Will Ferry p****d off by Dundee United flop at Hibs as fuming star doesn't hold back over Easter Road show
The straight talking Tannadice ace made no attempt to hide his digust at the manner of the loss in the capital
Fuming Will Ferry admits he was embarrassed and p****d off at Dundee United's poor Easter Road show.
The straight-talking Tannadice ace made no attempt to hide his disgust at the manner of the loss to Hibs.
Ferry says it simply wasn't good enough as he apologised to the fans, but is adamant he won't sulk and vowed to fire back against St Mirren on Saturday.
He said: 'I'm just really frustrated. It's a hard one to take and every other player in the dressing room will have the exact same feeling. It's embarrassing when you lose and don't produce the performance that we're capable of.
'I don't want to use the language, but we're all p****d off a little bit.
"We're not going to ponder it and I don't want to sit and sulk like a kid. You do lose games, but it's the manner we did it. We've just got to put it right against St Mirren.
'Hibs are third and that's where we want to get to. They put on a performance that shows why they're in the position that they are.
"We didn't. We are challenging for places and we need to show that.
"We didn't do that and that's why it's embarrassing because we know what we can do."
Boss Jim Goodwin bemoaned the weak goals were conceded and Ferry continued: "We have been solid for most of the season, but that doesn't help. You can't use that excuse.
"We'll obviously watch the game back, but the initial feeling is that they are really bad goals.
'We can't really hide from that. Even the third one is awful, too. It's disappointing and we'll look to correct it.
"The fans really backed us. I can only apologise for what we put up, especially in the first half.
'We wouldn't be where we are now if we didn't care. We take pride in our work and I think you've seen that season with how solid we've been defensively.
"We've won games late because we've always stuck together. That's why it's still frustrating because we didn't show that.
'We showed that little 15-20 minutes maybe where we had a few bright moments, but 20 minutes is not enough in a 90-minute game.
"We just need to produce a better performance. That's the bottom line.'
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