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so all we need to do is win 12 games on the trot ??? Home and hosed😁

Ok so I’ve had a quick - we’ll not really that quick by the time I’d finished - look at this to see what could happen, firstly up to the split, Celtic win all their games apart from us - 72pts Hearts win all their games apart from us - 69pts we win all our games - 68pts Rangers win all their games apart from the Celtic game - 67pts Post split: we win all our games - max 83pts Celtic win only 3 games and lose to us and any other team - max 81pts Hearts win all their games apart from against us - max 81pts Rangers win all of their games apart from against us - max 79pts Obviously there are multiple outcomes of which this is only one but if you’re a dreamer, dream on Note: disclaimer my maths ain’t all that great at times and this could be a load of 🐂 💩

Indeed

I'm nearly 60 and able to attend my first home game of the season. My goodness, to see a big crowd at Fir Park on a Feb Sunday to Stand Up And Sing For The Motherwell. Here's the thing: top 6 has never entered my mind. I'm looking up, not down. Let the Glasgow media deflect & defer to the ugly sisters. There's only one team playing football here. We play on, I summon the spirit of 32, 52 and 91.

This season is but a ladder to be climbed! 😉

Because like the Manager I take one target at a time Target 1. Avoid relegation .. tick Target 2. Top 6 ......... to be determined Target 3. 4th place and European football ....to be determined Target 4. 2nd place and Champions League football ... to be determined Target 5. Win the League .... to be determined Target 6 Win the Scottish Cup... to be determined

I don't think we'll be winning the league, but it's been such a crazy season, the fact that there's still a slim chance we could just adds to the entertainment. If we win our game in hand, we'll be 5 points off second. That's certainly a target we can shoot at, and then see what happens.

Forget the top 6, that’s a given. We need to be thinking of winning the league. Michael Stewart has given us his endorsement as league winners…… why can some gadgie from Edinburgh think this whilst our fans don’t. ok a wee but tongue in cheek …. but why the fk not….. I believe!!!

Yes, we would be on 50, best they could get is 49

I might be wrong but if Dundee Utd and Aberdeen lose next Saturday and we beat St Mirren I think top 6 is secured.

https://www.oldfootballprogrammes.co.uk/motherwell-fc-football-programmes edit - sorry my bad it was a programme for Fir Park. I usually use the above to find old matchday programmes.

I think we win this one. Aberdeen pressed us really hard today and we got sucked into attacking the space in front of us leaving us wide open at the back. Jens wont allow that to happen again, so I expect us to be more disciplined defensively and restrict their chances. It will make it a tighter game, but I think we have the quality to get the goal we need. 1-0 Motherwell.

McGinn was imperious today, however, I went for Oscar Priestman. He was absolutely everywhere and always available to take the ball. Took so much pressure off his team mates given how hard Aberdeen tried to press us. Outstanding performance.

Should have been two or three up at half time. Still, will take 2-0 and a good feeling putting a team like Aberdeen away while knowing we can play better.

Thought our offensive performance was pretty good today (finishing aside) and it was certainly another entertaining game. If I have one complaint, it was that we were a bit gung ho at times and left ourselves open to the counter attack way too often. At one point we had 5 guys in the Aberdeen box and 50 yards between them and our back four with only two Aberdeen players in the space in between! I think that made life a little bit more uncomfortable defensively than it needed to be. I get the teams enthusiasm for getting forward and scoring goals, but our clean sheets have been built on structured possession and that today was back to the Tynecastle 3-3 madness. Overall, still a great 3 points and Im sure Jens will have things tightened up for Wednesday so we dont conceed so much possession/chances. Only 7 points off top place if we win our game in hand. Its still all to play for.....

We will be tired but they will be the same, hopefully a victory and quarter final to look forward to

Should have been out of sight half time but poor misses from said and Maswanhise, went back 4 months as ward went back to old habits but we survived. 3pts which is main thing so happy days

The defenders grabbed an arm each with Said! Couldbt believe they didnt get carded. Dickinson is no Bargain. But he is a bit of a Hunt!

I am finding it interesting just how quickly I am becoming greedy for success At 1-0 HT today, I was dissatisfied that it was not a more comfortable 2-0, 3-0 so that we could start resting players for midweek. As the weeks pass, 4th place is becoming slightly mundane with the dream of top three within touching distance. I suppose it is that kind of inability to be truly satisfied that took man to the moon. I fear that I am developing the mentality of an OF fan. A severe dose of entitlement. They must have medicine for that type of horrendous affliction? It really is dreamland at the moment.

Mcginn ......super paul Mcginn

A strange game that could have ended 7-3 or thereabouts to us. We deserved to win but made it awfully hard for ourselves. We should have had the game sewn up by half time were it not for some incredible misses. Aberdeen weren't bad themselves and could have scored 2 or 3 were it not for some bad luck striking woodwork etc. Not our best performance it has to be said. A Jordan McGhee assisted OG saved some last minute nail biting. We looked a bit jaded and defensively weren't as secure as normal, although we achieved another incredible clean sheet. Maybe we missed Fadinger's presnce in the middle? Like Rangers before them, Aberdeen were cynical, picking up 6 yellow cards which should have been even more. Perahps a back handed compliment to us. Quite why 2 defenders weren't yellow carded for blatantly hauling down Said is beyond me. Someone was also very very fortunate not to be red carded for a deliberate elbow on Paul McGinn. David Dickionson was in charge and he let his assistants know it. Still another win and clean sheet. Top six is becoming increasingly likely. Happy days indeed.

Maswanhise's hand was by his side, so may not have been deemed punishable. Just scoring was also second phase of attack

Longelo defended well and good going forward all game but went for McGinn. Absolutely commanding performance. Just and Priestman also very good games.

Crazily even that might not be enough. If we do win every game and Hearts win every game (except the 6 points they drop off us) they would still win the league. It is a totally hypothetical situation but it does illustrate the incredible consistency required to win a championship.

BBC Sportsound were also distinctly unhappy with the result. They went to great lengths to emphasise that Jordan McGhee didn't score as it was an OG. No doubt thery're right but they didn't need to go an and on about it. Did it matter? They also suggested that Just's goals should have been chalked off for handball - even Peter Leven didn't bring that up.