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Pressley Pandamonium, Hopeful Hearts and EK Excitement? · Scots With A Mic

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Hello and welcome to Scots With a Mic.
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My name is Joe Mctagger and I'm here to make my hat trick on
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this series and I'm absolutely delighted to be saying that I'm
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hosting it. Taking over the reins from Finn,
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who should be back next week, but I'm stepping in in the
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meantime as the host. We're joined by James Scott who
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was on the 1st episode. I've got Adam of Gorgie Talk
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making his debut on the podcast as well.
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Boys, welcome to you both and we've got an absolute cracker of
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a podcast to talk to you about today.
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The main topic of it being the League Cup group stages as they
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have kick started the Scottish competitive season.
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All clubs bar the five who are competing in Europe are
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competing in it. Adam, I'm sure it pains you that
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you're actually having to compete in it, but talk to me
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about the League Cup group stages.
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It's the first time in a few years it feels that Hearts have
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been in it. How does the League Cup group
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stage feel to you as a Hearts fan?
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I mean does it play into your pre season a little bit or is
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there a bit of a balance given that not progressing would be
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would be a rather big disaster at this point in the season?
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Yes. So I think it's, it's not what
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we want to be doing in July. We want to be singing about
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train, boats, bus and flying. We want to be going away,
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Europe, starting all over and for a new campaign.
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But it was not to be. I think it really depends on the
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season to be honest. I think like this season,
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because we've got Mckennison and Sheeran and Archibald, it gives
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them a chance to, you know, start to get the squad up and
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running a bit earlier than the the teams they would like to see
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themselves compete against the top end of the table.
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And then obviously we do have that advantage of not having
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Europe to deal with. So there's no battles on both
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fronts. So the League Cup does give us
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that sort of competitive edge in terms of numbers of games,
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whereas as you know and like pre season friendlies and stuff as
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more about just getting fitness. So I think Mckenna's talked
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about that and won his post matches.
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So it's good to good to just like get that competitive edge
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on the rest of them. And yeah, I think fighting on
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both fronts, whether you were Hearts or Aberdeen, the last
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sort of two, three seasons, we've both suffered domestically
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having to deal with Europe as well.
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So yeah, I quite, I came to enjoy the League Cup groups that
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I take like the format in general.
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So I'm not not opposed to the format and I quite like the
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competitive aspect, you know, starting earlier.
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But in terms of if we wanted to progress, yeah, I would say it's
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pretty disaster. Obviously we're in a good
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position. Best we could hope for him after
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the first two March days. But but yeah, it would be
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disastrous if if we want to get through, I would say given our
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sort of financial advantage on the rest and obviously the size
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of squad we've currently got at the moment, I think we're like
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about 30 players at the moment. Excellent.
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And yeah, you're right. I mean, given that it's such
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early days and that McInnes his tenure as well, it's pivotal
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that hearts were to progress. Could you Last thing you want is
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your new manager getting off on the wrong foot, which we'll talk
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about in a few minutes relating to Dundee.
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But James, talk to me about Wraith Rovers in the League Cup
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and how how much do you anticipate it coming into the
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season? How much of an onus do you put
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on it for it being a positive start to the season?
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Or do you see it as pre season as well?
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Or is it a really big deal for? You, it's, it's about Wolf.
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I mean, you don't, you really don't get much time now to
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prepare. With how early this kicks off in
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the campaign, it feels like the season before hadn't ended too
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long ago and we're already at the competitive fixtures and
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there's definitely an element of still trying to search your
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squad out and all. We've still got signings to
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make, hopefully a centre half and a striker still to come in.
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So the squad isn't even complete and we're still, you know, we're
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into the thicket already. But you can't take a pinch of
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salt and say, look, I always like to think just play game by
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game. You know, if if you get a couple
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of results and you're up the right end of the table, fair
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enough, you start to take it seriously.
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But I don't think there's too much lost if you don't get
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promoted because it can be quite a tough one to get with
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depending who's in your group. Just to be honest, I was quite
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excited about this campaign. Obviously looking at a group, I
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feel like this year would maybe was more of an opportunity for
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us and years gone by, none of them beggar hair, as you'd say,
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in the fact we've got St. Johnson who have just been
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really good. Inverness, not a massive team.
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Obviously they can give you a bit of trouble, but still not
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too bad an option to be up against.
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And Elgin and East Kilbride and we obviously started quite well
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up at Elgin getting that 5.1. It was a, it was a good, a good,
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a good game to get 3 points. And you know, it's a, it's a
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potential ban asking the way. But they know we obviously had
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East Kilbride on on Tuesday past and I think that's kind of maybe
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derailed a bit for us now. Yeah, that's one of the next
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things that we're going to talk about.
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Were you actually at the game on Tuesday, James?
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Yeah, yeah, I managed to get there.
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So so we were we were both at games on Tuesday night in the
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League Cup and they just so happened to be in the same group
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as well. I made the trip to Inverness to
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see to see me and make it in the out and go and see my mates
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elegance beloved Elgin City. Against Inverness they actually
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put on a really good performance Elgin but they decided not to
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start playing well until they were two nil down which never
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helps the team. But on the whole, I think 2 nil
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was a right scoreline for Inverness, especially going
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forward in the first half. They've played some really nice
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stuff. But Elgin, they've got nothing
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to worry about this coming campaign.
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I can see them putting up a decent fight on on the upcoming
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season. I actually think their main
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title contenders are going to be your opponents.
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James. I know they've just come up from
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the Lowlands League, but East Kilbride's signings have really
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stood out. A lot of real statement signings
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and as you probably saw on Tuesday, they're not to be
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messed with. No, I mean, I'm going to say two
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things again. Certainly I'm contradicting
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myself. I do think the Rovers probably
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should have put them away quite easily.
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We had enough chances in the first half.
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There was a messed open goal, a messed one-on-one will leave on.
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There was a clearance off the line and usually you get a
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feeling when things like this happen that it's not going to be
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your day. But at the same time, even
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though I'm saying the Rovers definitely should have but one,
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based on the performance, I was really surprised by how well
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East Kilbride got the ball down passed about really good
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movement. It wasn't what I expected from
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them to be honest, given how given where we played in
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Saturday past. So credit them there And yeah, I
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think most vocal, if you don't know how the game panned out,
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the Rovers scored what we thought was our 87th minute
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winner, leave on my header, go past the keeper and East
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Kilbride took centre, got an 89th minute goal to bring it
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level, a 92nd minute penalty and then a 94th minute fourth goal.
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So it's. A 5 minute hat trick, James.
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Yeah, I have 5 minute hat trick so I.
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Was a. Yeah, well, John Larson's a fair
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play term. And to not mention the first
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goal of the game, which was by Jack.
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Yeah, again, if if anyone's listening and hasn't gone and
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seen that there was a it was an opening goal of the game.
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And despite the frustrations from the Rovers fans, there was
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a small round of applause that went around the home end for how
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good a strike it was. Stepping off the left and just,
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it's just a an absolute snipe. I know it's we're literally 2
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games into the season. I don't think you'll see a
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better goal all season. It is.
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It was pretty special. I need to look at that one.
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I'll be straight on to look at that.
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Yeah, and I'm honestly, it's Jack, Jack Keeley.
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I, I, I wish I had receipts of this but I think it's only been
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in person. That of son is praised but I saw
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a few games of of him for East Fife and he really looked a real
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player so I wasn't a surprised move and I saw that he was
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scoring goals for East Kilbride anyway.
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Adam James has referenced possible banana slips we've seen
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before Premiership clubs slipping up.
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Dundee United were quite fortunate to get through last
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year and we've seen a few clubs actually fail to get their
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groups in, Johnson mainly before getting relegated.
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Obviously Hearts haven't slipped up, at least not at the time of
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recording, but there is one or two clubs that have before we
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get on to Dundee. Motherwell, we've had quite a
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slippy star. I know they've managed to
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salvage five points, but I mean one of those was a bonus point
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after drawing with League 2 Clyde and the other one was a
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last minute winner against freshly, really freshly promoted
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Peter Heads. I mean, I've been really excited
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by their appointment of Yens Asku.
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I think it's something different which Motherwell have gone down
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the last few times, but certainly not the start it would
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have wanted. No, I don't think so.
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Not at all. And I was actually, funnily
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enough, I was actually in the car coming home listening to
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that game on the on the radio. I wasn't sure what game was
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going to be on and Stephen Cregon was on a whole
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commentating for Motherwell Peterhead and they were throwing
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the kitchen sink at Peterhead. But Peterhead were doing
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everything you would expect a lower league side to do, like
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right in their faces, punting it away, getting bookends,
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everything you could do to try and like keep them out.
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And I think to be honest, that late goal was a pretty big sigh
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of relief for the crowd. You could actually hear it on
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the radio. So yeah, I mean, it depends how
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you look at like 5 points out of sex, like on paper, like they're
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still OK, if you know what I mean.
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But if you read into the two games they've done, they've
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stumbled and strolled like through like, I mean 5050 and a
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penalty shoot out and then obviously like a last whatever
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it will last minute, last two minutes to go 1 and against
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Peterhead. So I think they are they're not
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they're Seminole looking comfortable in that group.
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And it's from for a member rightly as well.
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I'm sure their last game is Morton.
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So if they were both to win again, then obviously that'll be
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Morton on 9 and Motherwell on 8. I don't know.
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Again obviously how many points you'll need to get second place.
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So they might get second prize. I'm sure they'll fancy their
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sell against Motherwell for Park, Morton at for Park.
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But you know, I don't think Morton will be any pushovers
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either to be honest. I mean they got 7 goals
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conceded, 2 in the first two games so they'll be more than up
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for it. I think there was another couple
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notable mentions without going too much detail, but St.
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Mirren, there's another one. Obviously I know Robinson's was
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much after the first game, he was not happy at all, as you'd
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expect, obviously losing the eyebrow form penalties.
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So getting a point there. And then even the one there, I
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didn't hear what I had to say about that.
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But again, 2/1 at 4 for there's not exactly jumping for joy at
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that either. But again, at this stage,
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they're all going to say the same thing out of their
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managers. It's just about getting points
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in the board and one in that group and none of them is going
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to have to say anything unless they do otherwise.
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So obviously if I'm finished second and and whatever.
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But again, Saint Maddon's got tough as well that I think it's
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a good show for the United. I've been there in a good, good
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place and we've obviously started really strongly with the
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one they got, albeit against Anand but still away.
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And then, you know, I think they should a lot of positives last
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season. So they'll be looking to kick on
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as well. So I don't think they'll make it
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easy for Saint Milne and that group.
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Yeah, but I don't think any of them can.
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I don't think any of them can be eclipsed by done deal at the
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moment. I'm glad you mentioned air
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there, Adam, because I've just finished rating the sub stack
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for everything Scotland, which is a associated with a podcast.
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And I talked about air playing our broth on Saturday.
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And I believe Aaron's the last match day is between the air and
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I think that could be a really good game worth going to if
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you're in the vicinity. And I'm assuming it'll be on
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Premier Sports because there's a Premiership club involved and
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I've I fancy it here to be. I don't think they'll be
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fighting for the title, but I think they'll be fighting for
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promotion come the end of next season.
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And this has been an ideal start for them being Annan 61.
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Speaking of big wins, Queens Park can be breaking 5 nil and
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Falkirk can be breaking 7 nil and match day one.
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I did a quick look before this recording and the worst League
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Cup group stage performance to date was Berwick Rangers.
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They had 0 points and -21 Rican are -12 after two games, so they
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might be on the way to be beaten.
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That is certainly not a record that you want to have, but we'll
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move on to the upcoming games and this will mean that we touch
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on the game just passed as well. Airdrie are on fire.
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They beat Bonnie Rigg 3 nil after beating Dundee one NIL.
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All credit to Airdrie, they stayed up last year through the
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playoffs. But the real talking point has
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to be Dundee, after making such an unexpected decision to get
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rid of Tony Docherty, to bring in Stephen Presley, which was
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such a controversial appointment.
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You really have to get off on the right foot and he's not
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managed that quite yet, has he James?
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So I yeah, it's I mean, you do feel a bit sort of for Stephen
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Presley. You don't wish anyone going into
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a job not to do well. But I think from before Dundee
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had even played their first game, people are already
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watching that, waiting to see what happens.
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Because I think Stephen Paisley and the Dundee board were the
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only people that thought that was a good appointment.
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And just after his comments and there the press conference as
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well when he's talking about, if I don't know, I can't remember
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the exact quote, but with some long lines of if you want a man
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that's going to win US trophies, I'm not your man.
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And then to fall out with first competitive game as a defeat to
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a lower league side, it's not a great start at all.
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So you, you feel like the pressure is already on on there.
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I've not heard too much reaction from the Dundee fan just because
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I'm not in those circles. But I can't imagine they'll be
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too chuffed in their next game. They've got Alloa, it's away
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recreation parks, and they were the easiest place to go.
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So yeah, that could be that. Could be another tough one.
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I think the biggest problem for them as well, James, is if you
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look at their group now, there's two teams on 6 and obviously
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it's nearly must one at this point as well for more than one
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reason. Obviously for Presley to get off
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to that more of a positive start, but then to stop, you
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know, people starting to bang down our door really early just
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because of the point we touched them about, you know,
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expectations and getting humbled early in the League Cup.
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I'm like you, I've always strangely the appointment.
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And then The thing is when you look at Presley's background,
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the last like few years, things like four or five years has not
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actually been in management. So for Dundee Eagle from Tony
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Dockerty like and go to someone like Stephen Presley that is
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really left field like to this. I know people change their
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approaches, but when you think about Dundee budget wise and in
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the league and the type of players have lost in the last
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few windows yet probably want somebody a bit more experienced
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than that and make sure they stay up as a minimum.
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But yeah, obviously that like you said, Presley and the board
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feel they're the right people. But we'll see how long it lasts
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I guess. Yeah, because I mean, like you
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say, I think Dundee over the years gone by have been in my
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from what I've seen in the time I've watched Scottish football
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have been more of like a yoyo club.
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You know, they're always at the right end of the Championship or
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at maybe the wrong end of the Premier League.
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But in recent years I've really actually been all right.
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Obviously just sold book McCown to Celtic.
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He was a good player, Brian, Tony Dockery and ended up being
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a really good move from initially.
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And it's just it's our turn to like the sort of they're almost
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like you don't like to see teams bringing in the same sort of
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characters that always hang out in Scottish football.
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And I know Stephen Paisley hasn't been in management like
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you say, but he's just one of these figures that's always
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tapped for jobs. And that you kind of you raise
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your eyebrows because you think, what is he actually achieved?
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You know what, get some head at the bank to be considered for
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that sort of stuff. But yeah, it's mean.
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Like you said, Saturday's now absolutely massive game, the no
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trailing even though I've only played one game.
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He said. They're trailing 6 points to
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both Air J and Alloa and if they if they're to lose that, it'd be
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an absolute disaster for him. So it'd be interesting to see
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how it goes. I'm glad Adam, you, you need
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what I well, you've both touched on it now.
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But Adam, you're the first to say it wasn't just bringing in
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Stephen Presley. It was the bizarre point,
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bizarre decision to even get rid of Tony Docherty in the 1st
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place. I don't think it actually had to
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happen at all. But I mean, for, for the record,
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I actually really want Stephen Presley to to succeed because it
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is your appointment that's a wee bit different.
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Obviously I know he's Scottish and he'll probably have all the
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same contacts, but it's not your usual Scottish whirlwind
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manager. I know him personally.
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He's he's a really nice guy. I don't live down the road from
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him or anything, but I've met him a few times and you can tell
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that he knows football and from what I've actually heard through
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other podcasts, the training is actually phenomenal.
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A lot of the players are really, really happy with what he's
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doing and I just like to see him prove people wrong because I I
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understand that the fans concerns I do, especially going
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from Tony Docherty. But it'd be really nice to see
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him do well and get Dundee back in the top sites like Tony
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Docherty had done previously. I know that won't be the first
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priority and neither it should because you don't want to aim
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too high. Just take it game by game.
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But I, I really do fear. Do you think and tell me if I'm
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jumping the gun here guys? I'll come to Adam first if and I
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notice my gift, but it's possible.
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If Dundee failed to progress, will the knives be out for him
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already? They'll certainly be getting
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sharpened, that's for sure. I don't think it'll be too knee
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jerk in terms of the reaction, but it will very much end on the
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start of that campaign in terms of the league if he fails.
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So like James has touched on there, if they do not get that
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one, they're pretty much out. I would think two games left,
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especially to Lewisville because that'll put all on 9 and in any
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point whatsoever for the other team in the group started on 6
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points I forgot. If they get a point, then
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obviously that's a dead in the water for Dundee there.
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And then obviously his focus will be to try and end
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positively, but then also the the the force that will be
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right. I need to start this league
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campaign well, because 2-3 games.
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And if they don't, yeah, I think it could be quite quickly.
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Should you know what it's like in football these days, right?
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You don't the people don't get time.
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So yeah, the Tony Dockerty thing like.
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I felt like he's got a lot of experience and I'm kinda with
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you, like it went with Stephen Presley in a different
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direction. As a Hearts fan, my views on
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Stephen Presley, if I remain neutral for the purpose of
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management, yeah, I would agree. It's more about seeing him do
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well. And again, I would imagine his
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coaching will be decent because he's had obviously the time at
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Brentford as well and a lot of time in England to to sort of
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learn his trade that they're coaching.
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Think the key was like I've touched on, it's not been
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anywhere near management for a few years.
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And obviously he's went from sort of lower league England up
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to the Scottish Prem and joined the club that is probably like
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two or three at the moment in transition, but not with like a
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substantial budget compared to others.
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So I mean, obviously they've got that Mexican, I think they've
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got that they've got like a Mexican partnership as well.
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So, but again, it's all like new, it's new stuff and it's a
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culture thing with people from Mexico as well.
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So I'm not too sure how well that arrangements going to go
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either. So there's a lot of FS and buts
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would be the way to look at. I'm trying to hold my tongue a
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little bit as well because I'm going to put predictions out on
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my own channels, but I'm going to wait and see how the
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obviously the window goes and stuff.
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But yeah, Dundee will be near the bottom end by the looks of
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it, based on how they've started and how they've recruited, I
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might add. At the moment, yeah.
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I mean, you're, you're completely right.
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And as things stand, I can, I probably wouldn't be too
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different to you putting Dundee towards the bottom.
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James, do you think we're glossing over Motherwell a wee
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bit? I mean, that's two quite lower
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league ends, lower lower end teams that they've faced and
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really struggled against both. Then the really, really
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convincing win against Ennismeyer, another League One
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team. But do you think even if the
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performances aren't there, there will be questions over Yens
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Ascu? The first thing he asked the
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fans for was patience, but that's easier said than done,
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especially in Scottish football. Do you think if one or two
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things were to go wrong in the next two games from other role,
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there'll be questions asked there as well?
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Or am I just am I just fishing here?
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I. Mean it's always hard to say
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because people will know who Stephen Fraser is and they know
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where he's come from. The success he's had as a
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manager already. It's not been too good.
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So there's all there's all there already a preconception there.
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Whereas obviously Mario's new gaffers less unknown.
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You know, there's maybe maybe it gets a little bit more leeway
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there. But I mean, like you said,
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they've obviously the first two games they've scraped by
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Peterhead pretty much and the Clyde games gotten the
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penalties. Morton's made a far better start
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to their campaign, 15, seven goals past Peterhead and Stanhus
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Muir combine. So Morton will be fancying their
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chances of getting the top of the table.
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Another thing he's got to look at as well as he's got the
23:00
departure lane and Miller hanging over him.
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So he's going to have probably a wee bit of money to play with
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there and that if he makes sight signings could help not mother
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well in the right direction and help out.
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But yes, I don't know. It's it's just never when you're
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getting these Premier League teams coming into the League Cup
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campaign, there's not you know, to win is the bare minimum,
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isn't it? If you win, you're just doing as
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you'd expected. And if it's anything short of
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that, as is so far we're my well, dropping points, dandy
23:36
dropping points. It very quickly becomes a bad, a
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disaster. So yeah, it's it's not been a
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great start for those two. But like you said, you don't
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want them to do badly. You want these guys to come in
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and do well. Yeah, we'll just have to say it
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goes. I'm not going to make any
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predictions about people getting a job because it's way too early
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for that. Yeah, you're not as bold as
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that. I never, I never like like
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washing that on people either. I think it's a horrible thing,
24:04
like to wish on anyone. But yeah, I think that's a good
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thing. You touched him about Lennon
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Muller as well. Like, that's that's the word
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that's hanging over him. Like if he was gone even
24:14
regardless of the obviously a massive part of finance pizza
24:17
and all that. But just the fact that he is
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sort of the star man and you know, he's there, but he isn't
24:21
if you know, I mean, he's not on the field.
24:24
Lots of stuffs going on in the background.
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How much the manager knows about it, we don't overly know because
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I know of these, a lot of these things end up the managers gets
24:30
told what's happening. So yeah, it's like that hangs
24:34
over them. But I think the key thing that
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I'm sticking my mind between the if you use Motherwell and done
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these examples again, Motherwell have got 5.6.
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So they might be struggling, but they've got that little bit of
24:48
luck that's gaining them the points so far.
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And again, if you can just keep that a little bit momentum and
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they do beat Morton and finish top, then again, you've got a
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lot more sort of figuratively, literally, you've got more
25:02
points in the bank and then see what Presley has.
25:03
So again, he gets a bit more time and not a jump back on a
25:07
Dundee. I know we're trying to go with
25:09
certain teams, but I just had a quick glance right at Dundee's
25:12
opening fixtures and yeah, the August looks like home.
25:17
It helps await Rangers, a weighty Kelly, Dundee, Darby.
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So yeah, I think it should be an interesting watch, like for
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Dundee, especially if things go a little bit South and the
25:31
League Cup, they'll have an interesting start.
25:34
Because if he's to, if he's to write off, let's just say
25:37
Saturdays, a draw or something, or they just write off the
25:39
league campaign. He's got a couple of games to
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get them playing well and playing right.
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But then he's got this baptisma fire, like you say, Habs,
25:46
strangers back-to-back, I mean Dundee.
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Imagine you don't win those first three games, James, and
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you've not totally top and you've got a Derby to deal with.
25:55
I. Mean that Derby could be the
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end. Like I know I don't want to see
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it like that and I don't I don't like to jump the gun, but it's
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just like, yeah, it can change so quickly for people.
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But hey, this we could go through the weekend and on the
26:08
next week and all of a sudden Dundee have been won in the rest
26:10
of their game. So we'll see how how Presley
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does. Yeah.
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Guys, thank you so much for your time.
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We're coming up to just before the half hour mark.
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My personal pick for the weekend coming up as a wee bit biased
26:24
change as you probably are as well, there's a Fife Derby
26:25
coming up between Kelty Hearts and E Fife.
26:29
It's a good opportunity for both teams to get a look at each
26:31
other as well as E Fife will be joining Kelty Hearts in League
26:35
One. I've got a wee soft spot for
26:37
Kelty Hearts so hope they go and manage to do the job.
26:40
Other than that, folks really enjoyed speaking with you Adam
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for the first time. I hope to see you again soon.
26:47
And James, it's been a pleasure. As always folks, remember to
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Until next time folks, take care and I'll speak to you all later.