There is little doubt that as a provinical club in Scotland to win a trophy you need the luck of the draw and that during the McInnes years we have consistantly been paired against Celtic. Of course our failure to lay a glove on them is another point altogether.
Looking at St Johnstone's Scottish Cup victory, they played three lower league clubs and two top league clubs (Livingston, Forfar, Raith, Us and The Arabs)
In this season's League Cup they played Kelty Hearts, Brechin, Peterhead & The Arabs in the group stages. Knockout ties were against Motherwell, Dunfermline, Hibs & Livingston.
Now not wishing to take anything away from their achievement, not once did they have to play against either of the arse cheeks. In 2014, Der Hun were struggling against the Like of Albion Rovers and of course we defeated The Victims at Parkhead.
This year's League Cup, obviously fresher in everyone's memory St Mirren dispatched Der Hun and Ross County took care of the other mob. Ok so they still beat three top division teams in winning the cup but, Motherwell not the team they were, Hibs well most of us predicted they would "Hibs it" in the semi just as they did in the Scottish semi, and Livingston, I reckon just ran out of momentum from the new manger bounce Martindale brought them. Play it four weeks earlier and I doubt many of us would have fancied Saints.
Guess it in a way just goes to prove there is no such thing as an unlucky winner in life