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Hello, this is the Scots for 
Mike podcast. 

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My name is James Scott, welcome 
to the show. 

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Joining me for this one as we 
talk about league drama and a 

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freshly revealed Scotland squad 
for our two World Cup warm up 

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matches against Japan, Ivory 
Coast, our Fen Crocker and our 

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guest speaker back on again 
Adam. 

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It's been a while. 
Adam from Gorgie talk. 

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How we doing boys? 
Good, James, Good. 

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Hi, good to be back on. 
Good to be back on. 

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Just like to talk about the 
squad. 

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Yeah, no studio today with 
Dutch, the Glutts in the glamour

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studio. 
So the cameras have been put 

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away. 
We're just back on the mics to 

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get quick reaction different. 
It's been going on because it 

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has been a fairly hectic weekend
as usual with regards to the 

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football and at the time that 
according the Scotland squad has

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just been released. 
So we'll be decking into that as

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well to look at who's back in, 
who's maybe a new face and who's

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not been included. 
So I think that's where we'll 

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start. 
Obviously the Scotland squad, 

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Clark has announced his man for 
our two games at the end of the 

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month from the 28th against 
Japan and the 31st against the 

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Ivory Coast. 
I'll just take a quick rundown 

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and squad first before we get 
into it, if you've not already 

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heard that. 
So missing Craig Gordon still 

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from the goalkeepers it's Scott 
Bain, Angus Gunn returning and 

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Liam Kelly And the defense. 
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and John Souter as well as Scott
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with Nathan Patterson, Ralston, 
Andy Robertson and Ken Tenet. 

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Fill backs Ryan, Christy, 
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Megan McLean, Mcnamey and Miller
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And then in terms of forwards, 
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back in London, Dykes, George 
Hearst and a first call up for 

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19 year old Finley Cars. 
So yeah, very exciting. 

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I think that's where we'll start
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Finley cars a bit of a shocker 
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Not that he doesn't deserve it, 
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in the media. 
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was text. 
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a couple of weeks ago. 
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by there was no whispers about 
Finley Cars, but he's found 

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himself and Scotland scored at 
the right page in 19 just for a 

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World Cup. 
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about himself there. 
I mean, big call up, big, big 

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call. 
Obviously the first one for him.

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I think it's obviously a direct 
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Duke, who's just I think like on
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the Bournemouth squad, didn't 
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back on the squad, which is good
to see after that length injury 

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that he obviously sustained in 
the Denmark game. 

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But yeah, it's another exciting,
quick kind of winger, even if 

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he's not been really utilized 
there much under Neil McCann yet

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at Kilmarnock. 
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the season he was kind of a 
bright spot and a really poor 

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Russell Martin team. 
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were called from to get more 
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That hasn't happened under Danny
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And if he's got his loan to 
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he's he's kind of excited fans 
and obviously excited Steve 

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Clark. 
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over the line was, you know, 
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at that that Kilmarnock Hearts 
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And yeah, good to see a young 
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expected in the squads. 
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surprises, if that even makes 
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There wasn't many of them. 
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that's really exciting me, me 
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Yeah, because Clark did 
mentioned that Toggy talks about

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the evolution of the squad and 
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good at is bringing young 
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questioned for not doing it 
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But you know, Lennon Miller, 
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Hecky is where would have been 
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these are guys all the old 
opportunities underneath from 

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like quite a young age. 
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it's anything I've trained with 
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In terms of talking about Finley
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When he was at his press about 
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the Rangers team and I liked him
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that it tries to make things 
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I've watched my little bit on 
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him at the weekend against 
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decent. 
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Everyone seems to keeps getting 
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Everyone keeps getting on about 
me and saying I don't evolve and

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change the scored. 
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evolution to any group of 
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this touched on there. 
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to feed the young guys in at the
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And if he was like, this is the 
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come in. 
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pretty, pretty obvious now. 
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when he's not there that we are 
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peace, fairly car springs and 
and there's no better time to do

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it than a friendly. 
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We'll be absolutely buzzing with
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I think you impressed well on 
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Jumbos. 
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was. 
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planned for us, to be honest, 
today was planned. 

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Yeah, it was good. 
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I've seen them in Europe for 
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I think again like what Finn 
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is like when when Rangers were 
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been quite hard to call out 
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because then how poor the team 
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And the fact that how old he is,
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Rangers fans were singing his 
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Kilmarnock was a bit left field.
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shining light. 
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Did say that, you know, he was 
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obviously wasn't getting too 
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Rangers. 
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and he's playing weekly. 
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I think there's that and there's
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touched and there's not much 
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against, offers that turn, turn 
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He's put a few possessions as 
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Rangers. 
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A1 back position suddenly just 
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This hadn't sort of kind of free
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So he has flexible as well and 
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because I know something's Clark
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around in terms of, you know, 
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whatever. 
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I don't think there's a better 
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messing. 
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a surprise in the sense of, 
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We weren't really thinking about
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But I suppose that's why Clark's
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So he spots things that we maybe
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glittering obvious. 
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we put them in for these two 
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what he can bring the team. 
I think he will bring something 

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a bit different and that's a 
perfect time to take his claim I

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suppose, right? 
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that people were maybe a little 
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Atten, Dominic Ham, obviously 
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I think 35 appearances this 
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Starts. 
Appearances start. 

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Yeah, all starts as well. 
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the FA Cup against Norton 
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through on penalties. 
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of times, but his last 
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minute. 
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win at the Ulaval against 
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Yeah, I remember that. 
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involved much. 
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the leagues, that's kind of 
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He's he's an excellent captain 
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promotion to the Premier League 
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eye. 
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that were kind of like Adam 
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candidates that aren't regulars.
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Motherwell and Hearts team in 
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obviously Stuart Finn was 
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their James as well. 
Mark Leonard was kind of tainted

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in the media to be on the cusp 
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Motherwell. 
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He made a funny comment at the 
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said when he was asked about 
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Motherwell players have caught 
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I'll just read the quote, not 
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They basically said, you know, 
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the player like everyone's under
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team is a better than the sum of
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Nuts. 
Credit to the manager, which 

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I've never had them be so blunt 
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I mean, because it's out of 
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to take it at face value 100%. 
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their tongue, but usually he's 
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basically a player is not good 
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Yeah, he's been asked about 
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danced around it or doesn't 
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That felt quite head on. 
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Think it felt quite. 
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I don't know the right word to 
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I think it's quite harsh to be 
honest. 

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Yeah, that's the word I just 
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I think, yeah, especially when 
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Ralston who I don't want to 
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I feel like I do every podcast 
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But I suppose you'll think about
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hearts are obviously taking his 
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McDonald's been centre half? 
I'd still put in Harry Milton 

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even if I know it's the left. 
I know he's left sided, but I'd 

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even take Penrice over over 
Ralston like I obviously you 

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can. 
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Mark Leonard didn't get into the
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so, so strong. 
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know, it's, it's an opportunity 
to experiment and you know, it's

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good to see Tommy Conway back in
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But I would have liked to see 
Barney Stewart. 

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Obviously his rise has been 
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Started in the 7th tier at the 
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know he's been absolutely 
killing it for Falkirk, scored a

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hat trick against Hibs, scored a
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I think it's eight goals and 14 
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side. 
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kind of hoping for one or two 
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Maybe like a Jordan Hillsgrove 
has been, you know, kind of 

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labeled one of the best 
midfielders in the top 7 leagues

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in Europe, Esteril in Portugal 
or you know, one of those Elliot

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Watts maybe days Emilio Lawrence
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Or, or as you mentioned, kind of
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Milne, but it seems like he's 
kind of stuck with a core group,

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which on one hand does make 
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Obviously you do want stability 
going into these, these kind of 

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final proper warm up games. 
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it's a time for, it's a time for
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going to do it. 
Yeah, even when you said Rouse 

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and I was thinking, well, I 
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Donovan, you know, Celtic 
younger, right back at Celtic. 

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I mean, I guess it is this 
attachment to how compared to 

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the squad now is, because I'll 
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But a midfielder trying to get 
into that squad that's trying to

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get into the most competitive 
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I mean, I don't know who drops 
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going to go. 
Miller, McDonald name again, all

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mainstays, Gilmore, Ferguson, 
Christie. 

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seems to have, you know, he's 
playing conference like 

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football. 
It's part of Prague, you know, 

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he's obviously done enough to 
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because it it would have to be 
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those two spots. 
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Irving's and then McLean as he 
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Obviously, he's not got long 
left. 

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Yeah, I mean, he's fair to. 
Can't really see what I noticed.

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McLean. 
I've been a I've defended McLean

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many times. 
I think he's a great player, but

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when it comes to the players 
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robbers and you are looking at 
the next tournament going last 

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two years down the line where 
all these guys be then and that 

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you have to start having that 
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qualifying. 
It's not something you do just 

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for the tournament or halfway 
through. 

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You want, you know, know your 
team and like Clark says, fees 

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and guys and youngsters and at 
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best way to go by doing that. 
You also you also said in his 

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interview he said fees and 
players and prepare for the next

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campaigns and stuff or something
almost like to and be that for 

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myself or another manager and I 
really can't read that. 

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I don't know. 
I'm very pro Clarks. 

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So I'm, I'm already kind of 
thinking ahead to the Nations 

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League in terms of who could be 
in charge because. 

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What do you both of you think? 
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do you think this is kind of a 
last horrific? 

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I think I think so too. 
I think so too. 

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I. 
Don't want to and I think I. 

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Think it, I think it should. 
I think it should in that 

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interview today, like he did 
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not that it's not direct. 
And like he does come across 

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like quite like it is very much 
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Scotsman. 
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that much away either at the 
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So it may be it's more like, you
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the perception as opposed to the
information. 

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Whereas that's time like today, 
like you said, the comment about

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like Motherwell and Harts, like 
he was like he was suggesting 

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like if he was able to call up 
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they'd be in. 
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know, Harry Mullen and what then
all of a sudden it's like, well,

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maybe they just look a bit 
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them. 
That might be that might be that

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might be wrong. 
But like equal, like you said, 

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well, you could look at it 
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again, I'm not saying this 
should be embedded means, but 

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like you could say, well, 
Stephen O'Donnell, he's been in 

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the Scotland squad, he's at 
right back. 

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Where's this arguably a problem 
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Do you give him another shot 
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What about like how who's a 
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definitely not just a bit part 
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Like he's a leader at Hearts, 
his captain. 

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So again, it's the same bracket 
as Dom Higham for the wrecks. 

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I'm like obviously chose him 
over him, but again, you 

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wouldn't say that how it was the
best part player of Hearts and 

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is probably our main reason as 
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league. 
So that's a bit of a funny 

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comment. 
But then yeah, again, the thing 

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about like the future, like how 
he was talking about the future,

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it seemed me be more like 
talking about as if like the 

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World Cups, like the beginner or
the end of his tenure. 

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Yeah, where all ends. 
I think before he might have 

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been more cautious to like make 
sure he doesn't burn any bridges

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but I think I don't know. 
Maybe this is just me or looking

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too much into things, but I 
think he's not really caring as 

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much about what. 
Beyond the World Cup, Yeah, 

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yeah, yeah. 
I think I think he's going after

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the World Cup. 
I think the way that even the 

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SFA have been talking about, you
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and, you know, we'll do it if if
the time comes and stuff like 

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that. 
I think I think he will go after

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the World Cup and then, yeah, I 
think we'll need to look for 

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someone that can replace him. 
Obviously it's a big, big role 

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to fill. 
He's undoubtedly probably one of

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the best, if not the best 
Scotland manager. 

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I wouldn't put him as the best, 
but you know, if you look at the

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tournaments he's got us to after
that long absence, some people 

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will make the the argument. 
You could argue. 

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You could argue if it could 
become the best depending on 

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Yeah I know, obviously. 
The World Cup, Yeah. 

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What happens is what happens. 
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one of the best, but I don't 
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But that could change in my 
opinion anyway. 

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I could change dependent on the 
World Cup. 

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But yeah, obviously the the grip
is the grip. 

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We'll see what also happens. 
Like contract wise, like in 

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terms like just at the actual 
behind the scenes of all, I feel

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like I feel like something would
have been announced by now. 

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I don't know it's going to it's 
going to be bad when we've got 

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Yens better ask you in charge 
for the the Nations League. 

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Oh, you. 
Know what I would absolutely 

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love that I know. 
It won't happen. 

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Well, I mean. 
That's a quick talking point. 

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Is there anyone that jumps to 
mind that you think would do a 

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good job if they were to come 
in? 

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Obviously David Moyes is the 
obvious one if he would take the

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job. 
Obviously it's at Everton right 

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now but there's not, you know, 
years gone by there was, there 

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was a lack of talent in the 
squad and we were rife with 

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Scotland managers and I think 
it's kind of. 

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Reversed. 
I've got someone go on by Ganj. 

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You know what? 
I just want I would just love to

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see like it'd be the only time 
in any of our lifetimes we'll 

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get to see like a a full on 
attack in Scotland side like 

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used to like see like the one up
front chat. 

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Yeah. 
So imagine having everyone on 

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the halfway line if you get 
somebody sent off just to let 

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ready to run like what he did 
and. 

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Then I would not mind that. 
I would not mind that at all. 

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I don't think it'll happen, but 
that would be great. 

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But that, we see, he has done. 
National attack football though.

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No, I mean, he's done. 
He's in Australia. 

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Yeah, yeah, he's done it, Yeah. 
It's not alien. 

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I don't. 
Think he's ever done national 

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team football for obviously a 
country that's not his. 

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So yeah, obviously it does have 
close ties to Scotland with 

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Celtic, but you know, wait and 
see. 

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I. 
Don't know. 

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I've just got this. 
I've just got this list I made 

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earlier, guys. 
I don't know if you've got if 

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we've touched on all the names, 
but only the missions I had was 

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Craig Halkett, Harry Milne, Josh
Doik, Stephen O'Donnell, Stephen

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Welsh, Luke Graham, Brian 
Porches, Eliot Shanklin and boy,

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all he bought calling Mcburney. 
So there were the ones that I 

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thought that were either play 
and mention. 

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Yeah, you could obviously can 
meet caveats for some like Shang

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Khan's literally going to be 
just back. 

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So like he might be going to be 
there for the fence but the 

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same. 
Token, you're saying he's just 

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back? 
I mean, Grant Hanley hasn't 

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placed his first affair, but 
he's just back in training and 

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he's likely they'll be in the 
hip squad on Yeah, I mean. 

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Defend Clark. 
Sometimes of these decisions 

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like, you know, oh, it's a 
trusted group, but like Hike, I 

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don't know how to be. 
Honest with me, right, you could

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make that argument that was 
saying like, well, if you're 

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putting handling and like he's 
been nowhere near the squad, but

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then Shank was just back and you
know he's playing next week, but

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you're not putting him in the 
squad. 

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Like why? 
Why is that? 

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But then I suppose sometimes 
like clubs and countries have 

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conversation as well. 
So I don't know if I don't know,

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I don't know how, I don't know 
if Clark works with club manager

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or whatever, but sometimes, 
yeah, I saw. 

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Napoli fans getting annoyed like
Oh yeah Mcdorman and Gilmore 

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just back watch them get ended 
and two useless friendlies. 

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So I was translating Italian, 
especially after. 

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How much they heralded Gilmore 
for his game the other day. 

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Oh wow. 
Yeah, they were. 

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If you've not seen, we made a 
post about some quotes that 

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we've translated and basically 
they're saying Gilmore is a 

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level above anyone else in their
team, which has quite some some 

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praise. 
Yeah, good to see him getting 

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recognition because I think 
Lavaca has kind of had that 

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position in the middle of the 
park nailed down for a while and

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they do quite similar rules, I 
think. 

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So it'd be nice to see Gilmore 
sort of step in and getting more

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acclaimed to that start in 
Jersey. 

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But yeah, I'm bolded, bold out 
more to school and stuff in the 

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coming weeks. 
I'll be interesting to see how 

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we get on those two friendlies. 
2 new opponents. 

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It was too tough. 
Friendly. 

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It's too tough. 
Friendly. 

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Yeah, I don't think it 2. 
Losses wouldn't be the, you 

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know, the question. 
I mean, it's going to be two 

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very challenging matches, but 
it'll be exciting to see 

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because, I mean, for the reasons
I've already been caught, like 

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different football cultures, 
different styles of play, you 

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know, they're from two different
confederations, not European 

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nations. 
It should give us, it should 

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give us something exciting. 
I can't wait for the Japan. 

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Yeah. 
So that's the one I'm most 

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excited for. 
But I and we'll talk more about 

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Scotland in the coming weeks. 
Back to league action, obviously

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heart still at the top of the 
table, but they're just hanging 

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off a defeat to Kelly at the 
weekend. 

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A1 nil defeat is is a big loss. 
I mean, Kelly, despite an upturn

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in form, are still just off the 
foot of the table. 

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Pretty easy goal. 
Who scored Adam? 

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I mean, that McInnes kind of 
spoke about his displeasure 

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about that. 
He said in the warm up he 

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thought they were looking good, 
nice and sharp. 

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But when they came on the patch 
that this wasn't the case and 

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the goal was way too easy. 
Not not really too much pressure

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on the ball. 
And the three man at the back 

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post was just, you know, he's 
not going to miss that. 

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So yeah, it wasn't great. 
And then I just wonder what your

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perspective on that is, because 
I was also going to ask you 

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about a potential penalty shout.
Yeah, so I think like the first 

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point like when I was I was at 
the game on Saturday night, so 

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it was a sore one like driving 
back from from Ayrshire and 

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getting home at late midnight to
then get off for my kids 

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football in the morning. 
I was absolutely dying. 

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But yeah, I was a total want to 
take hearts were really poor 

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Kelly to their credit like 
somewhat when we didn't get the 

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result in Paisley against that 
midweek a few weeks back. 

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Just same idea where they had 
their game plan. 

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We obviously wanted to do ours 
and then actually managed to 

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implement ours and then didn't 
have any real foot in the game. 

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And then even when we did, when 
we had more possession 

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second-half, it was arguably 
cause Kelly let's have more 

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possession. 
They had that one goal to 

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protect. 
We weren't really offering very 

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much. 
We were quite passive, not as 

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direct as we normally are and 
you just came to offer in 

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general the goal itself. 
I can't remember who the centre 

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back was that started it. 
They literally got to run pretty

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much from the edge of his own 
half for about 1520 yards 

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unchallenged, then chip the ball
over at the right hand side to 

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then put it across the left hand
side. 

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Guy was wide open and I think 
two or three chances before that

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was the same thing. 
Crossed down the channel and 

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missing out the midfield, which 
happened quite frequently. 

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And then just guys at the back 
post or like The Odd Couple of 

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chances before the goal, which 
literally was showing you the 

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threat that Kelly were offering 
and we weren't reading the signs

447
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,920
that were coming. 
And then, yeah, once they got 

448
00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,080
their goal, I felt it was very 
somewhat of some middle Rangers 

449
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:11,760
actually. 
Like once that one goal was then

450
00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,160
given the conditions and the 
weather and stuff that there 

451
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,560
wasn't a lot of chances getting 
created. 

452
00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:19,160
And then like I said, Kelly just
for that, to defend that and and

453
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,880
basically get into the dogfight 
that they're in, obviously down 

454
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,200
there. 
And that really kind of suited 

455
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,120
them more than us. 
And we didn't want to begin in 

456
00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:28,320
any dogfights, but that's pretty
much what we let ourselves in 

457
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:34,120
for and we failed. 
So yeah, I mean like 2 points 

458
00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:38,000
ahead, eight games left, like. 
Taking some of his. 

459
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,800
Arm off for that in August. 
So are you getting a bit? 

460
00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:45,920
Nervous though, no. 
I find like I'm not, I'm not 

461
00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,520
nervous like I'm at the point 
where where that it's, I say, 

462
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,480
sadly it's not sadly, it's 
obviously a great thing as well.

463
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:54,440
But it's at that point where 
you're like that close that you 

464
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,040
would be gutted if you didn't 
want it. 

465
00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,400
But the nerves are not really 
there because it's not like the 

466
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,080
nerves would only be there if it
was like last game set and last 

467
00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:03,960
game. 
And it's like, you know, that 

468
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,560
one game to win it sort of 
thing, 'cause it's eight games 

469
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:07,800
out. 
There's actually a chance that 

470
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,520
we could be, you know, the rules
could reverse and like 3-4 games

471
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:16,120
time and that would be gotten. 
But it wouldn't be like like 

472
00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:19,560
inconceivable where it's like to
be like 3637 games and still be 

473
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,320
like level or a point or two 
points in front or behind. 

474
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,000
Then you're like sort of every 
games like like properly like on

475
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,760
the line still feels like a cup 
final of the game, but the 

476
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,680
nerves aren't quite there 
because we're still like not 

477
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,120
convinced we're going to do it 
anyway. 

478
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,840
So yeah. 
But it'll be a painful one if 

479
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,840
it's an 86 because Franksler 
didn't experience an 86. 

480
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,360
But everyone likes to remind me 
about it online every year. 

481
00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,040
So yeah. 
So I know up at. 

482
00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,800
Dundee. 
Did you lose up at Dundee or 

483
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,640
something for that one? 
I've never seen documentaries 

484
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:52,280
about that An 86. 
Yeah, I was, I was -2 So you 

485
00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,160
might have seen pictures though.
I've seen plenty of pictures 

486
00:22:56,160 --> 00:23:00,320
this season anyway. 
So I think it was something like

487
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,560
it was like goal average instead
the goal difference. 

488
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,120
So it's a different like ruling.
I think like we ended up on the 

489
00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:08,560
same points. 
And if it was like nowadays, so 

490
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:10,440
if it was goal difference, we 
would actually won the league. 

491
00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,600
But because it's goal average, 
we lost the league. 

492
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,000
So that's good, absolutely. 
I'm sure the last day. 

493
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,680
The last day of the season, 
like, yeah, we lost and that's 

494
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:20,840
why Hearts of that thing with 
St. 

495
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:23,280
Mirren like that little bit of 
needle because like we lost to 

496
00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:27,920
Dundee, obviously Albert kid and
then I think like Celtic needed 

497
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:30,040
like don't. 
Even find goals or something, 

498
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:31,880
but already goals. 
They needed but that's where 

499
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,000
they absolutely bathered St. 
Mirren and there's always that 

500
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,200
argument about like all they 
laid down to them and stuff like

501
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,000
that. 
And then it doesn't help when 

502
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:39,520
like St. 
Mirren had like a Celtic club 

503
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,000
shop in the stadium and stuff 
like that. 

504
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,640
So Kelly's. 
Kind of your bogey team aren't 

505
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,360
there, Kelly. 
At rugby. 

506
00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:49,960
Park. 
I would talk, well, either up 

507
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,560
there, they're up there, but 
like St. 

508
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:57,320
Mirren, Aberdeen of course, fan 
and I Hank them, but what's the 

509
00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,000
waitress I've seen? 
No matter how many times we got 

510
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,720
Motherwell, St. 
Mirren or Aberdeen, I'd never 

511
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,760
get a result there. 
Regardless of how, regardless of

512
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,960
how good or bad we play, I 
didn't get the result. 

513
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,840
My team is the only one that's 
got a point this weekend, so I 

514
00:24:10,840 --> 00:24:14,040
think that's the first. 
I think that's the first time 

515
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,640
I've said that all all season. 
So it wasn't. 

516
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,160
Yeah, I think, I don't think we 
even deserved it. 

517
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,360
But obviously we've not touched 
on it. 

518
00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:26,480
There's obviously top six, 
bottom 6 is done already, but 

519
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,760
Stephen Robinson gone from Saint
Mirren to Aberdeen. 

520
00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,000
I don't want to say too much 
what I think about the 

521
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,200
appointment because it'll 
probably get clipped up if I say

522
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,200
what I think. 
And then he has a good tenure. 

523
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:42,320
But let's just say I wasn't too 
pleased. 

524
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,240
I think if you're going to 
appoint him, you have to do it, 

525
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,520
you know, soon after that League
Cup win. 

526
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,360
But to to kind of wait three 
months, put Peter Levine in in 

527
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,720
charge and, you know, have all 
these links to these foreign 

528
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:00,080
managers have it basically done.
He's flying into Aberdeen and 

529
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,840
then suddenly there's unforeseen
circumstances and then you go 

530
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:08,440
for the easy appointment of a 
guy that's not got a great style

531
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,280
play. 
He's struggling down the bottom 

532
00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,960
of the league and his or 
probably in my opinion only in 

533
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,120
this was only even in the Saint 
Mirren job because he won the 

534
00:25:17,120 --> 00:25:20,760
League Cup. 
You know it's. 

535
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,200
Never a good look when someone 
who very clearly isn't your 

536
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,360
first choice candidate ends up 
being the guy you take. 

537
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,920
I think that's about the some of
it, really, when you're looking 

538
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,160
at all these different guys that
you say and then a guy who's not

539
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,800
been tuned doing too great in 
the league where a team like you

540
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:42,600
said, it just you know what? 
There's nothing really to get 

541
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:45,680
excited about, especially after,
you know, the long period of 

542
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,320
search and then just take the 
guy who's down the road. 

543
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,520
Yeah. 
It just, it just doesn't read 

544
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,680
too well, to be honest. 
Yeah. 

545
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:57,560
I think we were kind of forced 
into action, maybe with how 

546
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,200
tight it is actually getting, 
you know, touch with the you 

547
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,800
think they want to wait. 
Till the end of the season, 

548
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,080
yeah, I. 
Don't I I mean, it's just a 

549
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,680
hunch touch with the you know, 
it doesn't happen, but we are, 

550
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,360
you know, quite close to getting
dragged into the to the 

551
00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:16,960
relegation playoff scrap. 
Obviously that Kilmarnock 

552
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,120
wouldn't did not help. 
So thanks very much, Adam. 

553
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,280
No, I think just 66 points. 
Trust me, trust me, we. 

554
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,880
Did happily want it for you, but
it's just we did, yeah, manually

555
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:27,440
turn up. 
I was actually supporting. 

556
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,200
You as well, but yes, I think 
it's I think it's six points 

557
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,720
between US and killing now, said
Vern. 

558
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,440
Obviously in that relegation 
battle as well. 

559
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,560
So it'll be interesting post 
split to see what happens when 

560
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,720
when we go to Smizer. 
Yeah, it's it's it's not a great

561
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,800
look. 
I don't think any Aberdeen fan 

562
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,640
really expected it. 
I think it was, you know, it was

563
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,360
a bad second after to last 
season, but it was, you know, 

564
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,000
ended with the Scottish Cup when
maybe try and build on that. 

565
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,560
But it's been, you know, not 
much good to say. 

566
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,480
Got like a couple of. 
Takes on that appointment like 

567
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,080
and some of them again you're 
closer than I am than obviously 

568
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,040
been Aberdeen sport. 
But it maybe can shoot me down 

569
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,120
and if I'm reading this wrong or
you've heard something 

570
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:10,040
different. 
But like a mass speculative unit

571
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,960
is like they have had a panic 
button, like you said, James. 

572
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:18,600
And I do worry about like the 
fact that they've recognized 

573
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,280
that no matter how many coaches 
they've put that in that dugout 

574
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,680
or whatever setup they're trying
to put in the form isn't 

575
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,240
changing. 
And it was becoming a bit of 

576
00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,240
like a the slippery slope was 
like like they were about 

577
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,400
falling off a Cliff edge of how 
bad it was and it would quite 

578
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,920
quickly just went South. 
And then, like you said, they 

579
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,120
could quite easily just end up 
in a playoff and then 

580
00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:39,320
comfortably playoffed and no 
matter could be even worse. 

581
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,840
I think like they've then 
thought looked at Robinson and 

582
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:46,080
thought how his style of play is
and with what Aberdeen have at 

583
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:50,720
their disposal and can he get a 
better tune out of the players 

584
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:54,760
to the point where it then rules
out the problem of getting into 

585
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,760
a playoff and equally hot and 
all right. 

586
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:59,360
And also Madden's not got 
domestic form. 

587
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:00,920
I get that. 
But in terms of like stay with 

588
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,240
football and what like you need 
to tell you survive relegation. 

589
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:06,360
It hurts that Madden a wee bit 
as well. 

590
00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:08,280
And they're a direct rival rival
in that. 

591
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,080
And I came to thought that like,
yeah, I. 

592
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,360
Thought I thought was. 
That Madden costume and already 

593
00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:16,440
they won the League Cup and I'm 
by no means standing between the

594
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,560
Scottish Cup and I know they've 
obviously got Celtic etcetera. 

595
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,000
But you can't defend like in a 
scenario where if Aberdeen were 

596
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,040
safe or in the top 6 or let's 
say that their season was over 

597
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,560
in the sense like everything was
like, I think that's what 

598
00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,560
Aberdeen board wanted. 
They wanted it to be safe so 

599
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,800
they could just ride out to the 
summer and it didn't. 

600
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:34,240
They go that way. 
So they panicked. 

601
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,760
And I think like they forced 
Robinson's hand because they 

602
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,480
want to not only be safe, but 
that part of being safe is also 

603
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:42,800
directly Hearts that matter at 
the same time, which then maybe 

604
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,760
drags them into as well. 
And I just don't see it being I 

605
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,200
don't actually see Robinson 
getting a bigger job than 

606
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,080
Aberdeen. 
And I hotched some manners. 

607
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,000
What's up? 
You know, Aberdeen is a bigger 

608
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,520
job than certain man. 
And so like, why would we not 

609
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,600
take it at the end of the day, 
if he's it was getting told you 

610
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,320
have to take it now. 
I can't see not boy obviously 

611
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:02,560
hasn't said no. 
But you know, I mean, you get 

612
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,320
when you hands forced. 
I think, yeah, he's not going to

613
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:08,280
get a bigger job or a bigger 
opportunity than this potential.

614
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,680
As well that you genuinely could
have got his jars and said 

615
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,400
Madden and things kept going the
way it was going. 

616
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,160
So like, I mean, potentially 
thinking they're like, you know,

617
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,600
if we go out with Scottish Cup 
and we end up finishing the 

618
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,760
season really poorly, I could 
get sacked at the end of the 

619
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,320
season. 
He said. 

620
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,320
Man, fans have been courts in 
online had he gone just after 

621
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,440
the cup final victory. 
They were doing pretty bad about

622
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,480
it. 
But like, they actually, I mean,

623
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,280
I've said, I've seen plenty of 
people saying, you know, want to

624
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:38,280
heart by losing them, you know, 
they kind of felt like the 

625
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,800
season wasn't going to negate 
direction. 

626
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,680
I think that kind of gives you a
flavor of what they were 

627
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,200
thinking and, you know, whether 
or not at the end of the season 

628
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,640
if you had been relieved of his 
duties, but not the bit. 

629
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:47,760
But I mean, that's all 
speculative. 

630
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:51,040
It's not happened. 
But yeah, no, I mean, we'll come

631
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:55,120
back to the top really quick 
because obviously Celtic got a 

632
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:57,760
decent result against a mother 
outside. 

633
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,840
It's had been on the rampage for
a good few months though, until 

634
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,280
Dundee stopped them in their 
tracks. 

635
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,600
They won three, one at Celtic 
Park. 

636
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,360
It's made a little bit easier 
after one of the Motherwell 

637
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:11,040
players, his name escapes me. 
It was pretty much a rugby 

638
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,640
attack, or wasn't it? 
To give away the penalty. 

639
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,000
Don't attain, man. 
They always 31. 

640
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,400
Celtic is close, yeah. 
Yeah, yeah, except. 

641
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,000
The close that gap down to two 
points. 

642
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,240
I I mean, I know you're saying 
that you're not getting nervous.

643
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,680
There has been a lot of it's 
funny how quickly these things 

644
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,840
swing background and all we're 
thinking. 

645
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,800
So I felt like only in the last 
couple of especially since the 

646
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,240
turn of the year, people have 
really started to believe Hearts

647
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,400
could win the league. 
But I feel like in the space of 

648
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:46,360
a weekend, you know, hearts 
dropping points, Celtic closing 

649
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,280
the gap. 
Suddenly we're hearing things 

650
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,640
like, Oh, it's Celtics league 
again. 

651
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,080
Like I it was ABBC podcast. 
Listen to a later on, I think 

652
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,600
I'm sure Scott Allen said he 
felt he felt that you know, 

653
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,400
Celtic would win the league and 
you're saying but then if result

654
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,760
was cool there for me next week 
when I might be back pitching 

655
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:03,200
its hearts. 
It's just so hard to. 

656
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,680
Predict I think heart it's 
because hearts have still got 

657
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:07,920
Motherwell to play pre split as 
well. 

658
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,360
That's the thing. 
I just, I think. 

659
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:11,440
More from a Celtic point of 
view. 

660
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,960
Not Celtic, although they've 
been getting results. 

661
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:17,160
I mean, they played so poorly 
against Rangers in the cup. 

662
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,800
They won that game on penalties.
But if that was the 90 minutes 

663
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:21,800
of football it was up, it was a 
robbery. 

664
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,200
They would have got with one 
point, Maya Brooks and it would 

665
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,120
it would have been a robbery 
because they're pained in their 

666
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,080
box for most of the game, sorry 
and even. 

667
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:33,360
Before that, they were so lucky 
to even win in against us with 

668
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,840
Audrey. 
Yeah, and. 

669
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,240
We've been in, Rangers perform. 
Rangers have been getting. 

670
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,040
Such high praise for the way 
they've been playing. 

671
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,080
So I just think it's interesting
that no, you know, that Hearts 

672
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,640
have dropped points. 
There's literally 3 points 

673
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,680
separate and 1st and 3rd, but 
somehow it's Celtic. 

674
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,200
They seem to be instantly 
getting tapped. 

675
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,800
I don't know if it's just this 
mindset that Celtic or just this

676
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,000
juggernaut that will kick back 
into action at some point. 

677
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,920
But I mean, yeah, eight games to
go, we'll see how that I finally

678
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,040
so. 
There's a couple of things that 

679
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:03,120
like. 
So I think the reason I'm not 

680
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,080
nervous is because people are 
thought like you say, the moment

681
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:10,520
some some twist happens and it 
involves a negative for hearts, 

682
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,840
everyone's default is we're just
not going to win it. 

683
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:16,400
So that's why you'd have the 
nerves because people have came 

684
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,520
to convinced you like you're not
going to win it anyway, so it 

685
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,360
doesn't matter. 
Yeah, I feel there's also my. 

686
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,760
Work of that line of thinking 
because I came in I was like 

687
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,760
well you've not had a great 
weekend this weekend to one of 

688
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,320
my colleagues who's a Jambo and 
he was like yes, I can't I can't

689
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,640
see this one now you seem to 
have lost the thief that so. 

690
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,520
So I do like, I would say it 
personally speaking like I do 

691
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:36,440
have like that that sort of 
silent like belief that we can 

692
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:37,880
do it. 
Like, no, I don't think we can 

693
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,960
do it. 
It's just like, I'm not going to

694
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,840
overly hate myself because 
history tells you it's not going

695
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,520
to happen. 
And then it's so it's like 

696
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,600
there's that and then the 
constant media output of like, 

697
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,520
so another example of it. 
And it's again, it's history and

698
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,560
reputational. 
But it's like the most games 

699
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,120
where maybe like Hearts have 
scored like a late winner or or 

700
00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,920
whatever, and then folk have 
instantly jumped on like all 

701
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:00,360
that's the wheels coming off 
lately. 

702
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,280
It took them to like see how 
much to escape through that 

703
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,880
game, how many league goals of 
Celtic scored and nobody said, 

704
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,040
oh, that's some script through 
the struggle. 

705
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:11,320
And it's the opposite. 
They're like, oh, Martin O'Neill

706
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:13,320
keeps getting results at them, 
so they're going to win the 

707
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,360
league champions the. 
Yeah, it's just like that's. 

708
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,920
What champions do feed it for 
them like sleeping through 

709
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,960
playing terrible, but when we 
actually play all right, but 

710
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,960
just kind of get the kind of get
the goal till the end, they go 

711
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,560
all that some struggling. 
So again, it's that narrative of

712
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:29,400
like history tells you that, you
know, if one team does, it's 

713
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,920
'cause their their champions and
if their team does, it's 'cause 

714
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,040
all that on the downward spiral.
So again, it's not really, it's 

715
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,200
not fair reflection. 
I think like, the fact is, 

716
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:42,680
whether we do or not, it's like 
the refreshing part is it's so 

717
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,800
good when you've got three teams
win three points to share with 

718
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,560
eight games to go, that as a 
genuine title race, including 

719
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,440
someone else other than just day
two. 

720
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:52,440
Yeah, and that's the first time.
Managers. 

721
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,760
That's literally the 1st in my 
lifetime and it's so good. 

722
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,560
He's got football. 
No, I mean. 

723
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:57,960
See, a point I would make to you
is. 

724
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,080
Alright, just quickly before we 
move on, right, see the point I 

725
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,480
would make AC just a quick 
question. 

726
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,840
So like see this the current 
Celtic squad now. 

727
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,560
So obviously I'm not including 
like Carter, Vickers, Johnson 

728
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,159
that people that are out like I 
mean like literally who can play

729
00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:12,880
from right now. 
Would you say that they've got 

730
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,360
the worst squad that the three 
of us like playing squad 

731
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,239
currently fat and available out 
of Celtic, Rangers, Hearts? 

732
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,320
Are they the washed out the 
fleet if you go on? 

733
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,239
Form probably if you go on 
actually names actual. 

734
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:27,280
Names. 
Names no, right? 

735
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,199
So and then and then who defence
got the best manager? 

736
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:34,280
How the three? 
Either Hearts or Rangers. 

737
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:36,199
I can't. 
That's it. 

738
00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:37,679
Probably Rangers right now, I 
think. 

739
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,840
I think, yeah, Danny. 
Rolls got Rangers playing. 

740
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,480
I think I need to win the 
football. 

741
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,040
I mean, I just. 
Wouldn't have it like history 

742
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:47,800
tells me for see Martin Neil as 
a kid and I'm destroying like 

743
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,000
Rangers teams that were way 
better than Danny Rolls Rangers 

744
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,239
team backs to the wall Celtic 
team recently that still won, 

745
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,679
albeit on penalties, but they 
got penalties and then you've 

746
00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:58,560
got the record speaks for 
itself. 

747
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,520
I know, but the before the. 
Before the performances were 

748
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,120
good. 
The performances with this team 

749
00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:07,160
is, I know, like you can frame 
it two ways where you know, 

750
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:09,480
they're playing badly and 
they're scraping by and it can't

751
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:11,360
continue. 
Or you can go down the route of,

752
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:12,720
you know, that's what champions 
do. 

753
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:17,080
But it is not the same Martin 
O'Neill that, you know, was 

754
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:18,600
tearing these these Rangers 
teams apart. 

755
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,720
And it's not the same type of 
squad either, I think, 

756
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:23,160
obviously, but it is but. 
It has the same outcome, though.

757
00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:25,000
Same Martin, Neil. 
It's winning games. 

758
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,560
Yeah, well. 
We'll just have to wait and see.

759
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,920
Eight games left. 
I don't know for me if if. 

760
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,920
It was if somebody's asked me 
who's favourites, I would say 

761
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,920
Celtic and another. 
The other reason for the other 

762
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,440
reason I say Celtic as well, is 
because after this, what they're

763
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,200
likely to have us and Rangers at
home. 

764
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,320
Yeah, I think it'll come down to
those those obviously mother 

765
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,320
will play a big part, but it'll 
come down to those head to heads

766
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,440
where it's a six pointer. 
I just. 

767
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,160
Think it's so interesting that 
there's not been any element of 

768
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,360
Celtic closing a gap and really 
going on a run here. 

769
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,320
I mean, the teams are all just 
as close as they have been. 

770
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:58,800
Hearts. 
I've just dropped a couple of 

771
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,880
points and I just find it so 
strange that when people have 

772
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,400
been asked who the favour are, 
there's nothing much hesitation.

773
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:10,040
Celtic, there's a snap answer 
and I'd like you said, don't. 

774
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,880
As you mentioned, the Adam been 
conditioned to bang that way 

775
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:18,240
from years of watching Scottish 
football, but it's just I just 

776
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:21,160
don't think we can protect it. 
This league could go either way.

777
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,920
It's just definitely. 
Can protect it? 

778
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:25,600
Definitely not. 
No for sure. 

779
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,560
Yeah, we'll step away from the 
Premier League now. 

780
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,320
I think we've we've pretty much 
touched the whole exciting 

781
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,920
aspects that's going on. 
Obviously there's a couple of 

782
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,640
results elsewhere, but although 
of course the Dundee Darby might

783
00:36:36,720 --> 00:36:38,640
as well. 
I just want a quick companion 

784
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:42,920
from you boys here, obviously 22
very good performance from 

785
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,600
Dundee to grab, you know, a last
last minute goals. 

786
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:52,280
It was Luke, Luke Graham, Ross 
Graham who scored the wrong goal

787
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,920
after give now a free kick on 
edge there that led to the the 

788
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,640
final goal. 
But the first goal of the day 

789
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,080
was a pen away. 
I don't know if he's a yeah, I 

790
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,840
was what seen it. 
I was watching it. 

791
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,920
I mean for. 
Me, that's not a penalty. 

792
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,480
I mean, I know the yeah, these 
are controversies in Scottish 

793
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:07,120
football. 
Is that the? 

794
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:08,240
Was that the? 
Handball. 

795
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,800
Yes, I remember. 
My handball, that's not penalty.

796
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,040
I think I mean. 
There was screenshots after the 

797
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,920
game or even during the game of 
I think it was Scotland's 

798
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,160
coefficient shouted to him 
again, where and the laws of the

799
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:25,440
game or or the SPFL specifically
said before the season that have

800
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,880
like it wouldn't be a penalty 
for every handball. 

801
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,960
If it's not impacting play 
massively, it's not going to be 

802
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,560
a penalty. 
And if you look at that, it's 

803
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,880
the ball's going out-of-the-box,
it's not good. 

804
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,320
It's not even going near the 
goal. 

805
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,760
It's in the opposite direction. 
His hands. 

806
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,360
In a natural possession for the 
start, yeah, I don't think he's 

807
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,240
actually expecting the boy to 
play it first time. 

808
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,160
And the guy has literally, from 
the space of a couple of yards 

809
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,600
away, kicked the ball straight, 
his hand. 

810
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,040
I mean, I'm sure. 
As well, I'm saying what he said

811
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,360
something to the ref like all 
noise. 

812
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,280
Like what I must what else must 
what else must put to put like 

813
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,840
what else am I supposed to do? 
And again, further adding to 

814
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,520
your point about like because it
was a natural movement and the 

815
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,120
guy pretty much like let you say
the ball in a direction nobody's

816
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,400
expecting honestly back out the 
box. 

817
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,520
So that how can that be deemed 
like he's deliberately handled 

818
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:12,920
that? 
I don't still get it. 

819
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:14,880
Yeah, I felt. 
I felt it was the error from the

820
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,720
referee and the game and it 
probably should have been 

821
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:19,840
overturned. 
I think we've seen far too many 

822
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,880
these ones. 
It's just strange because I feel

823
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,640
like usually we see that one get
given by VAR. 

824
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,640
It was weird to see the referee 
give it because, you know, I 

825
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:31,040
felt like the national common 
sense would have been like, you 

826
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:35,760
know, he was just as far away 
from the players, the guy and 

827
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,600
time money was when he was hand 
struck like it's, you know, such

828
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,840
a close distance. 
But I do feel from there. 

829
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,640
But I suppose it they kind of 
got off it and then by getting 

830
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:45,760
the draw, yeah, I think that 
was. 

831
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:48,440
Hilarious. 
Ross Graham giving away the free

832
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,640
kick. 
Basically laughing in the guy's 

833
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,960
face then. 
Heads. 

834
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,640
What a great header it was by 
the way, into the top corner. 

835
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,440
What is? 
He trying to do by the way. 

836
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,880
It's right off the. 
Top of his head and yeah, it's 

837
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:03,440
almost like it's. 
Almost like he's trying to head 

838
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,440
to the back out the box but 
can't quite get the reach and 

839
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,320
instead just it because it 
doesn't. 

840
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,760
It's not like, yeah, it's a 
connect with it moving his head 

841
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,320
that direction. 
It's going to play off the top 

842
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:16,040
his head and it was hilarious. 
Yeah, Omar Fattah, by the way, 

843
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:19,680
was absolutely incredible. 
The boy that's he was training 

844
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,520
with Mansi. 
I think he came from Troy in 

845
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,960
France just or somewhere around 
there and he was alleged at the 

846
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,080
whole game. 
But no, it was that was pretty 

847
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:28,720
funny. 
Obviously Dundee United 

848
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,440
absolutely cruising until the 
94th minute. 

849
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:36,120
Then I think it was hey, that 
got the first goal to get him 

850
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,360
back in it 94th minute. 
And then obviously that Ross 

851
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:44,680
Graham circus the. 
The joby job juggernaut rolls 

852
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:50,040
on. 
It yeah, top of the. 

853
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:51,680
Bottom 6. 
By the way, you heard that your 

854
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,160
first top of that will be top of
the bottom second Celtic. 

855
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:55,800
Celtic. 
Do have to play Dundee again. 

856
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:59,120
Obviously they dropped the drop 
points against already against 

857
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,200
Dundee already this season. 
I think that was another game 

858
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:02,360
people were sort of 
highlighting. 

859
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:05,960
This may be a Trekkie one for 
Celtic coming up, but we'll wait

860
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,440
and see. 
That's at Dennis Park again. 

861
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:09,600
Yeah. 
Come on Stephen Perez. 

862
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,560
Like, come on, Stephen. 
We'll take a quick glance there.

863
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,480
The lower leagues it was. 
It's getting a bit tight at the 

864
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:20,680
bottom of the championship, I 
think only only three points. 

865
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:24,240
Celebrating, celebrating, 
separating. 

866
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:25,680
You're not celebrating. 
Anything this season? 

867
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,720
No. 
We're in the cup final actually,

868
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:37,120
so, so yeah, the Grovers are in 
7th and it's Morton, Airdrie and

869
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,760
Ross County all underneath them.
We have got a game in hand but 

870
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,120
there is only three points 
separating 7th and 10th. 

871
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,960
I was at East End Park on 
Saturday and it was a pretty 

872
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,960
gutless performance from the 
Rovers. 

873
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,760
And I think, you know, all these
teams I've just mentioned are in

874
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,200
a relegation fight. 
I think Queens Park's done well 

875
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:03,000
to create some distance between 
themselves and this sort of 

876
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,080
lower pack of teams that are 
kind of all congested in that 

877
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:08,760
war area. 
Only lost one of. 

878
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:11,520
Those 5, yeah, they're doing. 
Really well and considering 

879
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,400
where they kind of wear at 
points in a season and then 

880
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:18,000
selling their most not valuable 
asset to Saint Johnson, they've 

881
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,040
kept on quite well from that. 
So is they're doing they're 

882
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,480
doing exceeding expectations in 
that respect. 

883
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:27,240
But I mean, from from a reef and
point of view, I think that all 

884
00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:30,560
a talk from the supporters going
to Saturday was, you know, this 

885
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,120
could be a big sign about how 
we're going to fare in this 

886
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,760
relegation battle. 
Because, you know, you've got to

887
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,480
be out for the fight in these 
sort of scenarios. 

888
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:42,040
And if you can't find the fight 
in a local Derby, how are you 

889
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,720
going to be able to find it on a
Tuesday night, you know, up 

890
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:48,320
against Partick Vessel or on a, 
you know, a way to Queens Park? 

891
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,760
Yeah, it's going to be it's 
going to be a test in a couple 

892
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,560
of weeks as well. 
Am I? 

893
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,960
Reading the fixtures right, you 
have got four home games and 

894
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,920
that all next one. 
Of them's our cup game, it says 

895
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,000
you've got it's the. 
Average range of fixtures It 

896
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,960
says you've. 
Got the March? 

897
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:09,400
Yeah, after the 24th year and 
27th and then a little break and

898
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,960
then Morton on the length of 
April, they're all at home. 

899
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,160
You've got 5. 
Home games in a row, one of 

900
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:15,080
them. 
What's happened there? 

901
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:20,080
Is the cup game is replaced in 
away game on fairly certain and 

902
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:24,400
then the Partick mid week game 
as a rearranged fixture from 

903
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:27,560
when they were in the cup 
against another week so it's 

904
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,440
just scored for four. 
Games, is that right? 

905
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,400
Well, obviously take the Cup 
game, I think. 

906
00:42:32,920 --> 00:42:35,040
It's been January. 
We did score again. 

907
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:36,760
We've not scored since January 
in the league. 

908
00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:39,360
But we did score. 
Against St. 

909
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:43,560
Johnson and we should games. 
Massive Now, the way I know 

910
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:44,760
they're all massive, but you 
know what I mean? 

911
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:45,720
Like that. 
Yeah. 

912
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:48,960
Like the Six? 
Pointers, But I mean, just to 

913
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:51,120
touch your point by the goals we
did score against and Johnston, 

914
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,040
it was a a goal that I've 
chopped off for been offside 

915
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:57,160
when he was about yard on, which
is kind of again, the sort of 

916
00:42:57,160 --> 00:42:59,640
luck you seem to get when things
aren't when you're at the bottom

917
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,760
of the table. 
But I mean, like you said there 

918
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:05,640
certainly he's been about a 
boogie team for us in the past 

919
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,080
couple of season. 
Just looking at the head to. 

920
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,440
Heads apart for that cup game 
that he's having scored against.

921
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:11,280
Obvious. 
No, it's not. 

922
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,120
It's not been great. 
I mean one of the Rovers. 

923
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,480
Rate Rovers and East Kilbride in
the same league next season. 

924
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,760
It's. 
Very much like it's even just 

925
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,720
like broadly looking at it's 
looking like goals are the 

926
00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:27,840
biggest problem like the final 
fourth was defensively. 

927
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,240
It's not like it's not that bad 
to be honest. 

928
00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:33,000
It's more you see, either I 
don't know if it's not great 

929
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,360
enough chance they're just not 
finishing them or both, but I 

930
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,120
mean we. 
Paid a couple of chances on 

931
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,000
Saturday, but to be honest, the 
only one that really got more me

932
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,920
off my seat was an effort that 
was just slightly off target by 

933
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:47,160
Down Easton and today. 
Some didn't really, you know, 

934
00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:49,880
didn't really inspire the fans 
too much into, you know, 

935
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:52,440
thinking, you know, we're really
going to break free because I 

936
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,760
know it was free now and that 
kind of reads quite bad. 

937
00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:58,160
It it wasn't bad because of the 
score line. 

938
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,920
We were just were one nil down 
for the majority of the game and

939
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,160
in Dunfermline cost on the 
counter late when we're really 

940
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,160
trying to push for a goal. 
It was the fact that we 

941
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:08,880
dominated the second-half in 
terms of possession and, you 

942
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,800
know, chances, let's say, even 
if there weren't great chances 

943
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,200
and we didn't make that count at
all, we just couldn't 

944
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,360
breakthrough him. 
It looked very soft and, you 

945
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,480
know, gentle and weak, but you 
say it's not. 

946
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:20,440
What? 
You know what you're wanting in 

947
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:21,640
the battle, No. 
Yeah. 

948
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:26,280
To be fair as well, I mean and 
may talks quite well and it's 

949
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:30,080
hard to dislike him when you 
know when he's talking his post 

950
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:34,520
match interviews because he the 
way he speaks kind of is matters

951
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:36,600
what the fans are saying in 
terms of what they want from the

952
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,400
players. 
But I mean if early doors it was

953
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:42,240
fairly easy to see that dumb 
family are playing with a set up

954
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:46,280
where it was 3 center halves. 
They're playing quite wide and 

955
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,680
it wasn't long before us a 
diagonal. 

956
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:52,200
Of course, a patch to their left
winger exposed our right back 

957
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,120
for the second time, who was 
just nowhere near them. 

958
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,240
And it wasn't just me that was 
that. 

959
00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:58,280
There's a couple of fans in the 
crowd that I spoke to afterwards

960
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:02,960
that commented on the side, the 
wet as you getting exposed, and 

961
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:05,000
we didn't react to that. 
There was no change in shape. 

962
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,560
You know, we have the guys to to
change up a bit and react to 

963
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,200
stuff like that and we didn't. 
So that was discount 

964
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:13,200
disappointing. 
So I just hope we can kick on in

965
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,840
a couple of you know, in the 
next couple of weeks. 

966
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:16,920
We've got the home games. 
Hopefully we can make the most 

967
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,280
of it. 
But yes, it's not, it's not 

968
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,400
great for us, but it's certainly
going to make for an 

969
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:25,480
entertaining and to the the 
championship season silver 

970
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,800
service and Johnston at the top.
They have extended a fair lead 

971
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:32,080
over Partick and I'd be 
surprised if they didn't 

972
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:36,440
maintain that, shall we say. 
Whereas things look like they 

973
00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,920
can, they can change a lot at 
the bottom of the table. 

974
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:40,560
Yeah, I think. 
That was most of the 

975
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,480
championship talked about. 
I think another league that we 

976
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:46,200
don't talk about a lot in the 
podcast, that could change a 

977
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:48,920
lot, as is both the Highland and
Lowland division. 

978
00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:52,960
Yeah, I. 
Mean to bring it up a couple of 

979
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,920
weeks ago when it was the Bonnie
Red Clyde game. 

980
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:58,480
Yeah, I think both. 
Both leagues are looking 

981
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:01,040
absolutely crazy, obviously in 
that lonely that you just 

982
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,840
touched on there. 
Bonnie Riggs are Bonnie Riggs 

983
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,520
are sitting top after being 
relegate last season, 63 points.

984
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:12,520
Clyde Clyde banker on 58 points 
or five points behind, but 

985
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,880
they've got a game in hand. 
Then Tranent are sitting two 

986
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:19,840
points back at 56 points but 
they've got two games and and 

987
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,120
then Lannis grows in 4th 53 
points where they've got three 

988
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,800
games at hand. 
So if everyone wins third games 

989
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:31,320
in hand, it would be tested. 22.
Points would. 

990
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,080
Be two points. 
Yeah, 2 points between 1st and 

991
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:38,320
4th, which is mental almost. 
Yeah, probably better than the 

992
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:41,000
Premiership and it was a huge. 
It was a huge win for Claybank 

993
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:45,360
the other week. 
It was 51 when again stop shows 

994
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:48,360
51 against Bonnie Reg and again 
that you don't ask really was a 

995
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:50,560
sex pointer. 
All they've got the game in 

996
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:52,400
hand. 
That would have put a better 

997
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,920
daylight between them and Bonnie
Reg up the top. 

998
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:58,080
And it would be good to I mean 
fair enough. 

999
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:02,440
It'd be good to see all any of 
these teams up and the up in 

1000
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:05,200
League 2. 
But I mean, given the history of

1001
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:08,080
Claybank, the fact that they're 
a Phoenix club that you know, 

1002
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,800
from obviously Clydebank in 
their days back at Kilbay Park, 

1003
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,080
you know, a fairly, you know, 
part of Scottish football's test

1004
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:17,240
today. 
And I think it would be a it 

1005
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:20,880
would be a very nice moment for 
their fans if after all the 

1006
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:24,240
years of suffer and they finally
go back to the top four flights 

1007
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:26,600
Scottish football. 
Because I mean, when you look at

1008
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,520
the average attendances, even in
the Woolen League, they're still

1009
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:33,280
clocking an average attendances 
of about 800 fans a game. 

1010
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:36,760
Caledonian Braves. 
No, no. 

1011
00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:39,240
But you know that I think that's
a totally different story 

1012
00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:41,480
altogether. 
I mean, you know, you know, 

1013
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:46,200
Claybank fans for those I've 
watched their team sort of, you 

1014
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,960
know, lose their ground and 
Kilbay, they went to ground 

1015
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:53,240
share and I think Partick and 
Cap Capital One maybe one of the

1016
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,360
two places they went. 
I want to say Bulkheads or 

1017
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:58,560
Dumbarton as well. 
I might be wrong. 

1018
00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:01,280
They don't get too annoyed if 
I've got a wrong bank case. 

1019
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:03,720
But yeah. 
And then, you know, to watch a 

1020
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,320
club effectively go down the 
tubes and then, you know, the 

1021
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:09,880
the new club that was 
established right at the bottom 

1022
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,000
of Scottish football to work its
way back up the form league, 

1023
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:14,760
supporting their club the whole 
way. 

1024
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:19,360
And then, you know, it's taken 
20 years or so, nearly 30 years 

1025
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:21,160
now. 
But yeah, you know, it'd be. 

1026
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:24,600
A really great story and I'd 
much prefer them than having to 

1027
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:28,560
go back to New Dundas Park at 
any time because I think when 

1028
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,520
Bonnie Rig were in League 2, 
that was the stadium that 

1029
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:34,400
everyone dreaded to go to. 
Obviously you know, it could 

1030
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,360
still change, but it looks like 
it'll be Edinburgh City that 

1031
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,800
will go into that playoff. 
Obviously with that 15 point 

1032
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:43,720
deduction, they've done really 
well to to get back where they 

1033
00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:45,560
are. 
If they didn't have that point 

1034
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,400
deduction, they'd be sitting in 
fourth in the playoffs. 

1035
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,640
There's six points between them 
and Dumbarton. 

1036
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,160
They have dropped off a little 
bit. 

1037
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:57,760
There's still obviously nine 
games to go in the season, so it

1038
00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:00,880
could change even still an 
Albion are getting dragged into 

1039
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,600
it a little bit. 
But I mean, I think, yeah, 

1040
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,120
Rangers. 
Breaking as well and then 

1041
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:10,000
they've actually got up there 
one of the last games of the 

1042
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:13,160
season on the the 4th of April. 
We need to. 

1043
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,600
Get to that. 
I think it's it's a Friday 

1044
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:16,800
night. 
It's a week night. 

1045
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:19,240
I mean, we're Friday night, but 
it's a week night because I did 

1046
00:49:19,240 --> 00:49:21,600
look at and think I'd be a great
one to travel up front, you 

1047
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,400
know, capture, capture about 
what's going on there, because 

1048
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:29,120
we can say one of you know, the 
famous clubs in Scotland, I'm 

1049
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:31,720
pretty sure they're one of the 
oldest teams in the hedge is was

1050
00:49:31,720 --> 00:49:34,320
a was a a landmark of Scottish 
football. 

1051
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,440
So I was ashamed to see them 
drop out the leagues. 

1052
00:49:36,720 --> 00:49:38,240
And then you've got broader 
Rangers. 

1053
00:49:38,240 --> 00:49:41,800
I've kind of been a really 
successful club in the champion 

1054
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:45,160
in the in the, in the Highland 
League for many years now, but 

1055
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:49,160
they've just never quite managed
to break out in the top league. 

1056
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:53,000
And I don't know if it's because
obviously in terms of maybe in 

1057
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,880
terms like funding and stuff, I 
think there's a lot of money 

1058
00:49:56,720 --> 00:49:59,640
going so far away going. 
Yeah, there's a lot of money 

1059
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:02,520
going around in the Lowland 
League now, being teams like 

1060
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:05,320
Tranane and Caledonian Braves 
have come up from like real 

1061
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,800
level at the Sport Academy. 
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 

1062
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:08,600
Like not. 
Obscurity. 

1063
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:12,000
But like, you know, they 
weren't, they weren't, they 

1064
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,440
weren't knocking on the door 
like they are now. 

1065
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,720
So broader, broader have been 
always up and around that area. 

1066
00:50:17,720 --> 00:50:20,920
They've been involved in the 
playoffs, so it'll be 

1067
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:23,120
interesting to see which one of 
those Dukes, I think. 

1068
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:25,680
I mean there's only three points
between them, but Breaking's a 

1069
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,480
game behind so former team are 
not far off as. 

1070
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:31,400
Well, if they win their game in 
hand and breakdown their game in

1071
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,000
hand. 
That is, there'll be two points 

1072
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:34,440
between. 1st and 3rd there as 
well. 

1073
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:36,960
So it's crazy in both leagues, 
Yeah. 

1074
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:38,520
So I mean. 
It's going to be a tight end to 

1075
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,400
the season. 
It's definitely, definitely 

1076
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,720
worth keeping an eye on them. 
We've not got enough time to get

1077
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:47,440
into League One because I know 
there's the goalie. 

1078
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:49,720
Inverness. 
Of what actually touched now 

1079
00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:52,160
there was a there was a goal by 
cover Rangers goalkeeper that 

1080
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:56,800
was saved echo of Rangers and 
gotten a point and Verness and 

1081
00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:58,440
Verness got the given handles. 
What I meant to say. 

1082
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,480
So they've put the sex 
potentially a three-point lead 

1083
00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:05,480
on stairs if they were not, but 
yeah, because it's a little bit 

1084
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,800
and drop off to Aloe, Queen of 
the South behind them. 

1085
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,440
And I've I don't know, we'd like
to play either on the playoffs. 

1086
00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:16,440
So hopefully, I hope. 
We'll bring in Burness to Cove 

1087
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:20,600
you next month as well, right? 
Find the host and Burness, Yeah.

1088
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,040
They're. 
Yeah, half five kick. 

1089
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:25,200
Off. 
Yeah, there's lots of these. 

1090
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:27,440
Bad games happening, but you 
want to get back to the. 

1091
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,400
Championship. 
You'll need to do it on a cold 

1092
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:33,480
night and no Cove you back. 
I've been there a few times. 

1093
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:36,760
I was watching Queens Park 
actually, when they were when 

1094
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:40,080
they were ground using that 
grounds while lesser ham them 

1095
00:51:40,080 --> 00:51:43,640
has been developed. 
So I think we'll call it there 

1096
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:47,000
though, boys. 
I mean we've we have tapped down

1097
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:50,480
into the lower leagues and I 
think we're over there Mark now.

1098
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:53,000
So or just coming up there at 
least. 

1099
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,280
So yeah, not a good chat. 
Plenty going on. 

1100
00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:58,760
I think the next time we chat to
Adam, I'm sure there'll be 

1101
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,880
another twist in the story of 
heart season. 

1102
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:05,920
I'm sure we've got the Scotland 
games coming on to I don't know 

1103
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,320
if we'll be coming to you from 
the studio or just on the mics, 

1104
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:11,680
but whatever. 
Whatever I come to you from, 

1105
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,760
make sure you are reading the 
podcast and sharing it with your

1106
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:18,160
friends if you enjoy it. 
And word of mouth and things 

1107
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,720
like that go a long way more 
than you probably realize. 

1108
00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:23,720
So I always appreciate it from 
the team because a lot of hard 

1109
00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:26,680
work goes into preparing for 
these things and making them 

1110
00:52:26,680 --> 00:52:28,120
happen. 
And then edit number, which is 

1111
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:29,280
what then I'll be going to do 
now. 

1112
00:52:29,640 --> 00:52:32,000
So Yep, I think I'll call there 
boys. 

1113
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:33,760
Thanks again for coming on 
joining me. 

1114
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:35,240
Cheers. 
Thank you. 

1115
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:36,520
Take care guys.