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In my head when I came up with the 17 points thing, we were beating Falkirk and drawing this one, however, it's on grass, they're shite and we're 2008 Spain. Nothing can go wrong......

Stop that kind of talk at once. I'm a BBC pundit and Scottish fans would much rather have seen the free kick put out at the corner flag so that Motherwell could have tried to force a mistake. This playing football stuff is an outrage against society.

We were also unlucky that that cheating bastard Craig Thomson was the ref and Sinclair was a diving cunt.

Unpopular opinion and this is fine by me Absolutely gutted we lost in the semi final , I woke up this morning thinking I could have been at Hampden today , the way the season is going with a very good chance of beating Celtic today On the other hand happy St Mirren , Robbo and Las won , and hoping even more now we win the Scottish Cup 🏆 Would rather see any team outwith those 2 Glasgow mobs win

Well done to St Mirren, good to see anyone but the Old Firm win a cup!!!!!!!!!!!

I am ok with that as yer positivity has had an effect on the team 😀

Delighted to see Celtic being beaten by anyone at home, in Europe, in friendlies, fucking anything...well done St Mirren 👏 👏 👏 👏

A comfortable home win is a must, though there’s probably more chance of Ward scoring than either of our two strikers.

A friend texted me with an account of the Ball Boys incident. They were placing balls near the corner flags to stop us taking quick bykicks. JBA sent Tom Sparrow to move them in line with the 6 yard box. The Ball Boys then kept moving them back. Pathetic gamesmanship from Jim Goodwin. Thanks Ian. Although I wasn't at the game nor at Falkirk, the referees should have stepped in and nipped this practice in the bud. Its downright cheating. This and "selective" watering of plastic pitches should be subject to a code of conduct issued by the authorities to stamp this kind of thing out. Its bringing the game into disrepute.

Disappointed not to win that but happy enough not to lose and preserve our unbeaten and clean sheet run. Again that game highlights our weakness up front but we undoubtedly are more than decent elsewhere on the park. Hopefully results like today and the other draws we’ve had won’t come back to haunt us but you’ve got to say we are in with a big shout of top six this season.

Even when he is getting fouled he needs to make the effort to keep playing. After a while refs just stop giving free kicks even when he does get fouled.

‘Mon the ‘Well Nice to have a full week between the games for players to recover and work on stuff in training. The flip side though is that it seems Like ages before Saturday comes around again amd when our team is playing this well and getting results, you just want the next game to come along as quick as possible. We are certainly capable of getting 3 points but we will have to play well, take our chances amd stay solid at the back. We don’t get the 3 points just for turning up. We have the footballing ability but all the best teams also have the mental ability, not to become complacent, to maintain focus and stick to the proven plan.

I started going to fir park was in 1968 and Dixie was one of the stars of that team that steamrollered their way to winning the second division . But despite his many goals my main memory of Dixie was in the new year game at Hamilton where him and Lamont the arses goalie were in the middle of the six yard box punching lumps out of each other and unsurprisingly both sent off. Yet another in a list of players over the years that Celtic have stolen from us . RIP Dixie

No one should be subjected to abuse and threats and I highlighted that at the time he left but his stories seemed to contradict each other as folk that sat in O'Donnell stand and were at away games didnt recall it being as bad as he was making out. Way he left club for me was terrible in way he more or less blamed whole support and to bring out that interview with The Sun on day Wimmer was appointed was lack of respect though that was probably the Sun's decision. Yes there are wallopers in every support. The guy at Falkirk home game a few weeks ago at back of Hunter stand beggared belief. Thankfully not seen him since, probably in a mood as we are playing great football 🤣🤣 COYW

Humpey and gropey were rumbled along with the other 1970's presenters 🤣🤣

He’s a charlatan and a prick. I called it ages ago.

Think we’ll take it 2-1.

Have you seen the attendances down at Rugby Park recently? 😁

Financially, I'd say yes. Numbers wise probably one more if thats JBA's wish. However, there are a large number of complicating factors. I suspect there will some outgoings and maybe one return (Ewan Wilson, who hasn't set the heather on fire at Kirkcaldy). We might also receive bids for some players and Welsh's position isn't 100% guaranteed. So its a bit unclear at the moment. We also have the prospect of long term absentees like Nicholson, Robinson, Stuparevic, Sule and McGhee to consider. Some of those could be punted out on loan. Potential outgoings? Rumours of Aston Oxborough being unsettled; Kofi Balmer, Andy Halliday, Esapa Osong. Loans for Luca Ross and Dylan Wells (whatever happened to him?) I don't think we need or will do a massive amount of business next month; more of a tidying up/fine tuning exercise.

And the League 👍

Robbo will be unbearable but I am glad buddies won. I hate seeing old firm win anything. I will say I am delighted for Las

That’s what guts me. Robinson got us to two cup finals and we never laid a glove on them. Circumstances have obviously worked in St.Mirrens favour this year with Celtic being in turmoil but even if that had been us playing that Celtic team today we would still have ended up losing. We are not nearly clinical and streetwise enough as a team to win games like these. I never ever thought I would be so annoyed to see Celtic lose a cup final but I am honestly fucking pig sick seeing St.Mirren win that.

Totally agree. Utd with their resources reverting to time waste at home against us to try and get a point. Would be good if a journalist raised this nonsense.

This whole business of watering the pitch weird, and pissing about with the multi ball is so small time. However, its flattering that teams now need to coordinate with gardeners and children to stop us.

Yes, I think we will make it, but I've watched the Well for too many years now to take anything for granted. We can't afford to rest on our laurels. Today proved that we are still blunt up top even though we are one of the league's top galscorers. We've drawn quite a few games in which we dominated possession buit couldn't put the ball in the net.

NEW STRIKER PLEASE. We finally put a good ball into the box at the end and, once again, our nearly-man fluffed it.

I said beforehand that away from home I’d happily take a draw, especially if it came with another clean sheet. Add a competent striker in January and we’ll start turning these draws into wins.

They're worst I've heard, even when they see replays , they won't acknowledge they're wrong...I get it they are fans but it's poor

Utd commentators a pair of whining rockets

As an aside, but still talking about what we want from our goalkeeper, how good would Big Sieb be in this team? 😆😆😆

Yes, a lot of our defensive success can be attributed to denying the opposition possession near our box. Ward is a good fit for our system. Like Grizzly though, I'm not 100% convinced of his reliability at cross balls. As Big Mal once said "The greatest crime in football is to make your goalkeeper do any work at all".

I’ve been one of the more vocal critics of Ward since he came in, but credit where it’s due. He’s done what’s been asked of him, taken risks and clearly improved. Our best form of defence is keeping the ball, and he’s been integral to that.

Likely Balmer and Ox. JBA keeps mentioning Halliday’s recovery, so he’s potentially in the plans as midfield cover. Halliday might be alright with that too. He’ll get minutes once he’s fit since JBA rotates a lot. Not the worst bit of cover if he’s willing to play the JBA way. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if all three moved on.

A bit of both🙂

Dixie was one of the first heroes of mine. Gave opposition centre halfs a torrid time with his ability to "hang" in the air and shall we say "combatitive" style on the ground. Gave Mike England of Spurs the run around in our Texaco Cup tie. RIP

Interesting info……. Or not 😃 Utd have worst discipline record 41Y 1R We have the best discipline record 20Y 0R hopefully we can avoid loosing players to suspension and of course, injuries

Yes, he was a tough and skilful low-centre-of-gravity goalscorer and I was very disappointed to see him leave for Celtic (like Joe McBride before him). Reputedly the last player to score a goal by shouldering the goalie over the goal-line. IIRC it was against Dundee at the Taggart's end.

On Ox, Killie are in trouble because they neglected to have a competent backup keeper, and decided to go with an unproven kid instead. Then all it took was one injury to really mess them up. I think connelly is probably better than the guy Killie has, but it would still be a big risk letting Ox move without bringing in a decent backup.

RIP Dixie Deans 79 Before my time but great goalscorer for Motherwell

First he said he was taking abuse at Fir Park. When that was questioned he decided that it was his family that was getting abuse at Fir Park. When that was questioned he said it was on social media or his kids at school. I'm sure there were fans telling him he was useless during his long winless spell. I'd be surprised if anyone in the Main Stand was abusing his immediate family (although they may have heard fans yelling at him). Kids getting teased at school because their dad's a football manager sounds like par for the course regardless of what team you manage. If any of that was true, then I agree, there is no place for it - but it sounded more like excuses for his failure, and he didn't want "damage his brand". If he had been like Robinson or McCall, and told the truth that he was no longer able to get a performance from the players despite everything he had tried, I'm sure he would at least have had the respect of most fans. I'm also sure, if his family was taking abuse at Fir Park, the club would have worked with him to stamp it out. Of course, if you are a football manager or player who expects to go through every match without taking a bit of stick when you lose, then you are probably in the wrong profession.

Hope yer 6 wee pals are doing good plus the other two that nobody mentions, Humpey amd Gropey

Correct...

The one that jumps out to me was when we brought in Marvin Johnson, and a whole bunch of jobbers under baraclough. Marv was definitely an excellent singing. Other than that, slim pickings.

Or, if he loses his passport again, no games.

The last 5 years very much proved this not to be true. Even games we won under Alexander and Kettlewell could be soul destroying and just down right depressing when we lost.

Any win against Goodwin is a good win - so hope we can turn them over like we did at Fir Park.

I agree 💯 , I will always follow us no matter what but from about 2020-2024 we were a tough watch often Since Michael Wimmer took the job , then Jens moved things forward we are a much better watch Enjoy every home game now

We would have been exactly the same. Now we're out the diddy cup we need to do the business in the Scottish Cup instead.

SODs is a very good footballer, he always has been but he’s been under utilised by previous managers. Kettlewell being a prime example with his, get the ball up the park quick p1sh and getting him to do his long throw ins. he’s very good on the ball and a good passer. He also is pretty handy getting forward and adds height to the attack and defense at corners. He’s clearly liking what he’s being told to do by JBA. Long may it last

Although I will give AP credit for his PKs. He exudes confidence, doesn’t Fanny about and has mixed them up.