El Grew

Just recovering from yesterday. And what a great day it was. I thought we were in for a bad day after the first 10 minutes but after the first goal went in, it settled us down and when the second went in a few minutes later there was only going to be one winner - us. We have certainly had better football playing teams than the present one BUT we have never had one with more drive, heart and will to win. Everyone played their part and our real strength is the way the players all play, work and battle for each other - our whole is better than the sum of our parts. Been supporting the Dossers for a very long time now with many, many heartaches but I never in my wildest dreams thought we would be in our two national cup finals in one season. What an achievement. Everyone at the club is to be applauded, from the manager downwards for lifting the club up again after the past couple of seasons. Win or lose in the final I'll still be proud to be a 'Well fan.

Went for Curtis Main but as others have said no failures only heroes. I know some fans are not sold on Rose and Grimshaw but you need players in the side who do the grafting and breaking-up of the opposition play before it develops and yesterday these two were immense in that respect.

You called that right Milo. Don't really know we took him onboard. Not at Dens today but saw him last Saturday against Killie and he was absolute dross. Bowman far better player and much more mobile. IMO get rid of Cifti asap.

A daisy-cutter from 22 yards separated two piss poor teams in the first half. We were certainly the better team in the second half but as others have said, we could've played until next Saturday and not scored. Just do not understand or agree with Robinson's infatuation with 3-5-2. We just do not look a balanced side and IMO we've not got the players to play that way. We should revert to 4-4-2 because our four best performances this season came when we played that system - Aberdeen, Rangers and Celtic in League Cup and Aberdeen away in the league. For me, our poorest performers today were McHugh (not a midfielder for me), Rose, Cifti and Frear. Cifti was lazy and more a hindrance and as a result Main was nullified and Kilmarnock's back 4 just coasted along. However when Bowman came on with 20 minutes left the transformation was immediate and terrific. Suddenly the Kilmarnock back 4 didn't know whether their a*ses were tapped or bored as Bowman pulled them all over the place and Main found more time and space to play in than he'd had all afternoon, and was unlucky not to score on a couple of occasions. I thought Tait, Aldred, Dunne, Tanner, Main and Bowman were our best performers today.

Hearts have only won twice at FP in their history. One was the previously mentioned "John Gardiner Cup Replay" (still sends shivers through me

Hearts a dirty team? Surely not!!??

Sorry if this has already been mentioned. Congratulations to young Jamie Semple whose first half goal sealed a 1-0 win for the Scotland Under-17 team against Poland in their international challenge match in Marbella. Great to see young guys doing well, particularly if they play for us.

I just can't fathom Robinson's infatuation with the 3-5-2 formation. We simply do not have the players to play that system. We should go back to playing 4-4-2. On the few occasions that he has dabbled with it this season (against Celtic twice and Rangers and Aberdeen in League Cup) we have looked a really decent team and posed the opposition real problems. Play with orthodox right-back, left-back and two centre-backs. Carson Tait, Dunne/Hendrie, Hartley, Aldred. Cadden, Kipre, Bigirimana, Campbell. Main, Cifti.

Seen them all playing for us down the years and for me, Joe Wark was by far the best left-back I ever saw at Fir Park.

As somebody posted above we are absolutely dire to watch. Having watched Cooper, Russell, Davidson et al I find it really painful watching this current lot. When were behind against Partick Robinson brought Bigirimana on and he bossed the rest of the game and might have won and the same thing happened against Hibs in midweek. Why can't we start with creative players instead of waiting until the game is beyond us. Carl McHugh is not a midfield player as he is far too slow to play there. He should be playing in the back 4 where he was when he first came to us and was a standout.

Kudos to our head groundsman and his staff for the presentation of what must be about the best playing surface in Britain. Gone are the dark days of "Somme-like" conditions of a few seasons ago and yesterday the pitch looked like a start of the season pitch. In all the years thatI've been going to FP I've never seen the pitch as good as it is right now. Well done guys.

Robinson said after the game: "If you haven't won in a while it does put doubts in your mind. We've suffered from injuries and we've had to change our style of play slightly, put more perceived ball players into the team, but we know we have to get back to what we were doing and getting back into the shape that we played before and we'll do that over the break." What a load of sh*te. More perceived ball players? Like who? We have looked like a team of hammer throwers from the outset of the season and not much different to the last 6 games of last season. He has now been found out as a one trick pony as the rest of the SPFL have wised up to him. We are crying out for a couple of creative players in the midfield who can pass and control the play. Crosses in the box? Aye but do we ever get behind defences and cross? No. Just sling aimless balls into the box from deep positions - Neanderthal football and easy to defend against. Sorry but the countdown clock is ticking for him. If we don't win our first two games after the break (Accies in the cup and Ross County in the league) then he should be ditched pdq.

Gutted but really proud of our boys today. They fought like tigers right to the last whistle - witnessed by the last kick of the game being big Louis's strike against their post. We might well have lost without the penalty but at only 1-0 and with 11 men we were still in the game. I feel for big Cedric but everyone should rally round him now. Have made my feelings on Craig Thomson before and I can only wonder why he is still being allowed to officiate at all.

How sweet this was. Like a few other posters I have been supporting the 'Well for many, many years - since my dad took me to my first game and curiously enough it was against Rangers at FP in Charlie Aitken (Legend) testimonial game. Up until today I'd never seen us beat Rangers in any cup competition and have suffered many a sore heart against them. The very worst definitely being the semi-final of the Scottish Cup in 1976 when they cheated their way to a win. I cried just about all the way home that night and if I'm being honest I've never gotten it out of my system. However the team today did us all proud today and gladdened my old heart to finally beat this lot in a cup match. It doesn't totally take all that pain away but hell it certainly was sweet. I've seen better footballing 'Well teams in the past but the present guys are certainly one of the most gutsy we've ever had. They showed tremendous belief and desire today - something that we haven't always had against this mob in the past - and in the end were worthy winners. Thanks guys you made a long suffering fan very happy today.

This referee is absolutely woeful. Being conned by a bunch of Portuguese ballerinas.

Sorry to hear this sad news. A true 'Well legend and a real gentleman. RIP Robert. What a half-back line - Aitken, Martis and McCann. As someone above said, it just flows. Just like the forward line - Hunter,Quinn,St.John,Reid and Weir.

What a performance! Best I've seen us against a top side at FP for a long time. I can't single anyone out because to a man they were immense. This was reminiscent of the way we played in the '70s when we feared nobody at FP. Playing with real heart and feeling and harrassing and chasing all over the park never giving the opposition (better side?) time to play. You could see the guys were really up for it from the first minute and they imposed themselves on Aberdeen and forced them to play at our tempo - which they failed to match. Congratulations to all at FP for getting to the semi-final. Could earn much gelt from this and help repay investment in better players. COYW.

Went for null vote because I thought from 1 to 11 they were immense and all deserve MoM nominations.

A great sportsman and servant to the clubs he played for and a true gentleman on and off the park. RIP Paul. Thoughts and prayers for his family.

Ansolutely right.

The Ben Heneghan deal is Tommy McLeanesque. He was quite astute at bringing in players for small fees, getting decent performances from them and then convincing other clubs to buy them for decent money. Smudger Smith comes to mind - couldn't believe it when Dunfermline stumped up £60K for him.

I've always hated Hearts - even more than the bigot bros - so its really sweet to beat them. Terrific result and well-deserved. Great to see big Ryan Bowman getting on the scoresheet too as it will do wonders for his confidence now he's getting a decent run in the side. Onwards and upwards. COYW.

Good to see Bowman getting some credit for once. Probably never going to be a prolific goalscorer but everytime he plays he gives his all and as a fan, you can't ask for more than that. As I said last week he needs a run in the team to build his confidence. Agree with most of what's been said and I did say after last week at Perth that we play worse and win - and we did that in spades today. Criticism of Fisher is a bit unfair. Robinson obviously asked him to play a particular way (don't know why) today but when he was at ICT he was an out and out penalty box striker. Fans sometimes unfairly criticise players when the players are really trying their best in an unfamiliar role which the manager has asked them to play. The manager cocked it up first half and it looked as though the players were totally lost with all the tinkering that went on. The time for experimenting was during the pre-season not when the season is under way. I recall the year we won the Cup seeing Ian Ferguson being asked by Tommy McLean to play wide right to prevent the Falkirk right back from getting forward. It worked a treat first half but Fergie duly got pelters from the fans. Second half he followed the instructions for about 5 minutes then decided "f*ck this" and moved further forward abandoning his "defensive" role. Well soon after a signal came from the bench for Fergie to get back, but he was having none of it and signalled back with the two fingered salute. Tommy McLean went ape and shortly thereafter Fergie was subbed.

Absolutely superb.

Watched whole game on BBC Alba and I thought we played really well. We dominated possession but failed tp capitalise on this and too many times our final pass was poor. For their first goal their player handled the ball on halfway line and ref gave them a free kick from which they scored a really poxy goal. Second goal down to poor defending by Tait I'm afraid. But even at that I still thought we were the better team and after we scored we looked a good bet to get at least a point. At no time were we outplayed or carved open. Craig Thomson has previous, and not just with us as I think most clubs have been on the end of his ineptitude. I think Carson did handle just outside the box though I doubt it merited a red card. McHugh's first booking was nonsense but I'm afraid his second should've been a straight red. As for Dunne's red card, words fail me. It was the same as the one ICT got against Celtic last season. For that alone Thomson should be drummed off the grade 1 list. I saw nothing to be down hearted about though and we'll play a lot worse and win games. But if we keep playing like this (and avoid Craig Thomson!!) then the breaks should come and we'll have decent season. Not top 6 but out of relegation danger.