Quote Originally Posted by Cresswell View Post
I wholly agree that Raith Rovers were simply awful but denigrating the opposition does not make Queens a good team. Awful though they may have been they still won and Queens still lost. The standard of play by both teams last night, particularly in the first half, was abysmal. Let us not forget that these are full-time professional footballers: but all they seemed capable of last night was, like wee boys, kicking the ball away in the direction in which they were facing. JRS suggests that some players are being found out. I would go further and suggest that in recent weeks Queens have been found out. You say that Queens will be well in the mix come April. That depends on your definition of "in the mix". If you are suggesting that we could be challenging for automatic promotion come April I'd say to you, " Not a snowball's chance in hell". If you mean a top four finish I'd accept that as possibility but , only a possibility, and only if we show considerable improvement on our performances in recent weeks and only if some of our nearest rivals, such as Falkirk, don't lift their form as well. Does anyone really and truly think that the automatic promotion place will not become a two horse race between Hibs and Dundee United?
Finally, with a near empty stadium, an appallingly bad performance by each of the two teams (particularly the first half performances) and the game on TV (even if it were only Alba), that game was an extremely poor advert for Scottish football generally and the Championship specifically.
Ah happy days indeed.