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Had we been decimated with injuries then the team may have deserved some sympathy but only Corrigan was missing. If the pitch was hard and rutted or soaked and swamp-like or had there been a strong wind, we might have claimed ‘nae luck'. But the weather and pitch were perfect.
Put simply, we deserved to lose. Our defenders were awful and our attackers spurned easy chances. We managed to lose to an Inverness team which played in exactly the same style as they had in their four previous wins at
Oh dear!
We all know that Smith had a nightmare and that each of the players were, at best, below par but our right winger deserves special mention. To describe McBride as ineffective understates his situation. ‘Worse than a man short' is nearer the mark. He rarely made any attempt to beat his man and get behind the defence and his first half miss in front of goal should haunt him for weeks.
What of the manager? His doleful post match interview on the radio might have driven some of the more depressed among us to self harm. He will have to adopt a more animated public face. His retreat to the dugout in the face of a heavy defeat does nothing to convince us of his belief in the team.
We face Hearts next weekend and must be at long odds.