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00:00Welcome to the Football Show on PLZ Soccer's YouTube channel.

00:09I'm Peter Martin, Alison McConnell, Tam McManus here with me in the studio.

00:13Lots to talk about European football and domestic issues as well.

00:18Here's what's coming up.

00:19Here's what's coming up on today's show.

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00:24Brendan Rodgers says if his squad doesn't improve over the summer,

00:27it could prompt an exit for the Celtic boss from the Parkhead side.

00:32Barry Ferguson admits replacing Jack Butland with Liam Kelly in last night's game against Athletic Bilbao

00:37was one of the toughest calls he's had to make.

00:40Stephen Robinson says the Buddies are not the team under pressure going into this weekend.

00:45And Neil Critchley believes that a top six finish for Hearts is a key way to attract talent to the squad.

00:52Yeah, that's just a few of the topics you can give as your point of view.

00:55on this weekend's fixtures on the Saturday and the Sunday.

00:59Who do you think is going to get that top six place?

01:02And of course, then suddenly you have to look at the bottom six

01:05and wonder who's going to try and avoid the playoff

01:09and who's going to get relegated.

01:11All to play for, and I presume Neil Doncaster,

01:14well happy that everything is alive in that division.

01:18Give us your thoughts on that.

01:19But our first port of call is, of course, Ibrox last night

01:23where Rangers held Bilbao to a nil-nil draw.

01:27And the reason I say they held them is because there were ten men

01:31for three quarters of that game, Tam.

01:33It was an unbelievable effort by Rangers.

01:36Yeah, it was.

01:37I think if you'd have offered the Rangers fans and the players and the staff

01:40that after 20 minutes, they'd have taken it.

01:42I thought they defended really, really strongly.

01:44They owed their luck at times.

01:45But, you know, really, really good performance, stayed in the tie.

01:49Obviously, at the end, you know, the penalty save from Liam Kelly,

01:52which could be pivotal in the tie.

01:54You know, he'd come in and done really, really well, kept a clean sheet.

01:57So, you know, I think if you're a Ranger supporter,

01:59you're delighted with the result and you can go over to Spain

02:01still in the tie and with a chance.

02:03We've seen Rangers away from home this season.

02:05You know, I think they're probably better, more equipped to play away from home.

02:08And if they put a performance in like they've done in Turkey,

02:11then they can go and try and get through it in the semi-final.

02:13Yeah, I mean, I'm not in any way going to diminish the enormity of the task

02:18that Rangers are facing or, indeed, the quality of opposition in Athletic Bilbao

02:22because in their own backyard, with the incentive of knowing the Europa League final

02:26is going to be there, Alison, then Athletic Bilbao will clearly have the advantage.

02:32But I'll tell you, I agree with Tam.

02:34I fancy Rangers to do something here that you can't write them off.

02:37You never know what you get.

02:38Yeah, I don't think you could write them off if you just look at the evidence

02:41of recent European campaigns and the scalps that they've taken on the road.

02:45I think they'll feel emboldened going into that second leg,

02:49just the manner in which they restricted Bilbao.

02:52You'd have to say, too, well, there was a penalty save

02:55and there was a couple of saves just towards the end of the first half.

02:58I didn't think Liam Kelly had too much to do across the course of the game.

03:04If you think that Bilbao had a numerical advantage playing for so long against 10 men,

03:10there weren't too many times where they really carved Rangers open and left them exposed.

03:16I think Rangers worked very hard, obviously, just to restrict the space,

03:20just to try and minimise any opportunities.

03:24But I think Rangers will feel heartened by the way that they restricted them

03:28and they'll go over it and they'll just try and stick to a game plan

03:33that you've seen from them repeatedly.

03:35They'll try and contain Bilbao, they'll try and hit them in the break.

03:37And Rangers have menace on the break at times.

03:41Dessert actually had a good chance last night, too,

03:44and then a couple of set pieces just towards the end.

03:46They've always got that in their locker.

03:48And I think they'll fancy themselves, too.

03:50I think they'll believe that there's scope to go and do something.

03:54Yeah, OK, let's cut to the chase then.

03:56And Robin Proper, was it a red?

04:00Yes.

04:01I think he's last man, Peter.

04:03Obviously, if it was in the box, then I think you can't send him off as double jeopardy.

04:06But he was outside the box, he was clean through for me.

04:09Goal's got an opportunity.

04:11And the referee, by the letter of the law, has got to send him off.

04:14And I think Rangers actually played better with 10 men with him off the park.

04:17Because, again, he's let the team down.

04:19He has in several other games.

04:22And Barry must be pulling his head out with him.

04:23Because an experienced player getting done like that on the edge of the box turned.

04:27And it shouldn't happen.

04:29And last night's team-mates bailed him out.

04:30Peter, they kept him in the tie.

04:31But, yeah, it was definitely a red card for me.

04:33Yeah, I'm glad you said that.

04:34Because sometimes I think, you know, when you listen across all quarters to, you know,

04:42whether it's a red or not, you know,

04:43sometimes people just let their passion and bias get in the way of what is a decision which is part of the rules.

04:51I mean, I know some people are calling for rules to be changed because they don't like what the referee decided last night.

04:56But, I mean, give me peace.

04:58It's a red card.

04:58But what I think will infuriate Barry Ferguson is Barry made some really brave decisions in his team selection.

05:05And then it gets kicked right out of the window after 12 minutes.

05:08Yeah, and I think at that point you feared for Rangers.

05:12I think when they went down to 10 men so early in the game, you wondered what was going to lie ahead for them.

05:18I think it was a red too.

05:19I think on first viewing I thought it was harsh in real time.

05:22I thought it was harsh.

05:23When I watched it back and saw it again, I thought it was a definite red card.

05:26But, yeah, I think he'd be frustrated at the cheapness of it.

05:30I think it's a moment of skill and proper was caught out by it.

05:35I thought he looked really clumsy, very rash.

05:38But I gave Rangers an uphill mountain at that point in the game to go and climb.

05:42And they had to change it about.

05:44They had to make sure they were sitting in and just restricting Will Beo and working their socks off across the middle of the park.

05:51And I think they've done that.

05:52I think, you know, under the cost for large points in terms of not having the ball,

05:56and letting Mobile have the ball, have possession, without them really creating too many big chances within that game.

06:03Yeah, I think the keeper needs to be credited with, you know, a safe pair of hands.

06:09You know, he made a couple of saves.

06:10Some of them, obviously, people will think, oh, that was for the cameras.

06:14But he still had to make the saves, which kind of, I think, calmed the nerves of the team.

06:19And it was a tough decision on Jack Butland, one that the manager acknowledged after the game.

06:24One of the toughest things I've had to do.

06:26Firstly, I think Jack Butland is a top goalkeeper.

06:30Secondly, I've got a very, very good relationship with Jack.

06:34I've known Jack a long time.

06:35He was a young kid coming through at Birmingham when I went down to play for Birmingham in the Premier League.

06:42And thirdly, I've got to know it's hurting Jack.

06:44And I've got to be mindful of that as well.

06:47Because I care for him.

06:49So, I just had to make a decision.

06:52And it was a tough decision when I spoke to him.

06:54I could see he was hurting.

06:56We have had Barry as a pundit on our programme, Tam, for three years.

07:02I just think he conducts himself so well.

07:05Pre-match, post-match, you know, in situations where they've been woeful.

07:11He's not in any way trying to fudge the issue.

07:14He's just saying that's not a Rangers team.

07:16It needs to be consistent.

07:17They need to do more.

07:19Last night, it was one of those things where he was basically saying,

07:22well, listen, that is a Rangers team.

07:24But that's the base level that you should be doing every week.

07:27Yeah, I think he's very honest, Peter.

07:29I think you've seen that in several games where they've played well.

07:32He's gave the team praise.

07:33I mean, they've been poor.

07:34He's said they were poor.

07:35He doesn't hide behind anything or cliches that some managers do.

07:39And he's been pretty refreshing, to be honest, in that job.

07:41Big call for him.

07:42I think myself and Alison called it during the week that they would change the goalkeeper.

07:47And they did change it.

07:48And I thought he was excellent, Peter.

07:49And I thought at the end of the game it was good to see.

07:50But then he was the first person over to him.

07:52I thought that showed a lot of class.

07:53Some people, some outfield players, probably strikers.

07:57And maybe we wouldn't do that.

07:58We're going away in a huff.

07:58But goalkeepers union, you know, they're tight.

08:01And they went over.

08:03I get dropped and the guy came in and scored a winner from the other way up at the tunnel.

08:06Raging.

08:07Have you ever spoken to Anthony Stokes when he replaced you at Falkert?

08:10No, I haven't.

08:11Aye, Stokes.

08:12Aye, Stokes.

08:12He scored about 16 goals.

08:13And I watched all of them for the bench.

08:16Aye.

08:16I think I showed a lot of class, Peter, at the end of the game.

08:18He went up and was the first guy to congratulate him, Kelly, on a clean sheet and a great performance.

08:22So that shows you the measure of Jack Buckland as well.

08:24So, no, I thought Barry spoke well there, handed it well.

08:27Listen, nobody wants to be dropped for big games.

08:29But I just felt he'd lost the trust of the supporters, particularly at Ibrox.

08:33And I thought it was the right call and it's worked for him.

08:34Yeah, absolutely.

08:35And over and above that, there are issues which obviously later on in the game left me slightly bemused.

08:42I mean, I have to say, although we didn't even get to the point whether they were going to call the goal offside,

08:48I must admit, I didn't think it was a penalty.

08:52I didn't think it was a penalty because that ball's coming over his head.

08:56He doesn't know.

08:57He's naturally going for the ball.

08:59I thought it was brutally harsh.

09:02I thought it was harsh too.

09:04However, I did think that in the current climate, you're probably going to give it.

09:08You're probably going to have it given against you.

09:11Just if you go back to what we've seen, decisions like that,

09:14that have been given since the introduction of VAR and the kind of tweak around the rule,

09:18I wasn't overly surprised that it was given, I would have to say.

09:22Yeah, Tom, when you're a striker, you could see the way he's running towards the wall

09:28and then you're a defender.

09:29And you're just trying, if you can't get your head on it, he's looking.

09:34I don't think he sees anything behind him.

09:37It's not as if he's consciously gone and taken the ball in a different direction.

09:41I thought it was harsh as well, Peter.

09:44There was no intent for him to hand ball it.

09:46But if you look at it from the referee's side, official's side,

09:49if he doesn't flick his hand, does that guy take a touch and get a shot and goal?

09:52I think that's probably the key aspect of it for me is probably yes.

09:56I think that just deflects it and the boy takes a touch.

09:59Whereas if it doesn't hit his hand, I think he maybe takes a touch by Sterling

10:02and gets the shot away.

10:03So, yeah, I thought it was pretty harsh on Rangers,

10:06but they'll believe justice was done with the keeper saving it.

10:09And a poor penalty.

10:09And Alison mentioned earlier, I don't think they created an awful lot of chances.

10:13I think the last three games where Boer have played have been 0-0s.

10:17So they don't concede many and they don't tend to score many.

10:20So if Rangers get their first goal over there, the pressure is massive on them

10:24because their fans will be expecting them not only to win at home against Rangers,

10:27but to go and win a tournament in their own backyard.

10:29Yeah, you mentioned, and I've chatted to you so many times about it,

10:33you taking penalty kicks.

10:35Are you a down-the-middle person or are you a corner high?

10:39I tried to place a couple earlier in my career, Peter, and I missed a couple.

10:42One against Rangers at Ibrox that I tried to place,

10:44and then I just went for power down the middle.

10:46Did you?

10:47But the one last night wasn't really any power on it.

10:50It was just kind of, I don't know if I mishit it,

10:52but the keeper's kicked his leg up.

10:54It's a poor penalty, Peter.

10:54I think if you're going to go down the middle, you hit it high, you hit it firm.

10:57I don't think he'd done that, and he let the keeper get his legs up and save it,

11:01but poor penalty.

11:03I thought after that, I thought Rangers seen the game out quite comfortably,

11:06but I think it's a real chance miss from Balboa's point of view of taking a lead back to Spain.

11:11Listen, Rangers can go there and get the first goal.

11:13As I said, the pressure's enormous on them.

11:14Yeah, Liam Kelly, as you can imagine,

11:17after the match, talking to everyone, just ecstatic at what unfolded for him.

11:22Oh, well, I've had much better games in terms of stuff to do.

11:25In terms of the actual general feeling, right up there,

11:27I've been here my whole life.

11:29Came around as an eight-year-old,

11:30and then he played in a European quarter-finals,

11:32save a pen and Ibrickson,

11:33and drawn a 0-10 men.

11:34It's an incredible feeling.

11:36I might not seem too happy,

11:37but it's only because it's half-time.

11:40I mean, I can't even be like,

11:40you're jumping about,

11:41and then something happens with me next week.

11:42That's not what we want.

11:43I want to grind the game.

11:44I want to dig in again, the way Rangers do,

11:46and keep listening to the gaffers' message.

11:48Him, Neil McCann, Billy Dodds, E-Sam,

11:50they all give us great messages.

11:52Tactically, we were really good tonight,

11:54probably even better with 10 men,

11:55and we've managed to stay alive in the tie,

11:57and that's the most important thing.

11:59Yeah, that's what you call a classic custard pie

12:01to your team-mate,

12:03or better with 10 men.

12:07Thank you for that, Liam.

12:09But the overall performance on it,

12:11we've analysed Rangers,

12:13what they did right,

12:14the big decisions from the manager,

12:16the players who turned up

12:18and absolutely worked their socks off.

12:20Flipside,

12:22Athletic Bilbao.

12:24Now,

12:25they knocked out Roma,

12:26they've beaten Real Madrid

12:27at home earlier in the season.

12:30They were unbeaten

12:31in the last four or five games,

12:34Ali,

12:34and everybody was raving about

12:36the Williams brothers

12:37and what they were going to do

12:38to Rangers.

12:41I'm loathe to kind of

12:43be heavily critical of them

12:44because in their own backyard

12:46they might be a different animal,

12:47but I am with Tam on this.

12:50I just think,

12:51I thought for all their creativity

12:54that everybody was talking about,

12:57it didn't really materialise.

12:58Rangers looked okay with them.

13:00I think when you look at where they are

13:01in La Liga,

13:02they're sitting fourth.

13:03You expected a bit more from them.

13:06I think they look quite pedestrian

13:07at points.

13:09I would agree.

13:10I think they're a team

13:11who will have designs

13:12on winning this tournament.

13:14I think they'll fancy themselves

13:15to go and get to the final

13:17and I think,

13:18I just thought it was

13:19a fairly lacklustre performance

13:21last night at Ibrox

13:22and it was funny.

13:23When the penalty was awarded

13:25and obviously there was

13:26this huge delay

13:27before you got there

13:29because the goal

13:29had been chopped off

13:30and the referee had to go

13:32and look at the monitor

13:32and it just seemed to take forever

13:34before he came to the conclusion

13:36that it was a penalty

13:37and then Ibrox was,

13:41it just was an uproar.

13:43The noise was phenomenal

13:44and I think players,

13:46particularly experienced players

13:48are never entirely intimidated

13:50by playing in that kind of environment

13:52but as he stepped up

13:53to take the penalty

13:54and all the noise

13:55going on round about him,

13:57I thought he did look nervous.

14:00I thought he didn't look...

14:01He's bottle crushed.

14:02I don't know if it was as much

14:03his bottle crushed

14:04as his concentration

14:05was maybe affected

14:06but I thought it was

14:07a poor penalty

14:08and I think you could sense it

14:10in the build-up

14:10as he was going to take it.

14:11I thought his body language

14:12and everything

14:13just didn't look

14:14particularly confident

14:16and I think that was

14:17just epitomised

14:18by the performance

14:19in general from Mobile.

14:20Yeah, okay.

14:21I've been in that guy's shoes.

14:22Yeah.

14:22The noise is incredible.

14:23I took one at two each

14:24for Hibbs against Rangers.

14:26Bottle crushed?

14:27Aye.

14:28Nearly never reached a goal.

14:29Yeah.

14:29Were you like the guy

14:30just behind...

14:30Were you like the guy

14:31just behind Russell Crowe

14:32in the gladiator?

14:34Aye.

14:35Bottle went.

14:36I mean, the noise...

14:37Just when I put the ball down

14:38and then stepped back.

14:40You know, it was two each

14:40at the time with a big moment

14:41in the game

14:41and the noise

14:42and it's just...

14:43My legs turned to jelly.

14:45But I sorted that out

14:47at Hampden

14:47when I blasted the one

14:48down in the middle

14:48and we beat Rangers

14:49in the semi-final.

14:50So, yeah,

14:51that was me trying to place it

14:53and I agree with Ali.

14:54I think the guy

14:54who looked a wee bit nervous

14:55got up to take it

14:55and the noise...

14:56The noise was phenomenal

14:57last night

14:58as he went to take it

14:59at really what...

15:00Like, everyone cheering

15:02and shouting

15:03and just trying to distract him

15:04and put him off.

15:05And I do think, you know,

15:06if you're a big-time player

15:07I think you're used to that

15:09and you learn

15:10to adapt to it

15:11but I did think

15:12that he looked quite nervous.

15:13Yep.

15:14Okay.

15:15So, give us your thoughts.

15:16Are they going to go through?

15:18What did you make

15:19of the performance last night?

15:20What about those big decisions?

15:21We can only call it

15:22as we see it

15:23and try to be

15:23as balanced

15:24as we possibly can.

15:26You can give us

15:27your view on it as well.

15:28Thank you to so many of you

15:30for giving us

15:31your opinion on this

15:32and, of course,

15:33obviously, as ever

15:34we like a bit of banter

15:35with you

15:36and want you to enjoy it.

15:38Obviously, people

15:39mentioning Ali

15:39Bowden must have a sale on

15:42because, obviously,

15:43you're looking resplendent

15:44in your summery dress

15:45whereas you and I

15:46have gone for

15:48tried and trusted dull

15:49on a sunny summer's day, Tam.

15:52I have.

15:52You're looking well with you.

15:53She's absolutely...

15:54Unusually.

15:55Unusually, I...

15:56Only you...

15:57Only you

15:58could isolate

15:58that positive comment

15:59and take it the other way.

16:01Yeah, so, listen,

16:03give us your thoughts

16:04on all of

16:05the European campaign.

16:07I think they've got

16:08a real chance.

16:08I'm going to...

16:10I don't know.

16:11I'm going to stick my neck out

16:12and say it might go

16:13to extra time in penalties.

16:14I think Bilboa

16:14will beat them at home, Peter.

16:15I think they're strong.

16:16I'm far, far better at home.

16:17But I don't think...

16:18I think it'll be a tight game

16:19but maybe 2-1 to Bilboa.

16:21I think they'll go through

16:21but...

16:23I fancied Bilboa last night

16:24and they weren't up too much

16:25so I didn't need

16:26to improve heavily

16:27for the next time

16:28to go through.

16:29Yeah, it could be...

16:30Manchester United

16:31or Lyon in the semis.

16:33I think it's just

16:34expected-unexpected

16:35when Rangers play in Europe.

16:38You never know.

16:39It's a Jekyll and Hyde, isn't it?

16:40It's a totally different.

16:41Stephen Hawkins

16:42is sitting somewhere

16:43trying to work Rangers out

16:44just now.

16:45You know,

16:45the domestic form

16:46versus European form.

16:48I think

16:48there's just something

16:50about them

16:51when it goes into Europe.

16:52There's a particularly

16:53kind of alchemy

16:54with these Thursday nights

16:55under the lights

16:56that they seem to turn up

16:57and relish the occasion.

16:58I don't know

16:59if there's just a freedom

17:00in those games

17:01but I think it's

17:03very, very difficult

17:04to call.

17:04I wouldn't be surprised

17:05if it went to extra time.

17:06Yeah.

17:07Where did you pull

17:07Stephen Hawkins from

17:08when you were...

17:08That's not...

17:10Just so unlike you.

17:11Could you not think

17:12of Einstein?

17:12Anyway,

17:16give us your thoughts on it.

17:17Now,

17:17listen,

17:18from European campaign,

17:21we switch our attention.

17:22Can I just mention

17:22one other little thing?

17:23I've just got to mention it

17:24because we never get a chance

17:25to talk about it.

17:25Just before we go

17:26into the weekend,

17:28if you've never taken

17:29a free kick before,

17:30Tam,

17:31and then you suddenly

17:32step up and say,

17:32listen,

17:32I'm going to have this one

17:34and I may have the next one

17:35as well.

17:36I mean,

17:36I've never on social media

17:38witnessed

17:39the avalanche

17:41of every angle

17:42on your man

17:44Declan Rice's free kicks.

17:46They were unbelievable,

17:47weren't they?

17:47Yeah,

17:48they were.

17:48I think they're probably

17:48the two best I've seen.

17:49I know Lee Griffiths

17:50will obviously argue

17:51with his two

17:52in a key game,

17:53but the second one

17:54was just out of this world.

17:55It was right in

17:56the postage stamp.

17:57Did you jump off the couch?

17:58I just...

17:58I couldn't believe it.

17:59I was just shaking my head

18:00the second one.

18:00I thought he was confident

18:01he's tails if he scored one.

18:03Maybe score again,

18:04but he's worked out

18:05on the wall

18:05in the top corner.

18:06Carl,

18:06just the absolute bend

18:08on that.

18:08Oh,

18:08it was a tremendous goal.

18:10The last time I've seen

18:10a swerve like that

18:11was the better of Carlos.

18:12Yeah.

18:13La Tournois.

18:13Yeah,

18:14absolutely.

18:15Great goal.

18:16Second one,

18:17just out of this world.

18:18It was absolutely fantastic.

18:20Listen,

18:20we love our Scottish football.

18:21We love the fact that,

18:23you know,

18:23we get a chance to moan

18:24and say,

18:25change the league

18:26and get 14 or 16 into it.

18:28Don't keep the stairs go.

18:30Then there's a threat of 10.

18:31But the one thing

18:32that Neil Doncaster

18:33will be saying right now

18:34is,

18:34listen,

18:35this weekend

18:36is nail-biting stuff

18:38and it has huge implications

18:39for everyone.

18:40It's up for grabs.

18:42So,

18:43with that in mind,

18:44Motherwell need to beat Hearts

18:45and hope that St Mirren

18:46don't win

18:47to seal the top six

18:49for Motherwell.

18:50St Mirren need to beat

18:51Ross County

18:51and hope Hearts

18:52don't beat Motherwell

18:54to seal the top six.

18:55And if Hearts defeat Motherwell,

18:57they'll seal top six

18:58regardless of

18:59all the other results.

19:01There's your permutations.

19:02First part,

19:03Motherwell against Hearts.

19:04It's going to be

19:05an absolute belter.

19:06I'm going to be there.

19:07You're going to be there.

19:08Blair's going to be there.

19:10Everybody's going to be there.

19:11It's going to be

19:12really exciting

19:13and nail-biting.

19:14Yeah,

19:14I think it's a huge game.

19:16I think the pressure

19:17is really all on Hearts

19:18to get that top six place.

19:20I think

19:20you look at

19:21the resources

19:22that Hearts have

19:23as a club

19:24compared to Motherwell

19:25and compared to St Mirren.

19:27They should be

19:28in the top six.

19:29I think

19:30where they are just now

19:31is maybe just indicative

19:32of how poorly

19:33they started the campaign.

19:36But yeah,

19:37I think

19:37they obviously

19:39are in a position

19:41of strength.

19:42You know,

19:43it's theirs really.

19:44They know if they go

19:45and get the win.

19:45They're not reliant

19:46on results

19:47going elsewhere.

19:48They know if they turn up

19:49at Fir Park

19:50and win the game

19:50then they've sealed

19:51the top six spot.

19:53But I just wonder

19:54about the psychology

19:55of this one.

19:55I wonder if St Mirren

19:56scored early

19:57against Ross County

19:58and the result

19:59starts to filter back

20:00to Fir Park

20:01just what that might do

20:02for the nerves

20:03within the Hibs camp

20:04within the Hearts camp

20:05because I think

20:06they know

20:06the onus is on them

20:08to go and get

20:08that top six place.

20:09Yeah.

20:10Sorry Ali,

20:11I was listening to you there.

20:12It was quite unnerving

20:13actually touching

20:13Tom's chest

20:14as I'm trying to find

20:15his microphone.

20:17See any hairs there?

20:18There are no hairs.

20:21But he's finally

20:23got it back.

20:24Somebody just said to me

20:25I don't think we can hear

20:26Tom.

20:26Where's his mic?

20:27And it was just unnerving

20:29to be perfectly honest

20:30with you.

20:32It happened on a Friday

20:33after.

20:33It was,

20:33that's exactly it.

20:34That's great.

20:35Good bit of noise

20:36up here.

20:37Oh,

20:38and here's the lines

20:39from it.

20:40Kenny,

20:40who's a big

20:41Don's fan,

20:41says,

20:41Hearts can't win

20:42big games.

20:43Where's the great

20:44Shankland?

20:46We'll be back in

20:47tomorrow,

20:47I would think,

20:48the way Wilson's out.

20:49Yeah,

20:49so it's an interesting

20:51one.

20:51I watched them

20:52last week.

20:53Dundee United

20:54got the win

20:55at Tynecastle

20:56and Shankland

20:58was on the bench

20:58last weekend

21:00so clearly

21:01the manager

21:01is,

21:02you know,

21:02he can waffle

21:04away and tell you

21:05that he's just

21:06given him a rest,

21:06he's had a lot of

21:07minutes,

21:07that's rubbish.

21:08He's now thinking

21:08to himself,

21:09I'm looking at

21:10next year and

21:11he's not going

21:11to be here.

21:12I think he realises

21:13that Lawrence

21:13Shankland is going

21:14to leave

21:15under freedom of

21:16contract.

21:16I think he's

21:17at an age now

21:17where he can

21:18go and pick

21:19his final move,

21:20big move.

21:21Whether his agent's

21:22got something lined up,

21:23we don't know.

21:23I don't think

21:23he'll sign another

21:24deal at Hearts

21:24but they'll need

21:25them tomorrow,

21:26they'll need

21:26them tomorrow,

21:27big time,

21:27they need to go

21:27and win that

21:28game,

21:28they need goals

21:29and obviously

21:30the lad James

21:31Wilson's out

21:31suspended so

21:32he'll come in

21:32beside Cabangu

21:33and probably

21:35play two up

21:36front so we'll

21:36have to wait

21:36and see but I

21:37fancy Hearts

21:37Peter.

21:38I think you're

21:39saying St Mern

21:39if it comes

21:40through that

21:41St Mern are

21:41winning that

21:42would affect

21:43Motherwell I

21:43think.

21:43Motherwell

21:43will need

21:44St Mern not

21:44to win,

21:45and them to

21:46win so I

21:47just fancy Hearts

21:48strongly here,

21:48I think they'll

21:49win.

21:49You know what's

21:49great about it,

21:50it's all to

21:50play for because

21:51Ross County

21:51cannot afford

21:52to continue

21:53this slip so

21:54there's nobody

21:56in a dead

21:56rubber here,

21:57everybody's got

21:58something to

21:59play for because

22:00the points are

22:00so critical.

22:02The other

22:02aspect of it

22:03which I genuinely

22:04hope doesn't

22:05happen is for

22:07VAR to become

22:09instrumental in a

22:10decision which

22:11incenses either

22:13manager on the

22:14day or indeed

22:15over at St

22:16Mern's Park.

22:18Obviously Michael

22:19Wimmer has been

22:19talking about the

22:20fact that they

22:21reckon they've

22:22had eight

22:22decisions this

22:23season that have

22:24really kind of

22:25gone against the

22:26fur park outfit.

22:27A hit and

22:28nobody sees it,

22:29then it's for me

22:30okay, but I

22:33think we should

22:34give the referee

22:35the responsibility

22:36to have the

22:39confidence and

22:40to be the man

22:40on the pitch who

22:41takes the

22:42decision.

22:45No, we

22:45can't.

22:46So we'll tell

22:47you that he

22:48said I'm not a

22:48fan.

22:49A VAR, I'm

22:50not going to do

22:50a German accent

22:51because I'm not

22:51really good at

22:52it, but he's

22:53not a fan of

22:54it.

22:55Yeah, and I

22:55think there'll

22:56be a few in

22:57that camp,

22:58St Mirren too,

22:58I think they

22:59feel particularly

23:00aggrieved with

23:01the number of

23:02decisions that

23:02have gone against

23:03them this season

23:04and I think

23:05when you look

23:06at it and you

23:07count up how

23:08many points you

23:09might feel as

23:09though you've

23:10been robbed

23:11of, so to

23:12speak, had

23:13decisions gone

23:14elsewhere, then I

23:15think it can be

23:16very frustrating,

23:16particularly when

23:17teams get to

23:18this point when

23:18you're just on

23:19the cusp of a

23:20top six place and

23:21the financial

23:22rewards that then

23:23go hand in hand

23:24with that and

23:25similarly if you

23:26find yourself down

23:26near the bottom

23:27end of the table,

23:28if you're in a

23:28position where

23:29relegation is part

23:31of the conversation

23:32at this stage of

23:32the season and

23:33you feel as though

23:33VAR decisions have

23:35cost you points and

23:36gone against you,

23:37it's very, very

23:37hard to stomach I

23:39think just because

23:40it has a very

23:42lasting effect on

23:43the finances of

23:44the club.

23:44And over in

23:45Germany, all of

23:47Michael Wimmer's

23:47family watch the

23:48show religiously,

23:49big fans of PLZ in

23:51Germany, so here's

23:53Michael Wimmer.

23:54In the end, to be

23:55honest, I said the

23:55same in Austria, I'm

23:57not a fan from the

23:58VAR because I think

24:00the VAR is important

24:02but only for on-site

24:04and for off-site and

24:06perhaps if somewhere

24:07is a hit and nobody

24:08sees it, then it's

24:09for me okay, but I

24:12think we should give

24:14the referee the

24:15responsibility to be

24:17the man on the, to

24:19have the confidence

24:19and to be the man on

24:20the pitch who takes

24:21the decision.

24:23I agree with him and

24:24I think it should be

24:25done quicker and I

24:25think if you look at

24:26Rangers last night, the

24:28delay is just, that's

24:30just the evidence of

24:31right across this

24:32season, I was at

24:33Tyne Castle, you

24:34know, it takes an

24:35eternity to make a

24:36decision, it's

24:36absolutely something that

24:37needs to be addressed.

24:38Yeah, it does, it

24:39needs to be quicker,

24:39Peter, no doubt about

24:40that, I agree with

24:41him on the off-sides

24:42and on-sides, I

24:43think that's a key

24:44one for me, I

24:44think that's got to

24:45be in play for VAR

24:46in terms of looking at

24:48tackles and all that

24:49again, I think he's

24:50right, just like the

24:51referee referee the

24:52game, if the referee

24:53sees it on the pitch,

24:54gives a red card and

24:55it's a red card,

24:56gives a booting,

24:56it's a booting, you

24:57know, you can't then

24:58go to a TV screen and

24:59have guys in the

25:00studio going and

25:00listening to go and

25:01take a look at that

25:01again because they're

25:02re-refereeing the game,

25:03so yeah, I totally

25:05agree with him and

25:05plus it's sapping the

25:07enjoyment out of the

25:08game for fans, I

25:09think you're at a

25:09game and like that

25:10last night, you know,

25:11three, four minutes to

25:12get a decision on a

25:13penalty, you know, you

25:14think you've got away

25:14with the off-side, then

25:15it's a penalty kick

25:16that nobody's seen, so

25:17yeah, and the goals in

25:20terms of celebrating

25:20last-minute winners and

25:21all that, you know,

25:22people are, if you

25:23score in the last

25:23minute, you're ecstatic,

25:25now you're just sitting

25:25your hands thinking

25:26well, it might be

25:27chopped off.

25:27Your first instinct, I

25:29think, with a goal now

25:29is to wait.

25:30Ah, you wait, because

25:31you don't want me to

25:32ask yourself, you know,

25:33so, yeah, no, I was

25:36wanting VAR in a couple

25:38of seasons ago before

25:39it came in, but now

25:39I'd be happy to see

25:40the back of it, to be

25:40honest.

25:41Yeah, what does Neil

25:43Critchley, the Harts

25:43boss, think of this

25:45weekend's game against

25:46Murlough?

25:46Different way of

25:47playing, yeah, and

25:49they've had some

25:50positive results, so

25:52we're expecting a

25:52tough game, a little

25:55bit more front-footed,

25:56if you like, a little

25:58bit more pressing from

26:01the front, and they're a

26:03difficult team to play

26:04against, and they've

26:05had some good results,

26:06they've backed that

26:06up, so we know it'll be

26:08a tough game away from

26:09home tomorrow.

26:11I'm going to go

26:11Harts 2-1.

26:12I'm going to go

26:13Harts 2-1 as well.

26:14Harts 2-1 as well, yeah.

26:15Yeah, okay.

26:16St Mirren against

26:17Ross County, we've got

26:18reporters there as well

26:19for this one, really

26:20looking forward to it.

26:21Ross County, I think we

26:23had them at least in the

26:25play-off with St

26:25Johnstone going down,

26:27but listen, we could

26:28all end up with egg in

26:29our faces.

26:29Who did you predict?

26:31What did you think was

26:32going to happen?

26:32St Mirren need to beat

26:33Ross County, and

26:34obviously hope Harts

26:34don't beat

26:35Motherwell.

26:36Stephen Robinson

26:37didn't really want to

26:39be embroiled in all

26:40the permutations.

26:42We win the game.

26:43As I said, we're not

26:45talking too much about

26:46top six.

26:46Top six will take

26:47care of itself,

26:48depending on things

26:49that we can't really

26:50influence.

26:51The only thing we can

26:52influence is winning

26:53the game.

26:53As I keep repeating

26:54myself, if we win the

26:55game, we'll go

26:56up on 41 points,

26:58so that is a massive

27:00achievement, and as

27:01you've rightly pointed

27:02out, it gives you a

27:03little bit of breathing

27:03space from the bottom.

27:05If it manages to get

27:05us into the top six,

27:07then we'll have a

27:08very good night.

27:10Yeah, I mean, if they

27:12get into the top six,

27:13the St Mirren boys

27:14should be going out,

27:15putting Stephen

27:16Robinson on their

27:16shoulders and saying,

27:17you know, brilliant

27:18boss, because to get

27:19them in three years in

27:20the trot would be

27:21unbelievable, wouldn't

27:22it?

27:22Yeah, it would be.

27:22I think when you look

27:23at the size of the

27:24club and the budget

27:25that they've got, they

27:27shouldn't really have

27:28been the top six.

27:28I think they're

27:29punching above their

27:29weight.

27:30They have done for

27:30two or three seasons

27:31now.

27:32I think he's a really,

27:33really good manager.

27:33I think he's very

27:34straightforward in his

27:35tactics and how he

27:36speaks to players and

27:37how we play.

27:38Everybody knows what

27:38they're doing, they're

27:39organised and they're

27:40physical.

27:42And at the end of

27:43the season, they kind

27:43of lose these best

27:44players and he somehow

27:45gets a wee gem up for

27:46maybe England or

27:47somewhere or abroad.

27:49So his recruitment's

27:49been good as well.

27:50So he's right, listen,

27:51just win the game, see

27:51what happens.

27:52You can't control the

27:53other game.

27:53If you win the game,

27:54you get in the top six,

27:55brilliant.

27:55If you don't, then

27:56you've got that wee bit

27:57of breathing space at the

27:57bottom.

27:58But I just think that,

27:59obviously I think the

28:00team that finishes six is

28:01going to finish six because

28:02there's no chance of

28:03catching Dundee, United,

28:04Aberdeen or Hibs.

28:06So I think the key thing

28:07for me is if you're

28:09sixth, you don't need

28:10to worry about getting

28:10relegated.

28:11You might end up with

28:12less points than the

28:13team that goes down,

28:14but you're in the top

28:15six.

28:15And I think that's a big

28:17relief for teams.

28:17I think when you look at

28:18a Motherwell, if Motherwell

28:19finish in the bottom

28:20six, they could get

28:21dragged into a relegation

28:22battle, same with St.

28:22Myrne.

28:23So yeah, you're wanting

28:26top six for financial

28:27reasons, but I think in

28:28terms of you don't need

28:29to worry what's behind

28:30you, I think is very,

28:31very key as well.

28:31Yeah, absolutely, which

28:32is why a lot of people

28:33have been calling for

28:34change, just this whole

28:35ruthless nature of it,

28:37St. Myrne, Motherwell,

28:38four points above what

28:39could potentially be a

28:40play-off place.

28:41Yeah.

28:42You know, and that's

28:43precarious, isn't it?

28:44I think it's so tight at

28:45the bottom end and I

28:47think you see what can

28:48happen when teams are

28:49fighting for their lives.

28:51You saw it with St.

28:51Johnson last weekend

28:52against Celtic, just

28:53upsetting the odds.

28:55I think when a team is

28:56hungry, you know, you've

28:57got something to fight

28:58for, there can be

29:00surprises along the route.

29:01I don't think anyone

29:01who's in that bottom

29:03six is safe from being

29:04dragged into it.

29:05Yeah, although we'll get

29:07to Dundee eventually, but

29:08with Ross County, they're a

29:10point at this moment ahead

29:12of Dundee, so they really

29:14will have to go for it

29:16because Dundee will be

29:17looking and saying, this

29:17is the chance for us to

29:19just flip it.

29:19Simon Murray's on really

29:22great goal scoring for him.

29:23He's the danger.

29:24He can get us out of this

29:25mess.

29:25I think you need something

29:26like that.

29:27I think if you look at

29:27teams that prevail and

29:29maybe just steer themselves

29:30away and Simon Murray has

29:32experienced him doing this

29:33before from when he was up

29:34in Dingwall with Ross

29:35County, I think you need

29:36that.

29:37You need a focal point.

29:38You need someone that can

29:39dig you out of holes,

29:40someone that can come up

29:41with goals and I think

29:42Simon Murray might be the

29:43difference between Dundee

29:44staying up and not this

29:45season.

29:45Yeah, and sometimes

29:47momentum, Tam, County,

29:49three straight defeats.

29:50This could be the fourth

29:52one.

29:53Yeah, they've lost four

29:53of the last five, Peter.

29:54Yeah, and they went on a

29:55really good run, Peter.

29:56You know, they had a

29:57couple of back-to-back

29:57wins that kind of took

29:59them away from the

29:59danger area, but yeah,

30:00they've been poor in

30:01recent weeks.

30:01I've seen them against

30:02Undie United.

30:02They lost at home,

30:03they were really poor

30:03and obviously losing to

30:05Aberdeen at home.

30:06That's two home games

30:07they've lost without

30:07scoring, so I think that

30:08would be concerning for

30:09them.

30:09They've gone away from

30:09home.

30:10They've been decent at

30:11away from home this

30:11season, but I'd fancy

30:13St. Munn strongly here.

30:14I think at home, what's

30:15at stake for them?

30:17I think St. Munn will

30:18win the game, win the

30:18game comfortably, but I

30:20don't think it'll be

30:20enough.

30:21I think the Harts will

30:21just pick them.

30:222-0 St. Munn.

30:233-0 St. Munn.

30:24Yeah, I'm going to see

30:25a St. Munn win.

30:26I'm going to see 2-0.

30:282-0.

30:29You were putting a

30:30real lot of thought

30:31into that.

30:31Yeah, I was trying to

30:32remember what I said

30:34earlier.

30:35God help us if we get

30:36back to the predictor

30:37next season, Ali, if

30:38you're going to put that

30:39much thought into it.

30:41Listen, we've gone

30:43through the permutations.

30:44Give us your thoughts

30:45on it.

30:45Who do you think is

30:47going to get the top

30:48six?

30:48Who is going to be

30:49dragged into that

30:51playoff position?

30:53And of course, let's

30:53not write off St.

30:55Johnston as well.

30:56Okay, we talked about

30:57Rangers in Europe.

30:58Let's talk about

30:59Rangers heading to

30:59Potaudry.

31:01It's a game that's

31:03got always that nice

31:04wee bit of spice.

31:05Some of it for the

31:05wrong reasons, I have

31:06to say.

31:07There's no love

31:08loss between the

31:09teams.

31:10Is there an

31:10advantage for

31:11Aberdeen in the

31:12fact that Rangers,

31:1310 of them,

31:14absolutely gave

31:15their all?

31:15Barry Ferguson

31:16said in the

31:17post-match press

31:18comments he's going

31:18to have to make

31:19changes again.

31:20Yeah, I think so.

31:21I think he'll

31:21rotate the squad.

31:23I think he'll

31:23bring fresh legs

31:24in.

31:24It was a real

31:25grueling effort

31:26last night.

31:26I thought to play

31:2880 minutes with

31:2910 men, it was

31:30against a quality

31:31outfit, a lot of

31:32running.

31:33I think he'll

31:34bring players in.

31:34They've obviously

31:35lost Rice and

31:36Sterling to

31:37injuries, so they

31:38won't play.

31:39He'll freshen the

31:40team up with a

31:40big game ahead on

31:41Thursday, but I

31:42still think he'll

31:42go as strong as

31:43possible.

31:43I think Barry

31:44knows this fixture,

31:45he knows what's

31:45at stake, what it

31:46means to the fans

31:47of both clubs, and

31:48he'll go up there

31:49wanting to win the

31:50game.

31:51But obviously the

31:51bigger picture is

31:53away from home in

31:54Spain the following

31:55Thursday.

31:56Aberdeen, for me,

31:57I've started just

31:58to have a wee bit

31:58of form again.

32:00They're getting

32:01results, they're

32:01not playing well.

32:02Ross County last

32:03week won 0, great

32:03result, wonderful

32:04goal.

32:06I think they're

32:07capable of beating

32:07Rangers, it just

32:08depends what Rangers

32:09turn up.

32:09We've spoke about

32:09it all season,

32:10Jekyll and Hyde, if

32:11they turn up and

32:12it's Dr. Jekyll, then

32:14they might go and

32:15win, but if it's

32:16not, then they'll

32:16get beat.

32:17So I'm going to

32:18sit on the fence and

32:18go for a draw here.

32:19I think Aberdeen can

32:20get a point in a

32:20high-scoring game to

32:21each.

32:22Do you know, you

32:23said Dr. Jekyll, do

32:26you know Hyde's

32:26first name?

32:29No.

32:29Ali, you're a

32:31reader of a lot of

32:32books.

32:32I would expect you

32:33to know.

32:34Don't worry, I

32:35don't know either.

32:36Don't you, John

32:37Hyde?

32:39I don't know either,

32:40Ali.

32:40I just thought, I

32:41thought you're

32:42bound to have read

32:42Jekyll and Hyde.

32:44But anyway, as far

32:46as the...

32:46The game's

32:46homework.

32:47Yeah, absolutely.

32:48As far as the

32:48Dons are concerned, and

32:50this is why, you

32:51know, we've got these

32:53games which get

32:53everybody excited at

32:54this point in the

32:55season.

32:56Aberdeen fourth, one

32:57point behind Hibs who

32:58play Dundee on this

32:59Sunday.

33:00So they've got

33:00something to play for.

33:01The permutations of

33:02this game on the

33:03Sunday is basically

33:05if Rangers lose

33:05Aberdeen and Celtic

33:06defeat Kilmarnock on

33:07the Saturday, then

33:09Celtic are officially

33:10crowned champions.

33:11Yeah, and I think it

33:12would maybe encapsulate

33:13the way that the

33:14season has played

33:15out for Celtic.

33:16I think it would be

33:17quite an anti-climatic

33:19way to win it, almost.

33:20I think having it

33:21handed to you without

33:23being there in front

33:24of your own supporters,

33:25I think it's been an

33:28odd few months for

33:29Celtic.

33:30I think since the

33:31Bayern Munich defeat

33:32and the Champions

33:33League campaign came

33:34to an end, I think

33:35there's just a sense of

33:36them coasting in some

33:38ways.

33:39I think it just looks

33:41as though it's dipped

33:41hugely.

33:43A bit of bite going out

33:44of the season for them.

33:46It's the only flat thing

33:47in the league is the

33:48fact that Celtic at the

33:50top end has just been

33:51meandering towards it,

33:53off it, winning games,

33:55nothing that's getting

33:57them any great praise,

33:58which I think from

33:59Brendan Rodgers' point

34:00of view might be

34:01slightly miffed.

34:01We'll come to him in a

34:02minute on it.

34:03But the other games

34:04mean something because

34:05Aberdeen, we always

34:08go back to it,

34:08Aberdeen, if they had

34:10even sustained half of

34:12the wins that they

34:15lost in that second

34:16period of the season,

34:17they would be in

34:17battling with Rangers,

34:19but they're not.

34:20And they'll be looking

34:21and thinking, in fact,

34:22Jimmy Tallinn himself

34:23said, even with Rangers

34:25playing against

34:25Athletic Bilbao,

34:26there's never really a

34:28good time to take

34:29advantage of them.

34:30No, I don't think so.

34:31I think they are

34:32focused on the game

34:35by game also.

34:36And we know about

34:38Aberdeen against

34:40Rangers, it's important

34:42for everyone.

34:42So I think they will be

34:44ready for the game.

34:45I think they have a

34:49good squad and so

34:53they're going to have

34:54good players on the

34:55pitch, whoever plays

34:56and also we.

34:58So I think it's going

34:59to be a really intense,

35:00a really energetic game.

35:04So I think it's going

35:06to be a good game.

35:07Yeah, I think it's

35:08going to be a good game.

35:09Sorry about the sound

35:10quality there on it.

35:11We did our absolute

35:12best.

35:13So, oh, somebody's

35:15just said to us there,

35:16thanks Gary Conner.

35:17Gary, I really do hope

35:18that you're right.

35:19He said it's Edward

35:20Hyde.

35:22Well, look that up.

35:23We've got to check it.

35:24It's just one of those

35:25things that come into

35:26my brain there.

35:27Not a lot else.

35:29Aberdeen.

35:30I'll go two each.

35:31You think two each?

35:33Rangers tired?

35:35Yeah.

35:35No result would

35:36surprise me, Peter.

35:37If Rangers turn up

35:37and play really well,

35:38they could win 3-0.

35:39If they don't, if they're

35:40rubbish, Aberdeen will

35:41beat them.

35:41You don't know what

35:42Rangers are going to get.

35:43What do you get

35:43from Aberdeen?

35:45I think they're getting

35:46a wee bit of consistency

35:47now, Peter.

35:47Unbeaten in five?

35:48Yeah, I think since

35:49they lost down at

35:51Parkhead, they've been

35:52a decent run of form.

35:53I think they've had

35:53their blip.

35:54They've got a bit

35:55of confidence back.

35:55Kevin Nisbet's

35:56starting to play well

35:57and looks fitter.

35:58A bit more solid

36:01at the back as well,

36:01Peter.

36:02You're not conceding

36:02a lot of goals.

36:03Only one defeat

36:03and nine?

36:04Yep.

36:04I'll go for two each,

36:05but as I said,

36:06it could be any score.

36:09Ali?

36:09I think Rangers will

36:10win.

36:11I think they might

36:13just edge it.

36:13I think they'll want

36:15a positive result

36:16to take out to Spain

36:17on Thursday night.

36:18I don't think they'll

36:18want to hand Celtic

36:20the title.

36:21I think there's always

36:22an element of spice

36:24in this game.

36:24I think there's always

36:25a bit of niggle.

36:26I think they'll want

36:27to win it.

36:27I think they'll want

36:28to just build on

36:30Thursday night's display

36:31and I think they'll

36:32edge it.

36:32So many Aberdeen fans

36:34saying, please,

36:35please, Ali,

36:36don't back the Dons

36:37because you never do.

36:39Was there,

36:40I don't want to pry,

36:42but was there somebody

36:43who caused you a lot

36:44of pain in the Aberdeen

36:45area in the Granite City?

36:46This is a myth

36:46that's built up.

36:48It's solely built up

36:49by Dons fans

36:49who listen to you

36:51every week.

36:52You know,

36:52there's that kind of,

36:52there's always something

36:53in the background

36:54that subconsciously

36:55can affect you

36:56and you just go

36:56against them constantly.

36:57She's just not

36:58doesn't like Aberdeen,

36:59does she?

36:59It's as simple as that,

37:00which is going to be

37:02difficult when we go

37:03up there to do a roadshow.

37:05But on that point,

37:06I have to say,

37:08I'm with you, Tam,

37:09I just think,

37:10I think Rangers

37:10will be tired.

37:11I'm not sure he can,

37:14I'm not sure Rangers

37:15are good on the front foot.

37:16That's my biggest

37:17problem with them.

37:18You know,

37:19Aberdeen will be up

37:20for the battle,

37:21you know,

37:21which, again,

37:22a lot of people

37:23get miffed at

37:24why you can get up

37:25for a game,

37:26you know,

37:26certain games.

37:27But I think they'll be up

37:28for the battle,

37:30but I just can't work out,

37:31and Barry's probably

37:32pulling his hair out,

37:33on,

37:34they can't take a game

37:35to someone.

37:36They'll leave themselves

37:37exposed.

37:39Yeah,

37:39I think it depends

37:39how Aberdeen's set up.

37:41If Aberdeen's set up

37:42to go and have a go

37:43at Rangers

37:44in the games,

37:45then a bit more open,

37:46I think that suits Rangers.

37:47I think you've seen it

37:48in games against Celtic

37:50and some of the

37:50European games,

37:51the more space there is

37:53in the better Rangers play.

37:54When they tend to have

37:56trouble is against

37:57this sort of low block,

37:58teams that come

37:59and sit in

38:00and then try and

38:00work them the week.

38:01When they've got to

38:02try and move teams about

38:03is when they've kind of

38:04toiled domestically.

38:072-2.

38:08Yeah,

38:08I gave you.

38:08What have you gone for?

38:092-1.

38:102-1 Rangers.

38:11Kenny says,

38:11it's not a myth,

38:12you haven't picked

38:13Dons in seven weeks.

38:14Now they're measuring

38:15when you haven't

38:15picked them as well,

38:17which is great.

38:18Tam and I are...

38:19Aberdeen are playing

38:20Aberdeen Reserves,

38:20she wouldn't pick them either.

38:23Absolutely.

38:25So,

38:26I listen,

38:27at the end of the day,

38:28Tam,

38:28it takes the heat off us.

38:30Celtic against Kilmarnock.

38:31Celtic are six points

38:32away from the title

38:34ahead of this game

38:35against Kilmarnock.

38:36If Celtic win

38:36and Rangers lose,

38:37as we mentioned

38:38at Aberdeen

38:38the following day,

38:39they'll be officially

38:40champions for the

38:41fourth season.

38:43Now,

38:44if Rangers,

38:46you're wondering about them,

38:47Brendan must be looking

38:48and saying,

38:49what Celtic am I going

38:51to get today?

38:51Because,

38:52certainly St Johnson

38:53have had something

38:55to play for

38:56and they got that win

38:56last week.

38:58But,

38:58interestingly enough,

38:59before we get to that,

39:01Brendan,

39:02as ever,

39:02you know,

39:03is just now coming

39:04into his own.

39:05If you're waiting

39:06on your tweet shortly,

39:07then believe me,

39:08I'm waiting on my tweet

39:10because,

39:11and look at Ali,

39:12actually going into a sweat.

39:14She hates it

39:15when the last thing

39:16she needs is me

39:17telling the truth.

39:20So,

39:20Brendan Rogers,

39:21this is what he said,

39:22no,

39:23I think change is needed.

39:24We'll bring players

39:25in to challenge

39:26the squad

39:27and the team

39:27for the summer.

39:28That's natural

39:29at any team.

39:30You need the freshness.

39:31It is either that

39:32or the manager goes.

39:35You cannot be

39:35at a club

39:36for a long period

39:36of time

39:37with the same group

39:37of players

39:38and likewise

39:39the same group

39:39of players

39:40need a different voice

39:42maybe.

39:43Ali,

39:44he's started again.

39:46It's very interesting.

39:47It kind of takes me back

39:48to Brendan's first spell

39:51when we had

39:51the Terminado

39:52press conference

39:54when we were talking

39:55about transfer

39:56windows and activity

39:58and he said

39:58if a certain scenario

39:59unfolded

40:00it would be Terminado.

40:02I think it's a

40:03very interesting

40:04press conference

40:05and I'll say that

40:06on the fact

40:06that we weren't there

40:07you're not hearing it

40:09and sometimes

40:10when you miss

40:10nuances of tone

40:12things can get

40:13misinterpreted

40:14when you're reading

40:15something in black

40:15and white

40:16so I will say that

40:17before we start

40:18to discuss it

40:18but certainly

40:19I think when you

40:20hear those quotes

40:22I think if you're

40:24a Celtic fan

40:25it would make you

40:26a little bit anxious

40:27for a manager

40:28who has one year

40:29left on his contract.

40:32I think it would

40:32maybe just make you

40:33prick your ears up

40:34and think about

40:35what might be coming next.

40:36Yeah.

40:36I'm wondering

40:38how he's going

40:38to orchestrate it

40:39you know

40:41the last thing

40:41you need

40:41is to tell the truth

40:43in a situation

40:44like this

40:44because if you do

40:45you end up

40:46getting barred

40:46that's the way

40:48they operate

40:49so quite simply

40:51I'm looking at

40:52Brendan Rogers

40:53right now

40:54and I'm thinking

40:54to myself

40:55you're either

40:55going to sign

40:56an extension

40:56because you're

40:57getting your way

40:57or you're going

40:58to have to

40:59work out

40:59your departure

40:59shortly.

41:01Yeah

41:01I can see him

41:03doing one more

41:03year Peter

41:03at Celtic

41:04and then I think

41:05he'll move on

41:05and that's just

41:06my personal opinion

41:07I think that

41:08when you look at

41:09this season

41:09I think they win

41:10the treble

41:11and I think

41:11they've got to

41:11a knockout game

41:12in Europe

41:12to go and better

41:14that again

41:14next season

41:15is going to

41:15take a lot

41:16of money

41:16and I think

41:17that in the

41:18summer

41:18he'll be wanting

41:19big players in

41:20you know

41:21obviously spent

41:229 million on

41:22Ida

41:22and 11 million

41:24on Engels

41:24that's the type

41:25of players

41:25that he'll be

41:25looking

41:25he'll be going

41:26right I want

41:26another 10 million

41:27pound player

41:27I want a 15

41:28million pound player

41:29if you want us

41:30to improve on what

41:30we've done last

41:31season

41:31we need these

41:32players in

41:32to challenge

41:32the ones we've

41:33got

41:33and I'm not

41:34sure Celtic

41:35will do that

41:36so I don't

41:37see him signing

41:38the new contract

41:39I think he'll do

41:40another year at

41:40Celtic and then

41:41I think he'll

41:41be on his way

41:41What's saying

41:42I've done my

41:43three years

41:43I think he'll

41:44do his three

41:44years Peter

41:45he's locked

41:46his contract

41:46and that'll

41:47be him

41:47and there's

41:49a lot of

41:49rumours down

41:50south about

41:50Tottenham

41:51and different

41:51clubs and I

41:52think he'd

41:52find another

41:52crack at the

41:53Premiership

41:53in England

41:55so I think

41:55he'll do

41:56another year at

41:56Celtic and I

41:57think he'll

41:57go

41:57Interestingly

41:59enough

42:00Celtic says

42:01on our feed

42:02if he does

42:02another midnight

42:03flit he won't

42:04be welcome

42:04back in Glasgow

42:05Brian says

42:07Brendan Rodgers

42:08look thoroughly

42:09fed up in his

42:11press conference

42:11I predict he'll

42:12be away season

42:13after next

42:14so

42:16and Aurora

42:19says why do

42:19we never see

42:20Brendan Rodgers

42:21in video on

42:21PLZ is he not

42:22a fan of the

42:23show no we're

42:24just barred

42:24Aurora we're

42:25barred for

42:26telling the truth

42:26which most of

42:28them in there

42:29agree with

42:29but nevertheless

42:30when Brendan

42:31orchestrates the

42:32departure I'll

42:34have my tweet

42:34ready Tam

42:35I'm absolutely

42:36buzzing at the

42:37thought of it

42:37on your

42:37individual account

42:38yes absolutely

42:39absolutely when

42:41I leave PLZ

42:43there's a few

42:43bookmarked

42:44a few tweets

42:44bookmarked

42:44absolutely

42:45by the way

42:46can I just

42:46say

42:46I have to say

42:50this and I

42:51know I joke

42:53about the tweet

42:54and everything

42:54but what we

42:55did mention

42:56when he came

42:57back

42:57you know

42:58you know

42:58what it's

42:58like nobody

42:59reads the

42:59whole column

43:00Ali because

43:01you know

43:02they're incensed

43:02by you know

43:04the sub

43:05you know

43:06the headline

43:07on it

43:07but quite

43:08simply he

43:09is a really

43:10good coach

43:11and that's

43:15exactly what I'd

43:15written

43:15he's back

43:16he's a really

43:17good coach

43:17he has to win

43:18over the Celtic

43:19fans

43:19his remit

43:20is quite simply

43:21he's back

43:22because the

43:23train was

43:25at the

43:25station

43:25where he

43:26didn't have

43:26a job

43:27and he

43:27was the

43:27best option

43:28that Celtic

43:28had to

43:29coax back

43:30to Celtic

43:30Park

43:31he's a good

43:32coach

43:33the remit

43:33was

43:34get us

43:35to a

43:35knockout

43:35stage

43:36that's

43:37basically

43:37what the

43:37board would

43:38have said

43:38get us

43:38to a

43:39knockout

43:39stage

43:39you know

43:40take it

43:41to another

43:42level

43:42there

43:42because

43:42domestically

43:43you're

43:43going to

43:44win the

43:44league

43:44Rangers

43:44can't

43:45match

43:45you

43:45financially

43:45we'll

43:46back

43:46you

43:47and get

43:48us

43:48to that

43:49now

43:49for me

43:50personally

43:50looking at

43:51Brendan as

43:51a coach

43:52I think

43:54he's a

43:54great

43:54coach

43:55I thought

43:55the performance

43:56against Bayern

43:57Munich

43:57was the

43:57best I'd

43:58seen in

43:58about 20

43:59years

43:59of watching

44:00Celtic

44:00I'm going

44:01back to

44:01you know

44:02I think

44:03I've got to

44:03mention

44:03Neil Lennon

44:04Gordon Strachan

44:05produced great

44:05performances

44:06Martin O'Neill

44:07as well

44:08but it was

44:08just

44:09it was great

44:10football to

44:10watch that

44:11night in

44:11the Allianz

44:12arena

44:12and I

44:13agree with

44:14you

44:14I think

44:15he's

44:15basically

44:16in a

44:16situation

44:16now

44:17where

44:17he's

44:18got to

44:19that point

44:19again

44:20where

44:20as a

44:20good

44:21coach

44:21no

44:22it's not

44:23that

44:24it's not

44:24that point

44:25the point

44:26he's at

44:26is the same

44:27as he was

44:27at the last

44:28time

44:28which is

44:29this is a

44:30board who

44:30have a

44:31ceiling point

44:32in the

44:32ambition

44:32and he

44:33wants them

44:34to take

44:35that next

44:35step

44:36and they

44:36will not

44:36do it

44:37I can't

44:38I can't

44:39believe

44:40that

44:40would be

44:41anything

44:41new

44:42I think

44:43Celtic

44:44ceiling

44:45really

44:45comes

44:45down

44:46to

44:46financial

44:46choices

44:47and

44:48decisions

44:48whatever

44:48you

44:49think

44:49of

44:49that

44:49I

44:50think

44:50it's

44:50a

44:50very

44:51clear

44:51remit

44:52I don't

44:52think

44:52there would

44:52have been

44:53any

44:53ambiguity

44:54about it

44:55I don't

44:55think

44:55when the

44:57conversation

44:57was had

44:58with Brendan

44:58Rogers

44:59about coming

44:59back for

45:00a second

45:00stint

45:01I think

45:02there would

45:03have been

45:04no significant

45:04change

45:05I think

45:06he would

45:06have known

45:06what the

45:07resources are

45:08There is a

45:09significant

45:09change though

45:10Ali

45:10I'm going to

45:12flip it

45:12because you

45:12have to

45:13have balance

45:15and you

45:15have to

45:15be fair

45:16with

45:17the board

45:19and with

45:20Brendan

45:20Rogers

45:20if we're

45:20going to

45:21offer

45:21any kind

45:22of a

45:22debate

45:23on this

45:24the board

45:25to their

45:25credit

45:26have

45:26backed

45:26them

45:27they've

45:27spent

45:2811 million

45:29pounds

45:30on

45:30Arna

45:31Engels

45:329 million

45:33on

45:33Adam

45:33Eda

45:34so to

45:34their

45:34credit

45:35to be

45:35fair

45:36if you

45:36go back

45:37the Celtic

45:37board

45:37have

45:38there's

45:38a

45:39mythology

45:40about it

45:40being a

45:41very

45:41parsimonious

45:42board

45:42if you

45:42go back

45:43across

45:43the last

45:43decade

45:44and look

45:45at the

45:45transfer

45:45fees

45:46and

45:46outlets

45:46there

45:46has

45:47been

45:47money

45:47spent

45:47Edward

45:48was

45:489

45:49million

45:49euros

45:50too

45:50the

45:51strategy

45:51is

45:51clear

45:52and it

45:52is

45:52clear

45:53with

45:53Engels

45:53too

45:54you spend

45:54money

45:55on

45:55young

45:55talented

45:56players

45:56that you

45:57can

45:57develop

45:57and

45:58subsequently

45:58sell

45:58on

45:59it's

45:59not a

45:59huge

45:59secret

46:00it's

46:00the same

46:01kind of

46:01strategy

46:01that has

46:02been in

46:03place

46:03what they're

46:03not going

46:04to probably

46:04do

46:05is go and

46:05spend

46:0615 million

46:08euros

46:08maybe on a

46:08guy at

46:0928 or

46:1029

46:10that you

46:11know

46:11is

46:13oven ready

46:14to walk

46:15into your

46:15first team

46:16might be

46:16Champions

46:16League

46:17ready

46:17but who

46:18you're not

46:18going to

46:19make any

46:19money on

46:20down the

46:21line

46:21they're

46:21going to

46:21come and

46:22sign a

46:22three year

46:22contract

46:23in the

46:23peak

46:24years

46:24or best

46:24years

46:25and in

46:25Glasgow

46:26that would

46:26be a

46:27difference

46:27in strategy

46:29what Celtic

46:30have done

46:31isn't really

46:32particularly

46:32different

46:32I slightly

46:34disagree on

46:35the fact

46:36that they

46:36had a

46:37ceiling

46:37point

46:37with

46:38certain

46:38amount

46:38of

46:39money

46:39that they

46:39would

46:39spend

46:40and they

46:40kept

46:41going

46:41for

46:42these

46:42potential

46:43one

46:43for the

46:44future

46:44I think

46:44what one

46:45was

46:45different

46:45was

46:46Ida

46:46people

46:49are

46:49very

46:50critical

46:50of

46:51Peter

46:51Lolo

46:51and how

46:52Celtic

46:53were run

46:53under

46:54Peter

46:54Lolo

46:55but

46:55had

46:56Peter

46:56Lolo

46:56still

46:56been

46:56in

46:57charge

46:57at

46:57Celtic

46:58when

46:58Adam

46:58Ida

46:58went

46:59in

46:59on loan

47:00there

47:00would

47:00have

47:00been

47:00a

47:01clause

47:02agreed

47:02Celtic

47:03wouldn't

47:03have

47:04paid

47:04£9

47:04million

47:04last

47:05summer

47:05for Ida

47:06because

47:06the clause

47:07would have

47:07been

47:07agreed

47:07when he

47:08came

47:08on loan

47:08what the

47:09fee

47:09was

47:09for him

47:10that's

47:11on the

47:11basis

47:12that

47:12you

47:12think

47:12he's

47:13not

47:13in

47:13charge

47:13Ali

47:13that's

47:15for

47:15another

47:15programme

47:16anyway

47:17so

47:20we are

47:22now

47:23we'll be

47:23getting back

47:23in any time

47:24soon

47:24then

47:24well

47:25that's

47:25not

47:26critical

47:27that's

47:27just

47:28me

47:28calling

47:29it

47:29as

47:29it

47:29is

47:29and

47:31by

47:31the

47:31way

47:31it's

47:33a

47:33board

47:34that

47:34we

47:34have

47:34been

47:34fair

47:35with

47:35who

47:35have

47:35spent

47:35the

47:36money

47:36but

47:36we're

47:37asked

47:37to

47:37assess

47:38what

47:38he's

47:39saying

47:39this

47:39manager

47:39speaks

47:40and

47:41if you

47:42look at

47:42Brendan

47:42Rodgers

47:43in the

47:43last

47:43six

47:43months

47:44every

47:44one

47:45of

47:45his

47:45lines

47:45is

47:46delivered

47:46for

47:46you

47:46to

47:47read

47:47between

47:47the

47:47lines

47:48he

47:48is

47:49measured

47:49he

47:50knows

47:50what

47:50he's

47:50saying

47:51he's

47:51saying

47:52it

47:52in

47:52a

47:52certain

47:52way

47:52and

47:53you

47:53look

47:54at

47:54it

47:54and

47:54the

47:54board

47:54know

47:54that

47:55as

47:55well

47:55they'll

47:56rein

47:56him

47:56in

47:56but

47:57they'll

47:57say

47:57these

47:57are

47:58the

47:58parameters

47:59you

47:59work

47:59under

47:59and

48:00I

48:00think

48:00they

48:00backed

48:01him

48:01with

48:01Ida

48:01hasn't

48:02worked

48:02out

48:02for

48:02him

48:02I think

48:02Ida

48:03has not

48:03stepped

48:03up to

48:04the

48:04plate

48:04he's

48:05not

48:05been

48:05a

48:05complete

48:05failure

48:06but

48:06he's

48:06not

48:07what

48:07they

48:07hoped

48:07for

48:07£9

48:08million

48:08and

48:09I

48:09also

48:09say

48:09to

48:09you

48:09for

48:10£11

48:10million

48:10I

48:31so

48:31much

48:31over

48:32strategy

48:32and

48:33finances

48:33as

48:34it

48:34is

48:34in

48:34terms

48:34of

48:35operational

48:35level

48:36I

48:36think

48:37just

48:37now

48:37you

48:38look

48:38at

48:38the

48:38way

48:38that

48:39Celtic

48:39are

48:39set

48:40up

48:40in

48:41terms

48:42of

48:42how

48:42the

48:42recruitment

48:43is

48:43done

48:43I

48:43wonder

48:44if

48:44there

48:44are

48:44some

48:44frustrations

48:45there

48:45and

48:46the

48:46first

48:47time

48:47I

48:47think

48:47you

48:47would

48:47have

48:48been

48:48properly

48:48alerted

48:49to

48:49that

48:49really

48:49would

48:50have

48:50been

48:51in

48:51January

48:51the

48:52final

48:53weekend

48:54of

48:54the

48:54January

48:54transfer

48:55window

48:55when

49:01Brendan

49:01Rogers

49:02came

49:02in

49:02for

49:02Park

49:03and

49:03basically

49:03more

49:04or less

49:04said

49:04I

49:05expect

49:06that

49:06if

49:06he

49:06goes

49:07there

49:07is

49:07a

49:08replacement

49:08there

49:08and

49:09if

49:09you

49:09were

49:09sitting

49:10as

49:10an

49:10observer

49:10listening

49:11you

49:11think

49:11well

49:11quite

49:12clearly

49:12there's

49:13someone

49:13in

49:13the

49:13pipeline

49:14they'll

49:14rubber

49:15stamp

49:16Cale

49:16goes

49:16departure

49:17which

49:17had

49:17been

49:17in

49:18the

49:18offence

49:18since

49:18the

49:18summer

49:19they'll

49:19let

49:19him

49:20go

49:20and

49:20there's

49:20a

49:21replacement

49:21already

49:21there

49:22the

49:22fact

49:22that

49:22there

49:22was

49:22no

49:23replacement

49:23I

49:24think

49:24was

49:24the

49:24first

49:25time

49:25where

49:25you

49:25raised

49:26an

49:26eyebrow

49:26and

49:27thought

49:27that

49:28will

49:28be

49:28a

49:28source

49:28of

49:29frustration

49:29because

49:30you've

49:30allowed

49:30a

49:31striker

49:31to

49:31go

49:32and

49:32you're

49:32now

49:33one

49:33down

49:33OK

49:34come up

49:35against

49:35Kilmarnock

49:36Kelly

49:37not out

49:37of it

49:38and Derek

49:39McInnes

49:39really has

49:40a job

49:42on his

49:43hands

49:43and again

49:43everybody's

49:44talking about

49:45VAR

49:45everybody's

49:46talking about

49:46decisions

49:47that were

49:47made

49:48I think

49:48Willie

49:48Colm

49:48deserves

49:49tremendous

49:49credit

49:50for being

49:50so

49:51transparent

49:51making

49:52decisions

49:52making

49:53calls

49:53on

49:53people's

49:54forum

49:54and

49:55Alan

49:55Muir

49:55has

49:55been

49:56binned

49:56after

49:57some

49:57high

49:57profile

49:58errors

49:58and

49:59Derek

50:00McInnes

50:00is not

50:00surprised

50:01Alan

50:01Muir

50:02is a

50:02very

50:02experienced

50:03and has

50:03shown

50:04over a

50:05period

50:05of time

50:05he's been

50:06a brilliant

50:06referee

50:06he's a

50:07really good

50:07referee

50:08and

50:09obviously

50:10there's a

50:10precedent

50:10there

50:11being set

50:12it's no

50:13surprise to

50:14me

50:14it's two

50:14high profile

50:15games

50:15and

50:16whether

50:16they feel

50:16they need

50:17to

50:17there's

50:19been

50:19bigger

50:19VAR

50:19mistakes

50:20made

50:20with

50:21teams

50:22like

50:22ourselves

50:22and

50:23all the

50:25rest

50:25of it

50:25but

50:26two

50:27high

50:27profile

50:27games

50:28maybe

50:28it's

50:28quite

50:29convenient

50:29to do

50:29that

50:30I don't

50:30know

50:30I don't

50:30know

50:30the

50:31engine

50:31routes

50:31yet

50:31but

50:32all

50:33I

50:33would

50:33say

50:33in

50:33Alan

50:34Muir's

50:34defence

50:34he's

50:35been

50:35a

50:35very

50:35good

50:36referee

50:36for

50:36a

50:36long

50:36period

50:37of

50:37time

50:37okay

50:38that's

50:39Derek

50:39McKinnis

50:40take

50:40on it

50:40what's

50:40your

50:41prediction

50:41Tam

50:412-0

50:42Celtic

50:432-1

50:44I think

50:453-0

50:45Celtic

50:45okay

50:46Dundee

50:47United

50:47against

50:48St

50:48Johnston

50:49United

50:49sit

50:50fifth

50:50great

50:50for

50:51Jim

50:51Goodwin

50:51he's

50:53worked

50:53wonders

50:54and I

50:55think he

50:55deserves

50:55tremendous

50:56credit

50:56there was

50:56a period

50:57Ali

50:57where the

50:57United

50:58fans

50:58were

50:59moaning

50:59about

50:59him

50:59as

51:00well

51:00yeah

51:00I

51:00think

51:00he's

51:01been

51:01excellent

51:01this

51:02season

51:02I

51:02think

51:03a

51:04fantastic

51:04campaign

51:05he's

51:06done

51:06what

51:06he

51:06set

51:06out

51:07to

51:07do

51:07when

51:07he

51:07came

51:07up

51:07from

51:08the

51:08championship

51:08he'd

51:08made

51:08it

51:09clear

51:09he

51:09didn't

51:09want

51:10to

51:10just

51:10be

51:11competing

51:11and it

51:12would

51:12just be

51:12enough

51:12to

51:13stay

51:13in the

51:14league

51:14he wanted

51:14to go

51:15and fight

51:15at the

51:16top

51:16end

51:16of

51:16the

51:16table

51:16I

51:35and let

51:36let

51:36the

51:36standard

51:36slip

51:37in

51:37subsequent

51:38weeks

51:38they're

51:39fighting

51:39for

51:39their

51:40lives

51:40they're

51:41not

51:41out

51:41of

51:41it

51:41by

51:42any

51:42means

51:42just

51:43yet

51:43I

51:43think

51:43he'll

51:43be

51:43desperate

51:44for

51:44the

51:44same

51:44kind

51:45of

51:45baffling

51:46qualities

51:46that

51:46you saw

51:47at

51:47McDermott Park

51:47last

51:48weekend

51:48It's a

51:48tough

51:49one

51:49to

51:49call

51:49isn't

51:50it

51:50because

51:50I

51:50never

51:50thought

51:51I'd

51:51say

51:51this

51:51but

51:51by

51:52the

51:52way

51:52if

51:52St

51:53Johnson

51:53get

51:53out

51:53of

51:53this

51:53division

51:54they're

51:55going

52:05good

52:05guy

52:05to

52:05work

52:05under

52:06I

52:06think

52:06that

52:07he doesn't

52:08feel sorry

52:08for himself

52:09when things

52:09go wrong

52:10he's stuck

52:11to his

52:11principles

52:11of playing

52:12out from

52:12the back

52:12a little

52:13bit

52:13they've

52:13done it

52:14successfully

52:15against

52:15Celtic

52:15last week

52:15they defended

52:16well

52:16they were

52:16a threat

52:17at the

52:17other end

52:17as well

52:18against

52:18Celtic

52:18so

52:18it is a

52:19tough

52:19one

52:20to

52:20call

52:20because

52:20Dundee

52:20have

52:21been

52:21pretty

52:21good

52:21at

52:21home

52:21this

52:21season

52:22and

52:23St

52:23Johnson

52:23coming

52:24off

52:24the

52:24back

52:24of

52:24a

52:25big

52:25win

52:25but

52:25they've

52:27still

52:28got

52:28aspirations

52:29to

52:30finish

52:30third

52:30or

52:30fourth

52:31and

52:31get

52:31a

52:31European

52:32place

52:32so

52:32I'll

52:33go for

52:33a

52:33narrow

52:342-1

52:34win

52:34for

52:35Dundee

52:35United

52:35OK

52:36it's

52:36an

52:36interesting

52:36one

52:37Ali

52:37because

52:37if

52:38you

52:38look

52:38at

52:38that

52:38big

52:38win

52:39for

52:39St

52:40Johnston

52:40again

52:41their

52:42forum

52:42if

52:42you

52:43look

52:43at

52:43it

52:43is

52:44one

52:44defeat

52:45in

52:45six

52:45three

52:46wins

52:46he's

52:47really

52:47got

52:48something

52:48out

52:48of

52:48him

52:48do

52:48you

52:48know

52:49what

52:49I fancy

52:49St

52:51Johnston

52:52to

52:52you

52:52I

52:52think

52:53he's

52:53getting

52:53a

52:53tune

52:53out

52:54of

52:54them

52:54I

52:54wonder

52:55if

52:56the

52:56fact

52:56that

52:56they

52:56were

52:56so

52:57adrift

52:57at

52:57one

52:57point

52:58that

53:00there's

53:01a

53:01freedom

53:01that

53:02comes

53:02with

53:02that

53:02when

53:02you

53:02look

53:03as

53:03though

53:03all

53:03is

53:03lost

53:04almost

53:05that

53:06you

53:06think

53:06well

53:06you've

53:06got

53:06nothing

53:07more

53:07to

53:07lose

53:08go

53:08out

53:08and

53:08give

53:08out

53:08your

53:08best

53:09shot

53:09be

53:10bold

53:10I

53:10like

53:11his

53:11energy

53:11I

53:12like

53:18really

53:19quirky

53:19I

53:19love

53:19him

53:20I

53:20think

53:20he's

53:20so

53:22positive

53:22he's

53:23got tons

53:24of energy

53:24and I

53:25think

53:25the

53:25players

53:26are

53:26very

53:26clearly

53:27bought

53:27in

53:27to

53:28what

53:28it

53:28is

53:28he's

53:28trying

53:29to

53:29do

53:29I

53:29think

53:29he

53:30might

53:30I

53:31think

53:31I

53:32wouldn't

53:32be

53:32overly

53:33surprised

53:33if

53:33he

53:34managed

53:34to

53:34orchestrate

53:35some

53:36kind

53:36of

53:36survival

53:37this

53:37season

53:38it

53:38really

53:38would

53:39be

53:39having

53:39been

53:3910

53:40points

53:40adrift

53:40at

53:40one

53:41point

53:41are

53:43you

53:43tipping

53:43him

53:44to

53:44get

53:48if

53:49he

53:49wins

53:49this

53:50one

53:50you

53:50think

53:50he's

53:50got

53:50the

53:50great

53:51escape

53:51I

53:51think

53:52if

53:52he

53:52wins

53:52this

53:52one

53:53it

53:53obviously

53:54depends

53:54on

53:55other

53:55results

53:55but

53:55teams

53:56around

53:56him

53:56could

53:56start

53:56getting

53:57very

53:57jittery

53:57you've been a wee bit

53:58cagey

53:59McConnell I have to tell you

54:00because you know

54:01the mechanics of this show now

54:02you know that if you've got an opinion

54:04it's out there

54:05so you've been a wee bit cagey

54:07too early

54:08Johnson will stay up

54:09best unless she's saying

54:10yeah that's what she's saying

54:11but we're not quite getting there

54:12we'll drag her out of her shortly

54:14Hibbs against

54:15Dundee

54:18it's just all great for them isn't it

54:21yeah it's really positive at the minute

54:22Peter it's a great time to be a Hibbs fan

54:24and I don't think I've said that too many times

54:25in the last three or four seasons

54:26brilliant runner form

54:28going to Ibrox last week

54:30winning comfortably

54:30you know

54:31this would be a game in the past

54:33you would think

54:33oh they've just beat Rangers

54:34they're playing Dundee at home

54:35that's a banana skin

54:36no Hibbs it

54:36and all this nonsense

54:37but

54:37you're just so consistent at the minute

54:39they're grinding out results

54:40when they're playing well

54:41and

54:42I think they'll win again

54:43I think they'll win

54:44I think they'll beat Dundee

54:44and I think they'll

54:46they'll go further ahead

54:47in the race for third

54:48but just

54:49just really really good at the minute

54:50to have support

54:51of watching the team play

54:52you know

54:52they're so organised

54:53Peter they're hard to break down

54:54they've got pace

54:55in the counter

54:55you know

54:56David Gray

54:56deserves enormous credit

54:58for where they were

54:58the last time they played Dundee

55:00you know

55:014-1

55:01at Dens Park

55:02and he looked as if he was going to lose his job

55:04to now be sitting in third

55:05probably going to run a form

55:07and if he finishes third

55:08then he'll be in the run

55:08for manager here

55:09I'm sure as well

55:10so

55:10comfortable win for Hibbs

55:12for me

55:123-1

55:12yeah

55:13okay I'm going to go

55:14the Hibbs to win it

55:15narrowly

55:162-1

55:16it's a battle of goals isn't it

55:18Boyle firing in all cylinders

55:19Simon Murray firing in all cylinders

55:21I'm going for Hibbs

55:22yeah

55:23can't see beyond Hibbs

55:24okay

55:25again

55:26just as we mentioned this

55:27because obviously we've got some

55:28great features coming up

55:30we'll get some big news next week

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56:14but there's some big news

56:15that I hope that you will

56:16embrace coming up next week

56:18so one other thing

56:20I've got to mention

56:20is you know

56:21United against Falkirk

56:23you know

56:24Scott Brown could put

56:25a little span on the works

56:26but Livingston

56:27if they slip up

56:28suddenly the Bairns

56:29could be looking

56:30at the return

56:31to the Scottish Premiership

56:33yeah I think it's very exciting

56:34in the championship

56:35I think Falkirk

56:36would have a lot to offer

56:37I think coming up

56:38just the way that they play

56:39and I think

56:42yeah

56:42I can't see past Falkirk

56:44either

56:44yeah

56:45just one little footnote

56:47Mo Salah

56:48you'll be happy

56:48oh delighted

56:49you'll be happy

56:50was that the big one you wanted

56:51or would you prefer

56:51Tim to the other two

56:52I want to see

56:54Van Dijk stay

56:56I'm delighted

56:57Mo Salah's staying

56:58I'm amazed

56:59and absolutely gobsmacked

57:01that people are wanting

57:02rid of Andy Robertson

57:03I'm absolutely gobsmacked

57:04yeah I've seen that

57:05I think he's had a wee dip

57:06this season Peter

57:06but he's getting written off

57:07a few Liverpool supporters

57:08but I think they've all

57:10signed a lift back in the summer

57:11somebody to come in

57:12and challenge him

57:12because I don't think

57:12the boy Simicas

57:13is up to it

57:15but yeah

57:16it's great business

57:17for Liverpool

57:17I mean if you were to go

57:19and try and sign a guy

57:20of Salah's quality

57:21much would it cost you

57:22so I think when you go

57:22to something like that

57:23there you weigh him in

57:24and we'll see if he'll

57:25finish his career

57:26at Liverpool

57:26and hopefully Van Dijk

57:27joins him

57:28yeah

57:28I mean it just shows you

57:30how good he is

57:30because if you were looking

57:32at your greatest ever

57:32at living

57:33suddenly Salah's

57:34got to be in there

57:35yeah

57:37greatest ever

57:37at Liverpool at living

57:38that's what you're talking

57:39yeah got to be

57:40got to be in there

57:41you know you're

57:41yeah anyway

57:42yeah well you're shifting

57:43part of the conversation

57:44part of the conversation

57:45well even I've got him in Ali

57:47you're a hard woman today

57:48by the way

57:48not even letting Salah in

57:50but a great signing for them

57:52okay I am

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58:17okay

58:18Tam and I are going to go away

58:19and put on something

58:20maybe yellow

58:21white

58:22whatever

58:22and start to match

58:23the summary feel

58:25that Alison has got us

58:26in the mood for

58:27thanks to Alison

58:28brilliant

58:28to Tam as well

58:29and for myself Peter Martin

58:30thanks to you

58:31for listening and watching

58:32peace

58:35oh

58:44you

58:45you

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