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s Brendan Rodgers right to blame Rangers for Old Firm fan lockout at Celtic Park? Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers clarified that the decision is entirely a "Rangers thing" and not something involving Celtic. Rodgers emphasized that the situation stems from actions taken by Rangers, stating, "It's not a Celtic-Rangers thing. This is a Rangers thing."  SUBSCRIBE NOW: ‪@PLZSoccer‬   Rodgers elaborated on the efforts made by Celtic to accommodate fans, explaining that the club has invested time and resources into ensuring that the stadium is safe and ready for both sets of supporters. However, despite these efforts, an agreement between the two clubs has not been reached. "Celtic, when even they're asked to have this agreement to make the stadium safe and everything else, we plough money into that, we do the works, which started months ago," Rodgers explained. He further mentioned that the failure to reach a mutual agreement has led to the current situation where both sets of supporters are being locked out of each other's stadiums for the upcoming matches.  Rodgers expressed disappointment over the missed opportunity for fans to experience the full atmosphere of the Old Firm derby. "I'm clearly disappointed for both sets of supporters because it's been a long time now since we had a decent allocation for both clubs," he stated. Despite the frustrations, Rodgers remains hopeful that future discussions will lead to a resolution that allows fans from both sides to attend these iconic matches.  Meanwhile, Rangers boss Philippe Clement also shared his thoughts, noting that while he was not directly involved in the discussions, he believes that having both sets of fans present would enhance the experience. "I hope for football games always that there are two sets of fans," Clement said, acknowledging the importance of fan presence for the overall footballing experience.   Full preview of all Premiership Sports Cup fixtures this weekend; Dunfermline Athletic for sale after backlash from the fans; Celtic will not provide Rangers fans away tickets to Old Firm fixtures this season; The latest Scottish Premiership transfer news includes Celtic rejecting a £20 million bid for Matt O'Riley and Tony Watt signing for Motherwell; And much more!  The Football Show Highlights:  00:00:00 Intro - The Football Show 00:00:50 Brann 3-1 St Mirren  00:04:09 Tromso 0-1 Kilmarnock  00:09:30 Still no Rangers fans at Celtic Park 00:19:35 Is the Old Firm still a top derby? 00:23:20 Celtic reject £20 million bid for O'Riley 00:25:58 Latest Scottish Premiership transfer news 00:27:43 Dunfermline Athletic for sale 00:32:57 Premier Sports Cup fixtures 00:33:30 Rangers v St Johnstone preview 00:39:15 Celtic v Hibernian preview 00:43:30 Scottish football news 00:45:19 Falkirk v Hearts preview 00:51:15 Motherwell v Kilmarnock preview 00:56:00 Aberdeen v Queen's Park 00:58:24 Premier Sports Cup predictions 01:00:47 English Premier League is back  Love Scottish football as much as we do?

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00:00:00Welcome to PLZ Soccer's football show and I'm Peter Martin, Alan Ruff and Tam Hiepmanis

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00:00:27breaking news at your fingertips. So there is lots to talk about. I'm really looking

00:00:32forward to your thoughts. The highs and lows of it all have to be discussed because last

00:00:38night we were hoping that maybe two of the clubs could get through in European football.

00:00:43In the end, we got one through and that was Komarnik. St Mirren fell foul of SK Brand

00:00:49over in Norway. It ended up 3-1, 4-2 on aggregate. This is what Steven Robinson had to say at

00:00:57that defeat. Our defending was poor for the goals. We have to be honest with that. They

00:01:01punished us but we have to defend better whatever level we're playing at. We've had a taste

00:01:06of that now and we want more of it. We've enjoyed it. We've enjoyed the experience.

00:01:11Absolutely gutted for St Mirren but in the end there was always that sense, always that

00:01:16feeling that they had that little extra bit of quality. Yeah, but I thought I won each.

00:01:22You know, I thought we'd maybe hang on for the last 10 minutes and then it can happen

00:01:26in an extra time but that wasn't to be. They were pressing for it but I think the players

00:01:32will be enjoyed the experience of being there but the disappointment, we'll have to wait

00:01:37and see how that pans out if the players can pick them up and take themselves on for the

00:01:41rest of the season. Yeah, I mean he's right in what he's saying about the goals. I was

00:01:46watching the goals and it was painful actually. The first one was just such an easy pass into

00:01:53the back of the net and I think he'll be so angry because there were so many St Mirren

00:01:58players in the box. Yeah, I mean the guy's standing himself. He's got tonnes of space

00:02:02to put the ball in the net and as you said St Mirren defended it poorly. I won each as

00:02:06Ruffey said. I thought St Mirren could have held on maybe extra time, penalties. You never

00:02:10know what can happen but I think the last 10-15 minutes they just tired. I think Bran

00:02:15got on top of the game in the last 10-15 minutes and got the goals and in my opinion deservedly

00:02:19went through. I thought they were the better team over the two legs. St Mirren now lost

00:02:236 goals in 2 games. 3-1 up at Aberdeen and 3 last night. I think they'll be disappointed

00:02:30they're out of Europe but I think now they can just focus on domestic because like Kermarnock

00:02:34they've struggled. We're playing Thursday and Sunday and they don't have that now. Yeah,

00:02:39absolutely but when you get a little taste of it and certainly I have to say great credit

00:02:43Ruffey to the St Mirren fans. They certainly got behind their team. They certainly thoroughly

00:02:48enjoyed that little taste of it and they'll be looking. Sometimes you set the bar. You

00:02:54raise the expectation and they want more of it. Yeah, I mean we can see that even in the

00:02:58home games. They turn up there much more than what they used to. They're bought into everything

00:03:05that's been happening in the club, all the success that the club had and every supporter

00:03:09wants to go abroad. You just want to go away and taste the atmosphere and everything and

00:03:13they certainly were there in numbers. Yeah, absolutely and knowing a good few of my mates

00:03:18from Paisley and my days of living there, £12 a pint won't have gone down well. Yeah,

00:03:23I'm cutting my pals over there and that was a big thing. It was very expensive and Iceland

00:03:28before that was two skinners for you to go over to the games and the guy I know went

00:03:33over to both so I think you'll be toasting beans for the next couple of months. Yeah,

00:03:37absolutely. It's a great place to live but expensive as well Ruffey which maybe you won't

00:03:42know. Paisley is a fantastic place to live may I add but certainly an eye opener. You

00:03:56used to have a fantastic nightlife as well. Anyway, I digress. How we managed to get onto

00:04:01Paisley nightlife I'll never know. If there was the low of Paisley there's a high of Comarnach

00:04:06and they're through. 1-0 against Tromso. This is what Derek McInnes made of it all.

00:04:13I've said this before, they thought they'd won food in the next round. I don't think they were

00:04:18disrespectful but I could sense that they thought the job was done at Rugby Park last week and they

00:04:23just needed to turn up. Thankfully we turned up and made a result for us and that is absolutely

00:04:29magnificent because that's what you're looking for. Joe Wright's goal, obviously suggestion of

00:04:35a wee bit of an own goal in it but who cares it's in. Once it went in I thought they defended

00:04:40particularly well. I thought the two wide guys, Ibi Armstrong and Kennedy, they hadn't been playing

00:04:48in the games before leading up to it. They were the outlet. Whenever you get possession of the

00:04:54ball give it to them, let them take it up the park, kill some time. The game went on, they

00:04:58huffed and puffed but I think well done to Comarnach. I really do think the Comarnach

00:05:03defence when they all play collectively together they're quite a hard defence to be. I think the

00:05:08boy Mayo and Finlay are really resolute when they're playing well. They were pivotal to

00:05:14Devon that happened and you can just see the celebrations after it, how much it meant to the

00:05:19backroom staff and everybody and good luck to them. Let's hope they won't have a draw yet

00:05:25but let's hope they get a favourable draw because that was a fair old jaunt for the supporters.

00:05:30It's next week, it's Denmark, it's Copenhagen, it's a tough one but we want to celebrate and

00:05:36it's only right and proper that we celebrate them getting over it but now Copenhagen at the best of

00:05:43times have been a Champions League group stage team. Yes, that'll be a very, very hard game

00:05:48for Comarnach but they'll be happy to get into the play-off round, they're one tie away from

00:05:54getting into the group stages Peter and you never know over two legs what can happen. FC Copenhagen

00:05:58are overwhelming favourites but I didn't think Comarnach would get through this tie and have

00:06:03done that. Joe Wright had an absolute shocker at the weekend, gave away a goal, sent off and then

00:06:10scores a winner last night and keeps a clean sheet. That just shows you the ups and downs of

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00:06:51sunlit uphills of Cumbernauld, that just worries me because you're the only one with a house on a

00:06:58hill in Cumbernauld and he's clearly realising you're here in the studio so you're in big trouble

00:07:04and here's a great one from James Wright who sent us a message and said Peter can you ask

00:07:09Ruffey what was going on with the Tromso keeper coming out to the halfway line, was that arrogance

00:07:14or tactical? I was going to say I hope he said James said I was hoping that one of the

00:07:21Killie players would lob the ball because that's always the fear. Well that happened though it was

00:07:25David Marshall, when your team is pushing up you know with the goalkeeper pushing up as well

00:07:33yeah you just it's not the first time we've seen somebody with the insight you know to see him off

00:07:39his line and having a shot for the halfway line but you've got to have the ability to do that I

00:07:43mean Charlie did it didn't he Charlie Adam? Oh Charlie used to do it for Chelsea Stoke.

00:07:50I mean there's a lot of players have it in their makeup that they know they just have a wee look

00:07:55to see where you are I mean in my day it used to be Andy Ritchie. Yeah he was fantastic.

00:08:00Just have a shot for the halfway line. Which reminds me by the way someone asked us if we

00:08:04can do a tribute video I think they're having a tribute night for him over in Greenock so

00:08:08we'll need to do that because he's one of my if you were talking about the 80s he's one of my

00:08:12favourite players if I was I was listing my top 20 he's in it he's just a genius wasn't he? Yeah I

00:08:19think anybody who's in that era who saw Andy playing knew that he was so far ahead of his

00:08:25time you know technically gifted yeah could do an outside of the foot whatever you know but

00:08:30a wee way ahead of his time obviously he's what would you say his body didn't go his ability?

00:08:40Yeah well let's not knock it I modelled my entire game on him a lack of movement but the other thing

00:08:47I was going to say to you is lots of people mentioned to us you know about great for Kelly

00:08:54getting through there so it's absolutely fantastic lots to discuss elsewhere as well

00:09:00Johnny says I remember Andy Ritchie when he played for Motherwell too yep absolutely he actually

00:09:06chucked the game far too early far too early we love players like that for the younger generation

00:09:12who don't remember he's just unbelievably skillful okay so commiserations to St Mirren well

00:09:19done Kelly that's the European situation out of the way lots of things to discuss as far as the

00:09:25Premier Sports Cup this weekend but a few things that I want to get your thoughts on first of all

00:09:31Old Firm ban on away supporters Celtic will not supply any tickets to away fans for the Old Firm

00:09:38on September 1st that's amid fears that Ibrox will not be ready for the corresponding fixture

00:09:43at Ibrox and so it continues this tit-for-tat this is what Brendan Rodgers had to say today

00:09:50he was fairly scathing on it all the blast starts with the club's job is to protect the support and

00:09:57if there's not the guarantee then if that's not the guarantee then come the second fixture

00:10:03then I think it's only logical that you wouldn't reciprocate Celtic have played their part in what

00:10:09they've been asked to do none of this was Celtic's issue nothing when you go back to when this all

00:10:14started it had nothing to do with Celtic Celtic gets dragged into this as it's being a Celtic

00:10:20Rangers thing it's not a Celtic Rangers thing this is a Rangers thing so there's undoubtedly

00:10:28more than a few people will have something to say on the Brendan Rodgers comments on it

00:10:36because we've said it ad nauseum since the start on this whole issue he does have a point

00:10:45initially I don't want anybody to misconstrue what I'm saying here but this whole thing was started by

00:10:52Hibbs and they restricted Rangers tickets at Easter Road and that set the ball rolling and

00:11:02then Rangers suddenly decided and there was a fair bit of pressure coming from Rangers fans

00:11:07saying listen we want you to limit Celtic fans coming to Ibrox and then they jumped on the

00:11:12bandwagon and then after that you know Celtic reciprocated and said well if you're going to cut

00:11:17our allocation then we're certainly not going to be giving you 7,000 Rangers fans at Celtic Park

00:11:23and there we go the whole bandwagon starts again yeah this is where we are now Peter this is what

00:11:29it's all started from as you said and I think in terms of of Rangers I think that they were tired

00:11:35of of getting heavily defeated at Ibrox and that whole stand party I think that was a part of it

00:11:40as well Peter and Brendan's right it was a Rangers thing it's nothing to do with Celtic Rangers have

00:11:44started it Celtic have obviously said well if they're not giving us tickets we're not giving

00:11:47them tickets I think in terms of the here and now in terms of Ibrox maybe not been ready for the

00:11:53for the home game in when's it just January January I think Celtic are within the rights to

00:11:59to say you know we need guarantees if there's no guarantees it's going to be ready then you're

00:12:03not going to get any any tickets for for Parkhead so I don't think Celtic are in the wrong here I

00:12:08think Brendan's maybe took it a little bit extreme there but I think that he is right it is it has

00:12:12always been a Rangers thing but I think this this particular one is a safety thing is it no

00:12:18yeah absolutely I think Rangers and Celtic got into the agreement a way back that they would put

00:12:23in safety precautions for both sets of fans when they go to either stadium I think Celtic have done

00:12:29that I think there was pictures put out of the how they're going to segregate the fans and a new exit

00:12:34is going to be made and blah blah blah and according to Celtic they've done their bit for this game

00:12:39and Rangers haven't they done their bit obviously Rangers have got other things to worry about the

00:12:43the stand getting fixed and everything moving to another so that probably has it been high up in

00:12:48their their theory to do get it fixed so I think I think in this occasion it's Celtic have done

00:12:54something about it and seen Rangers have done nothing to help the safety of this game so they've

00:12:59just said well it's not going to happen then so we're we're going to do likewise well well Brendan

00:13:04goes on and he said it's quite a lengthy point that was the main crux of it there but he did say

00:13:09so when Celtic were asked to have this agreement to make the stadium safe we plough money into it

00:13:14we do this work which started months ago like I said on both parties it hasn't been agreed

00:13:20the agreement hasn't been upheld I think Celtic have the right to protect their supporters

00:13:24and the club and sadly the Rangers support miss out on this game and Celtic in the return game

00:13:29but let's hope after that we can find a way to let the support in and of course obviously the

00:13:35SPFL have released a statement acknowledging the fact that you know for two games they're

00:13:41going to miss out but they say that you know they will after these two games have passed

00:13:49return to an allocation hopefully of five percent of the respective stadiums capacity for away

00:13:54supporters which will mean that you get around two and a half thousand but as I said before

00:14:02you know that the point here is quite simply because of the way Scottish football operates at

00:14:09the moment unless you get rules in place that forces the hand and takes it away from either

00:14:17club or any other club who wants to go through this crazy process we've witnessed it at Hearts

00:14:23last week we witnessed it at Hibs with empty seats you know that apparently all the Hearts

00:14:30and Hibs fans were going to fill and they didn't and now we've witnessed this I tell you one thing

00:14:37though I would not like to be 750 Rangers fans or 750 Celtic fans or even I think two and a half

00:14:46thousand Rangers or Celtic fans in the away end at any of these grounds because it's going to be

00:14:52very difficult to police it very difficult to make it safe without you know putting it I think

00:15:00a lot of fans in jeopardy of flying objects yeah that's the issue Peter it's the safety of the

00:15:08supporters it's not the numbers it's come 800, 2,000, 5,000 you need to guarantee safety because

00:15:14you're in the minority going to an away stadium your biggest rivals so that's what it's boiling

00:15:19down to Peter and you're right listen a lot of fans would love it you know going to Lions Den

00:15:24you know maybe the 800 fans going in it's a bit of a scamble for tickets a lot of supporters would

00:15:27want to go but a lot would be worried about going and worried about safety worries about things

00:15:32getting thrown worried about you know the aftermath of the game if their team lost so

00:15:37let's hope obviously in the next couple of games it's not going to happen but let's hope after

00:15:41that they can get their heads together and get the full allocation back eventually. As Peter said it

00:15:47needs the authorities to step in here and show some something some bit of saying right this is

00:15:55I said to you at the start when they stopped it when they stopped the fans going I said to you

00:16:00watch what happens I said to you over a year ago on this program I said watch what happens

00:16:06they'll ban the supporters they'll restrict them to 750 then they'll come back after they've stopped

00:16:11the whole 7,000 fans in one end in 7,000 at Ibrox after that's been stopped what they'll do is

00:16:20they'll eventually be forced into a situation where somebody will intervene and then we'll get

00:16:25to two and a half thousand I remember saying it to you I said they'll give us a token situation

00:16:30where both sets of fans now have two and a half thousand rather than the seven thousand and by

00:16:36the way sometimes as you know people don't really get the timeline or the actual facts in order

00:16:44and Tam says here I love how they always ignore the truth when it comes to Rangers

00:16:49we sold more season tickets 4,000 to be exact and they sit in that stand listen Tam we're not

00:16:56debating that they sit in that stand it's the timeline of when they were actually banned from

00:17:01selling that full end to Celtic yeah because obviously they made a decision to

00:17:07to let their own fans sit in that area rather than Celtic fans still getting the same money

00:17:11but that was a start that was the start of the tit-for-tat where Celtic went well we're not

00:17:14getting away support you're not getting a park head so that's where it started from yes it's

00:17:17fine it's okay now that they're in they're sitting there now but it was the decision to

00:17:22to ban Celtic fans which led to that decision for that to be Rangers supporters in that stand

00:17:26yeah absolutely I would love to see it returned the only way that will happen

00:17:33even after the next two games which again you know you have to look and say well if there's

00:17:37no guarantee if there's not a steadfast guarantee you can understand why Celtic are taking this

00:17:42stance but after that once Rangers eventually get the stand in order I think they will quickly

00:17:51find out roughly that two and a half thousand is even more difficult to police by trying to

00:17:56section off a proportion of the stand you know they're talking about putting a big net up aren't

00:18:01they putting a net up yes I don't know and then you have to move sets of fans back a bit so I

00:18:07don't know how many seats you're losing in doing that but I mean to get away from you that's in

00:18:12the stadium it's outside the stadium most of the trouble is yeah well coming in and leaving you

00:18:17know so I don't know how you police that I don't know how you make that that better I'd be interested

00:18:22I would be interested to to know the fans theory of are they happy getting into their own stadium

00:18:30and no getting to away game no getting to the wing are they quite happy to give that up

00:18:37and not being allowed to go to the Rangers or the Celtic away games yeah so you say you know what

00:18:42would you prefer what would you are you quite happy to get a ticket for your home game and not

00:18:47get to an away game what about you Tom I think I think the away support want to go to Ibrox want

00:18:53to go to Parkhead you know want to go into the Lions den and see their team winning so I'm not

00:18:59so sure I think you know getting that full away support back at Rangers and Celtics it would be

00:19:05huge for the game I think the supporters would want it as well yeah can't we go back into that

00:19:09stupid voting system that we have in our country on a whatsapp group no well they say the SPFL SFA

00:19:18whoever say right let's all get together we're going to make a rule out here you've got to give

00:19:2210 percent well this is let's vote on it listen and is it still going to be 11-1 yeah yeah yeah

00:19:30absolutely and I think actually I did read one of the comments there that should that said they

00:19:35should be forced to go 10 percent I think he's right I think it's I think it's right I mean

00:19:40lots of we've got lots of people uh who are Rangers and Celtic fans on our feed as well

00:19:45and lots of people who watch the program who've got an opinion on it we value them all there's

00:19:49there's a just a quite simply a situation here which is not ideal I think a lot of fans are

00:19:55missing out on it I don't know about you but I just thought it I just thought it made it uniquely

00:20:00one of the best atmospheres it's one of the top derbies in the world um you know as far as being a

00:20:07spectacle when you had the 7,000 in I don't think that magic is there anymore I don't I mean if

00:20:14you're talking about bucket lists we always talk about what's in your bucket list and one of them

00:20:18was to go and see Bocca Juniors River Plate you know because of that the volatile atmosphere

00:20:25you know I don't even know what the standard of football is going to be like but right now

00:20:30you know we haven't really witnessed what I would call some of the classic old firm games with a

00:20:36top draw standard do you know what I mean it's the it's not a great fixture because of the wonderful

00:20:42football yes it's the atmosphere in the you know in the game and it's 100 mile an hour in the drama

00:20:49because these have got so much on them because they're until the last 10 years have been

00:20:54usually title deciders you know it's usually been tight in terms of both teams going for the league

00:20:59um no no but honestly I think that the getting that getting that full stand back

00:21:03uh is huge you know Celtic when the goal goes in they're shooting into that end the

00:21:08the noise and explosion of colour and everything and the same with Rangers at Parkhead when they

00:21:12score down at that end you know and the Rangers players run to their fans that's what makes a

00:21:16fixture for me yeah the other thing that William Smith actually made a very good point which is

00:21:20would Celtic be able to get a 60-40 at Hamden if Ibrox is still not available by January

00:21:26well who would set the rule for that well you would need to come out and say

00:21:30you know you would need to come out and say look this is of course on the basis that right now I

00:21:34think many Rangers fans believe that when the construction work is finished they'll be back in

00:21:39by what November nobody knows Peter nobody knows the pace of how the work's going you know I see

00:21:47videos all the time and they look as if they're working away and it's getting they're making

00:21:51progress but you don't know how how far away they are from getting that completed so yeah

00:21:56I think they'll definitely be in by January and I think November might be a push I think

00:22:00around about you know Christmas time I think December maybe they'll get them back in yeah

00:22:04Rangers will want them back in for the festive fixtures and I'm not going to criticise builders

00:22:08Tam because as you know you know sometimes people say to me you've got horror stories with builders

00:22:14but I'm not going to criticise them because our builders come in here Ruffy built the studios

00:22:19in double jig time and um they were up they were absolutely magnificent and

00:22:24and all 17 of them were all Rangers fans

00:22:29and they were working union jacks all of them I do not care as long as they finished it I

00:22:34didn't mind Ruffy they were sensational well and after they finished here they did the rest of the

00:22:40yeah

00:22:44well the funny thing is the funny thing is

00:22:49the funny thing is when the when the guy who owned the company came in and he looked around

00:22:53the the first part of the build and he looked he went I don't think they're going to like the

00:22:58Henrik Larsen room um but uh yeah I mean listen uh it's we'll wait and see how it all pans out

00:23:05there is a blue room as well there is a blue room yeah Barry Ferguson room whatever happened

00:23:10um anyway apart from anything else that's uh how it's all shaping up uh with the tit for tat at

00:23:17the moment just a couple of little bits of news before we get on to the fixtures um Celtic

00:23:21apparently knocking back a 21 and a half million bid for Matt O'Reilly again another bid knock back

00:23:27the fifth apparently from Atalanta yeah they don't seem to want to let it go I'm surprised

00:23:33it's not an English team you know fancy them because uh he has got a pedigree now you know

00:23:38we're playing that great year with Celtic you know just on the fringe of the Denmark national

00:23:43side can I mean the money the money is nothing to them 21 Ruffy look at the date it's the 16th of

00:23:52August it's the last it's the last week I I can honestly I can write the script on this

00:24:00if he moves next week I'll be gobsmacked he's going in the last week well depending I think

00:24:07Celtic wanting at least 25 million for him it looks as if they want 25 million and they've I

00:24:12think they started at 10 and they've worked up to 21 and a half so there's time for them to get to

00:24:16that 25 uh these teams like Atlanta the last week these teams like Atlanta selling players for 75

00:24:23million no there's one there's one deal that they're waiting on to get through some of them

00:24:27that's the bracket that the Spanish and the Italian team seem to be working in the now so

00:24:31why shouldn't they yeah they hold it whether you get it or not is a different matter absolutely

00:24:36wouldn't like to be the player boy who's sitting there wondering what's happening well he's in he's

00:24:41in a good position because quite simply he can stay at Celtic if he wants I don't think I don't

00:24:46think he's in any rush I think if Atlanta's obviously a big club but I think he'd be

00:24:50rushed to go to Atalanta in Italy I think he'd be done well they were in the well listen aye

00:24:55but I think if some of the other clubs were talking about Liverpool and Chelsea and teams

00:24:59like that I think then he would be itching I mean obviously from down south so

00:25:04what will be will be but I think that I don't see I don't see him I don't see

00:25:09I'd be quite happy to give you a hundred thousand a week no I'm quite happy here

00:25:13just let me hang about he knows he knows he knows he's well paid at Celtic

00:25:18anything can happen to a player you know it's it's injuries and yeah loss of form and

00:25:24anything can happen listen he's still in a job you've got to do your job you're getting paid

00:25:28for it every week oh he's very professional and everything he's done he's looks as if he's

00:25:33he's handling his other I mean there has been other players through the year of just

00:25:36down tools big Bobo Baldy sat in the stand 28 grand a week I'll just say where's my seat

00:25:45I think there's a plaque there now yeah I see you didn't drop in dropped in a wee Doris Day there

00:25:51what was that wee Doris Day song what will be will be you know well done Tam in case there is

00:25:58Myofsky could get up to nine million for Aberdeen with add-ons

00:26:02but he's away Girona brilliant deal for him and we'll hear from Jimmy Tillian shortly

00:26:09also Hibbs another bid for MacEwan you said 750 they're looking for a million yeah

00:26:15that's what I've heard from a good source I think they're looking for a million pound

00:26:19what from Luke not from Luke he's got a contract end of the season I think that's

00:26:25unbelievable money for Hibbs to pay they've obviously got it to bid that amount of money

00:26:31and I think if they got him in I think their squad would be excellent Venti away I noticed you

00:26:37Venti's away didn't work out for him you know I know as a striker sometimes at clubs it just

00:26:42doesn't work out for you you'll probably go back to Holland and bang goals in again it's just he

00:26:47started well at Hibbs up front with Adam Lafondra I thought the two of them looked good together

00:26:51Lafondra got injured and he just lost his way a little bit he's had a poor start to the season

00:26:56he's running out the team and I think for Hibbs you know to get him probably decent money as well

00:27:02and sign them for a few quid I think 700 grand to get his wage off the wage bill I think frees up

00:27:07maybe money for Luke MacEwan on another striker to come in but there's been a lot of sends and

00:27:11outs I think David Gray's starting to shape the squad now for the way he wants it yeah

00:27:15Hearts are doing well they've signed a 21 year old Colombian left back Andres Salazar

00:27:19season-long loan from Atletico Nacional wow they've had a busy summer haven't they

00:27:26well it started off you know it was home-based players you know and quite rightly so you know

00:27:30I think some of them have got something to offer you know in the years ahead but still delving into

00:27:35the market for foreign players that must have a good director of football who's out there assisting

00:27:40these kind of players yeah absolutely okay just before we get to the Premier Sports Cup you know

00:27:47how Tam has a wonderful after dinner act where he goes through all the teams that he's played for

00:27:54and the misery that he causes because he's a Jonah Dunfermline are up for sale

00:28:01but this time around I mean I'm gobsmacked because James McPake you know clearly doesn't

00:28:09have any great certainty of what signing if at all he's going to be able to make

00:28:14and he thinks they're going to struggle in the division but the German football investment

00:28:18group Fußball GmbH they've put Dunfermline up for sale and this is the this is the classic

00:28:25Ruffey citing supporter negativity following a poor start to the season and a perceived lack

00:28:31of summer signings it's not a perceived lack it's a lack and and they've gone on to say

00:28:38many seem to prefer an investor who has deep pockets to throw at the first team

00:28:42we said from the start that we are not this kind of investor and therefore have detected an

00:28:46increasing disappointment in our approach perhaps therefore we are not the right kind of investor

00:28:51in the eyes of many at this club now with all due respect Ruffey if you invest in a company

00:28:57you expect that company to be able to spend to speculate to accumulate to build why have an

00:29:03investor in the first place? As I say when I was at Partick Thistle Jim Leishman introduced me to

00:29:09the Germans you know and they're just taking over they all had big ideas as most of these

00:29:15people have you know we had at Partick Thistle where a guy from I can't remember where it was

00:29:19now come in and told us he was going to take Partick Thistle to another level you know and

00:29:24it was this and there was that we we don't invest you know we give you young players from our club

00:29:29and and all that stuff and a load of baloney you know so I mean Dunfermline bought into them

00:29:35thinking they were investing you know because immediately when you get an outside investor

00:29:39coming in everybody thinks oh he's pocket full of money he's going to do this he's going to do that

00:29:44I do think Dunfermline are a team who are waiting to explode but they need the right people there

00:29:50you know to take them to another level I agree with you James hasn't been given the right

00:29:55you know to bring in the players that some of the other teams are bringing in particularly like

00:29:59the likes of Air United and Partick Thistle have brought in a few good quality players as well but

00:30:04James hasn't been dealing in that market so I think you just have to be wary of foreign

00:30:11outside investors you have to try and see what they are saying and believe you have to believe

00:30:18whether they are there for the best interests of the club because they're not going to make money

00:30:22I don't like you saying foreign Robbie I think any investor all right okay yeah you're right

00:30:26any investor you don't it could be down in England it could be anywhere you know you just have to

00:30:30worry if they've got the true interests of the club at heart well Inverness were the same I think

00:30:34Inverness have been a bit of a mess in the last couple of months and they had rumoured someday

00:30:39something outside investor was coming in to take over the club and they've pulled out

00:30:43the last minute I think the guy Alan Savage is back the guy from up there so

00:30:47Ruffey's right you need to you need to do your due diligence on people coming in

00:30:52but Dunfermline played with Dunfermline in the Premier League and we were getting seven eight

00:30:55thousand at the game you know and even the championship I remember going there and they'd

00:30:59won the league and the stand was full so they're a big club they're like a Falkirk they're a big town

00:31:04and you know they probably should be in the Premier League but they look a million miles of it and

00:31:10the Dunfermline fans will not be slowing letting the team and the board know if things are not going

00:31:15well because they are bottom of the league at the minute. I remember this again when I was at Patrick Thistle and up in the stand

00:31:20and Dunfermline were going through a bad time I can't remember who the chairman was

00:31:25really nice guy and the pelters. Masterson? Johnny Utson? No no it's after that

00:31:34turned on him. There's no escape because you need to go by there

00:31:40it was embarrassing so they are a team with a tradition a long time ago you know playing

00:31:46Europe and doing all these things so that some of the fans have an expectation that

00:31:52they shouldn't be in that division they should be a Premier League team but you've got to win games

00:31:56every season I look at them and I go I look at their support and I look at the setup

00:32:01they've got and I say they've got to be top four at least but they've never been anywhere

00:32:05near that. When you were at Dunfermline did you go to Jackie O's? I think I went

00:32:12once I went once after a game but Dunfermline is a nice good wee town and that's not I want all

00:32:19all my old teams to be doing well it's sad to see Dunfermline. You can't have all of them doing well because

00:32:24you know. Not all of them can do well. 27 teams can't win the league. I was at the Falkirk

00:32:30golf day yesterday and there I was playing with three Falkirk fans and they. Did they announce

00:32:34you as a Falkirk legend? No no no no they'll never get relegated there but I was talking to

00:32:40them about Dunfermline and they were saying we want Dunfermline in the league we love they just

00:32:43we played them last week and there was seven and a half thousand there and Falkirk took two and a

00:32:48half thousand there and they want Dunfermline they want to see Dunfermline not doing too well but they

00:32:53want to be in the same league as them so the Falkirk fans do not want me to drop out that

00:32:56league either. Yeah absolutely here's the fixtures for the weekend in the Premier Sports Cup this is

00:33:02how it looks Saturday Aberdeen against Queen's Park, Dundee, Adrianians, Falkirk against Hearts

00:33:08these are three o'clock kickoffs Spartans take on Ross County, Rangers against St Johnson's 5.45

00:33:16and then when you go into the Sunday it's Dundee United against St Mirren, Motherwell against

00:33:20Kilmarnock and Celtic against Hibbs that's all to look forward to of course Rangers against St

00:33:27Johnson it's been a hectic week for Rangers certainly the stand problems go on and the

00:33:35disappointment of losing out on a Champions League group place they were in with a real

00:33:40chance of going on to the next qualifying round until of course GFD was sent off so there's an

00:33:46air of doom and gloom at the moment let's find out what Philippe Clameau had to say with Alison

00:33:53McConnell. Rangers will be looking to bounce back from their contentious dismissal from the

00:33:57Champions League at the hands of Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday night as they host St Johnson at Hamden

00:34:02tomorrow evening and Rangers manager Philippe Clameau has revealed that he sought solace in

00:34:08the documentary 99 about the iconic treble winning season of Manchester United as he looked to come

00:34:15to terms with the exit from the Champions League. A few months ago I saw I don't know if you guys

00:34:20saw that this documentary 99 about Man U I was thinking about that the day after our game

00:34:32so they were really down that first game losing the Cherish Shield against Arsenal 3-0

00:34:41not touching a ball or the feeling not touching the ball but they reacted later on as a team

00:34:46with a lot of young players who had to learn that and with several very important players like Roy

00:34:53Keane guiding them so that's what we need to do the the next weeks the next months to make the

00:35:00story better and better and that's what I've seen also the last three weeks also that the squad is

00:35:05getting better and better. Redvan Yilmaz will miss tomorrow evening's game and he'll miss the

00:35:10next couple of weeks he's expected to be out for up to four to six weeks now with a thigh injury

00:35:14and of course a headache for Philippe Clameau is that the challenge of bringing in players is

00:35:19complicated now by offloading some who have been at the club but who don't have a long-term future

00:35:25with Rangers. Yes that's the case and some of them know it already a really long time

00:35:33and they're still in the building so that makes things more difficult but it is what it is I

00:35:38cannot put a gun on their heads to get them out of the building that's also not the idea.

00:35:45Yeah I'm not sure where Philippe Clameau was going with that with regards to

00:35:53the inspiration of Manchester United in 99 because I know Alan Hansen got found out by saying you're

00:36:01not going to win anything with kids but I don't think he's got enough kids coming through for

00:36:05Rangers to win a treble never mind a single. No I think he's trying to identify a positive moment

00:36:12in football you know and hope that the players can buy into it if that's what he's telling them

00:36:17before they go onto the park you know some managers have different ways of motivating

00:36:22players but if the players buy into it at the end of the day it's what happens on the park

00:36:26they really have to beat St Johnson comfortably. I think the Rangers supporters showed

00:36:32no they don't like Hamden whatever crowd was there at midweek it'll be interesting tomorrow night

00:36:38what kind of crowd turns up to see St Johnson they're not one of the biggest sides

00:36:42but I think he needs a performance and I think he needs a comfortable win three nothing four nothing

00:36:48to get the supporter back on board again. Yeah if anything you know Yilmaz is a blow

00:36:54you wonder if he's going to have any kind of leeway to get a replacement there and there are

00:37:00other players that you know he would look to try and get out but you can't you can't force the

00:37:05likes of Todd Cantwell out the door. No if it Cantwell you've got Hadji there who's still there

00:37:13I think Alex Lowry's still there obviously a younger player but yeah I think there's players

00:37:17there that don't seem to be part of the party's plans and you're right if you've got a contract

00:37:22you know you're well within your rights to sit there and until something suitable comes up either

00:37:26you get paid off by the club or you get a club that you think you want to go and play for so

00:37:32yeah I don't see Rangers beating anybody three or four nothing at the minute and I think they'll

00:37:35be a tough game St Johnson great result down at Camarnet last week you know three nothing

00:37:42I think it's going to be a tough game for them I think they'll win the game but

00:37:45there's a lot of apathy at the minute with Rangers you know I don't think there'll be a

00:37:48big crowd either I think it'll be sparse a game live on the telly as well but a lot of people

00:37:51will just sit in the house and watch it on Saturday night and I think it'll be a real

00:37:56Rangers will need to motivate themselves rather than the fans motivating the team

00:37:59What's your scoreline? I think they'll win it narrowly Peter two one

00:38:04I'm gonna go two nothing I mean listen I'll go two nothing on the basis that I think

00:38:09they have to put on a show and show those signs of what the manager's saying but you know

00:38:16the proof is in the pudding right now I think a lot of Rangers fans have still they're still

00:38:23feeling the pain Ruffey of the injustice of the the red card which kind of sent that game

00:38:28in a different direction and financially I think the board will be feeling that pain now

00:38:33Well he's I think Clermont's already come out there the disappointment

00:38:37not qualifying all good teams have a have a budget and all good teams sit around the table

00:38:44and say look if we get into the Champions League it's x amount of pounds here you are

00:38:48to the manager you've got a fortnight to spend that money because we know it's coming in

00:38:53and he's already went on board to say that money's not there now so my hands are tied

00:38:57that's why he keeps saying I need people out before I can get people in

00:39:01Yeah absolutely let's get a quick update on the headlines now and I think we've got Kerry Pollock

00:39:12In fact we'll come back to that in a moment a couple of seconds later

00:39:16my mistake Hibbs against Celtic second time in a week in the League Cup this time at Celtic Park

00:39:22if anything the Celtic fans will be delighted that Adam Ida has actually returned to Celtic

00:39:30and regardless of that nine and a half million pounds that's been quoted it could be

00:39:36eventually add-ons he's back here saying basically that he's not there to be the

00:39:42backup to Kyogo because he wants to cement his place in the side as a regular

00:39:49Yep and that's that's exactly what you want as a manager you want two top strikers going

00:39:53after it going for one position Peter you know only encourage both to play well

00:39:57I think Kyogo's not really at the start of the season he's started pretty well he's playing well

00:40:01but to have an eight million pound player sitting on the bench breathing down your neck

00:40:07he knows he's got to play well he knows he's got to score goals and if you've got that competition

00:40:11all over the park you know that as a manager it's a dream you know because you know you've

00:40:15if he's not doing it after an hour take him off and put him on so I still think you need another

00:40:19striker yeah I think they probably need another one Peter I don't know who they're going to sign

00:40:22maybe a loan dealer or another striker but I think you need the way Celtic play the two wide men

00:40:28and the one main striker you need three and we spoke about the other day four I think four is

00:40:32too many I think three is a good number it's hard to even keep three happy but I think you need

00:40:37cover in terms of the volume of games that Celtic are going to be playing but no I think that only

00:40:42adds competition to Celtic and makes them stronger in the forward area don't you think particularly

00:40:47at home the way Celtic play with the possession and the ball they've got that they could play

00:40:51two strikers but that's not the way Brendan plays he plays with two wide men and come in the park

00:40:57can you feel that sacrifice somebody at the back or somebody wide to have two goal scorers on the

00:41:02park particularly at home and I'm only saying that because of the possession they have away from home

00:41:07it's different but can you imagine you were in the opposition going there and you pick up the team

00:41:10lines and the two of them are playing I've seen teams this season even this season this early on

00:41:16so Dundee switched to a 4-4-2 in the derby

00:41:19I think Oman are going to the top six be playing two up front

00:41:22and Celtic can easily on that point you're making Ruffey Celtic could easily play a 3-5-2

00:41:29oh of course they could you know because of the possession they've got

00:41:32why would Brendan want to do that

00:41:35surely he'd want to

00:41:36why not he's not rigid every manager can

00:41:38no they can they can but it's a winning formula Brendan Rodgers has played that system since

00:41:42he's came to Celtic and it's been winning so why would he change it

00:41:46I don't think he's going to change it 4-3-3 he plays with two wide men

00:41:49they come inside the two full backs ball them on and you could argue it's three forwards anyway

00:41:52it's three forwards it's two wingers and a striker rather than two strikers

00:41:57he'll argue that's what Brendan will say if you play with three forwards

00:41:59in the amount of possession you've got why do you need four at the back

00:42:03you're never under any pressure

00:42:04they don't really play throughout the back the two full backs push on them

00:42:06probably play two at the back

00:42:08okay your boys the Highbees you've obviously looked at some of the signings

00:42:16I think David Gray deserves time just to try and see if he can mould something together

00:42:22and I really do hope he gets it he's certainly been backed

00:42:26he has and I've got a big bid in for Luke McCown as well so they are getting backed

00:42:31he's got he's got he's got players in I think he's signed eight or nine now Peter

00:42:36I think Venti and Harbottle went out yesterday which maybe frees up money to get another one in

00:42:40but he's reshaping the squad it had to be reshaped Peter the last two two seasons have been bitterly

00:42:45disappointing for him so you had to get players out you had to get players in unfortunately he's

00:42:50ran into a double header against Celtic at the start of the season which you don't want as a

00:42:53manager you just don't want that you want that spaced out but listen they go they go to Celtic

00:42:57Park with no pressure no one no one probably apart from David Gray and maybe some players

00:43:03don't even believe that they can go and get a result at Parkhead but I don't think they will

00:43:07I think Celtic win the game comfortably 2-0. 3-0. You know I think Hibbs possibly learnt their

00:43:15lesson from last week to be a lot tighter. You need to keep it tight the first 15 minutes.

00:43:20If they were to lose a goal the way they lost it last week I would go along with 3-0 but

00:43:25I think it'll be 2-0. 2-0 yeah okay close 2. Comfortable 2. Yeah absolutely before we talk

00:43:31about Falkirk Hearts here's the headlines. Hi there I'm Kerry and today's your daily news update

00:43:35on Friday the 16th of August brought to you by Arnold Clarke. Motherwell welcome back Tony Watt

00:43:40to Fir Park as the striker said he feels he's now home. I'm ready to settle and I'm ready to play and

00:43:46look I'll give it everything so that I can and like I said I've got a bit of making up to do and

00:43:52in a year's time you can look back at these interviews and say right okay he did stay and

00:43:56he did commit his future because that's what I want that's exactly what I want.

00:44:03And Hearts take on Falkirk this weekend in the Premier Sports Cup where Stephen Naismith

00:44:06believes the achievements of John McGlynn's side last season have gone overlooked.

00:44:10It's another one of those moments in Scottish football that he gets a bit of credit for

00:44:16but probably not enough and I think in years to come people will look back and see how good an

00:44:20achievement it was. As the transfer window remains open until the end of the month Dundee United

00:44:24welcome 20-year-old Lucas Stevenson from Liverpool. For all the latest breaking headlines be sure to

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00:45:15there's your feed of English, European and World Football if you download the app. Falkirk against

00:45:20Hearts one of the features we've got with the CEO of Falkirk Jamie Swinney who caught up with

00:45:27our reporter Patrick Mullen you can see that on our YouTube channel in greater detail where

00:45:33Jamie gives him a little tour of the Falkirk Stadium and their hopes for the future and he also

00:45:40quickly Patrick asked him about that big game against the Jambos. This weekend's a huge game

00:45:45against Harder Midlothian here at Falkirk Stadium. Could you make a little cut from this season?

00:45:51Yeah absolutely I think Hearts are our favourites understandably they're a good side big big club

00:45:55rightfully over the last few years have been kind of figured the third biggest club in Scotland

00:46:00and it'll be a real tough game for us but in my lifetime I've seen us beat Hearts three times in

00:46:05competitions including the famous 4-0 victory at Bravo so I've seen it happen three times I'd

00:46:10like to see it happen for a fourth and I think on our day we'll give them a really good game I'm

00:46:16convinced it will be very competitive I think it'll be a great game of football cracking atmosphere

00:46:21and for me without doubt that the pick of the ties in terms of the round it's a tie of the round

00:46:26and we'd love to love to be in the quarterfinals. Yeah absolutely that's from a Falkirk perspective

00:46:32it certainly is the tie of the round and if you're a real football fan that's where you'll be heading

00:46:36Murphy if you're a someone who wants to follow Scottish football right across the board that's

00:46:40where you go where are you off to?

00:46:46Absolutely I'll be there don't worry about it. Are you going to that? Yeah yeah absolutely.

00:46:50I think that could be a shock I think that could be one of the ones. I think Hearts could get a result.

00:46:58I think the Falkirk support Falkirk team are doing particularly well they have a fantastic atmosphere

00:47:03it'd be great yeah well I said that was it they got the Falkirk golf day yesterday with a lot of

00:47:08just all Falkirk fans and I think they've sold 7,000 tickets for that game I think Hearts have

00:47:12sold out their section but a lot of positivity a lot of confidence from the Falkirk end I think

00:47:1840 league games unbeaten the football they're playing they've started this season well as well

00:47:23I remember being part of a Falkirk team that beat Hearts 4-3 in the league cup

00:47:26a few years ago as well so this is a really really tricky game for Hearts you know they've

00:47:32not got a particularly great record there and Falkirk beat them in the Scottish cup and the

00:47:35league coming by the Scottish cup 4-0 calling Samuel Hattrick they were talking about that

00:47:38yesterday as well so I agree with Ruffey I think Falkirk could cause a wee upset here

00:47:42okay what's an upset? 2-1 to Falkirk 2-1 to Hearts

00:47:49no he's not got the bottle he's just really he's no he does he does it

00:47:52see in the last six months Ruffey you've lost your edge honestly

00:47:56I think it's going to go all the road all the way

00:47:59yeah and Hearts to win no replays or anything like that is it no Hearts to win yeah probably

00:48:04yeah I've got Hearts 2-1 the jambos to win that one

00:48:07you just saying that because you were drinking golf tea yesterday

00:48:09yeah absolutely

00:48:10keep all your Falkirk pals

00:48:11listen that's the Falkirk end of it what about the Hearts end of it here's Kerry

00:48:15it's all about the premier sports cup this weekend as Hearts take on Falkirk tomorrow afternoon

00:48:19Stephen Naismith understands the challenge is going to be something different to what

00:48:22they normally come up against and feels the achievements of John McGlynn's side have gone

00:48:26overlooked from last season

00:48:28it's another one of those moments in Scottish football that he gets a bit of credit for

00:48:34probably not enough and I think in years to come people will look back and see how

00:48:37good an achievement it was

00:48:41I watched quite a bit of Falkirk last season just with some of our players out on loan and

00:48:47they're really impressive the recruitment's really good the type of player they've signed

00:48:51and it was they're similar to his Wraith team from a few years back as well so

00:48:58yeah we know it'll be really tough we know what we're going up against and

00:49:01and yeah we need to be ready for it

00:49:03Cup competition has probably come at a good time for the Gorgies side having picked up just a

00:49:07point in their opening two games of the Premiership season and Stephen Naismith believes that last

00:49:11weekend's defeat to Dundee at Dense Park has opened some players eyes and made them understand

00:49:15what the requirements are at a club like Hearts

00:49:19it gives them an understanding of the demand and the expectation and as I continue to say that

00:49:24we have that conversation with every player that comes in so they've seen it first hand

00:49:27so yeah it gives you that understanding of what needs to be done

00:49:34tomorrow will be a different game it'll be again against a team who are a really good team

00:49:40first of all when they're managed by a very experienced manager

00:49:44it's all or nothing this weekend as Cup competition is up and running once again

00:49:48for all the latest breaking headlines PLZ Soccer will be keeping you up to date across

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00:49:54Must be sunny in the Aurium by the way Kerry's looking as if she's got a fantastic tan

00:49:59out there in Edinburgh Ruffey that's the place to be and you've been hobnobbing

00:50:02Indigo sun, that's a six minute job in the sunbeds

00:50:05You think so? And you've been hobnobbing it at the festival

00:50:09trying to give yourself a little bit of culture

00:50:12Yes I've been trying to pick up some Scottish themes

00:50:16Grant Stott I believe has got a very good play that you should maybe take in

00:50:21It's a tribute to Andy Gray, not the footballer but the great actor from Scotland

00:50:26I actually went to see the Carole King James Taylor tribute which was very good

00:50:31but there's a lot, it's worth the trip

00:50:35And did you have a croissant and just a little espresso?

00:50:40I think it had to be a double espresso and a wee brandy

00:50:46That's fantastic

00:50:48Obviously just one brandy because Maggie was having four

00:50:54Fantastic

00:50:55You're not really somebody Tam that I think would go to the Edinburgh Festival

00:50:59because obviously there's a restriction on Neds

00:51:04So I can't see it

00:51:05I'll look it up for you

00:51:07I knew you would say that

00:51:09Unless there was an official rave then Tam wouldn't bother

00:51:14Okay, Motherwell Kilmarnock

00:51:17Tony Watt was back there, it was great to see him

00:51:20There is no doubt there was a fallout between him and Jim Goodwin

00:51:24Words undoubtedly have been spoken

00:51:27He wanted to play, he's not going to play

00:51:29I think there's a genuine feeling from Tony that with his wages

00:51:35countless managers have come in and said let's get him off the books

00:51:39And in the end, finally he gets the chance in the final year of his contract at Dundee United

00:51:47to go back to a place where I think a lot of the fans loved him

00:51:50I think there might be a few, I don't know, will they boo him?

00:51:55Off the top of my head I'm trying to remember the circumstances that he left

00:51:59For more money

00:52:00For more money

00:52:02I think he scored against him and gave them a wee gesture

00:52:04which I don't think the Motherwell fans, this is according to my Motherwell supporting friend

00:52:07Were they giving him pelters though?

00:52:09Yeah, up at the time, I think he scored

00:52:10I think they were and I don't mind that

00:52:12Obviously when I play him myself, well they gave Tony Watt dogs abuse

00:52:14and he turned around and scored and gave them a bit back

00:52:16and they went away greeting

00:52:17So, but that's from the Motherwell end

00:52:20I think he's been in the game long enough

00:52:21If the wee ultras are over in the corner and are going to give him pelters

00:52:24he'll just put up with it

00:52:27Because as Tam said, there's that many players have went to teams and fans have went

00:52:31I don't fancy him and then he scores a hat-trick as a hero

00:52:33That's the way football is

00:52:35Am I being unkind?

00:52:36I'm just asking you this because I'm leading you nicely into a little clip

00:52:39Am I being unkind on the basis that I think he's

00:52:43It's not, I mean I summed it up as being a troubled soul

00:52:48where he can't really settle at any club for any great period of time

00:52:53Well, I think if he's a goal scorer, he wants to play every week

00:52:56You know, if he's now in a situation where he feels the manager

00:53:00isn't he going to play him every week

00:53:01and it's not the first time a player's fell out with a manager

00:53:04Yeah

00:53:05So then you've got to say to yourself, well what's the point?

00:53:07If I'm not enjoying my football, why don't I go somewhere else?

00:53:10And unfortunately for Tony, I think it's just happened too often

00:53:14Well that's what I was going to say to you

00:53:15Because he's a player that if he'd been at any particular club for maybe three or four years

00:53:21I think he has a good goal scorer

00:53:22I think he'd have been an even better one

00:53:24If he'd got a manager who, I mean I don't know what goes on behind the scenes

00:53:28Tam will tell you that sometimes if a manager doesn't like you

00:53:31you just don't want to go to training

00:53:33If you're that mentality, you just say I can't be bothered

00:53:35But I don't think Tony is that kind of guy

00:53:37I think he just falls out with people

00:53:39Yeah, I mean I like him as a player

00:53:41I really like him as a person as well

00:53:43But you know, it's just that perception that you get

00:53:46I don't think Stuart Kettlewell or Tony Watt agree with me this morning

00:53:51Troubled souls, a little bit harsh to be honest with you

00:53:54I think Tony's a guy I didn't know particularly well

00:53:57But several people here at the football club did

00:54:00And the one thing that always comes out when you speak to anybody about Tony

00:54:05is that he's a heart of gold and he's a really good human being

00:54:09We have all different types within football

00:54:11Some are vocal, some are quiet lads

00:54:15And it's safe to say that Tony's vocal

00:54:17But I'll be honest with you Peter, it's something that I want in my group

00:54:21I want a bit of personality

00:54:22I know he's done some stuff with our own media here

00:54:25And I think what everybody can see is he's got bottle

00:54:29And one of the things that I always allude to is

00:54:31Or the main thing I allude to, I'm looking for a good football player

00:54:33I'm looking for somebody that I think can have an effect at this football club

00:54:36And if I'm looking at evidence for that, then we've got it

00:54:41I wouldn't say I'm a troubled soul

00:54:42Because the last time at Mullow I had a great time

00:54:45I moved on

00:54:46I'm ready to work hard and it is what it is

00:54:49I'm not the past the past

00:54:52It's all about the future

00:54:53And the managers took a big bit of faith in me

00:54:57I need to repay that

00:54:58And that's it

00:54:59Yeah, happy with your question

00:55:02Well to be fair by the way, the good thing about Tony Watt is

00:55:06He knows the games about opinions

00:55:08He's just got to go out there and score goals

00:55:09I think he will score goals

00:55:11The good thing now is he's getting to that age

00:55:13He doesn't want to leave anywhere

00:55:15He doesn't want to leave that area

00:55:17So he's got a year

00:55:18I think he's got six months

00:55:19Well he's got a chance to actually sign a pre-contract with them

00:55:22Yep, he's got six months left

00:55:24And I think you might see the best of Tony

00:55:26I know myself, my contract was running down

00:55:29And we ran a wee bit harder

00:55:30And tried a wee bit harder

00:55:31So I think you'll see

00:55:32What club was that?

00:55:32Oylham

00:55:33I think you'll see Tony maybe scoring 26 goals

00:55:36Between now and January

00:55:37Yeah

00:55:37Get himself another big deal

00:55:38I think the point that the manager made there

00:55:41That he's got to be part of the group

00:55:43You can't have somebody get in and unsettling everybody

00:55:46He's okay saying he's vocal

00:55:47But as long as he's vocal and a positive mind

00:55:50You know, you don't want somebody walking into the dressing room in the morning

00:55:53And the rest of the players resent him being there

00:55:54So if he scores goals and he's part of the group

00:55:57And he has got good banter

00:55:58I'm sure he'll do well

00:55:59Yeah, absolutely

00:56:01Aberdeen against Queen's Park is another fixture

00:56:04Where I think the Dons fans are just on cloud nine

00:56:07Disappointed undoubtedly

00:56:09A number of them will be

00:56:11That finally the move for Mioski has gone through

00:56:14But they've got a lot of money

00:56:15And they will go into that transfer market

00:56:17But there was nobody in the fans last week booing him

00:56:21They were clapping him and thanking him for the 44 goals that he scored

00:56:25And even the manager Jimmy Tolin paid tribute to him today

00:56:29I think it was a good ending

00:56:31He was professional all the way he was here

00:56:34Always full on the training sessions

00:56:37Also, we had some discussion before

00:56:40I think that was the first Cup

00:56:41Can I remember now

00:56:42Then he didn't play

00:56:42But it was fair

00:56:44And then he played some games

00:56:46But also full concentration in the locker room

00:56:48In the dressing room

00:56:49And with all the players

00:56:50So he's a really professional player

00:56:52And we wish him all luck

00:56:54For the future

00:56:55He deserves it

00:56:56Yeah, absolutely

00:56:57And thanks for the seven million

00:56:59Which I think they will bank nicely

00:57:01And hopefully get one or two players in as well

00:57:04But that's certainly a good start for him

00:57:05And I don't see any problems with Queen's Park

00:57:08No, I think if it had been Queen's Park at home

00:57:11There might have been a wee bit tighter

00:57:12But I think everything's going in the right direction

00:57:15For Aberdeen just now

00:57:16The supporters are buying into everything that they're giving them

00:57:20And obviously that's wins

00:57:21I think it'll be a great atmosphere

00:57:23I think it'll be

00:57:23The Aberdeen supporters will turn out in numbers

00:57:26And I think they will win it quite comfortably

00:57:294-0

00:57:30No, I'd go for 3

00:57:31Yeah

00:57:32If I say a number

00:57:33Are you just going one below it?

00:57:35Never does a big score down here, Ruffey

00:57:36He's too scared to upset people

00:57:37He doesn't go 4-0 or 5-0

00:57:39It's always 2-0

00:57:40I'd like to try and get it right

00:57:41Why upset people?

00:57:41Yeah

00:57:42Try and get it right

00:57:42There's no point in being sensational

00:57:45Why?

00:57:45You've gone soft as well, by the way

00:57:47You've gone soft

00:57:48When he first started at Real Radio

00:57:50He would have went 5-0, wouldn't he?

00:57:51When he was trying to make his way in the media game

00:57:53Now he's rich and just doesn't know how to do it

00:57:55That's because he was surrounded by lunatics

00:57:59That was the norm

00:58:02When he joined me for the first time

00:58:04I only interviewed him as a Ruffey the legend

00:58:06But when he joined me he said

00:58:09Have you ever worried about Real Radio

00:58:10When you were working at Radio Clyde?

00:58:13And I just said

00:58:14We never gave you a second thought

00:58:17It's bad, isn't it?

00:58:19But what about if it happened to Real Radio

00:58:22And Clyde's still going

00:58:24Anyway, Dundee against Airdrie

00:58:26Your old club, give us a prediction

00:58:294-2 Dundee

00:58:30Yeah, 2-0 Dundee

00:58:325-0 Dundee

00:58:37Well done, Ruffey

00:58:39Well done, absolutely

00:58:40I'll tell you what

00:58:41I think there could be a wee shock here

00:58:42And I know you're going to look at me and think

00:58:44Really?

00:58:45Spartans

00:58:471-0 against Ross County

00:58:50Spartans to win?

00:58:50Yeah

00:58:51What do you think?

00:58:523-0 Ross County

00:58:53Yeah

00:58:54Ruffey?

00:58:55Yeah, Ross County

00:58:56Yeah, okay

00:58:57Dundee United against St Mirren

00:58:59That could be a cracker as well

00:59:00If we're looking at games that have got

00:59:02Heavy legs for St Mirren

00:59:03Yeah, absolutely

00:59:04That's what I was thinking

00:59:04Dundee United might just fancy that

00:59:06I fancy Dundee United in that

00:59:07I think St Mirren

00:59:082-1?

00:59:09Yeah, I think I'd go for 2-1 as well

00:59:11I think it'll narrowly nick that

00:59:122-1

00:59:13Yeah, did we get a prediction from you

00:59:15From Motherwell to Kilmarnock, Ruffey?

00:59:16No, we didn't

00:59:19Not too sure about Motherwell yet

00:59:21Yeah

00:59:21Kilmarnock on a high

00:59:23And Kilmarnock will just edge that

00:59:24Yeah, 1-0 Killie

00:59:25Yeah

00:59:26Yep

00:59:261-0 to Killie

00:59:27Okay

00:59:30Yeah, I think they'll be heavy legged on that one

00:59:33I'm going to go Motherwell to win it

00:59:352-1

00:59:36Yeah

00:59:37And of course we're giving the score on Celtic

00:59:40And also, George Robertson

00:59:44I'm going to finish with this one

00:59:45On the Scottish games

00:59:47George Robertson says

00:59:48Peter, ask the high B Tam what the Celtic hip score will be

00:59:51Can you ask him how long he thinks David Gray will get?

00:59:54I think it'll be 2-0 to Celtic

00:59:56I think David Gray will get at least a season

00:59:58A season?

00:59:58Oh, he'll get a season

01:00:00I think they've just signed another nine players

01:00:02I think that once he gets these two games out the way

01:00:05You know, Celtic back to back

01:00:06I think if you look at the running fixtures after that

01:00:08There's games that he should be winning

01:00:10So, I think maybe judge him after Saturday

01:00:12Okay, don't forget

01:00:14We've got lots of features on the programme

01:00:16We try and bring you as much news as possible

01:00:19Kerry is out there with Alisson and Patrick

01:00:22And of course, Patrick and Blair are out

01:00:24Covering the Man United film game for us

01:00:26I was seeing that today

01:00:27Another jolly for they two

01:00:28They're just strolling about

01:00:30Picking the best games available

01:00:31It's not a jolly, I have to tell you

01:00:33They're working, are they?

01:00:34The last person that said it

01:00:34There are no jollies in Bapeer

01:00:36The last person

01:00:37The last person that said it was a jolly

01:00:39Was banished to England, I think

01:00:41So, let's not be saying it's a jolly

01:00:43Wasn't it a jolly in Germany?

01:00:44Yeah, or Dubai

01:00:47Anyway, the return of the English Premier League

01:00:50Really looking forward to it

01:00:51I think United, I don't think they'll be anywhere

01:00:53I don't think they'll get in the top four

01:00:55I don't think they'll win the league

01:00:56But I think they'll beat Fulham

01:00:57Oh, I think they'll beat Fulham

01:00:59They've got to beat Fulham

01:01:00I think the supporters are getting into another season

01:01:04With high hopes

01:01:04But you're right

01:01:05We're saying they've bought four or five players

01:01:07Not of the quality they used to get

01:01:09But I think they'll be

01:01:12I may agree with you, top six

01:01:14Yeah, okay

01:01:15I don't think Arsenal will win the league

01:01:18Unless they go and sign a top-drawer striker

01:01:20Yep, I think that's the only thing they lack in Arsenal

01:01:22I think everything else about their team is top-drawer

01:01:24But they need a striker

01:01:26I don't think Jesus is the man

01:01:28Yeah, absolutely

01:01:29And the only thing I would say

01:01:30And I'm absolutely gutted to say it

01:01:32I do not think that Liverpool will win the league

01:01:36I just can't believe they haven't signed anybody

01:01:38I'm a little bit worried about my English team, Liverpool

01:01:41I don't think they'll win the league

01:01:42I can't see anybody stopping Man City, Robby

01:01:45Is that fair?

01:01:46Yep, I think they're a perfect city for me

01:01:48100%

01:01:48Yeah, and of course we'll find out in the next three to four weeks

01:01:52Because as ever, in England

01:01:55The let's sack the manager

01:01:58Tends to happen quicker than anywhere else in the world

01:02:00So if the Ange-Poste-Claughlu-loving continues

01:02:05He's got to start well, Ruffey

01:02:07Who have they got in the first game?

01:02:08They've got Leicester away

01:02:10Yeah?

01:02:11Yeah, I think the style of football is enjoyable

01:02:14But it does need to win games, that's the bottom line

01:02:16Sign this big striker, Salahnkey

01:02:18A lot of money, £50 million or something

01:02:19Yeah, and he's not worth it

01:02:21The Ange-Bolt

01:02:21Okay, we'll find out

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