Hibernia&Alba
19-05-2012, 10:32 PM
Perhaps I'm a deluded idiot, but I actually thought we would test Hearts today. I genuinely hoped that, for once, we would come away from the derby with heads held high: if not winners then proud losers who had given it everything.
Yet again they turned up and we didn't.
Yet again they wanted it more.
Yet again from the first whistle they looked confident whilst we looked terrified.
Yet again the first goal had the inevitable feeling of no way back.
Yet again the Hearts fans laughed at us and celebrated, and we could do nothing but look on. They were even giving it 'ole' before an hour had gone.
Yet again we looked beaten before a ball was kicked.
I honestly didn't think it could be that bad; not capitulation and total cowardice in a cup final derby. Outsiders, yes, but not lambs to the slaughter. Being outplayed by the better tam on the day is one thing, chucking it without a fight is something else. It's impossible to even begin to analyse what happened, such was the extent of the shambles. I just can't get a handle on what we saw today, and won't be able to until the shock subsides. Stunned.
Yet again they turned up and we didn't.
Yet again they wanted it more.
Yet again from the first whistle they looked confident whilst we looked terrified.
Yet again the first goal had the inevitable feeling of no way back.
Yet again the Hearts fans laughed at us and celebrated, and we could do nothing but look on. They were even giving it 'ole' before an hour had gone.
Yet again we looked beaten before a ball was kicked.
I honestly didn't think it could be that bad; not capitulation and total cowardice in a cup final derby. Outsiders, yes, but not lambs to the slaughter. Being outplayed by the better tam on the day is one thing, chucking it without a fight is something else. It's impossible to even begin to analyse what happened, such was the extent of the shambles. I just can't get a handle on what we saw today, and won't be able to until the shock subsides. Stunned.