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I actually thought we played not bad and created some decent chances. From my view Oakley was a mile onside such a weird decision by the linesman. Like some people have said I was slightly disappointed that a number of the players just disappeared down the tunnel I know a large part of people had left but for those who were left it would have been nice to acknowledge the players for their efforts this season. Suggests more than a few of them will be offski if we keep Oakley and Strapp I would be delighted but in terms of the rest I am less bothered than I was before about keeping the majority of them.

If Blues' good shot wasn't stopped by Dabrowski in the closing stages - or Crawford's header from the corner* - then there'd have been about twice as many folk around to give the team a send-off on the terraces at the final whistle. Despite the fact that said goal would have been almost entirely irrelevant to our season. So how is the yawning difference between those responses within the fanbase legit but a low-key response in the case of the players unacceptable? The end of the game today turned out to be an insipid end to an insipid game off the back of... an insipid month. It just happens. While I could normally consider being out of touch for finding a gratitude exercise by footballers to be performative nonsense, the exodus of other fans suggests that today's game just turned out to be not a very good occasion for recognition. That cuts both ways incidentally - we might not see a player or two again who deserved a wee bit more than today's swansong. [/Quote] especially not when the guys who are applauding you have in our case been paying your wages. [Quote] See, I find that 'we pay your wages' argument risible given both the undoubted effort and the actual value of some of the performances produced by the squad (League Cup at Ibrox; Scottish Cup QF - the Motherwell game; consolidation of league position after desperate opening third of the season). Did these not 'pay' the fans' contribution enough? That argument doesn't mean we should award new contracts all round for next season by any means, but we have had absolutely zero grounds to complain about the attitude of this squad this season. *Two examples chosen simply because the finishes were good attempts as opposed to... other efforts in the second half.

Her Menzies, maybe?

As much as I understand your point it's not just any other game though is it. It's the last home game of the season and for as long as I can remember the players come over at the end of a long hard season no matter even if we've been relegated maybe baring 13/14 but even then more players came over to the fans after the last home game. Regardless of individual opinion it's just not acceptable to fk off up the tunnel after the last home game of the season especially not when the guys who are applauding you have in our case been paying your wages.

Especially when they ask folk to turn up for it Happy clapping seal, IMO

I was behind the goal in the second half and could clearly see half the Cowshed filtering towards the exits before and immediately at the end of the game. Just as they would have done in any other home game. That's not a criticism - I left after a brief applause when Imrie came over too. The idea that professional players should be required to show some extra reverence than the fans themselves at the end of a nothing game like today's is not for me. They don't owe us anything - they get paid a wage and are expected to do a job on that basis.

Barely anyone around me left before the final whistle and nobody is "ripping their knitting" anywhere. As the poster above says its just basic manners to return the applause to people who have paid their hard earned money over the season.

Doesn't matter how many fans are left at full time. It's the last home game of the season and the fans that stayed to applaud the players for they're efforts this season deserve a much better response than they got today. If players are leaving by choice or told there contracts won't be renewed it's still just a bit of decency to come over and thank the supporters who've generally been behind them all season. To the players that didn't bother there arses today and are leaving don't let the door hit your arse on the way out you won't be missed.

Big, bad, Morton support at it again. And the grass is greener

About half the home fans left either before or just after the final whistle, so I really wouldn't be ripping my knitting about the disrespect shown by players who didn't hang around too long either.

Yeah I thought it was quite poor how many players just boosted down the tunnel at full time. Maybe they forgot, but someone should’ve been telling them to head back out there.

Notable just about every player ran straight up the tunnel at FT bar one or two, also quite telling Gillespie took his time to leave the field after being one of only 3 or 4 to acknowledge the support. Maybe I'm reading too much into but a larger clear out than expected may be on the cards?

Agreed

Our season in a nutshell today. Played pretty well, created the better chances (without a draw actually being unfair though) but didn't have the cutting edge to get us over the line. Difficult to judge too much given the lowered stakes involved but I thought the defence did well throughout. With Ayr and Dunfermline playing each other the lowest we can now finish is 6th, but any sort of last minute, heartbreaking goal to consign Inverness and their assorted pellets (Gardiner; Ferguson) to the play-offs and relegation would be a lovely send-off. In the big picture we've had a decent season - excellent in cup competitions, both financially and in performance terms. Given the losses to the first team last summer I'm not surprised we had to just consolidate our position in the end - I'd have expected that before a ball was kicked. But with both Airdrie and Partick sitting on entirely achievable points totals, the lost opportunity can't be overlooked either. Losing fully half of our home league games is ultimately what has cost us - each of those lost was effectively a six-point swing to another team in the division.

Don't know if there's anything in this, but she was standing on the stairs of the exit at the top end of the Sinclair St end at the end of the game. She was visibly upset and being comforted by a female fan. Just wondering if she'd been given thr proverbial "red card"

Finally some payback for that snake.

Gillespie MOTM for me today

Well done Kirk.

Surprisingly feisty for an end-of-season dead rubber

Broadfoot left one on Rudden there. Had to be held back afterwards. Seems raging.

Attendance looks around about 1500, which is probably what you would reasonably expect for a relatively meaningless end-of-season game. Cutting the admission to a tenner may have added a few hundred, so might have been worth a try. EDIT to add: Turns out it was over 2000 which is pretty decent.

Palpable enthusiasm for this one. I think the club have missed a trick by insisting on the usual £21 entry. It's a dead rubber in any serious competitive sense and the final home game of the season: the ST money is already accounted for. Why not set prices at a tenner for adults - free for under 16s - to try to entice folk to get out the house and watch a game of football? And instead of just announcing the change online and using the Tele's unreliable coverage of local events to spread the news, just fire out 6,000 vouchers and hand them out in schools, through New Scots services too. Who knows - they might just enjoy their experience and want to come back again. For the cost of a couple of hundred walk-ups and extra marketing expenses, I really don't understand why the club doesn't make some effort to turn an otherwise low-key send-off to the campaign into an opportunity.

Livingston - surprise - are once again in a protracted legal dispute about the ownership and pretty much every aspect of their business 'model'. Never mind spending prize money - they'll be lucky to avoid administration if an unfavourable court verdict combines with their imminent relegation.

Even if they do, the reality is that their current revenue is going to be significantly higher than our own. I'm really not sure what people expect the club to do about that this summer, other than shouting 'ambishun' because they set a target of being a 'top 16' club - which about 24 clubs would set as at least their minimum aspiration too. We're in a relatively good position as most key players are tied up over the summer - we need to replace any who do go and upgrade on the options who simply didn't deliver often enough.