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Del Classico and Dee Delight · Scots With A Mic

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Welcome to the boys. Listen to the Passion and Hunger
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Park. It's John.
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Again, it's Johnny's. It's great.
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Done by the fish Chance, The one for Scotland.
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Scott And we're back for another episode talking about league
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action, domestic football once again starting in Scotland after
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our international break and our couple of chats we had on
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Scotland and it's been an exciting week.
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Lots of big results, some disappointing for some members
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who are joining us to talk today and others have led to elation.
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One of the guys joining us is Adam Mccorky.
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Talk, Adam. I think we all know you're
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wanting to like be awaited of. The party trying to stay, trying
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to stay humble as best I can for this podcast.
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Yeah, a good call because also on the mic is George was a
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Celtic fan. Joe, how you feeling?
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I've been better, James, but I'm still waiting that there's a
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long way to go, so I'm just trying to look on the bright
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side. The life is this.
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Certainly early days. Early days like so, yeah, Quick
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scan through of the results before we get talking.
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Aberdeen 11 nil away to Saint Man.
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That was their second one in the season.
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Back to that one's for them. Dundee night.
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I draw eyebrows against Rangers. Motherwell lost 21 owned folk.
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Our decision there we'll probably talk about.
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I was at Easter Rd. for a four nil win for the High Bees, their
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first win since the league, first league game of the season
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so good for them. And then of course to the
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biggest talking points parts running out three nil winners at
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Rock the Park in the Del Classico which has been dubbed
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and Dundee. 2 nil win for a team that was right, that fit the
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table nearly against Celtic. So we'll start we'll start on a
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on a on a more happy tour. We'll go to the maroon corner of
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Edinburgh for this one. See now in Kilmarnock.
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Adam talked to us about it. Were you the game?
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How did you see it? Yeah, I was at the game that
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managed to get a ticket for it, but there are plenty was plenty
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of us there, that's for sure. So I think it was just under
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4000 there, which was obviously good to see.
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I think obviously you naturally expect and the good times are
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going, you start to see more fans and not that obviously
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touch of terrible away athenses or anything like that.
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But I think people were quick to know about maybe like our
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attendance there in May and whatever.
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But circumstances change. And I suppose five months on
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things are very different from when we went to Calais in a
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bottom 6 match, which was effectively nothing for us other
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than them being upset by the fact that they'll was on the way
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out. But yeah, I think the game, I
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think they came to hit the nail on the head.
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A lot of the pundits and everything in the media, Kelly
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came out the traps really good for sort of 1015 minutes.
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Think it was more just like weather in the storm a little
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bit with them. They tried to obviously beat us
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at our own game a little bit in the sense of like high press and
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putting us under a lot of pressure.
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And I think it was just about maybe trying to get through
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that. And then we obviously managed to
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go up the pitch and get a corner.
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And as by no surprise, which seems to be a theme for the
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season for us so far anyways, that we scored for that corner
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and Halket three goals in in three games.
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I think between having Finley and all comps, they've got nine
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goals between them. So it's probably more than more
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than more than strike parents have, never mind centre back
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parents. And at this stage in the season
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anyway. So yeah, is it really, really
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good to get that goal from from a game, like I said, that
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started we weren't really in control of.
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And then I think really from there, like Kilmarnock, I think
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Kettle will touch and I think they were, they were kind of
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masters of their own downfall a little bit and a lot of like
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loose passes. Yeah, just a lot of mistakes
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going on in the middle of the park and then didn't really look
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to have a lot of ideas to answer us once we did get that goal in
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front. And then obviously the game
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starts to open up a little bit. second-half gives the Lexi Kizri
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this in Braga, the space they're looking for.
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And then obviously the two of them were pretty devastating
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between the two goals that happened in fairly quick
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succession. And then it was pretty much, I
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would say after, but I think it was roughly just over the hour
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mark, last 30 minutes, just Hearts sort of see me enjoy
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themselves in terms of be a bit more free flowing in their play.
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And yeah, just like I said, enjoying the moment.
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And I think that you could see that obviously the fans and
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again, everything that's going on media wise with Hearts as
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well. So they're kinda right in the
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Crest of the wave and rightly so.
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So just as long as we can, for however long it is.
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Yeah, I mean, I mean, he said about the their first 15 minutes
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was just about like sort of containing Kelly about.
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They really gave him something to think about.
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He said he didn't think there was much in the first half but
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when the press came on. But when their press came on, we
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started to engage with our strikers and scored a couple of
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good goals. It looked straightforward in the
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end, but until the third goal went and it wasn't.
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So yeah, he's acknowledging Kelly.
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So I'd given a good fight, but and then Hearts did put together
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a really good performance. Couple of good goals.
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Baraga, obviously, I saw one of his ones, the one that shifted
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around the keeper was very neat, did well with that.
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I mean, what a coupe. He continues to look for Hearts
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coming from the Norwegian second tier and I'm right and same as
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that, just over half 1,000,000 lbs.
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So I mean brilliant signing like you said, right in the Crest of
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the wave. Are you starting to dream
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already? Do you think there could be a
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title challenge on or is it still too early and you don't
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want to fall into the same trap as Aberdeen fans did last
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season? I think like to be honest, like
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if I, if I'm heart to heart, like the heart of me would say
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like, yeah, I'm dreaming. So obviously we for any Hearts
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fan, I'd be dreaming about it, just like Aberdeen fans would be
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dreaming last season. And then obviously the numerous
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times Aberdeen were up there when obviously Rangers weren't
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there and whatever. Like you'd be kind of foolish
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like not to dream like and have that sort of your heart and you
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want into win it. And I'm always thinking of like
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it's maybe not of us the same circumstances somewhat, though,
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I would say in terms like the Leicester situation just for
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like golfing and whatever. Obviously I know the leagues are
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very different, but like it's still got that that Leicester
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kind of feel, albeit Hearts position and Scottish foot was
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higher than I suppose Leicester's would be at that
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time. But but yeah, in terms of like
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in my head, I would say what everyone else is saying like
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it's eight games and Aberdeen were however many games and
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roughly this stage as well. Same kind of scenario.
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I think this, I think even though that people keep banging
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on about being the same type of scenario as Aberdeen, I do think
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the circumstances are very different.
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Like the points you get are the points you get regardless
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because it's eight games. And so obviously it's natural
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that we may have roughly the same points.
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But I mean, it was a better Celtic last season.
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The stuff that's going on with Celtic and Rangers is very
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different from the last season for both of them.
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There's a lot of bunching up going on with everybody else in
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the league, which means there's a lot more draws.
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So it's given Hart's more than early advantage on a lot of
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other teams, which Aberdeen didn't quite have as fortunate
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circumstances as well when they had their form.
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So and I just think overall the set up with hearts as well as
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clicked in a lot of places on and off the park.
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So I'm hopeful that it lasts. Whether that lasts like to get
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like a league title, I don't know.
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But certainly you'd be looking for certainly with an injured
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situation that to aim for second, but you'll never hear
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that chat obviously for Mckennis for anybody.
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I think he has been already stating about, you know, we need
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to see like 2 full rounds of games.
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So obviously best been eight games and you'll not not see
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that till around about 22 games. So still we to go for that and
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then they'll maybe start talking about it then.
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But obviously in house, like they'll have their own goals and
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targets and everyone will be aiming for it.
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You know, to everybody should be aiming to be as high as they can
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be. So as long as they can keep
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challenging themselves, then yeah, they should be in a good
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place this season, regardless of where that end position is.
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Yeah, no, I agree with that. They are looking good.
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Does that 'cause you to be a little bit concerned, Joe?
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Obviously Celtic now five points a draft like early days, but do
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you like ours and say no, they're playing well, that's
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good football, you know, that's going to give us something to
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think about. Be honest, I don't know.
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I mean obviously hearts add to the concern, but most of my
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concern comes from within the club and I'd be concerned
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regardless. Obviously the table position
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adds a lot of concern to that and appreciate it.
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But regardless of where we would be, obviously be different if
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we're five points clear. But the fall off and performance
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is alarming enough. And fair play to Hearts.
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They've just capitalised on that and not to I, I sound like I'm
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getting them a high horse here and I don't mean it, but I
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genuinely do welcome, welcome the competition and because I
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think it's good for Scottish football and it's good for
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Celtic because most years of her being honest self probably get
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away with the sub pubs that they've had so far with the
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quality of the other teams, including Rangers.
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The competition's not really been there without exceptions in
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recent years, so I'm not getting overly worried.
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I've seen Celtic have tourist starts before.
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This may be the worst, but I do think it's entirely possible
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that Celtic steady the ship enough.
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I don't think we're going to reach the heights that we did
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last year and I also think it is quite unlikely that Hearts
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maintain this level throughout the whole season.
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Come back to me next week though and it could be completely
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different because the result on Sunday could change my complete
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outlook. If Hearts play us off the park,
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which wouldn't surprise me, and when to not at Tynecastle, there
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it clear I might have a different outlook on things.
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Or if Celtic score and a really tight game, a late goal snatch
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at one nil and bring it back to two points, I would use that as
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I'd hope that Celtic reduce that as a platform to build off of.
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Yeah, I mean, I don't know, it's a, it is a massive 1 next Sunday
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12:00 at Tynecastle and kicks off.
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I mean we'll, we'll discuss the Celtic game at the weekend.
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First two nil to Dundee obviously rotates at the game
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and stuff. There was in the golf balls and
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all the bouncy balls getting thrown on by the Celtic fan.
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I thought the bouncy balls were quite funny to be honest.
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I took ages to clean them off, so 3 minutes, 3 minutes and then
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what? Someone said that's the stoppage
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time, that part of that. There was, there was 4, there
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was, there was 4 added to be honest.
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Like Dundee were going to score regardless.
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It does. I mean, it just meant that they
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scored an added time instead of the third three last minutes of
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normal time. And I'm glad they did that at
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the start of game instead of at the 20th minute when the team
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were in their flow. And you can see, you can see by
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where Celtic are and in the league that things aren't right.
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I know and I understand it's an extent that other Scottish
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football fans around us look at us saying, oh, what have you got
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to complain about? But for so long Celtic have been
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held back out with out with Scottish football.
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When you look around us at the potential that the club has.
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So I actually think that the people on the board are lucky
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that they've got this far, and they're lucky that Rodgers is
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actually still there as well. No, I mean across the game.
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I mean well in terms of what the manager said, Dundee just even
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previously obviously very proud that we worked in exceptionally
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hard over the last couple of weeks.
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You can work on certain aspects but the execution of that is
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down to the players. I thought to a man they were
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brilliant today. Rogers assessment was the
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resultant performances. Performance are bitterly
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disappointing. Give credit to Dundee, the
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defended well when they got in front.
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All the statistics in the game show We dominated the ball but
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we didn't do enough with it. It was a disappointing day for
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us. Agree with that.
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Yes, I mean, I probably could have written a script for that
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to be honest. I mean I feel like half these
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interviews were the big media outlets are pretty PR trained,
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but no, it's. It's the whole thing I don't
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need. It's fun with what he's saying
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and it does smell a lot of how football was looking at Celtic
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and Rogers third season, his first and before he went to
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Leicester. The football's predictable.
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The only difference was that the teams around us weren't as good.
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But even then the poor results were were were showing,
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especially in the first half of that season.
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But it's it's up to Rogers and the team to find a way around
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it. It's not controversial to say
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that player for player Celtic is the best squad in the league.
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It's just finding the best ways around it.
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I mean, I saw someone stating the financial gulf between
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Dundee and Celtic and it was astronomical.
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And so everyone will say, oh, Dundee played dire football.
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They they beat a team that was in the Champions League last
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year and and nearly took Bayern Munich extra time and all that
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stuff. I mean, for any Dundee team to
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do that in the state that they're in is mighty impressive.
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And you can try and take away all that they want with how bad
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Celtic were. It's an incredible achievement
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that they should be very proud of.
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But to allow that to happen at Celtic and also the fact that
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nobody was surprised, I think says a lot because, well, I'm
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not saying I wasn't surprised because I literally said in the
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sub stack for Scott's with a mic that everyone would be shocked.
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But the performance from Celtic didn't surprise me.
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Dundee's going to maybe that just because of how Dundee had
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been this season. And but I there was no pointers.
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I was thinking this is unbelievable because it's
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nothing that we've not seen before from Celtic this season.
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Yeah, and as I mean, as I've been talking with Dundee, as
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well as an interesting journey to watch since Chrysler's
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appointment in the summer, there was a, you know, a level of, you
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know, the criticism I guess leveled that the appointment and
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people not been too enamoured with Presley coming in.
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League Cup campaign didn't go amazingly dropping points
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against lower league teams. You'll be chuffed with that.
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It feels like that he's got them playing a little bit more how
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he's wanting. I'll come back to Adam begging
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on Sunday and Joe's getting his thoughts there.
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Are you looking forward to it? Definitely, definitely.
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I think you cannot look forward to it, right.
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It's the first time, probably going to a game against Celtic,
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well first time and God knows how long we got a game in Celtic
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above them. And then also again the
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situation with Celtic versus us, it's like polar opposite.
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So there's a lot in our favour. I did not foresee Celtic getting
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beat yesterday. I did watch it, most of it to be
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honest, and I've not spent an enormous amount of time watching
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Celtic this season. But I've obviously heard murmurs
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about like, you know, not replacing people.
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And to be honest, I came to agree with what Joe's saying.
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Like I'm not like whilst there is a financial goal from Walsh,
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I probably would say at the moment in most positions Celtic,
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man for man with every other team is better.
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Overall. Do think there is significant
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weaknesses and I do think a lot it all comes from the fact that
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it's just poor, poor recruitment or you know, over time it's
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either been not spending enough money or where they are spending
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it, it could be spent better places.
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And I think like from watching the game, certainly in like
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forward areas and full back areas, they did look
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significantly weaker. They did look very predictable.
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They just looked so passive that ideas looked like they were
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one-dimensional. And then also the fact as well
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that like they just seem to still be relying on, at the
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moment anyway, because I obviously got injured and stuff,
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but relying on like the same people.
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So like relying on McGregor, relying on a returning Kieran
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Tierney and James Forrest, again, hoping he does something
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because nobody else is. And then obviously the other key
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point as well that I was thinking about the other day was
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the fact that I've got AFCON coming up as well.
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And I find there is like 3, at least a couple of attacking
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players, maybe 3 attacking players for Celtic that are
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going or potentially going or likely going to AFCON, which
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again, further weakens them in an idea where they're already
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weaker than they were last season.
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So yeah, I do echo like Joe's points.
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Really, they shouldn't have really got to this position.
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But obviously it's up to Rogers to find a way.
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And ultimately, when you look at the league table, you know it's
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not like it's even if Harsh were to win on Sunday, eight points
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ahead of them but only nine games in, still 29 games to go,
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still to play Hearts three times, twice at Parkhead more
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likely. So yes, by no means not
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something they can overcome and I am fully expecting Hearts to
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have a dip at some point because it's not a normal position for
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us to be in. But I would say something for
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our favour would be the fact that we've still got a large
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quad squad, full equality and literally no distractions.
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And so again, Celtic got a game first Thursday night for Celtic.
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Hearts got obviously bombed on penalties by Saint Mirren.
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So we've got no other focus than the league all week, every week.
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Our focus is just one game a week and then stay as high as we
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can with our squad, the players. It was built technically for
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European football, like in my mind, like we should be probably
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have less players given the fact that we've not got any Europe.
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But I think it was just because, you know, maybe the right offer
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didn't come up or you think because obviously a lot of them
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are still under contract. So again, you're stuck with
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players, but with players that are still in the mean of
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quality. And then you've added to that
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by, you know, the number of settings we did make through
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analytics and obviously what Dell and Graham Jones were
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looking for. So yeah, I think it sets off for
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a tasty one on Sunday. Like if I was to think about
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what the outcome would be, I'd say it'll be a draw in my
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opinion. Like I think that Celtic do have
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frets and around the pitch that I think it's Taneki or Taneki, I
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can't remember his name. Henach obviously brings the
19:10
obvious threat and then they've still got stability in the
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midfield, still got man for man good quality midfield that will
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definitely find a foothold in the game.
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Harsh will be on the back foot at certain points in the game.
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And then I still think the centre back pain in the car of
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records and scales, albeit they maybe don't have the same
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fullbacks they've had and certainly missing Johnston, I
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still think they bring a lot of stability along with Michael.
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So it'll be a really good game, I think.
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No, certainly I think all eyes will be on that on Sunday.
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Looking elsewhere in the league in terms of results, like you
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said, we have a two 2 draw Ibrox, Dundee United getting a
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point on the road. Good win.
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Said it was going 2 halves. Rangers dominated more than the
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first, Dundee United dominated more than the second They went.
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There was 4 good goals in that game actually.
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Dundee United went one nil down rock.
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To me that was the reaction and I draw, you know, as much as
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they deserve. But yeah, Rangers now appointed
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new manager Danny Roll. He was in the frame for the job
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initially and then pulled out, am I right?
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Insane. Then they're looking at Kevin
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Muscat that talks there, got to the advance stage but then broke
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down. He pulled out.
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What's your guys thoughts on that appointment?
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It seems, again, it's just not ideal for the Rangers support.
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I think a guy that didn't seem feeling it and then you know,
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it's not just the case. I'm going and getting them on.
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To be honest, I think it's actually, I think it could be
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quite a similar appointment to Russell Martin and not, not
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heaps of management experience actually lesson Russell Martin
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as a first team manager. Personally, I should.
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I actually think it could be good, but I thought that about
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Russell Martin as well. Yes.
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When they brought him in. As he's been assistant at Bayern
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Munich and Germany hasn't. He and Germany.
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He's also vegan. Drawing similarities, yeah.
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What was the Russell BC? Vegetarian and a vegan.
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No, he's vegan that. Was something that rubbed up
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that I mean, to me, that doesn't bother me.
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I know. No, no, that's not that doesn't
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define someone. But the Rangers fans, that was
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just the chair on top of yeah, I got it was.
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Woman and and fairness has actually not got a bad record at
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all, it's just very limited. He's 36.
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Off the top of my head. I'm assuming there will be
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someone in the Rangers squad that's actually older than that.
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If not, won't be far off it he must.
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Be like 33 or something surely? Yeah, but he'll be on, so not
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not far off it. So that's the challenge that
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comes with management and he actually did a really good job.
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But Sheffield Wednesday, the circumstances that surround
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that, I think people could really underestimate.
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Turn to 12 and at one point we're in a playoff hunt.
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So to have done that with Sheffield Wednesday would have
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been spectacular. I think the potential is there
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but the problem that he's got and he'll have known that and
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it's maybe part of the reason why he turned it down the first
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time. Rangers friends expect results
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and success straight away and I actually don't know how viable
22:13
that is right now with the state of Scottish football, with the
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state of the Rangers squad. And I think when he goes in
22:18
there like Russell Martin did, he'll realise that there's much
22:21
bigger issues at play than the quality of footballers.
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I think there's a main set issue throughout the whole club and
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these players are not used to success.
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I know that sounds brutal, it sounds like I'm rubbing it in,
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but the most successful player in that team at Rangers is James
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Tavernier, who has won four trophies in about 10 years, and
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Rangers fans expect and want much, much more than that.
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And what might play into Daniel Grill's hands is that Celtic are
22:55
doing badly right now and one of his first games is going to be
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the semi final against us and the League Cup semi final next
23:03
week. So if he wins that, which
23:06
genuinely wouldn't surprise me with how Steltz kept playing,
23:08
right now, the whole thing changes.
23:12
But if it goes the other way, he's got an uphill battle from
23:16
pretty early on. Yeah, yeah.
23:22
I don't know what you got. That's all right.
23:24
I do echo like a few Joe's points there.
23:27
Like I did manage to see some of the Rangers done that game.
23:31
Yeah, there was good goals in it.
23:32
It's good to see regular limbs happening in the corner.
23:36
Ibrox as well. So show it to Dundee United fans
23:39
for that. That was that was a good watch.
23:42
But yeah, I think it's the same old can't be a.
23:45
Rangers fan on the podcast at some point because we can't just
23:47
have a new guys just taking cheap shots every time they drop
23:50
points at home. Do you know what though?
23:53
It's all give and take. I'll happily take abuse of any
23:55
Rangers or Hips or Jewel, whoever, doesn't matter.
23:58
You've got if you're going to give it out, you have to.
24:00
You want it to take some as well.
24:01
So I think I was kind of the same old feelings for Rangers a
24:06
wee, but I felt like they obviously the quality of the
24:08
team is not anywhere near what Rangers fans expect or anybody
24:12
would expect to suppose for the size of club Rangers are.
24:14
But I think like they did suffer a little bit from having like
24:17
just some some some sort of coaching contingent and there
24:19
are not really anyone that was like a leader in the dugout.
24:22
Obviously it's chucked together because they're still trying to
24:24
sort out recruiting a manager, which has been again, a sort of
24:28
shambolic feeling of the board anyway.
24:30
But I. Do.
24:33
I think like Danny Rule will actually be all right.
24:37
I actually think you'll do fine. I had a look at their games,
24:41
right? The next five games is not, not
24:44
what you think, what you'd want. And it probably makes you think
24:46
like why the hell would you have faith from base in the next 5
24:48
games? Because they've got Bran away on
24:51
Thursday, they've got Kelly at home, Hibs away, Celtic of us in
24:56
the cup and then Roma at home. And that's all in three weeks as
24:58
well. So five games in three weeks.
25:00
So obviously they would, like you said that we want them to
25:02
get good results. Obviously try to get the table,
25:06
they'll be expecting them to deliver in that cup semi final
25:08
regardless of form, regardless of where they are in the league
25:11
positions. Do have the opinion that I think
25:16
Rangers I didn't. I wasn't sure who would win
25:19
itself that Rangers the cup, but I am actually thinking that
25:21
Rangers will win it. So I'll probably be wrong.
25:25
But it's just because I do think there'll be a manager basis.
25:29
I think there'll be a manager bounce of some kind.
25:31
Sorry, Joe. And do you know what as well,
25:35
right. The reason I'm a wee bit more
25:36
confident about role when I don't want to be obviously as a
25:38
heart fan, but I just think that like he seems a bit more
25:42
adaptable than Martin and I think his personality is
25:45
different from Martin as well. Not that you know, I do feel
25:49
like Martin kind of got chucked under the bus a little bit with
25:51
the pressures, but I just feel like as a little bit more suited
25:55
to role and they've got a lot of similarities in Martin
25:58
background, age, all that kind of thing.
26:00
But I think, like I said, the style and the personality and
26:03
adaptability role, I think that will help Rangers and I think he
26:07
will get positive results in those five games.
26:10
And I do think we will start to see them stead the ship a bit.
26:14
And then obviously not sure where they'll be come January in
26:17
terms of league position, but I'd imagine they'll be at least
26:22
in the top three. I would say so, yeah.
26:26
And then January, obviously it's about, well, no, Rangers love to
26:29
spend money so and there'll be more money chucked there.
26:32
And then I suppose that will be a test of of role as well where
26:36
how he works for that recruitment team.
26:37
Can the recruitment team get it right?
26:38
Because they have appeared to have failed so far in terms of
26:43
like their signings. But yeah, I'm a bit more
26:45
confident about rolling than what others are.
26:49
Yeah. I mean, we just just have to see
26:51
it gets on, like you said, next five games, couple of big
26:54
fixtures in there, so a chance to really endear himself to the
26:58
Rangers support if if he manages to get them playing and winning
27:02
more games. Dundee United though as well,
27:04
like I make a point in Dundee United just quickly, James, if
27:07
that's all right. Like I just like, what did you
27:09
say? Their 4th.
27:12
Yeah, it's not the 4th. I think it's, yeah, just like
27:14
joint at the Kelly, they're joint Mifflin.
27:16
I just, I just think like they're living off other
27:19
people's feelings at the moment. Like like I do like they've made
27:23
a lot of signings and they do have like good players, like
27:26
saps for dole check players like that that have came in done
27:29
well. But like for me, like with
27:32
Emily, I do not have faith in good one like at all.
27:34
Like I've seen his feelings, Aberdeen, Sitman and all that I
27:37
could. I can see that when other teams
27:40
get their act together, like so for example, say maybe like a
27:42
Motherwell or something like that.
27:45
Rangers, obviously you would expect to me that I can just see
27:48
Dundee net being the team that just starts to go down that
27:49
table. Like I was looking at their
27:52
stats for the season. They've only won two games all
27:55
season and all and then they're out the Europe that Europe they
27:59
got beat for kill in the League Cup.
28:01
But yeah, there's I don't I still think Goodwin again
28:05
provides like that sort of consistency you'd want and
28:10
they've had a lot of changes. So I'm be keen to watch them the
28:13
next few weeks like because they if somebody who's asked me who
28:15
different is going to go up and down that table because there is
28:17
only five points between 3rd and bottom, like I'd be having
28:20
Dundee now going down the table. Yeah, I mean, you've got them in
28:25
three games time, They've got St.
28:28
Martin at home and Motherwell away in between.
28:30
So yeah, I mean, it's hard to tell.
28:35
I mean, as a Ray fan, obviously we played them two seasons back
28:39
when we're both going for the title.
28:40
And again, I did really feel more forceful trying to throw
28:43
the title away. Dundee United went up by, you
28:48
know, we felt like we're trying to put on a plate for each other
28:52
and then last season and it's quite well at the table.
28:54
But again, Aberdeen last game of seasons and not they leapfrogged
28:58
them in that position so. I just don't think I just don't
29:00
think Goodwin brings that dependable factor that you would
29:03
want. I just that's something it may
29:05
just be me like, you know, end of the day, I'm no coach.
29:08
Goodwin knows better than me about how he coached.
29:09
But I just think as an outsider and given a sort of opinion on
29:12
it. If you're just watching football
29:14
and have seen as teams like I just feel like it's always like
29:17
a matter of time. We're good when we're just like
29:19
goes downhill and I just don't see that stability then I think
29:21
they are living off like individual performances and like
29:24
a lot of teams living off like just teams letting themselves
29:27
down. So like Rangers and stability.
29:29
They lived off, like you said, a couple of really good goals that
29:32
they scored. And yeah, I just think like they
29:35
will eventually end up on the slide now.
29:39
We'll hold you to that. Looking elsewhere, I was at
29:45
Easter Rd. as Hibs won four nil against Livingston.
29:49
Really strong game from Hibs. David Gray saying he hoped they
29:53
could have had a couple more goals.
29:55
He said that Evan I asked Evan asked for we saw the big thing
30:00
was the reaction to losing our game first game of the season,
30:03
which was a defeat at Hearts just before the international
30:06
break and they did it in a perfect way.
30:09
Four goals, a clean sheet and he said again, we could have got
30:13
more but the biggest fan as follows the intensity and we got
30:16
that from the start. I mean, I'd agree with what I
30:17
saw and correlating with what he said there.
30:21
I definitely think they could have a couple more think Karen
30:23
Berry and collegiate who got his first league goal of the season
30:27
record signing for him. So finally and a value that's
30:32
starting to live up to what he paid with the goal.
30:35
But I think they could be a little bit disappointed with not
30:38
going in with more goals and they had 1/2 time and then they
30:42
run out for now winners with junior Hoyle grabbed too late
30:47
on. That's Hibs first one since the
30:51
first league came the season. So two wins the season smart and
30:54
draws and the defeat against Hearts obviously come in last
30:58
week. Your last last match day before
31:04
that it drew now now with Celtic losing 1 nil to Hearts is never
31:07
great, but in the context of been a tight game between 1st
31:12
and either further whatever place it was at that point, do
31:17
you think we're starting to see a bit more of the hips team we
31:19
saw last season? I think yes and no.
31:24
I think it's definitely more positive than it was a wee while
31:28
ago. I saw them get a point at
31:33
Parkhead and I'm used to a hips team that would come out and
31:37
attack a wee bit more and they really didn't do that but make
31:41
that point was still a positive for them.
31:44
But I wasn't impressed by them to be honest.
31:47
And they went, I think that Livingston game that they just
31:51
won was a first win since last beat Livingston in the League
31:55
Cup, which was before they'd even lost out in Warsaw.
31:59
So I mean, it could be, it could be one of one of those games
32:05
like Aberdeen beating Dundee that just starts then turning it
32:09
around a wee bit. Obviously Hibs is low was
32:11
nowhere near what Aberdeen's has been this season.
32:14
Only one league defeat. It's been draws.
32:17
Draw after draw, it's just draw. Exactly, it's just been an
32:20
insane amount of draws and it probably sums up the league to
32:22
be honest. Yeah, but no, I mean, I, I stand
32:28
by that. If Aberdeen hadn't been so poor,
32:30
more attention would have been on David Gray because obviously
32:34
so much was being said. Jimmy Tully may be going because
32:38
of where Aberdeen were a few weeks ago.
32:41
But you know, the overall job that David Gray's done has been
32:46
so positive. Any, any talk I'm good would
32:49
have been insane. And I, I do think they'll be OK
32:54
this season. What OK as the Hibs?
32:56
I don't know, because I think Celtic, Rangers and the Hearts
32:59
will occupy the top three spots. And at the start of the season,
33:03
the Hibs fans probably would have said that third was what
33:06
they're aiming for. So I don't know if they would
33:09
change that now or not. It's a very competitive league
33:11
this season. They're shaping up because, you
33:13
know, you know, you know, Rangers are probably going to
33:16
get that turned out at some point, you know, with a new
33:18
magic man defined form again, it'll be it won't be a case
33:21
similar to what we've seen through the opening fixtures of
33:26
the season, or at least I mean, that's not what you expect.
33:28
I'm not going to say whether or not that's the case or not, but
33:31
yeah. And obviously Aberdeen, you
33:33
touched on them, they're feeling really struggled with them
33:37
throughout the start of the season.
33:38
We struggled throughout the whole latter end of the, you
33:41
know, last season getting the Scottish Cup one doing a lot
33:44
from and you know, like a credit he's got in the bank with Don
33:47
support and the board beat some man one nil at the weekend.
33:51
That's their second one of the season back-to-back wins.
33:56
Felon said he's proud of the team.
33:59
They managed game in different areas and they were resilient at
34:02
the end to them at shots they had where a lot.
34:05
We just have to be a little bit better when we're creating
34:07
chances. Sometimes you just need to
34:08
someone to step up and Marco's goal was incredibly good.
34:11
That was magnificent and I'd agree with him there.
34:13
It was a not a Croy turn, but a ton of sorts.
34:17
He lures who defended and the the touchline and then just flex
34:21
it around and then shot as I mean, it's a lovely goal to go
34:24
and see if you've not seen it. Definitely going to catch the
34:27
highlights is well worth the watch.
34:30
There was a questionable via decision, but it wasn't
34:34
questionable in the sense it wasn't offside.
34:36
It was definitely offside interference, but it's taken a
34:39
long time. You know, the balls come out the
34:41
boxes could arguably be a different phase of play, which I
34:45
think some man fans would probably argue it was feeling,
34:52
like you said, being a lot of heat at the start of the season.
34:54
I mean, I don't know, drop this to you as well.
34:56
Do we feel like he's got them playing again or is it too early
34:58
to tell? I think I'll just touch on Hibs,
35:03
just to go back to the point, just on their game now, I'll
35:05
quit lie. I think so.
35:07
With Hibs, I think they're the opposite to Dundee.
35:10
I think they are in a more stable spot under Grey, but I
35:14
think that my faults on Grey are somewhat a good one where I
35:19
think like he doesn't have obviously that the natural
35:23
experience because not being in a coaching role long enough.
35:25
So it's not to say we'd never get to, you know, improving, but
35:28
I do feel like they're starting to show signs of, yeah, like
35:34
just being tactically sort of inept at some points.
35:37
Like obviously Joe touched on the Celtic game, right?
35:39
So obviously they got a good point at Celtic, but the key
35:43
point for me was how he said they played.
35:45
So they went to Celtic to get a point effectively and hope maybe
35:48
to sneak a goal, but didn't really try and entertain and
35:52
play free form football, which Hibs fans always would refer the
35:56
Hibs teams play like. So David, they changed that sort
35:59
of approach when he went to Celtic and OK got that positive
36:02
result. They played the exact same game
36:05
in the Derby as well. They just sat with a back five
36:08
and two holding midfielders and didn't come out didn't really
36:11
play well midfield at all. So I think like they'll be OK as
36:16
getting late July. Not don't really know where
36:18
they're going to finish. I'd like to think they would.
36:21
Well, I hope they don't, but I'd like to think they'll finish in
36:22
the top 6. I just feel like unless they
36:27
start attacking teams and playing like like more freely as
36:32
a team, like, you know, using the wing backs better than teams
36:35
where they you'd expect to dominate like that against
36:38
obviously Levy. But again, I don't know how much
36:40
to eat into that. I did feel like a lot of the
36:44
game, I did feel the game was a lot more about like how good the
36:48
new like how good clutch was. Like I really thought clutch was
36:51
played really well. I actually shocked that and
36:53
happy that he's not played and Boyle's been playing stadium for
36:55
the first few weeks because I think if it had been clutch and
36:59
Berry upfront there again, like Barry and Boyle, very opposite
37:01
players, but clutch is obviously a lot younger.
37:04
How's that potentially? Whereas Boyle obviously he can
37:07
provide moments, but as everybody knows, he's sort of
37:10
again at the other side his career.
37:12
So like that was the main positively Hibs.
37:15
But that's feel like obviously the man for man have a lot more
37:18
quality than living. It's hard to tell like how good
37:22
I went to the goals. Well, that was the second-half.
37:25
They ran away winners, but Martindale obviously I did as
37:28
well. But how like performance wise,
37:29
there's ways to lose a game and it felt like his players didn't
37:31
really turn up. So the Hibs get the same
37:35
positive performance and it's a team that does play well.
37:37
Like if they play like again, a Motherwell or Kilmarnock,
37:40
whoever, whoever all those teams are that in about Hibs, like are
37:43
they going to get the same result or outcome?
37:46
Because if they don't play, they're still playing with that
37:48
same backfield that Gray never moves from still playing, you
37:52
know, with the one backs, are they going to be defensive or
37:54
are they going to actually play with any freedom in the
37:56
midfield? I just feel like is like non
37:58
existent like so I don't like if I was to put that Hibs midfield
38:02
against that Motherwell Field midfield right now, I know what
38:04
one I'd want and it isn't have just midfield.
38:07
So yeah, I do wonder where they'll they'll end up under
38:09
grief if he is again, won't make changes and tweak how he plays
38:13
games. But again, it comes with
38:14
experience. It makes sense and recognize it
38:16
because obviously did get a turn around last time for them.
38:18
And and generally speaking, like you've said, James, I don't
38:21
think like, you know, there's not certainly not racked up a
38:23
lot of losses. But here they are the two
38:26
European Cups and League Cups. So they've only got the league
38:29
to focus on. So yeah, it'd be interesting to
38:32
see Aberdeen short and sweet with them.
38:35
To be honest. They don't trust to lean.
38:36
I give the on the Scottish Cup. He'd be bent him.
38:39
I don't I don't I don't buy into whatever you fancy.
38:42
But to lean like it's his record as shocking it so like.
38:47
I mean, Finn obviously not on the podcast today, he's away.
38:50
He's actually travelling to Athens for Aberdeen's Conference
38:53
League fixture. He, I mean, when I speak, when I
38:56
spoke to him about personally the Scotland game and he
38:59
references the Scottish Cup game is like a big thing like that.
39:02
You know, he brought such a good night.
39:04
You know, that seemed down a lot of like I said, credit in the
39:09
bank with the guys and they don't support and.
39:11
But for me it's like, it's like it feels like a 90 minute man to
39:14
be honest. For me, like 90 minute man won a
39:17
Scottish Cup. It's obviously some massive,
39:19
actually one in that trophy is a massive achievement, no doubt.
39:21
There's no doubt with that. Nobody would.
39:23
They thought that we're going to do it, especially with the form
39:25
they'd been in. But that form has never changed
39:28
after it, before it. It's been like a slide for like
39:31
what we're like nearly a year now had bad results.
39:33
But the 90, the 90 minute man carries on because he's got in
39:37
the bank if we played. Like winter football, for
39:40
example, in the season started in January.
39:42
It'd be a very grim tale for the Don.
39:45
So I don't think, you know, I know that's not the table we're
39:47
looking at. And there's all lifts and buts
39:49
in that respect. But yeah, I mean real, meant to
39:53
be seen. Like I think.
39:54
I think like obviously very, very unlikely to happen or touch
39:58
any kind of like with their enemy.
40:00
But like if Macinnis had the drop off that he has, he will
40:03
not get to the Scottish Cup final.
40:04
He would be sacked. So I think like it's just a mad,
40:11
it's a really mad scenario. But the longer from from my
40:14
perspective, longer twins are the better to be honest.
40:16
So I just think like they do have players and they do have
40:19
quality. They've made loads of sign and
40:20
spent loads of money as well. And I add for a normal forum
40:23
team, so like. Again, to echo the point,
40:27
they've spent all that money and if you think about what they've
40:29
had as an outcome from leaks, which is your bread and bar,
40:33
like the drop off is huge when you consider what they've spent.
40:37
I mean, look at if you put them in and like compact compare to
40:40
like say St. Mirren, right?
40:43
If you just look at pure leak results and we've got something
40:46
from like the start of the drop off till now and look at Saint
40:48
Mirren's points versus Aberdeen. And again, look at the budget
40:51
side, like they're miles apart. So like, I just, I don't know,
40:56
like they've got good players there, but I don't think T1 will
40:59
get the tune out of them like. I just, I disagree with you, but
41:03
I mean, I was at the game again, shark to the Nets, and you can
41:07
see from there the confidence it was brewing.
41:10
I think there's a special player in Carlson and maybe Tilling's
41:15
not the best guy to do it, but I think he's good enough to get
41:19
enough of a team to do relatively well.
41:23
But at this point, I actually don't know what relative success
41:26
is for Aberdeen. I don't know what they want from
41:29
this season. When they were I, I was always
41:33
confident they turn around enough to not go down.
41:37
I know that sounds tough, but after they hadn't scored in the
41:39
first six or seven games, it was genuinely on my mind at one
41:42
point. For a while I said I still don't
41:46
think they'll make top 6. The league is so tight now.
41:48
It's actually not it's not out of their out of their realms at
41:55
all. So it wouldn't surprise me.
41:57
I think they've got a better squad than a lot of the teams
42:02
that are performing above expectations that you're
42:07
Kilmarnock's and sit Byrons and some are doesn't notoriously
42:11
hard going to go to. So for Aberdeen to go there
42:15
don't they've got result there in a long time as well and I
42:18
think that does show the confidence growing and the
42:22
confidence plays such a big part in football if the confidence is
42:24
there. And you can see the lack of
42:26
confidence in the games that I went as well when they were
42:29
doing Bradley I saw against Livingston when they drew Not
42:32
Now and I saw great with the League Cup to Motherwell and you
42:36
can see what they were trying but there was no belief there.
42:39
I think Shakhtar really helped them in that respect and I can't
42:43
see them growing enough. I don't think it'll be a
42:46
spectacular season by their standards, but just like I said
42:49
about your Hibs, I think they'll be OK.
42:51
Either of you know, like what the the European spots are for
42:54
the end of the season because I know they're getting gradually
42:56
worse. But like I'm just like you just
42:58
said there, Joe, a bit like if we think that Celtic, Rangers,
43:02
Hearts take top three, Aberdeen and Hibs will both be definitely
43:04
aiming for four. There are.
43:06
Five there are five spots 5 but they're they're worse than they
43:10
were this. Year.
43:10
There's just more, like more qualifiers.
43:13
Yeah, yeah. OK, cool.
43:15
I think the main difference is 4th place well had like Hibs had
43:20
the season. I think they were starting the
43:22
conferences of Europa League. As the best as the next best
43:25
spot, though still the Scottish Cup, right?
43:27
Yes, yeah, that's why like Hibs would normally have got it
43:30
because I believe won the cup. It's going to be some Scottish
43:32
Cup then. The only other fixture in the
43:36
Premier League was Scottish Premiership even was Motherwell
43:42
1 Fokker 2. So Fokker now only one lost in
43:46
the last four. Quite good going first side
43:48
that's came up. There was a VAR decision though
43:53
when the game was at Nell. Nell Motherwell having a goal
43:57
chopped off. Yeah.
43:58
And ask you had to say on that. He said we should have had.
44:01
We should have scored another. And I don't think I'm ever going
44:03
to understand how they disliked that goal.
44:06
That's one of the worst of the year decisions I've ever seen in
44:08
my career. I've been for me, Brad Spencer,
44:13
that player who's failed, doesn't even appeal for it.
44:16
There's no, you know, outcry for a foul.
44:19
Very soft. Yeah.
44:23
Strange one there, but I was given nonetheless.
44:27
Coming down into the Championship, two big results.
44:30
One was the 5th Derby mean I was at the game at least.
44:35
Joe, obviously you're from the Bell and you said you've got a
44:37
slight stake in that. Yeah, I'm actually from
44:40
Kirkcaldy I. Didn't realise there's so many
44:43
Kirkcaldy but he's in this I. Know So another another big
44:46
grief fan then. No, no, far from it.
44:49
All right, growing growing up, if I wasn't a park head, Eastend
44:56
was the granddad go to. So I'm saying I'm from Kirkland.
45:01
I was born there. I've never lived in the in the
45:04
town park. Nearest maternity ward seems to
45:06
have taken a lot of names. But no, my heart's always
45:12
belonged to the only city in Fife, you see.
45:16
And say when you lived there, journalist.
45:21
But no I and with Neil Lennon being the manager there now as
45:25
as well, been been keeping an even closer eye on them and I'm.
45:31
Proud to dislike them, I guess. And oh.
45:33
There you go. So, and I was, I was happy.
45:36
I, I, I never expected a good game between these two sides,
45:40
especially when it's been shown on television for like every
45:43
championship game that's shown on the tail is an absolute
45:45
stinker. But I I was happy that the
45:50
Furman got over the line because they've had a really bad record
45:53
than that fixture recently. And the Forman's problem I
45:58
actually stand by since Kevin went to Hibs from them, they've
46:03
never found a proper replacement.
46:05
I still don't think Chris is that.
46:08
But the problem has been scoring goals and they managed to do
46:11
that twice on Friday night. And to be honest, once the
46:15
Herman got one, I couldn't really see Race threatening too
46:19
much. And James, sorry to say, but
46:22
they never did. And look at before the game
46:26
people going to me. Well, how do you finger one
46:28
tonight? Do you think going tonight like,
46:29
well, you know, Rovers and I went throwers.
46:31
I was going to be honest. I think it'll be a game where
46:35
two teams play quite bad. I know the Rovers haven't been
46:38
in great form. I couldn't I didn't see that
46:40
change coming. I welcomed that.
46:42
But then and I'd spent, you know, if Dunfermline place
46:45
slightly less worse than us, they'll get the one.
46:48
And if they don't lose. And I felt honestly, I felt that
46:50
was the case. It was a game lacking in
46:52
quality. Rovers come off the back.
46:56
Our game against air which was sandwiched between the Greece
46:59
and Bellus games for Scotland. One of the worst performances
47:02
I've seen for us in a very long times.
47:06
The lack of creativity when he's once brothers begging for
47:08
thefted bullet because didn't see a scorn and then, like he
47:12
says, the game went on at East End.
47:13
I didn't. I was lacking any faith that
47:15
we're going to get a goal and I hate being so critical on my
47:17
team, but it just. Seems honest to you don't want
47:20
to be deluded and say things are fair when they're not.
47:22
The game plan just seemed to be they seem to bear a key in trend
47:29
and chatter into the channels and trying to get runners going
47:32
and the family just mopped up that we didn't have to work hard
47:36
to keep us out. And you know, the goal is scored
47:39
by the Stewart opener was a moment of real quality.
47:42
But. What does he keep her playing up
47:44
by the way? I.
47:45
Don't know, it's just it was just no, that was on real moment
47:48
of quality in the game. I think Stevens is kind of
47:50
culprit for their second and Chris and Kane get gold side.
47:54
They probably expected more of my guy who has experience, but
47:57
it happens. Yeah, like you know, that's one
48:01
one win, one draw on our last six.
48:03
So partick vessel for the Rovers of the Saturday.
48:07
A bit big game for Robson to try and get a tune I think.
48:10
He's in trouble already, James. I didn't until Friday night.
48:15
I'd kind of I'd been up and down wall seen us play for.
48:18
We were hard done by. You know, Ross County didn't
48:21
really offer much often the goals he scored different.
48:24
We controlled the game, but we ran up there knowing they hadn't
48:27
won a game all season. It was probably just going to be
48:28
one of these things where they got the win.
48:30
They were finally, you know, due it whether or not there and on
48:33
the patch sort of thing. Yeah.
48:36
And I think being losing the Derby, losing the game against
48:39
the air was hard because it's it was nice to lose that fashion
48:43
just, you know, no hope. And the performance coming into
48:46
this one, it's got the extra but a needle with a Darby, you know,
48:49
that puts the pressure on a more.
48:52
So, yeah, see what comes on Saturday with that.
48:55
Elsewhere in the championship, Smokey's Smoke show up at a Gay
49:01
Field St. Johnstone, their first first
49:05
league defeat of the season. But and it's now only one
49:08
winning the last four for them. So they're starting to, you
49:12
know, find the championships not going to be a walk in the park
49:14
in that respect. Yeah.
49:17
Are both three one winners there?
49:19
Don's Lonnie Finley Marshall grabbed a double there.
49:23
It was one of my mates in the chat actually said when we saw
49:26
that result, he said well, that's a proper.
49:28
That's welcome to the championships.
49:29
And Johnson. Yeah, because that's the sort of
49:32
is is a very competitive league and I think on anyone's day,
49:35
anyone could be anyone else. And that kind of that that
49:37
result for me just screamed out, you know, that's just the
49:42
championship all over really. And I've always found it to be
49:46
the more competitive league in Scotland.
49:48
Maybe the season, not so much for the what's going on in the
49:52
top flight, but yeah. And then and then dipping down
49:57
into League One and two of it's the League 1.
50:00
Hamilton and Stenoschmir keep up the pace at the top of the
50:03
table. They're both on 20 points after
50:05
Hamilton won four nil against Montrose and Stanley B Cove one
50:10
nil. Not looking too good for Cove.
50:12
They're at the foot of the table after 10 games with only two
50:14
points, only one goal in their last six games.
50:18
That's pretty hard going. Over in a really bad way.
50:20
Yeah, it's not looking good. You just look at the table.
50:24
After coming second last year, a lot of their fans really would
50:27
have wanted them to take on after they weren't even that far
50:30
behind our growth. They got the other playoff final
50:32
and lost to Airdrie, but you could kind of see early on it
50:37
wasn't going to be that kind of season for them this year.
50:40
After the financial issues came out, I didn't expect it to be
50:44
this bad and Montrose are probably thanking their lucky
50:47
stars because before the financial issues came out,
50:50
Montrose probably would have been the favourites to go down
50:52
and they're still not doing great, but it's looking like
50:56
Cover gonna be the ones that are fighting for their lives.
50:59
Yeah, it's not looking good for them.
51:00
And then League 2 Spartans still clear three points at the top of
51:05
the league. He's cool, bright.
51:07
Obviously the new boys in the league continue their good start
51:11
to life in the 4th tier. So yeah, a lot going on over all
51:15
the leagues. I think that kind of draws our
51:18
discussion to an end because we have been on for a wee bit and
51:21
unconscious. We've we've snapped this one in
51:23
on a work break, some of us. So we're needing to get back to
51:26
that. Anyway, yeah, good discussion
51:29
guys. Glad to have me both on.
51:31
Any leaving thoughts before we end this one?
51:36
Not from me. Just on just on Spartans like
51:40
they deserve a lot of credit because East Kilbride came into
51:43
this. Everyone knew they had decent
51:45
financial backing. Obviously a lot of publicity
51:48
around, but Kennedy inside Ferry being involved as well.
51:52
But Spartans have been the ones that have really been had their
51:56
foot on the gas this year and the vote they were I've seen
51:59
that's they were doubt they were very mid table last year.
52:02
No wondering really knew what to expect from them and their away
52:06
form has just been spectacular. And so that Elgin a few a few
52:11
weeks ago and it's Senator, It's a hard place to go to.
52:14
And then Elgin will be really worried this season as well.
52:19
Yeah, well, like I said, exciting, exciting weekend.
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