Utterly inevitable

[Handsome_Devil]

If a former international defender didn't make a schoolboy error in the 89th minute we'd have gotten the draw virtually everyone would have taken at the start.

Not saying we don't have a tonne of stuff to regret or seriously consider going ahead but suggesting we were anything other than close to getting a decent result yesterday - regardless of how we got there - is blatantly nonsense.

[steviex]

If a former international defender didn't make a schoolboy error in the 89th minute we'd have gotten the draw virtually everyone would have taken at the start.

Not saying we don't have a tonne of stuff to regret or seriously consider going ahead but suggesting we were anything other than close to getting a decent result yesterday - regardless of how we got there - is blatantly nonsense.

and what difference does being close to getting a result make ... what do all of the following have in common


unlucky we lost
we were close to getting a result
brave losers
if xxxx hadnt done that we wouldnt have lost
if player xxxx had been playing we might not have lost



the common thread is LOSERS again it doesnt matter a fpuck how we consistently achieve these fpuck ups

[Handsome_Devil]

and what difference does being close to getting a result make ... what do all of the following have in common


unlucky we lost
we were close to getting a result
brave losers
if xxxx hadnt done that we wouldnt have lost
if player xxxx had been playing we might not have lost



the common thread is LOSERS again it doesnt matter a fpuck how we consistently achieve these fpuck ups

If you're discussing the WORST TACTICS EVER and McGhee being a DISGRACEFUL BOTTLING CELTIC MERCHANT or whatever, the fact his tactics came within six minutes and one hideous individual mistake of a positive result seems pretty relevant context to the conversation.

As I said earlier, we lost so McGhee fully deserves to be questioned and I also think we'd have been better fared by being a bit bolder a bit sooner in the game...but a bit of perspective for those carrying the pitchforks and burning torches doesn't go amiss either.

[Gowboy]

Clearly, we are all gutted by the result. Another failure in the Cup. I do not blame MM because with six minutes to go the tactics were working. Kenny Miller scored a very good goal - fair enough, that's what he does. For the loss I blame McManus for a schoolboy error - a guy that has never convinced me that he plays for our jersey. I think that in his head he still sees himself as captain of Celtic/Scotland but he is playing for Motherwell so does not need to show the same desire or focus. Our manager was gutted by the loss - I cannot think of another interview when I have seen a manager so down - completely and utterly gutted, like the fans. And McManus is to blame.

[texaco cup]

McManus may be to blame for the second goal but he was far from being the lone player to blame.The pass he was given was a disgrace as the player who made it could have either "horsed" it out the park or played it back to Samson to clear up field.IMO McGhee must take the blame for Saturday's defeat as it was not a one off,we lost ate goals to Celtic trying to defend deep in our own half.Yes you can say that his tactics in the first half on Saturday worked as we went in at half time 0-0 but what was his plan B if we had conceded early,throw McDonald on and try and have a go when when your a goal down.Hope McGhee was as gutted as he made out and realises just how gutted we the fans are with his tactics.IMO I would rather have a go against this very average opponent on Saturday and we might lose by two or three but least we would have competed and tried to win the game,then sit biting our nails for 90 plus minutes hoping to sneak a draw or a 1-0 defeat by not attacking which would allow McGhee to trawl out his list of hard luck stories and excuses.
For ONCE can we please have a real go on Saturday!