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00:00you know you're doing what i need you to do but they're going to go to the bench first
00:06not here just to make up the numbers they're trying to win this game
00:11cami logan comes on for ben mcpherson now they have been interchangeable this season
00:16to be fair and you can see the little warm-up exercise coming for so
00:26i'm not quite sure you need to warm up again because you're you know you're ready it's hot
00:32but just stretch out those muscles and get ready to go again and what a 45 minutes ahead for some
00:41and for harry thistle it's been a tough for craig mcleish his first game was a 2-1 win against
00:50falkirk on the 21st of march just two other successes since then
00:54mark rogson game number 67 in charge appointed on the 30th of may he was initially co-boss
01:01with brian graham 45 minutes of action
01:12and we talk about what's at stake and just say well it's a place in the top league but it's
01:17a chance
01:19financially to you know that's absolutely right i was just reflecting on
01:26how the game panned out at fir hill the other night
01:30samirin comfortable composed well on top in the first 45 minutes
01:35complete role reversal in the second half i wonder
01:39having seen samirin being way off it in the first 45 minutes and thistle boss in the game
01:44i wonder if we're going to see this the same role reversal in that the home team suddenly get
01:51you know some some impetus in the second half that they've just got to for me they've got to speed
01:57the game up
02:00they've got to improve their quality in the final third and they've got to remind themselves what's
02:06on the line here confirmation of the home starting 11
02:22like this all coming through
02:40no i mean you have to think at some point that samirin are going to wake up
02:47because this has been pretty unimpressive stuff and and you know they
02:52but they're going to have to find it quick
02:58they will get the free kick samuel with a little nudge there
03:11lockrey played it forward and you could see
03:20there's marcus fraser
03:24richardson just overplayed although it might work for campbell
03:35well there's something not quite right about sin man
03:40no there isn't um but but they've got
03:49yeah
03:51yep
03:55jacob
03:56little twisting shot takes the deflection
03:59no block there
04:10logan
04:11logan
04:12samuel can't get there but what waits
04:15trying to finesse the ball through
04:27trick fancy these chances
04:29come off the end and with
04:3221
04:35and that could be the first card of the evening
04:41and it is the challenge
04:43was ill-advised
04:45yeah stopping a promising attack and move and that's a little bit more what mandron is about
04:50isn't it
04:50macbeth gets too tight mandron
04:53takes a lovely first touch
04:55he wipes him out and a very easy decision
05:14both teams have been but actually you know
05:17particularly
05:26i mean i'm watching the suburban team
05:31the team that played with such swagger
05:33and
05:36you know quickness
05:43and i just i wonder whether
05:49they
06:01well the premiership playoff in this current format usually favors the premiership team
06:08mandron battling for it
06:14really strong defending because mandron is a handful and i thought lee ashcroft did tremendously well here
06:19i mean mandron's got a good degree of physicality but ashcroft doesn't
06:25get sucked into making a foul
06:30see that kind of battle carry on but i don't think that
06:36i talk about risk and reward football and i actually think that
06:39partick thistle have been braver with the way they've set their team out and
06:42they're the team that looked as if they're trying to win the game
06:45there's been there's been very little risk from samir and
06:50i don't know if
07:00crane mcleish might be thinking about
07:05how how long does he leave it before he starts to make some changes from the bench
07:13well i suspect some of the fans will hope it's not too long
07:25that's good
07:26it is
07:27it's for this football debut 13 years ago this month
07:45well he just showed us what he can do when he does get the ball at his feet lovely
07:49quick feet skips around two defenders
07:52it's a powerful shot
07:54i'm forcing him
07:55it's straight at the goalie but it's got so much
07:58pace on it that he has to tip it over the bar
08:09and now barry thistle trying to bring it away sliding challenge from tanza robs fitzpatrick
08:19referee just checking not blowing
08:23and stuart just one chance in this place comes to life
08:29all about the delivery wasn't it from tanza
08:32to go gets there's the header it's just wide
08:35well you could see that he's furious
08:39what a second half he's having
08:42and suddenly all you need is a couple of chances i mean that's
08:49a great ball in by gogich and i think he's going to struggle actually think
08:53should protect that ball and take it down but you know
08:58for the first time this evening we've actually heard the home crowd
09:01that's all they want they just want something to shout about they want to get involved in that so little
09:11just you know just getting the ball into the box
09:24just sees the danger drops back drops back in on the onto the line and he's not there that is
09:29that's in the back of the net
09:31marcus fraser
09:34he just like to throw the odd goal
09:47it comes to samuel there's the touch the turn the goal keeper could only spill it
09:54well samuel again he's
09:59having the best goal scoring season of his career 13 goals i think it's 14 in his previous six seasons
10:07yeah that is brilliant striker play
10:10got fired into him at some pace but he took a nice
10:25no right to score from there but
10:27boss sinclair gets his angles right love the weight
10:31he's moving the hand just to give it that little extra to get it away
10:44phillips
11:13well they're calling for offside
11:15in that position i'd be keeping the flag down because when you've got var you know it's going
11:18to be checked but don't don't flag when it's when it's tight and that was obviously
11:30tony
11:3210 goals nine assists this season it's been a fine
11:57it's a bit much better start of the second half
12:02phillips wanted too long ash score got rid of it
12:08samuel
12:10the welshman
12:13looking his freckled
12:15and sometimes when you've got all of that around you take the throw go again
12:21yeah he did well protected the ball well
12:25but but already you can see that the game has opened up because
12:31some mirren i was talking about actually getting bodies forward they're starting to realize that
12:35they've got to
12:38to be fair they've done which means the game has opened up a little
12:41so
13:03Oh
13:05Logan
13:11A tragic pass from them. They actually work the ball into a real
13:21When you're in that area defenders have got to be very
13:27Canny about you know what they can do in terms of tackling so you you're actually in the driving seat
13:31when you're in and around the edge of the box
13:33You've got to be braver on the ball
13:41Ready on to what?
13:46Tries to turn Campbell
13:49On to reading there's the advance on to what cover from Richardson, but he whips the ball in well
13:56It's gonna take up
14:03Logan took it from him and wins the free kick
14:09Yeah, I mean Phillips is is keen just to
14:13Really are just a little give-and-go and then that ball into the box because he lifts his head
14:19Oh
14:20So he clips it in to a ball that he can actually protect. It's so clever
14:30I know he's the kind of player players do like to play with because he's not just it's not the
14:35hit and hope
14:36There's always a little something behind it
14:38Well, you can't forget that the level that Tony what has played at I mean, I know it's a while
14:42But you know old habits die hard. He's played at incredibly high level
14:50Fitzpatrick plays it in
14:54Creckleton with the header away. It's back with Watt. It's a great
15:04Is is that bit of quality we haven't seen it from St Mirren this will have been in the opposition
15:10box more than St Mirren have but
15:12You haven't
15:14That final pass you just need one piece of quality and I suspect it'll probably be enough
15:30The furl on the defender
15:35Quite sure what
15:39But it's Patrick's complete for us there
15:54When it gets fired into him but
15:57Players just can't seem to put the brakes on when they've had them. I mean it's an absolute wipe out
16:02isn't it?
16:03Luckily for him he's low because he goes in there a fair degree of force, but it's reckless rather than
16:09dangerous
16:16No third that's that's where he brings the quality we saw it from the corner kick
16:25Each will have wanted him further up the pitch and Jaden Richardson
16:59Good sign just holding the back of his leg and he looks
17:02Good sign just holding the back of his leg and he looks
17:04It looks like I think there's a way
17:06it took it to you that you see
17:17so Alan Campbell is with when he'll be replaced by Mark Ohara
17:22I'm rolling it over comes on Mark Ohana
17:39Young is off as well
17:49well it's fairly typical we see changes round about there for Mark
17:53now seeing a natural holding midfielder for St Mirren in Mark Ohara
18:04who I think is gonna understand how to play that role better and it allows
18:08Phillips to play much further up the pitch which of course is where they want
18:13him very forward Samuel Bantos for the ball Gorgic is strong
18:24to Vennie
18:26hands are flicked forward
18:382014-15 it was the Scottish Premiership
18:43season the Lumos in the league again next year it's just a question who's gonna be in the
18:52Premiership and who's gonna be in the Championship
18:59it's a good one the last three meetings of the sides here all in cup competition
19:07Tansen fancied his chances
19:20but I think the one thing that we did notice when they brought a dough on in the second half
19:25of
19:31and I think that's a that's a something that McLeish he talked to he said there were a lot more
19:41I think he was probably talking more about the first 45 minutes but that's the combination that I thought
19:46where it worked very well for St Mirren in the second half so they've got to be looking to try
19:51and get
19:57the whole ball has to be out
20:00the assistant had a great view of that one
20:03that's a bad challenge by Fitzpatrick
20:08yeah they're gonna play a dough through the middle aren't they
20:10that that's the role that they're going to give him
20:14it takes a lovely first touch and
20:16it's definitely a foul by
20:19Fitzpatrick there
20:21they've got some good speed up the top of the pitch now St Mirren that's what they've got to exploit
20:25I don't know whether or not there are going to be gaps for them to
20:28spread the ball
20:29in between the centre-halves but
20:32for half their goals in the Scottish Premiership
20:36came from set plays
20:38Marco Harris
20:39got a great delivery on him
20:41and there is the goal
20:45it's taken a while
20:47but St Mirren leads
20:49and what a moment it is
20:51you can sense the relief
21:07because they've got power they've got physicality and they've got great delivery
21:12I thought the ball in was absolutely on a sixpence and look at the movement around the back from Fraser
21:18oh he's I mean
21:20well VR will do a check that's for sure
21:23the finish is absolutely
21:28because the finish is magnificent
21:36you deserve a goal for that
21:38because it is absolutely
21:40top class play
21:42but he looked
21:46marginal
21:46he looked ever ever so
21:52the ball
21:55I think it was from O'Hara wasn't it?
21:57you know O'Hara just has that ability to float
22:02and he just got that
22:05all sorts of right
22:06now
22:07I mean his arm is offside but you can't play it with that
22:10so you're looking at shoulder to shoulder
22:13but of course you can score with the head
22:25I thought it was marginally offside
22:27that was
22:33for that
22:34no I mean it's
22:35you shouldn't be chalking off goals for that
22:37but you know the line's got to go somewhere
22:40but my initial reaction I thought he was ever ever so slightly offside
22:45John Beaton and Greg Aitken
22:47have had a look and they say
22:50have drawn the lines
22:52the goal stands
22:53and Marcus Fred
22:543-1
22:55Barak this will nail somewhere in lead
22:582-1
23:00on aggregate
23:01we have a quarter
23:04of this game to go
23:06and how about that
23:10it's
23:11to perfection
23:12and to be honest
23:13this deserves
23:14to be a goal
23:15the finish is so good
23:17it's so good
23:19but on the slide
23:20there's loads of pace on the ball
23:22he does incredibly well to control it
23:24we haven't had a lot of quality
23:25I mean
23:27I've been digging out the players for lack of quality in the final third
23:32with a lot of stake
23:34that is a finish
23:37worthy of winning any match
23:39well Marcus Fraser
23:42scored against Aberdeen this season
23:45Celtic in the cup
23:46and now
23:46Parik Thistle
23:48in the playoff
23:54he's got plenty of experience
23:56he's got
24:00experience these playoffs with Ross County as well
24:04he has experience
24:06coming to bear at the moment
24:09but from Parik Thistle's point of view
24:12nothing has changed
24:13they need to score tonight
24:18yeah and it feels tough on them
24:20it does
24:20it feels tough on them so far
24:22but
24:22but I think that you and I spoke about
24:25you know
24:25could St Mirren be that bad again
24:27I just didn't think that they could be that kind of
24:30lacklustre
24:31and they have
24:31they have raised their level
24:32there's been a real lack of quality about St Mirren in the final third
24:36but they've definitely
24:37they're playing
24:39I would say
24:40a yard
24:43coming
24:47and some other
24:48the Tosa
24:50could be an option for Parik Thistle
24:52they are a little bit light
24:53they've got their best two attacking players
24:55on the field
24:56and Samuel and Watt
24:58best two goalscorers
25:00I think Mark Wilson has to think about
25:03getting
25:06Fitzpatrick into a wide area
25:07so that they can
25:13and
25:13when you can get him in those
25:14in those areas
25:15because he's got great quality
25:16and he's very positive
25:17and I think that
25:19he knows that he's going to have to give up some territory in the middle of the park
25:22but
25:22they have to roll the dice at this stage
25:32playoff semi-final win
25:33again
25:38all of a sudden
25:40losing red and yellow
25:42a little
25:43less noisy
25:46well Thistle have got 20 minutes to
25:50you know to save their
25:55he's got to be brave
25:56he's just going to make some choices
26:03and
26:03to take a chance
26:04and actually leave yourself short
26:06one area of the park
26:08and add some more
26:09attacking players
26:11players
26:23and they'll find a way
26:29and they'll find a way back
26:30will it be the same?
26:40and they'll find a way back
26:46they felt like
26:46always like watching a team who's just
26:48instead of
27:05theyade
27:08O'erre
27:09just
27:09it's
27:11it's雲
27:14...like they actually had some much better chances even though they were outplayed for
27:19large spells in the first leg but they had several clear-cut chances at Fir Hill.
27:37Well from a geographical perspective this is a brilliant game isn't it?
27:41because it's not a long trip from Paisley
27:46over to Partick and vice versa so no
27:52it's Patrick in deep there's the header down goalkeeper pushed it away Ashcroft is up well
28:03press continues
28:18to have something to defend Partick Thistle
28:21they've lost just twice in 2026 at the last loss was against
28:28but of these two and a single goal
28:34I think this is the dream scenario
28:36the two sides getting ready to come
29:04So
29:05Actually played by can we look at?
29:11Six-year-old in the corner
29:16For Tony Watts what?
29:19To take on Gogic, Gogic getting a better room on that occasion
29:32And the difference to five minutes to Gogic
29:35It's just spinning in
29:39He defended really well because again, what is one of those players
29:43He's going to try something, he's going to try something, Clara similar trick
29:58All right, so now look, let's go set
30:08To go off
30:14It's a turn
30:16O
30:43In bikes like Pádic Thistle
30:46unbeaten run that looks like it's going to a hole unless they can find the back of the net here's
30:52Phillips
31:00that's who it's up
31:13in that position now where they don't need to go chasing
31:24it away
31:30Samuel
31:31got through
31:56it's going to do had a great chance
31:59playing me come
32:01man andron who just peeled off his man didn't he
32:05he didn't say he fancied the kind of shimmy and the skip through and he was very unlucky
32:13and Steven and let's just have gone for
32:17it
32:28Fitzpatrick
32:31Fitzpatrick for the byline gets it across
32:34Tanzer was the taker
32:38the referee's going to give nothing there Ashcroft and Mandrauk shoulder to shoulder
32:42but that 1v1 situation that we spoke about with Fitzpatrick i mean he's got great feet that little
32:47step over fired a ball and it could have gone anywhere i mean that pinball in the bottom
32:57they just
33:04it's
33:04just rude going to ground there
33:06yeah Litsosa rolls the ball in
33:09Gary McKay-Steven i mean when he makes that lunge Fraser i mean mckay-Steven's no way he's going to
33:14get
33:15on the end of that he takes a touch he's just trying to draw the
33:18foul
33:2222 yards out i mean fitzpatrick he's got
33:28be there
33:33well the only advantage ross singler
33:38has is he's watched the parac thistle st johnston this season from the bench
33:47so he knows exactly what this thistle team are capable of
33:54the man trying to will the ball to the back of the net i'll tell you one thing
34:03logan chalmers what a hit that was and ross sinclair was equal to it it was probably
34:12a better one for a lefty he doesn't try and stand on ceremony the power in that shot is absolutely
34:17incredible unfortunately it's straight at the goal keeper who gets two strong hands
34:31this is the first time we've seen
34:36the referee having to get involved
34:39of the issue what is arguably the most tedious thing in football
34:44telling players not to push and pull each other
34:50any point in telling players not to push and pull because
35:22it's the last four four games i've been failed to score in the three prior to
35:31to that
35:32but they don't score
35:35certainly for them to romp away and get another
35:40that's what they want to do
35:41players coming together
35:43Nick Walsh was in good position
35:44to see
35:51the senior players visit
35:53and have
36:06not what is required for St Mirren at the moment
36:08it's retaining possession
36:10free kick
36:18the innocent face of the Welsh
36:27he's just
36:36what you want
36:37from set pieces is pace
36:39so that all you need to do is guide it
36:40but the finish from Marcus Fraser
36:42I mean I could watch
36:43over and over again
36:44it's absolutely magnificent
36:46and we've not had a lot of quality to talk about tonight
36:50what we didn't see there
36:51but what we saw in real time
36:52was he got smacked
36:54on the back of the head twice by Alex Gogic
36:56which was
37:13last season
37:14when Livingston took care of Ross County
37:16the Premier's team
37:18and stayed up the previous three
37:21and Livingston went to Ross County
37:25all is not yet lost
37:28good dole group
37:32still a dole
37:38it's better from him
37:39a little harder
37:40Devaney
37:47Richardson
37:49Richardson
37:53dole
37:53skipping
37:57you know
37:58all St Mirren have to do now
37:59is run the clock down
38:00that is all
38:08comes to an end
38:32he's got a bucket
38:35he's got a bucket
38:46So far, I'm trying to finish this off.
38:53Lahara plays it forward, Mandron, back to Doherty, Mandron.
39:03Got the effort away, saved.
39:07By Josh Clarke.
39:14Just needed to cut that ball back, didn't he, from that area?
39:18Richardson.
39:31Well, I mentioned St Mudden, got the majority of their goals upset.
39:35Plays, they've scored tonight from that free kick.
39:41The header.
39:43One thing you're going to get from Scott Tanza is guaranteed delivery with pace and into a quality area.
39:51It's time.
39:53Time again.
39:54This is why you want your best players on the...
40:01Delivered parcels, they've been tight.
40:07Locker.
40:11Got.
40:13Fitzpatrick plays it across.
40:28And beat them in the lap.
40:34Six on the road.
40:37but you can see the narrows kicking it and some glum faces too
40:53well that's an understandable substitution isn't it because he mentioned
40:57in his pre-match chat that they played Richard King in the first leg because they
41:04know he gave them more defensively that's exactly
41:09and the Ashcroft Walsh might have to get involved here
41:20so there it was
41:22a little bit more
41:31file that under no love lost
41:39well the one thing
41:43that I think some men are now aware of they do not want anything like a pitch invasion at the
41:49end
41:50I know the fans will be excited to have kept the place the top flights should
42:01they and and this is about understanding what required and and it's it's it's you know clear
42:07your lines if you're under pressure and show some composure on the ball when you're not
42:15and this is just about decision making really you wonder are thistle going to get one clear-cut chance
42:35and it sets up the second and drawn Ashcroft is booked
42:48wasn't it just manages to shimmy clear late plays a lovely
42:58it's the goalie you've got to get something
43:14nothing coming of that
43:18Alex Gogic a little weave for the Bannock Thistle fans
43:35needed in this situation
43:41very well they've really
43:47they have shown themselves to be a formidable side thistle but they haven't managed to create
43:53clear-cut chances tonight
44:19a wide couple of weeks
44:23you
44:23and it's going to get the you
44:29you
44:37Part true de��를 gets the table
44:39you
44:40you
44:58that link-up play by tony watt again was different class wasn't it lovely control
45:02with the chest good link-up play and getting thistle into a good area
45:11just yet panic thistle nervous moments
45:16lockley plays it across turner trying to get involved
45:22it's a ball into the box taken down on the
45:24oh they could bring on it's calvin
46:09you
46:24I don't know where that could have been it, it's a minute of a do, but he missed a touch,
46:35but look at this, quick feet, it's just magic, skips around him.
46:41And the cutback picks out Lundoulou, great block, last-ditch tackle just to keep Thyssalinic,
46:48if that sneaks into the back of the air, it's good.
46:55It's just not the quality.
47:01No, no, they haven't.
47:02And I think that you would have want, you know, from a Thyssal perspective,
47:06you would want players like Aidan Fitzpatrick on the ball more often.
47:12Because he was devastating in the first leg.
47:20Just haven't got him on the ball enough, have they?
47:2315 shots to 13, 65 on target for St. Millen now.
47:28They have overtaken Parik Thyssal just in the last few minutes.
47:55Dstopper gets involved, he didn't need to be.
47:58Alex Gogic
47:59Alex Gogic
48:03didn't need to
48:05engage
48:06he got what he wanted
48:09yeah Gogic
48:11there's just a tussle
48:13and I think that it's unfortunate
48:15because Alex Samuel
48:17he just kind of feels like
48:20Gogic
48:20kind of
48:22feels like
48:26Gogic
48:27has caused the contact
48:29certainly didn't need any interjection
48:31there by Ross Sink
48:35yeah that is absolutely right
48:37and this will
48:38they don't need this
48:40they don't need
48:44distraction
48:44they just need the ball to be in play
48:47and to have one opportunity to put
48:49something into the
48:53box that's going to give them a chance
49:03they will not be one of those players
49:07one team and relegated
49:09with another in the same season
49:13Chalmers back to his goalkeeper
49:14they're going to have to go long
49:29it's going to be a throw
49:29it's going to be a throw
49:47when it comes to it Clark
49:49got to get things moving
49:54it's the premiership side
49:56you're holding
50:02might get a free kick there though
50:07it also goes down
50:09VR will check just to make sure
50:14great
50:16win wasn't it by Tony
50:17I don't think that there's anything there
50:24no
50:25it's a good foot on the
50:27ball
50:27I think it's Freckleton isn't it
50:29I don't see a foul there
50:31Freckleton
50:32just
50:33Freckleton on Gary McKay
50:34Stephen
50:35I think Freckleton gets a foot on the ball
50:37I don't see a foul but
50:40really
50:44even closer now
50:50if Samirin
50:52weather this storm
50:53they are safe
50:55if Farrie Thistle
50:57score
51:00we're going to
51:01extra time
51:04the last action
51:05of the domestic season
51:07in Scotland
51:08and it all comes down
51:09to one hit of the ball
51:22it's off the wall
51:24and it hasn't gone out of play
51:26that's
51:29what they would have needed
51:33it is all over
51:35in Paisley
51:38and
51:47I think we were looking for
51:50something
51:50anything tonight
51:51a little bit of quality
51:54in the final third
51:55from
52:01one
52:02set piece
52:04and that is the
52:06anything that has
52:08anything that has
52:09separated these
52:10two teams
52:17but they
52:18have got it done
52:20with a brilliant finish
52:22from Marcus Fraser
52:28well elation for the Fraser
52:30family
52:32dejection
52:33for the
52:36Parik the
52:37family
52:40they came
52:41they expected
52:42so much
52:43but in the end
52:44despite
52:45good position
52:4614 shots
52:495 on target
52:50but never really
52:52forced
52:52what you
52:53would
52:53pass
52:54a magnificent
52:55save
52:56out of
52:56Josh Clark
53:03Mirren
53:04will not
53:04to be in this
53:06position
53:06in 12 months
53:07time
53:07particularly
53:08for a team
53:09that's been
53:09used to
53:09finishing
53:12top
53:13top
53:16six
53:17never mind
53:17getting dragged
53:18into 11th
53:18they don't seem
53:24to fare
53:24well in
53:25play
53:26well in
53:27playoffs
53:28do they
53:29our
53:29playoff
53:30finals
53:30and
53:30Barik Thistle
53:31do not
53:32always end
53:32well
53:36Livingston
53:36were promoted
53:37in
53:372017
53:4018
53:4018
53:42and
53:4322
53:4423
53:45it was
53:45Ross
53:45County
53:46who was
53:46safe
53:47in this
53:48modern
53:49format
53:49of
53:50these
53:50playoffs
53:50Thunder
53:51United
53:51promoting
53:51back
53:56powerful
53:57summer
53:57after all
54:00Marcus
54:01Fraser
54:02the goal
54:05and in
54:06the end
54:08successful
54:09season
54:11for
54:12Simmer
54:13and
54:13League
54:13Cup
54:13winners
54:14and
54:15they've
54:15retained
54:16their
54:17status
54:17in the
54:19Scottish
54:19Premiership
54:22it
54:23wasn't
54:24any
54:28you
54:28you
54:28you
54:28you
54:28you
54:31You