The midfield has issues individually and structurally for a while but you can't possibly say the defence was similar (thumping by Celtic apart). We defended well enough in Perth given no help from the midfield, only conceded a deflection in Paisley, clean sheets v Aberdeen and Hibs while hardly conceding a chance never mind a goal. Even if we survived a couple of lucky moments on the way it's hardly comparable to shipping four goals plus another two or three 100% chances in 45 minutes.