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Just now, ropy said:
Is it not just 3 defeats?
I was including the result from last week that should never be mentioned again.
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9 minutes ago, mio said:
I think I’m going against the grain here but I really enjoyed that game today, I thought at periods during that game we were exceptional. The way we shifted the ball about is better than anyone else in the league. What we do miss though is that striker who we’d be confident of converting any half chance also a solid reliable goalie.
Hope we can use some cash quickly to get a couple of players in rather than having money in the bank and paying a chunk of it to the taxman
Oh I can't say I didn't enjoy it. There are just things we need to sharpen up. However that won't be a surprise to players or the manager.
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22 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:
Aberdeen have improved a lot since we last played them amd yet we still dominated the game and thrashed them one each.
thought we played decent and were pressing for a winner. I think Hendry starts next game.If that's them improved fuck me they must have been bad. I thought Aberdeen were absolute garbage today that's my frustration about the result. However we didn't lose and sets us up for the pain in the arse international break.
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54 minutes ago, MJC said:
See what happens when we up the pace and play with a bit more urgency?
Well in EJ
Correct , that's my biggest grip about today, the pace was so fuckin slow. However our accuracy figures for passing was 89%. With that kind of accuracy we restrict the oppositions chance to dominate us. As much as I think we do need to speed it up how far would our passing accuracy fall. Could be a double edged sword.
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13 minutes ago, claretband said:
Even Willlie Miller on RedTV at half
Time saying we were by far the better team
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkIn outfield play we were but very frustrating today because Aberdeen are pish. Our build up play is far too slow. We need to inject some pace into it. That said we do that the passing accuracy falls , so could be a double edged sword. I must be getting greedy in my old age. I remember the days I'd have been delighted with a point at Pittodrie. I could be convinced it was a point gained but could also be convinced it was two points dropped cos Aberdeen are utter shite. All said n done 4 defeats in 18 games is still well in the positive side for ANY Motherwell team.
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17 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:
It is a mystery cos I am sure we scored 🤣🤣
It just felt like 4-0 😬
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1 hour ago, wellfan said:
We should be looking to win this game. All the draw chat is vanilla bollox.
I'm sure we will and I'm sure we won't when we can't defend.
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43 minutes ago, Wellsince1976 said:
How that St Mirren team beat us 4-0 last week is a mystery. They were utter gash against Hibs there.
My thoughts exactly , watched it , and St Mirren played exactly the same way as they did against us and Hibs contained them without breaking sweat. The so called Steven Robinson masterclass that never was.
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Just watched the tactical masterclass that was Steven Robinson. St Mirren played exactly the same way against Hibs as they did against us , humped 3-0. Infuriating to see how easily contained them.
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18 minutes ago, stv said:
St Midden have as much chance of beating Celik in a final at Hampden as we would if we had got there.
That's no chance at all .
Had we got Celtic in the final Id have been more confident than any other time we faced them in a final. Celtic are a shadow of the team the were and were fortunate to beat a 10 man Rangers team. Sure they will be favourites against St Mirren but St Mirren will not face a weaker Celtic team ever again.
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9 hours ago, robsterwood said:
It's possible Robinson may get close to record for most cup finals lost without winning one in Scotland. Think it's 4. If Celtic win in December, he would be on 3 losers medals.
I think they stand a decent chance to beat Celtic , Celtic are a shadow of the team theyve been in recent years.
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10 hours ago, Richie said:
Don't think we should get carried away about Sat, for all it was a horrific performance, it was also the perfect storm for St Mirren.
Aberdeen very hit and miss recently.
Slattery has to start as his dynamism and movement gives us far more attacking threat.
We need a bit more zip with the ball, on Sat we were in danger of passing around the back 4 for passing's sake.
Need to get back to the brief of brave, progressive play.
Yes and No. However the kinda of fuck up we did against a very average St Mirren side (enough of this tactical genius pish by Robinson,) we did against Hearts, Celtic, Kilmarnock and Falkirk. We gift goals like its going out of fashion. I fancy us to beat ourselves again on Saturday.
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23 minutes ago, Stonehaven'Well said:
After travelling back home today and reflecting on yesterday's HUGE let down.
Team selection was wrong.
St Mirren had a plan, and played us brilliantly. They were quite happy for us to play with the ball in our half and not waste any energy chasing lost causes and they marshalled the midfield.
At 2-0 down, nothing really changed. Lets remember, we lost 4-1 and they hit the post and the bar.
Like the majority of the people on here, I would love to see JBA succeed, but sometimes you have to clear the ball, and sometimes you have to try a different approach.
JBA was out thought by SR, and the team were out fought.
We are all incredibly disappointed, and we need a win an our next game to change the mood.
You also forget even at our worst in the first half their keeper had to bring off a great save and Manwanhise fluffed an effort that should have been a goal. There is a lot of nonsense talked about St Mirren yesterday, plus they got the breaks. They basically just did their job effectively. They did nothing that we shouldn't have been able to deal with had our players turned up, there was no tactical masterclass. Virtually everyone of our player was posted missing or at best underperformed. Even as bad as we were we could have had them sweating but for a comedy of errors straight after we scored. On another day we'd take St Mirren, yesterday just wasn't our day.
We forget it and move on.
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3 hours ago, BigManTam said:
But they are though. They can barely string a few passes together. Hit long and chase type football. As others say, it only gets you so far. Any mid table Norwegian or Danish team would pump them.
This has been the whole revelation of the JBA regime so far - we (in Scotland) can play the continental way as well. The soil here is not cursed. Yes, there will be ups and downs (yesterday) along the way, but you can basically take a hoofball style team and make them actually play football.
The big Q is - can we take it to the next level? Not only play tidy stuff, but make it consistently effective? I think we can get there by next season with this season as more of a development year (but could still clinch top 6).
I'm probably getting ahead of myself now, but if JBA is able to really pull this off and get us either a cup win, playing well in Europe etc. it could really change things in Scottish football long term. Other teams will look at it and think - why can't we have that?
I doubt very much if JBA will get us a cup win or playing regularly in Europe.
I suspect playing decent football , developing good players , increasing attendances and keeping the prospect of relegation at bay and decent cup runs will be as far as it goes and I'm happy with that.
If JBA is successful in all of that he won't be with us long enough to take it further. It's the curse of the smaller clubs . If your successful that success is taken from you.
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11 minutes ago, couttsy said:
Desperately trying to lick wounds today, but is anyone else still a bit in disbelief around how that played out yesterday?!
Can’t help but keep thinking, can we play that again today and the real Motherwell turn up….grim
There is so much bollocks being talked about tactics, formations, tactical genius blah blah blah. The simple reality is every one one of our players under performed from what we know they can. Every St Mirren player played to their potential. Play that game another day its a different result.
St Mirren got the break of the crucial refereeing decision that settled them down to get them ahead.
Even in the first half when we were at our poorest their keeper brings of a great save and manwanhise fluffs a great chance.
We were really poor but the "excellent" St Mirren performance very nearly derailed. Had we not given away a comedy goal straight after we equalise I think St Mirren could have been rocking.
Yesterday was a very fine margin despite how we underperformed.
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59 minutes ago, bobbybingo said:
Just under 20k, though I think they're talking about increasing that.
I totally get the better atmosphere argument, but it would be ludicrous if anyone missed out on a ticket for a semi-final between 2 provincial teams because there weren't enough seats
And why put fans to the expense of going to Edinburgh which would take a few thousand of the crowd when Hampden is right between Paisley and Motherwell.
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2 hours ago, wellon said:
I was at the game and empty seats add nothing to atmosphere or spectacle..hardly obsessing suggesting ithat it goes to a smaller stadium
Apologies I wasn't meaning to have a go at you in particular. I just get fed hearing people talk about how it looks on TV. We are a small country and we have empty spaces in football grounds, it's normal.
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27 minutes ago, wellon said:
Could Tynecastle not have accommodated the attendance? I don't know what official attendance was...the empty stands behind goals doesn't look good
Why do people obsess what it looks like in TV, who gives a fuck about those watching on TV. They are putting fuck all into the fixture.
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33 minutes ago, wellon said:
Agree with most of what you say bar st mirren are shite, they're good at what they do...liked robbo at fp but watching his interview after game, he's got a big chip on his shoulder, hopefully we get them in Scottish Cup.
I don't want them in any cup. We list our last 6 /7 Cup ties against them ,, 😚
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34 minutes ago, StirlingDosser said:
Real flatness after this. It seems that every year the Glasgow pair are either playing mince or knocked out we screw it up against a beatable side. Some business is needed in January if we are going to make the most of the strengths we have seen so far this season.
Regardless of anyone's thoughts on the style of play, Robinson has sent his team out and done the job. He done it for us and to be fair hats off to him as hes done the job here. Finishing is the core issue. In the box we just seemed to lack confidence to have a real go. Can't grudge St Mirren their win. As much as I dont have a high opinion of them I hope they go on and win the thing.
On another note I was surprised to see what looked like a higher attendance for St Mirren. Their end looked a bit fuller than ours. No rows of empty seats down the front. Much can be made of the Hampden spectacle but I think a match like that played in a smaller venue would be a fan better day out.
But there is no stadium other than Hampden , Ibrox and Celtic Park could have accommodated that attendance yesterday. Mind you if we get to another semi final our ticket sales might not be so good. I'm sure some fans are starting to question why they bother at semi finals, the die hards will be there but persuading the floating supporter will be harder based on our recent piss poor efforts.
Right at this moment, I myself, question why I bother and couldn't care less if I never saw them again I'm so annoyed at yesterdays garbage against a very beatable team. However I do know that wont last. I'm glad our next game is away at Aberdeen cos I'm not interested in going. Be interesting to see what carry over this has to our improved attendances for the next home game. I think it will have some effect.
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8 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:
One positive from today, a crowd of 21,377 is a great effort from 2 supposed diddy teams.
Shame we couldnt put on a show to encourage more of our lot to come back.
I found the attendance a strange one. We sold 9000 tickets and St Mirren sold similar so where did the other 3337 come from?
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12 minutes ago, Prestwickwell said:
Said it last week following Livingston
if we can get a physical centre forward in January we’ll have a good end to the season
lot of nice play but zero danger a large portion of games
St mirren got their tactics rights & just to street wise for us today
That's why I think we should have tried to keep Armstrong.
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34 minutes ago, Welly Machine said:
Really disappointing. Weren't good enough at both ends while having the best of possession.
Thought they just seemed more up for it than us and made less mistakes.
4-1 still flattered them a bit, just seemed they took near enough every chance that came thier way.
A bit, more than a bit, we were garbage but St Mirren were an average team that played to their strengths. They were still the better team and were clinical and defended well. That's the killer, we wouldn't need to have been top notch to take them, semi competent would have been enough. They had 4 shots a goal and scored all 4 we had 4 shots at goal and got 1. They took the gifts we presented to them. That's not a hard gig in football.
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10 minutes ago, robsterwood said:
Need in January
1 right back
1 goalkeeper
1 centre forward
1 centre back
I'd add a left back to that too. In essence pretty much a new defence.
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Aberdeen v Motherwell 09/11/2025
in Club Chat
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I stand corrected , it's 3, the Hearts game just felt like a defeat 😁