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Listen to the noise, listen to 
the passion in Hamden Park. 

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It's John again. 
It's Donnie's. 

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Let's move on. 
The green dog by the fish chest.

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The one for Scotland. 
Hello and welcome back to the 

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Scots for Mike podcast. 
I'm your host James Scott and 

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we're buzzing to have you back 
all in again for the new year. 

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We hope you had a lovely 
Christmas and had appropriate 

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celebrations at Hogmanay. 
The time of record and it's the 

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5th of January, so I think we're
all just about over our 

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hangovers and ready to pick up 
the mics again. 

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And just as well, because 
there's been a lot going on in 

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Scottish football, especially 
over the last 24 hours. 

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It's been a crazy, crazy 
whirlwind, even after the 

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weekend's fixtures came to a 
close. 

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Joining me to discuss all the 
ongoings Fen Crocker back on. 

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Good to have you, Fen. 
Good to be back on mate. 

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And Ian Mackintosh was a 
pleasure. 

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Nice to have you back on. 
Happy New Year all. 

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Yeah, good stuff, right? 
Where do we start? 

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There's been the highest 
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know, seven quarter quarter now 
and like we thought we'd got 

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everything and then news just 
broke again. 

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We'll take it. 
We'll take it from the start of 

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the weekend, obviously, Celtic 
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The Old Farm kicked off at noon 
on the Saturday, Celtic losing 

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31 to their rivals Rangers very 
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It was a, you know, a game of 
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first only managed to go in half
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didn't really change much going 
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to Rangers coming out and 
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I mean, I don't know, I really 
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I didn't have high expectations 
for this game but it seems there

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was a lot riding on it, 
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Wilfred Nancy has been dismissed
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Yeah, I mean it, it was a crazy 
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Obviously Charmetti finally 
having a good performance. 

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I think that it's one of his 
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Yeah, I think it's evident that 
that Nancy was out of his depth.

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I I think for a couple, the the 
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it was too soon when Celtic fans
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it was clear that, you know, at 
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figured out what was working for
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They changed their shapes 
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game flips on its head and and 
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I think that's them 4 unbeaten 
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It's been a long, long time 
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the league now. 
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said, the end of the the short, 
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tenure, his spell as as full 
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shorter than Martin and Neil's 
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So Wilfred Nancy was in the 
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whereas Martin O'Neill was in 
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And as we'll touch on in a 
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broken the last kind of 10 
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returning to Celtic Park as 
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the season. 
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I mean, you said there has been 
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I mean, in the league at least. 
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Obviously the semi final win but
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Last time that was the extra 
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That last win was three nil 
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September 2024. 
That feels like a very long time

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ago, especially for Celtic fans.
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said, given 2 halves, Celtic 
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first half, probably should have
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only took that one going to the 
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It was Yang that got the the 
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It was some. 
Goal as well. 

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It's just it's a good goal, but 
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it defendant. 
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round. 
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Defendant is questionable, but 
it's still yeah. 

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better. 
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It's a rocket of a shot, isn't 
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That's, you know, the peace and 
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much beat Butland. 
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criticize him. 
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with a couple of things that 
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season along with Michael as 
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two goalies in the in the goal 
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You know, it was that, you know,
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There was no way he was going to
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He was definitely suspected for 
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do. 
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suspect, but Casper Michaels had
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well, obviously dodging in the 
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dodging against Aberdeen in the 
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as no Celtic fans are even 
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I mean, is it? 
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stopping in those goals. 
There's position in that fourth 

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goal is. 
Forever. 

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No. 
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Kenny McLean shooting from the 
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I. 
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in two mains about growing up, I
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Corner. 
Be the 11th man. 

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under Nancy has been the 
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the, you know, the dugout in 
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for fangs. 
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side there wasn't. 
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Rangers adopted, Celtic didn't. 
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early chance for Celtic is 
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for the second-half. 
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free goals that you said, 
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finally sort of living up to the
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People thought it was going to 
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Upgrade tag. 
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definitely suspect the I think 
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referenced as going down and and
installments. 

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I think it was. 
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You might not have said that, 
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And it really was that wasn't 
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I mean, he was so slogan then it
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world. 
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Mikey Moore talked away and made
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there's a tiny little deflection
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for him to save that and make it
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deflection takes it closer to 
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The deflection is the one that's
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going to save them, but it still
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net. 
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cashless Michael, for a little 
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I'm not anyway related to, you 
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whatsoever. 
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just get the fear that he's 
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You know, when you see a 
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either out of his debt or he's, 
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what used to be. 
We've all seen a goalkeeper for 

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our clubs like that. 
I'm not going to name names. 

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I could easily name names in the
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I don't think you're going to 
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From Oh, no, no, I want that's 
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We don't have time for an Andy 
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And if he's just been so 
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since that Denmark game you're 
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worse, you know, And I think the
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after it was the Saint Mirren 
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from the halfway line. 
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And then I wouldn't have been 
surprised if Celtic fans were 

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sending that by the time we got 
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You know, it was just he's just 
been so suspect for Celtic 

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recently. 
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is that somebody mentioned, I 
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Twitter account that's mentioned
about Joe Hart because he was 

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there on Saturday in the in the 
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And you've seen he was like one 
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stands on Saturday, the big 
names like, and he was still 

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getting like sick in the church.
He was getting like, you know, 

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handshakes on the Celtic 
reporters and they went, you 

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know, he's they're trying to 
give him some encouragement. 

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You know, he's probably he went 
out the peak of his he could 

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have went kept on playing a 
couple of more years. 

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I think Johar and but he knew 
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you know, the body wasn't going 
to take it anymore. 

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He wanted to get into the media 
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That's I think Castro's Michael 
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in the summer. 
That that's just my festival 

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point. 
I always thought his signing was

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going to be like a stop gap 
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Then Castro's Michael comes in, 
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hands for at least a season and 
then they go and sign somebody 

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in the summer for about 
5,000,006 million who would be 

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the next long term goalkeeper 
and somebody who'd be a big 

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steady pair of hands. 
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I do think that maybe when it 
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be surprised if Celtic signed 
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They need to sign a goalkeeper 
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what, 3738 now and can't just 
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He's just going to get worse as 
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And I think it to be honest, 
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problems, that is actually no. 
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We'll come on to that in a 
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He was originally under 

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consideration this summer. 
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withdrew, Martin came in, Martin
was sacked, he's replaced Martin

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and I think the turmoil at 
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him in a way because it's taken 
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and he's been allowed to quietly
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And that's 12 games, last 12 
games for Rangers now, one 

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defeat, 2 draws, you know, he's 
beaten Celtic. 

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The only other defeat, the only 
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top of the league. 
Yeah, he's a narrow one, Yeah. 

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So he's been allowed to quietly 
get on the things and like 

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they've avoided criticism. 
They've also avoided about the 

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spotlight and that's then 
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I mean, it's interesting to see.
We've always things changing. 

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Celtic, Rangers are up that end 
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got that together after the 
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Hearts just that it's looking so
tight up there. 

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It's going to be interesting to 
see how they're like 6 months or

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five months plays out. 
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wrote Rangers kind of off at the
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were so badly and I thought I 
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I mean, given how many games 
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and how you know their league 
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But if you actually looked at 
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early on, it was not a massive a
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And like you said, they've kind 
of just been flying under the 

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radar and suddenly they're 
they're back in the title face 

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the title race. 
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coming into into Celtic as the 
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the season, I generally think it
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Yeah, which was the news. 
Hard for so long, yeah. 

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Didn't want what would. 
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obviously weekend defeat for 
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Monday comes around, dust is 
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statement Monday afternoon 
saying. 

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Celtic Football Club today 
announces that it has made the 

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decision to terminate the 
contract of manager Wilfred 

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Nancy with immediate effect. 
The club thanks Wilfred for his 

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efforts and wishes him and his 
family well in the future. 

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References All the assistants 
are leaving. 

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They also confirm that the club 
is Paul Ted Steel who is head of

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football operations. 
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then just before we came on to 
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Martin O'Neill is taking the 
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season, which to be fair, is 
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have done in the 1st place. 
Again, it feels like they could 

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have avoided all this mess with 
Nancy because I mean, who's to 

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say whether or not it would have
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the appointed time what happens 
happened. 

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But, you know, given the the 
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season and the fact that I think
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Neil when they initially came 
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right, thanks for doing that, 
Cheerio. 

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So, I mean, if you can get, I 
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to again, there's no reason 
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because I think it was pretty 
obvious of players. 

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I mean, when you heard Luke 
Mccarron's interview after the 

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on Saturday, Yeah, you know, I 
think I can't mind you, it was 

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maybe Scott's confession or 
Scott's, I'm forgetting who it 

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was opposed. 
But basically, you know, the the

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tone and the manner he spoke 
about his managing interview. 

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You really actually hear that 
level, not not criticism, but 

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you know, if you can read 
between the lines, you never 

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hear players speak like that too
often, even after the managers 

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left their mind when he's in the
role thing, he said some long 

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lines of he's a manager, what 
can you do? 

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Yeah, we've. 
Got no choice. 

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Yeah, we've got no choice. 
You know, as players, we've just

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got to get on and do what he's 
telling us, kind of alluding to 

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the fad and trying to say, but 
we don't think what he's asking 

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us to do is the right thing. 
You know, as a team it's not 

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working. 
But yeah, Martin O'Neill coming 

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in. 
Probably not what Hearts wanted,

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probably not what Celtic fans 
want, Rangers fans wants. 

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So I know they were sort of 
cheering on Nancy when his name 

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got read out over Tano at Celtic
Park once. 

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But I mean, I mean for Celtic 
fans, they'll be happy. 

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So now because I think like I 
said, if they, if he can get out

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of his players what he was 
getting out of them back in 

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November, which wasn't too long 
ago, you know, like you said, a 

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three horse race isn't out the 
equation. 

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Yeah, I think, yeah, obviously 
touching on the stacking one 

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more time before we move on to a
different sacking that confirmed

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Wilfred Nancy's the the shortest
ever reign as manager of Celtic 

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are Rangers. 
The top five is John Barnes at 

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245 days for Celtic, Pedro 
Cacina at 229 days, Paula Gwen 

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for Rangers at 186 days, Russell
Martin obviously second to 122 

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days and Welford Nancy only at 
32 days. 

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So there's quite a jump there. 
And the top 2 both being the 

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season is, is quite damning on 
the state of of Rangers and 

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Celtic. 
The season. 

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Obviously with with the funding 
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to, to push on. 
Obviously Hearts have made a 

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number of signings already. 
Geordie Altina, I think that's 

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how you pronounce that. 
He made an instant impact on 

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Saturday, got an assist on his 
debut against Livingston. 

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Yeah. 
So again, you know, these 

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players you've probably never 
heard of and then they'll 

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they'll come and light the 
league up. 

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So we just have to wait and see.
Obviously that Kazakhstan 

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international as well Islam 
Chesnikov I don't know how to 

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pronounce. 
Well done. 

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Is that is that? 
Yeah, I'm proud of that. 

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One, it sounds like you say say 
it with conviction and I don't 

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think any questions. 
If you say it with conviction, 

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then we're just going to say 
you're a language student. 

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Yeah, so. 
So yeah, I think we can move on 

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now. 
Yeah, I'll ask enough about 

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Celtic and Rangers and I. 
Know you'll be wanting to stop 

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it and because it's it's all up 
in your area that what I was 

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going to say in your area of the
country, but you're down here in

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Edinburgh. 
But yeah, it's all up in 

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Aberdeen. 
Something I mean, talk to us 

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about it. 
How do you feel about it as a 

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because I know when I spoke to 
Mum said, well, you spoke about 

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how much you appreciate failing 
for what he did, you know, with 

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the Scottish Cup and, you know, 
such happy moments. 

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He brought you through that. 
But it just hasn't been working,

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has it? 
No, I mean, it's it's been AI 

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don't know if it's a long time 
coming as the right way to say 

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it, but the performances have 
been dire for a while now. 

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And I mean, I think Peter Levine
said after a second that like 

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the whole club has to take 
responsibility for it and that 

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he's been let down, which I do 
agree with slightly, but his 

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selection has been questionable.
You know, he clearly had 

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favourites with Sievert Nelson 
and and Alexander Jensen, who he

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he continued to pick despite bad
perform performances. 

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And ultimately, yeah, it's just 
not been good enough. 

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Obviously Barry Robson was 
sacked and the club stated the 

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8th wasn't good enough and there
was fans questioning that 

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because we were sitting eighth. 
And a few days later they I 

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guess that they got, they got 
what they wanted and he was 

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sacked. 
For me, I don't know if I was 

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slightly surprised, to be fair. 
Timing a bit surprised me. 

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I was sitting. 
Because obviously we've got, 

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well by the time this will come 
out we'll have probably already 

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played Rangers at the time of 
recording. 

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We've got them tomorrow and 
we've got them back-to-back, but

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I was more just surprised 
because of how much he's been 

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backed. 
Obviously with European money 

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he's been backed. 
But I suppose with the the new 

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sport director Lutz, I'm not 
even going to try and pronounce 

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his second name, Fran Steel or 
something. 

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He's German. 
Fran Steel, I think. 

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Within the club and still the 
Penguin. 

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Yes, that's the one. 
That's his name. 

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You say that when we were. 
Then you die twice as well that 

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that and he's like, you're still
a Penguin. 

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He died twice. 
Spent 100 and spent 101 days in 

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a Singaporean jail. 
Yeah. 

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Oh, he was in jail, Yeah. 
So, so yeah, with him coming 

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into the club, I think there's 
going to be a lot more of an 

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analytical approach. 
Maybe not to the extent of 

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Jamestown analytics, but he's 
got contacts from all over the 

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world. 
He's still the only player to 

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ever play on the six inhabited 
continents as a player. 

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So I'm sure he's got contacts 
wide-ranging from his time in 

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Germany, from his time in 
America. 

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So yeah, I'll be interested to 
see who who he goes, who he goes

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for. 
Obviously Peter Levine coming in

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to to take charge as caretaker. 
He proved in the 2022, no 2324 

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season that he's more than 
capable as caretaker. 

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He went 10 unbeaten in his two 
in his two stints. 

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Obviously came in for one game 
against Celtic, then we 

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appointed Neil, he got a draw 
there got then we appointed Neil

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Warnock, then he was sacked and 
then he took charge again and 

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went 9 unbeaten. 
Steered as well clear of the 

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relegation fight that we were in
at the time and he was actually 

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the one that gave Fletcher Boyd 
his debut I'm sure. 

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So you know he's more than 
capable. 

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He was linked with the 
Kilmarnock job before Stuart 

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Kettlewell was in the post I'm 
I'm quite sure he was. 

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Linked to Race Rovers. 
Yeah, I was going to say that. 

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Yeah, I think I quite liked the 
idea of it. 

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I was. 
I was all for it. 

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So. 
I think that's when, yeah, I 

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think that's when you and Murray
was sacked, if I remember 

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correctly, because we took our 
time to, we took our like 

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literally, we took our time to 
appoint his successor. 

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And I think we took about a 
month and he was one of the 

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names. 
Like, I'm surprised he's still 

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there, I have to admit. 
Bill. 

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Yeah, he's just like he knows 
what he's doing. 

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Yeah, he's got a good pedigree 
as well as a coach, and it looks

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like he's got a little bit of 
respect in the dresser and maybe

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even more than a little bit of 
respect as well. 

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But it sounds like he knows what
he's doing. 

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He's a steady pair of hands. 
Because as well, I mean, 

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Aberdeen had for years 
consistency. 

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They had Derek McInnes, you 
know, achieved varying levels of

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success, didn't really bring too
much in terms of silverware, but

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you always had that yeah, 
competing up right end of the 

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league. 
Since then you've had Stephen 

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Glass, 34%, one percentage. 
He was in the door from 21 to 

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22. 
You had Jim Goodwin, Josh, shy 

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of 40%, one percentage. 
Then it was Barry Robson or 

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Muffins a mess net Warner here, 
but by Robson was just over 40%,

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one percentage. 
Then it was Jimmy Fallon. 

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It's just and I mean Derek had 
or it was 53.4 percent, 1%. 

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I know there's numbers like they
really it's funny how clubs 

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struggle after periods of 
having, you know, the 

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consistency of one guy in charge
implementing his style and club 

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has influencer and the way their
club and Aberdeen just can't 

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seem to get it right since has 
you know, and I wouldn't say on 

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paper, I think. 
You know, some good 

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appointments. 
I mean, Jim Goodwin used to know

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at Dundee United now, isn't it, 
Stephen Glass? 

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Don't think that was painted 
that. 

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Was an awful that was an awful 
appointment. 

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Before that, was it really 
painted out to be as bad as it 

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ended up being that? 
Was that was his first proper 

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managerial gig? 
True, but as well, I just think 

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they they just haven't. 
They just haven't what I've 

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nailed down have there. 
I'm really pleased with the the 

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sporting director appointment 
and his pedigree. 

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So I'm hoping that he can take 
his time and get it right this 

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time because obviously right now
the bookies favorite is Stephen 

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Robinson. 
You know, all these the same 

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names. 
But like Jimmy Tallinn. 

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I was actually saying with his 
appointment as well that just 

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having something unknown is 
exciting. 

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I mean, just like a random 
foreign manner that you've never

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heard of. 
And then you can spend all your 

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free time researching what they 
did in their career, which which

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I did with Jimmy Tween when and 
looked at what he did at 

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Elfsborg and everything. 
And it was really promising. 

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And obviously, like you said, 
after that Scottish Cup win, he 

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will forever be an Aberdeen 
legend no matter what, that that

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will be his legacy. 
He will be the one that brought 

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Aberdeen the first Scottish Cup 
since 1990. 

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And no one can take that away 
from him. 

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And even even with the second, I
think it's the the the manager 

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that I think's been the most 
well received after a second 

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I've seen in a long time, all 
the fans just thanking him. 

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His words were great, weren't 
they? 

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Just like you took it. 
Could have been one that was 

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raging about the whole thing, 
about losing his job. 

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But you took it with grace and 
honesty. 

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And you know, I think that's the
way it needs to be done, isn't 

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it? 
You can't. 

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Say it wasn't given a chance as 
well. 

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I mean, I think there's other 
clubs that would have far less 

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patience were having bad things,
grappity and I mean he did 

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manage the time that we did turn
results a little bit. 

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You know, that was it was a 
period where it was much worse 

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compared to recently, but defeat
to fall cricket weekend was seem

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to be the final nail in the 
coffin. 

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John McLean, I think it was. 
Even performances, I think it 

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was even the performances, it 
was like even the wins we were 

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getting, they were undeserved. 
So yeah, I think he'll he'll be 

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fondly remembered but ultimately
didn't work out, which is sad 

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because I think a lot of the 
reason why he got so much time 

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was because the fans were on 
side because of that Scottish 

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Cup one. 
But there's only so much time 

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that you can get. 
Right, right, moving on. 

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The Jambos extend daily at the 
top and due to Celtic slipping 

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up at the weekend as well, how 
Cat gave them an elite early in 

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the match against Livingston at 
Tynecastle. 

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But actually, to be fair, I mean
haven't watched the highlights. 

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They definitely could have been 
at least one now up, if not 2 

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nil up when they got that 
opener. 

447
00:22:57,120 --> 00:22:59,840
But I think it was a performance
in the second-half that kind of 

448
00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:04,040
left the Jambos, the jumbles, 
the heart support, a little bit 

449
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,160
deflated about what could be a 
little bit more of an easier 

450
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,320
ending to the game. 
I think now Livingston maybe 

451
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:11,760
could next something down the 
end. 

452
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,360
Elsewhere in the country, there 
was another Derby going on. 

453
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:21,080
Dundee United hosted their 
neighbors Dundee at Tannadice. 

454
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,920
But it was our third win in a 
rule for Stephen Presley's men. 

455
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,600
He's done quite well, hasn't he?
Not too long ago when we're 

456
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,880
doing a podcast at the start of 
season where the League Cup had 

457
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,160
not gone too well for Dundee. 
And there was, you know, we were

458
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,840
talking about the start of the 
season, how already we were kind

459
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,000
of saying it was a sort of shook
the peg. 

460
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,240
The Paisley was high school in 
there. 

461
00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:51,480
I. 
Think that's a very good time 

462
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:52,360
you're going to get. 
Yeah. 

463
00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,760
I think the fact that he was a 
former Duned United defender as 

464
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,120
well, you know, I mean, it's 
like little things like that 

465
00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,640
probably shouldn't come into the
equation when it's a manager, 

466
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,680
certainly from my point of view.
I mean I wouldn't care if a 

467
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,960
former Dunfermline manager or a 
former Dunfermline player is 

468
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,680
managing rethrovers and I don't 
think. 

469
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,480
They'll speak to yourself. 
I wouldn't want a Rangers player

470
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,920
manager in Aberdeen. 
That's that's your opinion 

471
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:19,640
though. 
But no, I think but certainly 

472
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:23,360
he's doing a good job when you 
look at, I mean I put something 

473
00:24:23,360 --> 00:24:25,880
out today, but he things they 
said in his first press 

474
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,920
conference, if you want someone 
to win titles when you change 

475
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,840
the football, win titles. 
I'm not your man. 

476
00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,920
He's outlasted the first to do 
Rangers manager, then the old 

477
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,360
Celtic manager, then interim 
Celtics manager, the Kilmarnock 

478
00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:42,120
manager, the Aberdeen manager 
and the new Celtic manager. 

479
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,280
So he's that lasted 6 managers, 
Yeah. 

480
00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:48,160
He's done quite well, yeah. 
He's done really well. 

481
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,560
I think everyone was saying that
Dundee were shooting for like 

482
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,040
he's a shooting for relegation, 
almost guaranteed to go down. 

483
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,560
And like you said, three wins in
the Premiership, that's the 

484
00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,360
first time they've done that in 
11 years, 11 years. 

485
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,840
So it's testament to to the work
he's done. 

486
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:08,320
Obviously we were all doubtful, 
especially after the League Cup 

487
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,720
group stage them going out 
early, but you? 

488
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:11,960
Know had from them. 
Really glad. 

489
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,280
Yeah, because you've got to hold
hands up and just applaud I. 

490
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:16,240
Think Joe as well said he spoke 
to him for nice. 

491
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:19,600
Like he's a lovely man. 
His previous gags haven't worked

492
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,360
out from I think he was at 
Carlisle before, went pretty 

493
00:25:22,360 --> 00:25:23,880
disastrously. 
He's been walking away at 

494
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,840
Brentford, so holding his craft 
in terms of management and it 

495
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,640
was a kind of shock appointment 
because you know, Dundee haven't

496
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,480
gone for a guy that's in a can't
role or that or someone who's 

497
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,360
managed and Scott before I think
I'm right. 

498
00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:36,720
Insane. 
Not for a while. 

499
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,800
Yeah, no, they went, you know, 
they went to a guy who's in the 

500
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:44,200
Brent for the Academy came up, 
got questioned, but so far it 

501
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,040
looks like it's, you know, it's 
working excellently from so chef

502
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:48,800
the best. 
It's a big deal as well to win a

503
00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:52,240
Derby game, especially with, you
know, Dundee. 

504
00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,600
It's very rare that Dundee 
actually win games and they 

505
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:56,480
spent back to. 
Back. 

506
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:57,960
Yeah, I was about to say that's 
back-to-back. 

507
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,600
Yeah, they're, so they're and 
there are some. 

508
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,200
Good. 
It's a good Dundee United side, 

509
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:04,760
by the way, Exactly. 
I could do this one. 

510
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,080
They're not just, they're not 
just beaten, you know, a Dundee 

511
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,160
because there has been few 
pretty rotten Dundee United 

512
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,600
sides in recent years. 
I don't think Dundee United fans

513
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,480
will go on me too much for 
saying that. 

514
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,680
But you know, he's putting away,
he's put my good performances 

515
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,680
against that team that good. 
Jim Goodwin's got doing good. 

516
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,480
Things and they beat and they 
beat both Celtic and Rangers 

517
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,160
this season. 
I mean, yeah, it's great. 

518
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,000
It was the first time they beat 
Celtic in 16 years. 

519
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,280
I remember writing something 
like that and beat Rangers as 

520
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,720
well. 
So you know, beat both Rangers 

521
00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,520
and Celtic one in the Derby. 
I mean I think than the than the

522
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,560
FC fans will be chuffed. 
I think as well, if I might see 

523
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,680
now I got a start, you're saying
it's the first back-to-back 

524
00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:49,840
league wins at 10 a day since 
1999. 

525
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,480
You know as history for them. 
You know you always hear about 

526
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,440
bully grounds from people and 
that's certainly a bug again 

527
00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,640
from them obviously the one of 
the last time and they were 

528
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,960
brilliant that last game if you 
remember, four goals in the 

529
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:03,520
first half but two got 
disallowed. 

530
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,120
So five goals, if I remember 
greatly, I think there were 3 

531
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:10,800
winner at half times. 
They're certainly, they're 

532
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,040
certainly turning, turning the 
tide. 

533
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,040
They've got some good players. 
We all know what Santa Murray 

534
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,720
can do. 
I don't think he scored as many 

535
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,640
goals this season as what he 
should do. 

536
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:21,760
You know, that would still come 
to him. 

537
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,480
Obviously he was suspended for 
the weekend. 

538
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,280
Players like him, Eastern 
Hamilton, I think become a very 

539
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:29,840
good addition to them in the 
midfield. 

540
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,600
Luke Graham, who Aberdeen are 
interested in, I think Dundee 

541
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,560
and yeah, Hearts interested. 
Portsmouth as well or interested

542
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,520
in. 
I think there's a couple of 

543
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,200
other English clubs and somebody
who has seen in the Championship

544
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,920
last season somebody who played 
with Falkirk and did very well. 

545
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,440
And so they've got a good squad 
of players there at Danes Park 

546
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:54,160
and I'm not a few Dundee fans 
very well so I'm delighted for 

547
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:55,720
them. 
It's always good to see. 

548
00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,800
Yeah, I think we can maybe move 
on to a bit of news that not 

549
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,480
many people were expecting. 
Obviously over the the weekend 

550
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,960
Ruben Amarin was sacked as 
Manchester United manager. 

551
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,040
Not too many people fussed about
that up here, but Darren 

552
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,520
Fletcher was appointed as 
interim manager, the first 

553
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,560
Scottish Man United manager 
since obviously 2013 with David 

554
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,480
Moyes and before that was 
obviously Sir Alex Ferguson. 

555
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,800
Big steps to follow in with Alex
Ferguson. 

556
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:27,240
So Alex Ferguson, there was a 
clip resurfaced of him talking 

557
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,480
about getting Darren Fletcher 
into coaching and obviously 

558
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,800
Darren Fletcher has been holding
his craft in the under 

559
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,920
nineteens. 
I think they went a whole season

560
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:36,960
unbeaten. 
They've been playing amazing 

561
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:43,560
football and obviously his two 
sons, Tyler and Jack. 

562
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,120
Jack, just say Tyler and the 
Evil 1. 

563
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,840
Yeah, Tyler and the Evil 1. 
Fletcher 18. 

564
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,960
Or twins. 
Both coming through #3839. 

565
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,240
At Man United, yeah. 
Tyler was #39 taking Scotland 

566
00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:00,960
Tommy his number boy so. 
Yeah, he's following on the 

567
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,600
footsteps and giants here, but I
help us on your daddy, the 

568
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,640
manager to a fair so hopefully. 
Hopefully getting getting thrown

569
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:08,640
in straight away or do you 
think? 

570
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,800
Burnley. 
Burnley first up, yeah. 

571
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,480
You start getting some dirty 
looks of the Dunner table if he 

572
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,680
doesn't start also. 
Certainly start in, you know, 

573
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,040
one of them is a kind of which 
one because I've not really 

574
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,800
watched a lot of Man United so 
far, but one certainly coming on

575
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,400
Jack, Jack. 
Jack, Jack coming on, but I hope

576
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,480
Tyler comes on a bit more now. 
Yeah, Tyler. 

577
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:33,240
Tyler's obviously the one who in
the Scotland versus England 

578
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,280
game, just against each other. 
Tyler Scottish choose well, both

579
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,240
born South of the border, but 
Jack chooses to represent 

580
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,280
England. 
Tyler has picked to support and 

581
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,280
support to represent Scotland, 
so phone and his dad's foot 

582
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,120
steps there and that he. 
Said for both. 

583
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,440
Yeah, yeah. 
No, Tyler Jack did as well, 

584
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,800
actually. 
So you never know, you'd be 

585
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:56,600
convinced. 
Yeah, we weren't in the air. 

586
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,840
They also played for Manchester 
City, The Book Boys, Yeah, Man 

587
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,240
City and Stars, and they went 
to. 

588
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,240
Manchester mind that, yeah. 
I thought it's crazy because 

589
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:11,440
like and people have such short 
memories, but I mean on the 

590
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,840
watch Man United back and then 
listens to the way Man United 

591
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,040
players speak about players in 
the team. 

592
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,240
I think it was Guy Neville or 
something, but he always said he

593
00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,720
was like one of the first names 
you look for on the team sheet 

594
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:24,080
is Darren Fletcher because of 
how we did the game, how hard 

595
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,320
they worked, you know, you know 
what? 

596
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:29,120
Then once he had on the game. 
It wasn't one of those players 

597
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,320
who would, you know, had like he
would shoot like 30 yards ago 

598
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,200
like had, no, he wasn't that 
type of creative midfielder, but

599
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:38,920
boy, he was a good midfielder. 
There was there was actually a 

600
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:43,280
clip that went viral about the 
new Chelsea manager that who was

601
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,120
the Strasburg manager Liam 
Rosenaire. 

602
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:49,600
I don't know if that was he was,
he was taught a clip of him on 

603
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,280
on Sky Sports from back in 2018 
went viral again. 

604
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:57,240
And he was talking about how 
well it was the main topic was 

605
00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:58,960
Paul Pogba. 
And he was saying, you know, if 

606
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,920
you look at past magnetic teams,
Darren Fletcher made everyone 

607
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,600
better, everyone around him 
better, whereas Paul Pogba makes

608
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,040
everyone around him worse. 
So I think Darren Fletcher's got

609
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,480
that knowledge of how Man United
works. 

610
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,840
And yeah, hopefully he can make 
Tyler Fletcher a great, great 

611
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:17,840
world class midfielder. 
Yeah. 

612
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,960
I was going to say, do you think
Darren Fletcher will ever be the

613
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:25,120
Scott manager and do you think 
what would you think about it? 

614
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,320
And my personal opinion is he 
will be but I don't know when. 

615
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,360
That's the only thing. 
It depends on how quick he wants

616
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,640
to become a manager like a high 
level. 

617
00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:38,200
So. 
You know, managers always want 

618
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,120
to learn their trade. 
You know, I mean, you see them, 

619
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,680
you see them go into the 
Championship in England, they're

620
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,800
going to League One in England 
or going up to Scotland or going

621
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,840
to, you know, Robbie Keane's 
gone somewhere. 

622
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,200
Where has he gone? 
Was it hungry? 

623
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,920
Yeah, you know, you certainly 
see places like that. 

624
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,560
So it wouldn't surprise me if 
that's going to be his trade. 

625
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,720
But I certainly think he's he's 
got a fairly good chance if you 

626
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,480
want a Scotland managed to 
manage Scotland and I've always 

627
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,040
said it's not a big deal to have
that. 

628
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,400
You know, I know that's a bit 
controversial for people, you 

629
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,560
know, people like to see their 
their manager, you know, be 

630
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,400
Scottish. 
It doesn't bother me, but it'd 

631
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:14,920
certainly be a good thing to 
have. 

632
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,000
And somebody like Dan Fletcher, 
who, you know, he was the star 

633
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,480
player when I was growing up, 
you know, along with James 

634
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,560
McFadden in that Scotland team. 
So who knows, maybe, maybe it's 

635
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,200
something that's going to happen
one day. 

636
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,720
I think it's just a case of 
don't rush them. 

637
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,640
And it's like seeing young 
players don't rush a young 

638
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,440
player for the sake of rushing. 
I think yeah, you just got to 

639
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,520
see where your career goes. 
I mean, he's literally, he's 

640
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:41,240
literally just starting out. 
Like it's such a I'm sure he 

641
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,400
would love to manage Scotland. 
In fact, I think most Scotland 

642
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,080
fans would like to see a guy 
like Darren Fletcher, not just 

643
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:52,040
because like you said, you quite
often want to see guys like that

644
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:53,920
and they're all just because he 
is Scottish. 

645
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:57,240
Similarly, same nationalities, 
you know, he's he's a well 

646
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,600
regarded figure within Scottish 
football overall. 

647
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,680
Like he was a player. 
He was he was an individual that

648
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:07,160
as a player was denied success 
by Scott success. 

649
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,840
He probably in terms of, you 
know, things you went and 

650
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,640
achieved at club level you would
have hoped you did. 

651
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:17,520
He deserves to be in a team like
the team we have today, not to 

652
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:22,960
really like, you know, to to 
shit on guys year of years 

653
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,640
before. 
But, you know, we weren't, we 

654
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:26,920
weren't at the levels we are 
now. 

655
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,480
And Darren Fletcher then get to 
experience major tournament 

656
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,320
football because of that. 
And I think if there was one 

657
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:35,320
thing that would be nice about 
getting into management, 

658
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,000
potentially managing Scotland 
and potentially getting us to 

659
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,720
World Cup or EUR, it would be 
the fact that you would get to 

660
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,200
to get to experience that for 
the first time. 

661
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,920
And I think, I think that would 
please people. 

662
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,640
But yeah. 
Yeah, certainly Pat and Evan on 

663
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,960
the radio 5I was listening to, 
there's a field commentary of 

664
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,560
the Scotland, Denmark game. 
You've not listened to that. 

665
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:57,720
I would listen to that 
recommend. 

666
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,000
It's very good. 
And then Andy was saying about 

667
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,960
all the players who not played 
in the World Cup for Scotland. 

668
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,360
You know, Dan Fletcher was the 
first name he could think of 

669
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,120
anybody else for a couple of 
minutes, for a couple of 

670
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,719
seconds, but he was the first 
name that comes up. 

671
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,840
And you know, I think as well 
remember his oldness as well, 

672
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,480
took so much out of them as 
well. 

673
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,560
Yeah, you know, just we things 
like that. 

674
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,480
I mean, who knows what could 
have happened. 

675
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,199
I think, you know, a couple of 
definitely a couple of years got

676
00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:24,360
taken off him with his illness 
and who knows, he could have 

677
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,520
probably went on become a much 
better player than he was and 

678
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,000
you know, he was a very good 
player. 

679
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,280
But I'll be interested to see 
what he's like as a manager 

680
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,159
though. 
I wonder what I wonder if he's a

681
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,040
hands on type manager or if he's
attractive. 

682
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,400
You know, if he's one who put 
his the arm around the boy's 

683
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,560
shoulders or people just shout 
right in their faces. 

684
00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:45,840
Wonderful it's going to be. 
I can't see I'm going to shout 

685
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:47,239
in the face so I guide to 1 as 
well. 

686
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:48,600
No. 
Well, people lose too. 

687
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:49,960
Nice. 
Yeah, he does. 

688
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,360
Touching on Scotland there. 
We will deal about housekeeping 

689
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:55,960
because since we last spoke to 
you, there's been some news 

690
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,800
about potential friendlies. 
Obviously we've got the World 

691
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,960
Cup and some are big excitement 
about that, but we've got our 

692
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,880
two March friendlies in 
preparation and then we've also 

693
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:10,160
got 2 friendlies and June just 
before we go into the World Cup.

694
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:14,920
And, and we did confirm already 
that, uh, friendly and margins 

695
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,920
Japan is on the cards and that 
should be at Hamden Park. 

696
00:35:20,240 --> 00:35:24,080
News just since come out that we
could also have a, the Ivory 

697
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,800
Coast and March, which would be 
nice. 

698
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,360
I don't think we have ever 
played them before. 

699
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,720
Doesn't ring any bells. 
That'll be in a weak game. 

700
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:38,640
But it will be in England, 
Everton's new stadium, the held 

701
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:42,200
Dixon Stadium down at the docks 
and Merseyside. 

702
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,200
So yeah, that'd be quite nice to
see. 

703
00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:47,320
There's also talk about a 
friendly in Peru. 

704
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,480
I think that not in Peru, no, 
not this emperor. 

705
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,640
Yeah, you. 
Said improve, improve, improve. 

706
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,360
Yeah, friendly gains. 
Peru, but I think Florida. 

707
00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:58,960
And Florida. 
Yeah. 

708
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,400
So we'll have our World Cup send
off friendly in June, which 

709
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:06,280
should be curious. 
Yeah, someone from, I think, 

710
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,960
like Clark alluded to before, he
wants to play teams from each of

711
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,200
the confederations that were 
playing just to build up 

712
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,080
experience. 
Yeah, obviously Ivory Coast 

713
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:18,080
similar to Morocco and guessing 
he's thinking then Peru, same 

714
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:19,880
federation as Brazil and then 
Chris. 

715
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:25,160
So Hamden Park before we then 
play and. 

716
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:31,680
And. 
Then I came in Florida just 

717
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,000
before we then go up to Boston 
and kick things off for real. 

718
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,560
So that'll be quite. 
I'm quite interesting. 

719
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:39,200
See, I'm quite actually quite 
looking forward to the Ivory 

720
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:40,360
Coast game. 
I don't know why, but I've 

721
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:41,840
always. 
Yeah, I want to go to I'll. 

722
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:43,520
I'll be trying to get a ticket 
to that. 

723
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,800
Hopefully not a good way. 
That's a great way to get 2 

724
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,240
points. 
Yeah, I just have WhatsApp 

725
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,400
Liverpool 4/4 hour drive in the 
road, something like. 

726
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,320
That I've got. 
Doable. 

727
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,360
Doable on a night. 
Don't even need a hotel for that

728
00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,040
one. 
Yeah, 2026 obviously just tacked

729
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,760
over into the new year and 
there's a couple of names we 

730
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,560
were looking at earlier. 
We're just kind of sort of 

731
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,520
plotting the beta podcast was 
going to go and we all sort of 

732
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,880
took a stab at seeing who we 
fought, you know, looking at 

733
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,480
Scottish International, some 
younger, some older, who would 

734
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,080
be the guys whose years 2026 
what we're hoping for big things

735
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:20,880
wise. 
Don't know if any of these want 

736
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,800
to go for. 
For me, a couple of names spring

737
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,360
to mind. 
I'll not say them all to leave 

738
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,960
some for you, but Rory Wilson's 
the big one for me. 

739
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,200
Got a news story today coming 
out that he he's potentially 

740
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:40,520
going on loan in January to a 
European top division club with 

741
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,800
eight or nine clubs interested 
so far from Denmark, Austria, 

742
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:45,320
Norway, Belgium and the 
Netherlands. 

743
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:46,960
Just to just to name some 
countries. 

744
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,000
Obviously don't have the clubs 
officially that are interested, 

745
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,040
but I think a long move into 
professional football would be 

746
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,680
great for him. 
Obviously 20 years old now. 

747
00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:59,320
Sign from Rangers for I think 
350,400 thousand. 

748
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,920
Sometime. 
Back in 2022 when he was when he

749
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,680
was really, really young, 
obviously did so, so well with 

750
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:08,440
the with the youth teams and was
getting sniffed about by some 

751
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,760
some big European clubs and 
looked like he was going as he 

752
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,320
was running down his contract. 
But signed the contract with 

753
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:18,120
Aston Villa back in April. 
And since then it's just 

754
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,840
continued to smash. 
I think he's got seven goals and

755
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,200
11 this season, has been 
consistently trained with the 

756
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,440
first team and yeah, I think I 
think a load move is the next 

757
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,800
logical step. 
Same with same. 

758
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,560
As well. 
No just about Roy Wilson. 

759
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,680
Part of is reluctance to sign a 
new contract I believe as well 

760
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,360
was because of the lack of first
team football he was getting. 

761
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,600
Yeah, and if he was, I know he 
had obviously had an injury last

762
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,400
last year that sort of held him 
back in terms of getting out. 

763
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,720
So it's good that, you know, he 
is generally one of the highest 

764
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:49,880
like sort of potential 
youngsters in the striking 

765
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,280
department. 
When he left Rangers. 

766
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,240
He was really, I don't think I'm
overselling him here when I say 

767
00:38:55,240 --> 00:38:58,160
kind of went down the road with 
the same sort of level of praise

768
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,160
that Belly Gilmer got. 
So, you know, that's a massive. 

769
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,320
Talent. 
Yeah, that's the level that, you

770
00:39:03,320 --> 00:39:07,160
know, player is and I do think 
maybe he has been shielded about

771
00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,840
he's not got been put in low and
he has had his injuries and 

772
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,400
that's that. 
You say it could be massive in 

773
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,000
terms of it's time to shine and 
then I heard you saw that before

774
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,040
I stepped across you there. 
Aiden Borland again, another guy

775
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,720
captain. 
The youth team's such big thanks

776
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:22,800
for him too. 
Yeah, I mean, I think people 

777
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,800
have been calling especially 
Aston Villa fans, I've been 

778
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,040
seeing them call for for Rory 
Wilson to get first team game 

779
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:30,640
time for probably 2 years now. 
So it's good to see him finally 

780
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:34,600
get some, some first team, first
team minutes. 

781
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,680
If he does go in loan officer, 
that's not confirmed yet. 

782
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:40,160
And then, yeah, as you mentioned
there quickly in Borland on loan

783
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:44,080
to Swindon Town, who who are 
currently second in League 2, I 

784
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:48,320
believe, looking for automatic 
promotion, good attacking team. 

785
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:52,520
And yeah, hopefully he can do as
well as the other Aston Villa 

786
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,000
Loney. 
I can't remember quite his name,

787
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,120
but Aston Villa sent another 
person out on loan in the summer

788
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,080
to Swindon and they've done 
really well. 

789
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,680
So hopefully can follow in his 
footsteps then there. 

790
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,640
Yeah, obviously World Cup 
probably too soon for Roy 

791
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,800
Wilson, but looking ahead to 
2028 when we have all three 

792
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,760
group stage games, should we 
qualify at Hamden, that's a big 

793
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,800
opportunity for for anyone in 
the striking department that's 

794
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,720
doing well to get in the squad, 
obviously because we are lacking

795
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:22,680
that natural goal scorer. 
I we have done for years as 

796
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,640
well. 
So there's, you know, it would 

797
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:28,760
be nice to see, I think. 
If you if you look at like if us

798
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,200
with like a Howlin type, 
obviously I'm not saying Roy 

799
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,200
Wilson's going to be that good, 
but like a world class 

800
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,920
goalscorer. 
And I think we are really on the

801
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:41,600
cusp of like going not, I don't 
want to say fairly deep in 

802
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,000
tournaments, but like really 
competing with the big boys. 

803
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,040
Somebody was saying, could you 
imagine what we would be like 

804
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:49,760
with them? 
Like Robert Lewandowski? 

805
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:50,680
No. 
Poland. 

806
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:52,920
No. 
Yeah, no. 

807
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,480
Nor we've got some more bigger 
talents than just Highland. 

808
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:58,800
Obviously, but yeah, we've, 
we've not had like a like a 

809
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,800
world class #9 since what? 
Fadi, Alan. 

810
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,840
Mccoist. 
I Mccoist probably yeah, he was 

811
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,600
never I'm not I'm not like going
to play him down. 

812
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,800
But it wasn't exactly like 
prolific at high level. 

813
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,400
Yeah, it was like Alan Mccoist 
was like the last balland or 

814
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,160
nominee before that we had 
before my comedy like he was a 

815
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:20,440
striker when you see his numbers
for Rangers like I mean. 

816
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,880
European golden boots and stuff 
like. 

817
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:24,960
That yeah, I mean you'd say it 
was, it was only Rangers, it's 

818
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,280
only Scotland. 
Like the sheer number of goals 

819
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,240
he scored like was crazy. 
Hell, to have a guy like that 

820
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,120
nowadays that was doing that for
Celtic or Rangers or anyone in 

821
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,480
the Scottish leagues. 
So yeah, it'd just be it'd be 

822
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:39,320
nice to see. 
And you know, when you watch the

823
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,640
highlights from already, it's 
just yes, they'll win the news 

824
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:46,360
level, but pure literally just 
like I hate it in like the term 

825
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,280
like the sensing box, like he 
just he just wants to shoot. 

826
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,600
He just knows everything about 
him is like, he's just been 

827
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,240
like. 
Whereas with like Shay Adams and

828
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,160
Linda Dicks, they always, I feel
like they're always looking to 

829
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,240
to pass that move. 
Like, he's got that. 

830
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,560
Yeah. 
He's got that instinct where if 

831
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:06,640
he gets a ball even, like even 
if he gets criticism sometimes 

832
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:09,880
for it, for being selfish, you 
know that he's going to look to 

833
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,280
shoot and that will result in 
more goals. 

834
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,120
Because he backs himself. 
Yeah. 

835
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:15,680
So what about you guys? 
What? 

836
00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:18,960
Who do you think's going to have
a big 2026 about you, Aaron? 

837
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:24,080
I think well, apart from the in 
the months, I think Kim Bowie, I

838
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:27,320
would, I always back him up, 
obviously local boy and all 

839
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:28,840
that. 
And I think I've said this too 

840
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,320
on this podcast, how many times 
he's local and I always back our

841
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,360
local guys as well. 
But, you know, I think if he 

842
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,280
continues what he's doing at 
Herbs, you know, you know, who 

843
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,360
knows what's going to happen? 
The wolves are interested in 

844
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,840
them, apparently. 
I don't think that's going to 

845
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:42,760
happen. 
I hope not. 

846
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,440
I hope. 
But certainly, you know, you 

847
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,440
know, he lives up here with his 
young family and that was one of

848
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,680
the reasons why he wanted to 
come back to Scotland was to be 

849
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,440
closer to his family because 
he's got his young kids. 

850
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:56,520
And so I don't see him move to 
wolves happen And, you know, 

851
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,440
that's just mine. 
On his opinion, obviously things

852
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:02,560
could easily change, but 
certainly that's one of the 

853
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,840
things. 
We have, we haven't had like a 

854
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,760
pillar, I know we just touched 
in there, but we haven't had 

855
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,840
like a prolific striker, a 
Celtic, arrangers who is a 

856
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,760
Scotsman of late. 
Apart from Lee Griffiths, yeah. 

857
00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:14,320
But that's what I was going to 
say. 

858
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,120
That goes back a wee while. 
That goes back longer than you 

859
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:17,560
think. 
That's almost 10 years ago. 

860
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:20,720
Like that's, I hope Karen Berry 
does not go to Celtic arrangers.

861
00:43:20,720 --> 00:43:23,080
Personally, I think I think it's
ceilings higher than that. 

862
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,400
I think as well as he's 
definitely got, I think he's 

863
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,520
been well trained and well 
coached and well looked after. 

864
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:33,440
You know, John McGlynn gave him 
so much advice when he was at 

865
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,520
Race Rovers, you know, and I 
think that was one of I think he

866
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:38,760
said does well if I'm 
incorrectly. 

867
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,280
I think there was. 
I've seen scouts and at Stars 

868
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:46,000
Park I've seen a Shepherd United
scout, I've seen Celtic scouts, 

869
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,160
I think Chelsea scouts, you 
know, they're all wearing I. 

870
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:50,040
Know for a fact there's an 
Arsenal. 

871
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:52,000
Scout. 
And that was an Arsenal scout. 

872
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,080
They were all there, you know, 
they were all watching them and 

873
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:59,200
I think, you know, Celtic really
wanted them at one point. 

874
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:00,960
I think Celtic and Rangers both 
really wanted them. 

875
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,760
But I think John McGann said I 
would go somewhere 

876
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:07,240
out-of-the-box and think, you 
know, where's the big, what's 

877
00:44:07,240 --> 00:44:10,120
the biggest club that you can 
see that you can realistically, 

878
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:13,640
not necessarily get game time at
the big club, but you know, 

879
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,080
certainly get you a good 
training that and you chose 

880
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,200
Fulham because he went to the 
facility down there as. 

881
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,440
Math Class A facility and 
pressure, Yeah. 

882
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:22,800
Yeah, exactly. 
A brilliant place to go and 

883
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:26,360
train and play football and you 
know, learn and learns from some

884
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,640
good coaches. 
Well, so I don't think he's 

885
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:30,320
going to go to Celtic and 
Ranger. 

886
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:33,360
This is my opinion just right 
now, maybe a couple of years 

887
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:36,160
time maybe. 
Who knows when he's if he's got 

888
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,440
if he's got the prospects that 
we all know he's got. 

889
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,160
I mean he's not scared of 
shooting anywhere. 

890
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:43,160
You haven't you've seen that 
goal in Europe earlier season. 

891
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:44,800
He almost did it in in Derby as 
well. 

892
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,960
You know, he's shooting from one
distance, things like that. 

893
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:49,760
That's something people don't 
like that. 

894
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:53,240
I love that. 
Like why do I mean we see Kenny 

895
00:44:53,240 --> 00:44:55,760
McLean do it. 
It's just like if Kenny McKean 

896
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,920
Bowie can do it. 
But certainly him. 

897
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:02,480
I would certainly think he's the
one to watch out the young 

898
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,680
people. 
But certainly somebody up and 

899
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:08,440
coming and I'm just trying to 
think who were the best person? 

900
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:10,680
Maybe Finley Curtis, he'll be 
interested to see what happens 

901
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,240
to him. 
I know he's on going on loan and

902
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,440
from Rangers I would like, well 
certainly he's on the loan list.

903
00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:19,880
Well, yeah, him and James 
Wilson, I think. 

904
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,480
Yeah, I think, I think because 
we're looking, you were saying 

905
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:25,440
about strikers. 
I think somebody with a bit of 

906
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:29,000
pace and a bit of excitement as 
well. 

907
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:32,160
Every time I see him play with 
Rangers, I think he could make a

908
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,960
little bit of a difference, 
whether they'll just be a change

909
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,120
of pace, whether that just be 
not scared to take somebody on 

910
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,120
on the wind. 
And that's again, maybe apart 

911
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,440
from being dope, we don't have 
that. 

912
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:47,120
It'd be good to see what happens
to him. 

913
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,720
I think you'll publish the in 
the Premiership. 

914
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:52,320
You might. 
I think Kilmarnock, you're 

915
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,920
interested in him. 
I think that's somewhere that he

916
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:58,120
might go and play some football,
but certainly, certainly. 

917
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,240
It's disappointing though, 
because like at the start of the

918
00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:03,760
season, Finley Curtis was like a
shining light and a put Rangers.

919
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,360
He was he. 
Should be starting. 

920
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,200
I honestly think he should be, 
you know, in that I'm that team 

921
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,440
playing more football, but and. 
They need to they, I think he's 

922
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:15,320
the only if I'm writing, said 
the only 21 Scottish player who 

923
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,600
they have that's actually got 
any game time this season. 

924
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:18,480
Yeah. 
Any. 

925
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,760
Yeah, I think. 
So I think Bailey Rice has been 

926
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,200
injured to put them again, yeah.
I think we really need to put 

927
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,040
conscious effort and Scottish 
football to play we. 

928
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:28,960
Got some pretty grim stats and I
didn't mean we published a 

929
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,760
couple of weeks back. 
Have zero had 0 minutes given to

930
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,240
under 20 ones. 
I don't know if that's changed 

931
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,240
since then, but obviously riddim
a lot. 

932
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:36,400
Nicole. 
I've got some game time last 

933
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:40,680
season and he's not a sniff. 
So yeah, keep going on 2026. 

934
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:43,000
Who's your player that you want 
to look at for James? 

935
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:48,880
I mean, from, from me, I mean, 
it was a big year from last year

936
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:50,600
and it's an even bigger year 
from this year. 

937
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:55,240
It's got to be Lena Miller 
because he he's he's gone to 

938
00:46:55,240 --> 00:46:58,520
Italy and he's not got the game 
time. 

939
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,680
I think we're initially 
expecting him to get, you know, 

940
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:06,040
I think one of the preferences 
around them choosing a club was 

941
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:09,520
getting first in football and 
he's not got it so far. 

942
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:14,440
But the weekend passed. 
He did get on at the Fort half 

943
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:18,000
time for Daisy and that's, you 
know, that was a lot more game 

944
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:19,840
time than he's been getting off 
where it seems to be in like 

945
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:23,320
last minute camels and things. 
And, you know, I guess probably 

946
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,960
more like minutes to keep him 
quiet other than actually to, 

947
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:30,560
you know, have time to influence
the game and, you know, really 

948
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,800
test himself. 
And he seemed to despite a 

949
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:37,760
defeat against Cuomo, the fans 
seemed to give him pretty good 

950
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:38,680
reviews. 
So. 

951
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:40,480
Really pretty good views as 
well. 

952
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:42,520
Yeah, George, really, really 
impressed by him. 

953
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,000
I'd like I just I just would 
like to see him really kick on 

954
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:48,240
and get the minutes because for 
Scotland, whenever he's came on,

955
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,080
I mean, we talked about the 
potential he's got the ability 

956
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:55,920
he already has is huge. 
But you, you know, is a belly on

957
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:59,000
the ball with range of pass and,
you know, just as football 

958
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:02,760
intelligence is so clear to see 
any time he's played for 

959
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:06,360
Scotland so far, even the 
shorter and I'm speaking, I'm 

960
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:10,600
getting more game time, but he 
hasn't had a wealth of, you 

961
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,800
know, time in Scotland so far. 
But from the short performances 

962
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:17,120
we have seen, he's been really 
good and, and he's going to, I 

963
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,880
mean, he's got like many of us, 
like Bendalk, like others. 

964
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:21,800
He's going to be a massive 
player for us going forward, 

965
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:25,120
absolutely. 
But I just would like to from me

966
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,440
2026 about him finishing the 
season getting as much minutes 

967
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:32,120
as possible for isn't easy or I 
know he was also rumoured 

968
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:36,560
Strasbourg initially. 
I was going to say that, yeah, I

969
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:38,440
was going to say he'll be 
interested to see what actually 

970
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:40,400
happens to me. 
Yeah, he's going to go on more 

971
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:43,600
and I don't believe he's going 
to because you know, the club 

972
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,360
seems like to the well what not,
they seem like certain that they

973
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:49,000
want to. 
Hopefully the weekend at the 

974
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,240
past there's a sign that things 
are going to change that 

975
00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:52,600
department because. 
Yeah, don't. 

976
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:57,880
Don't forget he's arrived and 
into the easy on the back of an 

977
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:00,360
injury as well. 
You know you didn't have much 

978
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,760
first team at game time. 
Motherwell in the cup to begin 

979
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,520
with. 
This season, 4 games or five 

980
00:49:06,520 --> 00:49:09,760
games played in the cup. 
Was that an injury or was that 

981
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:10,840
waiting for a move? 
But no. 

982
00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:14,840
I think, I think there was no 
way they were risking the multi 

983
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:16,840
£1,000,000 deal. 
I think it's coming their way. 

984
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:19,400
Yeah, I think it's, I think it's
probably, I think you probably 

985
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:21,080
had fitness issue more than 
that. 

986
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:23,400
I don't think it was, I don't 
think it was an injury such. 

987
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:25,720
I don't see that story play. 
Wait a minute. 

988
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:26,680
Times. 
No, that's. 

989
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,760
Nice you. 
Don't touch on that performance.

990
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:31,200
Yeah, he was. 
He was really good. 

991
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,640
The fans really rated him. 
A lot of fans have been calling 

992
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:38,040
for weeks for him to play. 
And they've got a massive squad 

993
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,840
in it as I'm pretty sure at one 
point they had a bench of about 

994
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,920
15 players just on their bench. 
So yeah, hopefully he can kick 

995
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:46,840
on. 
And I think just to end off the 

996
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:50,400
podcast, we can talk about maybe
a couple of domestic midfielders

997
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:53,520
speaking on midfielders, Elliot 
Watt and Josh Mulligan, both had

998
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:57,320
really good seasons and and both
kind of maybe wild cards to get 

999
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,720
in that that World Cups gone. 
Yeah, I mean say. 

1000
00:49:59,720 --> 00:50:03,080
That Elliot Elliot, what's been 
the best midfielder in the 

1001
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:06,360
country I think this season. 
I think it's definitely between 

1002
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:09,120
him and Josh Mulligan for me. 
I know that you can see some 

1003
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:13,320
like in Cami Devlin for Hearts 
as well, but I think those two 

1004
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:15,640
in particular are looking at 
Scots as well. 

1005
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:20,000
Those two have been made the 
best two players as well, and 

1006
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:21,760
they've both been signed. 
I think Elliot Watt was 

1007
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:24,560
definitely a free agent if I 
remember and seeing that right, 

1008
00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:27,000
and Josh Mulligan was a free 
agent, it will. 

1009
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:31,040
So we've both been good pickups 
for Motherwell and for Hibbs. 

1010
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,840
I think it'd be very interesting
to see if they keep them both. 

1011
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:36,440
I think they will. 
I don't see any reason why they 

1012
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:39,960
need to sell the players off. 
I know that. 

1013
00:50:40,200 --> 00:50:41,760
Josh Mulligan did a lot of 
European. 

1014
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:43,520
Interest. 
Yeah, yeah. 

1015
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:49,560
Yeah, obviously not the first, 
Yeah, Yeah, obviously Celtic 

1016
00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:51,800
were really interested in Josh 
Mulligan when he was a free 

1017
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:55,120
agent along with Aberdeen, but 
Hibbs got a signature was ranges

1018
00:50:55,160 --> 00:50:57,200
as well as it ranges for 
instance, the main one actually 

1019
00:50:58,040 --> 00:51:00,360
along with Aberdeen. 
But yeah, massive cook for Hibbs

1020
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:05,240
and I think Elliot what? 
Yeah, he came from England. 

1021
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:08,880
Yeah, he came by an Albion, but 
he was on loan at Saint 

1022
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:10,480
Johnstone, so you know, the 
everybody kind. 

1023
00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:13,400
Of knew. 
Everybody knew about him but I 

1024
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:17,160
think he's taking his game on 
terms of the level and I 

1025
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:20,400
certainly think his goal, I do 
see his goal on Saturday was 

1026
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,960
fantastic, a brilliant strike on
Saturday and he was probably the

1027
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:25,040
best player on the pitch against
Celtic as well. 

1028
00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:28,640
I've not seen a midfielder do 
that against Celtic in a long 

1029
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,720
time. 
You know, controlling the game. 

1030
00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:32,680
You know, normally you talk 
about Callum McGregor 

1031
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:35,240
controlling the game. 
He was he was the one really 

1032
00:51:35,240 --> 00:51:39,120
controlling the game in the 
midfield in that match. 

1033
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,680
So yeah, big. 
I think it's good to see them 

1034
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,280
both doing well. 
I think it's good to see them as

1035
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:48,560
Scott as to Scots doing well and
in the big leagues well, I think

1036
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:50,000
they'll both stay at their 
clubs. 

1037
00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:53,160
And definitely wild card Josh 
Mulligan for me. 

1038
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:56,400
You seem like some of the goals 
and some of the assists he's 

1039
00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:00,360
got. 
I think he's more of I think 

1040
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,720
he's you know, he's been in the 
he's been in the squad before. 

1041
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:06,320
I don't see why he doesn't get 
an again but certainly the 

1042
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:09,960
midfield is the hardest. 
If they were strikers they would

1043
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:13,000
be on the, you know, in the 
squad for sure, but not. 

1044
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:16,600
Literally it's just this is 
because they play in the most 

1045
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,160
competitive part of that 
Scotland team. 

1046
00:52:18,240 --> 00:52:21,080
That midfield is unbelievable. 
I mean, I've said this before in

1047
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:23,720
this podcast, and I've said it 
to group chats and I've said it 

1048
00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:25,720
online. 
Our midfield's brilliant. 

1049
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,880
No, I wouldn't swap that would 
feel for anybody else's really. 

1050
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:34,680
I mean, Scott McDonald, Billy 
Gilmore, John McGann, you know, 

1051
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,200
those in particular, Lewis 
Ferguson, those were in 

1052
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:40,560
particular, You can put them 
into any squad I think with the 

1053
00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:43,760
top ten in the world and they 
would go out and get into, you 

1054
00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:47,120
know, I think they've got that 
good, we've got that good in 

1055
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,080
midfield. 
So it's a hard 1 to get 

1056
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:50,800
themselves into. 
I mean, you've got to think 

1057
00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:53,320
about who would be, what would 
be the worst case scenario for 

1058
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:55,880
them to actually get in to the 
squad. 

1059
00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,400
I think when you'll consider the
last European Championships, I 

1060
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:02,080
think Ryan Jack was in the squad
purely because there was an 

1061
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:05,240
injury to somebody like Billy 
Gilmore who was coming for 

1062
00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:07,280
Billy. 
Well, it'll be Ryan Jack. 

1063
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:11,200
So we've got to think about 
who's best fit for who's Josh 

1064
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:14,680
Mulligan, the best fit for see 
Scott McDonald to come into. 

1065
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:17,440
You know, we've got, I think, I 
think that's how the only way 

1066
00:53:17,480 --> 00:53:20,320
they can get in is they need to 
come in as backups to the. 

1067
00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:24,440
Well, it was it was Steve Clark 
also touched on it saying, you 

1068
00:53:24,440 --> 00:53:27,440
know, these opportunities don't 
come around often and it's just 

1069
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:31,200
great to have young players in 
and amongst these these these 

1070
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:32,720
moments. 
And I think it's really 

1071
00:53:32,720 --> 00:53:36,880
refreshing to see how much 
obviously some of these boys 

1072
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:39,680
were mentioned. 
Doesn't aren't teenagers, but 

1073
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:44,000
it's really refreshing to see 
how many young prospects are 

1074
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:45,840
coming through, especially 
attackers as well. 

1075
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:48,920
Because I think for a couple of 
years we kind of had a lack of 

1076
00:53:48,920 --> 00:53:51,200
that. 
And we were thinking, oh, you 

1077
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,840
know, this is this team isn't 
getting any younger. 

1078
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:57,640
You know where where we go. 
From here, but it's really. 

1079
00:53:57,640 --> 00:54:00,280
Refreshing to to see how many 
young fans are coming through. 

1080
00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:02,760
Bye. 
I mean, but I think we have 

1081
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:04,200
literally covered F and their 
boys. 

1082
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,200
It's been a, it's been a long 
one, I know. 

1083
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:08,880
Hopefully we'll be chatting to 
you again soon. 

1084
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:11,920
I'm sure they'll be plenty to 
talk about in the coming weeks. 

1085
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:14,600
Where Martin O'Neill Celtics 
stayed in the ship. 

1086
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,440
See what happens there and 
Hearts obviously continuing 

1087
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:20,520
there. 
Romp at the top of the League 

1088
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,800
fights Game Boys and we'll chat 
to you in the next.