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00:00championship, will it be another double or similar in the
00:04stainless steel, Alex Samuel getting things moving up against
00:08Gogich.
00:13Stanley, Gogich with a slide.
00:22Richardson strong in the challenge.
00:31Referee Nick Walsh, he's got to get the tone right in this because
00:35there will be some tasty challenges earlier, but you don't
00:38want to just start dishing out yellow cards as we saw in the
00:42Europa Conference fight.
00:49I suspect Nick Walsh will probably be the latter and will
00:54reckon up.
01:11And he's just to turn it away.
01:17And there is Luke McBeth.
01:20105 appearances now for Parik Thistle.
01:25Where's 19?
01:28And he runs that ball out of play.
01:36The numbers have you been to a game at the end of May and it's
01:39been balmy sunshine and 20 degrees.
01:42Everyone's wearing T-shirt and shorts.
01:44It's the way forward as far as I'm concerned.
01:47It just seems wrong.
01:48It's, it's, it's, it's extraordinary, isn't it?
01:51It's wonderful.
01:52Yeah, listen, it's a, it's actually, you know, it's making
01:55the atmosphere.
01:58Everyone is starting off the game in a good mood.
02:00They maybe won't finish the game in the same mood, but a lot
02:03of smiles on people's faces.
02:08Samuel Batu's for it, Gogich.
02:11Back onto Ross Sinclair.
02:21He wanted him to come across and help him.
02:28And in the end, Mandron just has to try and make something.
02:31And actually did well to win the throw.
02:33I thought Mandron did really well.
02:35The challenge.
02:37Referee hadn't taken his eye off the player.
02:41A little bit naughty.
02:43Just kind of, already you can tell that Thistle are more on it
02:47than they were.
02:49I, I, I was really surprised how subdued they were.
02:52I wouldn't just say the first 10 or 15 minutes.
02:54Most of the first half.
02:55They were, they were, they were off it.
02:57You know, they were off the pace.
02:58They looked much sharper this evening.
03:01Crackleton.
03:02Crackleton.
03:03Samuel Samuel.
03:06Well, that was a little bit of a surprise.
03:08I thought Tanzu was in good position.
03:15I think that they'll see it as an opportunity to get at him.
03:18But Samir will want him on the ball.
03:20Turned around the corner by Phillips.
03:22Sliding challenge by Ashcroft.
03:25And of course.
03:30All the evening goes the way of the home team.
03:42Just one year between these two.
03:45The club.
03:50The club.
03:52The club.
03:53The club.
03:54The club.
03:55Josh Clark, Marcus Fraso with a header.
03:59Ordinarily you'd be very happy to have a free header.
04:04The club.
04:04What ten yards?
04:06Unfortunately for him, he was having to go backwards.
04:07And of course,
04:08you just need to get a platform.
04:10Where you're going to head the.
04:12You're going to head the ball properly.
04:14If you come onto the ball ten yards out,
04:15you've got a great goal scoring opportunity.
04:17Unfortunately for Marcus Frasen,
04:18the cross was just.
04:20Just behind him.
04:21But again, that's what they're looking for.
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04:49Pretty sure that what we spoke about before the game about the role that Phillips would play, he's going to,
04:55he's not going to play as a 10 as he was the other night, but he's going to play far
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06:09That will come all the way through.
06:23I wondered, you know, what my...
06:27I mean, he's keen to match up.
06:32I think that you could argue that that kind of back four that they played
06:36had two in the middle of the park and two wide players.
06:51Play their way into the game because it was ever so easy for them the first 45 minutes.
06:57So he's very, very keen to make sure that they're going to put Samirin under pressure.
07:04And their press is quite high already, which, listen, I think ultimately this is their last chance.
07:11Last chance to loom for both teams, isn't it?
07:17And it is flexible.
07:18I mean, at the moment, you've got Ashcroft, Bawcray and Macbeth,
07:22but Macbeth at any time could step up into that midfield.
07:25Yeah, that's right.
07:26And I think they'll have one eye on the likes of...
07:42What chases.
07:43He gets the better of Gogic fairly too.
07:46Here's a little opportunity.
07:49His body's flying all over the place.
07:51That's deflected.
07:54And it's wide.
07:58Fitzpatrick.
08:00Well, Gogic has not started the game well.
08:04This ball gets played in the channel.
08:06Gogic covers the ground well, but...
08:13Kindly for him.
08:14And in the end...
08:18Fitzpatrick who hit the shot...
08:21That was deflected...
08:23That was deflected...
08:25...one...
08:26...for a corner.
08:30Dangerous from set plays.
08:33That's deep around the corner.
08:35Headed all the way back across, flicked away by Campbell.
08:38Watt tries to bring it down.
08:49First person, it's Steve White.
08:52First person, it's Steve White.
09:07I think they'll realise that they were far too passive in the first 45 minutes.
09:11And sometimes, if you turn around and say to players,
09:12we're going to match up, it's very, very simple.
09:14There's no confusion about what you're going to do.
09:16You're going to say, we're going to play three at the back.
09:18They're going to play three at the back.
09:20They're going to have the same amount of midfielders as us.
09:24It's a gunfight.
09:25Who's going to put their impression...
09:29...
09:42Pressure on this.
09:50But he's again in good position.
09:52He hit the post on the first leg.
09:54You know, when that ball popped out to him
09:56and you just look at the position that he takes up,
09:58just keep your eye on him.
09:59He's just around the penalty spot.
10:02It's just hard to generate the pace
10:05from the head of when that ball is floating to you.
10:08Tell you what, that falls to his feet.
10:10It's been dispatched.
10:11Goalkeepers coming for it.
10:13And Clark on loan from Celtic.
10:15Got the ball in.
10:26Tony Watt felt like he was being fouled there.
10:29Might have had a case.
10:30Crawford tried to hook it forward.
10:34Reading.
10:42More natural.
10:44And I think it's a very...
10:48...very good choice by Craig McLeish
10:50to bring him back for Richard King,
10:52who, as he admitted himself,
10:55is probably more in there for his defensive duties.
10:58But Samirin have definitely got to...
11:00They've got to play on the front foot tonight.
11:10Stand wait.
11:13It's not ideal.
11:16If any, there's a cross and fix up.
11:22Down to Richardson.
11:27It's a little sink there.
11:31And what...
11:33Rob Stanzer tries to set things up.
11:36That's...
11:37The...
11:38...true goal.
11:42I don't think he knows an awful lot about it.
11:45It's all generated by a really poor clearance...
11:47Tanzer.
11:48...by Ross...
11:51...sinclair.
11:51You know, the ball got played back to him
11:53and he didn't get enough.
11:54And suddenly, you know, they were outnumbered.
11:56That's...
11:56It looks like this have managed to find a way
11:59to actually have the spare man in midfield,
12:01which is where they were suffering
12:02in the first half the other night.
12:05Well, it's been a fascinating start to the contest.
12:08Ross Sinclair playing for the seventh time.
12:10He's on emergency loan from St Johnstone.
12:13He's already seen his team be promoted.
12:16He could be promoted and relegated in the same season.
12:21There's the free kick.
12:22It was opened up as well.
12:26And just...
12:27You could see that from Fitzpatrick.
12:28There was a little gap there.
12:30And he fancied it.
12:32I mean, the wall is really poorly lined up, isn't it?
12:35He had every opportunity to bend it around the wall.
12:38He just set it out too far.
12:39But I thought the idea
12:41from Aidan Fitzpatrick was spot on.
12:48Stuart, I think...
12:50...be furious that he missed that
12:52in terms of being on target.
12:54Let's see what happens at the other end.
12:56Here's the opportunity for Clark to come.
13:04Fraser.
13:07No, I agree with you.
13:08I think that as a forward-thinking player,
13:11when they give you a wall
13:12and you haven't even got a...
13:13He didn't really have to bend it around that much.
13:15All he had to do was miss the wall.
13:17And the natural bend of the ball
13:18is going to bring it back.
13:19He just set it out too far.
13:20And I think you're right.
13:21I think he'll be kicking himself
13:22because he's got great quality.
13:24Fitzpatrick, you know,
13:25he had that in the locker
13:26to hit the target from there.
13:27And if he did,
13:28I just don't see how the goalie's going to cover that.
13:38He'll be...
13:39...saying, oh, well, the guy, you know,
13:40he doesn't forget how to play,
13:42but, you know,
13:43he's had limited match practice.
13:45And those are the things that,
13:46when you're playing week in and week out,
13:49you learn how to line your wall up properly.
13:53That looked really sloppy to me.
13:55And he's playing with a team
13:57that he's actually not with.
13:59He's a St. Johnston player,
14:01lone two-submarine,
14:02so you've got to get used to knowing your players
14:04who likes to be where,
14:06you know,
14:06all the communication that goes on.
14:27I mean, exactly as they did the other night,
14:30Samirin are inflicting problems on themselves.
14:34You know, they've had mistakes by Gogic,
14:36they've had mistakes by Marcus Fraser.
14:38That was another one there
14:40in their own final third
14:42under limited pressure.
14:50Here's Richardson,
14:52Andron's in the middle.
14:54Love a little ball on the inside.
14:58Quality of the cross.
15:00It's well dealt with by McPherson.
15:03Stanway around the corner.
15:06Gogic.
15:08I think he was a little bit unlucky the first time.
15:10I thought Watt swum at him,
15:12but he swum back.
15:14The thing is,
15:14when the ball popped out,
15:15I didn't think that Gogic needed to take a touch.
15:17I thought he could have just threaded it wide.
15:19I mean,
15:19this is the thing.
15:20I liked the balance of Samirin
15:24after the substitutions were made.
15:27I thought
15:28that they looked much better
15:29down the right-hand side
15:30when Ido was on,
15:31and particularly
15:33when they had Jaden Richardson
15:34in that place.
15:35He's a fly machine.
15:38You're not going to have many
15:39who are going to be able to keep up with him.
15:41I would be inclined just to be
15:42to get the ball into him
15:43down the right,
15:44Tanzer down the left.
15:46Get those balls into the box.
15:48That's what Samirin is doing.
15:51You've won more games in the Cup
15:53than you've won in the League.
15:56Absolutely.
15:59But interestingly,
16:00this effectively is a Cup game,
16:02isn't it?
16:02You know,
16:03to all intents and purposes.
16:04That's what we've got now.
16:07Tanzer
16:09Landroth offside.
16:10Yeah,
16:11it's that Cup mentality
16:12that Samirin need to bring to him.
16:15Tonight,
16:15the assistants,
16:16Daniel McFarlane
16:16and Callum Spence
16:19in VR.
16:20Tonight,
16:21John Beaton
16:21and Greg Aitker
16:23with the nicest will in the world.
16:25Let's hope we don't hear from them.
16:28That was incredibly close,
16:30wasn't it?
16:30Incredibly close.
16:40Let's do that!
16:59Crawford
17:00back on to Ashcroft.
17:08The opening goal
17:10in the previous
17:1123 play-off matches
17:19is McBeth.
17:27Not quite sure
17:28what he was attempting there
17:30and he looks disappointed
17:32in himself.
17:33Either that
17:33or he thought
17:34that the sun was in the goal
17:35in his eyes
17:35to the extent
17:36that he just wasn't going to see it.
17:38Interesting though already,
17:39I mean,
17:39I know we're only 18 minutes in.
17:41Partick Thistle,
17:42eight touches
17:43in St. Mirren's box.
17:44Only one
17:45for St. Mirren.
17:46So,
17:48as it kind of feels like,
17:57he would have wanted
17:59from his players.
17:59He would have wanted
18:00a
18:03more composed start.
18:05And they've been passing it
18:06out of the pitch
18:07under no pressure whatsoever.
18:10Yeah,
18:10he looks a lot
18:27with less possession,
18:29but here's what you do
18:30with it.
18:31Five shots already
18:32and they don't know
18:3319 minutes.
18:37Yeah,
18:37there just seems to be
18:38a closure
18:40about Thistle
18:40that we
18:41we didn't see
18:42the other night.
18:43I think that
18:44the players
18:45and probably
18:47the coaching staff
18:49learned
18:49a lot
18:51from the first leg.
18:54go,
18:54go.
18:57Go!
18:59Go!
19:01Go!
19:04Go!
19:05Go!
19:07Go!!
19:28I actually didn't think there was a foul there and I thought the way
19:30and it when he lost possession he actually slipped over it's interesting
19:34though isn't it
19:40left winger I haven't seen any of that so far so here's the opportunity to get the
19:49ball across it's strange
20:11I'm really surprised it's the game from some mirror I mean when you're watching
20:17them it's almost like they're winning the game already and they're actually trying
20:19to slow the pace of the game down which makes no sense to me you're only going
20:24to get the crowd into the game if you give them something to shout about but 21
20:27minutes in they've given them absolutely nothing
20:37we go freckledon being harangued by Alex Samuel
20:43Gogic tries to return it might just be too long what
20:49loses out to Phillips Phillips still going
21:02I think that as much as you can tell the players you know what the forecast is
21:09your body is so used to playing in Scotland and not used to playing in
21:12in these this type of heat
21:23so the away team in the second leg has won three of the last ten playoff matches
21:29resulting in promotion each time it's Livingston twice
21:32in Dundee
21:39shoulder to shoulder
21:43Samuel may be hurt
21:44this is one of those that Thistle fans will be shouting for but I think it's
21:48just I mean the fact that Marcus Fraser is actually in front
22:01and and they're competing for the ball and it's a coming together I don't see a free
22:06kick there at all
22:08I think he has managed to hurt himself he got
22:12shoulder into the back of Marcus Fraser
22:21Mirren occasionally when they've had good
22:23possession just there you saw Devaney on the ball with the freedom of the park
22:28heavy first touch second touch
22:32is a tackle it's then pinball in the middle of the pitch and it pops out to
22:37Tony Watney he's the guy that's actually got the quality to take a touch
22:40lift his head great idea just to try and thread it into Alex Samuel didn't quite
22:45come off
22:45but I've been impressed with Thistle and I'm really nonplussed at how St Mirren have
22:51started this game they really need to get their act together
22:58there is Alex Ray
23:04I'd really I really like
23:07idea
23:11he can be the eyes and the touchline and he's obviously the guy that the players are going
23:15to respond to
23:16but you have someone with Alex Ray's experience stick him up at the back of the
23:20stand and you've got a pair of eyes you're going to see absolutely everything
23:29messages on to the park of course and you know if you need someone to go through the
23:33player players like a dose of salts at half time that's when you bring Alex Ray
23:39I played against him a few times he was not to be tribal with
23:43and a nice guy off the pitch as well
23:45lovely fella
23:45yeah lovely lovely guy
23:48but um
23:49those were always the dangerous
23:51ones
23:52silent assassins as I called them
23:56and
24:04and
24:04Richardson's made a great run
24:10you
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24:17Phillips, he's very careful, I actually think
24:21Fitzpatrick let him away with that, if he'd kept going there might have been a wee clip of the heels.
24:26Yeah, I think he was hoping that that might be the case, but again,
24:30talking about the physicality and the pace of Jaden Richardson, that's what he brings to the team.
24:38Macbeth, on the inside.
24:43Crawford's calling for it back, but he's not going to get it.
24:52Fitzpatrick.
25:04I like Fitzpatrick as a wider player, he is being forced to play in that sort of middle three midfield.
25:11That's right, and if you change the formation, you have to sacrifice something, so you have
25:16more bodies in the middle of the park, but you lose the width, and I agree with you, I mean,
25:21you want Fitzpatrick on the ball as much as possible, preferably one v one.
25:34Well, Scott Tanzer, who was smiling, he certainly was the man who was the aggressor against Luke Macbeth.
25:48Yeah, he took a heavy touch, and I think he actually kind of, it's a difficult one, isn't it?
25:54One, isn't it? I mean, he gets the ball, and then, I mean, I'm not sure.
26:00He's down as well.
26:01Yeah, I'm not sure, I'm not sure how Nick Walsh sees a foul for Partick Thistle there.
26:07Tanzer slides on the floor, keeps his foot very low to the ground, wins the ball, and then,
26:12then gets kicked on the follow-through, and he gives a foul to Macbeth. I don't see that.
26:17I just think in real time, from his angle.
26:19Yeah, no.
26:29I think everyone's a good referee, from the commentary box, from the stands.
26:36You know, when you get one look at it, it's incredibly difficult.
26:42Were you ever forced to referee games in training?
26:46Oh, no.
26:50No, don't do that. Let them referee themselves.
26:56But Macbeth plays it forward.
27:05Yes, I think you're right. I mean, they're building up ahead of Steam,
27:08and what's really interesting for me is they're playing what I would call front football.
27:13They're picking up a lot of the second balls. This was a lovely little thread to pass in.
27:17And, I mean, Watt is such a clever player, isn't he?
27:20I mean, he doesn't have the legs anymore, but he's got the mouse.
27:23And he picks up positions.
27:25He's got a lovely first touch.
27:26His link-up player is very clever.
27:28And he's the guy that's going to be happy to drop from the 9 into the 10.
27:34To be the link-up player.
27:36And you can, you know the level.
27:51All the way through for Mantra.
28:00Here's Gorich.
28:11Fraser.
28:13Phillips back on the inside.
28:17It's away from Stanley and Fitzpatrick.
28:20Campbell calls for it.
28:23Long-time Motherwell player, Alan Campbell, went down to try his look at Luton Town.
28:30And...
28:35There's the cutback.
28:48But they decided to...
28:49He obviously decided to run in the channel.
28:51Nice little pass.
28:52That final...
28:53You know, that cutback.
28:54It may have been the right ball, but it was very poor execution from Phillips.
28:58You expect better from him.
29:04Well, Samaritan scored 30 goals in the Scottish Premiership this season.
29:0817 of those goals came...
29:11From set plays.
29:18Set play here.
29:21No doubt, Mark Wolfson would have done his homework.
29:27And those...
29:32Free kicks...
29:34Are really frustrating because...
29:36When you look at that situation...
29:38All...
29:39Tony...
29:46Those are the ones where you want to throttle your teammate because you've actually got a little bit of pressure.
29:52So Mirren have got to have a...
29:54I mean, I actually think that half-time is going to help them because they've got to have a rethink
29:58about...
30:00Refresh about how they're going to create some attacking threat because they haven't got it into their players with pace
30:07often enough.
30:27It's a terrific move.
30:33The goalkeeper could only spell it.
30:36And it has to be not...
30:43Look at that thread...
30:45Passed through and it's...
30:48Give a go here.
30:51And the goalie for me...
30:53I mean, that is just...
30:54Meat and drink for a goalkeeper.
30:56You cannot be spilling...
30:58That because there wasn't even much pace on it.
31:00It's really...
31:03The English playoff final...
31:05In the English playoff final...
31:05Middlesbrough goalkeeper spilled one...
31:08Oli McBurner...
31:10Scottish international...
31:12Not in the World Cup squad...
31:13Scored the one...
31:17So...
31:17Mistakes can lead to bad things in your season...
31:23Can be over...
31:28It's a poor ball...
31:30Fersen races away...
31:34What is outweighed...
31:37What is outweighed...
32:03Stand way...
32:09Yeah...
32:17They are the team...
32:24In the ascendancy...
32:25They just look like they have a game plan...
32:28And each player understands what their...
32:31Role is...
32:32I think this is a very confused performance by some...
32:41Being watching...
32:43Holding his brother...
32:44Can do just a little bit better.
32:53If it's bad for the players...
32:56It's worse for the families.
32:58Absolutely.
33:04You know it's trouble.
33:06If you've not seen that story, well worth checking.
33:13Harry Maguire left out of the England World Cup squad.
33:24And it comes forward.
33:27Tanza, Mandrona taking up good position.
33:31Tanza trying to...
33:33Swing his way through.
33:39Interesting header away by Reddick.
33:42And that kind of header...
33:44Some middle have to be on...
33:49Head away.
33:53Sainsford far...
33:54Too far away.
33:57Yeah, I mean, going right back to the start of the attack,
34:00I thought Mandron peeled off and he actually created a big gap between right back and centre back.
34:08And there was an opportunity for the ball to be threaded through.
34:11And Samira went safe.
34:13And let's be honest, they haven't had many good attacking opportunities.
34:18But when you get an opportunity to play a nine in the channel 1v1...
34:24You cannot miss it.
34:27It's a really subdued performance by Samira, which I just don't understand given what's at stake.
34:35We'll get a free kick on that occasion.
34:59We'll get a free kick on that occasion.
35:02We'll get a free kick on that occasion.
35:07We'll get to the end of...
35:08Come on, come on!
35:12We'll be there.
35:15We'll be there.
35:17We'll be there.
35:19We'll be there.
35:21This championship winners in 2017-18 under Jack Ross in the first season back there to survive.
35:29A playoff, Dundee United, 0-0 and then 1-1.
35:41...are a team that have forgotten how to win.
35:43But I thought they were really good in the first half and controlled the game.
35:49But since then, they've kind of reverted to type.
35:53They've turned into the team that we thought they were leading into the playoffs.
35:59And I think that they've got a serious conversation to have at half-time
36:06to remind the players how it is you get into the final third
36:11and create some attacking opportunities.
36:33...initially kept him, then sent out a play.
36:35I mean, Jake Young and Michael Mann...
36:41...have played together all that often, but we see...
36:49...the first.
36:51...go it戦 est...
37:09...made in the playoffs.
37:10We'll try it out here.
37:10That's it tomorrow.
37:18Go to the timeline!
37:18.
37:18What have you seen before?
37:19want Campbell, actually I think Campbell, his legs are his strength, you don't want
37:24him playing deeper, you want him further up the pitch with Phillips.
37:30Around the corner goes, goalkeepers should come and gather.
37:34Yeah, I mean the option they've got is, when he's a young kid, he's 18 years old,
37:38and he's a very hard pick, and it's a big ask.
37:43Well it's a big ask if you are.
37:48It's going to teenager to play in a role that he's not...
38:18Oh, Craig McLeish will be trying to get his side to half-time.
38:22And this Phillips...
38:24Mandron can combine here, it only takes a moment.
38:31And Mandron shoots away, the Grimace has been all too familiar for...
38:46Samirin, they've had so few opportunities in the final third, that you can't blame...
38:59Nicely picked it up.
39:02What, it's been an absolute menace.
39:05Campbell, just with a touch, Murenic.
39:10Standing over the block, over the block.
39:13Oh!
39:28What's the winner?
39:29It's not the better of Gogic, a couple of times, a couple of times, and he's done so again.
39:34The cup...
39:35...is there.
39:36Here's the chance for McPherson.
39:44Tony Watt, though.
39:45I mean, it's just magnificent, that little kind of shimmy.
39:48Gogic likes to get type of players, and Tony Watt recognised that.
39:54Unfortunately...
39:54...the thistle, it falls to the wrong player on the weaker foot.
39:59And the deflection took all the pace out of it, but...
40:18Richardson, round the corner, man drawn.
40:22There's the little spin, and into the arms of Josh Clank.
40:26Could he not have hit it first?
40:29This is what I was talking about, Richardson.
40:31No one wants to go near him when he's in the box, but I think he can...
40:37But that ball looks...
40:41...to be rolling nicely.
40:43I thought he could have just stepped on and pulled the trigger.
40:49...been in the championship for the last five seasons.
40:52This has been promoted from League One in Season 20, 2021.
41:05That's a little winner.
41:07Fitzpatrick can't make the move.
41:10Go ahead.
41:14Go ahead.
41:19Go ahead.
41:27Go ahead.
41:31Well, it hasn't been involved in Playoff football since,
41:43whereas,
41:44Paruk Thistle only
41:51over the years,
41:54then Paruk Thistle,
41:55they're 20...
42:13with a clear state of mind and they've played like that you know i think that they've had a really
42:21positive approach they're definitely the ones that have been driving forward more than
42:27mirin have i i expect
42:38get going
43:27fell in the
43:38you
43:39you
43:40you
43:40you
43:40you
43:42you
43:43you
43:45Oh, yes.
43:46Flicked forward.
44:01Here's Ben McPherson.
44:05Well, Tanzer caught him, but again,
44:10there's almost the exaggeration to make sure that
44:16he is someone that you would want to expose
44:18in the same token.
44:20You would want him up the other end of the pitch,
44:23delivering balls in,
44:24because he's got fantastic quality from wide areas.
44:28But I think that Mark Wilson will have looked at that
44:31and said, we can hurt them down the side.
44:36It's got Tanzer for him,
44:38like Rochdale, Fort Vale,
44:41St. Johnston.
44:45This one round,
44:4731-year-old.
44:49Fitzpatrick plays it in.
44:51Simple either way.
44:58Awkward one for Reading.
45:01Two additional minutes to be played.
45:11Here's Ross Sinclair.
45:14Under-21.
45:16Goalkeeper.
45:18Scotland.
45:19Scotland.
45:28Effectively much movement.
45:31Didn't get the movement he was looking for.
45:33McBeth comes forward, wins it well.
45:38Well, when you've got a left centre-back,
45:40effectively trying to thread it straight into the strike,
45:42because it tells you that his midfielders aren't giving him,
45:46you know,
45:47you should play through.
45:49This time.
45:56And drawn low.
45:58Campbell clipped it round the corner,
46:00but it just required a little touch and no more.
46:03Well, it required finesse,
46:04and he didn't have it.
46:05I thought that there was a great ball to the fast stick,
46:08again by Tanzer.
46:10It was a unique opportunity for Mandelum,
46:12just to cushion the ball down.
46:13He had a run.
46:14I think it was Alan Campbell running off him.
46:16The decision making from Samirin in the first half has been really poor.
46:43As I mentioned,
46:44there's only ever been two nil-nils in 23 playoff games.
46:48Both came at Tannadice.
46:50Dundee United drew with Hamilton in 2017.
46:54For Hamilton won the return leg,
46:57and Dundee United drew with St. Merlin,
46:59before St. Merlin,
47:00three years later,
47:01won on penalties.
47:03Baric Thistle have been here before.
47:05They know what it's like.
47:07They know the disappointment,
47:09but they are 45 minutes away.
47:14The second leg,
47:16last season the most in any single game.
47:19I don't think we're going to get a repeat of that this year,
47:22but we shall certainly see where it takes us.
47:26The team scoring first in the second leg
47:28has failed to win two of the last three.
47:30Now the team appears too keen on taking the lead in this one.
47:34and that's how you're getting paid for it,
47:34You