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00:00Hello, and welcome to the latest episode of National World's Fitbit Talk,

00:04your weekly lowdown on all things Celtic and Rangers.

00:08It's been another busy weekend of action across Scotland.

00:14It was the Scottish Cup that took centre stage this weekend.

00:16Rangers, of course, no longer involved in the competition,

00:20having crashed out at the hands of Queen's Park in the previous round.

00:23But Celtic were in action against Hibernian on Sunday at Parkhead,

00:28a 2-0 victory for Brendan Rodgers' side keeps them on course for a domestic treble.

00:34Goals in either half from Dyson Maeda and Adam Ida getting the job done.

00:40Martin, a convincing win in the end.

00:43Hibs had over 7,000 travelling supporters at the game,

00:47but they rather flattered to deceive, I thought,

00:50didn't offer a great deal going forward,

00:52and Celtic managed to get the job done convincingly enough.

00:56Yeah, they never really had that moment that you would expect

00:59towards the end of the game when it's only 1-0 and you've weathered most of the storm.

01:04You kind of feel like there would be a five to ten minute period,

01:08as there usually is in games like this, where the keeper is forced into a couple saves,

01:12or there's a couple of really sort of close opportunities.

01:16But Hibs, I don't think it was for the win.

01:18A try and lose to Nicky Caddon early in the match, obviously, was a big blow.

01:22He's probably been their best player all season.

01:24And then their attack just wasn't really clicking in the final thirds.

01:28They were in the game, obviously, but they were never really threatening.

01:32Like I say, we didn't have that period where it felt like Hibs could find a way back into the game,

01:37because I think the prime example was Boyle,

01:43who sort of played the ball into Dwight Gale, who was making a good runner.

01:46It might not have been Martin Boyle.

01:48It was definitely Dwight Gale. I think it was maybe Chris Caddon, actually.

01:52And it just was a total miscommunication, and it didn't work out,

01:55and was easily dealt with by Selick.

01:57And that kind of epitomized the match.

01:59So, and Adam Ida finishes it off, and Selick are through to the semi-finals.

02:05We'll find out who they get after we're done recording this.

02:08That'll be on Tuesday night.

02:09One of Aberdeen Hearts, or St. Johnston, or Livingston.

02:13Whoever they do get, they'll be heavy favorites, as always,

02:17and then they'll go into the final.

02:19Once again, as favorites, I'd imagine it won't matter who they get.

02:25They have an excellent record against Aberdeen at Hampden Park.

02:29Aberdeen haven't beat them at Hampden since 1992.

02:35Hearts are, and you know, Hearts this season in general,

02:39I don't think a team Selick will be overly worried about.

02:43Nor would they be Aberdeen, I suppose, because they've shown,

02:46other than the draw at Parkhead, I think,

02:48the last time they played at Hampden shows

02:50Selick have a quality step above Aberdeen, if they play to that level.

02:56So, yeah, and Hearts just haven't been a bit too inconsistent, really,

03:01I think, to really cause them much worries,

03:03obviously, against either St. Johnston or Livingston,

03:06given their respective positions in the SPFL at the moment.

03:11Yeah, I think there's going to be a lot,

03:15it would have something pretty special that's going to have to happen

03:17to stop Selick winning the Scottish Cup this season now.

03:19Yeah, it's certainly their domestic treble to lose at this stage.

03:23Two players I want to quickly mention, I think are worth mentioning,

03:26Geoffrey Sloop, who's certainly made the left-back slot himself his own

03:31in the last couple of weeks.

03:32He's been tremendous since joining on loan from Crystal Palace

03:35and certainly put himself in the frame to earn a potential long-term deal there

03:40with his Palace contract expiring at the end of the season.

03:43And, Martin, we must mention Dyson Maeda, 27 goals for the season.

03:47It's been quite remarkable.

03:50He's filled this number one striking position.

03:54Obviously, Adam Ida has been criticised for his inconsistent run of form

03:59at times this season, but since Kiyoko left,

04:02Maeda's really stepped up to the mark, hasn't he?

04:06Yeah, well, absolutely.

04:10I think he's offering a chew-in for the Golden Boot.

04:13It's just whether we're going to see him closing in on any other potential records

04:18the way he's going across all competitions.

04:21I probably should have looked into these before I started.

04:25I know going back, there are some ridiculous...

04:29I think back to the late 90s, Larson was scoring 35 goals in the league alone,

04:36not even taking other competitions into account.

04:39So he's probably got a long way to go before we get to that.

04:42He'll obviously surpass...

04:45I think quite reasonably we would expect him to be getting

04:48in the 40-goal region in all competitions.

04:51And, yeah, like you said, it's good that there was a lot of talk

04:55in the summer, obviously, getting Adam Ida in.

04:58Bojan Mijovski at Aberdeen was a player they were linked quite heavily with,

05:01and the striker situation was quite a big one.

05:04Even before there were murmurings that Kiyoko would be departing,

05:09and like you say, Mijovski just stepped into that role

05:12and just started banging in the goals.

05:14He's having an absolutely sensational season and well-deserved

05:18because he's a player who works hard, who did go...

05:21I don't think he necessarily went under the radar while Kiyoko was there,

05:26but definitely Kiyoko was seen as the sort of star man of that attack.

05:31And like you say, I think he's filled the boots now,

05:34and he's definitely the main man at Celtic Park at the moment.

05:38And, yeah, Jeffrey Schlupp with contract up in the summer,

05:41that's an obvious fit of business, I would say, for Celtic.

05:45He is 32, obviously, so they might struggle to get a deal for him

05:52because I don't imagine they'll be looking to hand out a long-term deal

05:57to someone at that stage of their career.

06:00And we obviously know what clubs in other parts of the world are able to offer.

06:05He might get a longer-term deal potentially for more money elsewhere,

06:10but I think Celtic will make him a reasonable offer.

06:13I don't think a two-year contract would be unfair.

06:16I don't think...

06:17Obviously, having been at Crystal Palace as long as he has

06:21and a culmination of contract extensions and Premier League wages

06:25will mean he's on a significant wage,

06:27but I wouldn't think it would be anything that would break Celtic's bank.

06:32I would absolutely expect them to make an offer

06:35to keep a hold of him at the end of the season now.

06:37Whether they can, I don't know. It'll be interesting to see.

06:40It would be interesting, yeah,

06:41but obviously with Kieran Dearnie coming back in as well

06:44and we know his injury record, whether or not,

06:46potentially if they can get a deal done for Schlupp,

06:48that they might balance the game time between the two of them going forward.

06:53It'll be interesting to see.

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