fizoxy
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Lovely feet from shaw to put wilkinson through, and an excellent composed finish.
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We scored from a corner, cats and dogs are rejoicing together.
Outside of the penalties, celtic had 2 real chances, but they never got in behind us, and we did a great job of nullifying them from crosses. Kyogo was anonymous too.
For us, I felt that spittal was looking for beireth too early sometimes, and could have held onto the ball or had a go himself.
Going with 3 up top immediately after going behind was a good move, and it gave us that chance to hit back quickly, and we did.
I see us going with the same lineup for a while, as is makes us more solid, and gives us a bit more for set pieces. It's good to see Blaney settle into things too.
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Went with mugabi. He is excellent when we have to just defend deep, as is blaney, and I felt he was unlucky with the penalty.
I genuinely felt that everyone played their part today and stuck to the plan, as basic as it was. There's an argument for most of the team getting a vote.
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We've had some really nice inter play but missing the last killer pass. Thought Slattery had the chance to get in front of the defender and get clean through, but he decided to pass instead. Bair has found a motherwell player with the majority of his flicks, which is nice too.
The whistle came at the right time, SOD was revving up to go through someone.
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Efford just signed for a Greek team on a 3 year deal. I'm going to call his agent.
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3 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:
The cost of VAR might be worth it if it resulted in better refereeing decisions. The fact that it is demonstrably not makes it feel like more money pissed up against the wall......
Worth it for Slattery's goal against hearts.
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Efford's deal when he signed was until this summer, was there something that said we extended it further?.
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If he moves up to a bigger ball each time he'll be throwing weans in no time.
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3 minutes ago, Mio Krivokapic said:
I wonder what the word is that's about to leave Casey's lips 🤔
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That was a very gutsy performance for most of the second half, with everyone desperate to keep the clean sheet. The sheer determination from everyone in our squad right now is a sight to behold.
We were very good in the first half and didn't look like we were in much trouble. We struggled a bit when they changed their shape, but still restricted them to 2 real chances, the header from their sub and the one shankland snatched at, other than that we were rock solid.
Mcginn was hard done by, he was DDTd and somehow got booked for it.
I'd love to see Spencer on the right, but doubt O'Donnell will lose his place any time soon. Brodie is Josh Morris levels of one footed.
Our midfield four link up so well, and are excellent on the counter. Bair did his wrecking ball job well, but we need more movement up there to make the most of the midfield.
We might need to plan for our next manager the way things are going, with Hearts and Aberdeen likely to fire managers this season.
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Spencer played well, but almost fucked us by not using his left foot when one in one with clark.
Slattery was excellent too, as was Mugabi, and really, no one was bad today.
I went for Casey, he just drives us right now, throwing himself in front of everything and barely putting a foot wrong.
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8 minutes ago, MJC said:
Moult didn’t score today and he got yellow carded. Heard he also stopped to tie his laces on his left boot at circa 29 minutes.
Anyone know what he had to eat before the game?
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2 minutes ago, bobbybingo said:
Only issue I'd have with Fletcher signing is he's a 36 year old who I assume hasn't done a pre-season. How long will he take to get up to speed?
To his speed? Not long.
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In the first half only O'Donnell and Slattery would try to put their foot on the ball and calm things down. Spittal played some excellent through balls and incisive passes, but both the stikers just let everything bounce off them. At that point I would have taken a sneaky point all day long, we were woeful.
We snatched at passes and panicked like we were playing prime Celtic, instead of an agricultural mcinnes side. Paton changed that with his close control and compusure.
Spencer came into the game in the second half, but obviously struggled on his wrong side. He is very very fast.
The defense was pretty good outside of the goal which was due to bair losing his man(although casey should have e won the header anyway). Kelly made an excellent save late in the first half to stop an almost identical goal as well.
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Paton changed the game for us. He was excellent, had composure when we were lacking it, and it brought the other midfielders into the game. I might still be high on that last minute goal, but I think I love him.
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Do we know what Soare and Wilkinsons injuries are? Beireth has to get the benefit of the doubt here, as we saw that horror tackle with our own eyes, but we are making some very big assumptions on the other two since we didn't see how the injury happen.
I'd definitely question why we've picked up some serious injuries in training, but stop short of blaming the players or us for signing them until I actually know the details.
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It isn't hard to send out a couple of tweets each week, or even just post a schedule somewhere (jeez, send us a list and we'll post it). As such, my assumption is that the club deliberately doesn't want us to know much about these games. Maybe they have a reason, but it beats me.
This, along with a refusal to post normal highlights of any game, seems to be a remnant of the previous guys whole deal about engagement and all that shite. It's nice to attract attention and new fans, but maybe throw a bone to the existing ones?
I like the videos we currently do as well, but there must be room for both.
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15 minutes ago, steelboy said:
Compared to the guy McGhee that knocked us back it's undeniable that Weir has more experience in football and has a better CV. Right now we are in safe, competent hands but obviously it needs to be sorted out for the longer term.
Burrows clearly invested a ridiculous amount of time and energy into the job but in looking for a replacement we don't necessarily need a carbon copy. We might be better off with someone who is able to focus and delegate a bit more.
This is it for me. I don't really want to know who the CEO is. I don't know who they are at any other club outside of Aberdeen for obvious reasons. I want them to do the job competently and hire the right people to support them, including a paid fan liaison. The idea of a unicorn volunteer is tinpot.
I don't need a CEO to take to social media to explain what's usually obvious or give oxygen to the crazies.
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In some cases, signing players who have had injury issues can be a way for us to get some value that we couldn't get otherwise. We can offer a path to career resurrection and get someone we might not afford normally.
Now, that only works if they stop getting injuried, and anyone who has even the most basic knowledge of doing things that require working legs knows that recurring hamstring injuries are a big red flag.
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He knows his worth and will hold out until someone meets that number. With him being a free agent he will be able to take his pick of clubs that need a striker panicking after the window shuts, so he should be in no rush.
Also, who knows that we didn't approach him?
Fletcher is one striker most of us know is available, so its natural theres chat about him, the same goes for the constant talk about signing ex players, but there's plenty of others out there.
Also, previous salary is a significant indicator of future salary and always has been. It's not guaranteed, but the idea that "anything is more than the nothing they're getting paid now" just doesn't track, people should know what theyre worth and do what they can to realize that.
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The game won't be easy in the eye, but it's on a Saturday at 3 and viaplay isnt there to screw up my viewing, so wooo.
Hopefully we have a full squad sans Butcher and Mr hamstring,
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Fletcher can wait until after the window closes for someone to throw money at him in a panic. Hopefully it's not us. I dont mind him, but I do mind how much he will cost. Also, I'm sure he looks after himself but we really need to bring in folk that have had a decent pre season and can play 90 mins from day 1.
Wing backs are key. That's where we can add some pace to the side. We are missing Butcher, but I think we're missing pace more.
Choosing an out of position mcginn over McGinley tells us everything we already knew there, he really needs to be gone.
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40 minutes ago, robsterwood said:
Yes mika looked best option. Why could we not have used wages of wilkinson plus bear plus 1 other to keep big kev? Clubs run by amateurs.
I'd say it would be amateur hour if we spent all of our money on one player then just prayed he doesn't get injured, suspended or lose form.
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First loss in 13 and the sky is falling. We lost a tricky tie, which is shite, but I don't think we need to lose our collective shit about it. We are going to lose a bunch of games this year, and we're also going to win our fair share. Might even have some draws as well.
Motherwell v Dundee 02/12/2023
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The goals we are conceding are laughable. Lyle Cameron is 5'2", not fucking invisible. His movement was clever, but we just watched him do it.
We have improved in both boxes for set pieces, but we are all over the place at crosses from open play.
We are hamstringing one of our best players in Spencer by playing him on the wrong side. Kettlewell was initially good at taking feelings out of the equation and picking the best side, he's not doing that now.
The players are certainly fighting, but they aren't being set up to succeed.