Why oh why did we resorted to the long ball today when Hearts went down to ten men? Absalutely ridiculous! The team have been playing so well this seasom by playing fast flowing football and when the opposition go down to 10 men, all the more reason to keep it on the deck and pass it about.

McKay didnt stand a chance on winning the ball in the air when he's up against Webster and Zaliukas

We just got sucked into this. the state of the pitch didn't help.

Think we couldn't get going enough to play on the deck and in the end resorted to the hoof unfortunately. Agree it didn't do Mackay any favours at all.

I think it was the nerves myself.  ICT looked nervy throughout, which leads to the inevitable hoofs up the park.

I agree with the previous two posters. McGlynn before the match said Hearts had an advantage from the team having been in the semi-final position.  I did not think that would be true but it seems to have been.  Maybe we should think of this as long-term progression, not a setback.

I too thought the occasion got to us, and we froze on the day. We seemed lethargic, off the pace, and second to most balls. Instead of our usual rapid counter attacking style we've become used to we struggled to move the ball forward with any pace and consequently resorted to just lumping it up to McKay...which was painful to watch.

Agree we froze. We effectively lost the game when we went 1-0 up and then stopped doing the things that got us there. The prospect of a Hampden final seemed to loom too large our players froze and we allowed Hearts to come on to us.

I agree with the previous two posters. McGlynn before the match said Hearts had an advantage from the team having been in the semi-final position.  I did not think that would be true but it seems to have been.  Maybe we should think of this as long-term progression, not a setback.

If it's good enough for Andy Murray..........

I agree with the previous two posters. McGlynn before the match said Hearts had an advantage from the team having been in the semi-final position.  I did not think that would be true but it seems to have been.  Maybe we should think of this as long-term progression, not a setback.

If it's good enough for Andy Murray..........

 

 

Yupp.