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00:01:30So, lots to talk about before we get to the weekend and the big, big game on the Sunday.

00:01:36But last night, it was European football that dominated our thoughts.

00:01:42And two out of the three were, is it fair to say, embarrassing, disappointing, expected?

00:01:50I think the Aberdeen one was obviously disappointing.

00:01:53I think the Rangers one was expected.

00:01:56I felt it really strange to have a year calling at his players to have a look at themselves when he is the main culprit any time they go into Europe.

00:02:04You know, he always doesn't lead by example.

00:02:08His defending is absolutely diabolical.

00:02:11And after that, they just caved in, just as usual.

00:02:14Well, if you want to dissect brand three, Rangers nil, you only have to look at, you know, earlier in the week, Danny Rule was rolled out there to the public.

00:02:25The board were there.

00:02:26They were answering some difficult questions.

00:02:29And if he didn't really have a grasp of what he was taking on, he certainly got a real insight into it after that game.

00:02:37It would have given him a very clear idea of the magnitude of the work that lies ahead of what he's inherited with the squad.

00:02:45He spoke on Tuesday afternoon of that soft centre of needing to create a back line that doesn't give up quite so many chances.

00:02:54It isn't so porous.

00:02:56That will be the first time that he's had a look at it front and centre and will appreciate just how difficult a job it is now that lies ahead.

00:03:03It's a Rangers team, to me, that looks as though it is in freefall.

00:03:08You can sense the fragility of it.

00:03:11You can see how easily it is for teams to manipulate them, get in behind them.

00:03:16And you can also, it's almost palpable, the lack of confidence and belief that's in it.

00:03:21Yeah.

00:03:22And of course, you know, 3-0 after, what, 27 minutes of the game.

00:03:27You know, I mean, I'm looking at the whole, how it all unfolded.

00:03:31I beg your pardon, not 3-0 after 27 minutes, but 3-0 at the end of the 90 minutes.

00:03:36And it could have been a lot more.

00:03:39Their defence is the biggest problem.

00:03:41It's been highlighted time and time again, Tam.

00:03:43It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out where Rangers' problems lie.

00:03:47Yeah, I just don't think the two full-backs are good enough, Peter.

00:03:50And I think they're killing the team.

00:03:51I think you look at the boy, McGomer, as well.

00:03:53Can't defend.

00:03:54Can't defend, Peter.

00:03:56James Tavern there, I agree with Ruffey.

00:03:57If you're going to come out and start having a go at people, you know, start having a go at your teammates, make sure you're doing your own job.

00:04:03He's not doing his own job at the minute, Peter.

00:04:05You know, for the first goal in particular, doesn't track the runner, doesn't tuck in in terms of getting in goal side.

00:04:10Boy, one pass right through, boy gets through and scores.

00:04:14And the third goal as well, I think he was at fault.

00:04:16So, I just think that if you're a Rangers supporter looking at that game, where's the hope?

00:04:22You know, I thought they were toothless up front as well, Peter.

00:04:25They've paid £8-9 million for a striker who looks hopeless at the minute.

00:04:29This is another one that the fans are looking at and scrutinising.

00:04:31So, defensively, they're poor.

00:04:33They can't score goals.

00:04:34They appear spineless, heartless.

00:04:37Really, really disappointing performance.

00:04:38And if you're a Rangers supporter watching that, you're watching through the back of the couch.

00:04:42They're not actually a team.

00:04:43They're just a team.

00:04:44They're not playing as a team yet.

00:04:45They're just looking after themselves.

00:04:47They're just wondering about saving their own skin.

00:04:49I thought it was interesting.

00:04:51The comments from Tavernier obviously echo the sentiment from Jack Butland last week.

00:04:58Is that not them looking after themselves?

00:05:00That's exactly.

00:05:01It almost becomes about self-preservation of coming out and there's a new manager coming in

00:05:05and you're distancing yourself a bit from the collective.

00:05:10You're coming out and saying, well, this isn't me and we need better.

00:05:14What he said is accurate, but as a team, this is a team that have woefully underperformed.

00:05:21This is James Tavernier's comments after the game.

00:05:26It's disgraceful, the performance.

00:05:27Simple as that.

00:05:29In all the years I've been here, for the consistency of poor performance we are putting in, I've not experienced this before.

00:05:35Some of us show our aggression after the games, after we get beaten.

00:05:41You expect all the lads to take that in, but we have to look at ourselves much harder.

00:05:45There's not enough fight and it shouldn't be us saying that for Rangers players.

00:05:51It should be the given that you fight.

00:05:54It's just far too easy at this moment playing against us.

00:05:57I'm raging.

00:05:58I think that's one for the supporters, Peter.

00:06:00I think if I'm his team-mate and I read that and I've seen that interview, I go,

00:06:05have a look at yourself, mate, in terms of your own performance.

00:06:09I think that's just for the supporters completely and I think that's him looking after himself.

00:06:13Yeah, but how difficult is it when, after every performance, your PR guy rolls out the captain?

00:06:20It's the captain who's consistently having to come out and explain.

00:06:25He's not always to blame Tam.

00:06:27You know, he's front and centre as the captain and he's been much maligned at times for his inability to defend,

00:06:35but going forward, he can be useful.

00:06:38But he's rolled out when the entire team has been woeful over a long period of time.

00:06:44This is not an isolated incident.

00:06:45This is him being rolled out every time.

00:06:47I mean, the catchphrase now is disappointing.

00:06:50Yeah, I think that he takes, obviously, a bears of brunt from a lot of the Rangers supporters.

00:06:53He's the captain of the club, so I think the onus is probably on him when things are not going well

00:06:57to come out and try and explain it.

00:06:59But, you know, I just think that reeks of self-preservation.

00:07:02Same with Jack Blutland the other week.

00:07:03You know, I looked at Nico Raskin last night.

00:07:05You know, there are other Rangers supporters.

00:07:06We're shouting for him to get back on the team.

00:07:08He's not doing anything either.

00:07:10So I just think that's a real mess at the minute.

00:07:13You've got a striker up front who looks devoid of any confidence.

00:07:17They don't look, you know, Gassama started his career at Rangers really well.

00:07:21He's miles off the boil as well.

00:07:22So you're just looking at that Rangers team and going, right, where are we going to get a goal from?

00:07:25Are we going to keep a clean sheet?

00:07:26No.

00:07:26Who's going to score a goal?

00:07:27Who's going to create a bit of magic?

00:07:29It's really depressing, I think, if you're a Rangers supporter watching this team at the minute.

00:07:32Well, the one thing that maybe is a modicum of hope is that Danny Rule is going to get a chance to work with him over a sustained period of time to try and reverse the trend.

00:07:45He certainly and surely will be given more time than Russell Martin was.

00:07:50This is what Danny Rule had to say to the fans because obviously he was over at that section where they paid good money to go and see Rangers.

00:07:58I apologise for this defeat and this performance.

00:08:01They travel a lot for the team.

00:08:02They are always there.

00:08:03It was very important for me to show I understand them.

00:08:06I said I'm working very hard to improve this group of players to step up and get results.

00:08:11The reason why I'd walked to them was to give them the big respect they deserve.

00:08:16This is my job.

00:08:17My God, he's only in the job a couple of days, Ruffy.

00:08:21So, you know, at the end of the day, that could be the first of many all the way to the end of the season until he realises, you know, first of all, the major problems.

00:08:31Second of all, work on them.

00:08:33Somehow try to do what Russell Martin was unable to do, which is basically get them so organised that they're difficult to beat and concede goals.

00:08:42Yeah, I think that's one of their biggest problems.

00:08:43They've got Tavernier as a captain, but they don't have a leader.

00:08:47They don't have anybody on the part.

00:08:48I mean, we all played in games, you'd have a leader, somebody like Yogi Hughes, somebody like Roy Aitken, somebody like Graeme Souness.

00:08:55You know, guys who own the park, they don't really need the manager.

00:08:59No, they can change it.

00:09:00They can see something that's not happening and say, right, you, you, you, you and you.

00:09:04They don't have anybody like that, so they're relying on whoever's trackside to sort it out.

00:09:08But it is a difficult one.

00:09:09I have to give them credit.

00:09:10He was very brave going over to the supporters.

00:09:13You know, that could have turned a bit nasty.

00:09:15But obviously, he's a new guy.

00:09:16They're giving him a bit of leeway.

00:09:18But it remains to be seen whether he continues to do it.

00:09:21Yeah.

00:09:22We'll give him a bit of leeway until then, the weekend.

00:09:25And then all bets are off.

00:09:27It's as simple as that because, quite simply, you know, it's a simple equation here for any manager of Celtic or Rangers.

00:09:36Win, win, and then win again.

00:09:38And that is something that Alex McLeish, who was speaking to our reporter and presenter, Cara Henderson, who presents the European show.

00:09:46It's a look back at the performances of Scottish clubs in Europe.

00:09:50Well worth the watch this week because it's coming out with Cara hosting it.

00:09:55And Alex McLeish, the former Rangers manager, is her special guest.

00:09:59And this is what Alex had to say about what's required.

00:10:02He's my great friend, sadly departed, Walter Smith, who was my coaching badge when I was at Largs.

00:10:13And Walter, when I went to Rangers, we went out with his wife, my wife and I, and I asked him,

00:10:22I'm going into Rangers this week, Walter, any tips for me going into Ibrox?

00:10:27And he says, Alex, look me right in the eye and said, just win.

00:10:34Just win.

00:10:35And as I said at the beginning of this conversation, it's a team, maybe about 20, 30 teams in the world, who have to win every week.

00:10:45Yeah, well worth listening to, Alex, talking to Cara Henderson on the European Football Show.

00:10:53And as ever on PLZ Soccer, we're giving you so much content that you hopefully will enjoy one-to-ones.

00:10:59And of course, there is something that I hope you will look forward to coming out within the next couple of hours on our show,

00:11:06on our channel, is Tam McMahon is chatting to Cara, talking tactics.

00:11:12It's a Partick Thistle striker and a Hibs striker, talking tactics about the big game of Hearts against Celtic.

00:11:18And you've been on the screen and you've worked out how to move the heads and everything, Tam.

00:11:21I have, and I didn't break your screen, which is great as well.

00:11:25So, no, I think it's something different.

00:11:26It's something that a lot of companies are not doing.

00:11:29So it was great for me and Cara to just put my heads together and try and figure out a way that Hearts are going to beat Celtic.

00:11:34Are Celtic going to beat Hearts?

00:11:36Yeah, it's on the touchscreen, of course, an in-depth look at the way they potentially could line up with the injuries.

00:11:42We'll talk about that shortly.

00:11:43Not many companies are doing that sort of thing, certainly none in Scotland.

00:11:47But over the next couple of weeks, undoubtedly, the dealer record, the Sun and the Herald will try and buy a screen and then do that programme as well.

00:11:54Just copying everything we do.

00:11:56Is that fair, Ali?

00:11:57Am I being too harsh there?

00:11:59Flattery is the most sincere form.

00:12:01Our imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

00:12:03Yeah, absolutely.

00:12:04Okay, can't wait to see them trying to move the heads.

00:12:09Anyway, well worth watching the tactics talk there with Cara.

00:12:15Now, Rangers have to get at it domestically.

00:12:19They have to get into it on Sunday against Kilmarnock.

00:12:23And he's going to get a real feel for it then, Danny Rowley.

00:12:26He'll have more time that he's worked with the players.

00:12:29And I think the immediate message, undoubtedly, is going to be, this is how I want you to line up.

00:12:36This is the role that I want you to perform in the team.

00:12:39This is the structure.

00:12:40Don't deviate from it.

00:12:41Surely, that's the first thing he's going to do.

00:12:43Yeah, well, again, he's not going to have much time to do it.

00:12:45Obviously, travelling back for the game.

00:12:48By all accounts, when you listen to people who've worked with him, he's quite a ruthless guy.

00:12:54He makes his mind up very, very early in players that are going to fit his system and players are not.

00:12:59And he doesn't mess about in telling them, no, you'd better find another club because you're not going to get a game here.

00:13:04So I think it'll be an indication at the weekend, obviously, after him seeing that game last night,

00:13:10the players that he thinks will fit into his programme.

00:13:13OK, what about Kelly?

00:13:15They've got a chance to maybe inflict even more damage on a wounded ranger's side and down there at Rugby Park this week.

00:13:24In fact, this morning, in the fog, Cara Henderson.

00:13:32She's still lost in the fog.

00:13:34She's still lost in the fog.

00:13:36So we'll get Cara talking about Kilmarnock because, undoubtedly, they came a cropper against Harts,

00:13:43but they're going to have to bounce back.

00:13:45Yeah, absolutely.

00:13:46I think it's a kind of odd one, I think, for Kilmarnock going there when Danny Rales is going into his first home game.

00:13:54Rangers, of course, haven't won a home league game yet at Ibrox.

00:13:58So they'll be keen to make a proper start.

00:14:03It's almost a reset.

00:14:04That was the word used on Tuesday for this season.

00:14:07There's a fairly compelling argument to say that the league is already gone through Rangers' perspective this term,

00:14:15given the distance that they would have to go and make up.

00:14:18But I think what you'd want to see are positive steps.

00:14:21You would want to see a bit of cohesion come into this side.

00:14:24And I think many people would overlook the result against Bran just because of the fact he was barely in the job.

00:14:31Unveiled on Tuesday, flying out on Wednesday.

00:14:33It would be very unfair to make an assessment on the manager on the back of last night's performance.

00:14:38They'll want to start seeing domestically indications of how this team are going to set up under them,

00:14:43what kind of style they're going to play, and then what, of course, you can come to expect from this Rangers team.

00:14:48And certainly at Ibrox, they'll be looking to get a good win against Kilmarnock.

00:14:54Are they going to get a win against Kilmarnock?

00:14:57It's difficult right now, Peter, to see Rangers beating anyone, to be honest with you, the way they're playing.

00:15:02You know, there's a lot of poise in the stands at the minute.

00:15:05The players are not playing well.

00:15:06There's a lack of confidence.

00:15:08You know, I would go with a more Scottish spine.

00:15:11You know, guys like Conor Barron, they bring guys like that in.

00:15:13I just think it's missing something like that, you know, and they come in and just get a result domestically.

00:15:19So, listen, I think Kilmarnock have been stuffy this season.

00:15:22You know, they're doing okay, but Rangers, it's got a turn at some point for Rangers, Peter.

00:15:27And, you know, Danny Roll's first game, I think the Rangers supporters will obviously be giving him a benefit of the doubt at the minute.

00:15:34You know, he's inherited, you know, someone else's players, but you would think that Rangers have got enough to beat Kilmarnock at home.

00:15:40And I think they probably might maybe just nick it 2-1, but not with any confidence.

00:15:46Ruffey?

00:15:47Yeah, like, it's got a turn, you know, that we can't sit here and say they're a team who are creating chances quite a lot.

00:15:56They're not.

00:15:57They're just struggling through games.

00:15:58They're looking for somebody to score a goal early.

00:16:01They need to score a goal early.

00:16:02They need to go ahead.

00:16:03They need to get the support behind them because it's very evident when they go behind, players on that part can't handle, you know, what's rest for the rest of the game.

00:16:12So, for me, they need to score first.

00:16:15I thought the goals Kilmarnock lost last week were poor.

00:16:17So, I think Rangers will win this one 2-0.

00:16:20Okay, Ali.

00:16:21I think they'll win it too.

00:16:22I think they've probably got to show something.

00:16:27They'll know that it's, you know, for many of these players are just in last chance saloon in the eyes of their own support.

00:16:34There's a new manager coming in.

00:16:36Lots of players playing for their own futures and what comes next.

00:16:40I think they know that they've got to get their act together and eke out a performance by any means necessary.

00:16:48I think Kilmarnock will make it really stodgy for them.

00:16:51I think they'll make it as difficult as possible.

00:16:54I'm going to say Rangers 2-1.

00:16:56Okay.

00:16:56There's nowhere to hide for the Rangers players now, Peter.

00:16:59I think a lot of them hid behind Russell Martin and he took all the flank, took all the dunce.

00:17:03He's a diddy, you know, and the players get away with murder.

00:17:06There's no hiding place for them now.

00:17:07They're going to turn up.

00:17:07Yeah, which is why I'm going to go Rangers 1-Kilmarnock 1.

00:17:11I genuinely, I think he's going to need a fair bit of time.

00:17:16I think he's definitely going to need some more painful results along the way, all the way to the January transfer window.

00:17:24And then I hope he can somehow get some kind of movement to bring in one or two players that he knows, Ruffy, that can help him.

00:17:33You know, because managers do go to sometimes the tried and trusted players that they know will battle for them.

00:17:39Well, unfortunately, he's not got a lot of time.

00:17:41As Alison said, he's only got that game last night to sort of judge the players that he knows is going to be in a fight.

00:17:47Because it is going to be a fight, you know, if Kilmarnock make it difficult for them and he's going to need players.

00:17:52But I really do believe when Rangers score first and they're confident and the crowd's behind them, there are players in there who have got a wee bit of quality.

00:18:00But they need to believe in themselves and scoring a goal early would do that.

00:18:04And I think Kilmarnock might be in for something.

00:18:06Yeah, I love the way you said that, Ruffy, because there's no evidence of Rangers scoring first.

00:18:11They scored the first against Undy United.

00:18:12Yeah, but there's no evidence of them holding on to it.

00:18:15I mean, that's the thing about it.

00:18:16I think you sense it.

00:18:17I think they're a team who struggle in any moments of adversity.

00:18:22They toil to get themselves out when it goes against them.

00:18:25You saw it last weekend at Ibrox.

00:18:27I would argue that the first half against Undy United is the best that they've played all season.

00:18:33They could have been much further ahead.

00:18:35Yet the minute it turns and United are back in the game, you sense the weakness within the team.

00:18:43Players not wanting the ball.

00:18:44You sense the anger from the supporters, the fear from players almost about making another mistake or giving the ball away.

00:18:51You don't have that leadership on the park that's required when you're up against it and you need something to go and create something almost out of nothing.

00:19:01Just take a grip of the game.

00:19:03Sometimes it's difficult to see Cara when it's really foggy, but we persevered and she's been talking to Stuart Kettlewell.

00:19:10Yes, thank you, Peter.

00:19:11I'm at Rugby Park.

00:19:12You can't really see behind me. It's very misty this morning.

00:19:14But we've just finished speaking to Stuart Kettlewell and, of course, he was previewing the big game on Sunday against Rangers at Ibrox.

00:19:20And he's looking for a reaction from his squad.

00:19:23Of course, they were beaten 3-0 by Hearts here on Saturday night.

00:19:26And he said they needed a reset this week.

00:19:28They're back to the principles that they were doing before.

00:19:31But heading into this game, it's a wee bit of an unknown for him and Kilmarnock.

00:19:34Of course, Rangers now onto the leadership of Danny Roll losing last night, but still not 100% sure what a Danny Roll Rangers team will look like.

00:19:41So this is how Stuart Kettlewell said that he will be approaching the game.

00:19:44I think we often work off that three previous game cycle.

00:19:50So we would always analyse three previous games and we're not really able to do that.

00:19:55So kind of what we're looking at is player traits, kind of what we're looking at is strengths and weaknesses.

00:20:00And then off the back of the game last night, we will analyse that.

00:20:03But we're having to take other things into consideration, you know, how much emphasis can you put on Danny Roll being the Sheffield Wednesday manager because it's a different club and a different country and things like that.

00:20:16But I think you're looking for traits, you're looking for aspects that he'll look for from his team.

00:20:21Rangers are still looking to win in the league for the first time at Ibrox this season.

00:20:25And Stuart Kettlewell, he will be looking to do what other teams have done already, headed to Ibrox.

00:20:29But he was keen to stress that it's really important for his Kilmarnock side not to underestimate Rangers at all.

00:20:34When you start to look at it closely, there are a lot of good players in that.

00:20:39That Rangers squad, there's been heavy investment to make sure that they bring in what they feel are top players and guys that can really flourish at the football club.

00:20:46So I suppose from my side of it, I get and acknowledge that it's not been a start in performances that Rangers support or staff or players would be expecting.

00:20:56But I'm also the guy that really expects the best version of them on Sunday.

00:21:01And I think if you go in imagining something different, you're very, very naive.

00:21:05And sometimes I think that's where you can get a smack in the face.

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00:21:21and be in with the chance of winning a Champions League final ticket.

00:21:24Yeah, see, that's what you call a professional by the way.

00:21:29It's getting better.

00:21:30It was all there.

00:21:31You know, promos a lot.

00:21:33Alison, make you sick, wouldn't it?

00:21:35When somebody remembers everything that they should say.

00:21:39Okay, Celtic 2, Sturmgratz 1.

00:21:43Let's go to Mr Positivity because you often say...

00:21:47Are you going to give Arnie Ingalls a bit of credit for his performance?

00:21:49I am going to give Arnie Ingalls a bit of credit, but I'll listen to you and see if you are as positive as Neil Lennon was last night in the Commons.

00:22:00He was very positive, wasn't he, Lennon?

00:22:02I thought it was a European final.

00:22:04No, listen, I think that it's a much-needed win for Celtic.

00:22:08I think it was a must-win game.

00:22:09I really do.

00:22:09I think that the confidence has been very low in the last few games.

00:22:13Poor performance on Sunday.

00:22:14Go 1-0 down.

00:22:15Two early substitutions.

00:22:17Two of your key players come off.

00:22:19You're looking at it going, it's going to happen again.

00:22:21But I think Celtic showed great character, great courage in the second half.

00:22:24And really, but for Negrin's finishing, could have been 4 or 5 up.

00:22:29You know, he obviously got the goal, but he missed two or three great chances.

00:22:32I think for the first time Celtic really looked as if they could go and score goals.

00:22:36They created chances.

00:22:37I think it was the biggest expected goals in the Europa League this season.

00:22:40Over four goals.

00:22:41So, I think if you're a Celtic supporter, I think that's more like it.

00:22:44That's more like it.

00:22:44I thought Andy Engels was excellent.

00:22:47I thought his delivery was superb.

00:22:49I thought he got about the park.

00:22:50He passed forward.

00:22:51I thought the combination with Tierney and Tunectic down the left-hand side was really promising.

00:22:56I thought they showed signs of linking up and could be a good partnership down the left-hand side.

00:23:00I thought Liam Scales was excellent, again.

00:23:02So, I think there's a lot of good performances from Celtic.

00:23:05I thought Hatati was good in the second half.

00:23:06I'd have been poor in the first half.

00:23:08So, all in all, bar the injuries, you know, I was going to speak about Carter Vickers,

00:23:12who it's a real blow for him and for Celtic.

00:23:14Alistair Johnson and Iheanacho, off of hamstring injuries.

00:23:17It could be a real shell of a team going into this game on Sunday.

00:23:21So, I think that the whole squad's got to rally around and really dig in and get results

00:23:25because the Celtic squad's getting stretched to the limit at the minute.

00:23:29Okay.

00:23:30Unbelievably positive from nothing missing was red hair.

00:23:33I have to say, Ruffey, I don't share that view.

00:23:37I thought it was a competent performance by Celtic.

00:23:41Engels does deserve credit.

00:23:43I think the person who deserves the most credit in that whole Celtic team is Liam Scales.

00:23:48He has his faults, but he's been Celtic's best player since the start of the season.

00:23:53Well, there's no doubt about that.

00:23:55You know, again, he does have weaknesses.

00:23:57I keep going on about it.

00:23:58You know, when Celtic do lose goals, he seems to be always the guy that's run about, you know,

00:24:03not picking him up or whatever.

00:24:04But in saying that, he adds the enthusiasm.

00:24:07You know, he's had a great season.

00:24:09He's been a bigger standout than Cameron Vickers.

00:24:12There's no doubt about that.

00:24:13But he's been good.

00:24:14And how he took his goal was fantastic as well.

00:24:17I mean, if the strikers could adjust their feet like that, you know, it'd be a bonus.

00:24:21But, you know, I think Engels, you know, was a star last night for me in the second half.

00:24:25And it's amazing how they seem to shine against European sides.

00:24:29You know, the style of play.

00:24:31You know, I think Scottish football seems to be hustle-bustle.

00:24:35You know, they find it hard to adapt to it.

00:24:37But when they come into a European game, they seem to have a lot more confidence.

00:24:41And they're on the ball a lot more.

00:24:42And he was certainly outstanding last night.

00:24:46Yeah.

00:24:46Ali, were you as impressed?

00:24:48Was there a reason to become, you know, I mean, this is Brendan Rodgers' quotes, first of all,

00:24:54which obviously reflect the fact that I think he's got to be happy that they got the win.

00:24:59The injuries could have disrupted us.

00:25:01But it was a brilliant performance.

00:25:02We weren't quite a Ferrari, but I'll go for a Range Rover Sport.

00:25:07Hopefully we have no more Morris Minor performances.

00:25:11That is what I expect to see from us going forward.

00:25:14From setbacks, you need to show motivation.

00:25:16I asked the players to be leaders, and you could see that in the performance.

00:25:20And I think, you know, you've got to give Brendan credit because they were under the cosh.

00:25:25Probably not the right choice of car there in a Range Rover Sport.

00:25:29It's the most broken into car in London.

00:25:31And it's certainly not one of the most reliable choice of a local gangster as well.

00:25:35I was just about to say, not only that, but I've seen a few of them that break down.

00:25:39I don't want to dismantle it in case Celtic fans think I'm being negative about it.

00:25:44It was a good performance, but it wasn't a great performance.

00:25:48I think it's a step in the right direction.

00:25:52That's what you would say about it.

00:25:53If you analyse the full game, that game could have been away from Celtic by the time the break came round in the opening half.

00:26:01You know, they hit the post, had a fantastic chance, scooped over the bar from the six yard line.

00:26:05And I thought Celtic still looked fairly fragile at the back in moments.

00:26:10However, they rallied, they came back, turned it around, two quick goals in the second half.

00:26:15And it could have been far more comprehensive when you look at the opportunities that they had across the second period.

00:26:21It could have been three, easily have been three or four, probably should have been three or four,

00:26:25particularly Negrin when you look at the opportunities that he missed.

00:26:29So it's a step in the right direction.

00:26:32Judgment will come on Sunday.

00:26:33I think you'll get an idea of just where the Celtic team are when they go to Tynecastle against a Hearts team who are flying.

00:26:40You'll get a chance to see how they stand up against that kind of test.

00:26:43You know, at Tynecastle, the crowd are right on top of you.

00:26:46It'll be noisy.

00:26:48The atmosphere will be fantastic.

00:26:50People will be kicking every ball.

00:26:52You'll have a shout for everything.

00:26:54And you'll get an idea of where the Celtic team are and how they go and compete.

00:27:00But to make a judgment on one performance, I think it's just too soon.

00:27:05Yeah.

00:27:05Give me a word to describe it.

00:27:07Last night?

00:27:10Just one word to describe it.

00:27:15Satisfying for Celtic.

00:27:16I think they'll be pleased to have steadied the ship a bit.

00:27:20Because if you look across at the next couple of games, it was a game last night, the game at Tynecastle.

00:27:26And then you have a semi-final coming up against strangers at Hampden.

00:27:30Had they lost to Dundee, lost last night.

00:27:33Then be going into Tynecastle with the prospect of maybe coming away from that on the back of a difficult afternoon and then going to Hampden.

00:27:41I think all manner of storm clouds were building.

00:27:43And so I think to dissipate that noise and break it up will be quite satisfying for everyone associated with Celtic just now.

00:27:50Okay.

00:27:51Satisfying.

00:27:52Right.

00:27:53Okay.

00:27:53We'll accept that.

00:27:54Ruffy, the biggest problem now for Brendan is picking a team after three players.

00:28:00You know, look as if they will miss this game.

00:28:03Now, Carter Vickers are struggling.

00:28:06Johnson's not going to make it.

00:28:08And almost certainly...

00:28:10In an actual six-month.

00:28:11You know, so it's...

00:28:14Achilles.

00:28:14Three to five months.

00:28:16Yeah, yeah, six months.

00:28:16Yeah.

00:28:17I think I might wait and listen to Tam's prediction, how it's going to go on the board.

00:28:22You know, and then maybe make my mind up.

00:28:24Yeah.

00:28:25This is, of course, talking tactics with Cara and Tam.

00:28:28But can I just say that everybody's talking about Celtic.

00:28:32Yeah.

00:28:33I think those three players...

00:28:34Oh, definitely.

00:28:35Oh, Cameron Vickers, yeah.

00:28:37You would expect Harts to be pinning Celtic back at certain parts of the game.

00:28:42You need your best players back in there to defend.

00:28:44Obviously, Johnson.

00:28:46So, it's a makeshift back four.

00:28:48Who are you picking in the back four?

00:28:50I don't know.

00:28:51I mean, you could go with youth or experience.

00:28:54I don't know how he's going to compensate Cameron Vickers.

00:28:59I mean, he's a leader on the part.

00:29:00You know, I don't think they've got anybody else like that to come in.

00:29:03So, it could be a young back four.

00:29:05It could be experienced.

00:29:08I don't know.

00:29:08I really don't know, Peter.

00:29:09Yeah.

00:29:10I can't put my finger out.

00:29:11And the strange thing is, you'd think...

00:29:13Peter, I wonder if there's a possibility that Celtic go to a back three.

00:29:19Give me the back three.

00:29:21Scales, Trusty and Donovan.

00:29:23Scales, Trusty and...

00:29:25Dane Murray.

00:29:26Murray.

00:29:26Yeah.

00:29:27Play Ralson right wing back, Tierney left wing back.

00:29:29Play a three in the middle and play Negrin off Kenny.

00:29:31That's just something that I'm just looking at the personnel that they could possibly do.

00:29:36We all keep saying Tierney's a centre-half with Scotland.

00:29:39I can't...

00:29:41I don't see it, but...

00:29:41I can't see him playing a three.

00:29:43Listen, I might be wrong.

00:29:44I wouldn't fancy a three.

00:29:46At times, I don't think he would play a three either.

00:29:48Yeah, and remember, by the way, at times, you'll be hoping...

00:29:52If that was the case, you'd be hoping that Ralson and Tierney were going towards the

00:29:59Hart's goal, whereas they've got Harry Milne and Kisaridis who are in better form.

00:30:04It's a big call.

00:30:05I don't...

00:30:06You know, listen, it's down to Brendan if he's able to change things.

00:30:08I actually never thought I'd see Brendan Rodgers go to, but he did go to it on Sunday against

00:30:12Dundee.

00:30:12Yeah.

00:30:13And he's done it early in the season as well, so...

00:30:15He might.

00:30:15A couple of times this season.

00:30:16Not started off that way, but just in-game.

00:30:19He's changed it, so...

00:30:20It's just a possibility with the injuries that Celtic have got.

00:30:23I said everybody's got a conundrum with Celtic, but listen, having been in Edinburgh for a

00:30:28long period of time, you know, and lots of Hart's fans are friends of mine, they're certainly

00:30:33not talking about titles, but they're confident.

00:30:37The confidence is from the evidence that they can see in their eyes away from home and at

00:30:42home.

00:30:43This is what Derek McInnes said about the big game coming up.

00:30:47Obviously, as you can imagine, the Hart's boss keen just to try and keep a lid on the excitement.

00:30:52Our fight is with ourselves.

00:30:54The season's still only eight games in.

00:31:00It's very early, whether you're in good form or whether you're in poorer form.

00:31:03For any team, there's still so much of the season ahead where you can...

00:31:08The time to judge your team is at the end of the season, not after eight games.

00:31:11But I do think people can see there's plenty of encouragement being given by what the players

00:31:15are given, and it's important we just keep trying to tap into that.

00:31:18But a lot's been made of the recruitment and all the rest of it.

00:31:24I think I need to say that half the team every week, more than half the team, is players that

00:31:28have been here when I inherited.

00:31:31Players who were already in the building and are producing good form.

00:31:36Our net spend is probably only a couple of hundred thousand.

00:31:38We sell pen rice and we bring some players in, but the recruitment's been so smart and so

00:31:45strategic that we're not spending fortunes to get ourselves in the position.

00:31:49We're in the position because of a real connection with the fans, a connection with the club, good

00:31:56work being done and working really smartly.

00:32:00Yeah, it's mouth-watering.

00:32:04You know, I've never looked forward to a game in quite a while of the domestic scene.

00:32:09It's one of those ones that's got the Hearts fans buzzing.

00:32:13And basically because you could almost pick the Hearts side, you know, from one to eleven.

00:32:18And the good news for Hearts fans is suddenly he's got, as you, the Brazilians, suddenly

00:32:24pushing to the forefront of his mind as well as an option from the bench.

00:32:27I've been impressed at points with the depth that Hearts have got this season and the ability

00:32:33to change it from the bench when it's not been working within games to be able to go

00:32:37and change it up a bit and get the result required.

00:32:41Both Derek McInneson and Stuart Finlay this week said that this is probably the biggest test

00:32:46that they'll face this season.

00:32:48I think if they come out of this one on top, they go eight points clear at any point in a

00:32:53campaign, regardless of how early it is.

00:32:55And we know it's still early.

00:32:57It's not an insignificant number.

00:32:59That is a fantastic cushion to have at this stage of the season.

00:33:03We saw what happened last term when Aberdeen went on that run.

00:33:07I don't envisage Hearts folding in anywhere near the same way.

00:33:10I think they've got better players and they've certainly got a bit of depth this season.

00:33:15It's gearing up for a prediction.

00:33:17At this time, earlier in the week, you would probably have had maybe a different predicament.

00:33:25Maybe your prediction would have been different injuries.

00:33:30The way things are looking, does it change your thought process, Ruffy?

00:33:32I think it has to.

00:33:33The three players that are dropping out are big, big players for Celtic.

00:33:37We're all sitting here guessing what he's going to do.

00:33:39He'll know exactly what he's going to do.

00:33:41He's probably decided on it right now.

00:33:43Right now, you can't take anything away from this Hearts side for what they've done.

00:33:47They've gained the points when necessary.

00:33:50They are a settled side.

00:33:51You're right.

00:33:52They're going into the game with a lot of confidence.

00:33:54I think their two centre-halves are very, very impressive.

00:33:59I'm looking at the games against the right good sides.

00:34:02The Hibs game.

00:34:04Nothing each for a long time.

00:34:05I think Hibs had a couple of chances to win the game.

00:34:08Never took it.

00:34:09Hearts scored late on.

00:34:10For me, that's a barometer of how good they are when they come up against a good side.

00:34:15I think Celtic are a better side than Hibs.

00:34:18I went through one Celtic at the beginning of the week, but probably with the injuries,

00:34:22I think Celtic would settle for a draw.

00:34:26Yes.

00:34:27Celtic might settle for a draw in some quarters.

00:34:31Brendan Rodgers were looking for the win.

00:34:32Of course.

00:34:33What about you?

00:34:33You've already fudged the last question.

00:34:35No, I was 2-1 at the beginning of the week.

00:34:37I've changed my mind now.

00:34:38I'm going one each because of the injuries.

00:34:40Yeah, okay.

00:34:41You haven't been able to call the back four.

00:34:43You've fudged that.

00:34:44You've had to drag the 1-1 out of you.

00:34:47I don't know.

00:34:47I think he'd play the boy Donovan before Ralston.

00:34:50He put Donovan on last night before Ralston.

00:34:52Yeah.

00:34:53I like the boy Donovan.

00:34:55I think it's a big call to play Donovan and Murray in a back four.

00:34:59I don't know if he's going to play Murray.

00:35:01With Braga and Cenk.

00:35:02I think that's a big call.

00:35:03I think you go with the safer, more experience with Ralston.

00:35:06Yeah.

00:35:06If they go a back four.

00:35:08Even if you put Trusty in, he hasn't kicked the ball.

00:35:10Yeah.

00:35:10I mean, Trusty's been out in the cold.

00:35:12I mean, it's a weird one.

00:35:14Last season, he was really, really good.

00:35:16This could be a game that potentially suits Trusty.

00:35:18It might be under pressure.

00:35:19A lot of balls into the box.

00:35:20Crosses.

00:35:21Yeah, he was really good last season.

00:35:22I thought he was decent last season.

00:35:23I thought he was good in European games and Champions League games.

00:35:25This could be a game where it suits him.

00:35:28Not that dense park game.

00:35:29Not that dense park game, no.

00:35:33He's going to come in for the cold.

00:35:34But I wouldn't play two left-sided centre-halves.

00:35:36I said that earlier.

00:35:37I think there's no balance there.

00:35:40You're playing three left-sided players in the back four.

00:35:43Not for me.

00:35:44So I think he'll maybe bring the boy Dane Murray in and play Ralston.

00:35:47Simpson Pusey coming from the cold.

00:35:49Who?

00:35:50That's another one.

00:35:51And you've got, isn't Rocky still there?

00:35:53Where's he?

00:35:54He's gone.

00:35:54Is he away?

00:35:56He's away.

00:35:56Shin Yamada.

00:35:57Is he still at Celtic?

00:36:00You know Mick McCarthy's gone as well, don't you?

00:36:02No, but I mean, Shin Yamada.

00:36:04Obviously, he's not in the European squad, but there's another one that's just disappeared.

00:36:07Unless he's injured.

00:36:08I think the other great thing about it this season, because of the madness of Scottish football,

00:36:12this programme, we've never disagreed so much over the course of every programme.

00:36:17It's been fantastic.

00:36:19Sometimes we've made statements, and we're all looking at each other and thinking,

00:36:23different things, which is brilliant about it.

00:36:27That's with the madness of Scottish football.

00:36:29So with that in mind, I'm looking at a harsh side that I've seen regularly this season.

00:36:35I've watched Celtic from afar, from a crane outside.

00:36:41What do you predict?

00:36:44I'm going to go for one each, Peter.

00:36:49I hate sitting in the fence, but I think it's a result that would possibly suit both.

00:36:54I think it's a game Celtic cannot afford to lose.

00:36:56They can't afford to lose this game and go eight points behind.

00:36:59Hearts, still unbeaten.

00:37:02Still a five-point gap.

00:37:03I think I wouldn't be too unhappy with that.

00:37:05I think Celtic, the injuries they've got, take a draw.

00:37:07So I'm going to go for one each, sadly.

00:37:10I know you're waiting for a better score.

00:37:12Great questions are now asked of the Hearts team.

00:37:14Are you good enough to go eight points?

00:37:16Because the pressure now has flipped a little bit.

00:37:20You know, when you look at it, I was looking at some of the great stats.

00:37:23I think it was 1959-60 that Hearts last won the league.

00:37:26Since then, they've been runners-up five times.

00:37:29And I can remember, because it was the first day,

00:37:31I can remember moving into my flat in Leith,

00:37:34and the first day I moved into Edinburgh

00:37:36was the day that Dundee beat Hearts up at Den's Park

00:37:40and Celtic won emphatically against St Mirren.

00:37:44And that's the closest they've come to winning the title

00:37:48in a long, long time.

00:37:51Now, I'm not saying they're going to win the title,

00:37:53but I'm saying that this side has got something about it.

00:37:57The fans will be there.

00:37:58It'll be bouncing.

00:37:59I'm sticking by my guns from the start of the week.

00:38:02I'm there to be shot at.

00:38:03Hearts will win 3-1.

00:38:06Celtic will be encouraged by what happened last night,

00:38:09by the fact that they created chances against Dundee.

00:38:13There was nothing about them.

00:38:14You just couldn't see that surge for goals.

00:38:17They'll feel a bit better about themselves

00:38:19in the aftermath of that win.

00:38:21But like you, I fancy Hearts.

00:38:24I really, I think Celtic are weaker

00:38:28with the players who have gone out of the team

00:38:30and coming back in there.

00:38:31I just wonder too

00:38:32about how they'll cope with the intensity

00:38:35of the environment at Tyne Castle.

00:38:39And I'm going to say Hearts to 1-2-1.

00:38:42Okay.

00:38:43There you are.

00:38:44It's a fantastically different...

00:38:46I think that's probably the first time ever in this panel

00:38:49that nobody's picked Celtic to beat Hearts in a game.

00:38:52You're absolutely right.

00:38:53And it just shows you how far they've come along.

00:38:56And I don't even think Tony Bloom,

00:38:58even in his wildest dreams,

00:38:59would be looking and saying,

00:39:00listen, he's made the statement 10 years

00:39:02and everybody's looked.

00:39:02But, you know, I've called it,

00:39:04I think they'll finish second.

00:39:06And now, you know,

00:39:08you wait till you see the media,

00:39:12the fans and everything else.

00:39:15If Hearts were to win the game on Sunday,

00:39:17suddenly it just goes into overdrive.

00:39:20Honestly, you will not believe the hype around them.

00:39:23And that's when you start to see

00:39:24whether players can handle it.

00:39:26If Hearts were to win,

00:39:28it would be unbelievable.

00:39:29The focus of attention on them would be unbelievable.

00:39:31And then you'd have what Celtic and Rangers get

00:39:34usually every season

00:39:35is teams thinking,

00:39:37we're going to take them out.

00:39:39I can't wait until Monday if Hearts win.

00:39:41What were you all saying?

00:39:43And you're saying,

00:39:44I'm not saying they'll win the league,

00:39:46I think if Hearts win,

00:39:48every one of us will say that Hearts can win the league.

00:39:50On Monday?

00:39:51Yeah.

00:39:52Well, let's wait and see.

00:39:54Aberdeen.

00:39:56Mother of God Almighty.

00:39:58Rank rotten.

00:39:59I mean, humiliated.

00:40:01Embarrassing.

00:40:03And I never for one minute thought

00:40:06that the two games that they'd won back-to-back

00:40:08was a signal that they were back.

00:40:11They were exposed at every opportunity.

00:40:14And this is where I get mixed up there,

00:40:15but they were 3-0 down after 27 minutes.

00:40:18And boy,

00:40:19it was six going on more.

00:40:21Yeah, I was flicking back and forward

00:40:23from the Celtic game

00:40:25and listening to that,

00:40:26I thought,

00:40:27for the Rangers game,

00:40:27and I just thought,

00:40:29you know,

00:40:29the first half was

00:40:31one of the most embarrassing performances

00:40:33I've ever seen for a Scottish team.

00:40:34I think, honestly,

00:40:35that first half performance,

00:40:37A.K. Athens could have been

00:40:38six or seven or nothing up at halftime.

00:40:40Like, they battered Aberdeen.

00:40:41And I think, you know,

00:40:43Aberdeen getting away with six

00:40:44is a result for them.

00:40:45And I think it just increases the pressure

00:40:48back in Jimmy Tallinn.

00:40:49I think that's a real poor performance,

00:40:50a terrible result.

00:40:52And they've got Hibs at the weekend,

00:40:53you know, at home.

00:40:55The players will be hurt

00:40:56and the players will be embarrassed.

00:40:57I don't know which way it will go.

00:40:58You know,

00:40:58Hibs are going to that

00:40:59with a lot of confidence,

00:41:00but that was spineless last night

00:41:02from Aberdeen.

00:41:03And a couple of my friends

00:41:04were over there,

00:41:04Aberdeen fans,

00:41:05I think,

00:41:05left at halftime.

00:41:06You know,

00:41:06a real embarrassing performance.

00:41:08So, yeah,

00:41:09I think Jimmy Tallinn

00:41:10is now back under pressure

00:41:12by that one result.

00:41:13I mean,

00:41:14I did think,

00:41:15I actually thought

00:41:15in the back of the two results,

00:41:17you know,

00:41:17beating Dundee for nothing

00:41:18and going to St Mernin

00:41:19winning one nothing,

00:41:19I thought Aberdeen

00:41:21will start improving now,

00:41:22but that's just

00:41:22knocked him back to square one.

00:41:24Is that up there with,

00:41:25for me,

00:41:26that's up there

00:41:26with the Rangers-Brouge situation?

00:41:28Yeah,

00:41:28I think it's Aberdeen's

00:41:28heaviest defeat in Europe

00:41:30of all time.

00:41:32And did I think

00:41:33that Aberdeen

00:41:33were capable of going

00:41:34to AK Athens

00:41:34and getting a result?

00:41:35Possibly not,

00:41:36but I thought it would have

00:41:36been a close game.

00:41:38You know,

00:41:38to go over there

00:41:39and get spanked six-nothing

00:41:39is not an embarrassing

00:41:40for Aberdeen,

00:41:41it's embarrassing

00:41:41for Scottish football.

00:41:43So,

00:41:44yeah,

00:41:44I just think that

00:41:46that result,

00:41:47that performance

00:41:48puts Jimmy to lean

00:41:49back under the gun

00:41:51in terms of pressure.

00:41:52Yeah,

00:41:52Kenny,

00:41:52who's a big Dunds fan

00:41:54and regularly comments

00:41:55and obviously,

00:41:56there's lots of Aberdeen fans

00:41:57who give us their insight

00:41:58and we value

00:42:00everybody's opinion

00:42:01on these things.

00:42:05Kenny says,

00:42:06could have been ten easily,

00:42:07Peter,

00:42:07but we'll probably

00:42:08go and beat Hibs.

00:42:10Ever the optimist,

00:42:11I'm going to read out

00:42:11Brian's as well

00:42:12who says,

00:42:13Peter as usual

00:42:14with his anti-Celtic comments.

00:42:16Brian,

00:42:17I think you only have

00:42:18to listen to fans

00:42:20who actually watch Celtic

00:42:21on a regular basis

00:42:22to realise

00:42:23how angry they are

00:42:25with what's going on

00:42:26at Celtic.

00:42:27Never let your eyes

00:42:28deceive you

00:42:28is our catchphrase here

00:42:30when you watch teams

00:42:31and their performances.

00:42:33Aberdeen for me,

00:42:35I just,

00:42:36I mean,

00:42:36you can't criticise

00:42:38that this is a,

00:42:38this is a crazy,

00:42:40crazy position here,

00:42:41but you can't criticise

00:42:42the board,

00:42:43he's backed them.

00:42:44No.

00:42:45And he's now saying

00:42:46that the players

00:42:47have to learn for a bit

00:42:48and they'll get better

00:42:48by that experience.

00:42:50Generally,

00:42:50when you get beat

00:42:516-0,

00:42:51you go the opposite way,

00:42:53you don't really improve,

00:42:55you know,

00:42:55but I'm like Tam,

00:42:57you know,

00:42:58it's up to him

00:42:58to organise this team

00:43:00not to get beat

00:43:006-0.

00:43:01He's obviously

00:43:02tactical.

00:43:02They were far too open,

00:43:03Peter,

00:43:03as well.

00:43:04He's tactical,

00:43:04certainly no gore

00:43:05in some aspects

00:43:06of the game

00:43:07because some

00:43:07of the results

00:43:08they've had

00:43:08is frightening.

00:43:11What I'm just

00:43:11trying to work out

00:43:12is Tam's two pals

00:43:13when they left

00:43:14did they just get

00:43:15a bus back

00:43:15to East Kilbride

00:43:16or did they hang on

00:43:17for a full day?

00:43:19No,

00:43:20they're not

00:43:20for East Kilbride

00:43:21but one of them

00:43:22did send me a video

00:43:22at half time

00:43:23walking out the stadium

00:43:24and he was lucky

00:43:24because the Aberdeen

00:43:26fans get kept in

00:43:27an hour after the game

00:43:27as well,

00:43:28which is even worse

00:43:28if they're getting hammered.

00:43:30I think your reporter

00:43:31Kobe is still there

00:43:32with his mates

00:43:33it's hard to watch

00:43:35there's no excuses.

00:43:37It's not that I'm

00:43:37not a fan of

00:43:38Jimmy Tallinn

00:43:39I just look at

00:43:40the evidence

00:43:40and I just do not

00:43:42think long term

00:43:43he is the answer.

00:43:44It was abject

00:43:45last night

00:43:45I think it was

00:43:46probably humiliating

00:43:47if you're watching

00:43:48that as an Aberdeen

00:43:49fan you are

00:43:50watching it

00:43:51through the cracks

00:43:51of your fingers.

00:43:53You also have to

00:43:54see now

00:43:55how do they respond

00:43:56and react

00:43:57to that

00:43:58because this time

00:43:58a year ago

00:43:59when they lost

00:43:59to Celtic

00:44:00at Hamden

00:44:01when they'd been

00:44:02on such a good run

00:44:03it was the

00:44:04catalyst

00:44:05for just going

00:44:06into freefall

00:44:07it seemed to

00:44:08spook them

00:44:09in every sense

00:44:10it just seemed

00:44:10to knock them

00:44:11for six

00:44:12in terms of

00:44:12confidence and belief

00:44:13they can't afford

00:44:14that kind of

00:44:15similar dent

00:44:17to their confidence

00:44:18now

00:44:18they have to

00:44:19respond immediately

00:44:20I just wonder

00:44:22now

00:44:23how much pressure

00:44:24Jimmy Tallinn

00:44:25is under

00:44:26and

00:44:27when do you

00:44:28start running

00:44:28out of road?

00:44:29I think

00:44:30he's been

00:44:30very very

00:44:31lucky

00:44:31that the

00:44:32owner has

00:44:32been told

00:44:33you can't

00:44:33keep sacking

00:44:35managers

00:44:35you know

00:44:36he's fell

00:44:37into the trap

00:44:37now if I

00:44:38sack another

00:44:38manager

00:44:39everybody's

00:44:39going to

00:44:39go

00:44:40but I

00:44:40think he

00:44:41has given

00:44:41them time

00:44:42and he's

00:44:42been well

00:44:43backed

00:44:43in both

00:44:43windows

00:44:43he has

00:44:44been given

00:44:45more

00:44:45than the

00:44:46other ones

00:44:46that he

00:44:47sacked

00:44:47very quickly

00:44:48I was

00:44:48told

00:44:49emphatically

00:44:50if they

00:44:50lost the

00:44:51Scottish Cup

00:44:51final

00:44:52to Celtic

00:44:53he was

00:44:53still going

00:44:54to be

00:44:54backed

00:44:54and that

00:44:55was on

00:44:56the most

00:44:56horrendous

00:44:57run ever

00:44:57but the

00:44:58Cup

00:44:58final

00:44:58brought

00:44:59him

00:44:59that

00:45:00credibility

00:45:00again

00:45:01almost

00:45:02giving them

00:45:02the sense

00:45:03of optimism

00:45:03for the

00:45:04new season

00:45:05but I

00:45:05just don't

00:45:06see it

00:45:06but

00:45:06they're up

00:45:07against

00:45:07the

00:45:08Hibs side

00:45:08that are

00:45:09sitting

00:45:09nicely

00:45:09in third

00:45:10place

00:45:10albeit

00:45:11still off

00:45:12the pace

00:45:13of

00:45:13Hearts

00:45:14and Celtic

00:45:15but

00:45:16David

00:45:16Grey

00:45:16will be

00:45:18filled

00:45:19with optimism

00:45:19as he

00:45:20takes his

00:45:21side to

00:45:21Pataudry

00:45:21I think

00:45:22the league

00:45:23is what it

00:45:24is

00:45:24I think

00:45:24a few

00:45:24managers

00:45:25I've heard

00:45:25them comment

00:45:25on it

00:45:26as well

00:45:26I think

00:45:27it's improving

00:45:27all the time

00:45:28when you look

00:45:29at all the

00:45:29teams that are

00:45:29in it

00:45:30there's a lot

00:45:31of teams

00:45:32that have added

00:45:33a lot of

00:45:33athletes into

00:45:34their group

00:45:34it's getting

00:45:36better all the

00:45:36time

00:45:37so there's

00:45:38no easy

00:45:38games

00:45:38it's hard

00:45:39to win

00:45:39games

00:45:39of football

00:45:40everyone's

00:45:40seeing that

00:45:40you look

00:45:41at how

00:45:41well done

00:45:41they've done

00:45:41against Celtic

00:45:42they deserve

00:45:43their winning

00:45:44the weekend

00:45:44so every

00:45:46game's hard

00:45:47every game's

00:45:47hard to win

00:45:48it's hard to

00:45:48win games

00:45:48of football

00:45:49at any level

00:45:49but especially

00:45:50this season

00:45:51it's going to

00:45:51be as it is

00:45:52pretty much

00:45:53every year

00:45:53really really

00:45:55tight

00:45:55and it is

00:45:56about trying

00:45:57to put a

00:45:57wee run

00:45:57together

00:45:57when you can

00:45:58you just

00:45:59touched on

00:45:59it there

00:45:59what sort

00:46:00of

00:46:00do you

00:46:00expect

00:46:01other

00:46:01people

00:46:02this weekend

00:46:02they've

00:46:04obviously

00:46:04got a

00:46:04very good

00:46:04squad

00:46:05I know

00:46:05they've

00:46:05got the

00:46:05game

00:46:05Thursday

00:46:06night

00:46:06we'll

00:46:06look forward

00:46:06to

00:46:07watching

00:46:07that

00:46:07you want

00:46:09your

00:46:09Scottish

00:46:09clubs

00:46:09to do

00:46:09well

00:46:10in

00:46:10Europe

00:46:10but

00:46:10one

00:46:10island

00:46:11obviously

00:46:11I was

00:46:12going up

00:46:12there

00:46:12on

00:46:12Sunday

00:46:13but

00:46:14they've

00:46:14developed

00:46:15a really

00:46:15strong

00:46:15squad

00:46:16a lot

00:46:16of

00:46:16quality

00:46:16in

00:46:16their

00:46:16team

00:46:17team

00:46:17OK

00:46:18he says

00:46:19it's

00:46:19going to

00:46:19be hard

00:46:19and the

00:46:20league

00:46:20is going

00:46:20to be

00:46:20hard

00:46:21but I'm

00:46:21going to

00:46:21say something

00:46:22slightly

00:46:22controversial

00:46:23here on

00:46:23that point

00:46:24Scottish

00:46:26football

00:46:26fans love

00:46:27what they're

00:46:28watching

00:46:29they love

00:46:30the competitive

00:46:30nature of it

00:46:31the unpredictability

00:46:32at the moment

00:46:32anyway

00:46:33but the standard

00:46:34of Scottish

00:46:35football has

00:46:36dropped

00:46:36dramatically

00:46:37our performances

00:46:39in Europe

00:46:39are abysmal

00:46:40something is

00:46:41seriously wrong

00:46:42with what we

00:46:43are playing

00:46:44it might be

00:46:44exciting

00:46:45it might be

00:46:45unpredictable

00:46:46but it's

00:46:47abysmal

00:46:47when you

00:46:48consider

00:46:48what we

00:46:48are doing

00:46:49in Europe

00:46:49yeah

00:46:50sadly

00:46:51Peter

00:46:51I really

00:46:52mean this

00:46:52because I'm

00:46:53a real

00:46:54champion

00:46:54of Scottish

00:46:54football

00:46:54you know

00:46:55that

00:46:55but I

00:46:55totally

00:46:55agree

00:46:56with you

00:46:56I just

00:46:56think the

00:46:57standard

00:46:57across the

00:46:58board

00:46:58you look at

00:46:59the results

00:47:00have been

00:47:00really really

00:47:00poor

00:47:01Celtic getting

00:47:02beat from

00:47:02a team

00:47:02from Kazakhstan

00:47:03in the

00:47:04Champions League

00:47:04OK they won

00:47:05last night

00:47:05they've got

00:47:05four points

00:47:06Rangers have

00:47:07bottomed the

00:47:07Europa League

00:47:08after three

00:47:08games

00:47:09bottom

00:47:09stone

00:47:09last

00:47:10it's

00:47:11incredible

00:47:11when you look

00:47:12at Rangers

00:47:12got to the

00:47:13final

00:47:13not that

00:47:14long ago

00:47:14Aberdeen

00:47:15had bought

00:47:15me the

00:47:15conference

00:47:16lost nine

00:47:16goals in

00:47:17two games

00:47:17so I

00:47:18think when

00:47:19you're looking

00:47:19at the

00:47:19Scottish

00:47:19teams and

00:47:20the performances

00:47:20sadly I've

00:47:21got to agree

00:47:22with you

00:47:22I think it's

00:47:23competitive

00:47:23because there's

00:47:25not much

00:47:25a muchness

00:47:25between

00:47:26I'm looking

00:47:26at the

00:47:27table right

00:47:27now

00:47:27Hibs are

00:47:28in third

00:47:28they've won

00:47:29two games

00:47:29out of eight

00:47:30they've got

00:47:3111 points

00:47:31Livingston

00:47:32are bottom

00:47:33five points

00:47:34behind

00:47:34so there's

00:47:35only a couple

00:47:36of wins

00:47:36away from

00:47:36bottom to

00:47:37third place

00:47:38so in terms

00:47:39of competitiveness

00:47:40I agree with

00:47:40David Gray but I

00:47:41can't agree with him

00:47:43I totally disagree

00:47:43with that

00:47:44give me a

00:47:44prediction

00:47:45I'm going to

00:47:47go for two

00:47:47won't you

00:47:47Hibs

00:47:48Ruffy

00:47:49one each

00:47:50are you just

00:47:52going to

00:47:52give him

00:47:53one each

00:47:53no I'll do

00:47:54one

00:47:54two nil

00:47:55Hibs

00:47:55two nil

00:47:55Hibs

00:47:56if it's

00:47:58I'm going to

00:47:58go

00:47:59you're having

00:48:00a shocker

00:48:00today

00:48:00just give

00:48:01a game

00:48:01one each

00:48:02let's wait

00:48:04Monday and

00:48:04see who's

00:48:04right

00:48:05yeah

00:48:05absolutely

00:48:06somebody

00:48:07was rambling

00:48:08on about

00:48:08Motherwell

00:48:09last week

00:48:09look what

00:48:10happened

00:48:10yeah

00:48:11I think

00:48:14we were

00:48:14going to

00:48:15go out

00:48:15and we're

00:48:15going to

00:48:15have sauce

00:48:16with our

00:48:17steaks

00:48:17Ali

00:48:18but you

00:48:18came a

00:48:19cropper

00:48:19I think

00:48:20how much

00:48:20did she

00:48:21cost us

00:48:21515

00:48:22quid

00:48:22oh

00:48:23bloody hell

00:48:24chicken feed

00:48:25to you and

00:48:25Ruffy but

00:48:26it's big money

00:48:27for me and Ali

00:48:27it was a night

00:48:28out to be honest

00:48:29with you

00:48:29it was a

00:48:31chance for

00:48:31some of Ali's

00:48:32blame Jens

00:48:34blame me

00:48:35absolutely

00:48:35oh well

00:48:36it was a chance

00:48:36for some of your

00:48:36family to

00:48:37have extra

00:48:392020

00:48:39and Buckfast

00:48:41but

00:48:41nevertheless

00:48:42it's

00:48:44I'm going to

00:48:45go 2-1

00:48:45Hibs

00:48:46yeah

00:48:46under pressure

00:48:47on the

00:48:48Monday

00:48:48if they

00:48:49lose

00:48:49Aberdeen

00:48:50yeah

00:48:50yeah I do

00:48:51I do

00:48:51think

00:48:51question

00:48:52yeah

00:48:52okay

00:48:53just before

00:48:54we go

00:48:54into the

00:48:54next batch

00:48:55of games

00:48:55give us

00:48:56your prediction

00:48:56on it

00:48:56you know

00:48:57Kenny's

00:48:58an optimist

00:48:59is an

00:48:59Aberdeen

00:48:59fan

00:49:00Aurora

00:49:00so many

00:49:01others

00:49:01as well

00:49:01but give

00:49:03us your

00:49:03thoughts

00:49:04on

00:49:04Scotland's

00:49:06teams

00:49:07in European

00:49:08football

00:49:08are we being

00:49:08too harsh

00:49:09the standard

00:49:10remember the

00:49:11coefficient

00:49:12it's going to

00:49:12be even more

00:49:13difficult for

00:49:14our clubs

00:49:14to get into

00:49:16any of those

00:49:17leagues because

00:49:18we're going to

00:49:18have to play

00:49:18qualifiers

00:49:19the more we

00:49:21drop down

00:49:21the coefficient

00:49:22and it's not

00:49:23looking good at

00:49:23the moment

00:49:24so give us

00:49:26your thoughts

00:49:26on that

00:49:27give us your

00:49:27predictions

00:49:28for the first

00:49:29three games

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00:50:40yeah well

00:50:41done Ali

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00:50:45yeah

00:50:46absolutely

00:50:46you and

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00:50:55so

00:50:56a roughy

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00:50:56print

00:50:57yeah

00:50:57yes

00:50:58we've

00:50:59cranked

00:51:00it up a bit

00:51:00instead of a

00:51:01roughy signed

00:51:02print haven't we

00:51:03it's well worth it

00:51:04because not only

00:51:05that on premium

00:51:06we've got

00:51:06giveaways

00:51:07competitions

00:51:08and we'll do

00:51:09some behind the

00:51:10scenes stuff

00:51:11for you as

00:51:12well roughy

00:51:12just give them

00:51:13extra content

00:51:14that everybody

00:51:15wants

00:51:16I think the

00:51:17prize itself

00:51:18was absolutely

00:51:18superb

00:51:19yeah obviously

00:51:20haven't told them

00:51:21Tom might have

00:51:21to go with them

00:51:22yeah that would

00:51:23be a real

00:51:24listen to be

00:51:25honest with you

00:51:25imagine all of us

00:51:26going there

00:51:26to the Champions

00:51:27League final

00:51:28it'd be absolutely

00:51:29fantastic

00:51:29I'd look forward

00:51:31to it

00:51:31the Canada Jets

00:51:32forget the World

00:51:32Cup

00:51:33yeah absolutely

00:51:34the World Cup's

00:51:35the key

00:51:36for us Tom

00:51:36yeah absolutely

00:51:38as long as it

00:51:41doesn't turn out

00:51:41like Germany

00:51:42I'll be delighted

00:51:43Dundee United

00:51:44against St Mirren

00:51:45roughy of the

00:51:47games on the

00:51:48Saturday

00:51:48so suddenly

00:51:50you're looking

00:51:51at a Saints

00:51:52side that have

00:51:53dropped off

00:51:54I mean we're

00:51:55usually waxing

00:51:56lyrical about

00:51:56and what's

00:51:57happened

00:51:57I think every

00:51:58team at some

00:51:58stages of the

00:51:59season goes

00:51:59through two or

00:52:01three games

00:52:01where they don't

00:52:02win

00:52:02I've been

00:52:03impressed with

00:52:04Dundee United

00:52:04this year

00:52:05I think it'll

00:52:06be a good

00:52:06game

00:52:07I'm going to

00:52:08go one each

00:52:08yeah absolutely

00:52:11thanks for that

00:52:11roughy

00:52:12you're completely

00:52:13and utterly

00:52:14useless

00:52:15I'm not going

00:52:16one each

00:52:16we have a

00:52:19mannequin over

00:52:19there

00:52:20we'll be bringing

00:52:21the mannequin

00:52:21in shortly

00:52:22Dundee United

00:52:22to win 2-0

00:52:23okay

00:52:25Dundee United

00:52:25to win 2-0

00:52:26when you look

00:52:28at St Mirren's

00:52:29Forum

00:52:29Ali

00:52:30it hasn't been

00:52:31great

00:52:31and again

00:52:33I don't think

00:52:33the Saints fans

00:52:34are overly

00:52:35worried at the

00:52:36moment but

00:52:36they're certainly

00:52:37surprised by what

00:52:37they're watching

00:52:39I'd agree with

00:52:40that I think

00:52:40they've set the

00:52:41bar so high

00:52:42across recent

00:52:43seasons with

00:52:43the top six

00:52:45placements just

00:52:46punching above

00:52:46their weight

00:52:47there's an

00:52:49expectancy

00:52:50everything changes

00:52:51once you have

00:52:51a taste of

00:52:53that it just

00:52:54sets a precedent

00:52:54have they been

00:52:55unlucky

00:52:55I think they

00:52:56have been

00:52:56unlucky in

00:52:57moments when

00:52:58you look at

00:52:58games there's

00:53:00definitely been

00:53:00flashes of that

00:53:02I fancied

00:53:03Dundee United

00:53:04I fancied

00:53:05Dundee United

00:53:05at Tannadise

00:53:06quite strongly

00:53:07I don't see

00:53:08enough in

00:53:09St Mirren to

00:53:10go and

00:53:10certainly not

00:53:11get three

00:53:12points

00:53:12I'm going to

00:53:13say 2-1

00:53:14Dundee United

00:53:14I'm with you

00:53:16on that

00:53:16I think Dundee

00:53:16United will

00:53:17just edge

00:53:18this

00:53:18Tam what's

00:53:19your take

00:53:19on it

00:53:19I agree

00:53:20I think

00:53:21Dundee United

00:53:21have just got

00:53:22a little bit

00:53:22more quality

00:53:23in the final

00:53:23third

00:53:24I was impressed

00:53:25with them

00:53:25against Rangers

00:53:25they've scored

00:53:26two great

00:53:26goals

00:53:26I just think

00:53:28they've got a

00:53:28wee bit of

00:53:28extra quality

00:53:29in that final

00:53:29third which

00:53:30might edge a

00:53:30tight game

00:53:31give us your

00:53:33thoughts on

00:53:34that

00:53:35United fans

00:53:36and St Mirren

00:53:37fans

00:53:37still mid-table

00:53:38still in a

00:53:40position where

00:53:40suddenly one

00:53:41win

00:53:42as Tam has

00:53:43mentioned

00:53:43it's so tight

00:53:44that one win

00:53:44in St Mirren

00:53:45could be again

00:53:45as Stephen

00:53:47Robinson

00:53:48continually manages

00:53:49to do

00:53:49just edge them

00:53:50into that top

00:53:51half of the

00:53:51table

00:53:52and all the

00:53:52worries

00:53:52tend to

00:53:54as Ali

00:53:55uses her

00:53:55catchphrase

00:53:56dissipate

00:53:57and porous

00:53:58are your two

00:53:58favourite words

00:53:59this week

00:53:59Ali

00:54:00we've been

00:54:03listening to

00:54:04you regularly

00:54:05basically you

00:54:08were porous

00:54:09as a goalie

00:54:09yeah absolutely

00:54:10Ruffy thought

00:54:13porous was going

00:54:13to take his

00:54:14place in the

00:54:15central position

00:54:16for Celtic

00:54:16at the weekend

00:54:17for Tynecastle

00:54:18but Falkirk

00:54:20this time against

00:54:22Dundee

00:54:23now

00:54:23Ruffy

00:54:25if you're a

00:54:26Dundee fan

00:54:26suddenly there's

00:54:27optimism

00:54:29about what's

00:54:31happened against

00:54:31Celtic

00:54:32they're seeing

00:54:33those little

00:54:33green shoots

00:54:35that Stephen

00:54:35Presley was

00:54:36trying to tell

00:54:37everybody

00:54:37that he could

00:54:38see

00:54:38yeah Stephen

00:54:38Presley

00:54:39has been

00:54:39telling her

00:54:39that if

00:54:40they defeat

00:54:40his players

00:54:42are getting

00:54:42better

00:54:42they can see

00:54:44where they

00:54:44want to be

00:54:44and where

00:54:45he wants

00:54:45to get

00:54:46them to

00:54:46and last

00:54:47week

00:54:47epitomised

00:54:48that

00:54:48that's where

00:54:48they reached

00:54:49it

00:54:49but again

00:54:50you've got

00:54:50Falkirk

00:54:51going away

00:54:51to Motherwell

00:54:52getting hammered

00:54:52in the first

00:54:53half

00:54:53coming away

00:54:54with a win

00:54:54so this one

00:54:55is two teams

00:54:56that at this

00:54:57moment in time

00:54:57are unpredictable

00:54:59yeah I mean

00:55:00honestly I

00:55:01thought Falkirk

00:55:03were going to

00:55:03be on the

00:55:04end of us

00:55:04I mean an

00:55:05absolute spanking

00:55:06against Motherwell

00:55:07and then

00:55:09Motherwell's

00:55:09problems came

00:55:10back to haunt

00:55:11them once more

00:55:11yeah absolutely

00:55:13you know

00:55:13can't seem to put

00:55:14a 90 minute

00:55:14performance

00:55:15together

00:55:15Peter

00:55:15that's a

00:55:15problem

00:55:16you've

00:55:16obviously

00:55:16seen a lot

00:55:17of them

00:55:17but

00:55:17they give

00:55:19up

00:55:19the first

00:55:20half

00:55:20or maybe

00:55:20an hour

00:55:21they're good

00:55:21and then half

00:55:22an hour

00:55:22they're poor

00:55:22they can't

00:55:23really seem

00:55:24to put

00:55:24the hearts

00:55:25game

00:55:253-0 up

00:55:27do you know

00:55:27what the problem

00:55:27is Tam

00:55:28is quite simply

00:55:29they run out of

00:55:30steam run out of

00:55:30gas with the

00:55:30high press

00:55:31he's not happy

00:55:32that you're a

00:55:32little bit prickly

00:55:33with me when I

00:55:33suggested that to

00:55:34him but I did

00:55:34suggest to him

00:55:35that the teams

00:55:36that were playing

00:55:37with him you've

00:55:37got to give

00:55:37credit to

00:55:38managers

00:55:38managers don't

00:55:39just sit back

00:55:40and go look at

00:55:41Motherwell they're

00:55:41absolutely fantastic

00:55:42David Martindale

00:55:43certainly won't

00:55:43well no that's

00:55:44the point

00:55:44what happens is

00:55:45managers actually

00:55:46turn around and

00:55:47say as John

00:55:47McGlynn did

00:55:48well wait a minute

00:55:48we need to

00:55:49change this

00:55:50we need to

00:55:51actually go and

00:55:51press them

00:55:52see how they

00:55:52like it

00:55:53change it

00:55:53bring on players

00:55:54that can make

00:55:55a difference

00:55:55you know and

00:55:56suddenly you know

00:55:57when that ball

00:55:58drops at the edge

00:55:59of the box you

00:55:59need an experienced

00:56:00player who's not

00:56:00going to panic

00:56:01and there's

00:56:02Scott Arfield

00:56:02bang gets the

00:56:03winner

00:56:03but they changed

00:56:05the way they

00:56:06played and

00:56:07Motherwell who'd

00:56:07all those chances

00:56:08that is evident

00:56:10of every game

00:56:11I've seen them

00:56:11great football

00:56:12to watch

00:56:1260 minutes

00:56:13next minute

00:56:14run out of gas

00:56:15other team

00:56:16changes tactics

00:56:17gives them a

00:56:18little bit of

00:56:18their own

00:56:19medicine and

00:56:19then they lose

00:56:20yeah I think

00:56:21that's obviously

00:56:22you've summed it

00:56:23up real Peter

00:56:23I speak to a

00:56:24couple of

00:56:24Motherwell fans

00:56:24and they're just

00:56:25they can't seem

00:56:26to put a 90

00:56:27minute performance

00:56:28together and I

00:56:29think if they do

00:56:29that they will

00:56:30give somebody a

00:56:31spanking

00:56:31I remember

00:56:32watching them at

00:56:33Denz Part

00:56:34they were 1-0

00:56:34up at half

00:56:35time and really

00:56:36really looked

00:56:36well on top

00:56:38and didn't win

00:56:38the game

00:56:39so that's a

00:56:41difficult one to

00:56:41call but just

00:56:42coming back to

00:56:42Falkirk Dundee

00:56:42I think this is

00:56:43a totally different

00:56:44scenario for

00:56:45Dundee I think

00:56:46as a player

00:56:46you always raise

00:56:47your game against

00:56:48Celtic Rangers

00:56:49that game was

00:56:49live in the

00:56:50telly

00:56:50live in sky

00:56:51Dundee players

00:56:52bursting

00:56:53nothing to lose

00:56:54different game

00:56:56away to Falkirk

00:56:56bread and butter

00:56:57and I think

00:56:58Falkirk will beat

00:56:58Dundee

00:56:592-1

00:57:002-1

00:57:00I'm going to

00:57:01go 2-1

00:57:02Dundee

00:57:02what about

00:57:03you

00:57:032-1

00:57:03Falkirk

00:57:042-1

00:57:05Falkirk

00:57:05wild

00:57:06Brian Graham

00:57:06winner

00:57:07well we love

00:57:10Brian Graham

00:57:10because he comes

00:57:11into the studio

00:57:12and all our

00:57:13reporters love

00:57:14him but boy

00:57:15is he struggling

00:57:16to get the goals

00:57:17this season

00:57:18it just hasn't

00:57:18worked out

00:57:19I wonder if

00:57:20Falkirk is

00:57:21actually

00:57:21I wonder if

00:57:23the way they

00:57:23play suits

00:57:24him

00:57:24it's a step

00:57:26up again when

00:57:27you're going

00:57:27from the

00:57:27championship to

00:57:28the top flight

00:57:29coming towards

00:57:31the end of

00:57:31his career

00:57:32the demands

00:57:33of playing in

00:57:34the top flight

00:57:35are challenging

00:57:36I still think

00:57:38he's got something

00:57:38to offer

00:57:39I think you

00:57:39see that

00:57:40within games

00:57:41and within

00:57:42moments

00:57:42I think

00:57:43he'll maybe

00:57:44be utilised

00:57:44more off the

00:57:45bench rather

00:57:46as part of

00:57:47the starting

00:57:4711 but I

00:57:48think he's

00:57:48still a

00:57:49decent striker

00:57:50to have at

00:57:51their disposal

00:57:51he did a

00:57:52big part of

00:57:52Falkirk's

00:57:53won last

00:57:53week

00:57:53because

00:57:54Motherwell knew

00:57:55when the ball

00:57:55was coming

00:57:56into the box

00:57:56it was coming

00:57:57to him

00:57:57and I think

00:57:58there was

00:57:58two or three

00:57:59Motherwell players

00:58:00trying to pick

00:58:00him up

00:58:00and less

00:58:01spaces for

00:58:02Arfield

00:58:02I think

00:58:05he needs

00:58:06people to

00:58:08supply him

00:58:08he needs

00:58:09wide people

00:58:10he needs

00:58:11people putting

00:58:11quality boxes

00:58:12in the box

00:58:13he's not going

00:58:13to run away

00:58:14from anybody

00:58:14but he's

00:58:15certainly going

00:58:15to be a

00:58:16handful in

00:58:16the box

00:58:17yeah

00:58:17when you

00:58:18consider

00:58:18what he

00:58:18scored

00:58:19last

00:58:19season

00:58:19I'm

00:58:19looking

00:58:20at him

00:58:20this

00:58:20season

00:58:20he's

00:58:21got two

00:58:22goals

00:58:22and he's

00:58:23very much

00:58:24like Scott

00:58:25Arfield

00:58:25I was just

00:58:28about to say

00:58:28John McGlynn's

00:58:29using him

00:58:29experience

00:58:31within games

00:58:32and use it

00:58:33to change

00:58:33his height

00:58:34and his

00:58:35physicality

00:58:36just to

00:58:36change it

00:58:36within

00:58:37games

00:58:38but I

00:58:39am going

00:58:40to say

00:58:40Falkirk

00:58:412-1

00:58:41Livingston

00:58:43against

00:58:43Motherwell

00:58:44as we

00:58:44change

00:58:45constantly

00:58:45and I

00:58:46saw

00:58:46something

00:58:46last week

00:58:47from Falkirk

00:58:48Falkirk

00:58:51Livingston

00:58:51and Dundee

00:58:51I can't

00:58:52get away

00:58:52from those

00:58:52three

00:58:53that I

00:58:53think

00:58:53will be

00:58:53in the

00:58:53bottom

00:58:54three

00:58:54but suddenly

00:58:55it's great

00:58:57to see

00:58:57Ryan

00:58:57McGowan

00:58:58back

00:58:58he's had

00:58:58a real

00:58:59tough

00:58:59time

00:58:59and he's

00:59:01maybe not

00:59:02start this

00:59:03game

00:59:03but he's

00:59:04back in

00:59:04training

00:59:05I think

00:59:05that's a

00:59:06welcome bit

00:59:07of news

00:59:07for David

00:59:08Martindale

00:59:08but as far

00:59:09as Livingston

00:59:09against

00:59:09Motherwell

00:59:10I fear

00:59:10for Livingston

00:59:11I think

00:59:11they're

00:59:12really

00:59:12going

00:59:12to toil

00:59:12I think

00:59:13Livingston

00:59:14and Falkirk

00:59:14will be

00:59:14the two

00:59:15that will

00:59:15be battling

00:59:15at the end

00:59:16to stay

00:59:16in this

00:59:17division

00:59:17Yeah I

00:59:19think so

00:59:19far David

00:59:20Martindale

00:59:20has changed

00:59:22it up a

00:59:22wee bit

00:59:22from when

00:59:23the last

00:59:23time they

00:59:23were in

00:59:24the top

00:59:24flight

00:59:24but it's

00:59:24a tough

00:59:25ask

00:59:25you know

00:59:26what their

00:59:26budget is

00:59:27and what

00:59:28they've got

00:59:28to play

00:59:28with

00:59:29I wonder

00:59:30about

00:59:30Motherwell

00:59:31in terms

00:59:32of pressure

00:59:33accumulating

00:59:34if they don't

00:59:34go and

00:59:35get the win

00:59:36at the

00:59:37weekend

00:59:37what position

00:59:39that

00:59:39leaves them

00:59:40in

00:59:40mentally

00:59:41Livingston

00:59:42will make

00:59:43it as

00:59:43awkward

00:59:43as possible

00:59:44for them

00:59:45I don't

00:59:45think anyone

00:59:45likes playing

00:59:46through on

00:59:47that pitch

00:59:47either

00:59:47but I'm

00:59:49going to

00:59:49say Motherwell

00:59:50to win

00:59:502-1

00:59:51I'm going

00:59:52to go

00:59:53Motherwell

00:59:53to win

00:59:532-1

00:59:53I want

00:59:54to go

00:59:55one

00:59:55each

00:59:55but he'll

00:59:56not like

00:59:56me

00:59:56speak

00:59:58any

00:59:58minds

00:59:58to

00:59:59each

00:59:59I'm

01:00:01going to

01:00:04go for

01:00:043-2

01:00:07Motherwell

01:00:07I can

01:00:08see a lot

01:00:09of goals

01:00:09in this

01:00:09game

01:00:09I think

01:00:09Livingston

01:00:10will

01:00:10go and

01:00:10really

01:00:11get after

01:00:11Motherwell

01:00:12and pressure

01:00:12them

01:00:13and I think

01:00:14if Motherwell

01:00:14do break

01:00:15through them

01:00:15they've got

01:00:15the quality

01:00:16to go and

01:00:16open Livingston

01:00:17up

01:00:17but at the

01:00:17other end

01:00:17I think

01:00:18Livingston

01:00:18can set

01:00:18pieces

01:00:19physicality

01:00:20and they can

01:00:21play as well

01:00:21Livingston

01:00:22I think

01:00:22they'll cause

01:00:22Motherwell

01:00:23problems

01:00:23so

01:00:23highest

01:00:24going

01:00:24game

01:00:24for me

01:00:253-2

01:00:25Motherwell

01:00:25Isn't it

01:00:26just as we

01:00:26finish

01:00:27Tam

01:00:28it's indicative

01:00:29of

01:00:29how people

01:00:31view

01:00:31football

01:00:32we love to

01:00:33see

01:00:34at times

01:00:34we can be

01:00:35a little bit

01:00:35snobby about

01:00:36it but like

01:00:37the purists

01:00:37we want to

01:00:38see free

01:00:39flowing

01:00:39football

01:00:39Motherwell

01:00:40are providing

01:00:41it but it's

01:00:41not winning

01:00:41football

01:00:42and then the

01:00:43Rangers team

01:00:43the Rangers fans

01:00:45just want to

01:00:45see winning

01:00:46football right

01:00:47now

01:00:47they'll get

01:00:47out of the

01:00:48get it

01:00:48just win

01:00:49games

01:00:49I think

01:00:50that cycle

01:00:50is starting

01:00:51to turn

01:00:51again

01:00:51I've noticed

01:00:53it in

01:00:53England

01:00:53they're talking

01:00:54about

01:00:54Sean Dyche

01:00:55coming back

01:00:56in and

01:00:56they're talking

01:00:56about longer

01:00:57passes

01:00:57longer balls

01:00:58and I think

01:00:59in terms of

01:01:01Livingston

01:01:01and Motherwell

01:01:01there's probably

01:01:02two contrasting

01:01:03styles

01:01:03but you've

01:01:04just got to

01:01:05win games

01:01:05as a

01:01:05football

01:01:05as a

01:01:05manager

01:01:06you know

01:01:06there's guys

01:01:07getting sacked

01:01:08after 8 games

01:01:09in England

01:01:09there's guys

01:01:09getting sacked

01:01:10after 8 games

01:01:10up here

01:01:11you've got to

01:01:13find a solution

01:01:13you've got to

01:01:14find a situation

01:01:15where you're

01:01:15winning games

01:01:16and if you

01:01:16don't it

01:01:17doesn't matter

01:01:17how you play

01:01:17you've just

01:01:18got to win

01:01:18yeah

01:01:19absolutely

01:01:20the difference

01:01:21between a

01:01:22long ball

01:01:23and a

01:01:23long pass

01:01:24Ruffy

01:01:24is Pep

01:01:25Guardiola

01:01:26and Sean Dyche

01:01:26well

01:01:27that is

01:01:29that is

01:01:30Pep Guardiola

01:01:30if one of his

01:01:31players

01:01:32would say it

01:01:32was a long

01:01:33pass

01:01:33if Sean Dyche

01:01:34said oh

01:01:34he's just

01:01:34scalped up

01:01:34with Pat

01:01:35Longbow

01:01:35well

01:01:35honestly you

01:01:36have summed

01:01:37it up

01:01:37brilliantly

01:01:37I was

01:01:38going to

01:01:38go a

01:01:39little bit

01:01:39longer

01:01:40round the

01:01:40round about

01:01:41Ruffy

01:01:41and say

01:01:42if you're

01:01:43Chris

01:01:43Hodel

01:01:43Glenn

01:01:44Hoddle

01:01:45Paul

01:01:45Gascoigne

01:01:46or Paul

01:01:46McStay

01:01:47it's a

01:01:47long pass

01:01:48but if you

01:01:49are some

01:01:49of the

01:01:50workman

01:01:50like guys

01:01:51that we're

01:01:51seeing

01:01:51in the

01:01:53middle of

01:01:53the park

01:01:53it's a

01:01:54hoof up

01:01:54the park

01:01:55and then

01:01:55see if you

01:01:56can get

01:01:56on the

01:01:56second

01:01:57ball

01:01:57but listen

01:01:58winning

01:01:59is the

01:02:00only thing

01:02:01that matters

01:02:01give us

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01:02:03give us

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01:02:10at the

01:02:11Puskas Arena

01:02:11well worth it

01:02:12don't miss

01:02:13Tam and

01:02:14Cara Henderson

01:02:14dissecting the

01:02:16teams the

01:02:16formation for

01:02:17the big

01:02:17match preview

01:02:18of the

01:02:18biggest game

01:02:19of the

01:02:19weekend

01:02:20and that's

01:02:21at

01:02:21Tynecastle

01:02:21Hearts

01:02:22against Celtic

01:02:22is this

01:02:23the moment

01:02:25when Hearts

01:02:25just post their

01:02:26series

01:02:27intent

01:02:27to win

01:02:29the title

01:02:29to go

01:02:308 points

01:02:31clear of

01:02:31Celtic

01:02:31or

01:02:32will

01:02:33Brendan

01:02:33load all

01:02:34the players

01:02:35into the

01:02:35Range Rover

01:02:36sport

01:02:36and suddenly

01:02:37deliver another

01:02:38performance to

01:02:39get a win

01:02:39in the

01:02:40cauldron of

01:02:41Tynecastle

01:02:41it's all

01:02:42to look

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