Leaderboard

So much negative nonsense on here lately if we were not in games and not competeing then have a serious cry most of our defeats have been by odd goal while being in matches and fighting for everything. This we have been found out,dont know where next win is coming from ffs picture a year ago and picture now where would you rather be regarding Motherwell if you dont understand progress or cant see progress then i dont know what to say to alot of you. Honestly reading posts back you would think we were down the bottom in the mud lol.

Two things can be true at once. We haven’t been good enough against the top six this season, and the officials have cost us on multiple occasions.

Good non emotional response from JBA. of course he’s right, once again we gave ourselves several opportunities to win the game but didn’t take them and that’s when the other things beyond your control can affect the result. while we have hit a bad patch, results wise, there is no league game where we have been completely outplayed. Yes, some games have been tagged by fans as poor performance but that’s only because we reached such high standards during the season. But if you look at the stats, even in the games we have lost, we come out looking very well. So let’s hope the next step in our development is converting our superior stats into goals and points So despite some recent frustration and disappointment we are still in control of attaining euro spot amd still playing some good football and will hopefully get back to winning ways soon with the return of JK and Slattery.

I’m not blaming officials for our defeat. I’m calling them out for not knowing the rules. I’m not 100% sure but did the Hearts player actually move the ball with his head? Even if he didn’t, It looked to me like he tried to play the ball with his head while on the ground. So should be indirect kick for us.

Getting to the point that there’s no point turning up for games. The opposition are getting everything from referees. The last 2 free kicks given against Said were an absolute joke as well.

We have not beaten hearts this season....bit of a bogey team 🤪🤪

Maybe a wee read at rule book would help yourself and some others.

If Grant Hanley receives an additional ban due to this being his second red card of the season, can Motherwell appeal?

Keep twirling that scarf.

Certain players need to be a lot better today, or they’ll deserve to spend the rest of the season trying to win their place back from the bench. This is a huge game.

Adding the fact that I think there was aspects of Kettlewell not playing players. McGhee is a hard as nails SPL quality player. I'd like to see more of him.

Putting aside our recent inability to take our chances and the blatantly poor officiating, my other big concern is the complete lack of aggression. It showed again today against an aggressive Hearts side. We can’t defend set pieces into our own box, and at the other end our set pieces and most of our crosses are basically pointless because we’ve no real presence or aggression in the box, with defenders often winning everything. Also. For all the decent football we play in the middle of the park, we’re far too powderpuff across the pitch. We need to be stronger and more aggressive if we want to be winners, and it’s a glaring issue that has to be addressed in the summer.

Getting bored of blaming the officials when we should have buried at least 5 chances. Becoming a bit of a habit.

Not according to S. Naismith on Sportscene, unfortunately. And two Hearts players looked offside to me at Hearts first goal in the BBC coverage.

Another Saturday spoiled by inept officials. From being one of the most enjoyable seasons in nearly 40 years we have Collum and his group of fellow twats going out their way to “put us in our place” . It is no surprise that there are no Scottish refs at this years World Cup,highlighting their total inability to do their job to a level anywhere near being acceptable. We have a Somalian referee at this years WC which I can only assume is coming from an association deemed to be more professional and less corrupt than our bunch.

"unlikeable guy" is a bit personal, although in fairness I suppose MJC has been called much worse over the years

A good question for Wullie Collum at the next pointless VAR review video with Gordon Duncan. It's pretty much a waste of time even pursuing these howlers because the authorities' incompetence/bias have no consequences for them. More word salad and twisting than a Philadelphia lawyer will doubtless ensue from WC etc. and nothing will change for the better. The Slattery incident seems to have been a possible catalyst for the slew of inexplicably harsh decisions against us in the past two months but I'm not exactly sure why. Slattery's feigning was embarrassing but a) the referee missed it originally and b) VAR decided to send King off for the slightest of contact, which was later rescinded. Yet eventually Slattery is banned for two games for what is normally a yellow card offence, plus a two-match suspended sentence, which is a Sword of Damocles hanging over him for an indeterminate period (has this ever happened to an OF player?). Was this simply because yet again the authorities were shown to be incompetent (and I also still think Longelo was probably offside from the angles on the BBC coverage) and thus they have "doubled down" (but only against a "diddy team", of course) like a frustrated sad-sack gambler in Las Vegas? Posters above who say it's hardly worthwhile attending 'Well matches because of refereeing "inconsistencies" have my sympathy and our next game is, of course, at the worse venue possible for such things, yet we still have the some concern troll posters on here ignoring the blinking obvious and putting the boot in to the team when we have well and truly been stitched up by unfair decisions recently. This has still been for me one of the best seasons ever supporting MFC since 1962 and I am proud of our style of play, not something I have said often in my time. Our big increase in attendances shows I'm not the only one who thinks so either. 'Mon The Dossers!

I don't think anyone is saying we're having a poor season or haven't made progress. So, lets put that misunderstanding to bed. We've made top six and won't finish below 5th. Thats on merit. However we're on a bad run just now and shipping goals for fun. We're also failing to convert chances. We now face 5 top 6 sides, 3 games of which are are away from home. Our record against top 6 sides this season isn't great. Add to the mix that referees have an axe to grind just now and it all adds up to a dose of realism. Have other sides sussed us? Up to a point, but I wouldn't overegg that. Irrespective of our next 5 results, it will have been a good season.

It's just everyone else is kidding themselves, you really are an unlikeable guy and I've never met you..getting a thrill out of trolling folk

We’ve only got ourselves to blame for not taking the lead today, but the officials are the reason we’re not coming away with at least a draw.

15 matches against Top 6 and we have 2 wins. That's not referees. Especially when we have been ahead or level in so many of those matches.

If he squares the ball it’s a tap in for Longelo, guys not a team player and is only thinking of a move but that kind of selfishness will put off other teams.

You can complain about referees because there have been potential game changing decisions that have gone against us against Falkirk twice, Hearts and Celtic.

Don't worry folks, next game i sm sure these decisions wont go against us, now where are we playing next?........Awwwwwww feck

Absolutely never a penalty, as others have said if ur heads down it’s dangerous play by the attacker ref was shit all game but that’s not why we got beat Teams have well & truly sussed us out

Yep. Scant consolation but at least we know where the focus is for last 5 games.

TJ miss was the turning point today

If sellik ever complain about a referee we should show them compilation of the decisions against us

If offered £3 million for JT you take it

And what we don't

And it’s more often than not given as a foul in rugby because the referees aren’t incompetent clowns.

One nil to Aberdeen. Hanley sent off for Hibs.

Is he not a bit overweight

SK helping them on their way to oblivion. Shame for County but get it right up him.

And won't be running too much

Might have been a bridge too far for the surgeons. Sorry, I'll get my (C&A) coat.......

It was a stonewall penalty. Anyone saying otherwise is kidding themselves on. Overall we just weren’t good enough and were well beaten by a better team who are more clinical and more equipped to deal with how football works in this league. We are now ending this season with a whimper because we have been well and truly sussed out. Fur coat, no knickers.