craig

Nothing to do with being found wanting mentally. The over-reaction from some Bears is astounding. we pummeled them from start to finish. That isn’t being found wanting mentally. If you want to seek mental weakness go back to Pedro or Warburton’s Rangers teams against Celtic (cup semi aside) and you’ll see mental weakness. Today wasn’t mentally weak at all - offside goal, missed penalty that should have been retaken, two more penalties could have been given and a keeper inspired. It isn’t mental weakness, it’s poor luck and a lack of composure in front of goal

For once he actually talks sense

Yawn. significant is a subjective, not objective, term. Your personal insults are childish

No, but I’m certainly stating we didn’t play the full game against 10 men as seemed to be your original assertion.

Well at least you’ve gone from suggesting we played a full game against 10 men to just a third of a game. I guess that’s progress. Well done.

I clearly am easily amused, even moreso when you follow up your original assertion with “ significant proportion of the match”. It was half an hour, not an hour ???

I always find it amusing when people say “we failed to beat 10 men” and make it sound as if we played against 10 for the full 90 minutes ???

I’d also disagree that we lost because of Collum. He got most decisions right. His linesman cost us the game. Collum COULD have given us a further two penalties but they were also easy enough to not give.

Eh ? Stewart should have made the starting XI despite us pumping them for 90 minutes ?? Id understand saying he should have come on as a sub. It the starting XI is hard to disagree with given the way we played

Time will tell, but we’ve shown other teams how to play against them. They were minging.

I hope Gerrard AND the club come out and demand that Scottish football implements VAR. Sure, should have scored from the penalty.... however, denied a second stonewallers and the goal which won it saw THREE players offside. Absolutely honking officiating that needs called out. i actually think this will help our season. They won but we completely outplayed them - on another day that finished 5 or 6-1 - confidence must be taken from absolutely dominating them.

We’re going to lose this. We’re pumping them which means they’ll beat us

The big Hampden pitch should give someone like Kent the freedom to “do his thing”.... he’s a player we clearly missed in the first OF game and gives us an outball

Edouard on bench for them which should help a little

I’m nervous as fuck. Expecting the worst to be honest

McGregor Tavernier Goldson Helander Barisic Kamara Jack Kent Aribo Arfield Morelos

So Davis is out. huge blow

Davis looked ok coming off the bus there - hopefully he makes it

That’s how they’ve been playing of late anyway. Davis is a massive blow though

Pereira, who apparently also interviewed for the Chelsea job in the summer. Is with a Chinese club and his contract is seemingly worth 30 million

That's actually not the case though - the ball may have went out of play due to him being one-footed, but not for the reason you suggest. It was his better foot he launched it out of play with, right after he launched it miles up in the air right in front of our own goal.... with his preferred right foot

But how many times does his reaction have to be admirable before even he decides enough is enough. Having a pie thrown at you is no big deal really - however, lets not forget that the same player had some muppet confront him at Easter Road too. At some point it really does need to be called out. Had it been a Rangers fan it would be splashed all over the press. But seeing as it is against a Rangers player it is buried. Likewise, encroachments from Tims are glossed over constantly too !

Their fans had a round chorus at Beaton of "youre just a hun with a whistle" - ironic really considering he didn't give Rangers a penalty that they should have had, and allowed their players to commit multiple assaults.

Looked like a pie to me at the time.

Barisic is a doubt for Sunday - has bone bruising apparently and was hobbling about HTC yesterday