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Ya Bezzer!

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  1. Born in Bridgeton. Mainly raised in Newarthill (When I was a kid I used to walk to Fir Park and back!). Lived in various areas of Glasgow on and off but Motherwell is 'home' and I've been living just down the road from Fir Park for the last 10 years. Would be off in a shot but I've nae money!
  2. Hibs had a decent support through tonight - probably due to it being Fenton's first match and the cheap prices at the away end. Take away their 1,500...not a big difference from an average attendance.
  3. I'd give pass marks against Celtic even though we didn't create many chances and the LC match against Hibs was at least exciting but after that, like you, I have to go back to the first day of the season.
  4. I make it 7 out the last 8 home performances absolutely pish. I'm actually getting a bit annoyed now with the standard of fare at Fir Park these days. Sure, we are third have a great points tally but if you only make it to the home matches this season has been pretty grim.
  5. That was absolutely brutal tonight - one of the worst games I've ever seen. Glad it was abandoned!
  6. It's worthwhile as an experiment but I'd say that unless it attracts significantly more supporters than a Saturday game we should stick to Saturdays. I won't not go to any match I can get along to but it does seem like a bit of a pain. I work in Glasgow and I don't get back to Motherwell until between 6 - 6.30pm so its not especially convenient for me and I suspect many others. It will be interesting to see how many supporters Hibs bring along, as their support is dwindling by the week regardless of kick off times!
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    Dundee Utd

    Didn't really think there was a stand out but I'd probably go for Nicky Law who I thought was neat and tidy in poor conditions.
  8. For some reason I seem to remember us playing Queens Park twice in recent seasons. Of course there was the Ritchie hat trick match at Hampden but I can't quite remember anything about the 'other' match - is it false memory syndrome?
  9. I don't get to say this phrase very often these days but I'm 'too young' to remember Joe Wark. Obviously Boyd played at left back but I seem to remember him popping up all over the place and being a bit of a utility player. Some times full back, some times defence, some times midfield, both wide and middle. He's not someone I remember as being a left back in the same way as Stevie Hammell is a left back or Rob McKinnon was. McKinnon has been the best in my time. I don't think anyone has mentioned it but on my first trip up to Aberdeen Rab scored a pearler of a free kick, think Alex Burns scored the other goal if I remember correctly.
  10. I wasn't at the game today so can't really comment on what happened but I can make some general points. It's against the law to stand in a seated area and the clubs are responsible for making sure the law is upheld. Therefore one can hardly complain if asked to sit down or removed for consistently disobeying instructions. However, the stewards and police also have a responsibility to treat people with respect, to behave and react in a way appropriate to the situation and perhaps most important off all, not to artificially create a flash point or dangerous situation themselves by enforcing a 'safety' measure. Unfortunately people become entrenched in a 'cause'. Officials to make sure fans do not stand, no matter what, thereby often causing scenes which are more dangerous than they would otherwise be. And fans who sometimes defiantly go out of their way to disobey the law, wind up stewards and behave rowdily towards those enforcing the law. We need some common sense from all sides on this. However, if a small group of fans stand in the back rows of the stand, thereby not blocking the view of seated supporters, and who are merely supporting the team, then I don't see how ejecting fans can really be justified from a safety perspective.
  11. Pearson was capped while at Motherwell. Brian Martin should have won more caps. At big Buffs peak Dave McPherson was regularly picked for Scotland! Phil O'Donnell only won 1 cap which hardly reflected his ability.
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    Celtic

    Hammell and Lasley for me. I'm tempted to sway towards Hammell since it was his 400th game but I'll go for Lasley.
  13. But Celtic weren't that good. As I said I think Celtic probably deserved the narrow win today but they are not some footballing juggernaut. If we hadn't conceded so soon after we took the lead, a goal that came from a simple error, it's quite easy to speculate we would have won, or at least not lost. If Celtic gave that level of performance for the rest of the season they would lose 5 or 6 more matches. They are not that good.
  14. I've not seen the TV replays but it looked to me that Celtic had a stonewall penalty turned down so we can't grumble much about the referee.
  15. Also, Stokes, complete fucking wanker.
  16. At least we can hold our heads up high after that defeat until some of the recent ones. Can't fault the team for effort but we created very little in the second half especially and if you are being honest about it Celtic probably deserved a narrow win. However, if we show the teamwork and effort we did today we won't lose very many over the season.
  17. Of course Randolph is better than a lot of goalkeepers than have gone for more money but that's not how transfers work. The buying club isn't a charity, it's trying to get the player for the least amount it can and they know small clubs desperately need money. Better to think of transfer fees as a percentage of the clubs turn over. Randolph was at Albion Rovers no one would pay more than £50,000 for him. We can get more than that and if Randolph was a Liverpool player he'd be going for about £4 million. Obviously we should try and get as much money for him as we can possibly negotiate but if he goes for £600K having got him for nothing and had two great seasons out of him, you can't really mumble too much. As for Leeds Utd, Randolph made probably the biggest clanger in his Motherwell career against them so I'm a bit surprised if that's true!
  18. Always thought Las had a bit of Derek Smalls about him.
  19. I'd probably pick McKinnon over Hammell myself but McKinnon, off the top of my head, had four seasons at Fir Park, Hammell been here a lot longer so it depends on how you weigh these things.
  20. Funnily enough the first time I really remember Hammell was against Celtic. He came in as a 17 year old to replace McMillan who was out for some reason and he was absolutely brilliant. McMillan was one of our best players at that time but he struggled to get back into the team at left back and I remember 'Studs' having to move to left centre back. It's a great achievement to get to 400 matches and arguably he's been the best left back we've had for 20 or 30 years.
  21. Celtic have won 2 out of their last 7 away matches, one of which was against Ross County, the other against a poor Hibs side who took the lead against them and then collapsed. They haven't won away from home in the league for 4 matches, dropping points at Kilmarnock, Hearts and Rangers. Having just gone into the second quarter Celtic have dropped points to 5 out of the 11 SPL sides (St. Johnstone, Rangers, Hearts, Kilmarnock and Hibs). They have conceded 10 goals in their last 6 SPL matches. I don't expect us to win at the weekend but I expect us to try and win. This Celtic team is not a great one and there is absolutely no reason why we can't get something out of this match. Literally half the teams in the league have already taken at least a point off Celtic, we should be aiming to do the same.
  22. I rarely watch Sportscene and generally just watch the highlights on the web. BBC Scotland seems to me to be very cliquey. It seems as if once you are in its a job for life and we get the same people over and over again. It seems very stagnant with no innovation. Problems are - limited highlights package restricting what can be shown - dull show format, show frontman stating obvious to inarticulate footballer/football manager - limited show budget - only 6 games to choose from (against 10 in the Premiership, more likely to get good games with goals, incidents etc. that they can front load the show with) I think they have chosen to go deliberately conservative after the Scotsport debacle and it is also probably an older audience that tunes into TV these days but I think the programme really needs to be freshened up and enlivened with younger presenters (Annie Maguire?), and a more interesting format. Currently it is like a relic from the 1960s. I know they don't currently have the rights but I wouldn't even mind if the BBC cast their net further than the SPL and broadcast a programme covering the First division or all the leagues rather than concentrating solely on the SPL.
  23. Wasn't really a Hughes fan. Obviously he has great ability but he didn't use it enough the first time he was here and I say he's a 1 in 4 kinda player. Not quite as bad as Gow in that regard but in a similar mold. I'm not going to complain if we sign him cos we need a bigger squad but I have a skeptical eyebrow raised as regards him. He'd have to improve his consistency to win me over and it remains to be seen if he is the kind of player that would fit into a side that's done quite well without him. Obviously he adds something we don't have at the moment but what would we lose dropping someone for Hughes?
  24. Dundee United didn't form until 1909 so some teams would have 20 seasons worth of points before they got going. Also they were Dundee's pishy wee team until the mid 70's.
  25. We'll never have a better chance of beating Celtic. They have lost two and drawn one of their last 3 away matches and one of them was the only time they've score more than 2 goals away (Killie 3-3) all season. Celtic are the ones under pressure, not us. If we win on Sunday, their support is going to be in uproar, I'd fully expect their manager to resign and the club is in turmoil. So instead of playing it down, and being calm and not expecting much out of this what about having the guys coming up the tunnel snorting fire and then getting fucking hammered in to them? The last thing you want to do with a team who is a) lacking confidence and who's moral is suspect but are b) technically better, is to let them play their game and give them time on the ball. The only time we've done anything against Celtic recently was when we got the early goal last season, more off a mistake than us pressing but that's what we need to do, say to them "we are playing our way and you have to match us for guts and determination" rile them up, get in their face, make sure everyone of them goes in at half time sore. We've had a great season but I'm sick of this mob running over us and there is absolutely NO reason why we can't do what Kilmarnock or Hibs or St. Johnstone or Hearts, teams all way behind us in the league, have done and get a result on Sunday. It's time for McCall and the players to deliver.
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