Great Balls of Shire
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17 hours ago, MelvinBragg said:
Before you want to jump all over my post accusing me of having a go at Robinson, maybe look at my follow up posts where I say it's not necessarily a bad thing and I was just pointing out that out as someone had said all the money was going directly to the club...
Fair dues but putting out unsubstantiated rumours is all some of the punters on here need , to beat him with
Even to the extent you quoted a figure (8%) .If he’s on that fig of Turnbull deal, that sounds like 2 years salary , so I am dubious .
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2 hours ago, MelvinBragg said:
Nope. Around 8% was the figure I was told that Robinson gets of any transfer fee. Could be bullshit but reasonable (and unbiased) source that told me...
Here we go, I heard a rumour from the canteen wummin....
Sounds bollocks to me
We get a vital win so the usual crew try another angle to nail him.
Even if it were true , it gives an incentive to develop players , and it wouldn’t be getting done behind anyone’s back , It won’t be Robinson who decides when and if a player goes
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4 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
The bottom line is that we won yesterday and that brought a sense of relief. So in some respects it was job done. We're also not adrift at the bottom. But, thats as far it it goes.
As others have said the game was a mirror image of matches we've lost this season. Saints dominated possession (59%/41%), created/were gifted 5 chances and took none. We fashioned one, just one, chance ourselves, although Callum Davidson disagreed I believe as he would, and took it. Saints dominated midfield despite us trying to play 3-5-2, looked more committed and competitive and worked harder off the ball than we did but fortunately looked toothless in front of goal as Trevor Carson will gratefully tell you. For long spells our midfield was outfought and anonymous. Whether we tried to sit on our lead on our lead or not I don't know. We certainly missed McGinley when he went off. Saints were gifted the freedom of our left flank late on and slung over cross after cross from there. Thankfully Gallagher and Mugabe were up to the task, although the latter was a bit overly clever at times. He has stepped up to the mark though.
Overall, the defence, especially Lamie looked shaky at times, but in fairness they received little support from either Campbell or O'Hara. Polworth was largely anonymous throughout and created nothing. Allan Campbell scored a lovely goal and was far better going forward than defending. I did feel sorry for strikers as they were given nothing to work with and the promised crosses into the box just didn't materialise. Credit to White for soldiering on, but I really think he should have been taken off, before he was. Our build up was slow, tiresome and very predictable.
I still feel that our problems lie primarily in midfield where things just aren't happening. Hylton is injured, I think, but in any event our wingers aren't doing it. With the cash coming into the club just now I'm not in favour of spunking it on more players but I'd give Robbo a wee bit to bring in a solid defensive midfielder on loan until January. That shouldn't break the bank.
It wasn’t brilliant but points were vital.
Having lots of possession means little if you can’t score , as we have found out. I didn’t think they ever cut us open bar Lamie’s assists.
They swung over plenty crosses but our defence dealt with them , that’s what they’re meant to do .
yep, there’s a bit to do but I rather have the points than 60 % possession, Robbo said as much , thst we allowed them the ball and hit on the break.
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9 minutes ago, santheman said:
Maybe they’re on their way to blag someone’s house and don’t want to get caught on CCTV.
Lol.... there was a item on radio Scotland news at the weekend reporting a robbery in Glasgow saying masked men had raided shop .....
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51 minutes ago, Yodo said:
I see this Covid thing has went right over your head
Just with them being alone and outside .
Apart from that , it’s a pretty high risk situation. Might as well keep it on in bed too
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4 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
Agreed, and I'm in no way being political. Our approach throughout the UK is totally inconsistent. I appreciate that football's resumption here in Scotland is based on an informal agreement between the Scottish Government and the footballing authorities, but coronavirus doesn't respect industries and locations. Presumably conditions will be enforced strictly at test events yet they are not being enforced anywhere else? I've seen dozens of folk wandering around supermarkets with no face coverings and totally ignoring social distancing and nothing is done about it. Pubs were shut down in Aberdeen but not in Glasgow. In the Glasgow area, its ok for households to meet in a pub but not at home?
Yes, football is being given a raw deal.
Just as a side note , and nothing to do with football ...why are some people walking alone outside with masks on?
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4 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
Or maybe they are accountably for public health in the era of a previously unknown, highly infectious and potentially deadly virus.
Football, far from being strung along, has been given significant exemptions.
But I do think outside events should be a lot less risky..I know there’s an element of getting in and out the park, but that’s where it has to be managed, .the difference between Scottish and English leagues are a lot of our clubs are very dependent on the gate money
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I thought our game v St Johnstone would’ve been a perfect teat match to allow limited numbers into FP. Haven’t heard anything to indicate we would be one of the test games ....anybody heard anything?
i know the numbers in Lanarkshire are increasing but should , if handled properly, be a re,actively low risk event.
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16 hours ago, weeyin said:
While I don't disagree, if the team was picked on form McTominay shouldn't be anywhere near it, as he is in preseason right now.
Not sure what Kenny McLean has ever done to justify a recall . McTominay is a liability in that position , Clarke is the man who calls the shots but I am definitely not convinced.
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7 hours ago, Lan_Lad said:
The similarities to Hearts are striking. The Hearts fans spent a year blaming everything on Levein, it's Levein's fault, get him out and all will be well. They eventually got that wish, and nothing changed. Nothing but them falling even further down the league.
It is a fact that the longer this type of form goes on the harder it's going to be to dig a way out of it. If a win isn't secured over St Johnstone it's unlikely to come in the next two.
Though in saying that I don't see Aberdeen as some sort of footballing superpower. It's more realistic that something could be taken from them even away from home than taking anything from either of the OF home or away.If the season had finished , Hearts may have escaped relegation?
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22 minutes ago, Shaka said:
Quite the imagination
Im not angry at all. I have an opinion and try to back it up with as much facts as I can. Id imagine an angry rant would be more along the lines of "Robinson is shite just cos! Sack the cunt" which I have never said. I did have a bit of a rant in the Turnbull thread, but again if you had bothered to read it I clearly said the deal we agreed was shocking IF it was indeed less than the amount we accepted last time. I am still of that opinion, the fee was "undisclosed", we will never know what we got so what is the harm in discussing it? Or is discussion not allowed here?
Thats the thing, Ive put a post up and had the usual suspects just reply with "you talk shite" , "I could reply,but..." yet no actual constructive response. In regard to transfers, I asked what Robinson did that no other manager could possibly have done to get us fees for Cadden, McKinstry, McAlear, Hastie, Turnbull, Scott, Kipre? And in regard to league form, what has he done to improve us since we sold James Scott?
But yeah, go on insinuating Im rampaging round the house in a fury so you can look cool with a smart comeback on an internet discussion forum
So what’s your house really like?
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1 hour ago, Onthefringes said:
Yet, the empty jersey of O’Hara is exempt from criticism?
Yes, he’s been found wanting at a few goals too and Glentoran nearly scoring to take lead.
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3 hours ago, Stu92 said:
Just out of curiosity, who should he play instead of Grimmy? We were a much better side while he was on the pitch on Sunday than when he wasn’t, and we have three first choice defenders currently injured.
I didn’t see Sunday game but did see the highlights where he was standing dreaming for the second goal ...not for the first time this season I don’t know if there’s any young guys who could do a job at right back / left back , probably not or they would given a chance....Robbo isn’t daft , he’ll have noticed players standing dreaming when they should be going with runners , Grimshaw not alone in this .
No easy answers but in games of fine margins , defenders need to do the basics or Robbo could be out a job, which I don’t want to see.
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Big fan of Robbo but I am concerned. If he persists with Grimshaw , he’s asking for trouble , guy has an engine but is a really limited player...switches off and invariably costs us.
I think Ross co are the poorest team we have played but they’ve got the points on the board.
I don’t think Accies , County , Livingston are any better than us but they’ve got the points and that’s pressure ....still think we’ll be ok , but maybe We have that horrible combination of too easy to score against and not scoring at other end
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1 hour ago, StirlingDosser said:
I think its a given that not everyone will behave and a minority will screw it up for the lot of us.
That’s not really how risk assessments should be done though..Give people the info and then it’s up to them , whether they take it on board. On a general level, you can’t shut society down because of what might happen.
i can see why visiting the toilet might be an issue but other places have managed it....footbsll stadia aren’t noted for high standards of hygiene in the wc s , in my experience, so any improvement would be welcomed
A lot of smaller clubs really depend on gate money , so it’s not just a case of adding some much needed atmosphere.
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2 hours ago, weeyin said:
The Aberdeen and Celtic players didn't really help with this either.
Just on fans attending games in general, Don’t think it’s clicked with the government yet, that the risk in an outside setting is low....they keep saying they are following the science but.....
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10 hours ago, texanwellfan said:
Just to clarify. None of this has actually happened yet, right?
Nope, but some people have decided to bring on a stroke , anyway
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On 8/23/2020 at 7:37 AM, milo said:
We don’t need a Klopp or a Bielsa but we do need a manager than doesn’t see us lose to Accies at home every season. We also need a manager who every now and then can sign a goal scorer, not sign 8 forward players of varying levels of pish that replaced the unused absolute dross that never played and was jettisoned from the previous season. Maybe not chasing proven goal scorers like McDonald and Ainsworth away either.
The last time we only took 2 points from our opening 5 games was season 83/84, the last time we were relegated. Took us until 8 games in to win that season and only won 4 all season. What’s the odds on us beating that this season?
I would take you up on that offer of beating that amount, this team is nowhere as bad as some of the late 70s , early 80s teams. I would agree that there is so little between most of the teams that fine margins will win games,, there doesn’t look a stick on for relegation or third place.
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11 hours ago, Big Wispy Flossy said:
We’ve barely created a chance all season. In five games I can count 4 we should have scored from that’s nowhere near enough. Hamilton as negative and defensive as they were created 3 today
Fresh air kick by O’Donnell and the boy should’ve scored isn’t creating ,other teams don’t gift chances like that. For a defence with 2 Scotland internationals , we are really soft . Actually thought Lammie looked ok .
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7 minutes ago, Yodo said:
Take a look at Robinsons interview there before u is a man void of ideas Blarney Stone kissing again blaming himself but only looking for sympathy .Just like McCall he has run out of ideas only Stuart knew he had to go,so time to go Robbo
The guy can’t win with you , how do you know he’s only looking for sympathy....I am as frustrated as anyone and if he can’t turn it around he’ll need to go but it’s getting personal with you.
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34 minutes ago, gee said:
Turnbull continues to impress even playing in this team and on current form.
I’d expect a big club will come in and take him for a good fee.
To be considered by Burrows.. Without DT are we at risk of relegation? Should the board trust Robinson to source replacements?
After reflecting on today, the ironic thing is , no team have actually played better football than us....it’s we are too easy to score against , Dundee Utd and today were similar .... no real cutting and a stupid soft goal. That’s why we should still have enough to stay up , but the longer it goes like this , stranger things have happened.
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9 minutes ago, MelvinBragg said:
I don't rate Chris Long at all. .
Showed in glimpses last year , he can be good but looks a moody big bugger, who always needs too many touches
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12 minutes ago, Jumbomuir said:
Any manager or supporters of a team with these figures would be disappointed to lose the game, but to say Accies were the better team because we fell asleep at a corner is nonsense
Who lost their man ? I turned it off after goal, tbf accies had a few chances without doing anything spectacular,
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6 minutes ago, gee said:
The board have been very good to Robinson and he is clearly well regarded at Motherwell.
It looks like we have trusted his judgement and reinvested some of the fees from player sales into the squad this season.
Big call whether we want to continue that faith after this transfer window.
Over the piece, he has done well, but it is a hard watch at the moment. He is not enhancing his reputation, which was high, before the start of the season.
In true Motherwell style, just when things should be good, we are blowing it.
i don’t want to tempt fate, but if we are not competing at top end of table, it gives the season some meaning if we are at the other end....I know that won’t be a popular opinion.
We have lots of the ball but don’t look dangerous, two wingers who can beat a man, but are luxury players,
Its a pity we can’t have Turnbull and Polworth together , the 2 best footballers, Campbell in there for dig....if we lose Campbell and Turnbull, it could be a long season.
Tony Watt needs a chance before Long....we are easy to defend against and easy to score against, apart from that it’s looking good.
Surely we will beat Glentiran and go in a memorable European run.
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Not sure you can talk about tactics on a park as bumpy as that, was a slog , but ref gave them a chance . Before anybody says it’s same for both teams , they didn’t play cultured football, they won a couple of pens. We’ve made some money but don’t see us going much further .