Browni Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Pie And Bovril just put this up on twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Aye, it makes painful reading and is really starting to hit home even more how much our chance may have gone during these years of sustained league success when you see the dross that has picked up cups in recent years. I fear we will never win a cup ever again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Aye, it makes painful reading and is really starting to hit home even more how much our chance may have gone during these years of sustained league success when you see the dross that has picked up cups in recent years. I fear we will never win a cup ever again!! Seems like the answer is to return to being dross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickoza Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I thought that in 1990........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postiejim Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I'm sure we will lift a cup again, but will I still be alive to see it ,most of the sand is now in the bottom half of the egg timer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I waited a long time to see us win a Cup and, to be honest, when I did see it, one the reasons I was so happy was because I wasn't sure I'd be lucky enough to see it again. (Not because I'm an auld fart, but because I experienced so many disappointments in the 21 seasons prior to 91). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 has anymore been said about losing the cup game from the season tickets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazilian Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Takes a special person to take a miserable thread down a little bit more 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Our disappointing cup exploits since 1991 have certainly been hard to take. Our league form in recent times has been nothing short of superb, however, a cup win would give the whole club a lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 We have no right to silverware, in 91 we were jammy as fuck, some great performances, but all the moaning about it is fucking chronic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I think a lot of is would feel perversely better about the situation if there was an Old Firm monopoly on trophies but the amount of utter, utter shite that lifted big chunks of silver above their heads over the past two decades, when we've arguably been the third best team in the country during the same period is mind-boggling and utterly depressing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I think we used up all our luck avoiding relegation/liquidation in the last 20 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 BBC... Stuart McCall jealous at Aberdeen's Cup celebrations Motherwell manager Stuart McCall admits he could not bring himself to watch Aberdeen's League Cup celebrations. The Fir Park men have found it difficult to replicate their consistent league form in the domestic cups. McCall had a tinge of jealousy as Aberdeen lifted the trophy with a penalty shoot-out win over Inverness. He said: "As soon as the final penalty went in, I switched the telly over to the Arsenal-Tottenham match because I didn't want to watch the celebrations." McCall led the Steelmen to the 2011 Scottish Cup final, but his side were defeated 3-0 by Celtic at Hampden. Since then, the Lanarkshire club have experienced early exits in the cup competitions, not least to 10-man Aberdeen in this season's League Cup. "It still hurts that we lost that quarter-final to Aberdeen," said McCall. "It's not sour grapes. I felt we had a good goal disallowed and they defended ever so well with 10 men. "There was a little tad of jealously there. I thought I'd done well watching the game. "We want to get to finals, that's what we want to do, but we've just got to focus on finishing as high up the league as we can." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I was the same, turned it over as soon as the final penalty went in. Have avoided all newspapers/websites as best I can also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 We have no right to silverware, in 91 we were jammy as fuck, some great performances, but all the moaning about it is fucking chronic. Ouch... I think we all feel that watching an average Aberdeen side win silverware and potentially 2 trophies is frustrating given our consistent league form. McCall is saying what most of us are feeling. I had no axe to grind with Aberdeen FC at all before they poached 2 of our managers. As it happens it worked out better for us, but we were not to know that at the time. Now I would have jumped for joy if Caley hac won the game/penalties. Not bitter just how I feel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 McCall is saying what most of us are feeling. It’s also good to know that he is hurting as much as the fans at our lack of cup success. Roll on next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 It would hurt even more if Albion Rovers picked up the other trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 It would hurt even more if Albion Rovers picked up the other trophy. At least we could say that we were knocked out by the eventual winners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 has anymore been said about losing the cup game from the season tickets? Not to my knowledge. I don't like it but accept it has to happen, given our finances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Ouch... I think we all feel that watching an average Aberdeen side win silverware and potentially 2 trophies is frustrating given our consistent league form. McCall is saying what most of us are feeling. I had no axe to grind with Aberdeen FC at all before they poached 2 of our managers. As it happens it worked out better for us, but we were not to know that at the time. Now I would have jumped for joy if Caley had won the game/penalties. Not bitter just how I feel. I was gutted when we were put out the cup and any time previous as well, we weren't good enough on the day. Aberdeen winning the League cup has little effect on me, unlike the final we lost to Celtic which is pretty much the biggest boot in the balls this century, followed by 3 defeats at the hands of Rangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I'd rather be a Dosser than a Hibee reading that table, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 It’s also good to know that he is hurting as much as the fans at our lack of cup success. Roll on next season. Why is it good to know? Do you think itll change anything? Next season he will say "weve learned from our mistakes" "were really up for this" etc etc then we will go out of both cups in the first round again after total clusterfucks. Its the McCall way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 hopefully next year he won't let the squad go on the piss in dublin the weekend before a scottish cup tie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC_MKI Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 I'd rather be a Dosser than a Hibee reading that table, though. In fairness to them while their Scottish Cup record is the worst of the worst they did manage to lift the League Cup as recently as 2007, something which we've not had a sniff of. It makes for galling reading those statistics as they prove that the silverware is there to be won by clubs such as us and especially as we had probably the best side out with the big two in the past two seasons and got nowhere near cup glory. Unfortunately we lack the character and bottle to be a good cup side as you need to raise your game on the day but that is lost on us and we have been badly let down in recent times by the manager and the players in that respect. I too fear that we will never win the cup again as our best opportunity was these past couple of years with us having a strong side while Rangers were out the picture and the likes of Aberdeen were toiling badly. Now the Dons have got it right on the pitch, likewise Dundee Utd and Sevco will be in the top flight in two seasons time spending money they don't have, so I really don't see where we will get such a good and realistic chance of silverware again anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 So you are saying that in the last 20 years, we have had no teams with character? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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