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We’re not winning this one. We’re toothless up top, our final ball is generally pish, and the defence is soft with a dodgy keeper behind it. All we’ve really got going for us is some tidy midfield play that rarely leads anywhere. Martindale won’t need to do much. He’ll just let us play in front of them and wait for the usual daft mistakes that gift them a goal or two. If we do lose, the midweek game against Dundee Utd before the semi turns into a cup final for us. The pressure’s on JBA and the players now.

First things first, I’m fully on the JBA train and long may it continue. But I honestly can’t remember the last time I was as angry after a game. That second half was appalling. Forget VAR re-refereeing it and robbing Said of a great goal. Where do you even start? Koutroumbis was rotten, Hendry was blowing out his arse, and nothing was sticking for Just. It was glaringly obvious to me, and probably everyone else and their dug, except JBA, that they should’ve been hooked at half-time for SOD, Stama and Charles-Cook. It was clear Falkirk were going to come flying out the traps after the break, and they did. They battered us for ten minutes while we sat off them and waited to concede. Then I actually saw JBA telling the team to drop back. WTF? We’re haemorrhaging points left, right and centre, and it can’t continue. JBA was outfoxed by McGlynn, and it’s becoming ever clearer he’s got no plan B. The next two games before the semi-final are massive for him and the team.

With himself I hope.

That game was lost by the start of the second half, and the blame rests squarely with the manager.

I can see why he’s gone out on loan as he wants regular starts, but choosing Raith was daft. He’s never displacing Lewis Stevenson. What a waste.

The joys of West Central Scotland.

Ironic, considering most Rangers fans don’t even support Scotland.

3-1

Remember, Neil Doncaster might be even more useless than the SFA.

As you bought the tickets via your MFC ticketing account, you should’ve received a confirmation email from MFC. As others note, the tickets should appear on your Hampden app before the game.

Or you scan everyone else on your phone before you, then go in last.

Yep, that’s what I’d do if the other people I’ve bought tickets for don’t have a smartphone. It’s very common to do this.

You can buy and store multiple tickets in the same smartphone app and scan each person through the gate one after another.

Celtic only won because a ridiculous mistake gifted them the equaliser and lifted their tails. Our weak bench didn’t help either, but we still should have seen out at least a draw, especially as they were generally poor compared to previous seasons.

You can make any point by freezing a moment out of context. But I don’t think this proves anything beyond the fact that a 10-yard pass to Watt wasn’t an option. There’s playing the passing game, there’s giving hospital passes in your own six-yard box, and then there’s just making an arse of it.

Yes, but with only one league win by October, we can’t draw and lose our way to any kind of success this season.

Ward’s pass didn’t go astray. There was no forward option to a Motherwell player and he played it straight to a Celtic player. That was poor judgement, not a by-product of the style of play, which doesn’t preclude making a sensible clearance when no options are available.

The press jumped on the Kettlewell ‘story’ because false headlines shift papers, while the truth about Martin doesn’t suit their agenda.

Stama, just because he scored two goals.

Ward had the whole game in front of him. He could see everything. All he had to do was clear the ball.

You could argue that he’s doing the basics, making the saves you’d expect him to make, but then undoing it all with mistakes he simply shouldn’t be making. Those errors have already cost us too many points this season, and it just can’t go on.

Bombscare goalie, a weak bench, and pure naivety. It undoes all the good we show and it can’t go on. We’ve got three winnable games before the semifinal and we need at least 6–7 points to lift us for the cup game.

We’ve stuck with Ward after his previous mistakes so we’ve only got ourselves to blame today. His error killed us (again) and gave them the lift they needed to turn the screw.

Callum Ward everyone. Pulls off some brilliant saves today then does that. Absolute nightmare.

I’m stunned they’ve given us that penalty. Seems two swallows can make a summer after all.