It's time to drop Kasper Schmeichel

Scottish Football

Tam McManus thinks Kasper Schmeichel should be dropped by Martin O'Neill for the match with Hibs on Sunday. The PLZ team look at a possible new deal for Raskin and questions whether full-time referees would make any difference in Scotland.

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00:00:00Welcome to the football show on PLZ Soccer's YouTube channel. I'm Peter Martin, Alan Ruff and

00:00:04Tam McManus are here with me. We're sponsored by Cameron Commercial Vehicles. Don't forget to go

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00:00:27The BME headlines. Basically, Kasper Schmeichel booed a Celtic lose to Stuttgart. 7,500 away

00:00:35fans are all set for Celtics Cup tie against Rangers. John Suter extends his stay at Ibrox

00:00:40and Jens Berthel-Ascow wants full-time referees in Scotland. Will it make a blind bit of difference?

00:00:46Probably by about 6 o'clock tonight. Some people will be arguing because by that time Willie

00:00:51Colum will have released the video on some of the big contentious VAR decisions. We'll

00:00:57be talking about them and getting Tam and Ruffy's thoughts on VAR right across Europe and of

00:01:04course here is it ruining the domestic game. It's an ongoing thing that never goes away

00:01:10for us. Okay, what about the quiz sponsored by Elite Joinery and Fire Protection? This is

00:01:16a good one after Anthony Gordon scored four goals for Newcastle in a European game. Which

00:01:22former Rangers player scored four goals in a Champions League match? There's a belter, eh, Ruffy?

00:01:28Champions League, not European Cup. Well, Champions League or European Cup.

00:01:35Is it European Cup? It's Champions League.

00:01:37Champions League, right. Okay. You on that, Tam? Do you know it?

00:01:42No, I'll have a think about it. What? I'm a Scooby. Okay, well. I've got time to think

00:01:47about it. Absolutely. I'll give you the answer at the end of the programme if you can't actually

00:01:51come up with it. If you have a clue on it, then don't forget to put it in our feed

00:01:57as

00:01:57well. It's a good one. Thanks very much to so many of you. Thanks to Dublin Boy who's

00:02:02joined us from the Emerald Isle. Nice to have you on board. There are so many people that like

00:02:07to join us, Paul Brady, Anne Wood as well, Paul as well and Les Hanley. Great to have

00:02:13you on board as we get ready to discuss the weekend's matches. But before we do that, we're

00:02:19going back the way to Celtic Park. Before the game got going in any great gusto, there

00:02:26was tennis balls thrown on because Celtic fans clearly not happy with the board. There's

00:02:31a certain amount of unrest that the Green Brigade are still locked out as well. And that was before

00:02:37Celtic lost 4-1, Ravi. What did you make of it? Martin Anil in his 1,000th game in charge

00:02:42didn't quite go the way he wanted it to, but he was quite critical of this continued unrest

00:02:48with supporters. Yeah, you can see why. You want to go into a football game as a player

00:02:54and a manager to concentrate 100% on what's in front of you and the disruptiveness of all

00:03:00that going along. If we're talking about the football, we're totally outclassed. There's

00:03:06no doubt about that. We're not. We're talking about the fact that they're throwing

00:03:08tennis balls on and stopped the game. And we're going to talk about Schmeichel as

00:03:12well. But the bottom line is supporter. The bottom line is you're a supporter. You

00:03:19go along to support your club. You don't go along to throw tennis balls onto a park.

00:03:22For what reason? What point are you trying to make?

00:03:27Well, let's get to the balance overall, Tam. Quite simply, it's a democracy. People are

00:03:35allowed to show their displeasure at certain decisions. I think the Green Brigade one is

00:03:40a little more complex than they're just not allowed in. There are various layers to the

00:03:46conduct of the Green Brigade. The demands of Celtic Football Club on the Green Brigade.

00:03:50And they can't come to an agreement. And some of the things that have upset the club are

00:03:58quite simply that whether it's pyrotechnics, whether it's banners, whether it's flags,

00:04:03it's not the fact that they might disagree with the sentiment of the Green Brigade. It's

00:04:07the fact that it gets the club into trouble.

00:04:10Yeah, that's been the case for a number of years now. Peter Celtic are getting fined across

00:04:14European games. You know, banning supporters. You know, the UEFA have banned them at times

00:04:19as well. So, yeah, listen, it doesn't help anyone. You know, at the start of the game,

00:04:23and I think Martin O'Neill touched on it after the game. You know, he's been at Celtic in

00:04:27big, big European nights. I mean, the likes of Barcelona have come and Juventus and teams

00:04:30like that. And they've been terrified. Their racket when you walk out of Celtic Park was

00:04:35enormous. You know, teams would freeze on that stage. I think he was looking for a similar

00:04:39type of atmosphere last night. You know, when the teams came out, I think he said that it

00:04:43was good. And then a minute into the game, in fact, it was 20 seconds into the game,

00:04:47you know, there's tennis balls getting thrown on. So, you could see how exasperated he was

00:04:50on the sideline. I think the camera panned to him, Peter, and he must have been thinking,

00:04:53what's going on here? Yeah. And straight away, that sucks all the energy out of the stadium.

00:04:57You know, it would give an opposition player, it would give me a lift, knowing that I thought

00:05:01this was going to be intimidating. And it's like a mob now. So, yeah, I don't think it

00:05:06helps anyone. There's a bit of a civil war going on at Celtic. Now, Martin O'Neill's

00:05:10been very jovial and very jokey in his press conferences. And he's posting pre-match

00:05:15analysis of games. Last night was probably the angriest I've seen him since he's come

00:05:18back to Celtic. So, all is not well at Celtic at the minute. And I know that Martin would

00:05:25dearly like the supporters back in. I don't think that's going to happen now at the end

00:05:29of the season. I think there's too much water under the bridge, Peter, for that to happen.

00:05:32So, Celtic have got to get together as a club and try and win the league and try and win

00:05:37the cup now because they're out of Europe. And if they don't, there's going to be fingers

00:05:40pointed everywhere. But I don't think it helps anyone in that divide between the supporters

00:05:45and the club.

00:05:46Well, over and above that, Ruffy, Martin O'Neill can do no wrong in the eyes of the Celtic

00:05:51fans.

00:05:52He was getting criticised a wee bit last night. I've seen his comments after it about, I

00:05:57think he said something about the club's not getting any money in one of the statements.

00:06:02So, I've seen a few...

00:06:03I think he said he can't compete with a team that could spend £8 million on a player.

00:06:07Well, it's not an argument that cuts...

00:06:09I don't think there's a big gap between Celtic and Stuttgart in terms of wages.

00:06:12Well, listen, you know, there's somebody that would annihilate you on that line alone on

00:06:17some of the individual players that may well be recruited by Stuttgart. But it doesn't

00:06:22cut this whole narrative of trying to back the board with their constant, we can't compete

00:06:28nonsense because Bodo glimped defeated Inter Milan by three goals to one and they don't

00:06:34have a budget that would sink the Titanic. There are always anomalies.

00:06:37But the point here is Celtic fans are not demanding that Celtic fire out Champions League

00:06:44money to the level of the big clubs. They want to be able to take scalps. They want to

00:06:50try and make Celtic Park a fortress. They want to try and at least get to a situation where

00:06:55they can maybe get to knockout phase and give someone a run for their money. And Brendan

00:07:00Rogers proved that you can do that. And from a year on from that, they have gone backwards.

00:07:06But their ambitions have always been, for me, over a 20 year period, you know, this board

00:07:12has been more about bean counting than trying to get, you know, big wins and give Celtic

00:07:18fans more nights that Martin used to give them to remember back in 2002, 2003. And what you've

00:07:25got is that you've got a whole pile of either journalists or pundits who pander to them, who'll

00:07:32bleat out this narrative of they can't compete. It's a lot of nonsense. Celtic fans don't want

00:07:37them to spend 20 million on a player. They just want them to actually go and recruit properly

00:07:41and have a go and entertain them. And they're not getting that. We were talking for it on

00:07:47air. What happened to the guy they've just signed from Brentford at centre-half? Nobody's

00:07:51heard of this guy.

00:07:51I don't think you can complain with what the supporters are protesting against. But we've

00:07:58been doing this all year now. And has any of the boards stepped in? You know, it's not

00:08:03working.

00:08:04No.

00:08:05It's not because this board aren't going to give up what they've got.

00:08:07I can't help but feel, Tam, that they're, I can't help but feel, if you've got 77 million,

00:08:13maybe 80 million in the bank, I just get this feeling that they're stacking the cash to sell

00:08:18the club. I can't work out any other reason for that. But by the way, can I also say, so

00:08:26what they lost to Stuttgart? Martin and Neil, not that he's happy to lose. Martin and Neil

00:08:30doesn't want the European tie. He knows that the Celtic have got to try and battle on all

00:08:36fronts. Stuttgart, to the game that Ruffey wanted us to jump on, because when he reads

00:08:42the script here, he tries to move on quickly without giving an opinion on it. Stuttgart?

00:08:47Different class, Peter.

00:08:49Were they a different class?

00:08:50I thought they cruised the game, Peter. And I'll tell you what, Celtic looked as if they

00:08:55didn't want to pin Europe any longer either. I thought the intensity wasn't there from

00:08:58the start for them, Celtic. I thought too many players going through the motions. Usually

00:09:01in big European nights, you get after teams, you put them under pressure, you press high.

00:09:06You go and get the crowd behind you. I didn't see any of that from start to finish, really.

00:09:10And they played like a team that just thought, these are two games that we could be doing

00:09:13without. And I think that showed in the performance and the end result, to be honest.

00:09:16I think Martin and Neil has obviously done particularly well with getting the results.

00:09:20But I think we'll all admit that Celtic aren't firing on North Island. Celtic aren't the team

00:09:25that Peter keeps bringing up against the Germans, you know. But this has been waiting to happen,

00:09:32this result. I mean, these goals and seven and eight minutes into extra time and everything,

00:09:37it's a recipe for disaster. Not being able to beat teams in 90 minutes that are sitting

00:09:42bottom of the league shows you that you're not playing particularly well. And when you

00:09:45come up against a really good team, this is what's going to happen. You're just fudging

00:09:49over, you know, just, oh, we're winning a game, we're winning this, we're still in it,

00:09:54we're still in it. But when you look at the football last night, they're miles off it.

00:09:58Well, the other thing about it, and I would never condemn people for having that right

00:10:03to voice their displeasure, providing, of course, the, you know, whether it's tennis

00:10:08balls or whatever, some people disagree with that. You've got to look and say to yourself,

00:10:12why are they angry? What do they want to be rectified? Are they going to get their way

00:10:18in this? It's going to be a long haul to try and get rid of some of the board members.

00:10:21Certainly the majority shareholder is still in there. And anybody that gets in his way

00:10:27is either barred or condemned. But what I would say, Tam, is, and I don't think I'm

00:10:35surprising anybody by this, I'm absolutely gobsmacked that the Celtic fans booed

00:10:41Cashfish Michael. OK, he's at fault, first and third goal. I think he's open to criticism.

00:10:48He has made some absolutely fantastic saves over the last month, which we've credited

00:10:53him with in this show. He's made some top-draw saves. Last night, quality side, they hit

00:10:59it harder, they hit it better. But goal number one and goal number three, poor. But by the

00:11:08way, you don't boo the goalkeeper, for God's sake. I can remember, I can remember going

00:11:12and watching Celtic as a kid. I would never think of booing a player that was wearing green

00:11:17white hoops.

00:11:17You've got to support your players, Peter, and I don't like to see anyone booed. I just

00:11:21don't think it helps anyone. If you're a supporter and you think, right, he's not playing very

00:11:25well, I'm going to boo him. What benefit do you think that's going to give to the team

00:11:29and the individual player? It's going to make him play worse, and it's going to make the

00:11:33team play worse.

00:11:34But that's not supporting your team booing the player.

00:11:36It's not. It's not Peter Indy. I thought it was out of order. Listen, I think Kasper

00:11:39Smeichel's probably in his last season. I think he's making far too many mistakes now. I think

00:11:43his concentration levels, you know, and his fitness levels, I think this will probably

00:11:47be his last season. So whether he gets taken out of the firing line against Hibbs on Sunday,

00:11:52I don't know. Martin Neal was back to his goalkeeper last night, and you see that after

00:11:56games, you know, managers do back players, but in the cold light heart of Dave, when he sees

00:12:00the goals back, he might think, right, we need to change. But I think that, I think

00:12:04he's lost the confidence of the Celtic supporters, Kasper Smeichel, now, and I think it goes

00:12:07way back to the cup final last season, when he made the boo-boo when Aberdeen won the

00:12:11Scottish. I think the Celtic fans have been getting on his back ever since then. So I

00:12:15think it's time for a change in the goalkeeping department. I really do. I just think that

00:12:20it's time to bring someone else, when it's Sinasalo or whoever, you need to go and bring

00:12:24another keeper in, because I just think Kasper's confidence is shot to bits, and anything that's

00:12:27on target at the minute looks as if it's a goal.

00:12:29So, you're better placed than anybody, roughly, on the goals that you lost last night.

00:12:34I think he's lost his confidence.

00:12:35No, I think he's carrying some kind of injury. I don't know what it is on his shoulder.

00:12:40Well, said he missed a couple of games, you know, to rest his shoulder. The guy came in,

00:12:45the new guy came in, and then he's been brought in again. He's not reacting, didn't that,

00:12:49on that right-hand side. He's trying to flick everything. He's trying to flick everything

00:12:53out the road, and Peter's right. The pace of the ball done him the other night. I mean,

00:12:58he went down with his arm and ended up hitting him quite high up, you know, and that's a

00:13:02bad sign as well. The first goal, yeah, it's poor again.

00:13:06Are you making excuses for him?

00:13:07No, no, no, no, no, no.

00:13:08If he's injured, you don't play him.

00:13:10Well, yeah, I would agree with that. I would agree with that, 100%.

00:13:13Too much at stake for Celtic now, I think, to carry anyone, injuries and passengers.

00:13:17With 11 games to go in the league.

00:13:18Yeah, I just don't think Celtic can afford to carry any passengers.

00:13:20Well, I think he's big enough and broad enough to admit that these two goals were poor.

00:13:26Yeah.

00:13:26You know, but as you're saying there, if you're a true supporter of the club, you don't boo

00:13:30one of your players. You know, particularly somebody who has done particularly well since

00:13:34he's come back and come in and done big saves and big games. So you don't, it just shows

00:13:39you the new breed of, not all supporters, but a new breed of certain supporters feel as

00:13:45if they're above everybody and they'll just do whatever they want and they'll no go.

00:13:50You're probably going back to your time as well. Certainly my time, if people weren't

00:13:53playing well, the fans could boo you.

00:13:56Yeah, you think so?

00:13:56I remember playing for Hibs and a big winger, Derek Townsley. Oh, what it's thinking.

00:14:01Gary Caldwell, when he announced that he was going to Celtic when he was at Hibs, booed

00:14:05him mercersly at Hibs. And I have heard it at other clubs as well. So I just, supporters

00:14:09just think, I don't agree with it, but supporters think, well, I'm paying my money, so I'm

00:14:12entitled to do what I want. I don't agree with it.

00:14:14I have to admit, you can understand, you know, sometimes, sometimes you get in a game

00:14:18where a player's giving the ball away regularly or he's having a howler, you know, the fans

00:14:23get upset with that. This is after the game. You know what I mean? You think to yourself,

00:14:29you know, why's your displeasure? I mean, I actually on Twitter last night just went,

00:14:33Kasper Schmeichel, on the basis that it wasn't a great performance, but booing, I don't know.

00:14:39By the way, the other thing about it as well is, no matter what happens, from last-minute

00:14:45winners and the euphoria of the game against Kilmarnock, you know, that's all domestic issues

00:14:52that they're managing to get away with it. But in the European stage, they have gone

00:14:58backwards. The ambition has been, there can't be any ambition because they've just been literally

00:15:04assets stripped by this board. Yeah, I don't think anybody could argue that. No Celtic

00:15:09supporter would argue that. You know, you can talk about five players, top, top players

00:15:14who were the engine of the Celtic team, you know, and playing attractive football, going

00:15:19forward at pace, winning games, winning 3-0, 4-0, 5-0. That's not happening anymore.

00:15:25You're relying on getting into extra time to try and get a winner. And that's basically

00:15:29because the quality that they had is not there anymore, you know, and it's second-rate,

00:15:34not, I don't mean second-rate players, just second-rate quality that's in the team.

00:15:38Yeah, and by the way, see this nonsense about that the Green Brigade are the only people

00:15:42that can sing? That's a lot of nonsense, by the way. If you've got a half-decent team

00:15:47who's entertaining, people will sing. They all sing at the start. You know, what are we

00:15:51dealing with here? You know, a whole team of fantastic choir singers. Give me peace.

00:15:58Put a team on the park and everybody will start singing.

00:16:00Yeah, I don't think it's, the atmosphere's down to the Green Brigade, I think that's down

00:16:03to the whole collective of Celtic, and you're right, if the product on the park is poor and

00:16:08it's turgid, it's hard to watch, you're struggling to break down teams, then supporters are not

00:16:12going to sing and chant, they're going to be frustrated, they're going to moan. If you're

00:16:15playing fast, attractive football, like Ange Postacoglu, the whole crowd are behind it,

00:16:19the whole crowd are singing and up for it, and you get that from the whole support, not

00:16:23just the Green Brigade.

00:16:25The very few games, I must admit, it's only due to the fact that some fans have got a

00:16:31sense, we've talked about this sense of entitlement, but there's very few games in that year where

00:16:36there's been an incredible atmosphere. You know, because the Celtic fans won Champions

00:16:41League, and the Champions League, when it starts, when the music starts, the whole place goes

00:16:47mental, I've never heard anything like it, but what happens in the last couple of years,

00:16:50in a good few years in fact, the Champions League theme kicks in, everybody thinks it's a

00:16:54great atmosphere, and then the team goes out and spank Celtic.

00:16:57Yeah.

00:16:57You know, so this is why they're upset about it, I like this one, this is a great message

00:17:00from Paul, who says, Peter, tell Ruffey I was booing him the morning after a game

00:17:06Austria against Scotland in 1978, Ruffey let in a Howler 3-2 to Austria.

00:17:10Remembering it clear the last five minutes.

00:17:12Yeah, do you remember Paul?

00:17:13Don't remember Paul, I remember...

00:17:15Hans Krankel.

00:17:15Hans Krankel, yeah.

00:17:17What a shout, that is brilliant.

00:17:20Hans Krankel scored, yeah.

00:17:21Yeah.

00:17:22Don't want to go through the whole scenario, you know, because I don't like blaming other

00:17:25people.

00:17:26What was that?

00:17:27It was a misunderstanding, it was Ian Munro.

00:17:30Oh, not your...

00:17:31No, no, no, no, no, listen to the story.

00:17:34Your pal.

00:17:34No, I'm not blaming Ian.

00:17:36Did he just say it was him?

00:17:37No, no, no, I'm trying to tell you what happened.

00:17:39Alright, okay.

00:17:39The ball got played through from a long distance, Ian came across to cover it and I shouted,

00:17:45leave it Ian.

00:17:46Did you not shout Ruffey's ball?

00:17:47No, no, I just said, leave it Ian, that's mine.

00:17:50And it just so happened that the ball, him and me and the ball went in between, if you

00:17:57know what I mean.

00:17:57It was a thing and it hit me in the shoulder and it bounced to the boy Krankel and he

00:18:02just

00:18:02walked in there.

00:18:03Right, so...

00:18:04It was Ian's fault, man.

00:18:05You taking responsibility for it, full responsibility, it was your mistake.

00:18:10I'm going to phone him tonight and I'm going to say, Ian, he's just blamed you, but he's

00:18:16the nicest guy you could ever wish to meet, you're a moron.

00:18:19I would never blame Ian Munro for that, he was a quality guy.

00:18:21Here's the other thing I was going to say to you, did you get booed?

00:18:24No, but I'll tell you where I did get booed, which I'll never, ever forget.

00:18:29Go on.

00:18:30Coming out after the Peru game.

00:18:34I know.

00:18:34There's a viaduct, there's a viaduct.

00:18:39And you come out of the main entrance right onto the bus and the bus was quite near, you

00:18:42know.

00:18:43And we knew as soon as we come out, supporters have paid their money, they're up there, they're

00:18:48going absolutely mental and that, but we were obviously just wanting to go on the bus

00:18:52and Ali came out and started waving to them.

00:18:58Well, listen, five shots, four goals, Celtic well beaten.

00:19:03I'm not going to make excuses for him because quite simply, I think, you know, he would have

00:19:09taken a positive result, Martin, but certainly having listened to him in the press conference

00:19:14after the Kermarnik game, he was looking and more or less saying, listen, we need a game

00:19:18against Stuttgart like a hole in the head because they've got six mental games and these

00:19:23are...

00:19:24I think it makes it easier, Peter, for the second leg, which is three days before the

00:19:28Scottish Cup game against Rangers.

00:19:30Yeah.

00:19:30I think you'll send the B team over there.

00:19:32Yeah, what the seven or eight players that were signed without his consent?

00:19:35Yeah, I think they'll send the under-16s over to Stuttgart, but I don't think they'll

00:19:39be taking any chances in that game.

00:19:40The tie's done.

00:19:41If I was Martin, I'd send over Didi Agat, Thompson, Sutton and Larson, you know.

00:19:48Yeah, see if we can find Bobo Baldi somewhere.

00:19:50Yeah, absolutely.

00:19:52I think he's still under contract.

00:19:58So, he's 28 grand a week.

00:20:00It's 16 years since Hibs last defeated Celtic.

00:20:02I remember it.

00:20:03Danny Gobreith, an ex-team mate of mine at Limerick, went through and scored 2-1, last

00:20:08kick of the ball, and that's far too long for a club like Hibs.

00:20:11To go to Celtic.

00:20:12And listen, I don't think they'll get many better opportunities.

00:20:14I think the Celtic team's poor.

00:20:16I think they're there to be got at.

00:20:17They're coming off the back of a tank in Europe.

00:20:21Hibs have, again, just started to pick up a couple of results.

00:20:24Got a wee freshness in there with the new signings, Peter.

00:20:25So, listen, I'm loathe to go and pick Hibs to go and beat Celtic at Parkhead with the record

00:20:31they've got.

00:20:31But I think if you're a Hibs player, you're going, right, come on, let's put a performance

00:20:35in and we can get a result here.

00:20:37You think they will?

00:20:38Too honest, Elik.

00:20:40I mean, listen, the three strikers they've got, you know.

00:20:46Yeah.

00:20:46It's a freshness, Peter.

00:20:47I think they needed it.

00:20:48I think they needed it.

00:20:49Sutle, Scarlett.

00:20:50Sutle's a big target, man.

00:20:51I likened them to Big Mixu.

00:20:53Big Mixu will be happy with that.

00:20:56Scarlett, obviously, on loan from Tottenham.

00:20:57A young lad, Eldon, from Ireland.

00:20:58So, yeah, and they've brought a new defender and a new midfield player.

00:21:01So, they've got a wee bit of freshness in it, Hibs.

00:21:03And, listen, they've noed a game this week.

00:21:04They'll be fully prepared by David Gray.

00:21:08And too many times David Gray's went to Celtic and Rangers and been negative in his tactics.

00:21:12I hope he goes and goes really attacking and gets at Celtic because, defensively, at the minute, Celtic will better

00:21:17be got at.

00:21:18OK, prediction 2-1 Celtic, Ruffy.

00:21:202-0 Celtic.

00:21:21Yeah, can't see past Celtic in this one domestically.

00:21:25It's certainly going to be squeaky bum time now.

00:21:27Celtic have still got a game in hand.

00:21:29But let's talk Rangers because Danny Rule at the press conference, very confident and positive, as he should be now,

00:21:36with regards to Rangers.

00:21:38You know, I think it's that classic, what I call, Dick Arbacat line, we can do it, which Dick used

00:21:46to, when I was interviewing him, he was always very positive, brilliant to interview.

00:21:50Danny Rule, again, saying, you know, now they've got a real chance, we can do it.

00:21:56They've got Livingston, they're bottom of the table.

00:21:59This is an opportunity for Rangers to, again, just keep this winning momentum.

00:22:04Yeah, well, they proved that last week.

00:22:06I think everybody, not everybody, a lot of people were going, this could be a game if Hearts do particularly

00:22:11well and take something from Ibrox.

00:22:13You know, because Scupper, you know, Rangers, I think Tam has said, if it goes to eight points, forget it.

00:22:19So they've done particularly well.

00:22:20That game will give them a massive boost.

00:22:23I said the other week there that I think the squad that they've got now, particularly on the bench, are

00:22:28proving their worth when they're coming on.

00:22:30And that is a big thing.

00:22:32I honestly can't see them taking it in and out of this Livingston side.

00:22:36But Livingston are fighting for their life and it would have to be something drastic, like a Rangers getting a

00:22:41player sent off or something like that.

00:22:42Yeah, the other thing I was going to say to you, Tam, is he's hinted today that there might be

00:22:46a couple of injuries,

00:22:47but I don't think it would matter a jot the way they're playing.

00:22:50I mean, they're starting to be not only creative, Rangers, I think it's very positive for them,

00:22:56but, you know, everybody's got that feeling as if this could be a special year.

00:23:00Yeah, I think the momentum they'll get, Peter, from that performance and result against Hearts could be critical for them

00:23:05going forward.

00:23:07Livingston are on track to be one of the worst teams in Premiership history this season with their points total.

00:23:12So I can see nothing more than a comfortable Rangers win.

00:23:16And there'll be three quarters of the stadium Rangers fans there as well.

00:23:19Usually in the past I'd go Livingston away, AstroTurf, but they've got a brand new pitch as well,

00:23:23which I think suits better players.

00:23:25I don't think it's suited Livingston, so I think Rangers are going one cosy.

00:23:28Yeah, what about a good deal for John Suter?

00:23:31He's done well, he's combined.

00:23:33I think he's had a really good sustained period, no injury worries. Solid.

00:23:38Yeah, I always liked him, Peter.

00:23:39I think he's obviously been very unfortunate with injuries at Hearts and Dundee United.

00:23:43I think he's Rangers' best centre-half.

00:23:45In terms of just a pure defender, I think he throws his cell in front of things, he blocks, he

00:23:49reads the game well.

00:23:50And I think that's good business for Rangers.

00:23:51I think if you keep him fit, he's your number one centre-half.

00:23:54So he's been really, really impressive the last couple of games that I've seen Motherwell in Hearts.

00:23:58And so I think that's good for John, who I think will play for Scotland in the World Cup if

00:24:02he's fit.

00:24:03And for Rangers as well, getting him tied up again.

00:24:05And after all the hullabaloo, even a wee sniff that Raskin might get a new deal.

00:24:11Yeah, it's amazing what happens when you start to win games and the fans get behind you again.

00:24:15I think there was a few murmurings about Raskin with the Rangers supporters maybe a month ago, six weeks ago.

00:24:19He wasn't playing too well.

00:24:20I think he's obviously scored a great goal against Motherwell, played really well against Hearts.

00:24:25All of a sudden, there's more positive rumblings about him.

00:24:27But I don't think he'll be there long term.

00:24:29I think he's got his eyes on the move abroad.

00:24:32That's just my opinion.

00:24:33But I think if the deal's right for Rangers, then maybe.

00:24:37But I just don't think he's a replaceable Raskin.

00:24:39I think he's a good player. I don't think he's a great player.

00:24:41Yeah. Ruffy, do you share that view?

00:24:44It depends when his contract's up.

00:24:46I think before all these new signings come in, I thought he was the only player that Rangers get money

00:24:53for.

00:24:53I think he's got maybe another year to go.

00:24:56I think he had 18 months left in the deal when they were all talking about him getting wanted.

00:25:00It's all about him.

00:25:00We saw what's happening across the road at Celtic with Hitate and Maida.

00:25:05You don't know what's going on behind the scenes.

00:25:07Once he starts playing with Belgium again, and if he's playing well, he'll be in the limelight.

00:25:11And it depends what his ambitions are.

00:25:13He's already had a good time at Rangers.

00:25:15It depends what other clubs attract a phonies agent to see, and then it's up to him.

00:25:21But no, you're right.

00:25:22Do we expect too much from him?

00:25:24Alec really expects more from him.

00:25:26I think he's getting that a wee bit now, and I think that's because there's better players coming into the

00:25:31Rangers team.

00:25:32I think the pressure's been taken off of him a wee bit, and he seems to be enjoying his football.

00:25:37Alec always said he'd like to see him getting forward more.

00:25:40He's certainly getting in the box more.

00:25:42Headers on target, corners, free kicks.

00:25:45And I think he's enjoying his football, but again, he'll be the one that'll dictate what he's going to do.

00:25:51Yeah, here's one he was saying.

00:25:52Raskin is replaceable, not worth a big wage.

00:25:57I think he's always struck me as someone who's maybe working his ticket to get to a better league.

00:26:03No disrespect to Scottish football.

00:26:04Rangers are the big club, but I think he's always struck me as somebody who thinks he's maybe better in

00:26:10the Scottish league or Rangers.

00:26:11That's just my opinion.

00:26:12Yeah, Danny Rowe, I think, as I mentioned, has been talking about the fact that they've got total belief that

00:26:19they can win the Premiership.

00:26:20He's called on the players to just back it up now, consistently just keep going.

00:26:25And when I looked at the record roughly, 46 points out of a possible 57 since he took charge.

00:26:32That's how consistent he's been.

00:26:34I don't understand how the bookies have got Celtic favourites to win this league.

00:26:38I really don't.

00:26:39I don't know what the criteria is that whoever works these odds out, because they've certainly got the hardest fixture

00:26:45of the other two.

00:26:47I mean, Haas have got a really good fixture just now leading up to the split.

00:26:50Yeah, good five games.

00:26:51I think he's relying on the split coming when they're all going to start playing each other.

00:26:55Yeah, but Celtic have got Rangers and Hearts at Celtic Park.

00:26:58After the split.

00:26:59Yeah, I know that, but I mean, there's no evidence that they're free-flowing into the games.

00:27:05Do you remember the nine games before when Tam and I sat here with you and I said to Tam,

00:27:12I've sat down and I've worked out the points, right?

00:27:16By the way, Hearts have lost two of them already.

00:27:18So Tam, so I had the...

00:27:20He's predictable in every other game.

00:27:22Hold on a minute, I'm just going to tell you the post-it notes.

00:27:24I had the post-it notes because I kept a note of the games and I had the post-it

00:27:27notes and I thought, you know what, he slaughtered me last week.

00:27:30I'm going to have a wee look here and I thought, yep, Hearts blew it a couple of times.

00:27:34So I put that down, I looked at Rangers and I went, a couple of times, I'd suggested they were

00:27:38going to win, draw, blew it.

00:27:41And then I looked at Celtic and bang on the money.

00:27:46So, you know, they just keep grinding it out.

00:27:49Celtic will win it.

00:27:50I think I've changed it.

00:27:51I'll be honest with you and I think I've changed my mind about two or three times.

00:27:54You've gone Rangers now, have you not?

00:27:56No, I'm still going with Celtic.

00:27:57I'm still going with Celtic.

00:27:58What evidence?

00:27:59I don't know.

00:28:00I just think because I think...

00:28:01No, it's me that does that.

00:28:03You know what I said?

00:28:04I just think because I've got a manager who's been there and done it and I've got a squad, a

00:28:09nucleus of a squad that have been there and done it,

00:28:10I just think when it comes down to the real pressure games, a point in it, two games to go,

00:28:15I think they'll just get it done.

00:28:16But I wouldn't be, if you said to me, you've got to put money on it, no chance.

00:28:20No chance.

00:28:20I think it'll be incredibly tight.

00:28:22And these Celtics two games against Rangers are crucial.

00:28:26The league game in the cup game can just blow Celtics' season right out the window.

00:28:30Yeah, but the funny thing about it all is, you know, you listen to every pundit, you listen to every

00:28:35journalist, you're listening to fans.

00:28:37The whole thing has been knee-jerk and U-turns all the way through the last couple of months.

00:28:43Rangers are written off heavily after they've got beat at Hearts at Christmas.

00:28:46Absolutely.

00:28:46But 12 points behind, they cannae won it.

00:28:48And now you look at Hearts and the game against Rangers, and I look at Rangers and I think, you

00:28:52know, they've changed.

00:28:53They were playing ranked lot in football, but there was a real momentum, the crowd were into it.

00:28:59They were able to actually, you know, come back and then eventually put Hearts to bed.

00:29:03No, but see, before they put Hearts to bed, see when Hearts went 2-1 up, it didn't look that

00:29:09way then, that they were going to end up 4-2.

00:29:12You know, Hearts will still believe they've got what, Fulker this weekend, they've got two home games coming up, and

00:29:19they'll be looking at Rangers and Celtics two games, you know, while they take maximum points.

00:29:24It's all about home games.

00:29:25Wait a minute, who do you think's going to win the league?

00:29:27I'd like, I'm not going to put you in the spot there now, I'd like you to tell me the

00:29:32home and away fixtures, who's got the most home and away fixtures.

00:29:35I don't know.

00:29:36The next living games.

00:29:37We don't know after the split, but it's more than likely Celtic will have three home games.

00:29:43It depends on what state they're in by the time they get the split.

00:29:46Yeah, so you...

00:29:48The two Rangers games for me are the ones that will tell us all.

00:29:51If Rangers win this one in the first.

00:29:53The league game?

00:29:53Yeah.

00:29:54Yeah, I think Rangers are going to win it.

00:29:56Right, OK.

00:29:56Well, there you are, we got it out of them, Tam, early as well, which is quite unusual for...

00:30:01We're taking it, we're taking it, write that down, Tam, will you?

00:30:04I don't think there's anyone who, looking at the way Celtic are defending at the minute, particularly cross-ball set

00:30:10-pieces, going to Ibrox.

00:30:11And the goalie.

00:30:12And the goalkeeper, going to Ibrox, where, listen, Rangers have been brilliant for set-pieces.

00:30:17They're a big, big outfit, physical team.

00:30:19I don't think any Celtic fan would relish going to Ibrox and think they would pick up three points there

00:30:23at the minute.

00:30:25OK, let's wait.

00:30:26Ruffy's needing a crystal ball, says Bob.

00:30:29He needs more than a crystal ball, I have to tell you.

00:30:32He needs a new knee, because...

00:30:35And I think this is only logical that I say this.

00:30:37He needs a knee replacement?

00:30:38No.

00:30:38Well, he's blaming his knee for not playing tennis.

00:30:41So he said to me, I asked him the question, I said, are you going to play tennis again?

00:30:46Are you coming back?

00:30:47Because quite a few people have asked, you know, what's the score with him?

00:30:51Has he a good racket snap?

00:30:52No, no. He's turned around and said, he's not coming back.

00:30:55He's chucked it, that's it.

00:30:56So the immediate thing you do, as a pal, I've said to him, well, you've got a right good, big,

00:31:01giant tennis bag,

00:31:03and you've got a good few rackets in it, any chance of giving me them?

00:31:06Because you're not using them.

00:31:07You'd be buying money for it, wouldn't you?

00:31:08You wouldn't give him it for nothing.

00:31:09No, no, I'd let him.

00:31:11He's chucked the golfing off, he's banged it.

00:31:13No, no, no.

00:31:14You could see that coming, couldn't you?

00:31:15He's got a cracking trolley by you.

00:31:17The only thing that nobody wants is, oh, you've chucked the balls, keep them.

00:31:22He's got a nice motor caddy, the electric.

00:31:24Has he?

00:31:25No, he's a cracker.

00:31:26I can't afford one.

00:31:27There you are.

00:31:28Listen, Livingston Rangers, I think, you know, and again, you know,

00:31:32Marvin Bartley's trying his absolute best to get a trick out of them,

00:31:36but I think there will be a point very shortly where I think you'll be resigned to saying,

00:31:40listen, this is championship football, I don't see Rangers having any problems with them whatsoever.

00:31:45I think it'll be 3-0.

00:31:46I'll go 2-0.

00:31:48Yeah, I fancy Rangers 3-0.

00:31:50OK.

00:31:51What about the other team, the contenders?

00:31:54They're off to Dubai when the Scottish Cup games go on

00:31:59because they're going to take that chance for maybe four or five days to go there.

00:32:02It's not a jolly, don't say it, because if it's a jolly...

00:32:05Remember the last title contenders on Dubai?

00:32:07Yeah, if they go on a jolly, you get barred, and then you get sent to the English Premier League.

00:32:11That's happened.

00:32:13That's what happens.

00:32:15Depends on the owner, though.

00:32:17Depends on the players as well, you know.

00:32:19That's a great show, go to a waint trap.

00:32:22I've never been to Dubai, so Dubai isn't all in my...

00:32:26I've never been, but I'm possibly going next year, next summer.

00:32:29Is that right?

00:32:29Sorry, this summer.

00:32:30Well, if you keep doing podcasts for other companies, there's a good chance, Robbie,

00:32:33you can just keep banking all the cash.

00:32:35No cash, no cash.

00:32:37It was exchanged in that podcast.

00:32:39Yeah.

00:32:40My two pals.

00:32:40Yeah.

00:32:44So, Robbie, Dubai, I think, is a great idea by Derek.

00:32:49They've got no game, get them over there, get a wee bit of camaraderie, and then, obviously,

00:32:55a right chance to have a right go, because as you said, there's five games coming up where

00:32:59they, I think, think to themselves, they should be looking and thinking, there's a real chance

00:33:03to get 15 points here.

00:33:05Yeah, I'd be looking over my shoulder as well, as soon as the game finishes.

00:33:08The Hearts games is, I'd be wanting to know how Rangers and Celtic are doing, because there

00:33:13is every possibility.

00:33:14They will drop points, and if Hearts keep winning their home games, you know, there's

00:33:19still a wee gap there, and I don't think Rangers and Celtic can afford to go into the split.

00:33:24I know there's 15 points up for grabs, obviously, Motherwell are there, you know, and somebody's

00:33:30got to go to Falkirk, which both of them have struggled with.

00:33:33So, I think it's going to be really exciting right up until the end.

00:33:36Hearts against Falkirk at home, Hearts against Aberdeen at home, away to Kilmarnock, and

00:33:40then they've got Dundee at home, and then they've got Livingston away, and then Motherwell

00:33:44before the split at Tynecastle.

00:33:46So, the tricky one, of course, is Motherwell going to Tynecastle.

00:33:51The rest of them there, yeah, they'll put up a battle, but they should be looking and

00:33:55seeing themselves.

00:33:56Next five games, they should be looking for 12 points, I think, 13 points.

00:34:00I think they should be looking to win four of them, maybe draw one or whatever, but

00:34:02that's a great schedule.

00:34:03How many away have they got?

00:34:04Yeah, two.

00:34:05Kilmarnock away will be tricky.

00:34:07Yeah.

00:34:07Kilmarnock away.

00:34:08Livingston away.

00:34:09Livingston.

00:34:09No, Motherwell at home.

00:34:11Livingston away and Kilmarnock away.

00:34:12So, two to the bottom, like two to the bottom, two or three at the minute.

00:34:15I'm looking at those six games, Tam, and with my heart's head on, 18 points.

00:34:19Oh, I love that for you.

00:34:2218, 27 out of 30, and it was two of the next three.

00:34:25I know.

00:34:25Delighted.

00:34:26I'm going 18 points.

00:34:28Aye, I think they should be looking at it.

00:34:30You've got six.

00:34:31Aye.

00:34:31Yeah.

00:34:32He thinks they'll win every game.

00:34:33Every game.

00:34:34I think they'll win every game, and I'll go 18 or not.

00:34:36Yeah.

00:34:36What, you beat you, Ruffy?

00:34:37No.

00:34:37I'm just trying to put the bogey on them, trying to join them.

00:34:40Six, so it's four at home and two away.

00:34:42Yeah.

00:34:42Easy 18 points.

00:34:43And you get three points for a win.

00:34:44I know that.

00:34:45Easy 18 points, Ruffy.

00:34:46Easy.

00:34:46No, I'm not going for 18.

00:34:47What are you going for?

00:34:48I'll go for 14.

00:34:5114.

00:34:52What about the other two?

00:34:53Gives the other two up to the split?

00:34:56Yeah.

00:34:58Six games.

00:34:58He's always the same.

00:34:59It's all cricket at home.

00:35:00You know what you do?

00:35:01You should do what every other person does.

00:35:03You should go and research it and make sure that you've got it in there.

00:35:06It's more exciting this way.

00:35:07Yeah.

00:35:08So Rangers, away to Livingston, three points.

00:35:11At home to Celtic.

00:35:12Big chance to get three points.

00:35:15Then they've got the cup match against Celtic.

00:35:16But then the other games, away to St Mirren, three points because St Mirren are poor.

00:35:21Nah, they've struggled a wee bit against St Mirren.

00:35:24St Mirren are poor at the moment.

00:35:26I can't work.

00:35:27I cannot for the life of me work out.

00:35:29Stephen Robinson must be pulling his hair out.

00:35:32Aberdeen and Dundee United, they've got them at Ibrox.

00:35:34Six points.

00:35:36Falkirk away.

00:35:37Tricky.

00:35:39Again.

00:35:39I don't think that's any worse than what Hearts have got.

00:35:42If you're looking at that from a Rangers fan point of view, you're thinking,

00:35:46you could really put a dent in.

00:35:47We could put a dent in not only Hearts, but we could knock Celtic out the cup and knock

00:35:51them out running in the league.

00:35:52Absolutely.

00:35:52Both games at Ibrox.

00:35:53So I think this is going to be, you know, I spoke about it a couple of weeks ago.

00:35:57I said the Hearts at home and then the Celtic at home.

00:35:59The two league games will make a bright Rangers season.

00:36:02They've won the first one against the Hearts.

00:36:03If they win the second one, they'll go favourites to win the league.

00:36:06And Celtic six?

00:36:08And Celtic six, which obviously we'll have to look at now because Ruffey doesn't.

00:36:12Balanced.

00:36:12Yeah.

00:36:13Celtic six games, Ruffey.

00:36:15They've got Hibs at home.

00:36:18Then they're away to Rangers in the league.

00:36:20They're away to Aberdeen at Pataudry.

00:36:22And then, obviously, the cup match with Rangers.

00:36:24But they've got Motherwell at home.

00:36:26And then they've got the two Dundee sides away before St Myrna at home.

00:36:30I would say that's a harder run.

00:36:32Celtic have got a harder run in, I think.

00:36:33Celtic need to stay in the mix until they split, until they get that run.

00:36:36You can't only, when you're saying 18 points for the other two,

00:36:38I'm looking at that now and saying there's never 18 points there for Celtic.

00:36:43No, they're not getting full.

00:36:44They're not getting full.

00:36:45OK.

00:36:46Well, there you are.

00:36:47The Jambos are in action against Falker.

00:36:51And John McGlynn, Cole Donaldson, he's got him in a new deal as well.

00:36:56There's a really great feel about the place.

00:36:59Because I look at some of the players that are playing that I would pay to go and see on

00:37:04a regular basis.

00:37:06Because I love the way they play.

00:37:09If Nicky Cadden's playing for Hibs, I'm delighted.

00:37:12Because you know you're going to get a top-drawer ball in.

00:37:15If the boy Congreve is playing for Dundee, I'm ecstatic.

00:37:18And if Calvin Miller's playing for Falkirk, I'm well happy.

00:37:22Yeah, because these are entertainers, Peter.

00:37:24These are the players that go and take players on and put good deliveries into the box

00:37:27and get you off the edge of their seat.

00:37:28And there's no many of them in Scotland now.

00:37:30There's no many of them in football over the whole.

00:37:32You know, in terms of why players that go and excite and take players on.

00:37:35So, yeah, those three guys that you mentioned are real quality players and quality operators

00:37:40that fans like to see.

00:37:41So, yeah, Calvin Miller's been excellent this season.

00:37:43They've picked up some gems from down south on loan.

00:37:46I think guys like Brad Spencer's been superb for them.

00:37:49Big boy Henderson at the back.

00:37:50They can adjourn them and he's been superb for Falkirk at the back.

00:37:54They've got a lot of good players.

00:37:55And they play an attractive style of football.

00:37:57So, they'll give anyone a game on their day, Falkirk.

00:37:59I think they'll go and test anyone.

00:38:01You've seen it against Celtic in the Cup.

00:38:03They go and have a go at teams and they try and get through.

00:38:07But, yeah, I just think that Harts will be too strong for them tomorrow.

00:38:12Yeah, by the way, I haven't heard from him in a while.

00:38:13I'm delighted that he's actually posted something because you regularly would watch the programme.

00:38:18Ronnie says, Ruffy, anyone that calls the league now is wrong.

00:38:22That's such a good point, Ronnie.

00:38:24But, listen, we're going from one week to the next.

00:38:27It's knee-jerk.

00:38:28It's brilliant because that's what you do.

00:38:30And, you know, being football fans, you know, you look at the games.

00:38:35When you go to the games and you see the way they're playing, you think, God, this is...

00:38:38Yeah, I mean, we're sitting here looking at the fixtures.

00:38:41I'm sure the supporters will be looking at the fixtures.

00:38:43They're no daft.

00:38:44They'll know what's coming round the corner for their team.

00:38:46You know, and I'm sure the Rangers supporters will be sitting rubbing their hands going,

00:38:50Celtic at home in the league, Celtic at home in the Cup.

00:38:53No, they'll be doing the exact same as we're doing, trying to analyse what way the games are going to

00:38:57go.

00:38:57Yeah, I think Harts are going to win this 1-2-1.

00:39:012-0.

00:39:022-0.

00:39:02OK, so we're all in favour of the Jambos winning against Falkirk.

00:39:07We've picked Celtic to defeat Hibernian and we've got Rangers to comfortably win against Livingston.

00:39:13So no change at the top end of the table.

00:39:15And let's not forget, Celtic have their game in hand against Aberdeen.

00:39:19What do you think of it all?

00:39:20Give us your thoughts on how you see this, the twists and turns.

00:39:24Is there going to be a shock along the way?

00:39:27Or is it all geared towards, as Tam mentioned there, that first week in March,

00:39:32which could go a long way to determining silver.

00:39:34We are not only in the Scottish Cup, but in the league as well with Rangers, with Celtic at Ibrox.

00:39:42The other good thing I mentioned at the top there, Ruffie, 7,500 away fans.

00:39:46It's a proper derby in the Cup.

00:39:48Proper derby.

00:39:50Chance for everyone to sample what the game should be like.

00:39:54Yeah, it also means that there is going to be a large continuum of either support going to be happy

00:40:01or sad.

00:40:03And it's sometimes when you go there in large numbers, you want it to go your way.

00:40:08If it doesn't go Celtic's way, then we know what's going to happen.

00:40:11The place is going to be empty within 15 minutes of the end of the game.

00:40:14I think Celtic had a real stranglehold.

00:40:16That's a prediction.

00:40:17Mr Ruffie, what are you blethering on about?

00:40:19I'm glad, I'm glad.

00:40:217,500 fans, that's who you want.

00:40:22Yeah, it's fantastic.

00:40:24I don't think that will give Celtic a massive lift in that game.

00:40:26I do.

00:40:26I think Celtic had a stranglehold on that fixture with that whole stand.

00:40:30Which is one of the reasons why they were given less of an allocation for me,

00:40:34which is going to have people swarm the team.

00:40:37I thought it had everything to do with the fact that they had a better team.

00:40:40Yeah, I think Celtic did have a better team, but the celebrations and the...

00:40:447,500 people, there's a lot of tennis balls.

00:40:48Yeah, absolutely.

00:40:50I think that's got Celtic a big lift.

00:40:51Running out, you know, obviously I didn't play in an old firm game,

00:40:55but I played in an Edmund Darby when you ran out of Tyne Castle

00:40:57and you looked right and you seen a full stand there, it gave you a lift.

00:41:00Whereas if you looked right and you seen 1,000 fans or 500 fans, it wouldn't they?

00:41:06I think Celtic will get a lift when they see that big of a support.

00:41:08OK. Aberdeen against Dundee throws up a question which I must admit,

00:41:13I watched it in midweek. Aberdeen against Motherwell.

00:41:16The referee, John Beaton, decided to show three red cards.

00:41:20It certainly brought about a fair bit of consternation

00:41:22because Jens Berthalaska was saying, you know, you've got to have full-time referees.

00:41:26Would it make a blind bit of difference in this country?

00:41:28No, I don't think so, Peter. I think they're fit enough.

00:41:31I don't think there's any doubt about that.

00:41:32I don't think there's anybody looking and going,

00:41:34he's not fit enough, he's not getting about the park, he's not...

00:41:37It's... I just don't think they're up to the standard of a premiership,

00:41:42of a premier league in Scotland.

00:41:44Who's the best referee in Scotland?

00:41:50If you're listening to the podcast, we're still here.

00:41:54Again, it's a tough one.

00:41:55Was it Nick Walsh?

00:41:57Probably.

00:41:59Ruffey?

00:42:00Yeah, I'd probably go to Nick Walsh, yeah.

00:42:02I mean, it's a sad state of affairs.

00:42:05We've got four really experienced ones,

00:42:07and there's a few of them now coming in,

00:42:10trying to get to that level,

00:42:11so they're going to be under a lot of pressure.

00:42:13But for me, it's VAR that's complicating everything.

00:42:16Let's talk about the cards in.

00:42:18So the first one...

00:42:18The first one...

00:42:19You asked me about the first one.

00:42:21Yeah, aye.

00:42:21The first one, I thought he'd lost control of the ball.

00:42:23I don't think he was ever getting it.

00:42:25It was a foul at the end of the box,

00:42:27but I wouldn't have...

00:42:28This is the one that Aberdeen scored from?

00:42:31The very...

00:42:31Yes.

00:42:32Yeah, so he's got a red card.

00:42:33I thought it was a free kick, no.

00:42:34No?

00:42:35No, for me, no.

00:42:35You're not having it, Tom?

00:42:36I thought he...

00:42:37I didn't think it was a red card either.

00:42:39A, I didn't think he was getting on the end of the ball.

00:42:40I thought it was an accidental slip.

00:42:42Right.

00:42:42I don't think he's been...

00:42:43Remember, accidental slip doesn't come into it.

00:42:45I know, but...

00:42:46I don't think he was getting the ball.

00:42:47I don't think he was getting the ball,

00:42:49so I don't think...

00:42:49So you got the first card wrong.

00:42:50I thought the first one was a yellow.

00:42:52All right, what about the second one?

00:42:53Stonewall red.

00:42:54Yeah.

00:42:54For the Aberdeen boy,

00:42:55it nearly took his nuts off.

00:42:56Yes.

00:42:57Third one.

00:42:58No.

00:42:59Tom, I think Steve McGinn said,

00:43:00you'd have got there.

00:43:01That's a fair point.

00:43:02What, and a Bugatti?

00:43:04No.

00:43:08I agree with him.

00:43:09Do you?

00:43:09What?

00:43:10I agree with him, man.

00:43:11I think he would have got...

00:43:12He's so far away from the goals, my God.

00:43:14I thought people would be shouting at us,

00:43:16what about the Falkirk one last week?

00:43:18Yeah, I know, I know.

00:43:19You know, I just...

00:43:19Do you think referees take into account

00:43:21the pace of the player that's going through?

00:43:23No, McGinn's got a point.

00:43:26See if it was Mixer,

00:43:27Pat O'Lean going through.

00:43:28Right, and I suspect Mixer was a great player

00:43:29who couldn't run.

00:43:30Yeah.

00:43:31Or it was D.D.R. Agath going through.

00:43:33Do you think they would look at that

00:43:34and go,

00:43:34he's getting that,

00:43:34he's not getting that?

00:43:35Do you think that comes in?

00:43:36They would.

00:43:37Well, listen by a way,

00:43:37remember this.

00:43:38They think they would.

00:43:39John Beaton wasn't thinking that.

00:43:40It was the VAR who...

00:43:41He's the wee boy,

00:43:42Ola Sanu's quick.

00:43:43Yeah.

00:43:45Yeah, I mean, listen,

00:43:46there are so many different areas.

00:43:48I'm saying to you...

00:43:48I've seen somebody saying

00:43:49the goalkeeper was half his line.

00:43:51Yeah.

00:43:53He hit Chip at first time.

00:43:54That's a goal.

00:43:54So an opportunity.

00:43:55It was a red card.

00:43:57I thought he got his initial one right.

00:43:59Yellow.

00:43:59I thought it was a yellow.

00:44:01I thought it was harsh.

00:44:01What did you mean by that?

00:44:03He's giving you...

00:44:04He's giving you the balance

00:44:06that we should on this one

00:44:07to actually say

00:44:08he wasn't a red card.

00:44:09Do you think,

00:44:10as Jen's Bertha Lasko

00:44:12pointed out today,

00:44:13do you think

00:44:14full-time referees

00:44:15makes a difference

00:44:15to viewing that?

00:44:16No, I don't.

00:44:17Because I know

00:44:17the full-time referees

00:44:19do put in a fair shift

00:44:20fitness-wise.

00:44:21They train regularly

00:44:22to get to a level of decisions.

00:44:22Yeah, but we're not talking about fitness.

00:44:24Will full-time decisions,

00:44:26will full-time referees

00:44:27have less distractions

00:44:30from other jobs

00:44:32where they are in

00:44:33and they've got

00:44:34a greater chance

00:44:35to have

00:44:36greater counselling

00:44:38on the laws of the game

00:44:39on a regular basis

00:44:40that they're looking at it,

00:44:42there's greater study time.

00:44:43It's not about fitness.

00:44:45I mean,

00:44:45because at the end of the day

00:44:46there are some really good

00:44:47fit referees

00:44:48who are rank rotten.

00:44:49I would hazard a guess

00:44:51that most of the referees

00:44:52do know the rules of the game.

00:44:53I'm not suggesting

00:44:54they don't, Robbie.

00:44:55I think the fact is

00:44:56that we don't know

00:44:57the inter,

00:44:58you know,

00:44:59the sections.

00:44:59That's not the point.

00:45:00I'm talking about

00:45:01the concentration of them.

00:45:02I think the referee

00:45:03goes out there

00:45:04to referee the game.

00:45:05I think a lot of the stuff

00:45:07falls flat on his face

00:45:08because the players don't.

00:45:10The players don't know

00:45:10the rules of the game

00:45:11and they think

00:45:12like the ones

00:45:13that we are talking about,

00:45:14a bit of the players

00:45:15think,

00:45:15oh, that was a definite red card.

00:45:17You can see them

00:45:18all go and get him off.

00:45:19You know,

00:45:20and it's not a red card.

00:45:20You're going to do that.

00:45:21You're going to try

00:45:21and get him the advantage

00:45:22and you know

00:45:22you're going to go

00:45:23get him off.

00:45:24I mean,

00:45:26I think the referees

00:45:27come under too much.

00:45:28Well,

00:45:29I'll tell you one thing

00:45:29and we did mention it

00:45:31in midweek as well

00:45:32is it's going to become

00:45:33more poisonous

00:45:34as we get towards

00:45:35the end of the season

00:45:36because they will

00:45:38be going...

00:45:40The two Rangers-Celtic games

00:45:42are going to be

00:45:44on a knife edge.

00:45:46See if you turn around

00:45:47and go,

00:45:47by the way,

00:45:47here is the announcement

00:45:48who's refereeing it.

00:45:50You'd actually be sitting there

00:45:51going,

00:45:51oh no,

00:45:51I don't need that

00:45:52because I need to

00:45:53batten down the hatches

00:45:53for my family.

00:45:54I'll then need to make sure

00:45:56that nobody can see

00:45:57my family tree,

00:45:58what school I went to,

00:45:59you name it.

00:46:00They'll all be throwing it

00:46:01out there

00:46:01because the whole thing

00:46:02has become poisonous.

00:46:04But,

00:46:05nevertheless,

00:46:07Aberdeen against Dundee.

00:46:09This is a tricky one.

00:46:10You know,

00:46:11Tony Doherty

00:46:12in there.

00:46:13Stephen Preston

00:46:13says he's looking forward to it.

00:46:14I thought he was very

00:46:15complimentary towards him

00:46:17saying it's nice

00:46:18to see him back in

00:46:18because,

00:46:19you know,

00:46:19sometimes you can be

00:46:20completely and utterly

00:46:21forgotten.

00:46:22And I look at it

00:46:23and I say to myself,

00:46:25Dundee,

00:46:25I was up in Dundee

00:46:27yesterday.

00:46:28And,

00:46:29you know,

00:46:29Dundee fans

00:46:30have changed.

00:46:31They're happy with the way

00:46:32Presley's gone about

00:46:33his business.

00:46:33No surprise,

00:46:34Peter,

00:46:34because they're getting

00:46:35results and they're

00:46:36playing good football.

00:46:37And I don't think

00:46:38they've got a great record

00:46:39at Bataudry

00:46:40right enough.

00:46:41And Aberdeen

00:46:41will take a lot of

00:46:42confidence from the other

00:46:42night.

00:46:43You know,

00:46:43beating Motherwell,

00:46:44you know,

00:46:44OK,

00:46:45there was a couple

00:46:45of sendings off,

00:46:46but I thought Aberdeen

00:46:47created opportunities

00:46:48and played well

00:46:48on the night.

00:46:49And I'm glad for

00:46:50Tony Doherty

00:46:51because I don't think

00:46:51he was a problem

00:46:52at Ross County.

00:46:53I think you're now

00:46:53seeing a succession

00:46:54of managers

00:46:54going up there

00:46:55and struggling.

00:46:55I think the players

00:46:56are the problem

00:46:56at Ross County.

00:46:57So I would give,

00:46:59you know,

00:46:59I would give Tony a bye

00:47:00in terms of Ross County.

00:47:02So I'm glad to see

00:47:02him back in at Aberdeen

00:47:03helping Peter Levin.

00:47:04And I don't know,

00:47:06I just think Aberdeen

00:47:06might win this.

00:47:07I know,

00:47:08I just think that

00:47:09maybe get a wee bit

00:47:10of momentum

00:47:10from that game

00:47:11during the week.

00:47:11And I think they played

00:47:12well against Motherwell

00:47:12at first part.

00:47:13So I'll go for 2-1

00:47:14to Aberdeen.

00:47:14Yeah,

00:47:15I'm going to go a draw.

00:47:15Ruffy 1-1.

00:47:16I'm going to go

00:47:17Aberdeen 2-1.

00:47:18What about Aberdeen

00:47:19in the cup

00:47:20against Ferman?

00:47:22Adam Ferman.

00:47:23Adam Ferman.

00:47:24Yeah.

00:47:25No,

00:47:25Adam Ferman are not

00:47:26coming up to scratch.

00:47:27They lost another picture.

00:47:28They're a funny team

00:47:29Adam Ferman.

00:47:29They're very inconsistent.

00:47:31Yeah,

00:47:31I know that

00:47:32on the day

00:47:33they turned up

00:47:34and won the last round.

00:47:35But it's got to be

00:47:37a tough one.

00:47:38There's no doubt about it.

00:47:38I think it'll be

00:47:39very, very close.

00:47:40Yeah,

00:47:41Aurora says,

00:47:41bring on Adam Ferman.

00:47:42PLZ will have

00:47:43them as favourites.

00:47:47Oh dear.

00:47:48Mate was down

00:47:48at Adam Ferman

00:47:49mopping.

00:47:49I don't think

00:47:50Adam Ferman

00:47:50were rotting

00:47:51the other night.

00:47:51So I don't think

00:47:52they'll be favourites.

00:47:53Here's a good one

00:47:54from Paul

00:47:54who's sent us a message

00:47:55Peter,

00:47:56could you ask Ruffie

00:47:56if he was ever

00:47:57booked as a player?

00:47:58You ever yellow carded?

00:48:00Time wasting?

00:48:00Something like that?

00:48:01Yeah,

00:48:01I did.

00:48:02I remember who it was.

00:48:04Bob Valentine.

00:48:13Bob Valentine was the referee.

00:48:15I was up in the top goal.

00:48:17The ball,

00:48:18the wind kept blowing

00:48:20the ball off

00:48:21the six yard line.

00:48:22What was the score

00:48:23at this point?

00:48:23We got beat 3-0.

00:48:24Five minutes to go.

00:48:26They weren't timelessing.

00:48:27They booked me for timelessing.

00:48:30Is that your only

00:48:31My exact words were

00:48:33What?

00:48:37Is that your only

00:48:38ever yellow card?

00:48:39I think so.

00:48:39That's bonkers,

00:48:40isn't it?

00:48:41He was actually

00:48:42a really nice man.

00:48:43He was,

00:48:43certainly was,

00:48:44yes.

00:48:44He's a good man.

00:48:45Good after dinner speaker

00:48:46as well.

00:48:46And, of course,

00:48:47a great judge of character.

00:48:48You were wasting time,

00:48:49typically you.

00:48:51So there you are,

00:48:52Paul,

00:48:52I've asked

00:48:52and you've got

00:48:53your answer on it.

00:48:55So,

00:48:55we've got Aberdeen

00:48:56Dundee draw.

00:48:57You've got

00:48:58Aberdeen to win.

00:48:59Aberdeen to win.

00:49:00Okay.

00:49:01Dundee right it

00:49:01against Kilmarnock.

00:49:03Neil McCann says

00:49:04that he doesn't have

00:49:05to motivate the players

00:49:06to get up for this game

00:49:07because the performance

00:49:08against Celtic,

00:49:09I think they can take

00:49:10great heart from it.

00:49:11I certainly agree

00:49:12with Neil

00:49:13in the first half performance.

00:49:15I thought they were,

00:49:16I thought they were at it

00:49:18and the only problem

00:49:19I have and I feel

00:49:20really sorry for him

00:49:20is Tyrese John-Jules

00:49:23thigh injury

00:49:23could be a problem.

00:49:25Yeah,

00:49:25that's going to be

00:49:26an enormous miss for them.

00:49:27He's been flying,

00:49:27I think he's got four goals

00:49:28in the last two games

00:49:29so if he's not playing it

00:49:31just maybe tips it

00:49:32in favour.

00:49:32I've done the United,

00:49:33I watched the highlights

00:49:33of their game against Spartans,

00:49:34the part's terrible.

00:49:36That's no fault

00:49:36of the United

00:49:37they've had a lot of rain

00:49:38up there

00:49:38but the pitch is like a bog.

00:49:40There's not going to be

00:49:41any football played

00:49:41in this fixture

00:49:42in this game on Saturday

00:49:44and it's going to be

00:49:44back to front

00:49:45and it's going to be

00:49:45a battle.

00:49:46Who do you think

00:49:47is better equipped

00:49:48for that?

00:49:48Probably Commandland

00:49:49so go for Commandland

00:49:50to win 2-1.

00:49:51I can't quite work out

00:49:52Dundee United,

00:49:53Ruffy,

00:49:53because earlier on

00:49:56in the season

00:49:56when I was up there

00:49:57watching them

00:49:57on two or three occasions

00:49:59I think I was up

00:49:59for out of the month

00:50:01three times

00:50:01to watch them

00:50:03and sometimes

00:50:03they're really good

00:50:04and then they're just

00:50:05dropped off

00:50:06and Jim Goodwin's

00:50:08never got consistency to it.

00:50:09He brought about

00:50:10three or four lone players

00:50:11in and they made

00:50:12a great impact

00:50:13right at the start.

00:50:13They were scoring

00:50:14great goals

00:50:15and everyone was rosy

00:50:16and then they had

00:50:17that wee dip

00:50:17four or five games

00:50:19without getting in.

00:50:21He'll be very fortunate

00:50:22to get by Spartans

00:50:23during the week there.

00:50:24That's one they'd want

00:50:25to continue to do

00:50:26but I think at home

00:50:29they've got certain

00:50:30players in there

00:50:30who I think

00:50:32are good enough

00:50:32to beat

00:50:33Kilmarnock

00:50:342-1.

00:50:34Yeah, I'm going to go

00:50:35with Kelly

00:50:36to get the 2-1.

00:50:37I'll go for Kelly

00:50:38to win, I.

00:50:38Yeah, last one

00:50:40St Mirren

00:50:40against Motherwell.

00:50:44Motherwell

00:50:45have gone.

00:50:46You what?

00:50:46It's a season

00:50:47bubble bust.

00:50:49It's a bubble bust.

00:50:50You couldn't

00:50:53what are you thinking?

00:50:54Oh, I don't, I mean

00:50:57I've always been

00:50:57a big fan

00:50:59right at the beginning

00:51:00I like the way

00:51:01they played

00:51:01I like the enthusiasm

00:51:03they showed

00:51:03I just can't

00:51:04understand

00:51:05I'd love to know

00:51:06the last time

00:51:07a team won

00:51:08a National Cup

00:51:09and then went

00:51:10there on a slide.

00:51:11Yeah, the other thing

00:51:12I can't understand

00:51:13that at all.

00:51:14I think he said

00:51:14he'll probably go back

00:51:16to trying to get

00:51:17the same style

00:51:18earlier on in the season

00:51:19if he gets some

00:51:20of his injured players back

00:51:21Stephen Robinson

00:51:22Yeah, I think they've

00:51:23missed a couple

00:51:24of key players, Peter

00:51:24I don't think

00:51:25there's any doubt

00:51:25about that

00:51:26I think Mark Kahara

00:51:27has been a big miss

00:51:27for him being out injured

00:51:29Bacchus

00:51:29Bacchus as well

00:51:30I just think that

00:51:31Motherwell won this

00:51:32I don't know

00:51:33I'm not convinced

00:51:34for St Mirren

00:51:34every time I watched him

00:51:36they don't create

00:51:37a lot of opportunities

00:51:37I think Motherwell

00:51:39the other night

00:51:40with ten men

00:51:40nine men

00:51:40created opportunities

00:51:41they go and attack

00:51:42they want to go forward

00:51:43and score

00:51:44goals

00:51:44so I think Motherwell

00:51:45have too much

00:51:45in the finals

00:51:46for St Mirren

00:51:49I'll go for

00:51:492-0 to Motherwell

00:51:512-0 to Motherwell

00:51:52at St Mirren

00:51:53Yes

00:51:53Well, I'm going to

00:51:54go tighter than that

00:51:552-1 Ruffy

00:51:55what are you going for?

00:51:56Motherwell

00:51:56Yeah

00:51:57No, I'm going to

00:51:58go the opposite way

00:51:58What?

00:51:59I think things are

00:52:00going to turn

00:52:00just like last week

00:52:02we'd done the United

00:52:02at Falkirk

00:52:04I'm going to go

00:52:04St Mirren to win

00:52:05You actually hate

00:52:08good football

00:52:08you hate

00:52:09just want

00:52:10You went to Motherwell

00:52:11that day with me

00:52:12just to see

00:52:13if they were going

00:52:13to be ranked

00:52:14rotten

00:52:14I knew

00:52:15No, they were

00:52:15very good

00:52:15I thought they were

00:52:16very good

00:52:172-1 to St Mirren

00:52:17with no evidence

00:52:18whatsoever

00:52:19just a gut feeling

00:52:20I want them

00:52:21I want them not

00:52:21to be in the

00:52:21relegation battle

00:52:22OK

00:52:23there you are

00:52:24and I have to say

00:52:26sometimes

00:52:28Bob says

00:52:29Peter, do you ever

00:52:30criticise your mate

00:52:30Lenny?

00:52:31Bob

00:52:32if you

00:52:34have mates

00:52:36you have to

00:52:37take a long

00:52:38hard look at yourself

00:52:39Basically the answer's

00:52:39no

00:52:42I actually have

00:52:43The answer's no

00:52:43I actually have

00:52:44Bob

00:52:45I've been critical

00:52:46because as a journalist

00:52:47you've got to see

00:52:49games and look at

00:52:50things and

00:52:52pass comment on it

00:52:53Very critical in the

00:52:54Covid season

00:52:55I think he's

00:52:56battered me a few

00:52:57times

00:52:57he's had a few

00:52:58words with me

00:52:59but listen

00:53:00at the end of the

00:53:00day

00:53:00you know Bob

00:53:02it's like this

00:53:03you call it

00:53:03as you see it

00:53:04and hopefully

00:53:04on this programme

00:53:05we try to be

00:53:07as fair as possible

00:53:07and sometimes

00:53:08if people are

00:53:09deceitful Bob

00:53:10and tell fibs

00:53:12then we have

00:53:13to call them

00:53:14up and

00:53:15you know

00:53:15just basically

00:53:16say to them

00:53:16stop telling

00:53:17lies

00:53:17and you're

00:53:19a prime

00:53:20candidate

00:53:20Ruffy

00:53:20because Bob

00:53:21says

00:53:22Ruffy was

00:53:23booked in

00:53:23Sunnis's

00:53:24first game

00:53:24versus

00:53:25Hibs

00:53:25that's why

00:53:26he wasn't

00:53:27involved in

00:53:27the 21

00:53:28man brawl

00:53:28ask him

00:53:29I think

00:53:30he's forgotten

00:53:31Ruffy

00:53:32do you want

00:53:32to offer

00:53:32the whole

00:53:33Have I got

00:53:34to get

00:53:34through this

00:53:35again

00:53:35You get

00:53:36booked

00:53:36The reason

00:53:38that I never

00:53:39get involved

00:53:39in this

00:53:40Dramash

00:53:40was I had

00:53:42already

00:53:42been

00:53:43booked

00:53:43What did he

00:53:44say five

00:53:44minutes ago

00:53:45I said

00:53:46was that

00:53:46your only

00:53:46yellow card

00:53:47in your

00:53:47career

00:53:48and you

00:53:48went

00:53:48yes

00:53:48That's a

00:53:49good point

00:53:51Hold my

00:53:52hands

00:53:53It's a sad

00:53:54decline

00:53:55Even on the

00:53:56show

00:53:56By the way

00:53:57the worst

00:53:57thing ever

00:53:58is for Bob

00:53:59to leather you

00:54:00because if you

00:54:01leave it open

00:54:01to Bob

00:54:02Bob's sitting

00:54:03on his computer

00:54:03going

00:54:05Well done

00:54:05Bob

00:54:06That's what

00:54:07we want

00:54:07a bit of

00:54:07good research

00:54:08The reason

00:54:12No Bob

00:54:12the reason

00:54:13you're correct

00:54:13I was booked

00:54:14before the

00:54:15soonest

00:54:16Dramash

00:54:16so I would

00:54:17have been

00:54:17sent off

00:54:18Yes

00:54:19I was going

00:54:20to get

00:54:20involved

00:54:20anyway

00:54:20That's a

00:54:21very good

00:54:22point

00:54:22because this

00:54:23It's a

00:54:23fair distance

00:54:23to run

00:54:24Yeah

00:54:24and of course

00:54:25you didn't

00:54:25like the

00:54:26whole thing

00:54:26about

00:54:27fighting

00:54:28because you

00:54:29were a

00:54:30coward

00:54:30The other

00:54:31thing I was

00:54:31going to say

00:54:32to you

00:54:32okay we've

00:54:33got a good

00:54:33weekend of

00:54:34football in

00:54:34the Scottish

00:54:35Premiership

00:54:35I'm really

00:54:36looking forward

00:54:36to it

00:54:37It'll be

00:54:37fantastic

00:54:38Don't forget

00:54:39if you want

00:54:39to stay up

00:54:39to date

00:54:40with it

00:54:40download the

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00:54:42all the

00:54:43breaking news

00:54:43at your

00:54:43fingertips

00:54:44and over

00:54:45and above

00:54:45that I'm

00:54:47looking

00:54:47at some

00:54:48of the

00:54:48things that

00:54:49have been

00:54:49going on

00:54:49I just

00:54:50looked at

00:54:51the Champions

00:54:51League in

00:54:51midweek

00:54:52Are you

00:54:53watching it

00:54:53as religiously

00:54:54time

00:54:54I've not

00:54:55watched

00:54:55the Champions

00:54:55League

00:54:56I've not

00:54:56watched

00:54:56the highlights

00:54:57No

00:54:58It's lost

00:54:59its

00:55:00sparkle

00:55:01Not even

00:55:02Paris Saint-Germain

00:55:03No

00:55:04I'm not

00:55:04watching any

00:55:05Champions League

00:55:05football

00:55:05I've very rarely

00:55:06watched

00:55:06Premiership

00:55:07football

00:55:07I just

00:55:07watch

00:55:07Scottish

00:55:08football

00:55:08I don't

00:55:09think we

00:55:10have the same

00:55:11number of

00:55:11big names

00:55:12that we want

00:55:13to see

00:55:13You mean the

00:55:14Messis and the

00:55:14Ronaldo's that

00:55:15brought it to

00:55:15life

00:55:15There's the

00:55:16Dan's and

00:55:16the Ronaldinho's

00:55:17entertainers

00:55:18I think all

00:55:18these big names

00:55:21There will be

00:55:23What's his name

00:55:24Real Madrid

00:55:26Bappi

00:55:26No

00:55:27The wee winger

00:55:27Vinicius Junior

00:55:29These ones are

00:55:31emerging

00:55:33Bappi's and

00:55:33all them

00:55:34have been about

00:55:34for ages

00:55:35There's nobody

00:55:36Nobody grabs you

00:55:37I'm the same

00:55:38I must admit

00:55:39I do like

00:55:40watching the

00:55:41Champions League

00:55:42game but I

00:55:43would say this

00:55:43and I agree

00:55:43with you Tam

00:55:44It's slightly

00:55:45waned

00:55:47the attraction

00:55:48of it at the

00:55:49moment

00:55:49There's a little

00:55:49bit of a lull

00:55:50I wonder what

00:55:51the figures are

00:55:52like

00:55:52You used to get

00:55:53the games on

00:55:54STV and

00:55:54Terrestrial TV

00:55:55You still get

00:55:56the Champions

00:55:56League on BBC

00:55:57Highlights

00:55:58But it's not

00:55:59quite the same

00:56:01Bodo Glimpt

00:56:02We did mention

00:56:03them earlier on

00:56:04but I think

00:56:04they deserve

00:56:05tremendous credit

00:56:05albeit it's only

00:56:06the first leg

00:56:07of the knockout

00:56:07but to beat

00:56:09Inter Milan 3-1

00:56:10is good going

00:56:11I mean

00:56:13Knutson

00:56:15deserves tremendous

00:56:16credit

00:56:17It's amazing

00:56:18that somebody

00:56:19has not

00:56:19pinched him

00:56:20for there

00:56:20but I'm

00:56:21assuming

00:56:21that he's

00:56:22getting

00:56:22percentages

00:56:22of the

00:56:23transfer

00:56:23fees

00:56:24Steady now

00:56:25Steady

00:56:25Have we still

00:56:26get the usual

00:56:28four English

00:56:28clubs in

00:56:30the latter

00:56:31stages

00:56:31Yes

00:56:32Usually as a

00:56:34bee in your

00:56:34bonnet

00:56:36Listen I said

00:56:37to you before

00:56:37the problem

00:56:38is some

00:56:39people are

00:56:39actually

00:56:40mortgaging

00:56:41and remortgaging

00:56:42their whole

00:56:44financial plan

00:56:45because the

00:56:47danger is

00:56:47if you try

00:56:48and keep

00:56:49pace with

00:56:50the English

00:56:50clubs

00:56:50you'll come

00:56:51a cropper

00:56:52You've got to

00:56:54develop your

00:56:54own

00:56:55you've got to

00:56:55try and be

00:56:57clever in the

00:56:57transfer market

00:56:58because if you

00:56:59try and keep

00:57:00pace with them

00:57:00they're all in

00:57:01there

00:57:02You look in the

00:57:03European competitions

00:57:04the English clubs

00:57:05are all in there

00:57:05Even the Europa

00:57:10So it's a

00:57:11danger to try

00:57:12and match

00:57:13them financially

00:57:14Barcelona and

00:57:15Real Madrid

00:57:16literally had to

00:57:17do some

00:57:18really big

00:57:19deals to

00:57:20try and keep

00:57:21themselves at

00:57:21the forefront

00:57:22or they were

00:57:22going to lose

00:57:23pace to them

00:57:23Just on that

00:57:25point we've

00:57:25mentioned great

00:57:26credit to

00:57:27Bodo Glimt

00:57:29I thought the

00:57:30only downside

00:57:30was in midweek

00:57:31Jose Mourinho

00:57:32has been

00:57:32criticised heavily

00:57:33for not coming

00:57:35out and making

00:57:35a stance against

00:57:36his own

00:57:37player

00:57:38or at least

00:57:39offering an

00:57:40objective view

00:57:41on the need

00:57:42to stamp out

00:57:43racist remarks

00:57:44or any

00:57:45form of racism

00:57:48should be

00:57:48condemned

00:57:48Vinicius Junior

00:57:49at the moment

00:57:50is innocent

00:57:52until proven

00:57:52guilty

00:57:53I mean the

00:57:54Benfica player

00:57:55is innocent

00:57:56until proven

00:57:57guilty for his

00:57:58racist remark

00:57:59alleged towards

00:58:01Vinicius Junior

00:58:02but I don't

00:58:03think Jose

00:58:03covered himself

00:58:04in glory by

00:58:05trying to

00:58:06take the

00:58:07spotlight off

00:58:08his player

00:58:08by questioning

00:58:09Vinicius Junior's

00:58:11celebrations

00:58:11my god it was

00:58:12a great goal

00:58:13yeah it certainly

00:58:14was and you

00:58:15would like

00:58:15somebody like

00:58:17that you know

00:58:18somebody well

00:58:19renowned in the

00:58:19game you know

00:58:20to say look if

00:58:21there's any damage

00:58:22been done here

00:58:22we will look

00:58:23into it thoroughly

00:58:23and if he's found

00:58:24guilty he'll be

00:58:25dealt accordingly

00:58:26that's what you're

00:58:26looking for

00:58:27yeah

00:58:27but unfortunately

00:58:29it's sort of

00:58:30I just tried to

00:58:30push it another

00:58:32direction but

00:58:33let's hope if he

00:58:34did then he is

00:58:35found guilt

00:58:36because it went

00:58:37on too long

00:58:37remember it

00:58:38happened with a

00:58:39player that

00:58:39Rangers played

00:58:40Slavia Prague

00:58:41that just went on

00:58:42so long and so

00:58:44long you need to

00:58:44get to the top

00:58:45of these things

00:58:45my problem or

00:58:46even the bottom

00:58:47my problem is

00:58:49Prestiani

00:58:50putting his

00:58:52shirt over his

00:58:53mouth

00:58:53that didn't look

00:58:55good for him

00:58:56you know

00:58:56I just for

00:58:58the life of me

00:58:58I don't get

00:58:59why a player

00:59:00would make that

00:59:01up

00:59:01I'm not saying

00:59:02one way or

00:59:03another but

00:59:04what benefit

00:59:05does he have

00:59:06from making

00:59:08something like

00:59:08that up

00:59:08I think

00:59:09Vinicius Junior

00:59:10should be

00:59:10applauded for

00:59:11having the guts

00:59:13to actually say

00:59:13no I'm not

00:59:14going to stand

00:59:14for it

00:59:14you know

00:59:16but again we

00:59:17don't like to

00:59:17see it in our

00:59:18game and

00:59:19certainly I know

00:59:20a number of

00:59:21Celtic fans

00:59:23who will look

00:59:25and say to

00:59:25themselves

00:59:25if he's

00:59:27picked on

00:59:29Sunday

00:59:30on Saturday

00:59:31I think

00:59:31for the game

00:59:32against Hibs

00:59:33Sunday

00:59:33sorry

00:59:34I think a lot

00:59:35of Celtic fans

00:59:36will applaud

00:59:37Casper Schmeichel

00:59:38when he comes

00:59:38out

00:59:38because I

00:59:40you know

00:59:40I think

00:59:41you don't like

00:59:42to see fans

00:59:42well it says

00:59:43a lot about

00:59:43the person

00:59:44as an

00:59:44individual

00:59:45you know

00:59:45nobody likes

00:59:47to get booed

00:59:47by your own

00:59:48supporters

00:59:48you'll have to

00:59:49deal with that

00:59:49from now to

00:59:50Sunday

00:59:50there'll be a

00:59:53discussion between

00:59:54him and Martin

00:59:54a nail and

00:59:56it might be the

00:59:56best thing if

00:59:58he's actually

00:59:58worrying about it

00:59:59you think he'll

01:00:00get dropped

01:00:01yeah

01:00:02I do as well

01:00:03I think he'll

01:00:03get dropped

01:00:03I think he's

01:00:04got an injury

01:00:04I think he's

01:00:05got an injury

01:00:06and he's just

01:00:06doing his best

01:00:07to get through

01:00:08it but you

01:00:08can tell

01:00:09he's protecting

01:00:10that right

01:00:10hand side

01:00:11his shoulder

01:00:12here's the

01:00:14quiz question

01:00:15which of

01:00:16course

01:00:17relates to

01:00:18when I saw

01:00:19Anthony Gordon

01:00:19score four

01:00:20goals

01:00:20he actually

01:00:21lamented he

01:00:22should have

01:00:22scored six

01:00:23so which

01:00:24former Rangers

01:00:25player scored

01:00:25four goals in a

01:00:26Champions League

01:00:26match

01:00:28any

01:00:28have you got

01:00:29no I just

01:00:30somehow played

01:00:31against a

01:00:32Cyprus team

01:00:32or something

01:00:33like that

01:00:33unbelievable by

01:00:35the way

01:00:35no

01:00:37the answer is

01:00:38of course

01:00:39Dado Priscio

01:00:40who scored

01:00:41four for

01:00:41Monaco

01:00:42against Deportivo

01:00:43La Corina

01:00:44that was the

01:00:45answer we were

01:00:46looking for

01:00:46if anybody did

01:00:47get that

01:00:47congratulations to

01:00:48you

01:00:48what are you

01:00:49snidey

01:00:49I said which

01:00:51former Rangers

01:00:52player scored

01:00:53four in a

01:00:54Champions League

01:00:54match

01:00:55you know

01:00:56so there you

01:00:57are

01:00:59congratulations

01:00:59if you got

01:01:00that answer

01:01:01to the quiz

01:01:01enjoy your

01:01:02football over the

01:01:03weekend

01:01:03try and be

01:01:04decent about it

01:01:05and spare a

01:01:06thought for the

01:01:06players who are

01:01:07out there doing

01:01:08their absolute

01:01:09best

01:01:09let's hope

01:01:10there's no

01:01:10VAR decisions

01:01:11I know we'll be

01:01:12talking about what

01:01:13Willie Colum's got

01:01:14to say in his

01:01:15VAR appraisal of

01:01:17some of those

01:01:18contentious decisions

01:01:19which is out

01:01:19tonight but we'll

01:01:21discuss it on

01:01:22Monday as well as

01:01:23the outcome of

01:01:23the games on

01:01:24Saturday and

01:01:25Sunday thanks to

01:01:26Ruffy thanks to

01:01:27Tam thanks to

01:01:27Bob for pointing

01:01:29out that Ruffy

01:01:29had been booked

01:01:30twice we need

01:01:32people who

01:01:32research these

01:01:33things have a

01:01:34great weekend

01:01:35and

01:01:39sorry Bob

01:01:41have a great

01:01:42weekend support

01:01:43your team

01:01:43and remember

01:01:44it's only a

01:01:45game of

01:01:45football

01:01:46be safe out

01:01:46there go to

01:01:47the game get

01:01:47back home safely

01:01:48from myself

01:01:49Peter Martin

01:01:50thank you for

01:01:50listening thank you

01:01:51for watching

01:01:51you

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