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Aye so it was. St Johnstone drew with them the following Sunday in the league. Still winning at Ibrox isn't an easy route to the Scottish Cup.

Not much luck don't talk shite, league cup both the uglies out, none of which they had to beat themselves, Scottish cup they beat Rangers with an injury time goal from their goalkeeper ffs who was allowed a free header, in a game Rangers should have been out of site in. Yes they got lucky bigtime in both competitions winning one trophy without the uglies involved is usually the only way the other clubs s get a sniff, but being only the 4th club in Scottish football history to pick up a cup double tells you how lucky they were. But they still had to beat whoever they were playing so fair play to them for taking full advantage.

Yes, a morale boost to us as a club as it shows what can be achieved on a limited budget. OK, I accept that their playing budget is a bit more geenrous than ours. Their "exceptional team of this season contains no John Ruddy, no Cedric Kipre, no David Turnbull, and no Louis Moult. It contains a good mix of journeymen who are very competitive, can play well together as team, are solid and make very few mistakes. There's no brilliance in the team just solid no nonsense football. As Spiderpig says though, they also enjoyed a fair measure of luck and that shouldn't be underestimated.

They’ll be dancing in streets of St Johnstone tonight.

You absolutely need to keep a few auld heids in there. In many cases that was responsible for our fairly consistent success league wise post-Malpas. Craigan, Lasley and Hammell were very much the bastions long term with the team generally changing around them substantially every year. I struggle to see that same staple if you like in our squad, the only one with the potential is Watt - an absolute workhorse and I think he genuinely has found his club since arriving at Motherwell. I get it has been a few yeas since all those players came off the pitch but I have reflected on that regularly recently with the perceived lack of love of the club in the current team.

Well done to St Johnstone, a great manager but also a combination of good players through academy, good signings from championship and a few auld heids. Just shows you anything is possible

Shrouded in a black cloth, no men in side it for 12 months ...... Cooper needs to be renamed the "Sicilian Granny" Stand