Winning by Name
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9 hours ago, weeyin said:
A real pal would never invite you round to watch a game at Livi.
What is it they say?
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer!
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10 minutes ago, yosemite sam said:
Am I the only one who thought O'Hara looked very comfortable playing in the back four. I wouldn't hesitate to play him there again.
I agree.
I thought O'Hara and McGuire both did fine and should continue until some injuries clear up.
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11 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
There used to be a rule, maybe unofficial, that if a team had 3 or more players on international duty then they’d be granted a postponement. Injuries are another matter ie our cup replay in 1976 against Hibs at Ibrox (I’m still bitter about that). Were Shotts BA not involved in some controversy with the Junior FA a few years ago about a postponement due to injury/illness? It always has been very unclear.
You could see that night at Ibrox that a wheen of the players really did have flu. How they managed to win I do not know.
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1 hour ago, steelboy said:
Why do you think things are so different in Scotland than in France, Germany, England or Holland?
The Scottish Government have already shown with that they believe football fans are second class citizens with their OBFA.
I live in France and what you say is wrong. Things are exactly the same here for normal people as in Scotland. So much for Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite.
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21 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
But how come you can do this and that but not go to the football...blah...blah...blah.
It's called risk management.
Football has TV revenue and other revenues that allows it to operate. Pubs, cinemas and shops don't and won't exist if they don't open. So what you going to do?
The government has to make very difficult choices right now. It knows people going to the pub will catch Covid but it has to weight that against the entire hospitality industry collapsing. It knows people will catch Covid from school kids but it has to weight that against the effect of suspending education and of school closures. It knows university students will catch Covid but again it has to weight up the possibilities of universities going bust.
Has it always made the right decisions? Probably not but this is an unprecedented situation and maybe alternative decisions produce other or even more serious problems.
Opening up football stadiums right now simply doesn't add up in terms of risk and if football thinks it's being hard done by it needs to take a look at other sectors of the economy.
This season was always going to be a write off for fans. Honestly I'm kind sick of people in football moaning about it.
Everyone knows that this winter is potentially the worst the virus is going to get, so buckle in cos this thing could well get worse. What the football authorities should be concentrating on is getting this season completed, no getting fans into stadiums.
Couldn't agree more although I still don't like the government, national or scottish
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On 10/5/2020 at 4:34 PM, Stuwell2 said:
I’ve always argued that a great striker needed 3 things going for him, firstly a natural ability to know where the gaols were and what he is going to do with the ball when he got it - WP had that in abundance.
Secondly a player with a good footballing brain to play the passes that he wants to give him the opportunity to get into a scoring position - BG was outstanding as that type of player.
Thirdly both players need to have a natural understanding of each other and know what the other was going to do - WP/BG was that partnership and one of the best - if not the best I’ve seen at FP.I don't think there has been a pairing that has come remotely close
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23 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
Bobby Graham was a player I hardly noticed during games. It was only when we scored a goal or after we won that I realised how valuable he was and had a great football brain. He made others tick. He'd ghost about during games pulling the strings.
On another tack your namesake was one of my favourite players. Not the best footballer in the world but wholehearted and a real asset to the team. My abiding memory of him was the photo of him holding his arms aloft after we beat Spurs in the Texaco Cup.
What a night that was!
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15 hours ago, Jumbomuir said:
Started watching him at Dalziel Hs and have been a friend of his for nearly 50 years, he knows my opinion.
Having played against him a few times for Wishaw HS against Dalziel where he scored a hattrick every time, I presume you are being a bit tongue-in-cheek. Bobby Graham was magic too right enough.
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55 minutes ago, Welldaft Mk1 said:
It is apart from the fact he is trying to reason with Yodo. That is where it falls apart. Brick wall and all that....
True enough!
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2 hours ago, David said:
Then don't watch. If you want entertainment, watch the English games on Sky, or the Spanish games.
In reality I've been entertained in the traditional sense very little in my time as a Motherwell fan, which is to be expected considering the level we're operating at in the transfer market, but entertainment isn't the be-all and end-all for me. It's the team I support, I have an emotional investment in the club, and as such the money we have in the bank, and how sound a footing we are on is very much a priority.
Honestly, I don't know a proper fan of any club who doesn't care about those things? Who just want to sit down, watch some exciting football, then fuck off home again. If you don't want to bother yourself with the details of supporting a club like Motherwell and you're just after pure entertainment, you're probably in the wrong place. Pick another team for that.
Every Motherwell game is "entertaining" to me in the sense that I'm gripped by the action from start to finish. I kick every ball, I shit myself when the opposition gets through on our goal, and I leap from my couch when we squander a sure chance to score.
To a neutral many of our games would be absolute dross, in the same way as I rarely find myself watching, for example, Accies play St Johnstone. To me that game would be boring. But to an actual fan of either club, it's their weekend.
Again, if I felt about the club the way you seem to, which is not giving a fuck about the financial stability or how sound a footing we're on and only caring about being entertained during the 90 minutes, I'd probably watch another team. If it's entertainment you're after, there's certainly better out there.
Fantastic post!
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1 hour ago, Toxteth O'Grady said:
Allan Campbell targeted by Aberdeen as Derek McInnes plots to gazump Hibs with pre-contract pitch
The midfielder will have plenty of options but the Dons boss intends to be in the mix.Derek McInnes wants to make a pre-contract pitch for Allan Campbell in January as Aberdeen attempt to beat Hibs to the punch over yet another signing.
Record Sport revealed yesterday the Easter Road side are keen and monitoring Motherwell star Campbell’s situation closely but the Dons will rival any move.
McInnes has put the Scotland under-21 cap amongst the top of his out of contract targets.
He wants Aberdeen to be in a position to table a pre-contract offer in January to sign him.
The Pittodrie side know they will face stiff competition from both sides of the border but want to be in the fight.
Aberdeen have already beaten Hibs in recent seasons to the signings of Funso Ojo and Ross McCrorie.
The Dons know they would have to pay around £200,000 in training compensation but would be prepared to do that for another top young Scottish player.
They also know it is unlikely Motherwell will sell in this window unless they receive a substantial offer.
McInnes praised Campbell for his recent performance at Pittodrie as Motherwell beat Aberdeen 3-0.
He said: “Campbell came up and played to win points, we played to play a game of football. Campbell encapsulated Motherwell’s performance. We needed more Allan Campbells in our team today.”
The midfield dynamo has been a standout for Motherwell in recent seasons and the Steelmen have also offered him a new deal beyond the summer.
Several English and Scottish clubs have already expressed an interest in the youngster.
Aberdeen have already shown with the signing of Lewis Ferguson from Hamilton and McCrorie from Rangers that they will spend money to get Scottish players with potential.
That was why chairman Dave Cormack allowed McInnes to sign McCrorie on-loan from Rangers for the season and will make the deal permanent for £350,000 in the summer.
I remember many moons ago we ripped the heart and midfield out of the team by selling our two best players in Gary McAllister and Ally Mauchline in the first week of the new season and I fear we may do the same by selling Turnbull and Campbell. That season was not a good season. Hopefully I am wrong.
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47 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
Kilmarnock have 2 wins 1 draw and 1 defeat at home and the defeat came from a slack back pass in the 94th minute. They have also scored almost twice as many goals as us from fewer chances.
Since they've only failed to score twice, away to Rangers and Aberdeen, it's likely we'll have to score twice to get a win.
They have two fairly inexperienced full backs at Premiership level so I'd maybe be looking at that if I was trying to figure out how to hurt them.
But we don't have any wingers.
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1 hour ago, steelboy said:
But having said that selling your best player for less than half a million while fighting relegation would be crazy.
I agree.
Even though I suspect you are fishing.
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54 minutes ago, johnstone said:
This forum is so negative! We were put out by a side with a 40,000 seater stadium who can sign players from Porto. We more than held our own for over 60 minutes and with a bit of luck could have scored which would have made it a very different tie.
Also all this roadmap pish, in case you forgot we are in the middle of a pandemic and can’t have fans in the stadiums, I think Motherwell and most clubs worldwide are just thinking about basic survival right now.
End of the day we got a decent wee run in Europe that will have netted the club a wad of cash.
Spare a thought for clubs not in our position who without fans could easily go to the wall. There are far bigger issues out there right now than how we spend £4 million like it’s fucking football manager time!
Could not agree more. Excellent post!
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1 hour ago, Yodo said:
The manager is the problem he has signed players who should never be at our club . He picks the team lays down the tactics and supposedly coaches them on training pitch although you could never tell . As a previous poster said it's great to have money in the bank but to have no quality on the pitch could mean relegation ,it's never to soon to talk about relegation I think it's a definite chance with this squad and manager.Lets hope the players have the stomach for a relegation battle
I agree that SR hasn't covered himself in glory but how could he have expected Gallagher to go from an International to a distinctly average player who, now as Captain is also not showing much in the way of leadership.
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4 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
You'd imagine that Donnelly would be our defensive midfielder; O'Hara the box to box type to take over from Allan Campbell when he leaves and Liam Polworth the creative one. As we know things have gone a bit awry with Donnelly's injury. We're still short of cover. Short term though, a loan signing for Donnelly might be a relatively cheap option (plenty of options from down south you'd think). It doesn't help that our wingers are failing to perform.
I agree completely about the problem right now is defensive midfield and a loan deal for an experienced defensive midfielder is what is required. Someone in the Makalele, Keane, Viera mould would be good (but a wee bit younger).
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20 hours ago, steelboy said:
There is no connection between Bolingoli breaking the curfew rules and the Aberdeen players going out in too big a group and when fans should be back in. It's two separate issues.
There is close to zero trouble at Scottish football matches. Far less than in pubs or schools. I honestly believe that the SNP are just stringing football along because it makes their press conferences easier.
Stop it!
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1 minute ago, Kmcalpin said:
Whatever he might or might not be, he certainly isn't a defensive midfielder.
I agree. How long is Donnelly out for?
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1 minute ago, Winning by Name said:
Yes and we got Bobby Watson and Brian Heron in exchange which was a great deal in anyone's book
Sorry too late with this response
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1 hour ago, Kmcalpin said:
Surely you recall the Girvan Lighthouse?
Yes and we got Bobby Watson and Brian Heron in exchange which was a great deal in anyone's book
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6 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
Oliver Burke was hung at Leith docks for stealing cadavers from Edinburgh graveyards.
Lyndon Dykes was the first person to cross the Sahara in a T Model Ford in 1913.
Lawrence Shankland runs a successful Edinburgh based solicitors firm.
Oli McBurnie is a cheeky schoolboy pantomime character that is shoe horned into every Christmas production at the Kings theatre and is played by Gary Hollywood.
Brilliant!!!
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10 hours ago, Yassin said:
No way we could afford Messi, nor would he want to come. Ridiculous shout tbh.
I think Grizzlyg may be yanking your chain!
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12 hours ago, dennyc said:
And what did you hear regards Sell on Fee. I was told “Celtic don’t do sell ons unless we are the sellers”.
Hopefully not true but concerning.
I remember being told years ago "Celtic don't lose replays" and the following day we beat them 4-2 to march towards the cup final. Celtic will do sell-ons if they have to.
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Is that because he has many strings to his bow?
Sorry!