Why can't we win the bloody thing?
I know we were playing the SPL champions etc but 112 years is a long time, especially when we had the famous five.
Is it too late on in the season and our team is finished through injury, tiredness or suspension. Or we have too big a monkey on our back?
When you hear stories from our previous League cup successes there's usually something special like Budgie threatening the huns prior to beating them in the semi or John Collins making dvd of the players highlights to give them inspiration. However when it gets to the Scottish cup then things go wrong like Latapy getting in to bother with drink or O'Connor going to Russia. Are we just jinxed?
I'm 46 and starting to think I'll never see the cup at Easter Road!
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Thread: Scottish Cup
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27-05-2013 06:26 PM #1
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Scottish Cup
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27-05-2013 06:28 PM #2
We are not good enough, in each of the finals we have played in, since the early 70's
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27-05-2013 06:33 PM #3
Mentality probably they do the hard work and get there then cross the line and freeze. Being caught in two minds thinking we haven't win this in a long long time and we could be legends instead of just concentrating playing their game and enjoying the game.
Bloody Scottish cup it's so overrated
GGTTH
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27-05-2013 06:38 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-05-2013 06:38 PM #5
138 years of football.
13 Scottish cup finals.
Means on average we get to a final every 10 years.
So.
We WILL win it.
Unless the sun blows up.
Don't worry about it.
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27-05-2013 06:41 PM #6
We always seem to play top teams in the final (last year Hearts had a far stronger squad). I'm sure if we get to play a weaker team like Hearts and Dun Utd have had in recent years then we will win it.
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27-05-2013 06:57 PM #7
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You'd have though that a club like Hibs could win five games. It seems that the fifth game is one too many.
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27-05-2013 07:04 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think the damage was done in the 50s, particularly the defeat to Clyde.
What's your thoughts - will we be forever in Hearts' shadow. I hope not.
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27-05-2013 07:06 PM #9
We don't have the winning mentality. Plenty of soundbytes pre match, about wanting to win the cup for the fans, break the hoodoo etc, but when it comes to the crunch we just don't want it badly enough IMO
"There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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27-05-2013 07:14 PM #10
I'm actually starting to believe that the infamous gypsy curse on the Club is for real!
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27-05-2013 07:16 PM #11
We'll win it soon imo. The problem we've had is that we've not qualified for the final enough (like we've not got into Europe enough but that's a different discussion), under pat though I'm confident he'll have us in the latter stages of the cups more often and eventually we'll play a team on our level rather than a team paying fortunes more than us.
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27-05-2013 07:22 PM #14
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Our time will come eventually. I'm a young lad and hope to see it happen in my lifetime.
GGTTH
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27-05-2013 07:23 PM #15
In the last 12 years we have been to 3 Scottish Cup finals and 2 League Cup finals. There can't be many teams can better that.
The problem seems to be winning the things. One days soon hopefully.
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27-05-2013 07:26 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-05-2013 07:30 PM #17
We havn't had the luck of playing someone like Gretna, in the final. Last year we punched well above our weight and if i'm honest, we shouldn't have been there. This year, just as we were beginning to put some decent results together, the team was starting to gel but the final was upon us and we came up against a Celtic side, who probably have 1 player that is worth more than our squad put together.
Has any Edinburgh side reached 3 Scottish Cup finals in a row? I fancy our chances of making it another one next year.
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27-05-2013 07:41 PM #18
You do wonder when your captain and then your leading goalscorer pick up injuries before the big game.
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27-05-2013 08:25 PM #19
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Apart from encouraging people to go to Easter Road, are there any other ways we (as ordinary supporters) can help bring home the cup?
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27-05-2013 08:28 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"There's class, there's first class and there's Hibs class" - Eddie Turnbull
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27-05-2013 08:38 PM #21
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Fair enough, this stupid cup is starting to get to me. Next time let's get the ball blest!
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27-05-2013 08:49 PM #23
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