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?”