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  1. according to the BBC Hibs close to Bigirimana deal Scott Mullen BBC Scotland Motherwell midfielder Gael Bigirimana could be on his way to managerless Hibernian. Bigirimana, who spent a short spell on loan at Rangers without playing a game, has found regular game time hard to come by at Fir Park, particularly since the emergence of David Turnbull. With his deal up in the summer, it is believed Hibs are close to completing a deal for his services.
  2. In my 41 years of going to Fir Park, as far as Im concerned, its been a damn decent season. Ok, no silverware, and the December performance impacted our chances of a top 6 place, but to have 2 cup finals, winning 11 of the 13 cup games, scoring 29 goals and conceding just 9 has been superb. And we did beat the likes of Rangers, Hearts and Aberdeen (twice) to get there. Of those 4 games, scored 10 and let in 1. Thats good cup form. In terms of the Scottish Cup final squad that started, only 4 were here or regulars last year. 7 were new to the club and Main and Aldred only joined in January, whereas Celtic had 10 of their 11 from last year. As for the playing budget, we have the 2nd lowest in the Premiership, Celtic are 15 times ours. Remember they got pumped 12-1 from PSG with their superior budget. So the positives, we have the lowest squad age in the league. We had our record 20 clean sheets. We played more domestic games than any other in the Premiership. Attendances are up 29% from last year (saw that figure on twitter). Players play for each other and fight till the end. We gave several u20 players their first team debuts. We have one of the fittest squads. We have a manager who talks the team up and is not afraid to make changes and drop players. We have an excellent team with regards to Social Media, such as the Hartley video, Time for New Heroes etc. The Up The 'Well re-release from The Banter Thiefs gained coverage on local and national papers, TV, Radio, Twitter, Facebook and youTube and helped promoted Motherwell. A CEO who engages with the fan base. The money gained from the cup runs, hospitality, merchandise etc all help with lowering debts, improving the facilities at FP and hopefully some will go towards the playing budget. Disappointing as it was not to win a cup, Ive been proud to be a 'Well fan this season and enjoyed the highs we have had. For next season, top 6 and fingers crossed, a cup win.
  3. Came across a clip on you tube from the away stand. McGregor comes on, watches Rose then plants his foot and turns His body round to ensure Rose runs into him. Watch this clip in slow motion from 3 mins 10 s.
  4. Totally deflated. I know people will say Celtic had more possession, more chances etc, but its putting the ball in the net the counts. They scored 1 goal and it takes them to have 2 non penalties to beat/draw with oor wee team. With their budget they should be beating us 3-0 or more every game. Weve played to our strengths by being stuffy and difficult to break down, and getting men behind the ball,so it they beat us with a 40 yard screamer or a wee tap in, then know what, I can live with that. To be helped massively by incompetent officials that basically "gave" them 2 goals then that is hard to take. Tonight I counted at least 3 glaringly obvious offside decisions that the lino didnt give in the first 20 mins. Why did Armstrong not get a yellow for taking Cadden out when he was breaking on a run. As others have said, what does Brown need to do to get a card. He even had a go at Collum and pointed in his face but nowt was done. Weve had a few red cards rescinded, had "goals" not give as they couldnt tell if the ball was over the line, but can say 100% that Carson touched the ball 2 cm outside of the box in Perth. Its getting to the point of why do we waste our money to go and see a game for it to be made null and void due to incompetence. No wonder less people are going to games. Still totally deflated. :-(
  5. In relation to the Bowman incident. If you watch it, no Sevco player looks for a free kick or makes any fuss over it, the fans also arent up in arms over it. In fact they play on for a futher 33 seconds before the ball goes out of play and Cardoso is sent for treatment. I'm sure if the players thought it was intentional they would have made a move for Bowman or surrounded the ref when it happenned. What about Jigs elbow on Cummins in the Scottish Cup game at Ibrox in 2012 which we lost 2-0? Zaliukas put an elbow on Person in the playoff game at Fir Park. (To Be Fair, we walloped McCulloch with a flag pole :-) ) Rob Kieran and his lunge at Stevie Hammell last season. Sour grapes cos they lost the game their manager said was a win or win and looking for a scrapegoat rather than blame their own failings. Anyway, an elbow in the face was Pyscho's on Peter Grant. Now that was a red card and a half :-)
  6. Faddy got a 2 game ban as well when he did the GIRFUY when he played for St Johnstone. It was against accies so that gesture was fine in my book :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30716038
  7. My tuppence worth, Thomson doesnt like us very much. I recall this match in 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/7257973.stm when he refused to stop play for a head knock to Clarkson and Hearts went up the park and scored. Yesterday, Moult skipped past two challenges and was heading clear when he pulled it back with a free kick. MacLeans reaction and hand in the air waving a pretend card at Carson's hand ball. Was Thomson influenced by that? Watching the highlights at normal speed, you would need to have kawkeye reactions to say with 100% certainty Carson handled outside the box. In Slowmo it looks like ball was on the line when he touched it. As for Dunne's card, to me the player took a dive. Looks like his brain took a while to make a decision as to shoot or fall down for a penalty. As for McHugh, silly to go for a tackle like that these days as the establishment dont like manly 1970's style tackles anymore. However, I recall Cummins tackle in the Levante Champions league game. Very hard but fair. How times have changed. Found an interesting article. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=3257&newsCategoryID=2&newsID=11513 This link talks about goal line technology, however, the SFA head of referre operations has been quoted in the article as saying "The main coaching for match officials is you must be 100% sure of the decision you are going to give. If a referee or assistant referee is less than 100% sure, then he should not make that decision.” Theres no way the ref or his assistants could be 100% certain in Carson or Dunne's cards. Anyway, well beat Ross County, Hearts and Killie in the next 3 home games :-)
  8. I despair. Charlie Richmond in the Rancid recently, said the red cards we got were def red cards. Fair enough, thats his opinion. He now talks about the weekends talking point and on the RC V AFC says Madden got that one correct and it wasnt a red card, yellow card or even a foul. He does point out that the keeper got a touch and that was the key issue. McDonald got the ball, Clay got the ball....... Consistency of the rules. Aye right. Quote "Perhaps the other big talking point of the weekend came in Dingwall when Aberdeen keeper Joe Lewis could have seen red for his tackle on Michael Gardyne. The Dons goalkeeper got a touch on the ball before clattering the County player and that really is the key issue. However slight, it was a touch. I’m sure that is what went through Bobby Madden’s mind. There are other factors to consider such as reckless play but Bobby got that one correct." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/its-willie-collum-not-you-9806521
  9. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/548670/motherwell-legend-colin-oneill-reckons-hed-be-in-prison-if-he-was-playing-under-current-referees/ Saw this today. Made me chuckle about his elbow slipping. Football is too soft these days :-)
  10. Announcer today said it would be Monday when the last 5 fixtures are announced.
  11. For anybody who hasn't seen it, STV Highlights which show McDonalds elbow, at 59 seconds http://stv.tv/sport/football/1346246-watch-motherwell-come-from-behind-to-defeat-dundee-united/
  12. Like a few others, Wark and Pettigrew were idols when I started watching the 'Well in the 1970's. Came across this wee interview on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wi_P2_AG9g Rip Joe.
  13. Marvin being mentioned with a move http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/06/09/celtic-rangers-and-leeds-eye-motherwells-johnson/
  14. Mansfield Town have signed up Nathan Thomas http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2015-06-02/stags-snap-up-motherwell-winger-on-a-free/
  15. Gazs66

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    First time I've been back to Ibrox/Sports Direct arena since the 80's and it was fucking brilliant
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