Quote Originally Posted by PT_Arab View Post
This was the first game I have attended for a while. Thoroughly enjoyed it, but obviously disappointed at the result. I thought we did really well against a quality side that no one gave us a chance of beating. Definitely felt like I got the full ?17 worth out of that game.

Couple of observations - I thought our midfield pretty much evaporated in the second half. Our defending started at the edge of our own box, when it should start much further up the pitch. Similar in an attacking midfield capacity - shortly after Owen Stirton came on, he got the ball and tried to go forward. When he ran out of space, there was no one ahead of him to pass to so he turned back looking for a pass and there was no one there either. So we lost the ball and set up another dangerous attack for them.

Kucherenko at penalties (both last night and v Hearts) he just seems to dive to his right every time, and it's almost as though the Rapid players knew this. He never got a sniff. Is that a strategy? Keep diving to the right and eventually you'll guess the right way?

I think the outcome of the tie could have been different had Sapsford come back out for the second half, but we'll never know. Pretty annoying one that.

I just hope we can put the disappointment to one side and refocus for the rest of the season. I think it was after the Mypa debacle that certain players lost interest and our season unraveled.

I don't see us getting past Kilmarnock on Sunday - I just think the shortage of players, the tiredness and the disappointment will be too much. I would love to be wrong obviously.
Last night was a far cry from the Mypa decacle