Face upto it with dignity and respect (bottle merchants mate)- Four bears fail to put a brave face on Hampden humilation

Jamie, William, Kerr and Rosco, which sounds like a Bearsden boy-band, relayed their thoughts on Sunday’s Hampden horror show to share their staunch despair at missing out on another trophy.

Last season St Mirren and St Johnstone did the damage, yesterday 40,000 bears were inside Hampden to watch a capitulation that Connor Goldson admitted was done and dusted by half-time.

Curly Bear: They are absolute bottle merchants, when it comes to high level games they are absolute bottle merchants. A B team coach that I wouldn’t trust with the under-8 team based on what I seen today. It’s terrible, just terrible, the same people playing week in week out that have offered us absolutely nothing. They are still dining out on 55 to be quite honest with you and 55 is well gone.

Baldie Bain: I don’t care for these numbers, I’m sick hearing about it, all over the internet ’55, 55′ see awe that pish, It’s done for me

Steven Gerrard made it to one cup final in six attempts, when he got there Celtic ensured that he left Hampden a loser. In six months Ange Postecoglou has taken his side to as many final as the celebrated Aston Villa boss.

Aberdeen twice, Hearts, St Mirren and St Johnstone have got the better of the Ibrox aces in cup competitions, yesterday, on the back of four successive defeats and a month since their last match Hibs ran all over James Tavernier and Co to deliver a very uncomfortable home truth.

Since Malmo won home and away to deny a route to the Champions League, since then the team has been on the brink.

Yesterday the truth emerged, van Bronckhorst or not the fixture list upto January 2 is very demanding with no signs from inside Ibrox that the squad has the stomach for the fight.