From my sister in laws house as we've only got Cooncil telly.......
Probably the worst 90 minutes to watch in a long time. Not because it was any worse than any number of other games I've seen but just because for almost the entire game I was filled with the foreboding sense that a goal was coming for the tims....even at 92mins and 30secs and a corner against!
But it didn't....
And we got one....
And for sheer tenacity under pressure, we thoroughly deserve it.
OK we struggled to keep the ball at times and each time we cleared it, it did come straight back, but we held out and I for one applaud the team and particularly our much maligned defence.
Soutar didn't have too much to do but what he did, he did well. Maybury was MoM by a country mile - get him signed up!! Diamond and Considine were magnificent under pressure and McNamara, despite lacking games, looked reasonably solid too.
Severin was back to something like his best, Nicholson worked his socks off (again), Miller led the line superbly despite virtually no service and his touch for the goal was sublime. Mackie took the one and only chance that came his way and its thanks to him we're now in a Cup Semi.
So we're 90 minutes away from a Cup Final and I for one will applaud a fantastic team performance
Of course if we'd played the same way and lost 1-0 I'd be as critical as the next man - but hey that's football for you.
From my sister in laws house as we've only got Cooncil telly.......
Probably the worst 90 minutes to watch in a long time. Not because it was any worse than any number of other games I've seen but just because for almost the entire game I was filled with the foreboding sense that a goal was coming for the tims....even at 92mins and 30secs and a corner against!
But it didn't....
And we got one....
And for sheer tenacity under pressure, we thoroughly deserve it.
OK we struggled to keep the ball at times and each time we cleared it, it did come straight back, but we held out and I for one applaud the team and particularly our much maligned defence.
Soutar didn't have too much to do but what he did, he did well. Maybury was MoM by a country mile - get him signed up!! Diamond and Considine were magnificent under pressure and McNamara, despite lacking games, looked reasonably solid too.
Severin was back to something like his best, Nicholson worked his socks off (again), Miller led the line superbly despite virtually no service and his touch for the goal was sublime. Mackie took the one and only chance that came his way and its thanks to him we're now in a Cup Semi.
So we're 90 minutes away from a Cup Final and I for one will applaud a fantastic team performance
Of course if we'd played the same way and lost 1-0 I'd be as critical as the next man - but hey that's football for you.
Cheerio Timothy and Mon the Dons!