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00:00:30Welcome to the football show on PLZ Soccer's YouTube channel. I'm Peter Martin, Alan Ruff and Alison McConnell are with me and of course you know exactly what's happening over the next 24 hours. The Joker has joined us and the good news is Ali, he did actually go out like that with his wife. What was your wife dressed as?

00:00:49Ali Quinn, yeah. And he does look menacing though, doesn't he? Indeed, more menacing than normal. Yeah, absolutely. I have to tell you, you look absolutely fantastic, Tam, just in case anybody's wondering who the hell it is next to us.

00:01:02So, if Tam says something really, really provocative, opinionated, it's going to look mightily diluted, Ali. Is that fair?

00:01:14That is more than fair. I think one of us got a different memo than everyone else.

00:01:19But it's a point to be your three's lack of effort, to be honest, on Halloween.

00:01:23We did great.

00:01:24It's poor.

00:01:25I thought we were getting dressed up.

00:01:27The other thing, Ruffey, I mean we were laughing about it in there, but we actually did get dressed up for Halloween for one of the shows and I was dressed up as a Grim Reaper.

00:01:36And Craig Levine gets sacked within an hour of his going on here. So we had to go in and wash all our face and take the gear off and try and look serious.

00:01:44But let's hope, because Scottish football just keeps on giving, let's hope nobody is sacked during this show.

00:01:52Simple as that.

00:01:53Although, Tam, I have to say to you, if we had been sitting here last week and said,

00:02:01Brendan's gone and Martin O'Neill's back, you wouldn't have believed it.

00:02:05No, he wouldn't have. I mean, to be honest, he'd never seen that coming in a million years.

00:02:11But to be honest with you, he's a safe pair of hands and I think him coming in with Sean Maloney,

00:02:15I think they've got off to a good start the other night, 4-0.

00:02:17And if they can keep that up, then you might get the job full-time.

00:02:21I know he's talking about just being on an interim basis, but if they go and beat Rangers,

00:02:24there might be a clamour for them to get it to the end of the season, to be honest.

00:02:26Yeah, I mean, there's no great rush.

00:02:29I think Celtic would be quite happy that they've got a steady pair of hands in Martin O'Neill just sitting in there.

00:02:35Yeah, he's a good conduit just now between the boardroom and the support, given everything that's going on.

00:02:42Had it just been a Sean Maloney announcement for the interim,

00:02:45I think it would have further inflamed tensions and current tensions that we've seen across the last few months.

00:02:51I don't think they're not going to dissipate.

00:02:53You saw the protests prior to the game against Falkirk on Wednesday evening.

00:02:57They won't go away.

00:02:58However, I do think that Martin O'Neill is a fairly steady pair of hands.

00:03:04He's come in.

00:03:05People that I've spoke to in the aftermath of Wednesday's game felt as though the football was slightly different,

00:03:11that it was a bit more direct to the early to judge, I would say, just on the back of one performance.

00:03:16But it was notable that it's the first time that Celtic had scored four goals in a league game all season, I think.

00:03:22So, obviously, a very clear remit about how they went to play.

00:03:26He'll be judged on the course of the campaign rather than over individual games.

00:03:29It's a huge game on Sunday afternoon for them at Hamden, whatever way you look at it.

00:03:36But for now, it just steadies it.

00:03:38You're right.

00:03:39There shouldn't be any rush because it's a hugely important appointment.

00:03:43It has to be a popular appointment in terms of trying to bring together a support that are up in arms at the minute

00:03:51and that's unlikely to quell any noise.

00:03:53The one thing that will dial that down is putting a winning team on the park.

00:03:57But the other thing about it, which is going to be so, so difficult to call in this game, Ruffy,

00:04:01is each manager's approach to it.

00:04:04Because if there's one thing you have to compliment Danny Rule on,

00:04:07which is an immediate observation, is that he's got them organised.

00:04:12You know, they're tight, compact at times.

00:04:14It was always going to be one of those kind of not a match filled with excitement at Easter Road.

00:04:21And so it turned out, and he'd have been happy with that.

00:04:22It was broken up quite a lot of the time with niggling fouls.

00:04:25But everybody seemed to be working their socks off and knew exactly what they were doing.

00:04:30Yeah, he's been quite good in the PR department as well.

00:04:33He's sort of worked on the supporters, you know, going over to them after a game,

00:04:37keeping them involved, you know, getting the players over.

00:04:40So he's gone into the game with the supporters getting right behind the team,

00:04:44which is always important.

00:04:46But yeah, I think winning always breeds a bit of confidence.

00:04:49And so both of them will be getting into this game with a wee bit of confidence.

00:04:52Yeah.

00:04:52One thing that I think, you know, when you think about Martin O'Neill and the type of player that he likes to play, Tam,

00:04:59if there's one thing that I know you'll be saying to the backline is you're not footballers.

00:05:04You just head the ball clear, out of the box, kick it as far away as possible,

00:05:07or kick it to someone who can play.

00:05:10Yeah, listen, I played against Martin O'Neill's teams in the early 2000s

00:05:13and without doubt it was the biggest team I've ever played.

00:05:16You know, I remember coming out the tunnel one day and just,

00:05:18they were an enormous, massive team.

00:05:19Set pieces were really important for them.

00:05:22They were quite direct.

00:05:23They didn't just lump it up the part, but they got plenty of crosses in the box.

00:05:26You know, whether that was Alan Thompson or Didier Agath into your strikers.

00:05:29So, yeah, I think that he will probably go a little bit more direct

00:05:32to try and get more balls into the box.

00:05:35And you've seen that the other night, Peter, you know,

00:05:36he scored two or three goals from crosses into the box.

00:05:39Johnny Kenny got a couple of goals.

00:05:41So, yeah, I think you will see, you'll see less time,

00:05:44kind of scales and whoever the other centre-back has trusted,

00:05:47less time with him on the ball, less passes with him.

00:05:49They'll get it forward, they'll get it wide early,

00:05:50and they'll get the ball into the box earlier.

00:05:52And our team of journalists, Ali, as you know,

00:05:54always try and just see if they can throw a fish out there

00:05:58and see if anybody will bite on it.

00:05:59They were obviously looking for a quote from Martin today

00:06:03on the comments he made on TalkSport about Rangers being so far out of it.

00:06:07And that was also put to Danny Rule today to see if he was going to bite.

00:06:11Will the players be motivated by Martin O'Neill's comments?

00:06:14First, big respect to such a coaching career.

00:06:18I think this is always great as a manager.

00:06:20When you work so long in this business and you are successful,

00:06:23I think this is great.

00:06:25I'm just at the beginning of my career.

00:06:27I have a lot of work to do to come to this point and from this year.

00:06:33But the good thing is we start by 0-0, different generations,

00:06:37and let's see what we can bring with our teams in this game.

00:06:41I think it's, for me, it's always important to focus on myself.

00:06:45I'm not the coach to look too much to other teams

00:06:49because you have to do a lot of works at the moment.

00:06:53You have to do a lot of things right here.

00:06:55My focus is on my team.

00:06:58What other coaches set around is, for me, not so important.

00:07:02It's not necessary to have such a role for motivation.

00:07:05My teams are, or my players, are really motivated for such a game.

00:07:08Raffi Jock-Wallace used to say,

00:07:11hands up if anybody needs a wee bit of motivation here for Rangers.

00:07:15And if anybody put their hand up, they were out of the team.

00:07:18You don't need to be motivated when you're playing for Celtic and Rangers.

00:07:21No, you don't have to.

00:07:22As soon as you put that jersey on, that's all that matters.

00:07:24You want to go out there for your teammates.

00:07:26You want to do well, firstly for them, obviously,

00:07:29then the supporters.

00:07:30So, I think at the weekend,

00:07:32I think Rangers have got a wee bit of sign over Celtic in these big games.

00:07:37So, it's up to Celtic to prove that they can come out and turn that around.

00:07:40Yeah, of course, everybody was alluding to Martin's last period in charge

00:07:44when he started off with quite a lot of people suggesting that,

00:07:49as far as Martin and Neil Celtic were concerned,

00:07:51it was going to take them five years to try and close that gap

00:07:54on Dick Advocat's Rangers side.

00:07:57It didn't take too long.

00:07:58There was a game at Celtic Park.

00:08:00Celtic raced into a three-goal lead,

00:08:03and it turned out to be an absolute thriller,

00:08:04ending 6-2.

00:08:06This is what Martin had to say today

00:08:08when he was speaking to the assembled members of the press.

00:08:11Replicating that 6-2 game might be extremely difficult.

00:08:15I'd settle for a really lousy 1-0 victory.

00:08:18I've obviously got fond memories.

00:08:20It was a real springboard that season.

00:08:22This is a really big game for us.

00:08:24I don't disguise that at all.

00:08:25It's a semi-final.

00:08:27It's a big match for us.

00:08:28Any Celtic versus Rangers game is a big game,

00:08:30particularly given the circumstances of recent days,

00:08:34if not weeks.

00:08:35And let's not forget that Celtic under Brendan Rodgers

00:08:39did not have a good record in the last year or so against Rangers.

00:08:43You could take Rangers out of that equation.

00:08:46Over the last year, you would struggle to see

00:08:48and pinpoint a big game where Celtic turned up,

00:08:52a big game that they won.

00:08:53Other than maybe the performance against Bayern Munich.

00:08:56Obviously, they didn't get the win,

00:08:57but there was a good performance there overall.

00:08:58Other than that, if you think about the games

00:09:01they fell short in, they fell short at Ibrox

00:09:03in the festive game.

00:09:06Again, when they played the Barry Ferguson's Rangers

00:09:08at Celtic Park, go back to the Scottish Cup final

00:09:10against Rangers at Ibrox earlier this season

00:09:13at a point where Rangers were in real disarray.

00:09:16It was chaotic.

00:09:17It was very stagnant from Celtic.

00:09:19So I think these players also have an opportunity

00:09:23to step up on Sunday.

00:09:25There's an interesting question, I think,

00:09:27ahead of Sunday's game about which manager

00:09:29and which club is under the most pressure

00:09:32going into this one.

00:09:34When you look at the background

00:09:35of the last couple of weeks,

00:09:37which team needs it most?

00:09:40And I think sometimes that's the team that prevails.

00:09:42Well, that's a good question.

00:09:43Tam, can you answer it?

00:09:44I think it's just as big a game as any, Peter,

00:09:48in terms of an all-firm game.

00:09:51Obviously Celtic going into it,

00:09:53well behind Hartzell or Rangers at the minute.

00:09:56I don't think any team necessarily is more desperate

00:09:59to win the game.

00:09:59I think both are.

00:10:00Both will be favourites.

00:10:01Obviously, if they win this game,

00:10:03they'll get into the final against Motherwell,

00:10:04they'll be heavy favourites.

00:10:06But I don't see, you know, for Danny Rowe,

00:10:09you know, I was impressed with him the other night.

00:10:10He changed the system.

00:10:12It was a real battling performance from Rangers

00:10:15and they didn't really care about going forward.

00:10:18They sat in a nice low block

00:10:19and they were really, really strong and solid.

00:10:20So I think they'll do that again against Celtic

00:10:22at the weekend.

00:10:23I think they'll make Celtic break them down.

00:10:25And I don't think Danny Rowe will be worried

00:10:29about how he wins the game.

00:10:30Particularly against Hibs as well, Peter.

00:10:31You know, I don't think Rangers were great.

00:10:33I thought Hibs were toothless up front,

00:10:35but Rangers got the result.

00:10:36I don't think he's bothering about how pretty it is.

00:10:39And if Celtic can go and get after them

00:10:41and get the first goal,

00:10:42they'd probably have to come out.

00:10:43So, no, I don't see who the favourite is in this game

00:10:46or who's more desperate to win it.

00:10:47It's an old-firm semi-final, Peter.

00:10:49They both will be desperate to win it.

00:10:50I think if you're looking for a blame game, though,

00:10:52I mean, Danny Rowe is in the early embryonic stages

00:10:55of his managerial career.

00:10:57He'd love to get that win.

00:10:58If you were looking for, suddenly at the end of it,

00:11:00somebody actually getting more angry than others,

00:11:02the Rangers fans are looking and saying,

00:11:04right, this is the start of something

00:11:05like what we've witnessed over the last couple of games.

00:11:09But then, you know, you look at Celtic

00:11:12and the Celtic fans would just go,

00:11:14this is all the board's doing.

00:11:15Yeah, I think Celtic,

00:11:17the question Alison's put out there,

00:11:18I think Celtic need to win it more than Rangers.

00:11:21If Celtic don't win it,

00:11:22we know what's going to happen.

00:11:23The protests are going to continue.

00:11:24There was a couple of thousand outside the Falkirk game.

00:11:27That's going to get bigger and bigger.

00:11:29They're not going to go away.

00:11:30And we've already all agreed

00:11:32the only way for these things to go away

00:11:34is to win games.

00:11:35So if they don't win the semi-final,

00:11:37it's just going to kick off again.

00:11:38I think you're right with Rangers.

00:11:40You know, they've got a new guy in there.

00:11:42He's winning games.

00:11:43You don't hear anybody talking about

00:11:44the people upstairs now.

00:11:47They've got off the hook now

00:11:48because a new manager comes in.

00:11:50He's turned it around a wee bit.

00:11:52So for me, Celtic need to win the game.

00:11:54Yeah, I was just looking there

00:11:55and I was trying to get back to it, Alison.

00:11:57Trying to look at the line-ups

00:11:59because this is the key to it.

00:12:01How both managers are going to approach it.

00:12:04It was a 4-3-3.

00:12:05And again, no surprise,

00:12:07Martin O'Neill wasn't looking towards youth.

00:12:09He just wanted to make sure

00:12:10he was going to get experience in there,

00:12:13get the result,

00:12:15start to,

00:12:16even if you listen to him afterward,

00:12:18instill a bit of confidence in players

00:12:20that basically being told

00:12:21they were nothing short of mediocre.

00:12:22So he had Ralph St. Trusty was back in,

00:12:25scales,

00:12:26so he wasn't really caring about the balance

00:12:27that Brendan Rodgers had said to me

00:12:29on the Sunday.

00:12:30Then Sirachi,

00:12:32no Tierney.

00:12:34He was really good.

00:12:35Engels,

00:12:35McGregor,

00:12:36Negrin,

00:12:37then Forrest,

00:12:38Kenny,

00:12:39and Tonecki.

00:12:40And you wonder

00:12:41if the main dilemma for him will be,

00:12:45okay,

00:12:46that was us,

00:12:47solid,

00:12:48but a little bit more direct,

00:12:50but you wonder if Maida

00:12:52can give him 90 minutes

00:12:53or at least give him 60 or 75

00:12:55that could be telling.

00:12:57If Maida is fit

00:12:58and they think he's capable of something,

00:13:00I think he starts.

00:13:01I think he's just,

00:13:03he's caused so many problems

00:13:04for Rangers

00:13:05over the course of his Celtic career.

00:13:07I think he's a player who spooks

00:13:09that Rangers backline with his pace

00:13:11and you've seen

00:13:12how Celtic at points

00:13:13have utilised that

00:13:14to great effect

00:13:15in this fixture.

00:13:17For me,

00:13:17if he's fit

00:13:18and they believe

00:13:19he's capable of starting,

00:13:21I think he goes straight back in

00:13:22to the starting line-up.

00:13:23And when I saw

00:13:25that he came off the bench

00:13:26the other night,

00:13:26I did wonder if that was why.

00:13:27Just get a few minutes in

00:13:28so that you're in a position

00:13:30to go and play

00:13:31on Sunday.

00:13:32There was no huge surprise

00:13:34to me

00:13:35that a Martin O'Neill team

00:13:36went with experience

00:13:38over putting kids in again.

00:13:41I thought it was sensible.

00:13:43Celtic needed a result

00:13:44on Wednesday night.

00:13:45They needed to win the game.

00:13:47They needed just to settle down

00:13:49after obviously

00:13:49the defeats to Dundee,

00:13:51the defeats to Hearts

00:13:51and then all the oddness really,

00:13:54the surreal nature

00:13:54of the 48 hours

00:13:56that had gone before it

00:13:56with the resignation

00:13:58of Brendan Rodgers

00:13:59and Martin O'Neill coming in.

00:14:00It just needed to be

00:14:01a focus on entirely

00:14:03what was going on

00:14:04on the park

00:14:05and a bit of positivity

00:14:06to draw from it

00:14:08ahead of going to Hamden.

00:14:10There's no great mystery

00:14:11about how Martin O'Neill

00:14:13sets up teams

00:14:14and what he goes with.

00:14:16Everyone here will know

00:14:17and can anticipate

00:14:18how he'll set teams up.

00:14:20The big thing

00:14:20and the big question

00:14:22for me is

00:14:23how now

00:14:23he has such a fantastic

00:14:25reputation

00:14:26in terms of

00:14:28motivating players

00:14:30and getting the best

00:14:31out of them.

00:14:32What will be interesting

00:14:33for me is how

00:14:34those methods translate

00:14:35in a modern dressing room

00:14:37and whether or not

00:14:38he gets an immediate tune

00:14:39out of the Celtic team.

00:14:40Well that's him

00:14:41as a motivator.

00:14:42Danny O'Reill

00:14:42as a motivator

00:14:43we don't know

00:14:44but I'd love to be

00:14:45I'll tell you one thing

00:14:46he is

00:14:46he's animated

00:14:47in the track side

00:14:48a lot more

00:14:48than Russell Martin was

00:14:50but it'd be interesting

00:14:52I'd love to be

00:14:52a fly on the wall

00:14:53to see the type

00:14:54of direction

00:14:55that he gives him

00:14:55he'll certainly be

00:14:56as most Germans

00:14:57you know

00:14:58this is the way

00:14:59we want to play

00:15:00in the formation

00:15:01this is your role

00:15:02but I wonder

00:15:02how he's putting it

00:15:03across

00:15:03I look at that team

00:15:04and I wonder

00:15:05will Tavernier start?

00:15:07You've got Butland

00:15:08then Jiga

00:15:09Suter

00:15:10and Cornelius

00:15:11and then it was

00:15:12Max Ahrens

00:15:13Connor Barron

00:15:13Nico Raskin

00:15:14Magoma

00:15:15and then Danilo

00:15:16Cermiti

00:15:17and Mikey Moore

00:15:18I think Barron

00:15:18is suspended

00:15:19I think Barron

00:15:20is out

00:15:20so I think

00:15:21Diamandi will come in

00:15:22I thought they

00:15:22probably rested him

00:15:23for that game

00:15:23and I said

00:15:25at the other night

00:15:26I thought that

00:15:26Rangers possibly rested

00:15:27three or four

00:15:28against Hibs

00:15:29I know he's trying

00:15:30to look at different

00:15:30players and different

00:15:31systems but

00:15:32I didn't think

00:15:33that was Rangers

00:15:33the strongest team

00:15:34and I think

00:15:34that Gassamer

00:15:35will definitely

00:15:35come back in

00:15:36Miofsky

00:15:36I think Miofsky

00:15:38could possibly come in

00:15:38for Cermiti

00:15:39and I think

00:15:41Tavenier will come back

00:15:42in

00:15:42the skipper

00:15:42will come back in

00:15:43but I thought

00:15:43the three at the back

00:15:44really suited Rangers

00:15:45I thought they were

00:15:45much more solid at the back

00:15:47Magoma

00:15:48I thought was excellent

00:15:49on the left hand side

00:15:50I think

00:15:51if you're a left back

00:15:52or a left wing back

00:15:53and you've got three

00:15:54sitting behind you

00:15:55you're more confident

00:15:56going forward Peter

00:15:56you don't think

00:15:56they're going to get

00:15:57caught out

00:15:57because you've got

00:15:58three sitting back there

00:15:59so I thought

00:15:59that suited him

00:16:00a lot better

00:16:00he was good going forward

00:16:02but

00:16:02I think that Rangers

00:16:04I think Danny Rall

00:16:05in particular

00:16:06as a manager

00:16:06you could see

00:16:07some of his ideas

00:16:08were starting to get

00:16:09across the other night

00:16:09I thought the game

00:16:10you mentioned

00:16:11that you touched on

00:16:11at the start

00:16:12was very bitty

00:16:13a lot of fills

00:16:13but every time

00:16:14a Hibs player broke away

00:16:15Rangers player filled him

00:16:16and I don't think

00:16:17that's coincidence

00:16:18I don't think

00:16:19that's just

00:16:19what just happened

00:16:20I think that's him

00:16:21and his coaching staff

00:16:22saying

00:16:22if we're behind

00:16:23if we're under the cosh

00:16:24and somebody's on the breakaway

00:16:26take a fill

00:16:26take a yellow card

00:16:27I remember working

00:16:28with Rainer Bonhoff

00:16:29with Scotland under 21s

00:16:31he was exactly the same

00:16:32if somebody's breaking

00:16:33take a card

00:16:34it was just

00:16:35a German coaching thing

00:16:36so I thought

00:16:37they were solid

00:16:38really really solid

00:16:39at the back bar

00:16:39Hibs is penalty

00:16:40Hibs never looked like scoring

00:16:41so

00:16:41I think if you're

00:16:43a Ranger supporter

00:16:43you're looking for a manager

00:16:44to now get the best

00:16:45out of this team

00:16:46and play them

00:16:46in the system

00:16:47that suits the players

00:16:48and I think

00:16:49Danny Roll

00:16:50done that to a tee

00:16:50the other night

00:16:51yeah the other thing

00:16:52I was impressed with

00:16:53you

00:16:53Alec Ray said it

00:16:54on Monday

00:16:55Danilo is the most

00:16:56natural finisher

00:16:57in the club

00:16:59he did call it

00:17:00yeah well

00:17:01he's been in and out

00:17:02obviously not

00:17:03established for himself

00:17:04he came with a high

00:17:05high regard

00:17:06for everywhere he'd been

00:17:07we saw wee glimpses

00:17:09of it here and there

00:17:10and then

00:17:10he disappeared off the scene

00:17:12for a wee bit

00:17:12and now he's back in

00:17:14he's scored two goals

00:17:15now he's obviously

00:17:16confident

00:17:16you would think

00:17:18he would try and find

00:17:18a way or a place

00:17:19for him to play

00:17:20but I think we're all

00:17:22just waiting to see

00:17:23you know

00:17:23were these players

00:17:24getting rotated

00:17:25or were they injured

00:17:27or whatever

00:17:27so team lines

00:17:28are going to be

00:17:29very very important

00:17:30but for me

00:17:30it's all about Rangers

00:17:32if Rangers go ahead

00:17:33they look great

00:17:34if they go behind

00:17:35they don't look great

00:17:36so it's important

00:17:37for them to score first

00:17:38yeah

00:17:39if I was calling

00:17:40a game of this

00:17:41nature

00:17:42as to what

00:17:43the Celtic fans

00:17:44and Rangers fans

00:17:45would like to see

00:17:46you're looking for

00:17:48you're definitely

00:17:49going to be looking

00:17:49for a set piece

00:17:50that could end

00:17:51and I think it's

00:17:51going to be so tight

00:17:52if you're a Celtic fan

00:17:53you're hoping Maida plays

00:17:54I don't think

00:17:55I

00:17:56the Aloy scored

00:17:57in midweek

00:17:59against Falkirk

00:17:59I don't think

00:18:00Johnny Kenny

00:18:01is at the level

00:18:02for this game

00:18:03he might get the nod

00:18:05I'd be amazed

00:18:06if he did

00:18:06if he gets the nod

00:18:07I would suspect

00:18:08it's because Maida

00:18:09just isn't fit enough

00:18:10to start

00:18:10and it's a case

00:18:11of maybe bringing him on

00:18:12for the last 15-20 minutes

00:18:14and seeing if he can

00:18:15give you something

00:18:16I'd tend to agree with you

00:18:17Kenny

00:18:18showed up well

00:18:20on Wednesday night

00:18:20against Falkirk

00:18:21and no disrespect

00:18:22to Falkirk

00:18:23but the magnitude

00:18:23of Sunday's game

00:18:24is a step up

00:18:26in terms of

00:18:27the quality of opposition

00:18:28but also to the magnitude

00:18:30and enormity

00:18:31of the occasion

00:18:32Maida

00:18:33has been over the course

00:18:35so many times

00:18:36he has the experience

00:18:37of playing

00:18:38high profile games

00:18:40of playing against

00:18:40Rangers

00:18:41and also of scoring

00:18:43big goals

00:18:44for Celtic

00:18:44he's turned up

00:18:45on the big occasion

00:18:46and this is a problem

00:18:48really

00:18:48I suppose

00:18:49that we've debated

00:18:50for so long

00:18:51over the last couple of months

00:18:52when you look at

00:18:52the Celtic squad

00:18:53there is such a paucity

00:18:55of attacking players

00:18:56at the disposal

00:18:57of any manager

00:18:58who's in there

00:18:58I think if you ask

00:18:59most centre-halves

00:19:00they'd rather play

00:19:01against a Kenny

00:19:01than an immediate Maida

00:19:03they would rather play

00:19:05against a big guy

00:19:06who's physical

00:19:07so they can combate

00:19:08their physicality

00:19:10against them

00:19:10and that suits them

00:19:11they don't want

00:19:12a wee guy

00:19:12buzzing about

00:19:13and being half a yard

00:19:14shorter than them

00:19:15and outdoing them

00:19:16for pace

00:19:17so Maida

00:19:18was an interesting one

00:19:20I think

00:19:20Martin O'Neill

00:19:21had said

00:19:21the physio

00:19:22had said

00:19:22you can get him

00:19:23for 25 minutes

00:19:24but no more

00:19:25so it depends

00:19:26how much

00:19:26they're actually

00:19:27going to say to him

00:19:27on the day

00:19:28start them

00:19:30and he'll maybe

00:19:30give you 60

00:19:31but you have to

00:19:31prepare to put

00:19:32Kenny on

00:19:33James Tavernier

00:19:35certainly doesn't

00:19:36like a Maida

00:19:37does he?

00:19:38No

00:19:38I think that

00:19:40he's terrorised

00:19:41James Tavernier

00:19:42over the last

00:19:43couple of seasons

00:19:44and listen

00:19:45Hamden's a huge pitch

00:19:46it really is

00:19:47and Maida's pace

00:19:48and the space

00:19:49that Rangers

00:19:49could leave in behind

00:19:50would be perfect

00:19:51for him

00:19:52but as Alison said

00:19:53I think with

00:19:54Johnny Kenny

00:19:55getting the two goals

00:19:55the other night

00:19:55his confidence

00:19:56will be high

00:19:56I think he will

00:19:57probably start the game

00:19:58but he's now

00:20:00got a few more

00:20:01options

00:20:01because obviously

00:20:02Maida's back

00:20:02fit again

00:20:03James Forrest

00:20:03played well

00:20:04the other night

00:20:04but I think

00:20:05James Forrest

00:20:05is more

00:20:06an impact sub

00:20:07maybe 20-25

00:20:08minutes coming

00:20:09off the bench

00:20:09but he was

00:20:10excellent

00:20:10the other night

00:20:10took his

00:20:10opportunities

00:20:11so if Celtic

00:20:13played the same

00:20:1411 it wouldn't

00:20:15surprise me

00:20:15because Martin

00:20:16Leone was pretty

00:20:16consistent as we

00:20:17know back in the

00:20:17day

00:20:17if a team was

00:20:18winning and doing

00:20:19well for him

00:20:19he kept with

00:20:20the same pool

00:20:21of players

00:20:21I think he's

00:20:22got to go

00:20:22tried and trusted

00:20:23the difficulty

00:20:24now and this

00:20:24is where we've

00:20:25got to call it

00:20:26Ruffey

00:20:26who wins it?

00:20:29I've already

00:20:30touched on it

00:20:30and I think

00:20:31the first team

00:20:32that scores

00:20:32will win the

00:20:33game

00:20:33there's not many

00:20:34times that the

00:20:35teams come from

00:20:35behind in these

00:20:36particularly the

00:20:37way the two

00:20:37teams are now

00:20:38none of them

00:20:38is way ahead

00:20:39of each other

00:20:41so I think the

00:20:42first goal is a

00:20:43really important

00:20:44one

00:20:44it'll lift one

00:20:46side of the

00:20:47game and the

00:20:48players will be

00:20:49up for it

00:20:49I just think

00:20:50Rangers players

00:20:51have showed

00:20:52if they don't

00:20:53go ahead

00:20:53they go into

00:20:54a wee shell

00:20:54and they find

00:20:55it difficult to

00:20:56deal with

00:20:56it might be

00:20:56different with

00:20:57a new manager

00:20:57but no

00:20:59first goal for

00:21:00me is an

00:21:00important one

00:21:01Celtic 2-1

00:21:03I thought you

00:21:04were asking

00:21:05I didn't know

00:21:06you were on a

00:21:06prediction

00:21:07we didn't want

00:21:07a long win

00:21:08Celtic 2-1

00:21:11Celtic 2-1

00:21:12Ali

00:21:13on current

00:21:14evidence it's

00:21:15very difficult

00:21:16to separate

00:21:17them

00:21:17neither have

00:21:19been particularly

00:21:19convincing in the

00:21:21lead up to this

00:21:21game both

00:21:23showing massive

00:21:25changes in

00:21:26personnel in

00:21:27terms of the

00:21:28dugouts across

00:21:28the last couple

00:21:29of weeks both

00:21:30winning midweek

00:21:31I'm going to

00:21:33say Celtic 2-1

00:21:35I think Martin

00:21:36O'Neill might

00:21:37give them a bit

00:21:38of a bounce

00:21:39but I think it's

00:21:41an enormously

00:21:41difficult game

00:21:42on evidence

00:21:43that's presented

00:21:44in front of you

00:21:44of both teams

00:21:45there's so little

00:21:47between them

00:21:48just now in terms

00:21:48of quality

00:21:49I think Celtic

00:21:50just edge it

00:21:50with players

00:21:51who can come up

00:21:53with big moments

00:21:53again it's a

00:21:58difficult one to

00:21:58call it really

00:21:59is I think

00:22:00Celtic are still

00:22:00marginally a

00:22:01better team than

00:22:01Rangers I think

00:22:03that Celtic have

00:22:03marginally got

00:22:04better players

00:22:05I agree with Ali

00:22:05I think Martin

00:22:06O'Neill might

00:22:06come in and

00:22:06give them a

00:22:07wee bit of a

00:22:07boost but there

00:22:08won't be much

00:22:08in it I think

00:22:09extra time

00:22:09penalties huge

00:22:11possibility I

00:22:13will Celtic to

00:22:14nick it in extra

00:22:14time 2-1

00:22:15The big thing

00:22:17for Rangers is

00:22:17stopping Callum

00:22:18McGregor we saw

00:22:20Hearts doing it

00:22:21with Evelyn and

00:22:21people coming

00:22:22into his space

00:22:23if Rangers can

00:22:24stop him for

00:22:25controlling the

00:22:26game they've got

00:22:27a chance

00:22:27Well I may as

00:22:29well buck the

00:22:29trend Rangers to

00:22:30win it in penalties

00:22:31and I think it'll

00:22:32be one of those

00:22:33games where

00:22:34eventually in the

00:22:34press box Alison

00:22:36just looks at me

00:22:37and thinks we're

00:22:39going to extra

00:22:39time I'm raging

00:22:40I'm going to be

00:22:41here till midnight

00:22:42and she'll look at

00:22:43me as if it's my

00:22:44fault and I'll

00:22:45feel like a piece

00:22:46of dirt on her

00:22:46shoe and I just

00:22:47have to get on

00:22:48with it Ruffy

00:22:49That'll be when

00:22:50Peter's sitting

00:22:50watching the game

00:22:51and not doing any

00:22:52work

00:22:52Yes Ali

00:22:56Ali for my

00:22:597000th Rangers

00:23:01Celtic game I

00:23:02think you're

00:23:03absolutely right

00:23:03You've never been

00:23:04at a Rangers

00:23:05Celtic game when

00:23:06Peter can actually

00:23:07impersonate working

00:23:08when not on his

00:23:09computer

00:23:10He's a bubble

00:23:11He's a bubble

00:23:12He's a bubble

00:23:13Still my favourite

00:23:15Still my favourite

00:23:16game by the way

00:23:17I have to tell you

00:23:17I get a lot of

00:23:18abuse at those

00:23:19games under normal

00:23:20circumstances

00:23:20That's why I'm

00:23:21not sitting next

00:23:21This is the other

00:23:22thing because what

00:23:23usually happens

00:23:24you go into the

00:23:25press room you

00:23:26go into the press

00:23:26box it's just

00:23:28your Donald Duck

00:23:29where you're

00:23:30sitting so on

00:23:31this occasion the

00:23:33press officer

00:23:34decided to put me

00:23:35and Ruffy right

00:23:36over in the

00:23:36corner on the

00:23:37left hand side

00:23:38so we're the

00:23:39only two right

00:23:40next to the

00:23:41Rangers fans and

00:23:44they let me have

00:23:45it and then they

00:23:47let Ruffy have it

00:23:48obviously Ruffy was

00:23:49going through a

00:23:49difficult time with

00:23:50his weight so they

00:23:51were mentioning that

00:23:52so they I kid you

00:23:54not they absolutely

00:23:55battered us and

00:23:57then eventually

00:23:58this is it it's the

00:24:01one where Rangers

00:24:01won in the semi

00:24:02final on penalties

00:24:03so at this point

00:24:05there's no Celtic

00:24:06fans left in the

00:24:07stadium and I'm

00:24:09doing this and he

00:24:11said what are you

00:24:12writing I went

00:24:13nothing until

00:24:14everybody leaves

00:24:14I'm just keeping

00:24:18my head down

00:24:18because I don't

00:24:19want to look up

00:24:20and suffer the

00:24:21pelters but

00:24:22nevertheless I

00:24:24think it's going

00:24:24to be a rotten

00:24:24game I think it's

00:24:26going to be littered

00:24:27with fouls I

00:24:29wouldn't rule out

00:24:30a red card and I

00:24:31certainly wouldn't

00:24:32rule out a

00:24:33controversial decision

00:24:34because this one

00:24:35is it's so tough

00:24:37to call because I

00:24:39don't know what

00:24:39a loyal gopher

00:24:40experience I don't

00:24:41know what Martin's

00:24:42I don't know what

00:24:43Martin's going to do

00:24:44and his message to

00:24:45the back line

00:24:46because he's

00:24:47certainly not going

00:24:48to be listening to

00:24:49anybody saying let's

00:24:50play it all across

00:24:51the back line

00:24:51tippy-tappy

00:24:52left to right

00:24:53left to right

00:24:54so he's going to

00:24:55try and get it

00:24:56forward quickly

00:24:56and for Danny

00:24:57Rule and I've

00:24:58been impressed

00:24:59with the fact

00:24:59that he's not

00:25:01here to win

00:25:02anybody over

00:25:02with free-flowing

00:25:04football at the

00:25:04moment he's just

00:25:05very pragmatic

00:25:06get results

00:25:07build momentum

00:25:08see where you go

00:25:09so I think it's

00:25:10going to penalties

00:25:11other than that

00:25:13Jack Butlin's

00:25:14saved his last

00:25:15six his last

00:25:15seven penalties

00:25:16as well

00:25:17so I think

00:25:18definitely Rangers

00:25:19would have an edge

00:25:19if it went to

00:25:19penalties I think

00:25:20they've got a

00:25:20better goalkeeper

00:25:21for stopping

00:25:22penalties

00:25:22yeah that's a

00:25:23good line as

00:25:24well if only

00:25:24you'd made it

00:25:25in your normal

00:25:26gear we could

00:25:27have taken you

00:25:27seriously

00:25:27now on that

00:25:30point I was

00:25:30going to say

00:25:31to you

00:25:31we've given a

00:25:32prediction in the

00:25:33game give us

00:25:33your prediction

00:25:34what do you

00:25:34think don't

00:25:35just say it's

00:25:36going to be

00:25:362-1 Rangers

00:25:37or 2-1 Celtic

00:25:38or whatever

00:25:38tell us why

00:25:40you think that

00:25:41it's going to

00:25:42end up that

00:25:42we would love

00:25:43to hear your

00:25:44opinion on it

00:25:44and then

00:25:45we'll read

00:25:48some of it

00:25:48out

00:25:49simple as

00:25:50that

00:25:50thank you

00:25:51again

00:25:51and even

00:25:52Jimbo says

00:25:53you'll be

00:25:53proven wrong

00:25:54again Peter

00:25:54Jimbo I have

00:25:56been wrong

00:25:56on many an

00:25:57occasion

00:25:57that's the

00:25:58nature of it

00:25:59but at least

00:25:59you get

00:26:00sometimes I am

00:26:00wrong but I

00:26:01am never wrong

00:26:01yes at least

00:26:03you get an

00:26:03opinion for God's

00:26:04sake you know

00:26:05which is better

00:26:06than some flag

00:26:07waivers I could

00:26:08mention but

00:26:08that's for

00:26:09another programme

00:26:09as far as

00:26:11Martin O'Neill

00:26:11is concerned

00:26:12he's in there

00:26:12I'm not too

00:26:14sure Ali

00:26:15that anybody

00:26:16will be

00:26:17suddenly you

00:26:18know clamouring

00:26:19for Martin to

00:26:19get the job

00:26:20full time if

00:26:21he defeats

00:26:21Rangers

00:26:21I disagree

00:26:23do you do

00:26:24you think

00:26:24there's going

00:26:24to be a huge

00:26:25clamour for

00:26:25I don't

00:26:26to the end

00:26:26of the season

00:26:27I think

00:26:27yeah

00:26:28what is that

00:26:29by him

00:26:30time for

00:26:31what time

00:26:31for who

00:26:32I don't

00:26:32know

00:26:32Craig Bellamy

00:26:33no I don't

00:26:34know who's

00:26:34Cian McKenna

00:26:35has been mentioned

00:26:36as well but

00:26:36you obviously

00:26:37get the odds

00:26:38there as well

00:26:38who's going

00:26:39to come in

00:26:39but

00:26:39I think

00:26:41there will

00:26:41be a clamour

00:26:42if Martin

00:26:42O'Neill

00:26:43wins this

00:26:43game

00:26:43Cian McKenna

00:26:443-1

00:26:45Robbie Keane

00:26:466-1

00:26:47Martin himself

00:26:487-1

00:26:49Lee Carsley

00:26:50interesting

00:26:51at 8-1

00:26:52Craig Bellamy

00:26:5310-1

00:26:53I don't

00:26:55think Martin

00:26:56O'Neill

00:26:56will get it

00:26:56I think

00:26:57Martin's

00:26:57already stated

00:26:58he's a

00:26:59privilege

00:26:59being here

00:27:00being asked

00:27:00back

00:27:00blah blah

00:27:01blah

00:27:01it's great

00:27:02association

00:27:03with the

00:27:03club

00:27:04and as I

00:27:05keep repeating

00:27:06myself

00:27:06he has

00:27:07went for

00:27:08the boy

00:27:08at Ipswich

00:27:09he knows

00:27:10him

00:27:10he's already

00:27:11said he's

00:27:12a young

00:27:12manager

00:27:13on the

00:27:13up

00:27:13and he

00:27:13keeps

00:27:14this

00:27:14young

00:27:14thing

00:27:14I think

00:27:15it's

00:27:15going to go

00:27:15down a

00:27:16road of

00:27:16a young

00:27:17upcoming

00:27:18manager

00:27:18I think

00:27:19that's

00:27:19the way

00:27:20ahead

00:27:20I think

00:27:20they've done

00:27:21the experience

00:27:21bit

00:27:22now they're

00:27:23looking for

00:27:23stability

00:27:24why do you

00:27:26say that

00:27:26because the

00:27:27last two

00:27:28managers

00:27:28who were

00:27:28experienced

00:27:29delivered

00:27:29success

00:27:30I'm just

00:27:31going with

00:27:32the Martin

00:27:32O'Neill

00:27:32interview

00:27:33he's been

00:27:35in dialogue

00:27:35with the

00:27:36owners

00:27:37he's been

00:27:37in dialogue

00:27:38with him

00:27:40coming in

00:27:40and they've

00:27:41told him

00:27:41why he's

00:27:42coming in

00:27:42and they've

00:27:43obviously

00:27:43asked him

00:27:44his view

00:27:44the experience

00:27:45that he's

00:27:46got

00:27:46what way

00:27:47do you

00:27:47think we

00:27:47should go

00:27:47yeah

00:27:53it's an

00:27:53interesting

00:27:53one Ali

00:27:54on the

00:27:54basis

00:27:54that

00:27:55you've

00:27:55had two

00:27:56experienced

00:27:56managers

00:27:57who've

00:27:57had a

00:27:57good CV

00:27:58who've

00:27:59been able

00:27:59to deliver

00:28:00success

00:28:00it screams

00:28:02out to me

00:28:02that there's

00:28:03got to be

00:28:03somebody with

00:28:04a CV

00:28:04who can

00:28:05handle it

00:28:05and obviously

00:28:06if a young

00:28:08man gets

00:28:08it there is

00:28:09a risk

00:28:09and also

00:28:10the accusation

00:28:11would be

00:28:11wait a minute

00:28:11this is going

00:28:12to be

00:28:12somebody

00:28:12who's

00:28:13not going

00:28:13to be

00:28:13strong

00:28:14enough

00:28:14and could

00:28:14be

00:28:14manipulated

00:28:15by that

00:28:15board

00:28:16I agree

00:28:17in terms

00:28:18of

00:28:19it has

00:28:20to be

00:28:20someone

00:28:20who has

00:28:21a track

00:28:21record

00:28:21coming in

00:28:22it has

00:28:23to be

00:28:23someone

00:28:23with a

00:28:24background

00:28:24of having

00:28:25achieved

00:28:26things

00:28:27and made

00:28:27their mark

00:28:28already in

00:28:28the game

00:28:29I know

00:28:29Ciarán

00:28:29McKenna

00:28:30has been

00:28:30talked about

00:28:31in favourable

00:28:32terms

00:28:32certainly by

00:28:33the Celtic

00:28:34support

00:28:34I just

00:28:35wonder about

00:28:35the finances

00:28:36involved

00:28:37in that

00:28:38I think

00:28:38it may be

00:28:39slightly

00:28:40prohibitive

00:28:40for Celtic

00:28:41I think

00:28:41he's one

00:28:42of the

00:28:42higher

00:28:43earners

00:28:43in the

00:28:44Premier League

00:28:44I think

00:28:44you're

00:28:44talking around

00:28:45£5 million

00:28:45a year

00:28:46it's a lot

00:28:47it's a huge

00:28:48financial

00:28:49commitment

00:28:49I'm not

00:28:50sure how

00:28:50viable that

00:28:51would be

00:28:52for Celtic

00:28:53but I think

00:28:53someone of

00:28:54that ilk

00:28:55and that

00:28:56blueprint

00:28:57would be

00:28:57the managerial

00:28:59candidate

00:28:59that they're

00:28:59looking for

00:29:00for me

00:29:01it wouldn't

00:29:01be an

00:29:02up and

00:29:02coming

00:29:03young

00:29:03manager

00:29:04keen to

00:29:04make their

00:29:05mark

00:29:05at the

00:29:06club

00:29:06and the

00:29:07reason for

00:29:08that would

00:29:09be that

00:29:09they can't

00:29:10afford it

00:29:10for it not

00:29:11to work

00:29:11it has to

00:29:12be a success

00:29:12and it has to

00:29:13be an

00:29:14appointment

00:29:14that everyone

00:29:15gets behind

00:29:16immediately

00:29:16given the

00:29:17discord that

00:29:17we've seen

00:29:18across recent

00:29:18months

00:29:19and that

00:29:19person has

00:29:20to sit

00:29:20in the

00:29:20seat

00:29:20and say

00:29:21I've had

00:29:21a word

00:29:21with the

00:29:21board and

00:29:22we're getting

00:29:22money in

00:29:22January

00:29:23that's the

00:29:24remit

00:29:25that doesn't

00:29:26kill off

00:29:27the unrest

00:29:28but it's a

00:29:29narrative

00:29:30I do wonder

00:29:34if maybe

00:29:35if the next

00:29:36few weeks

00:29:37are calm

00:29:38and Celtic

00:29:39piece together

00:29:40a sequence

00:29:41of results

00:29:42particularly

00:29:42starting with

00:29:43Sunday

00:29:44if it just

00:29:45eases the

00:29:46pressure on

00:29:47everyone and

00:29:48allows them to

00:29:49take their

00:29:49time

00:29:49allows them not

00:29:50to rush into

00:29:51an appointment

00:29:52but just to

00:29:53draw breath

00:29:54and cast their

00:29:56net fairly

00:29:57widely

00:29:58rather than

00:29:59feeling as

00:29:59though you've

00:30:00got to get

00:30:00an appointment

00:30:01in the door

00:30:02fairly quickly

00:30:03I also wonder

00:30:04about maybe

00:30:06whether or not

00:30:07I don't think

00:30:08Martin O'Neill

00:30:08will want the

00:30:09job on a

00:30:10full time basis

00:30:11I would wonder

00:30:12would there be

00:30:13a role for him

00:30:14if there was

00:30:14some kind of

00:30:15structural change

00:30:16internally

00:30:17would there be

00:30:18a role to

00:30:19accommodate

00:30:19someone of

00:30:22his clear

00:30:23experience

00:30:24and association

00:30:25with the club

00:30:26when it comes

00:30:27to going forward

00:30:28I think

00:30:29Alaston

00:30:29if he goes

00:30:29out and

00:30:30obviously

00:30:30packed

00:30:31Hamden

00:30:31beats

00:30:32Rangers

00:30:32gets that

00:30:33buzz

00:30:33and that

00:30:33feeling

00:30:34back

00:30:34that he

00:30:34would

00:30:34get the

00:30:36bug again

00:30:36and think

00:30:37I quite

00:30:37fancy

00:30:37it's a

00:30:38possibility

00:30:39it's definitely

00:30:40a possibility

00:30:40I think

00:30:41you've seen

00:30:41obviously

00:30:41Barry Ferguson

00:30:42as a younger

00:30:43man but I

00:30:43think you've

00:30:44seen that

00:30:44when Barry

00:30:44went in

00:30:45he went in

00:30:46and he wanted

00:30:48the job

00:30:48and he got

00:30:49that buzz

00:30:49back

00:30:49I do forget

00:30:50the intensity

00:30:51of the job

00:30:52of what it's

00:30:53like day

00:30:53to day

00:30:54when you're

00:30:54in it

00:30:55the scope

00:30:56of the

00:30:56pressure

00:30:57the microscopic

00:30:58intensity

00:30:59every moment

00:31:01of every day

00:31:02and just where

00:31:04the focus is

00:31:05on results

00:31:06constantly

00:31:07and that's

00:31:07if you think

00:31:08of how Celtic

00:31:10have changed

00:31:10in the last

00:31:1120 years

00:31:11of how the

00:31:12cultural landscape

00:31:13has changed

00:31:13across the land

00:31:14across the last

00:31:15two decades

00:31:16where you have

00:31:17social media

00:31:18and everything

00:31:18is amplified

00:31:19it's a particularly

00:31:21different game

00:31:22almost

00:31:23dressing rooms

00:31:23are different

00:31:24cultures

00:31:25different

00:31:26the message

00:31:27remains

00:31:28I did wonder

00:31:30on Wednesday

00:31:31night

00:31:32at 4-0

00:31:34in the full time

00:31:35whistle goings

00:31:35and the players

00:31:36do the lap

00:31:37of honour

00:31:38and they walk

00:31:38round and I saw

00:31:39Martin meeting

00:31:41them all coming

00:31:41off the pitch

00:31:42and I saw him

00:31:43speaking to a

00:31:44couple of the

00:31:44players

00:31:44and you're

00:31:45just thinking

00:31:45I wonder

00:31:46what he makes

00:31:47of this

00:31:48a 4-0 win

00:31:50a routine win

00:31:51over Falkirk

00:31:52midweek

00:31:52and there's

00:31:53a wee

00:31:53parade around

00:31:55the pitch

00:31:55and you think

00:31:55I wonder

00:31:56what a manager

00:31:57of O'Neill

00:31:57stature makes

00:31:58of that

00:31:59his teams

00:32:00would have

00:32:00done that

00:32:00on the back

00:32:01of winning

00:32:01big games

00:32:02and big

00:32:03performances

00:32:03he was nervous

00:32:04before it

00:32:05and he looked

00:32:06at it

00:32:06and had been

00:32:06happy to get

00:32:07the win

00:32:07he still got

00:32:08the buzz

00:32:08Danny Rule

00:32:09still got the buzz

00:32:10because he was

00:32:10over at the

00:32:11Rangers fans

00:32:11as well

00:32:12funnily enough

00:32:13just as we move

00:32:14on to the other

00:32:14semi-final

00:32:15but a last

00:32:15little point

00:32:16and this is

00:32:18probably relevant

00:32:18if he does get

00:32:19the job to the

00:32:20summer because

00:32:20hopefully we might

00:32:22get back in then

00:32:23to have a go at him

00:32:24because I pick

00:32:25he likes one of us

00:32:26I pick my daughter

00:32:31up from school

00:32:32and she gets

00:32:32into the car

00:32:33and she says

00:32:34Martin O'Neill's

00:32:35a Celtic manager

00:32:36dad

00:32:36and I went

00:32:36yep

00:32:37he's interim

00:32:38Celtic manager

00:32:39she says

00:32:39does that mean

00:32:40he's not going

00:32:40to be your

00:32:41friend anymore

00:32:41I thought

00:32:44well I never

00:32:45thought of it

00:32:45that way

00:32:45but as soon

00:32:46as he sees

00:32:47my

00:32:47you've had

00:32:47your moments

00:32:49absolutely

00:32:50yeah

00:32:51I don't think

00:32:53I'll be picking

00:32:53fights

00:32:54at least

00:32:54neither

00:32:54you or I

00:32:55look 12

00:32:56so we might

00:32:57yeah I know

00:32:58Ali is alluding

00:32:59to the fact

00:33:00that somebody

00:33:00tried to have

00:33:01a wee dig

00:33:02at him

00:33:02and he was

00:33:02looking rather

00:33:03young

00:33:03and Martin

00:33:04old

00:33:05and long

00:33:06in the tooth

00:33:07just leathered

00:33:07him out

00:33:08into left field

00:33:08but I'm sure

00:33:10he'll do that

00:33:11when he sees

00:33:11my face

00:33:12on Sunday

00:33:13in the

00:33:14Hamden

00:33:14auditorium

00:33:15after the game

00:33:16for the

00:33:17manager's

00:33:17interviews

00:33:18anyway we've

00:33:19called it

00:33:19give us your

00:33:19thoughts

00:33:20the other

00:33:21one which is

00:33:21a great one

00:33:22for me

00:33:22is Motherwell

00:33:23against St

00:33:23Mirren

00:33:24because there's

00:33:24nothing better

00:33:25than two

00:33:26managers who

00:33:26know you're

00:33:27not playing

00:33:28Celtic or

00:33:28Rangers

00:33:29and you've

00:33:29got a chance

00:33:30to book a

00:33:30place in the

00:33:31final

00:33:32and suddenly

00:33:32it's Stephen

00:33:33Robinson

00:33:33who obviously

00:33:35has great

00:33:35memories of

00:33:36Motherwell

00:33:36in cup

00:33:37competitions

00:33:38maybe didn't

00:33:39turn out the

00:33:39way he wanted

00:33:40and Jens

00:33:41Berthel

00:33:42Asgau

00:33:42who's getting

00:33:43rave reviews

00:33:44for the

00:33:45footballer

00:33:45playing

00:33:45maybe not the

00:33:46results that

00:33:47we're looking

00:33:47for

00:33:47they've turned

00:33:48that round a

00:33:49wee bit

00:33:49they are now

00:33:50winning games

00:33:51they are playing

00:33:52I would say

00:33:52of the two

00:33:53teams the

00:33:53better are the

00:33:54football

00:33:54but that's

00:33:55not necessarily

00:33:56going to win

00:33:56you the game

00:33:57I just think

00:33:58St Mirren

00:33:58have got a

00:33:59bit of

00:33:59fight about

00:33:59them

00:34:00they've got

00:34:00a bit of

00:34:00presence

00:34:01free kicks

00:34:03corners are

00:34:04always a threat

00:34:05I think the

00:34:06physicality of

00:34:06that team

00:34:07might just

00:34:08overpower

00:34:09Motherwell

00:34:10it is a big

00:34:11park as

00:34:11Tam said

00:34:12the way they

00:34:14play will

00:34:14suit Motherwell

00:34:15I've just

00:34:16got a wee

00:34:16feeling

00:34:17maybe I'm

00:34:19just being

00:34:19soft here

00:34:20I think

00:34:20St Mirren

00:34:21have had a

00:34:21lot of

00:34:22things happened

00:34:23to them

00:34:23this year

00:34:24and I think

00:34:24they're due

00:34:25a wee rub

00:34:25of the green

00:34:26and I'd like

00:34:26to see them

00:34:27in the final

00:34:27you'd like to

00:34:28see them

00:34:28in the final

00:34:29isn't it

00:34:30amazing

00:34:30isn't it

00:34:32amazing

00:34:32that we

00:34:33we've been

00:34:34discussing Celtic

00:34:35and Rangers

00:34:36for about

00:34:3629 minutes

00:34:37and we

00:34:38did drag an

00:34:38opinion out

00:34:39of them

00:34:39and suddenly

00:34:40he's offered

00:34:40it in the

00:34:41first minute

00:34:41we haven't

00:34:41even started

00:34:42to talk

00:34:42about Motherwell

00:34:43or St Mirren

00:34:44the one thing

00:34:45that I can

00:34:46tell you

00:34:46though is

00:34:47that our

00:34:48reporters

00:34:49Kerry and

00:34:49Cara will

00:34:50be covering

00:34:50that game

00:34:51for us

00:34:51and hoping

00:34:53to go out

00:34:53for Halloween

00:34:54but

00:34:54not according

00:34:55to Jens Berthel

00:34:56Asgau

00:34:57because he's

00:34:57getting ready

00:34:58for the long

00:34:58haul in this

00:34:59one

00:34:59rhythm

00:35:00leading into

00:35:01the game

00:35:01will be the

00:35:02same

00:35:02and

00:35:04I think

00:35:05that's important

00:35:06because

00:35:07you do

00:35:08you try

00:35:09and make

00:35:09a rhythm

00:35:10and a

00:35:10schedule

00:35:11that

00:35:12gives you

00:35:13the perfect

00:35:13preparation

00:35:14to be able

00:35:15to perform

00:35:16at any game

00:35:16the only thing

00:35:17that we have

00:35:18done a little

00:35:18bit different

00:35:19is that we

00:35:19have

00:35:19trained a little

00:35:21bit more

00:35:21penalties lately

00:35:22and tried to

00:35:23incorporate

00:35:24in the

00:35:25small sided

00:35:26games

00:35:26and so

00:35:27it has

00:35:28been given

00:35:29an edge

00:35:29of competitiveness

00:35:31and also

00:35:33with a little

00:35:33bit of

00:35:33heart rate up

00:35:34when we

00:35:34take the

00:35:36penalties

00:35:36Well this is

00:35:38going to be

00:35:38really intriguing

00:35:39to see who

00:35:39he picks

00:35:40because

00:35:41when he was

00:35:42looking at

00:35:42his side

00:35:43and he was

00:35:43picking

00:35:43suddenly

00:35:44Stephen O'Donnell

00:35:45had dropped

00:35:45to the bench

00:35:46Yeah but

00:35:48now I

00:35:49think

00:35:49having watched

00:35:50Motherwell

00:35:51and the way

00:35:51they play

00:35:52I think

00:35:53Stephen O'Donnell

00:35:54is the best

00:35:54option on the

00:35:55right hand side

00:35:56I think he gets

00:35:57forward

00:35:57I think his

00:35:58crossing into

00:35:58the box

00:35:59is better

00:36:00I think his

00:36:00passing into

00:36:02the midfield

00:36:02is crisper

00:36:04and sharper

00:36:04and I don't

00:36:05know why

00:36:06he doesn't

00:36:06fancy him

00:36:07as much

00:36:07as he should

00:36:08I just think

00:36:09Motherwell

00:36:09have got plenty

00:36:10options now

00:36:10Peter

00:36:11he rotated

00:36:12the team

00:36:12the other

00:36:12night

00:36:12I think

00:36:12they left

00:36:13three or

00:36:13four out

00:36:13probably with

00:36:14a view

00:36:15of this

00:36:15game

00:36:15at the

00:36:15weekend

00:36:16but

00:36:16it's really

00:36:17a fascinating

00:36:18clash of

00:36:18styles

00:36:19I think

00:36:19Ruffey's

00:36:20right

00:36:20St Myrna

00:36:21I'm loath

00:36:22to say

00:36:22they do

00:36:23play good

00:36:23football

00:36:24as well

00:36:24but

00:36:24they're

00:36:25adept at

00:36:25getting

00:36:25into the

00:36:26front

00:36:26too

00:36:26and

00:36:26getting

00:36:26a ball

00:36:27in

00:36:27behind

00:36:27and

00:36:27just

00:36:27squeezing

00:36:28the

00:36:28game

00:36:28and

00:36:28playing

00:36:29the other

00:36:29team's

00:36:29half

00:36:29which is

00:36:30fine

00:36:30nothing

00:36:30wrong

00:36:30with

00:36:30that

00:36:31it's

00:36:31been

00:36:31really

00:36:31successful

00:36:32for

00:36:32Steven

00:36:32Robinson

00:36:33Motherwell

00:36:33will try

00:36:34and play

00:36:34expansive

00:36:35big pitch

00:36:35they'll make

00:36:36the pitch

00:36:36as big

00:36:37as they

00:36:37can

00:36:37and they'll

00:36:38try and

00:36:38play

00:36:38through

00:36:38so it's

00:36:40a real

00:36:40fascinating

00:36:41game

00:36:41for me

00:36:41Motherwell

00:36:43two wins

00:36:44in the trot

00:36:44and I think

00:36:46that's a real

00:36:46boost for them

00:36:47because people

00:36:47were starting

00:36:48to ask

00:36:48questions

00:36:48have they

00:36:49got any

00:36:51substance

00:36:51about them

00:36:51so I'm

00:36:53going to go

00:36:53for Motherwell

00:36:54to nick this

00:36:54I think

00:36:54Motherwell

00:36:55have got

00:36:55better

00:36:55players

00:36:56and I

00:36:57think

00:36:57they'll

00:36:57nick it

00:36:582-1

00:36:58Interestingly

00:36:59enough

00:37:00when you

00:37:00look at

00:37:01St Mirren

00:37:01and I

00:37:01think

00:37:02some of

00:37:04the observations

00:37:05and criticism

00:37:06and I don't

00:37:06know where

00:37:06it's coming

00:37:07from

00:37:07are there

00:37:08members of

00:37:08the press

00:37:09who suddenly

00:37:10suggested

00:37:11that St Mirren

00:37:13the only

00:37:13thing they've

00:37:14got going

00:37:14for them

00:37:15is physicality

00:37:16I think

00:37:16it was Chris

00:37:17Sutton

00:37:17was the only

00:37:17one that

00:37:17said it

00:37:18wasn't it

00:37:18I can think

00:37:19he said

00:37:20he wouldn't

00:37:20go and

00:37:20watch them

00:37:21he wouldn't

00:37:21go and

00:37:22watch

00:37:22I think

00:37:23that's

00:37:24unfair

00:37:24I think

00:37:25there was

00:37:26something said

00:37:27in one of

00:37:27the podcasts

00:37:28too

00:37:28I think

00:37:29it's

00:37:29unfair

00:37:29I think

00:37:30it does

00:37:30them a

00:37:30disservice

00:37:31they're more

00:37:32than just

00:37:32a big

00:37:33physical team

00:37:34and I think

00:37:34that's

00:37:35illustrated by

00:37:36the fact

00:37:36that they've

00:37:37finished top

00:37:37six across

00:37:38three successive

00:37:39seasons

00:37:39I don't think

00:37:40you manage

00:37:40to do that

00:37:41purely on

00:37:42being physical

00:37:43and being

00:37:45difficult to

00:37:45beat

00:37:46I think

00:37:46they are

00:37:47well organised

00:37:48I think

00:37:49they're well

00:37:50set up

00:37:51but I think

00:37:51they have

00:37:51players of

00:37:52some craft

00:37:53in there

00:37:54too

00:37:54I think

00:37:55I actually

00:37:56quite enjoy

00:37:57watching

00:37:57St Mirren

00:37:58I know

00:37:58there's this

00:37:59perception

00:37:59that it's

00:38:00just fairly

00:38:01rudimentary

00:38:03football

00:38:03I would

00:38:03disagree

00:38:04with it

00:38:04and I

00:38:05actually

00:38:05think

00:38:06that

00:38:06St Mirren

00:38:06will prevail

00:38:07at Hamden

00:38:08oh

00:38:08we've got

00:38:09a brilliant

00:38:09differing

00:38:10opinion

00:38:10on this

00:38:11one

00:38:11I mean

00:38:11I'm looking

00:38:12at their

00:38:12team

00:38:12Marcus Fraser

00:38:14is experienced

00:38:14he's a

00:38:15no-nonsense

00:38:15I like him

00:38:16Richard King

00:38:17and then

00:38:18Freckleton

00:38:18has been

00:38:19really good

00:38:21Freckleton's a

00:38:21doubt

00:38:21he's injured

00:38:22on Wednesday

00:38:23so he's

00:38:23a huge

00:38:24question mark

00:38:24over whether

00:38:25or not

00:38:25he's going

00:38:25to play

00:38:25but he's

00:38:26done well

00:38:26and you've

00:38:27got a

00:38:27middle five

00:38:28that played

00:38:28which was

00:38:29Declan

00:38:30John

00:38:30sweet left

00:38:31foot

00:38:31O'Hara

00:38:32I like

00:38:33Bacchus

00:38:34has just

00:38:34come back

00:38:35in as if

00:38:35he's never

00:38:35been away

00:38:36and the

00:38:38star of

00:38:38the show

00:38:39for me

00:38:39is Phillips

00:38:40he works

00:38:41his socks

00:38:42off Phillips

00:38:42he never

00:38:43stops

00:38:44the only

00:38:45one

00:38:45and obviously

00:38:46McManaman

00:38:46then I

00:38:47think

00:38:48Mandarin

00:38:48and Ndoulou

00:38:50up front

00:38:51I think the

00:38:51one that he

00:38:52would probably

00:38:53be raging

00:38:55that's not

00:38:55there is

00:38:56Gogic

00:38:56Gogic is

00:38:58free to

00:38:59play

00:38:59Gogic is

00:39:00free to

00:39:01play

00:39:01he's not

00:39:02I think

00:39:03it's not

00:39:03competition

00:39:04it's the

00:39:05two league

00:39:05games

00:39:06Gogic

00:39:07can play

00:39:08I think

00:39:09he's

00:39:10massive

00:39:10he's

00:39:11huge

00:39:12just in

00:39:12terms of

00:39:13being in

00:39:13that back

00:39:14three

00:39:14and sweeping

00:39:15things up

00:39:16he is a

00:39:17physical player

00:39:18I think his

00:39:19physicality

00:39:20he can play

00:39:21a bit

00:39:21he's another

00:39:23one I think

00:39:23you just know

00:39:24exactly what

00:39:25you're going to

00:39:25get in terms

00:39:26of rolling up

00:39:26his sleeves

00:39:27and just

00:39:27getting stuck

00:39:28in it

00:39:28and trying

00:39:29to set

00:39:29a particular

00:39:30kind of

00:39:30tone

00:39:31Subman

00:39:32play a lot

00:39:33of good

00:39:33football

00:39:33but it's

00:39:34even when

00:39:35they go

00:39:35route one

00:39:35very difficult

00:39:37to deal

00:39:37with

00:39:37they're really

00:39:38good at it

00:39:39when the

00:39:39goalkeeper

00:39:39launches it

00:39:40up

00:39:40I know

00:39:43a lot of

00:39:44the teams

00:39:44defensive wise

00:39:45can't handle

00:39:46it so

00:39:46what they're

00:39:47doing is

00:39:48they're just

00:39:48trying to get

00:39:48a wee

00:39:48nick

00:39:49and then

00:39:49the Phillips

00:39:50and all

00:39:50that

00:39:50run about

00:39:51them

00:39:51they're

00:39:52creating

00:39:52should have

00:39:52been

00:39:52done in

00:39:55by that

00:39:55decision

00:39:56but I was

00:39:57just about

00:39:57to say

00:39:57I was

00:39:58looking at

00:39:58their

00:39:58bench

00:39:58to see

00:39:58who

00:39:59come on

00:39:59and the

00:40:00two players

00:40:00that I

00:40:00like

00:40:01who

00:40:01occupy

00:40:02you're

00:40:02talking

00:40:02about

00:40:02people

00:40:03like

00:40:03you're

00:40:03wondering

00:40:04if

00:40:04Johnny

00:40:04Kenny

00:40:04is the

00:40:05right

00:40:05man

00:40:05to play

00:40:05up

00:40:06front

00:40:06centre

00:40:08forwards

00:40:08have to

00:40:09occupy

00:40:10and worry

00:40:11central

00:40:12defenders

00:40:12and full

00:40:13backs

00:40:13by making

00:40:14runs

00:40:14that they

00:40:14don't

00:40:15want to

00:40:15track

00:40:15is that

00:40:16fair

00:40:16here's what

00:40:37Stephen

00:40:37Robinson

00:40:37had to

00:40:38say

00:40:38about

00:40:38some

00:40:38of

00:40:38the

00:40:38criticism

00:40:39the

00:40:39people

00:40:39that

00:40:39talk

00:40:40like

00:40:40I've

00:40:40watched

00:40:40two

00:40:41games

00:40:41this

00:40:41season

00:40:41we're

00:40:43a

00:40:43very

00:40:43good

00:40:43football

00:40:43team

00:40:44as far

00:40:45as it

00:40:46were

00:40:46I

00:40:46don't

00:40:46think

00:40:46there's

00:40:46any

00:40:46rules

00:40:47in

00:40:47football

00:40:47that

00:40:47you're

00:40:47allowed

00:40:47to

00:40:48play

00:40:48people

00:40:48over

00:40:48six

00:40:48foot

00:40:49I've

00:40:49not

00:40:49been

00:40:49told

00:40:50that

00:40:50yet

00:40:50our

00:40:51players

00:40:51that

00:40:51are

00:40:52over

00:40:52six

00:40:52foot

00:40:52are

00:40:54really

00:40:54poor

00:40:54in

00:40:54the

00:40:54air

00:40:55and

00:40:55I

00:40:55wouldn't

00:40:55call

00:40:55them

00:40:55physical

00:40:56it

00:40:56actually

00:40:56makes

00:40:56me

00:40:56laugh

00:40:57when

00:40:57I

00:40:57hear

00:40:57that

00:40:57they're

00:40:58very

00:40:58good

00:40:58footballers

00:40:59very

00:40:59good

00:40:59technically

00:40:59so listen

00:41:01people are

00:41:01entitled

00:41:01to that

00:41:02when you

00:41:02beat

00:41:02teams

00:41:03when you

00:41:03cause

00:41:03teams

00:41:03problems

00:41:04as

00:41:04little

00:41:04St

00:41:05Murren

00:41:05there

00:41:05has to

00:41:05be a

00:41:06reason

00:41:06you

00:41:06can't

00:41:06just

00:41:06be

00:41:07a

00:41:07good

00:41:07team

00:41:07yeah

00:41:08I

00:41:08think

00:41:09he

00:41:09makes

00:41:09a

00:41:09great

00:41:09point

00:41:09and

00:41:10he's

00:41:10been

00:41:10in

00:41:10here

00:41:10on

00:41:10countless

00:41:11occasions

00:41:11mentioning

00:41:13how difficult

00:41:14the job

00:41:14is for

00:41:15provincial

00:41:15clubs

00:41:16trying to

00:41:16get

00:41:16results

00:41:17and the

00:41:17other

00:41:18thing

00:41:18about

00:41:18it

00:41:18there

00:41:21are

00:41:21many

00:41:21ways

00:41:21to

00:41:21win

00:41:21a

00:41:22game

00:41:22and

00:41:22it's

00:41:22not

00:41:22all

00:41:23about

00:41:23ticca-tacca

00:41:24they mix

00:41:26it up

00:41:26they're

00:41:26quite happy

00:41:27to build

00:41:27up for

00:41:28the

00:41:28back

00:41:28get

00:41:28the

00:41:28ball

00:41:29wide

00:41:29throw

00:41:29quality

00:41:30balls

00:41:30in

00:41:30there

00:41:30but

00:41:31if

00:41:31that's

00:41:31not

00:41:31working

00:41:32and

00:41:32they

00:41:32come up

00:41:32against

00:41:33a team

00:41:33who

00:41:33don't

00:41:33like

00:41:34defending

00:41:34against

00:41:35two

00:41:35big

00:41:35physical

00:41:36guys

00:41:36a lot

00:41:37of them

00:41:37if you

00:41:38see

00:41:38any

00:41:39opportunity

00:41:40they get

00:41:41they want

00:41:41it in

00:41:41the box

00:41:42they want

00:41:42it to be

00:41:42a battle

00:41:43they want

00:41:43it to be

00:41:43a fight

00:41:44pick up

00:41:44the scraps

00:41:45and that's

00:41:46what they're

00:41:46good at

00:41:47and I

00:41:47mean

00:41:47Tam will know

00:41:48better than

00:41:48me

00:41:48being a

00:41:49striker

00:41:49at

00:41:49Hamden

00:41:50and you're

00:41:57easier to

00:41:58come off

00:41:58the bench

00:41:58as well

00:41:59and make

00:42:00an impact

00:42:00it is

00:42:0160-70

00:42:03minutes of

00:42:04Hamden

00:42:04would have

00:42:04been far

00:42:05too long

00:42:06for me

00:42:06hard going

00:42:06listen give

00:42:08us your

00:42:08thoughts on

00:42:08it

00:42:09Tam what

00:42:09have you

00:42:09said

00:42:09I'm going

00:42:10to go

00:42:10for 2-1

00:42:11to Motherwell

00:42:112-1

00:42:13Motherwell

00:42:132-1

00:42:14Motherwell

00:42:142-1

00:42:15St.

00:42:15Murnin

00:42:15sorry

00:42:16no I

00:42:18was 2-1

00:42:18St.

00:42:18Murnin

00:42:19as well

00:42:19sorry

00:42:20you alright

00:42:20Ali

00:42:20it's so

00:42:21warm

00:42:22every time

00:42:24I get

00:42:25a fight

00:42:25just out of

00:42:26curiosity

00:42:26if you're

00:42:27warm

00:42:27he is

00:42:28sweating

00:42:28like a

00:42:29madman

00:42:29he's

00:42:30given

00:42:30three

00:42:30coats

00:42:31on

00:42:31one of

00:42:32the

00:42:32thickest

00:42:32shirts

00:42:32I've

00:42:33ever

00:42:33seen

00:42:33and a

00:42:34tie

00:42:34you've

00:42:35gone

00:42:35St.

00:42:35Murnin

00:42:362-1

00:42:36St.

00:42:37Murnin

00:42:37and you

00:42:372-1

00:42:38to Murnin

00:42:39and I'm

00:42:39with you

00:42:39Tam

00:42:39I think

00:42:402-1

00:42:40Motherwell

00:42:40I think

00:42:41Motherwell

00:42:42have got

00:42:42that

00:42:42bit between

00:42:43their teeth

00:42:43good football

00:42:45great to

00:42:45watch

00:42:46I accept

00:42:46I think

00:42:47a

00:42:47brilliant

00:42:48game

00:42:48yeah

00:42:49really good

00:42:49I think

00:42:50the only

00:42:51downside

00:42:52is the

00:42:52attendance

00:42:53well wait

00:42:54a minute

00:42:548,500

00:42:56well I

00:42:57hope

00:42:57they've

00:42:57structured

00:42:58the cameras

00:42:59just show

00:42:59the supporters

00:43:00rather than

00:43:01the empty

00:43:01spaces

00:43:02you can

00:43:04put them

00:43:05into the

00:43:05far away

00:43:06end

00:43:06and just

00:43:06Motherwell

00:43:08will have

00:43:08only

00:43:08sell

00:43:088

00:43:09what do

00:43:13you call

00:43:13it

00:43:13sponsors

00:43:13there's

00:43:14all these

00:43:14people

00:43:15that get

00:43:15freebies

00:43:15they don't

00:43:17come out

00:43:17until 15

00:43:18minutes

00:43:18into the

00:43:19game

00:43:19well you

00:43:20would know

00:43:20because you've

00:43:21never been

00:43:21to a game

00:43:21actually

00:43:22to watch

00:43:2290 minutes

00:43:23usually

00:43:24you've got

00:43:25a wee bit

00:43:25of salary

00:43:25criticising

00:43:26both teams

00:43:27supports

00:43:27then

00:43:27Motherwell

00:43:28thinking

00:43:28should have

00:43:28took

00:43:28more

00:43:30is that what

00:43:30you're saying

00:43:30Ruffy

00:43:30well you see

00:43:31teams like

00:43:32that get

00:43:32maybe 15

00:43:3320,000

00:43:34but I think

00:43:358,000 is

00:43:36poor

00:43:36you think so

00:43:37yeah

00:43:37and you see

00:43:38when Falkert

00:43:39and teams

00:43:39like that

00:43:40get there

00:43:40they come

00:43:40for it

00:43:41everywhere

00:43:41what's your

00:43:42headline

00:43:42Peter

00:43:43that's the

00:43:43headline

00:43:44Ruffy

00:43:44slams

00:43:45both clubs

00:43:46sets of

00:43:46fans for

00:43:47not backing

00:43:48their team

00:43:48simple as

00:43:49that and

00:43:50to be fair

00:43:51Ruffy

00:43:51no more gigs

00:43:52than Motherwell

00:43:52Paisley

00:43:53don't let

00:43:55the joke

00:43:55up

00:43:55wait a minute

00:43:58I've got one

00:43:58coming up

00:43:59Motherwell

00:44:00have done

00:44:00their best

00:44:01to you

00:44:01I'm so glad

00:44:04that you

00:44:06mentioned that

00:44:07Ruffy because

00:44:08I would have

00:44:08hate to have

00:44:09had a headline

00:44:10with him

00:44:12sitting there

00:44:12chatting about

00:44:13it

00:44:13anyway

00:44:13give us your

00:44:14thoughts on it

00:44:15we've given you

00:44:16the prediction

00:44:16on Motherwell

00:44:17against St Mirren

00:44:18and Celtic

00:44:19against Rangers

00:44:20who's going to

00:44:20be in the

00:44:21Hampden

00:44:21final for the

00:44:22Premier Sports

00:44:23Cup final

00:44:23we want to

00:44:24know what

00:44:25you think

00:44:26about it

00:44:26all and

00:44:27of course

00:44:27we've given

00:44:28you the

00:44:28latest odds

00:44:29on the

00:44:30Celtic

00:44:30manager

00:44:30I wonder

00:44:31if there'll

00:44:31be any

00:44:32continued

00:44:32protests

00:44:33as any

00:44:33of the

00:44:33board

00:44:34walk in

00:44:35at

00:44:35Hampden

00:44:36for the

00:44:37Celtic

00:44:38Rangers

00:44:38or will

00:44:39this be

00:44:39just one

00:44:40of those

00:44:40games

00:44:40where they're

00:44:41concentrating

00:44:41on such a

00:44:43huge affair

00:44:43between Glasgow's

00:44:44two big clubs

00:44:45ok let's not

00:44:47forget also

00:44:47as well as

00:44:48Saturday and

00:44:49Sunday

00:44:50here are the

00:44:50fixtures

00:44:51with the

00:44:52Scottish

00:44:53Premiership

00:44:53involved as

00:44:54well

00:44:55Falkirk

00:44:55against

00:44:56Kilmarnock

00:44:56Harps

00:44:57against

00:44:57Dundee

00:44:57and Livingston

00:44:59against

00:44:59Hibernian

00:45:00and with that

00:45:01in mind

00:45:02Harps have the

00:45:02chance to go

00:45:039 points

00:45:04clear Ali

00:45:04huge opportunity

00:45:06for them

00:45:07I think

00:45:07once you can

00:45:08bank those

00:45:09points and

00:45:10open up that

00:45:11cushion

00:45:11it certainly

00:45:13just continues

00:45:14a bit of

00:45:15momentum

00:45:15there was a

00:45:16degree of

00:45:17fortitude

00:45:18that they get

00:45:18out of

00:45:18Paisley

00:45:19with a

00:45:20point on

00:45:20Wednesday night

00:45:21I think

00:45:22they would

00:45:23accept that

00:45:24did you see

00:45:25good play

00:45:25did you see

00:45:26why they're

00:45:27up there

00:45:27at the top

00:45:27I think

00:45:28you can see

00:45:29why they're

00:45:29up there

00:45:29at the top

00:45:30I think

00:45:30there's been

00:45:31a lot of

00:45:32superlatives

00:45:32about the

00:45:33Hearts team

00:45:34that maybe

00:45:35over exaggerate

00:45:37just where

00:45:38they are

00:45:38but what

00:45:39you cannot

00:45:39fudge

00:45:40on any

00:45:41level

00:45:41is the

00:45:42momentum

00:45:42that they've

00:45:43enjoyed

00:45:43they've

00:45:45banked the

00:45:45points

00:45:46they're there

00:45:46and it

00:45:47becomes a

00:45:47very difficult

00:45:48gap

00:45:49to draw in

00:45:50to pull in

00:45:51I'll be

00:45:52interested to

00:45:52see just how

00:45:53they respond

00:45:53to

00:45:54I'm not

00:45:56sure if they

00:45:56would see

00:45:57a draw at

00:45:58St.

00:45:58Minnan

00:45:58entirely

00:45:59as an

00:46:00adverse result

00:46:01but it'll be

00:46:01interesting to

00:46:02see just how

00:46:02they respond

00:46:03to it

00:46:03I would

00:46:04expect

00:46:04that they

00:46:04go out

00:46:05and beat

00:46:05Dundee

00:46:06I think

00:46:06they'll take

00:46:06all three

00:46:07points

00:46:08and that

00:46:09whatever way

00:46:10you look at

00:46:10it that is

00:46:11a significant

00:46:12gap to have

00:46:13at the top

00:46:13of the table

00:46:14yeah nine

00:46:15points is

00:46:15good going

00:46:16Ruffy and

00:46:17I'm just

00:46:17looking here

00:46:18and this is

00:46:19the significant

00:46:19thing you

00:46:20know regardless

00:46:21of some of

00:46:21the back page

00:46:22headlines

00:46:22you've got

00:46:23Dundee then

00:46:23they've got

00:46:24Dundee United

00:46:24so they've

00:46:24got two home

00:46:25games and

00:46:26then they're

00:46:27away to

00:46:27Aberdeen

00:46:27Motherwell

00:46:28and Kilmarnock

00:46:29on the

00:46:307th of

00:46:30December

00:46:31they've got

00:46:31Celtic at

00:46:32Celtic Park

00:46:32so that's

00:46:33where suddenly

00:46:34you think

00:46:35okay if

00:46:36they are

00:46:36real title

00:46:37contenders

00:46:38they've got

00:46:39to go there

00:46:40and come

00:46:40away with

00:46:40something

00:46:41just to

00:46:42either maintain

00:46:42an advantage

00:46:43if they had

00:46:43one

00:46:44and then of

00:46:45course they've

00:46:45got two home

00:46:46games against

00:46:46St Mirren

00:46:47Rangers

00:46:47and then out

00:46:49of the end

00:46:49of 2025

00:46:50you've got

00:46:51the Edinburgh

00:46:51Derby

00:46:52at Easter

00:46:53Road

00:46:53and then

00:46:53away to

00:46:54Falkert

00:46:54now the

00:46:55reason I'm

00:46:55saying that

00:46:56is because

00:46:56depending on

00:46:58what you come

00:46:58out of

00:46:59with Celtic

00:46:59Rangers

00:47:00and then

00:47:01Hibs

00:47:02once you

00:47:03get to

00:47:03January

00:47:04if they

00:47:05had

00:47:07minimum

00:47:08six points

00:47:09of an

00:47:09advantage

00:47:09still in

00:47:10January

00:47:10which is

00:47:10a big

00:47:11ask

00:47:11then

00:47:12the

00:47:13Harps

00:47:13board

00:47:13will

00:47:14back

00:47:14him

00:47:14it

00:47:15doesn't

00:47:15matter

00:47:15what

00:47:15you were

00:47:16talking

00:47:16about

00:47:16everybody's

00:47:17talking

00:47:17about

00:47:17with

00:47:17Tony

00:47:17Bloom

00:47:18they're

00:47:18well

00:47:18aware

00:47:19of the

00:47:19financial

00:47:19fair play

00:47:20they've

00:47:21got money

00:47:21to give

00:47:21him

00:47:22I think

00:47:23we always

00:47:23speak about

00:47:23that

00:47:24Christmas

00:47:24period

00:47:24there's

00:47:25so many

00:47:25games

00:47:25I think

00:47:26there's

00:47:26now 11

00:47:26or 12

00:47:27games

00:47:27from now

00:47:27until

00:47:28the second

00:47:28or third

00:47:29of January

00:47:29so

00:47:29as I

00:47:30said

00:47:31if

00:47:31Hearts

00:47:31can still

00:47:31be there

00:47:32I think

00:47:33the test

00:47:33for Hearts

00:47:34will be

00:47:34when they

00:47:35lose their

00:47:35first game

00:47:35I think

00:47:36you've seen

00:47:36that by

00:47:37Aberdeen

00:47:37last season

00:47:37Peter

00:47:38I think

00:47:38when you're

00:47:38going a

00:47:39long run

00:47:39unbeaten

00:47:40and then

00:47:40you lose

00:47:41a game

00:47:41I think

00:47:42you actually

00:47:42see teams

00:47:43maybe losing

00:47:43a couple

00:47:43because they

00:47:44lose that

00:47:45confidence

00:47:45where they

00:47:46think they're

00:47:46untouchable

00:47:47unbeatable

00:47:47so I think

00:47:48when Hearts

00:47:48lose their

00:47:49first game

00:47:49can they

00:47:50react to that

00:47:50can they

00:47:51win the

00:47:51next couple

00:47:51and just

00:47:52forget about

00:47:52it

00:47:53or they

00:47:53let it

00:47:53affect

00:47:54them

00:47:54so

00:47:54I would

00:47:55expect

00:47:55them to

00:47:55beat

00:47:55Dundee

00:47:56at home

00:47:56at the

00:47:56weekend

00:47:56and

00:47:57that game

00:47:58Sunday

00:47:58the 7th

00:47:59of December

00:47:59as I said

00:48:00if Hearts

00:48:00are still

00:48:008-9 points

00:48:02ahead of Celtic

00:48:03and they go

00:48:04there and get

00:48:04a draw

00:48:04people will

00:48:05go

00:48:05maybe we'll

00:48:06be taking

00:48:07the heart

00:48:07series

00:48:07now

00:48:07people are

00:48:09taking the

00:48:09heart

00:48:09series

00:48:09but

00:48:10you're right

00:48:11I think

00:48:11if they go

00:48:11to Celtic

00:48:12part and

00:48:12don't get

00:48:12beat

00:48:12then you

00:48:13think

00:48:13they're

00:48:14genuine

00:48:14could topple

00:48:15Celtic

00:48:15this season

00:48:16January

00:48:16will be

00:48:17key

00:48:17if you're

00:48:18still in

00:48:18a very

00:48:18similar

00:48:18position

00:48:19in January

00:48:20after you've

00:48:21pretty much

00:48:21played

00:48:21everyone

00:48:22twice

00:48:23you've

00:48:24got to

00:48:24start

00:48:24saying

00:48:25this

00:48:25you can't

00:48:26take

00:48:26anything

00:48:26away

00:48:26from

00:48:26what

00:48:27they've

00:48:27done

00:48:27this

00:48:28year

00:48:28they have

00:48:28been

00:48:28the team

00:48:29of the

00:48:29year

00:48:29but they

00:48:30are

00:48:30vulnerable

00:48:31and they

00:48:31showed

00:48:31that at

00:48:32St Mern

00:48:32they should

00:48:33have been

00:48:33beat 3-1

00:48:34that is a

00:48:35big score

00:48:36line

00:48:36I can't wait

00:48:37till Lily

00:48:37Colum

00:48:38comes out

00:48:38and discusses

00:48:39that one

00:48:39it's also

00:48:40the mark

00:48:40of a good

00:48:41team

00:48:42to come

00:48:42away

00:48:43with

00:48:43something

00:48:43when

00:48:43you

00:48:43shouldn't

00:48:44be

00:48:44because

00:48:44they

00:48:44thought

00:48:46they

00:48:46got

00:48:46it

00:48:47as

00:48:47well

00:48:47I

00:48:47know

00:48:47they're

00:48:47going to

00:48:48back

00:48:48a

00:48:48manager

00:48:48in

00:48:49January

00:48:49it's

00:48:50just

00:48:50where

00:48:50they

00:48:50end

00:48:51up

00:48:51of course

00:48:51and the

00:48:52other

00:48:52aspect

00:48:52of it

00:48:53as

00:48:53well

00:48:53if

00:48:53they

00:48:53were

00:48:53genuinely

00:48:54heading

00:48:55into

00:48:552026

00:48:56with

00:48:57any

00:48:57sort

00:49:12fit

00:49:13than

00:49:13the

00:49:13one

00:49:13that

00:49:13you're

00:49:13wearing

00:49:14today

00:49:14I think

00:49:15the

00:49:15hearts

00:49:16which

00:49:16one

00:49:16would you

00:49:17prefer

00:49:17I've

00:49:17took the

00:49:17pressure

00:49:18off

00:49:18myself

00:49:18for this

00:49:18absolutely

00:49:19I think

00:49:20the

00:49:20hearts

00:49:20full strip

00:49:21is actually

00:49:22not bad

00:49:22they'll just

00:49:24go there's

00:49:25Tam

00:49:25where people

00:49:26are tuning

00:49:26in right

00:49:26now

00:49:27going

00:49:27who's

00:49:27the

00:49:28agent

00:49:28next

00:49:28to

00:49:28the

00:49:28host

00:49:29you know

00:49:29the worrying

00:49:30thing is

00:49:31he's had

00:49:31it on

00:49:31for four

00:49:31days

00:49:32which

00:49:35to be

00:49:36honest

00:49:36any

00:49:38school

00:49:38bride

00:49:38is

00:49:38nothing

00:49:39new

00:49:39for

00:49:39anybody

00:49:40it

00:49:40only

00:49:41suggests

00:49:41there

00:49:43needs

00:49:43to be

00:49:43more

00:49:43security

00:49:44at

00:49:44banks

00:49:44now

00:49:46listen

00:49:47there's

00:49:47a

00:49:47positive

00:49:48way

00:49:48to

00:49:48look

00:49:48at

00:49:48it

00:49:48and

00:49:48Derek

00:49:49McInnes

00:49:49has

00:49:49it

00:49:50we're

00:49:51going into

00:49:51November

00:49:51now

00:49:51unbeaten

00:49:52top of the

00:49:52league

00:49:53and if

00:49:53somebody

00:49:53told me

00:49:54that at the

00:49:54start of the

00:49:54season

00:49:55we'd be

00:49:55six points

00:49:56clear of

00:49:56Celtic

00:49:56after 10

00:49:58games

00:49:59we should

00:49:59have

00:49:59grabbed

00:49:59that

00:49:59so I

00:50:00think

00:50:00it's

00:50:00important

00:50:00for a

00:50:00bit

00:50:00of

00:50:01perspective

00:50:01players

00:50:01are a

00:50:02bit

00:50:02disappointed

00:50:02which

00:50:04is

00:50:04not a

00:50:05bad

00:50:05thing

00:50:05for them

00:50:06to be

00:50:11a

00:50:12more

00:50:12than

00:50:12decent

00:50:12point

00:50:12if we

00:50:13can win

00:50:13more

00:50:13games

00:50:13that

00:50:13yeah

00:50:15that's

00:50:16his way

00:50:16of

00:50:16looking

00:50:17at it

00:50:17and they're

00:50:17against

00:50:18Dundee

00:50:19second bottom

00:50:20without a

00:50:21winning five

00:50:21trips away

00:50:22from

00:50:22Dens Park

00:50:23the high

00:50:24of Celtic

00:50:26is now

00:50:27but a

00:50:27distant memory

00:50:28for them

00:50:29Stephen Presley

00:50:30knows this

00:50:31is going to

00:50:32be a long

00:50:33haul

00:50:33to finish

00:50:3411th

00:50:34I think

00:50:35if he's

00:50:36honest enough

00:50:36like

00:50:37John McGlynn

00:50:38is at

00:50:38Falkert

00:50:39the games

00:50:40that they'll

00:50:41have a

00:50:42successful

00:50:42season

00:50:42will be

00:50:43against

00:50:43the teams

00:50:43that are

00:50:44going to

00:50:44be in

00:50:45that bottom

00:50:45six

00:50:45if they can

00:50:47get anything

00:50:47out of any

00:50:48game

00:50:49a point

00:50:49away from

00:50:49home

00:50:50it's a

00:50:50bonus

00:50:51I just

00:50:51can't see

00:50:52the Dundee

00:50:52team away

00:50:53from home

00:50:53particularly

00:50:54being strong

00:50:55enough to

00:50:56withstand

00:50:57what hearts

00:50:57are going to

00:50:58hit on them

00:50:58with

00:50:58do you agree

00:51:00with me

00:51:01about Stephen

00:51:01Presley

00:51:01he's just

00:51:02got to

00:51:02try and

00:51:03finish

00:51:03I think

00:51:03he knows

00:51:04that this

00:51:04is a

00:51:05really

00:51:05crucial

00:51:05year for

00:51:06him

00:51:06he's got

00:51:07to try

00:51:07and do

00:51:07something

00:51:08that they

00:51:08don't get

00:51:08relegated

00:51:09to give

00:51:10him a

00:51:10chance

00:51:11to get

00:51:11his

00:51:12more

00:51:12players

00:51:12in

00:51:13but

00:51:13they've

00:51:13shown

00:51:14at home

00:51:14that they

00:51:15can do

00:51:15it

00:51:15but it's

00:51:16a way

00:51:16from home

00:51:16I think

00:51:16they're

00:51:17vulnerable

00:51:17ok give us

00:51:18your prediction

00:51:182-0 hearts

00:51:193-0 hearts

00:51:213-1 hearts

00:51:22ok I'll go

00:51:232-0 the

00:51:23jambos

00:51:24Falkirk

00:51:25against

00:51:25Kilmarnock

00:51:26did you see

00:51:27anything from

00:51:28Falkirk

00:51:28that suggests

00:51:29that they

00:51:30still can

00:51:31take the

00:51:31positivity

00:51:32of recent

00:51:32results

00:51:33into a

00:51:33game against

00:51:34by the way

00:51:34Kilmarnock

00:51:35somebody asked

00:51:36us on

00:51:36Monday

00:51:37if Stuart

00:51:38Kettlewell

00:51:39in fact it

00:51:40wasn't

00:51:40Monday

00:51:41it was

00:51:41yesterday

00:51:41Cheryl

00:51:42a reporter

00:51:43was asking

00:51:44is he under

00:51:45pressure

00:51:45Stuart

00:51:46Kettlewell

00:51:46not yet

00:51:47I don't

00:51:49think he's

00:51:49under pressure

00:51:49just yet

00:51:50he had a

00:51:51fairly decent

00:51:52start to

00:51:53the season

00:51:53Falkirk

00:51:54won't be

00:51:55drawing anything

00:51:56any conclusions

00:51:57on Wednesday

00:51:58night's

00:51:58game

00:51:59it's almost

00:52:00a free hit

00:52:01no one

00:52:01anticipates

00:52:02that they

00:52:03go and

00:52:03take anything

00:52:04at Celtic

00:52:06Park

00:52:06it's not

00:52:06the games

00:52:07that are

00:52:07going to

00:52:07define

00:52:07their

00:52:08campaign

00:52:08these are

00:52:09the games

00:52:10that are

00:52:10playing at

00:52:11home

00:52:11making the

00:52:13most of

00:52:13home advantage

00:52:15and I

00:52:16suspect a draw

00:52:18I'm going to

00:52:19go for a

00:52:19share of the

00:52:20points tomorrow

00:52:20I think it will

00:52:21be one each

00:52:21Dundee

00:52:23Kilmarnock

00:52:25two wins

00:52:25and ten

00:52:26since he took

00:52:27charge

00:52:27yeah at the

00:52:29start it looked

00:52:30pretty impressive

00:52:30he was getting

00:52:31results here and

00:52:32there

00:52:33I just think

00:52:34the endeavour

00:52:34that Falkirk

00:52:35have got is

00:52:36really good

00:52:36I think the

00:52:37crowd get right

00:52:38behind them

00:52:39it's a great

00:52:39atmosphere in the

00:52:40stadium

00:52:41I think we saw

00:52:42last week

00:52:43the players have

00:52:44a will to keep

00:52:45winning

00:52:45and I think

00:52:46that will carry

00:52:47them through

00:52:47I think they

00:52:48will just edge

00:52:49this one

00:52:49Tom

00:52:50I'm going to

00:52:51go for Falkirk

00:52:51to win

00:52:52I think Falkirk

00:52:52are strong at

00:52:53home

00:52:53I think they

00:52:53play a lot

00:52:54of good football

00:52:55and I've still

00:52:57got that buzzer

00:52:57just coming up

00:52:58so I think

00:52:59they'll forget

00:52:59as Alison said

00:53:00just forget the

00:53:01other night

00:53:01and they'll get

00:53:01on meeting

00:53:02Saturday and I

00:53:02think they've

00:53:02got enough to

00:53:03beat

00:53:03every now

00:53:05and then

00:53:05we always

00:53:06say to you

00:53:07that we like

00:53:07your opinion

00:53:08we obviously

00:53:08don't mind

00:53:09if you

00:53:09leather us

00:53:10from time

00:53:10to time

00:53:11as long

00:53:11as you're

00:53:11not abusive

00:53:12or in any

00:53:13way straying

00:53:13into areas

00:53:14that we don't

00:53:15want to go

00:53:15down

00:53:16but Sidney

00:53:17but Sidney

00:53:17Devine

00:53:17not the real

00:53:18Sidney

00:53:18Devine

00:53:18but his

00:53:19moniker

00:53:19on YouTube

00:53:22has said

00:53:22sorry I made

00:53:23a typo

00:53:23brilliant from

00:53:24Tam

00:53:25he looks

00:53:25completely

00:53:26gormless

00:53:27without a

00:53:27costume

00:53:27but my

00:53:28goodness

00:53:28he looks

00:53:29like a

00:53:29complete

00:53:30gormless

00:53:30fool

00:53:31and a

00:53:31buffoon

00:53:32of a

00:53:32man

00:53:32dressed

00:53:32like

00:53:33that

00:53:33wow

00:53:33talk

00:53:34I mean

00:53:35honestly

00:53:35can you

00:53:36not just

00:53:36enter

00:53:37into this

00:53:37spirit

00:53:37I've got

00:53:38a thick

00:53:38skin

00:53:38well I was

00:53:39going to

00:53:39say to

00:53:39you

00:53:40and lots

00:53:40of thick

00:53:41makeup

00:53:41well I

00:53:42was going

00:53:43to say to

00:53:43you Tam

00:53:43when you

00:53:44walked into

00:53:45our staff

00:53:46room today

00:53:46the whole

00:53:47place just

00:53:47burst into

00:53:48fits of

00:53:48laughter

00:53:48and thought

00:53:49good on

00:53:49you

00:53:49it was

00:53:50absolutely

00:53:51I thought

00:53:51Halloween

00:53:52had made

00:53:52an effort

00:53:52Peter

00:53:52yeah

00:53:53absolutely

00:53:53I think

00:53:54it's

00:53:54absolutely

00:53:55fantastic

00:53:55at one

00:53:56point I

00:53:58thought

00:53:58no I'm

00:53:59not going

00:53:59to say

00:54:00it

00:54:00I'm not

00:54:00even going

00:54:01to go

00:54:01for it

00:54:01because it

00:54:01will bring

00:54:02me all

00:54:02sorts of

00:54:02hassle

00:54:03but

00:54:03nevertheless

00:54:04good on

00:54:05you

00:54:05come on

00:54:05have a

00:54:06bit of

00:54:06spirit

00:54:06on this

00:54:07it's

00:54:07Halloween

00:54:08I

00:54:08have

00:54:08I have

00:54:09to say

00:54:09witnessed

00:54:10some

00:54:11absolutely

00:54:12magnificent

00:54:13costumes

00:54:14of people

00:54:14walking

00:54:15about

00:54:15it's

00:54:15been

00:54:15really

00:54:17good

00:54:17Ruffy

00:54:17it's

00:54:17the

00:54:18type of

00:54:18thing

00:54:18you and

00:54:18Maggie

00:54:18do

00:54:19you do

00:54:19like

00:54:20dressing

00:54:20up

00:54:20yeah

00:54:21I

00:54:21think

00:54:21we've

00:54:21got

00:54:21kids

00:54:22in

00:54:22Maggie's

00:54:22clothes

00:54:22how did

00:54:27you

00:54:27have

00:54:29legs

00:54:31and a

00:54:32pair of

00:54:32heels

00:54:32like

00:54:32Ruffy

00:54:32yeah

00:54:33absolutely

00:54:34still

00:54:34enough

00:54:35about

00:54:35role

00:54:35play

00:54:35let's

00:54:36concentrate

00:54:36on

00:54:37Livingston

00:54:37against

00:54:38Hebs

00:54:38no wins

00:54:39in

00:54:39nine

00:54:39and

00:54:40Hebbies

00:54:41two wins

00:54:42in

00:54:42nine

00:54:42David

00:54:43Gray

00:54:44as

00:54:44ever

00:54:44highs

00:54:45of

00:54:45winning

00:54:46lows

00:54:47of

00:54:47losing

00:54:47David

00:54:48Gray

00:54:48the

00:54:48Hibs

00:54:49boss

00:54:49is

00:54:49trying

00:54:49to

00:54:50keep

00:54:50everything

00:54:50on an

00:54:51even

00:54:51keel

00:54:51million

00:54:52percent

00:54:52we've been a very

00:54:54positive story on how quickly things can change in a positive way last season I've said that many times

00:55:00but then you also need to be

00:55:02this is a good thing about the group and I say this to them is making sure that you don't get too high after the back of a result and you stay humble and you keep working hard and you appreciate why we're getting results and when we have had results and when we have had results and why that happens because it changes very quickly going the other way as well so look how tight it is as I've just said there I'm not sure exactly the points but there can't be many between top and bottom

00:55:20well not top but

00:55:21six or seven places how quickly it can change

00:55:24with one result

00:55:24never mind two or three if you can put them together

00:55:27yeah

00:55:28this is the table Tam

00:55:30and you look and you see Hibs

00:55:33and you think to yourself

00:55:34fourth

00:55:35Hibs fans

00:55:36obviously it's painful seeing Hearts top but

00:55:39fourth at this point

00:55:41I think they'll be like

00:55:42yeah we take that

00:55:43yeah I think considering where they were last season Peter

00:55:45they were bottom of the league at this point probably

00:55:46I think

00:55:47it's an amazing turnaround for both

00:55:48Edinburgh clubs actually both was in the bottom tube

00:55:50so

00:55:51I think the fact that Hearts are flying

00:55:53you know sticks in the crow a little bit for the Hibs supporters

00:55:55but

00:55:55I think the fact that Hibs have not really turned up twice now against Rangers

00:55:59you know once in the league cup away from home

00:56:01where a lot of people were tipping Rangers to go and turn

00:56:03Russell Martin's team over

00:56:04they didn't turn up

00:56:05and then the other night I didn't think they turned up in the final third

00:56:07is Bowie doing enough for you?

00:56:09nah I think he

00:56:10he looks off the boil at the minute Peter

00:56:12and there's plenty of options for him

00:56:13for David Gray

00:56:14Eli Johan

00:56:15Martin

00:56:15Boyle

00:56:15the only thing I would say is Livingston

00:56:17I suppose it's a tough game to go away from home

00:56:20and Bowie might be needed for set pieces

00:56:22and his physical presence

00:56:23so he might keep him in the team

00:56:24but

00:56:24yeah he looks as if he's getting frustrated now Peter

00:56:27in terms of the service

00:56:28I don't think he's scored in seven games

00:56:30so

00:56:30he needs a goal

00:56:31like most strikers do

00:56:32if you go through six, seven, eight games without a goal

00:56:34you

00:56:34you start to get frustrated

00:56:36and the important thing for him is

00:56:37just keep getting into positions to score goals

00:56:38and something will drop for you

00:56:39but

00:56:39as poor as Hibs were there all night

00:56:42I think they'll go and take care of Livingston

00:56:43I think they'll beat Livingston twice this season

00:56:45and I think they'll go and make it three now

00:56:47tomorrow

00:56:47what about David Martindale and his mindset

00:56:52Ruffy

00:56:53because

00:56:53if Stephen Robinson's miffed at some of the suggestions

00:56:57of the way they're playing

00:56:58Livingston

00:57:00he's tried to

00:57:01put the side together

00:57:03playing a bit of football

00:57:04and I think that's to his credit

00:57:05but

00:57:06it's certainly not working out

00:57:07at the moment

00:57:08no it isn't

00:57:09you know

00:57:10and

00:57:10I think again

00:57:11at the early part of the season

00:57:13we thought they were going to be

00:57:14particularly hard to beat

00:57:15but they're not

00:57:16they are getting beaten regular now

00:57:18they're down where they don't want to be

00:57:19but they've been down there before

00:57:21they know how to deal with it

00:57:22and it's up to David

00:57:23to come up with

00:57:24the idea

00:57:25I think they thought

00:57:26because it was the beginning of the season

00:57:27the new owners

00:57:28and play

00:57:29seven was going to be on the up

00:57:31but it's not proved that way

00:57:32but

00:57:32he knows like

00:57:33Dundee

00:57:34and the rest of them

00:57:35that he just needs to be out of that bottom two

00:57:37yeah what's your prediction

00:57:38Hibs have got to start winning games for me

00:57:40you know

00:57:41it's okay

00:57:41I'm talking up

00:57:43and they've got good players

00:57:44and they're playing good football

00:57:45but

00:57:45I think the Hibs supporters demand

00:57:47that they start winning

00:57:48give us your prediction

00:57:49Hibs 2-1

00:57:51Ali

00:57:52Hibs 2-0

00:57:53okay

00:57:54I think they're going to

00:57:56I think they're going to just

00:57:57edge at Hibs

00:57:582-1

00:57:582-0 for Hibs for me

00:57:59yeah

00:58:00okay

00:58:00listen

00:58:01an absolute joy

00:58:03on the programme today

00:58:05to talk about the football

00:58:07because

00:58:07certainly over the last week

00:58:08I don't think even

00:58:10in the mad days

00:58:12that Scottish football

00:58:13just keeps on giving

00:58:14we would have witnessed

00:58:15such a dramatic change

00:58:17Ruff

00:58:17we were getting ready

00:58:18at the weekend

00:58:19for

00:58:20a Celtic Rangers game

00:58:21which is always

00:58:22eagerly anticipated

00:58:24but suddenly

00:58:24you're looking at

00:58:25two dugouts

00:58:26where both dugouts

00:58:27have a change

00:58:28in management

00:58:29and it's

00:58:30we've highlighted

00:58:31Back to the Future

00:58:32with Martin O'Neill

00:58:33and Rangers fans

00:58:34hoping for a bright future

00:58:35with Danny Rule

00:58:36it's incredible

00:58:37the week that's gone on

00:58:38somewhere

00:58:38out there on this planet

00:58:40I wonder if Brendan Rodgers

00:58:42will even

00:58:42hit the button

00:58:43on his television

00:58:44to watch the game

00:58:45it's a difficult one

00:58:49you know

00:58:49obviously we'll still be

00:58:50trying to go over

00:58:51what's actually happened

00:58:52it's always been a lot

00:58:54it means a lot to him

00:58:55you know

00:58:56these kind of games

00:58:57and it means a lot to everybody

00:58:58winning these kind of games

00:58:59because you don't want to

00:59:00and the Monday

00:59:01be on the end

00:59:02of the defeat

00:59:02so I think both

00:59:04I mean Martin will know

00:59:05what to expect

00:59:06if they don't win it

00:59:07but the Rangers manager

00:59:08if he wins it

00:59:09he'll be nearly a hero

00:59:11for one game

00:59:12everybody's had an opinion

00:59:13on it Ali

00:59:14even Callum McGregor

00:59:15the captain

00:59:16has said

00:59:16you know

00:59:17he changed the landscape

00:59:18he's paid tribute

00:59:19to Brendan Rodgers

00:59:20because

00:59:21if anything

00:59:22this week

00:59:23has been scathing

00:59:24from the

00:59:24majority shareholder

00:59:26Dermot Desmond

00:59:28and he's paid tribute

00:59:29obviously to another man

00:59:30that maybe people

00:59:31will look and say

00:59:32okay

00:59:32he's had a long period

00:59:33there John Kennedy

00:59:34out the door

00:59:35and looking possibly

00:59:36for his first

00:59:37managerial role

00:59:38it's a sad end

00:59:41for John Kennedy

00:59:42and a very long

00:59:43association

00:59:43I think a lot

00:59:44said this week

00:59:45about the manner

00:59:46of that exit

00:59:47I think it felt

00:59:48a bit tawdry

00:59:49that Celtic

00:59:50didn't release anything

00:59:51just to

00:59:52or when they did

00:59:53release something

00:59:54it was

00:59:54sometime after

00:59:56news broke

00:59:57that he'd already

00:59:58left the club

00:59:59it was almost as if

01:00:00he was just

01:00:00sort of sneaking out

01:00:01the back door

01:00:02which I think is unfair

01:00:03given the length

01:00:05of service

01:00:05that he'd given

01:00:07the club

01:00:07in terms of

01:00:08Brendan Rodgers

01:00:09time will frame

01:00:11his two spells

01:00:13at Celtic

01:00:14as very successful

01:00:15spells

01:00:15when you look

01:00:16at the trophy

01:00:17hall

01:00:17what was delivered

01:00:19across both spells

01:00:20but I don't think

01:00:22there's any doubt

01:00:22that it leaves

01:00:24just the manner

01:00:25of the exit

01:00:25in the last couple

01:00:27of months

01:00:27probably leaves

01:00:28a sour element

01:00:29to it

01:00:30yeah I think

01:00:30on that period

01:00:32of Brendan Rodgers

01:00:33winning games

01:00:34the highlight

01:00:35I think that he'll

01:00:35always be able

01:00:36to take away

01:00:36is the way

01:00:37his team played

01:00:38against Bayern Munich

01:00:39sadly I think

01:00:41you know his

01:00:42his reputation

01:00:43as far as

01:00:45and his place

01:00:45in Celtic's history

01:00:46will be tarnished

01:00:47a little

01:00:47by this whole episode

01:00:49and I think Celtic fans

01:00:50will always look upon

01:00:52Brendan Rodgers

01:00:52but

01:00:53in their assessment

01:00:55of his period

01:00:56in charge

01:00:57which

01:00:57you know

01:00:58whether history

01:00:59as it goes past

01:01:01month after month

01:01:02year after year

01:01:03they start to look

01:01:04on him more

01:01:04favourably

01:01:05only time will tell

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01:01:08Scottish football

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