Butcher left bleeping furious as Caley guilty of comedy of errors
INVERNESS manager Terry Butcher left his team without a name after they had failed to give Celtic any kind of game. He described the 2-0 Scottish Cup defeat as their “worst display of the season” and one that had come at the worst possible time with “millions around the world” watching the lunchtime fifth-round tie at the Caledonian Stadium which was screened live by Sky Sports. It could have been no more painful a watch for any of these viewers than it was for Butcher. “We never turned up, never matched Celtic,” he said. “Celtic worked harder and that is an awful thing to say about my team. I have to be careful what I say because we let everybody down.”
He was particularly aghast about the two goals conceded. Ross Tokeley and keeper Jonny Tuffey were both at fault for Georgios Samaras’s first, before David Proctor made a silly challenge on Gary Hooper to give away a penalty which was converted by Scott Brown to seal the win.
“We made two horrendous mistakes in the game and the second goal was a comedy of errors.
“But Celtic could have scored more goals from good play and the only positive I can take is that they didn’t,” he said of his opponents, who Inverness will face again in Glasgow on Saturday. “We hardly had a shot, a cross or any decent play in their half. In our seven-match run without a loss we have been a difficult team to beat, but today we were too easy to beat.”
Butcher drew some succour from the fact his team have an opportunity to make instant amends in Glasgow, where they claimed a draw last season.
But his parting shot, after he had once again slammed the performance, said everything: “How do you spell shit, again?”
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Shug Hefner
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 11:02 AMPaul Mac - tell me more...........Im liking this rumour!
THE MASK
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 11:00 AMTERRY BUTCHER THE ONLY MANAGER IN THE SPL THAT NEVER GIVES ANY PRAISE TO THE OPPOSITION,HIS TEAM WHERE POOR SURE BUT THE HOOPS ARE ON FIRE JUST NOW.IT MUST BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS BLUE-NOSE BEING OUT OF JOINT..!!!!
paulmac2
Monday, February 6, 2012 at 12:33 AMRumours abound in the Edinburgh legal ciecles that the admin papers have been drawn up..
jerrymanders
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 10:59 PMRadio Scotland today: Doddsy - "Rangers have no wide men" Chick - "Aye they do, check the Directors Box".
thepundit
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 10:28 PM#338 Klos was just back from long term injury. Made a howler in that match but still one of the best keepers we've ever had. (pre-injury.. which he fell off his mountain bike or something)
Damo Lennon
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 09:55 PMThis makes me laugh out loud: http:\\kennyramsay.photoshelter.com\gallery-image\05-02-2012-Rangers-v-Dundee-United\G0000DllSDl6zyaI\I0000eqcO55poqXg ................. turn the slashes around.
SeeEmmEss
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 09:29 PM#334 Paddy. Stefan Klos, aka the Poor Man's Ollie Kahn. I arrived at the pub (this was before all the games were streamed on the 'net) late that day and thought I'd got the kickoff time wrong and they were still showing old games prematch. "3-0? What game was that? Wait a minute..."
TGM Numero Uno
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 09:12 PM~336 Damian, aye, you'd think him being baptized Catholic he would have supported the team that had the most catholic players wouldn't you - given that his "type" would have been resented in fact hated at Ibrox...but know he supports rangers because they signed "english players" (so did we btw...in fact we had an Englishman on the books long before Rangers had) but hey ho...pundit's a weirdo, best leave it there eh?
Damo Lennon
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 09:06 PM#334, Santa Klos.
Damo Lennon
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 09:04 PMTGM #330, Think how many English Division 1 teams were chock full of English players at that time! Why support a team in a league most (real) English people regard as Mickey Mouse just because they signed the Norwich goalkeeper and the Ipswich centre-half? Oh aye, and Watford's Colin "who he?" West! It disnae make sense I tells ya!
Pas D'Elle Yeux Rhone Que Nous
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 09:01 PMWho was the German (I think) fella in goal for RFC when Henrik scored that cracking lob in the 6-2 match?
Damo Lennon
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 09:00 PMTGM, How about Chris Woods and Graham Roberts making an almighty balls up of a freekick in their box, allowing OWEN ARCHDEACON to score from a very tight angle to complete a 3-1 win for Celtic in 1987? A very funny moment. In retrospect, even funnier watching Le Petit Merde trying to steal the goal for himself and ending up tying himself up in the net....
TGM Numero Uno
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 08:59 PM~331 LOL....CLASS!
Damo Lennon
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 08:57 PMTGM #328, Are you sure they didn't just want to shake Stevie Chalmers' hand to show their appreciation for the composure, pace and skill he demonstrated to score the fourth at their end of the ground? They're a sporting lot, you know!
TGM Numero Uno
Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 08:57 PM~327 Damian, no point in educating him...he's a darts fan really...he knows precious little about football...when asked why he supported Rangers..he came up with "because they had English players" LOL!
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