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Hibs knocked out. No easy games in the cup. Let’s hope for the best today, I don’t want to see Kettlewells smug coupon at full time.

Hibs out by the looks of things. Warning for us if we are not at it.

Good to see Ross get a chance, Great bench if we are struggling hut hope not. Get intae them!!

Looks like a decent line up to me. Only major surprise is Ross getting a starting slot, but seems low risk given we'll have 75% possession. At the start of the season I thought Connelly was the most comfortable of all 3 keepers with the ball at his feet - although Ward has obviously improved since then. I expect Said and Sparrow to be pulling them wide to try and create spaces between the buses parked at the back.

There is always a chance any team can get beat whether they play their strongest team or not. We have a strong squad and todays team reflects that. Its good Connolly and Ross are getting game time. We also have five subs to take advantage later on in game.

As long as we win and progress then it won’t matter a jot, indeed it will look like a shrewd move by Jens. But we’ve been here before with Cup ties and this one will be a tough battle which we will need to negotiate properly. We should have enough quality in that starting lineup to win but you just never know.

JBA has made plenty changes before and got it right. We need to trust him. I am surprised however, i thought we would be going full throttle with the big guns. A nice 3-0 win & it will be all good!

Certainly an interesting line up

It certainly signals how important the league is. If we push ahead and win then once again the manager proves his clout.

After you

But but but I thought TJ was at Ibrox? Thats what the bad rangers supporters said

I had a feeling he’d do this. Loads of changes. It’ll be interesting

Interesting line-up

Bore off

How often should a Motherwell striker be scoring? 1 in 3 is a perfectly reasonable expectation. Any more than that and you're looking at someone putting themselves in amongst the all time greats.

Six changes! We better win.

Correct, we should never use the Scottish Cup for anything but our strongest 11. Mind you will be difficult without Manwanhise because according to Rangers fans he and his agent were at Ibrox yesterday to complete a move there. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Well done pal 👍

To all interested parties in the Lord Hamilton of Dalzell racing colours discussion: I used the Jockey Club database to find his racing colours and they reflect the heraldic colours posted above by dennyc, i.e. red and white. Perhaps it's no surprise that Hamilton Accies play in hoops in these colours but there is clearly no link with our claret and amber. This makes it more likely that our colours were "inspired" by/copied from Bradford City's, particulary since we followed their C&A yoke design with stripes in those colours. It was only from 1928 that the two clubs' strips diverged and we chose our iconic hoop. Hope this helps.....

Same thing will happen. No action. But at least we would be doing without the unecessary delays and spoiling of goal celebrations!

Given all his talk about developing a winning mentality in the squad, I dont see any way Jens doesnt go with the strongest team available. If he does he sends out totally the wrong signals and lets the players know he isnt actually serious. Not gonna happen.

JBA should be picking his strongest eleven today. It's the Scottish Cup.

Most of us can probably agree on this. Scrap VAR and have referee observers review games afterwards, call out mistakes and inconsistencies, and actually hold officials accountable. Let the game flow and deal with the bad officiating afterwards.

Fans are fans. We had posters on here who claimed Slattery wasn't good enough for us during his first couple of seasons.

I'd say the opposite. Too many poor decisions due to "letter of the law" rather than "spirit of the game". The handball rules are a great example of this where attempting to remove subjectivity has made them a complete joke. I agree we need more consistency and better referees. I'd prefer it, however, if we just let them do their job and ditch VAR.