Barry Robson believes Raith Rovers probably deserved more than to be on the end of a 5-0 thrashing from Celtic on Saturday.
The Kirkcaldy side were defeated by the reigning champions with ease in the Scottish Cup fifth round tie at Parkhead.
And Raith boss Robson reckons conceding to Celtic’s Daizen Maeda after just six minutes increased the magnitude of the task, given it was exactly the message that he had warned his players to avoid pre-match.
“To lose a goal within six minutes rocked us a wee bit,” Robson told Raith TV.
“I’d said to them ‘don’t lose an early goal’. It rocked us a wee bit but after that, I thought we settle down and showed good character.
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“We started to grow into the game. We had a few chances, a few transitions.
“When we went in at half-time, I thought we’d performed really well because that’s a really good side.
"They kept fighting, they really did, and a big help with that was the fans. We needed them there today because this Celtic side can beat teams by six, seven or eight-nil.
“They beat a Scottish Premier League team three days ago by 6-0 and that’s a team with probably three or four times the budget we’re on.
“If we hadn’t lost those goals at crucial times, we might have tried to make it a bit closer.
“I thought our structure was good. It’s a hard, hard place for players to come and play, believe me. I’ve been here myself, I’ve played here myself, so I know how hard it is.
“I just think we deserved a wee bit more.
“I think the game-plan went fine because you can’t go chasing Celtic. You can see the speed they’ve got at the top end of the pitch, so you could lose countless amounts of goals.
“We could have kept the ball a wee bit better, I thought, at times today but it’s difficult when you’re chasing the game.
“We came here and performed well, better than some premier league teams have done.”
