mcguru Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Saturday 29th April (3pm KO): vs Dundee (H) Saturday 6th May (3pm KO) vs Ross County (H) Saturday 13th May (3pm KO) vs Hamilton (A) Tuesday 16th May (7.45pm KO) vs Kilmarnock (H) Saturday 20th May (3pm KO) vs Inverness CT (A) OK Motherwell players, over to you now...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 It's again all down to us........will have to do something we haven't done for over a year......win back to back league games Surprised we haven't made a televised game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 A drive back down the A9 after being relegated would be some way to go. Having three home games on the trot coming up gives us every chance to get out of it. Even Accies away we'll be the better supported team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The fixtures have been kind, it’s now up to us to not muck it up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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weeyin Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The fixtures have been kind, it’s now up to us to not muck it up. Kind? They have given us absolutely nothing to complain about regarding number of home games or scheduling. How is that kind? I wanted to read 50 posts about what a fix it is and how we always get shafted. Now we'll need to focus on the games. It's an outrage! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The only other feasible way to do that is to play 44 games a season, which seems a tad overkill. Unless you are wanting to scrap the 12 team format, which is a whole other can of worms. Personally I like the split tbh. Yes, I think the current set up works well in terms of keeping most teams involved throughout the season - either for Europe, a Top 6 place or relegation. However the price of it is the fixture imbalance. What's more important to you? Personally for me its the general set up but I understand why people don't like it and see it as being unfair. However I don't really see any way round it without making things worse overall. No one wants a 44 game season surely? And I just don't think we have enough professional clubs to go to the 16 team league which would be the ideal solution. Not so much at the top level but certain the level below that. In my opinion we need two levels of professional football to give medium sized professional teams a protective buffer but that would be hard with a 16 top tier. Being relegated would pretty much like going to League 2 in one big drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezz Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 I'm counting the Accies game as a home game because of the lack of travelling and the likliehood we'll comfortably outnumber the home fans. 5 'home' games from the last 6...if we don't get out of this mess then we've only ourselves to blame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The only reason behind the split was to make sure there were 4 Old Firm games in a season for a 12 team league. I'm still not a fan as, for me, a league needs every team to play the same number of games against the same opponents - otherwise you end up with MLB and franchises. When we were in the old first division, there were 14 teams and we played everyone 3 times. It wasn't perfect, but they balanced the home/away schedules well enough and I still perferred that to 12 teams and a split. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The only reason behind the split was to make sure there were 4 Old Firm games in a season for a 12 team league. OF level paranoia/conspiracy nonsense. Was it a consideration - yes. Was it the "only reason" - no. Like I said before the current set up works pretty well. There haven't been many 'dead' seasons, even if it was only the slightly artificial Top 6 aim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEWELL Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 3 home games in a row. 4 out of 6 at home and an away game in which we'll have more fans. If we can't stay out the bottom 2 now we deserve to go down. There's a lot of our players who've been crap all season they've been given a fighting chance here's hoping we take it. Starting this Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Not bad at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 A drive back down the A9 after being relegated would be some way to go. Having three home games on the trot coming up gives us every chance to get out of it. Even Accies away we'll be the better supported team. Every chance to get out of it ....Based on what the fact we cannae beat a carpet ? Why will we suddenly win more games in 3 than we've done in 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Every chance to get out of it ....Based on what the fact we cannae beat a carpet ? Why will we suddenly win more games in 3 than we've done in 25 The main reason is that the teams we are playing are utter shite as well. We could easily have had a point if Jules header went in on Saturday in a much harder fixture than we'll face again. We are long way from being a decent football team but a much smaller margin away from picking up more points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleeastdave Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 3 home games in a row. 4 out of 6 at home and an away game in which we'll have more fans. If we can't stay out the bottom 2 now we deserve to go down. There's a lot of our players who've been crap all season they've been given a fighting chance here's hoping we take it. Starting this Saturday.i am sorry our home form is crap simple as that, I am sorry I can see us maybe missing automatic relegation, but I can see us being involved with the play offs at the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 The main reason is that the teams we are playing are utter shite as well. We could easily have had a point if Jules header went in on Saturday in a much harder fixture than we'll face again. We are long way from being a decent football team but a much smaller margin away from picking up more points. Not often this happens, but I totally agree with steelboy. In the main we have performed reasonably well under Robinson. How we lost to St Johnstone and we matched and bettered Rangers at Ibrox for the most part. They may be no great shakes but did just beat Aberdeen away 3 zip. Quite a few on here are focussing on 30 minutes against Partick and Hamilton. I would rather take positives from recent games as a reason why we may well escape the predicament we find ourselves in. Despite a turgid season we still have one of the best records v bottom 6 sides. Hopefully that continues into Saturday and beyond. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 OF level paranoia/conspiracy nonsense. Was it a consideration - yes. Was it the "only reason" - no. Like I said before the current set up works pretty well. There haven't been many 'dead' seasons, even if it was only the slightly artificial Top 6 aim. It's nothing to do with OF paranoia. It was the television companies (and sponsors) that wanted the 4 OF games guaranteed. I don't see how you conflate that with a conspiracy. I didn't make that up - it was stated at the time. Why do you think there was pressure to have Sevco stay in the top flight after they went bust? Why isn't TV money distributed equally among every team in the league? The game in Scotland has been run to suit the OF for as long as I remember. There's nothing conspiratorial about that. It's just a fact. The authorities are scared they leave or breakaway and every time they flex their muscle, they get what they want. That's exactly how the original 10 team SPL came about. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted April 14, 2017 Report Share Posted April 14, 2017 Here we go with the last game before the split Killie 34 Ross Cty 32 Dundee 30 Accies 29 Us 29 Ict 25 Killie v hertz .........home win could see Killie safe.......draw I think......away win would be the best for us Dundee v Accies.......hard to call .........again think a draw ........draw best for us Us v Ict ........must win game for us .........dread anything other........best for us ,must win game Ross Cty v Smelic....... Hopefully can't see anything other Smelic win........Smeltic by a barrow load best for us Best case scenario Killie 34 Ross Cty 32 Us 32 Dundee 31 Accies 30 Ict 25 Worst Killie 37 Ross Cty 35 Accies 32 Dundee 30 Us 29 Ict 28 Tomorrows game,for me,is the most important game of the season for us,we have got to start winning games,starting tomorrow Happy Easter Ps after 33 games 2 seasons ago we were already well adrift of the pack Accies 43 Thistle 38 Killie 38 Ross Cty 37 Us 31 St Midden 21 And ICT were third in the league 55 pts Dundee were sixth on 44 pts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazilian Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 Some extra dates to aim for: Thursday May 25 Premiership play-off final, 1st legSunday May 28 Premiership play-off final, 2nd leg http://spfl.co.uk/key-dates/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 Some extra dates to aim for: Thursday May 25 Premiership play-off final, 1st leg Sunday May 28 Premiership play-off final, 2nd leg http://spfl.co.uk/key-dates/ Yip I can see us being required for those dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Inverness are one up against Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 It's nothing to do with OF paranoia. It was the television companies (and sponsors) that wanted the 4 OF games guaranteed. I don't see how you conflate that with a conspiracy. I didn't make that up - it was stated at the time. Why do you think there was pressure to have Sevco stay in the top flight after they went bust? Why isn't TV money distributed equally among every team in the league? The game in Scotland has been run to suit the OF for as long as I remember. There's nothing conspiratorial about that. It's just a fact. The authorities are scared they leave or breakaway and every time they flex their muscle, they get what they want. That's exactly how the original 10 team SPL came about. Nothing happens at that level for one reason. Like I said it was a heavy influence but it wasn't the only reason and if it was the only reason it likely wouldn't have happened. What people like you fail to recognise is that often clubs like ours are more than happy to go along with what the OF want because it's mutually beneficial. Of course supporters won't accept that because of their own animosity towards the OF which is based on completely different considerations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Inverness are one up against Hamilton. Two now. Probably didn't want Accies going 3 points clear but Inverness have a fighting chance now of escaping the bottom spot. 3 points would be huge today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 Inverness are one up against Hamilton. If we have designs on moving up the league this is exactly the result we want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoF Posted May 6, 2017 Report Share Posted May 6, 2017 So it's a 3 horse race to the bottom. Last 10 games - Accies - 11 pts ICT -9 pts Motherwell 8 pts Aw naw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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