Watch: Saturday's Scottish Premiership highlights

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October 6, 2024

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Watch: Sportscene - Saturday's Scottish Premiership highlights

Highlights from the afternoon’s three Scottish Premiership matches.

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Scottish gossip: Palma, Cerny, Mallan, Lindsay, Adewumi

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October 6, 2024

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Scottish gossip: Palma, Cerny, Mallan, Lindsay, Adewumi

Luis Palma is a surprise omission from the Honduras squad to allow him to concentrate on fighting for his future at Celtic. (El Heraldo via Sunday Mail, external)

Rangers winger Vaclav Cerny has deleted his Instagram account in the wake of his open-goal miss in Thursday’s 4-1 Europea League defeat by Lyon on Thursday. (Scottish Sun On Sunday), external

Eccentric FCSB owner Gigi Becali says his side can beat Rangers in the Europa League at Ibrox later this month while he issues instructions from his bed. (Scottish Sun On Sunday), external

Former St Mirren and Hibs midfielder Stevie Mallan, 28, is working out in a Renfrewshire gym six days a week as he looks for a return to Scottish football, having been out of action since last November with plantar fasciitis. (Sunday Mail), external

Preston North End defender Liam Lindsay played in the same school team as Scotland captain Andy Robertson and now the 28-year-old is hoping they can join up again for the national team. (Sunday Mail), external

Burnley midfielder Seun Adewumi says he joined Dundee on loan after joining the English Championship club from FAC in Austria’s second tier to gain valuable experience of the intensity of British football. (The Courier), external

Brighton & Hove Albion and Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson has revealed he had trials with Celtic as a youth. (Open Goal podcast), external

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Marco Silva says Fulham had clear chances for different result

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October 6, 2024

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Marco Silva says Fulham had clear chances for different result

Fulham head coach Marco Silva says his side had clear chances to come away with a different result than the 3-2 defeat they suffered to Manchester City in the Premier League.

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Ipswich loss to West Ham 'a poor, strange performance' – McKenna

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October 6, 2024

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Ipswich loss to West Ham 'a poor, strange performance' - McKenna

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna describes his side’s 4-1 loss to West Ham as a “poor, strange performance”.

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Eddie Howe ‘frustrated’ Newcastle did not take chances v Everton

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October 6, 2024

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Eddie Howe 'frustrated' Newcastle did not take chances v Everton

Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe says he is “frustrated” his side did not take their chances in their 0-0 draw with Everton in the Premier League.

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Everton boss Sean Dyche unhappy with referee in draw with Newcastle United

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October 6, 2024

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Everton boss Sean Dyche unhappy with referee in draw with Newcastle United

Everton manager Sean Dyche says the referee did not show his side the courtesy of going to look at the VAR screen for Dan Burn’s challenge on Dominic Calvert-Lewin in their 0-0 draw with Newcastle United in the Premier League.

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West Ham: Attacking Hammers display gives fans glimpse of bright future after David Moyes

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October 6, 2024

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West Ham: Attacking Hammers display gives fans glimpse of bright future after David Moyes

With some fans unhappy at a negative, but often effective, style of football, the club were unable or unwilling to agree a new deal with Moyes as Lopetegui was named his replacement.

The early signs under the Spaniard were not encouraging. Home losses to Aston Villa, Manchester City and Chelsea led to criticism that the style of football was the same, if not worse than last season.

Last week, ex-Hammers striker Tony Cottee, speaking on TalkSport, called the managerial move from Moyes to Lopetegui “a sideways step, not a progressive step”.

“I didn’t want him [Lopetegui] in the first place. I said ‘be careful what you wish for’ – David Moyes did a superb job for West Ham,” he added.

Was this win over Ipswich a sign of a more attack-minded Hammers side?

After seven league matches, Lopetegui’s team have a lower goals-per-game ratio than last season (1.43 this campaign compared to 1.58 last year), but also fewer goals conceded (1.57-1.95 per game), more passes (410-387 per game) and more crosses (26-24.1 per game).

West Ham also received a helping hand against a naive Ipswich side, who contributed to their own downfall with defensive mistakes contributing to three of West Ham’s four goals.

But Hammers fans may be liking comments from visiting boss Kieran McKenna, when he said: “Tactically, West Ham played very differently to any team we’ve played this season. They were very direct which is what we struggled with. Michail Antonio did a fantastic job in bringing in people like Tomas Soucek.

“In the first 60 minutes it was that direct play we didn’t deal with.”

However, before West Ham fans expect to see four goals a game, McKenna did add: “They didn’t have to work too hard for their goals. We conceded some poor goals at poor times, that changed the momentum.”

Meanwhile, Lopetegui was keen to praise his side’s defensive work instead of their attacking play, but tantalisingly said: “We had a lot of chances to score, but we can do more goals.”

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