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And perhaps if some people stopped playing the blame game (and I don't just mean fans) and concentrated more on what can be done to change/improve things instead of looking to the past then we might start getting somewhere.

That was an absolute nightmare. 1-0 at half-time flattered us completely - Dundee Utd had all the possession and we just sat back and hung on. When the second goal went in I thought it might be our day...but what a pitiful collapse. Each of the three goals was a defensive catastrophe. With the exception maybe of Hayes and Davis (at least up to his sending off), it was an abysmal performance. Utd's 4-5-1, with an extra man in central midfield, allowed them to dominate, and even when they went to 4-4-2 it seemed like we didn't know what to do. The management deserve plenty of blame - TB's decision to bring on Nick Ross, who touched the ball all of five times and gave the ball away every time, and to leave Tade on the bench for so long, beggars belief. We were desperately crying out for a holding midfield player like Gavin Morrison on the pitch. And I can't help feeling Butcher should have been concentrating on the game for the last 10 minutes, instead of spending the time shouting back at critical spectators. The defence did all right in the first half, but imploded in the second - not helped by an appalling lack of protection from Cox and in particular Tansey who repeatedly gave the ball away and lost every single 50-50 challenge he attempted. Typical Golobart - rock-solid for the majority of the time, then slices a harmless cross-shot into his own net under no pressure. As for Foran, well, our captain plumbs new depths in the quality of his performances every time I see him. Like Tansey, he was a liability today. He's too slow, he can't win headers (he keeps trying to pretend he's being pushed but the ref today wasn't falling for it) and he offers his full-back no protection. With Hayes double-teamed most of the time, McKay is left with only scraps to feed on. We've had some rotten performances this season - Aberdeen away, Dunfermline at home - but this one was as bad as any. And without Hogg, I'm not sure we're going to improve our defending any time soon.

Regardless of who was on the bench, TB is becoming a broken record. He is an ex International defender who cannot organise a defence as a Manager. It is now HIS team, no excuses Terry. What on earth do these blokes do all week? REDEMPTION: BEAT ABERDEEN ......PLEASE

If ICT had any other manager, Foran would've been dropped ages ago. He's not even the player he was even last season and his captaincy skills leave a lot to be desired - his pathetic booting of the ball out of the stadium at one point yesterday being a prime example. Sadly though, the fact that he's Butcher's goldenboy means that he'll never be dropped - and if that's not favouritism and poor management, I don't know what is.

have to say united today were imense. pace,power,running, crisp passing. after our first goal it was united attack after attack, although i must say with all their possesion the did not really threaten our goal. best away team i have seen since kilmarnock totally outplayed us a couple of seasons ago on a wednesday night to win 3-1 (the one was a consolation at the end) 2nd half we score with first opportunity and i am sitting there wondering " how are we 2-0 up", anyway who cares thats football some times then step forward johnny russell. we could not handle their pace and when we had the ball we always seemed to be trying to play the killer pass and were just conceding again and again to united. today was like watching us when we were a 3rd division team playing the old firm. concede,defend,concede, defend etc,etc. it was only a matter of time before they scored why cant we play passes like all the other teams in the league, holding on to the ball making the other team chase. i thought the man of the match was their left winger. PLEASE DONT TELL ME HE IS THE SAME MACKAY-STEVEN WE HAD ON TRIAL AND DID'NT OFFER A CONTRACT TO. i thought when were 2-0 tel may have settled for this and loaded the midfield. i did not expect him to introduce nick ross who added zero instead of a more robust player.

I know its not ICT and he's an Arab but he's the son of a work colleague of mine and I thought maybe he could cheer up all you sad fans for a few minutes. Paul Reid

Changes in the 1st team selection needed. I'd bring Sutherland in for Foran and Tuffey in for Esson for the visit to Ibrox.

Consider the bigger picture here. We're working on arguably the smallest budget in the SPL, with crowds of around 3k at each home game. Time for local businesses who do well financially from us being in the SPL to help out and keep us there.

The irritating thing for me, is it seems these days, some of the decisions seem more for the benefit of Butcher's ego than for the team. How Foran gets a game, never mind stay on the pitch is beyond me. He was appalling today. The tactics weren't just wrong either - they were just plain stupid. Long ball after long ball towards a man of 5"7 - it beggars belief that Butcher even thought of that in the first place. Why was Tade on so late? In fact, why didn't he start? Baffling. Also, what was the deal with those substitutions? Davis into right back was a waste - why not put Cox straight in there? And where was Piermayr? Also, Dundee United score and everyone in the ground knows that this is the time to put Tade on. What does Butcher do? Bring on none other than another of his favourites, "wonderboy" Nick Ross, who contributed a grand total of zero to the game. Foran should have gone off - he's way off form and his antics don't exactly look like captain material to me. Sadly though, Butcher's ego won't allow for that. That played a big part in getting relegated in 2009 (the whole Fraser/Esson saga being the main example), and it's not beyond the realms of possibility that it will relegate this team again.

Going in to administration should mean immediate relegation. Administration shows that the club has been operating outwith it's means in order to maintain league status/position and that is cheating....pure and simple.

First time this season that I have left a game feeling angry and disappointed. We owned Dundee Utd in the first half. Not looked at any of the stats yet, but I would say we had about 70% of the possession. Even after losing Hogg we seemed to reshape quite quickly and maintain control of the game. Came out all guns blazing in the second half and got a second goal....that's when it all went wrong. The team obviously thought it was a case of "job done" and switched off. Utd pulled a goal back, panic set in and we tried to put everyone behind the ball which only resulted in us falling all over each other. Utd got the second goal and the heads went down...from there on in we were never going to win the game. Foran resorted to type and it became everyone elses fault bar his. As captain he should be trying to rally the team, not kick them while they are down. I wasn't in the Main Stand today, but it looked like even Butcher was more interested in having a pop at the fans behind him than sorting out what was happening on the pitch. Dundee Utd will travel back down the road thinking all their Christmases have come at once after being gifted 3 points in such a manner.

Foran is an absolute disgrace. Always passing blame and every time hes shooting at goal theres only one outcome. The biggest donk ever to wear the ict captains armband.

Foran must be dropped He hase beem poor all season one goal so far is a dreadful return Butcher must take responsibility for some very poor decisions on subs Time for a change of management?

As many others will be, i am so incredibly p****d off with our 2nd half performance tday.. I think it was totally unacceptable and we deserve to be at the bottom with a performance like tht. Things need to change, Golobart needs to go, and we NEED to bring in a defender in Jan.