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Maybe we are to Hearts, as Falkirk are to us? 🤔🤔🤔

Nuance & perspective are wonderful things! Clearly JBA isnt a Motherwell legend (yet), but he deserves a little more credit than he is being afforded in some quarters. The number of draws we got in the first quarter of the season were a little disappointing given how well we played at times, but they were achieved by a manager and team trying to bed in new players and a totally new system. Mistakes were made and a few wins slipped out of our grasp. Disapppointing but understable. However, we did slowly improve and after the League Cup semi final exit (reaching Hampden seems to have been turned into a negative) we seemed to have unlocked the secret to a water tight defence and results improved. Our record against the top 6 is held up as a weakness this season. Yet we are undefeated against Hearts, have drawn twice against Rangers at home, lost narrowly at Ibrox after a hotly disputed penalty claim. Beaten Celtic resoundingly at Fir Park, lost twice narrowly at Parkhead in keenly contested matches, unbeaten against Hibs home & away. Only Falkirk have got the better of us. So our poor record is actually a myth if you turn it around and ask what the top 6 teams record against Motherwell is. The Aberdeen Cup game was a sore one and Jens has to hold his hands up a little for the starting selection, but the the state of the pitch, weather and 2 red cards are at least mitigating factors. We have broken all sorts of records this season with least goals conceded at home, clean sheets records, longest home run without a defeat, attendances etc etc. Of course the wheels have come off a little bit and you could argue that the pressure of being involved in a potential title race got to us, but you have to factor in the recent injuries, suspensions and some really chronic refereeing decisions. Has Jens been perfect? No. Have the team been perfect? No. But whilst our deficiencies have been shown up in recent weeks, its still the best season I can remember for quality of football and entertainment, and we are still sitting with a GD of +25 in April. Picking holes in an otherwise fantastic season is easy to do and if you ignore the circumstances, you can make a compelling case, but just as circumstances can fall for you, they can also conspire against you, despite you having control over neither.

All forums are like this. I read a lot of them. Celtic won the league by beating Motherwell Celtic lost the league against Dundee United. Iheanacho couldn't score in a barrel of.....worst signing of all time Goal: Iheanacho

Poster something I have not been called before. I just wish I had said JBA was rank rotten, would have got less coverage. This forum defies belief. Been brilliant to watch all season but minute we go on a bad run its back to reality

Sometimes I like to ride bareback through the fields with the wind in my hair. Only when the mood takes me though.

Have you got any other hobbies?

Confident we won’t lose this one - we’ll get at least a point . Basing this on how well we’ve faced up to Hearts this season. Hoping we can freshen a few things up and ideally get all 3 points . Edge closer to cementing 4th spot .

I think it’s you who is trying to make something of nothing. I will say it again, this has been a very good season and JBA has been very good for us, surpassing all expectations. Obviously he is not perfect but we are never going to have the perfect manager. A poster earlier in the thread described him as a legend, which I completely disagree with because he hasn’t been here anywhere near long enough and we don’t yet know how this season is going to pan out. We might still get Europe, we might not but whatever happens it will still have been a good season. It’s just that it could have been even better.

In the context of how good we’ve been in the league this season, one point from the last 12 is garbage.

Ewan Wilson can't get a game for Raith, but he'll get a winners medal today - 4-1 up on Inverness in the Challenge Cup final.

I've had this feeling for a while now that it will be us that wrecks Hearts title challenge. Whether it's next week or post split remains open to conjecture.

I'll be rooting for the Pars to knock them out for these reasons.

Ward McGhee Welsh McGinn Longelo Priestman Watt Fadinger Just Eythor Maswinhise That's the best team we can put on the pitch.

Leonard now suspended following today's red card.

True. Personally, I hope they don't. Their fans seem to have a real problem with Motherwell, whether they're greetin about getting relegated at Fir Park, being refused promotion while we stayed up, or (as I read today) their keeper getting sent off in 1992 for mouthing off about a Falkirk free-kick that turned into a shy (immediately followed by a goal) for us. I suppose they had plenty of time to seethe in the lower divisions.

Garbage is what we watched last season, ok we’ve been poor the last couple of games - mainly due to not adapting to teams pushing up on us and some slack passing - but garbage? Think you need to get a bit of perspective mate.

Before my time, but Bobby Ancell would probably qualify as a legend to most older fans.

Hearts just shovelled more pressure on themselves. We need to make that work in our favour.

You’ve done it again! In your previous message you claimed our manager is bang average and in this one you are doing the exact same thing in pulling out stats to suit a narrative. We are clearly not going to win every game so beyond that you look at the performances and most have been very good even when we have drawn or lost. Stop trying to make this something it’s not. We have had an excellent season, have a great team and a very good manager.

I think Nicholson is the most similar to Slattery but probably only good for 45 mins or an hour. I’d be tempted to play Oscar and push Fadinger or Watt forward a bit and bring Nicholson on for secomd half or last 30 mins. We’ve been playing JT as striker and I don’t think that’s working. Perhaps play more like we did against Celtic at Fir park or else Said to bench and Thor at striker with JT playing off him.

I was referring to managers.

Unless they win the cup

European football is an achievement., We are in line to get it. Falkirk are not.

In fairness I would put Tommy Coyne in the legend category. He never won silverware with us but he was the spearhead of a fantastic Motherwell side and scored many a crucial goal. He was also a terrific footballer into the bargain. Likewise guys like Keith Lasley, Stephen Craigan and Stevie Hammell, all club legends in my book for the many years of great service they gave us.

We have still only lost 6 league games, if they were spread out more then would still be some achievement. We have just hit bad run plus I think transfer speculation has affected Watt and JT. also a few other players hit dip in form......Said...McGinn...SOD. However the referees and VAR have given us hee haw in recent weeks (oxlade-chamberlain no red card.......and 2 shocking decisions yesterday) imagine if sellik never got those...be a 4 day national debate note to self..........don't call JBA a legend. 🤪🤪