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Naismith: Tiredness won't be factor in Old Firm clash

Steven Naismith insists there is no danger of fatigue being a problem for Rangers ahead of Sunday's Old Firm derby, despite Walter Smith's side having a more gruelling fixture schedule than Celtic.

The Hoops have had a full week to recover from last week's win over Dundee United and to prepare for the visit of their Glasgow rivals in the highly-anticipated clash. In contrast, Rangers were forced to come through a difficult Champions League game against Valencia in midweek, their third European tie of the season so far.

"On paper, you would say they are going to be much fresher with one game a week,'' Naismith said. "But, with the run we're on, we have shown in the last two Champions League games we are capable of coming back and putting in good performances and getting good results. "I don't think it will be a major factor on Sunday. If you are a player and you can't get up for an Old Firm game, you shouldn't really be playing football. "We have shown in the games after the European competition that we do go to the final whistle and we will definitely be up for this game.''

Despite their European commitments, Rangers - like Celtic - have yet to drop a single point in the Scotttish Premier League and Naismith's view were echoed by boss Walter Smith.

"I don't think there will be any problems in terms of motivation,'' he said. "I always say it is more mental than physical, the tiredness aspect of it. Both teams will be confident.''

Smith's 5-4-1 formation again proved to be a hit in the Champions League, with Rangers unfortunate not to claim all three points against Valencia, with the match ending in a 1-1 draw. The system also garnered a point against Manchester United at Old Trafford and a win over Turkish champions Bursaspor at Ibrox, but Smith says he is unlikely to use a similar approach against Celtic.

"It's not a system that we have used in a domestic sense before so I don't think we will set up in that fashion on Sunday,'' he said. "We don't play in domestic games the way we play in Champions League games, we play in a totally different manner, one of the difficulties is getting the balance.

"The change is sometimes difficult to make. At times we have gone to Celtic Park and set up in a slightly more defensive fashion but nothing like we do in the Champions League. "With the way both teams have started the season, we look to go there and do as well as we can and hope to win the match. Celtic being at home, they will do exactly the same.''

Celtic will have more Old Firm debutants than Rangers this weekend and Naismith has told them nothing will prepare them for the experience.

"It's a unique game, definitely,'' he said. ``There are not many other experiences like it. We are happy with the amount of boys who have been involved and know what it's about to win and lose Old Firm games and they will definitely have a hunger for Sunday.
"People have asked me in the past what playing in an Old Firm game is like and you can't really explain it. There have been top players who have played in Old Firm games and gone on to play in other massive derbies and they say there is nothing like it.''

Steven Naismith and his Rangers team-mkates played out a pulsating 1-1 draw with Valencia on Wednesday.

 

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Aberdeen 4 - 2 Hibernian

Calderwood reign off to rocky start

Colin Calderwood suffered a painful 4-2 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie in his first match in charge of Hibernian. The Dons, who had previously taken only one point from a possible 18, squandered a couple of decent scoring chances before Chris Maguire broke the deadlock after 18 minutes with a clinical finish.

Scott Vernon added a second after 33 minutes when his goal-bound volley took a wicked deflection off Hibs defender Sol Bamba and rolled into the net. The Aberdeen goalscoring duo combined five minutes after the break to grab a third, this time with Vernon sliding home Maguire's shot-cum-cross at the back post.

Paul Hartley scored a fourth from the penalty spot before Colin Nish pulled a goal back for the visitors after 63 minutes. Bamba headed home a second for Hibs in the final minute of the match but Aberdeen held on to record their second home league win of the season.

Aberdeen brought striker Darren Mackie in for on-loan Rangers attacker Andrius Velicka who dropped to the bench. Defender Andrew Considine was also set to start for the Dons but he was replaced by Jerel Ifil after picking up an injury in the warm up.
Striker Derek Riordan had to be content with a place on the Hibs substitutes' bench with Calderwood giving Ghanaian defender Francis Dickoh a starting berth in his place.

The Dons were looking for the first home win since their opening day of the season success against Hamilton, while Hibernian came to the Granite City in confident mood after beating Kilmarnock last weekend to end their own dire home run that dated back to March. However it was the home side who should have taken the lead inside three minutes when Vernon showed a neat piece of skill to evade Dickoh's sliding challenge before rolling the ball into the path of Maguire who blasted over.

Maguire was the architect of Aberdeen's next opportunity with a clever back-heel which gave Darren Mackie a chance to test Mark Brown in the Hibs goal but the Dons forward dragged his shot well wide. Some slack play by Ifil gave the visitors a sniff of goal at the other end after 16 minutes but Mark Howard produced a smart save to deny Nish.

The Dons, however, broke the deadlock two minutes later with a superb piece of counter-attacking play with Sone Aluko's long diagonal pass releasing Maguire who buried the ball clinically into the bottom corner. The visitors made an enforced change after only 22 minutes when Danny Galbraith came on for the injured David Wotherspoon before Aberdeen's Zander Diamond limped off and was replaced by Derek Young just before the half-hour mark.

The Dons doubled their lead after 33 minutes when Vernon's volley took a wicked deflection off Bamba and trundled past the stranded Brown into the net. John Rankin should have done better after 38 minutes when he got himself into a promising position but, on his weaker right foot, his low shot lacked the power to beat Howard.

Hibernian made an attack-minded change at the break with Riordan introduced at the expense of Kevin McBride. But the visitors fell further behind after 50 minutes when Vernon reacted quickest to slide home Maguire's shot on the turn that was heading well wide of the target.

Aberdeen had the chance to score a fourth after 66 minutes when Aluko was brought down in the box by Chris Hogg. Vernon wanted the chance to complete his hat-trick from the spot but in the end it was Dons skipper Paul Hartley who sent Brown the wrong way from 12 yards. Nish pulled a goal back for the visitors two minutes later when he headed home Paul Hanlon's cross, although the striker landed awkwardly and had to be replaced by Valdas Trakys immediately afterwards.

The visitors were appealing for a penalty with just under 15 minutes remaining when Dons' makeshift defender Young collided with Galbraith but referee Craig Thomson waved play on. Bamba headed home a second for Hibs from Riordan's accurate cross in the closing stages but despite this late rally from the visitors the majority of the 7,587 at Pittodrie left content having seen their team win at home in the league for the first time since their 4-0 victory over Hamilton.

 

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McGhee had faith in return to winning ways

Aberdeen boss Mark McGhee said he did not doubt his side would return to winning ways as soon as more of his players returned from injury.

The Dons boss had blamed a recent spate of injuries for his team's recent poor run of form which saw them pick up only one point from a possible 18. However, with the likes of Sone Aluko and Paul Hartley back available the Dons convincingly defeated Hibernian 4-2, leading by four goals at one stage before a late Hibs rally.

"After the loss to Hearts last Saturday I didn't feel in any way despondent," McGhee said. "I felt anticipation and that a lot of what I had been thinking and hoping while we had the spate of injuries was going to be true that when we have these players back it would get better. "I hoped that we would progress this week and we did. I didn't expect to win 4-2 and scoring four goals was probably beyond our expectations.''

The Aberdeen boss singled out Chris Maguire, who scored the opening goal, for the part he played in the win. McGhee believes the young striker's fine form this season is a result of having been inspired by watching Spain win the World Cup in the summer.

"Chris has come back with a renewed sense of maturity since he came back from Kilmarnock and he talked a lot about what he saw at the World Cup and watching Spain in particular," McGhee said.
"They have a lot of players like him who are not of great stature but work hard. He has taken that into his game and he has gained a lot of confidence from his performances for the under-21s.''

The Dons' fourth came courtesy of a Paul Hartley penalty, after striker Scott Vernon had tried unsuccessfully to assume the spot-kick responsibilities. McGhee said that Vernon believed he had already scored twice when the penalty was awarded and was eager to score a hat-trick.

"The fourth official had told us that the first goal has been credited as an own goal so the penalty wasn't for a hat-trick. Had it been for a hat-trick we would have probably let Vernon step up and take it. As it wasn't for a hat-trick we felt that our penalty taker should take it, just to make sure.''

Hibernian boss Colin Calderwood, in his first match in charge of his new club, was disappointed with his side's performance but felt he could take some positives from the defeat.

"It's a horrible result for us but hopefully we have learned from the mistakes," Calderwood said. "We have to be a team rather than good individuals, which I can see that we are. We need a wee bit of cohesion, teamwork and some work on the training pitch. "Hopefully we will look as though we are moving forward over the next two or three weeks. The advantage is we managed to score two goals from oblivion - that is a small plus we can take from the game. "We were truly beat at that time so I can only commend the spirit of our team to keep going right until the end.''

The Hibs boss felt the match could have turned out differently had striker Colin Nish been able to net before the Dons broke the deadlock.

"Big Colin was apologising at half-time as though what he did was a crime but I don't mind players missing as long as they are having a go. If we keep continuing to miss then it may be a problem for that player. "However in the second half Colin got his goal when he looked a genuine threat that we can profit from, when the ball is in and around the box.''

 

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SPL Round-Up : Skacel hat-trick downs St Mirren

Rudi Skacel helped himself to hat-trick as Hearts secured their first home win of the season with a 3-0 victory over struggling St Mirren. St Mirren are propping up the SPL table and they never looked like hauling themselves off the bottom from the moment Skacel opened the scoring in the second minute with a fine drive from 20 yards. Skacel put the game beyond the visitors with a second on 24 minutes and he added some gloss to the scoreline with a third in injury-time.

Colin Calderwood suffered a painful 4-2 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie in his first match in charge of Hibernian. The Dons, who had previously taken only one point from a possible 18, squandered a couple of decent scoring chances before Chris Maguire broke the deadlock after 18 minutes with a clinical finish. Scott Vernon added a second after 33 minutes when his goal-bound volley took a wicked deflection off Hibs defender Sol Bamba and rolled into the net. The Aberdeen goalscoring duo combined five minutes after the break to grab a third, this time with Vernon sliding home Maguire's shot-cum-cross at the back post. Paul Hartley scored a fourth from the penalty spot before Colin Nish pulled a goal back for the visitors after 63 minutes. Bamba headed home a second for Hibs in the final minute of the match but Aberdeen held on to record their second home league win of the season.

Motherwell consolidated third place as two own goals handed them a 2-1 win over Dundee United. Scott Severin and Sean Dillon both bundled the ball into their own net either side of David Goodwillie's penalty equaliser. But the home side were well worth their victory as United struggled to cope with their attacking play.

A late Danny Grainger free-kick gave St Johnstone a 2-1 victory over Hamilton in a tetchy encounter at New Douglas Park. Saints striker Sam Parkin had given the visitors the lead before the break with a header after 19 minutes of what had been a dire first half. Former Saints midfielder Simon Mensing levelled from the spot in the 67th minute after St Johnstone defender Michael Duberry had handled a Dougie Imrie corner inside his own box and it looked like a share of the spoils were on the cards. However, in the 86th minute, after Saints substitute Liam Caddis, on for Collin Samuel, was fouled by David Buchanan, Grainger drove the 25-yard free-kick past a ruck of players and into the far corner of the net.

Kilmarnock were left with a sense of injustice as they slumped to a third straight defeat, losing 2-1 to Inverness at Rugby Park. The visitors took a 42nd-minute lead through Adam Rooney's penalty, the award disputed by Kilmarnock amid claims Momo Sissoko's contact on Russell Duncan was minimal. Kilmarnock dominated the start of the second half but Johnny Hayes caught Frazer Wright in possession and finished well to make it 2-0 in the 66th minute. Rui Miguel pulled a 75th-minute goal back to keep Kilmarnock in contention until the end with his first for the club, but Inverness held firm in the closing stages.

Hearts celebrate Rudi Skacel's goal.

 

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Steven Naismith insists there is no danger of fatigue being a problem for Rangers ahead of Sunday's Old Firm derby, despite Walter Smith's side having a more gruelling fixture schedule than Celtic.

The Hoops have had a full week to recover from last week's win over Dundee United and to prepare for the visit of their Glasgow rivals in the highly-anticipated clash. In contrast, Rangers were forced to come through a difficult Champions League game against Valencia in midweek, their third European tie of the season so far.

"On paper, you would say they are going to be much fresher with one game a week,'' Naismith said. "But, with the run we're on, we have shown in the last two Champions League games we are capable of coming back and putting in good performances and getting good results. "I don't think it will be a major factor on Sunday. If you are a player and you can't get up for an Old Firm game, you shouldn't really be playing football. "We have shown in the games after the European competition that we do go to the final whistle and we will definitely be up for this game.''

Despite their European commitments, Rangers - like Celtic - have yet to drop a single point in the Scotttish Premier League and Naismith's view were echoed by boss Walter Smith.

"I don't think there will be any problems in terms of motivation,'' he said. "I always say it is more mental than physical, the tiredness aspect of it. Both teams will be confident.''

Smith's 5-4-1 formation again proved to be a hit in the Champions League, with Rangers unfortunate not to claim all three points against Valencia, with the match ending in a 1-1 draw. The system also garnered a point against Manchester United at Old Trafford and a win over Turkish champions Bursaspor at Ibrox, but Smith says he is unlikely to use a similar approach against Celtic.

"It's not a system that we have used in a domestic sense before so I don't think we will set up in that fashion on Sunday,'' he said. "We don't play in domestic games the way we play in Champions League games, we play in a totally different manner, one of the difficulties is getting the balance.

"The change is sometimes difficult to make. At times we have gone to Celtic Park and set up in a slightly more defensive fashion but nothing like we do in the Champions League. "With the way both teams have started the season, we look to go there and do as well as we can and hope to win the match. Celtic being at home, they will do exactly the same.''

Celtic will have more Old Firm debutants than Rangers this weekend and Naismith has told them nothing will prepare them for the experience.

"It's a unique game, definitely,'' he said. ``There are not many other experiences like it. We are happy with the amount of boys who have been involved and know what it's about to win and lose Old Firm games and they will definitely have a hunger for Sunday.
"People have asked me in the past what playing in an Old Firm game is like and you can't really explain it. There have been top players who have played in Old Firm games and gone on to play in other massive derbies and they say there is nothing like it.''

Steven Naismith and his Rangers team-mkates played out a pulsating 1-1 draw with Valencia on Wednesday.

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OLD FIRM game

 

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Calderwood reign off to rocky start

Colin Calderwood suffered a painful 4-2 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie in his first match in charge of Hibernian. The Dons, who had previously taken only one point from a possible 18, squandered a couple of decent scoring chances before Chris Maguire broke the deadlock after 18 minutes with a clinical finish.

Scott Vernon added a second after 33 minutes when his goal-bound volley took a wicked deflection off Hibs defender Sol Bamba and rolled into the net. The Aberdeen goalscoring duo combined five minutes after the break to grab a third, this time with Vernon sliding home Maguire's shot-cum-cross at the back post.

Paul Hartley scored a fourth from the penalty spot before Colin Nish pulled a goal back for the visitors after 63 minutes. Bamba headed home a second for Hibs in the final minute of the match but Aberdeen held on to record their second home league win of the season.

Aberdeen brought striker Darren Mackie in for on-loan Rangers attacker Andrius Velicka who dropped to the bench. Defender Andrew Considine was also set to start for the Dons but he was replaced by Jerel Ifil after picking up an injury in the warm up.
Striker Derek Riordan had to be content with a place on the Hibs substitutes' bench with Calderwood giving Ghanaian defender Francis Dickoh a starting berth in his place.

The Dons were looking for the first home win since their opening day of the season success against Hamilton, while Hibernian came to the Granite City in confident mood after beating Kilmarnock last weekend to end their own dire home run that dated back to March. However it was the home side who should have taken the lead inside three minutes when Vernon showed a neat piece of skill to evade Dickoh's sliding challenge before rolling the ball into the path of Maguire who blasted over.

Maguire was the architect of Aberdeen's next opportunity with a clever back-heel which gave Darren Mackie a chance to test Mark Brown in the Hibs goal but the Dons forward dragged his shot well wide. Some slack play by Ifil gave the visitors a sniff of goal at the other end after 16 minutes but Mark Howard produced a smart save to deny Nish.

The Dons, however, broke the deadlock two minutes later with a superb piece of counter-attacking play with Sone Aluko's long diagonal pass releasing Maguire who buried the ball clinically into the bottom corner. The visitors made an enforced change after only 22 minutes when Danny Galbraith came on for the injured David Wotherspoon before Aberdeen's Zander Diamond limped off and was replaced by Derek Young just before the half-hour mark.

The Dons doubled their lead after 33 minutes when Vernon's volley took a wicked deflection off Bamba and trundled past the stranded Brown into the net. John Rankin should have done better after 38 minutes when he got himself into a promising position but, on his weaker right foot, his low shot lacked the power to beat Howard.

Hibernian made an attack-minded change at the break with Riordan introduced at the expense of Kevin McBride. But the visitors fell further behind after 50 minutes when Vernon reacted quickest to slide home Maguire's shot on the turn that was heading well wide of the target.

Aberdeen had the chance to score a fourth after 66 minutes when Aluko was brought down in the box by Chris Hogg. Vernon wanted the chance to complete his hat-trick from the spot but in the end it was Dons skipper Paul Hartley who sent Brown the wrong way from 12 yards. Nish pulled a goal back for the visitors two minutes later when he headed home Paul Hanlon's cross, although the striker landed awkwardly and had to be replaced by Valdas Trakys immediately afterwards.

The visitors were appealing for a penalty with just under 15 minutes remaining when Dons' makeshift defender Young collided with Galbraith but referee Craig Thomson waved play on. Bamba headed home a second for Hibs from Riordan's accurate cross in the closing stages but despite this late rally from the visitors the majority of the 7,587 at Pittodrie left content having seen their team win at home in the league for the first time since their 4-0 victory over Hamilton.

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berjaya mng ngan bergaya

 

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Aberdeen boss Mark McGhee said he did not doubt his side would return to winning ways as soon as more of his players returned from injury.

The Dons boss had blamed a recent spate of injuries for his team's recent poor run of form which saw them pick up only one point from a possible 18. However, with the likes of Sone Aluko and Paul Hartley back available the Dons convincingly defeated Hibernian 4-2, leading by four goals at one stage before a late Hibs rally.

"After the loss to Hearts last Saturday I didn't feel in any way despondent," McGhee said. "I felt anticipation and that a lot of what I had been thinking and hoping while we had the spate of injuries was going to be true that when we have these players back it would get better. "I hoped that we would progress this week and we did. I didn't expect to win 4-2 and scoring four goals was probably beyond our expectations.''

The Aberdeen boss singled out Chris Maguire, who scored the opening goal, for the part he played in the win. McGhee believes the young striker's fine form this season is a result of having been inspired by watching Spain win the World Cup in the summer.

"Chris has come back with a renewed sense of maturity since he came back from Kilmarnock and he talked a lot about what he saw at the World Cup and watching Spain in particular," McGhee said.
"They have a lot of players like him who are not of great stature but work hard. He has taken that into his game and he has gained a lot of confidence from his performances for the under-21s.''

The Dons' fourth came courtesy of a Paul Hartley penalty, after striker Scott Vernon had tried unsuccessfully to assume the spot-kick responsibilities. McGhee said that Vernon believed he had already scored twice when the penalty was awarded and was eager to score a hat-trick.

"The fourth official had told us that the first goal has been credited as an own goal so the penalty wasn't for a hat-trick. Had it been for a hat-trick we would have probably let Vernon step up and take it. As it wasn't for a hat-trick we felt that our penalty taker should take it, just to make sure.''

Hibernian boss Colin Calderwood, in his first match in charge of his new club, was disappointed with his side's performance but felt he could take some positives from the defeat.

"It's a horrible result for us but hopefully we have learned from the mistakes," Calderwood said. "We have to be a team rather than good individuals, which I can see that we are. We need a wee bit of cohesion, teamwork and some work on the training pitch. "Hopefully we will look as though we are moving forward over the next two or three weeks. The advantage is we managed to score two goals from oblivion - that is a small plus we can take from the game. "We were truly beat at that time so I can only commend the spirit of our team to keep going right until the end.''

The Hibs boss felt the match could have turned out differently had striker Colin Nish been able to net before the Dons broke the deadlock.

"Big Colin was apologising at half-time as though what he did was a crime but I don't mind players missing as long as they are having a go. If we keep continuing to miss then it may be a problem for that player. "However in the second half Colin got his goal when he looked a genuine threat that we can profit from, when the ball is in and around the box.''

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sebalik nya berjaya mng ngan bergaya lak lawan hibernian

 

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Rudi Skacel helped himself to hat-trick as Hearts secured their first home win of the season with a 3-0 victory over struggling St Mirren. St Mirren are propping up the SPL table and they never looked like hauling themselves off the bottom from the moment Skacel opened the scoring in the second minute with a fine drive from 20 yards. Skacel put the game beyond the visitors with a second on 24 minutes and he added some gloss to the scoreline with a third in injury-time.

Colin Calderwood suffered a painful 4-2 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie in his first match in charge of Hibernian. The Dons, who had previously taken only one point from a possible 18, squandered a couple of decent scoring chances before Chris Maguire broke the deadlock after 18 minutes with a clinical finish. Scott Vernon added a second after 33 minutes when his goal-bound volley took a wicked deflection off Hibs defender Sol Bamba and rolled into the net. The Aberdeen goalscoring duo combined five minutes after the break to grab a third, this time with Vernon sliding home Maguire's shot-cum-cross at the back post. Paul Hartley scored a fourth from the penalty spot before Colin Nish pulled a goal back for the visitors after 63 minutes. Bamba headed home a second for Hibs in the final minute of the match but Aberdeen held on to record their second home league win of the season.

Motherwell consolidated third place as two own goals handed them a 2-1 win over Dundee United. Scott Severin and Sean Dillon both bundled the ball into their own net either side of David Goodwillie's penalty equaliser. But the home side were well worth their victory as United struggled to cope with their attacking play.

A late Danny Grainger free-kick gave St Johnstone a 2-1 victory over Hamilton in a tetchy encounter at New Douglas Park. Saints striker Sam Parkin had given the visitors the lead before the break with a header after 19 minutes of what had been a dire first half. Former Saints midfielder Simon Mensing levelled from the spot in the 67th minute after St Johnstone defender Michael Duberry had handled a Dougie Imrie corner inside his own box and it looked like a share of the spoils were on the cards. However, in the 86th minute, after Saints substitute Liam Caddis, on for Collin Samuel, was fouled by David Buchanan, Grainger drove the 25-yard free-kick past a ruck of players and into the far corner of the net.

Kilmarnock were left with a sense of injustice as they slumped to a third straight defeat, losing 2-1 to Inverness at Rugby Park. The visitors took a 42nd-minute lead through Adam Rooney's penalty, the award disputed by Kilmarnock amid claims Momo Sissoko's contact on Russell Duncan was minimal. Kilmarnock dominated the start of the second half but Johnny Hayes caught Frazer Wright in possession and finished well to make it 2-0 in the 66th minute. Rui Miguel pulled a 75th-minute goal back to keep Kilmarnock in contention until the end with his first for the club, but Inverness held firm in the closing stages.

Hearts celebrate Rudi Skacel's goal.

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