that

00:49:00takes you out

00:49:01of October

00:49:02and I look at

00:49:03it and I'm

00:49:03saying to

00:49:04myself

00:49:04Dave Cormack

00:49:06might come in

00:49:06for this one

00:49:06and you're

00:49:07right you

00:49:07might take

00:49:07it as a

00:49:08free hit

00:49:08but once

00:49:10you get to

00:49:10the point

00:49:11where you're

00:49:12looking at

00:49:12the league

00:49:12games and

00:49:13you start

00:49:13to say

00:49:14to yourself

00:49:14our whole

00:49:15mindset and

00:49:16season now

00:49:17needs to be

00:49:18can we get

00:49:19away from

00:49:20the playoff

00:49:21positions

00:49:21can we

00:49:22even get

00:49:22into the

00:49:23top six

00:49:23that's when

00:49:24it becomes

00:49:25a point

00:49:26where the

00:49:26chairman

00:49:27and the

00:49:28chief executive

00:49:28has to say

00:49:29this is to

00:49:30the detriment

00:49:31of the club

00:49:32and by the

00:49:33way I think

00:49:34he's had nine

00:49:34lives

00:49:35I think

00:49:35it's a very

00:49:36good point

00:49:37in which you

00:49:37make

00:49:38and as you

00:49:39said

00:49:39Shakhtar's a

00:49:40free hit

00:49:40for me

00:49:40I think

00:49:41on Sunday

00:49:42and I'll

00:49:42go on early

00:49:43here

00:49:43I'm going

00:49:44to build

00:49:44it up

00:49:44and I'm

00:49:45going to

00:49:45back it

00:49:45up

00:49:45I think

00:49:46Aberdeen

00:49:46will beat

00:49:47Dundee

00:49:47for the

00:49:48weekend

00:49:48you're not

00:49:50exactly

00:49:50pushing

00:49:50yourself

00:49:51right out

00:49:51but the

00:49:53thing is

00:49:54it might

00:49:54be you're

00:49:54talking about

00:49:54that distance

00:49:55so all of a

00:49:55sudden you're

00:49:56up to four

00:49:56points

00:49:57it was at

00:49:57a point

00:49:58behind

00:49:58Falkirk

00:49:58so then

00:49:59you're dragging

00:49:59in five or

00:50:00six clubs

00:50:00so it doesn't

00:50:01quite look

00:50:02what it looks

00:50:03like at the

00:50:03moment

00:50:03you reckon

00:50:04he can do

00:50:05what Russell

00:50:05Martin

00:50:05effectively is

00:50:06doing

00:50:06by himself

00:50:07time

00:50:07well the

00:50:08thing is

00:50:08the good

00:50:08thing about

00:50:09actually

00:50:09getting to

00:50:09there

00:50:09then you

00:50:10can start

00:50:10looking up

00:50:11the way

00:50:11Peter is

00:50:11currently

00:50:12stands at

00:50:12the moment

00:50:12they've got

00:50:13nothing to

00:50:13cling on

00:50:14to

00:50:14no goals

00:50:15one point

00:50:16it's been a

00:50:16really abysmal

00:50:17start

00:50:17it's a strange

00:50:18situation

00:50:19but both

00:50:19these managers

00:50:20find themselves

00:50:22in an

00:50:22unbelievable

00:50:23situation

00:50:24where

00:50:24they're trying

00:50:26to convince

00:50:27everybody that

00:50:29they can turn

00:50:30it around

00:50:30Russell Martin

00:50:32certainly made

00:50:32a step in

00:50:33the right

00:50:33direction

00:50:34with a game

00:50:34albeit against

00:50:35Livingston

00:50:35but this guy

00:50:37I think is

00:50:37under a wee bit

00:50:38more pressure

00:50:39if I was looking

00:50:39at the two of

00:50:40them and saying

00:50:40who was the

00:50:41favourite

00:50:41at the week

00:50:42end

00:50:43for a chairman

00:50:44or a chief

00:50:45executive to

00:50:45say enough

00:50:46is enough

00:50:46I would

00:50:47probably have

00:50:48said

00:50:48Jimmy Tallinn

00:50:50was more

00:50:50in the firing

00:50:51line

00:50:51this weekend

00:50:52last weekend

00:50:54I think

00:50:57you've got to

00:50:58take into

00:50:59the performance

00:51:00if it was

00:51:01just a

00:51:02total

00:51:02horrible

00:51:03performance

00:51:03two on earth

00:51:04and an

00:51:04absolute

00:51:04battering

00:51:05where you

00:51:06couldn't see

00:51:07any players

00:51:07doing any

00:51:09in the game

00:51:09at all

00:51:09but I don't

00:51:10think that

00:51:10was the case

00:51:11as I said

00:51:11earlier

00:51:12I think

00:51:12Aberdeen

00:51:12had more

00:51:13than one

00:51:14chance

00:51:14to win

00:51:15that game

00:51:15they just

00:51:16kept making

00:51:16their own

00:51:17decisions

00:51:17all the time

00:51:18but in

00:51:19football

00:51:20you're just

00:51:20looking for

00:51:20a wee rub of

00:51:21the green

00:51:21somebody to do

00:51:23something a wee bit

00:51:24special

00:51:25they have not had

00:51:25anybody because

00:51:26obviously they've

00:51:27not scored any

00:51:27goals but I think

00:51:29there's something

00:51:29there that just

00:51:30need a click

00:51:31so respite for

00:51:34both managers

00:51:34and maybe

00:51:35the chance to

00:51:36draw a line

00:51:36in the sand

00:51:37what do you

00:51:37think

00:51:37give us your

00:51:38thoughts on

00:51:38that as well

00:51:39I was up at

00:51:41Tanadise for

00:51:41Dundee United

00:51:42against Kilmarnock

00:51:43I certainly

00:51:43was predicting

00:51:44to you Dundee

00:51:45United were

00:51:45going to win

00:51:46I thought they

00:51:46were going to

00:51:47win but boy

00:51:47I was so

00:51:48impressed with

00:51:48Kilmarnock

00:51:49and Stuart

00:51:50Kettlewell

00:51:51no surprise

00:51:51was talking

00:51:52about a young

00:51:52man in the

00:51:53middle of the

00:51:54park who was

00:51:54an absolute

00:51:55joy to watch

00:51:55David Watson

00:51:56he's a lad

00:52:01that plays

00:52:01football with

00:52:02a smile on

00:52:02his face

00:52:03plays with

00:52:03an aggression

00:52:03he's got so

00:52:04much quality

00:52:05and the bonus

00:52:06for him is

00:52:07his future's

00:52:08all ahead of

00:52:08him

00:52:09the rest of

00:52:09his career's

00:52:09all ahead of

00:52:10him

00:52:11remember

00:52:12where Ruffey

00:52:13remember

00:52:13he's a member

00:52:16of our golf

00:52:16club

00:52:17he plays up

00:52:18there

00:52:18I've seen

00:52:18him up

00:52:19there when

00:52:19I was up

00:52:19playing

00:52:19is he that

00:52:20well off

00:52:20probably a

00:52:23five day

00:52:24membership

00:52:24I'll tell you

00:52:29one thing

00:52:29I'd have him

00:52:32in the

00:52:32membership

00:52:32for our

00:52:33six of

00:52:33sides

00:52:33he was

00:52:36taking the

00:52:37ball in

00:52:37difficult

00:52:38positions

00:52:38he was

00:52:38lifting his

00:52:39head

00:52:39he was

00:52:40spreading the

00:52:41ball

00:52:41playing it

00:52:41forward

00:52:41and sometimes

00:52:43and you'll

00:52:43know this

00:52:43better than

00:52:44anybody

00:52:44sometimes if

00:52:45you're a

00:52:46midfielder

00:52:46the easy

00:52:47pass is the

00:52:48most difficult

00:52:49to make

00:52:49and he set

00:52:50it nicely

00:52:50up for

00:52:52Bruce Anderson

00:52:52to finish

00:52:53to give him

00:52:53the lead

00:52:54I thought

00:52:54it was

00:52:54a brilliant

00:52:55goal

00:52:55it's a basic

00:52:56pass Peter

00:52:57but it's

00:52:57just a nice

00:52:57little one

00:52:58in his path

00:52:59because he's

00:52:59coming back

00:52:59across the

00:53:00defender

00:53:00which allows

00:53:01him to

00:53:01get back

00:53:02through his

00:53:02legs

00:53:02I absolutely

00:53:03love that

00:53:03so see when

00:53:04you get

00:53:04good

00:53:04you know

00:53:04this

00:53:05when you're

00:53:05a striker

00:53:05and you

00:53:06think the

00:53:06defender

00:53:07he's going

00:53:07to lunge

00:53:08because he's

00:53:08expecting you

00:53:09to get the

00:53:09strike

00:53:09and then he

00:53:10rifles it

00:53:10back in

00:53:11the fact

00:53:11because the

00:53:11keeper's

00:53:12unsighted at

00:53:12that point

00:53:13and when he

00:53:14rifles it back

00:53:15Anderson

00:53:15but a day

00:53:16like Watson

00:53:17I actually

00:53:17thought Anderson

00:53:19that weekend

00:53:19was very

00:53:20lively also

00:53:20so Kettlewell's

00:53:22got them

00:53:22going to play

00:53:23in the right

00:53:23direction

00:53:23I feel that

00:53:25we should

00:53:25mention

00:53:26Stuart Kettlewell

00:53:27deserves a bit

00:53:28of praise

00:53:28because he took

00:53:29a real bit of

00:53:29flack

00:53:30but I'll tell you

00:53:30one thing that was

00:53:31really good about it

00:53:32Tam

00:53:32they played good

00:53:33football

00:53:33they passed it

00:53:34the boy in the

00:53:35left back

00:53:35Dominic Lewis

00:53:36Thompson

00:53:36he's probably

00:53:38the one player

00:53:38I've seen

00:53:39who could rival

00:53:40Nicky Cadden

00:53:42for playing a

00:53:43brilliant ball in

00:53:44from a full

00:53:45back position

00:53:45moving forward

00:53:46yeah

00:53:47and they took

00:53:47two sore ones

00:53:48Peter

00:53:48you know

00:53:49obviously

00:53:49the last minute

00:53:50goal against

00:53:50Celtic

00:53:51the penalty

00:53:51and then

00:53:51knocked out

00:53:52in the penalties

00:53:52to St Myrne

00:53:53in successive games

00:53:55so I think

00:53:56he'll be delighted

00:53:57with that victory

00:53:57I think it's a bit

00:53:58of a cutting buster

00:53:59I think there's

00:53:59no many in here

00:54:00that predicted

00:54:00Camarnet got there

00:54:01and beat Dundee

00:54:02who had been flying

00:54:03and scoring goals

00:54:04so not a great

00:54:05result for Camarnet

00:54:06like a lot of

00:54:08teams in the league

00:54:08they've had quite

00:54:09a lot of draws

00:54:09but that one win

00:54:11just shot them

00:54:11right up the table

00:54:12so Stuart Kettlewell

00:54:14is doing a decent

00:54:14job there

00:54:14he's got a decent

00:54:15squad of players

00:54:16as well

00:54:16yeah out of the

00:54:17predictions at the

00:54:18weekend we got

00:54:18four out of the

00:54:19six Tam

00:54:20I think Celtic

00:54:21Hemsbury

00:54:22certainly got that

00:54:24wrong

00:54:24that one was the

00:54:25real coupon buster

00:54:26you had damage

00:54:26your map didn't you

00:54:28I did I fancied

00:54:28that's probably how

00:54:29they get beat

00:54:29to be honest with you

00:54:30you're the Jonah

00:54:31and of course

00:54:33St Mirren

00:54:34just do what

00:54:35St Mirren do

00:54:35they just keep

00:54:36winning

00:54:36they defeated

00:54:37Dundee by a goal

00:54:38to nil

00:54:39Cillian Phillips

00:54:40as ever

00:54:40impressive

00:54:41we'll get Alex

00:54:42thoughts on him

00:54:42in a moment

00:54:43but here's

00:54:44Stephen Presley

00:54:45and Stephen

00:54:45Robinson

00:54:46frustration is

00:54:47that I said

00:54:48this to the group

00:54:49and I've said it

00:54:49from day one

00:54:50the importance of

00:54:51set plays

00:54:52and when you come

00:54:53here set plays

00:54:55are a big factor

00:54:56they're very dangerous

00:54:57from them

00:54:58but equally we've got

00:54:59to be super effective

00:55:00in the other box

00:55:02and my frustration

00:55:03was that we defended

00:55:04the set plays

00:55:05with really good effect

00:55:06but in an area

00:55:07that we work very hard

00:55:08on we let ourselves

00:55:09down

00:55:09and set plays

00:55:11trust me on this

00:55:12can be the difference

00:55:13between you being

00:55:13a top six side

00:55:14and being a bottom

00:55:15six side

00:55:16we're enjoying

00:55:17the run we're on

00:55:18we're enjoying

00:55:18the momentum

00:55:19we firmly refocused

00:55:21on the league again

00:55:21today after the cup

00:55:22and we've got a really

00:55:24difficult game away

00:55:24of Killy who had a

00:55:25tremendous result

00:55:26at Dundee United

00:55:26so we stay grounded

00:55:28we know there's

00:55:29all we think

00:55:30we can improve at

00:55:31and that's the secret

00:55:32to our relative success

00:55:34keeping pushing

00:55:34never being happy

00:55:35I've got a terrific

00:55:37bunch of players

00:55:38and staff

00:55:38that will continue

00:55:39to improve

00:55:40and we're delighted

00:55:41it were a start

00:55:41but we feel

00:55:42there's more to come

00:55:43yeah three wins

00:55:45out of three

00:55:45a man who

00:55:47when we had him

00:55:47in the studio here

00:55:48said that you know

00:55:50while he likes

00:55:51the fact that

00:55:51everybody deals

00:55:52with data

00:55:52and Jamestown

00:55:53analytics

00:55:54and any other

00:55:55analytics that you

00:55:55want to live by

00:55:56he's got a guy

00:55:58that he trusts

00:55:58with his life

00:55:59that he'd take

00:55:59into the trenches

00:56:00with him

00:56:00and he goes

00:56:01and scouts

00:56:02them first

00:56:02Foley

00:56:02is that his name

00:56:04is that a boy

00:56:04Matt Foley

00:56:05Matt Foley

00:56:06yeah yeah

00:56:07the boy used to be

00:56:07down south

00:56:08I think he was

00:56:08at Port Vale

00:56:09so if he says

00:56:09by the way

00:56:10this is the type

00:56:11of player you like

00:56:12he says

00:56:13right okay

00:56:14you watch him

00:56:15and then

00:56:16watch him again

00:56:17and then I'll go

00:56:17and watch him

00:56:18and then we're

00:56:19off and running

00:56:19and he's bought

00:56:20very few duds

00:56:21no and

00:56:22that kind of

00:56:23relationship

00:56:24he has

00:56:24that's why I know

00:56:25Matt Foley

00:56:25way back

00:56:26I think he was

00:56:27a striker

00:56:27down at Port Vale

00:56:28years ago

00:56:28a long time ago

00:56:29and I think

00:56:31so obviously

00:56:31he sits down

00:56:32with him

00:56:32and they actually

00:56:33discuss about

00:56:34the profile

00:56:34you look at

00:56:36St Mirren players

00:56:37they are very

00:56:38athletic

00:56:39they're robust

00:56:41they have a certain

00:56:42there's

00:56:43very few guys

00:56:44my size

00:56:44they're all

00:56:45big old units

00:56:46and I actually

00:56:47really thought

00:56:48the goal that

00:56:49Phillips got

00:56:49over the weekend

00:56:50was excellent

00:56:51because the boys

00:56:52dragged it across

00:56:52the goal

00:56:53and he's

00:56:53anticipating

00:56:54he got across

00:56:55the line

00:56:55and that was

00:56:56the deciding

00:56:56factor

00:56:56because as I

00:56:57said

00:56:58I think

00:56:58they're a big

00:56:59team

00:57:00St Mirren

00:57:00and Elvis

00:57:01was just

00:57:01talking about

00:57:02the importance

00:57:02of actually

00:57:03coping with

00:57:03their physicality

00:57:04except plays

00:57:05for and against

00:57:05and it was

00:57:06the good bit

00:57:08of movement

00:57:08by Phillips

00:57:09that caused

00:57:09him

00:57:09again

00:57:10it's a boy

00:57:11that covers

00:57:11a lot of yardage

00:57:12within games

00:57:13Phillips

00:57:13and I think

00:57:14he can kick on

00:57:15the reason why

00:57:17I like him

00:57:17and this is

00:57:18where I like

00:57:18midfielders

00:57:19who

00:57:20he's 25 yards

00:57:21out

00:57:21if you stand

00:57:22off that boy

00:57:23his automatic

00:57:24thought is

00:57:24I'm going to

00:57:24have a dig

00:57:25I don't mind

00:57:26that

00:57:26it's interesting

00:57:28I'm obviously

00:57:29working with a

00:57:29couple of young

00:57:29boys now

00:57:30and I'm just

00:57:31trying to encourage

00:57:32because it's

00:57:32like a dying

00:57:33art

00:57:33I'll give you

00:57:35an example

00:57:35last season

00:57:36Callum McGregor

00:57:37scored 10 goals

00:57:38as a 6

00:57:39and I would

00:57:40suggest the

00:57:40majority came

00:57:41from outside

00:57:41the box

00:57:42because he just

00:57:43picks it up

00:57:43and he has

00:57:44an ability

00:57:44to find a

00:57:46corner

00:57:46and that's

00:57:47an art

00:57:48in itself

00:57:48because back

00:57:49to the old

00:57:49days

00:57:49Stephen Gerrard

00:57:51Lampard

00:57:51these guys

00:57:52were box

00:57:53to box

00:57:53and I don't

00:57:54think enough

00:57:55players pull

00:57:56the trigger

00:57:56but it's

00:57:57the right

00:57:58execution

00:58:00if you like

00:58:00so I'm

00:58:01working with

00:58:01a couple of

00:58:01young boys

00:58:02at the moment

00:58:02and it's so

00:58:03rewarding

00:58:03because we've

00:58:04actually managed

00:58:04to score

00:58:04I know that

00:58:05I'm taking

00:58:05credit

00:58:05because they've

00:58:06still got to

00:58:06deliver

00:58:06how the press

00:58:08is coming

00:58:08and I was

00:58:09actually talking

00:58:09about

00:58:09so see the

00:58:10one through

00:58:10the legs

00:58:11I was actually

00:58:11talking to

00:58:12one of the

00:58:13boys the other

00:58:13day

00:58:13because he likes

00:58:15to roll

00:58:16and let the

00:58:16ball run

00:58:16through his

00:58:16body

00:58:17and at that

00:58:18point the

00:58:18defenders

00:58:18then scrambling

00:58:19and try and

00:58:20stop the shot

00:58:20so he's

00:58:21thinking about

00:58:21going back

00:58:21through his

00:58:22legs

00:58:22so it's

00:58:24these wee

00:58:24kind of

00:58:25things that

00:58:25maybe make

00:58:25the difference

00:58:26and it's

00:58:27obviously saying

00:58:27it could be

00:58:28the difference

00:58:28by picking

00:58:29up the

00:58:29points or

00:58:29not

00:58:30okay

00:58:30guys here's

00:58:32the team

00:58:32of the

00:58:32week

00:58:32give us

00:58:33your thoughts

00:58:34on it

00:58:34Peter's team

00:58:35of the week

00:58:35yep

00:58:35the good

00:58:37thing about

00:58:38running the

00:58:39place is you

00:58:39get a chance

00:58:39to pick it

00:58:40no the

00:58:40difference is

00:58:41there's only

00:58:41one out of

00:58:42the well

00:58:43you are

00:58:44assistant to

00:58:44mark and

00:58:45you see

00:58:45players

00:58:45there's only

00:58:46one of us

00:58:47actually goes

00:58:47to games

00:58:48physically

00:58:48at grounds

00:58:49and watches

00:58:49them

00:58:50and the

00:58:51last 13

00:58:52years

00:58:52I could

00:58:53write down

00:58:53on the

00:58:53back of

00:58:54a stamp

00:58:54anything

00:58:55that he

00:58:55sees

00:58:56because he

00:58:56comes out

00:58:56midway

00:58:57through the

00:58:57first half

00:58:58because sometimes

00:58:59the salad gets

00:58:59stuck in your

00:59:00teeth

00:59:00can I have a

00:59:03highlight team

00:59:04of the week

00:59:05if I'm watching

00:59:06the highlights

00:59:07can I have a

00:59:07highlight team

00:59:08and Tam can't

00:59:11see it because

00:59:11there's too many

00:59:12people in the

00:59:12East Coat Bride

00:59:13pub in front of

00:59:14them

00:59:14trying to get

00:59:16the Amazon

00:59:18sticks

00:59:18can I get a

00:59:20telly on the

00:59:21golf course

00:59:21so here's the

00:59:25team

00:59:25Salinger

00:59:27Stephen O'Donnell

00:59:30right back

00:59:31Grant Hanley

00:59:32Richard King

00:59:33at St Mirren

00:59:34Dominic Lewis

00:59:35Thompson at

00:59:36Kelly

00:59:36the midfield

00:59:37Alec Kizarides

00:59:38David Watson

00:59:39Elliot Watt

00:59:40Kelly and

00:59:41Phillips

00:59:42Bruce Anderson

00:59:42and Lauren

00:59:43Shanklin up

00:59:44front

00:59:44there are no

00:59:45Celtic and

00:59:46Rangers players

00:59:46in there

00:59:47because

00:59:47you know

00:59:48unless you're

00:59:49going to tell

00:59:50me different

00:59:50from your

00:59:51viewing

00:59:52no

00:59:53no

00:59:54no

00:59:54I actually

00:59:55find it quite

00:59:55refreshing

00:59:56and it just

00:59:56says about how

00:59:57well Celtic and

00:59:58Rangers did at

00:59:58the weekend

00:59:59you know there

00:59:59wasn't really any

01:00:00standouts

01:00:00some decent

01:00:01performances

01:00:02but these

01:00:02boys are

01:00:02tearing it up

01:00:04I thought

01:00:04Connor Barron

01:00:04a decent game

01:00:05for Rangers

01:00:05this is the

01:00:05first half

01:00:06yeah

01:00:07we get them

01:00:09in for 45

01:00:09minutes

01:00:10no

01:00:10okay

01:00:11I'm sure

01:00:15we'll do that

01:00:16as a feature

01:00:16shortly

01:00:17here's the

01:00:18table

01:00:18here's how

01:00:19it looks

01:00:19Alec

01:00:21Rangers

01:00:22climbing up

01:00:23it now

01:00:23and suddenly

01:00:23that noose

01:00:25that was

01:00:25hanging around

01:00:26his neck

01:00:26has loosened

01:00:27off

01:00:27yeah

01:00:28you look at

01:00:29it from

01:00:2911th

01:00:31up to

01:00:323rd

01:00:33and you know

01:00:34what is it

01:00:344 points

01:00:35so a couple

01:00:36of wins

01:00:36and it's

01:00:36important that

01:00:37teams

01:00:37did I hear

01:00:38that right

01:00:39St Mirren

01:00:39have won

01:00:393 in the

01:00:40bounds

01:00:40yes

01:00:41so there

01:00:41you go

01:00:42that's

01:00:42obviously

01:00:43last week

01:00:43there was a

01:00:44cup

01:00:44but listen

01:00:453 wins

01:00:46out of

01:00:476

01:00:48for St Mirren

01:00:49a good return

01:00:4950% rate

01:00:50so he'll be

01:00:51delighted with

01:00:51that

01:00:51but again

01:00:53Rangers

01:00:53from their

01:00:54perspective

01:00:55they need to

01:00:55just keep

01:00:55winning games

01:00:56and try and

01:00:57claw back

01:00:57the top 2

01:00:59and if we

01:00:59are somewhere

01:01:00in January

01:01:01with Hart

01:01:02still at the

01:01:02top

01:01:02game on

01:01:03yeah

01:01:04listen

01:01:04I'd be

01:01:06fascinated to

01:01:06see what

01:01:07they're doing

01:01:07because the

01:01:07dynamics have

01:01:08changed

01:01:08you've got a

01:01:09new owner

01:01:09you've got a

01:01:10new investor

01:01:10rather

01:01:11who's willing

01:01:11to throw a

01:01:12few quid at

01:01:12you mentioned

01:01:13the guy that's

01:01:13a gazillionaire

01:01:14that might want

01:01:15to throw a few

01:01:15more quid at

01:01:16might get

01:01:16excited

01:01:17might get

01:01:18Tam back out

01:01:18of retirement

01:01:19and throw a few

01:01:19quid at him

01:01:20yeah

01:01:21he's a gazillionaire

01:01:23he's not

01:01:24somebody who can

01:01:24work miracles

01:01:25and if

01:01:27and if Tam

01:01:27starts hanging

01:01:28about

01:01:28him

01:01:29he'd go

01:01:29into

01:01:29administration

01:01:30and liquidation

01:01:31because he's

01:01:32a Jonah

01:01:33listen

01:01:34hopefully you've

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01:01:36hit the subscribe

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01:01:50yeah you would

01:01:51think with the

01:01:51extra stuff we're

01:01:52putting out as

01:01:53well you know

01:01:54we keep saying

01:01:56this nobody else

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01:02:01sorry

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01:02:04do you know

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01:02:05yeah

01:02:05absolutely

01:02:06where is it

01:02:06he uses it

01:02:08for the night

01:02:09anyway on that

01:02:11note

01:02:11thanks to

01:02:14Alec

01:02:14thanks to

01:02:15Anne Wood

01:02:15thanks to

01:02:16you're watching

01:02:16and by the way

01:02:17can I just say

01:02:18hello a big hello

01:02:19to Anne Wood

01:02:20who basically

01:02:22watches the

01:02:23programme on a

01:02:23regular basis

01:02:24Anne we're

01:02:25absolutely delighted

01:02:26that you

01:02:26watched the

01:02:27programme and

01:02:28certainly Tam

01:02:29you were very

01:02:30very pumped

01:02:30bumped into her

01:02:31last night

01:02:31she's an avid

01:02:32fan

01:02:32did you bump

01:02:32into her

01:02:32or bump

01:02:33into her

01:02:33daughter

01:02:33bumped into

01:02:34both of them

01:02:34last night

01:02:34yeah absolutely

01:02:35fantastic so

01:02:36to both of you

01:02:38thank you very

01:02:38much if you get

01:02:39a chance Anne

01:02:40because he said

01:02:41it looks like

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01:02:41quid hit the

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