Great Balls of Shire
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11 hours ago, sbcmfc said:
He’s unfortunately got dementia.
I’m amazed nobody is talking about Gordon Strachan. Think he’s some sort of Director of Football at Dundee? If Robinson were to go, I’d have him in a heartbeat.
I suspect Robinson will be heading to Edinburgh one way or another in next few weeks.
(was there an overlap with Leann Dempster and Robinson?)
Gordon Strachan?? Wouldnt be happy with that .Its all about him and him trying to be funny or awkward at press conferences ......failed at Scotland despite getting two bites at the cherry .....give it someone who has something to prove , it’s all hypothetical at the minute anyway.
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2 hours ago, Wellfan1984 said:
Even if he took the ball it would have been a shocking tackle. He lunges (you could get another leg under his back knee), straight leg and studs showing. It is, by the very definition a shocking attempt at a tackle and I cannot understand why there was even an argument about it.
Football has changed so much....I haven’t seen Sportscne yet but I thought it was a great attempt at a tackle ....don’t know how else he was supposed to try and tackle given the circumstances, just got to take these breaks
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On 10/27/2019 at 6:30 PM, Yassin said:
I have the fear about this. Without wanting to play "Kilmarnock cliché bingo" they're exactly the sort of disciplined outfit that have caused us problems. Can see us losing an early goal and Killie holding us at an arm's length pretty comfortably.
If we do score first though and Killie have to go for it it could end up being a pretty entertaining game between the two best provincial sides in the country.
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Dare say they’ve come on a bit but they got put out of Europe by a part time Welsh outfit, arguably the worst Scottish European result ever, so we shouldn’t be fearful.
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2 hours ago, grizzlyg said:
Need to persevere with Clarke as this isn't going to be quick fix. Also I felt getting rid of Strachan was correct. He had 2 campaigns and his stubbornness cost us qualifying. I would start big Declan on Sunday, has big chance to cement that place as not a lot of competition. I would also play front 2 of Shankland and Russell, Russell's loyalty is a credit and he deserves a chance. And last night should be last time we see Snodgrass, woeful last night. Also once Tierney fit Clarke has big dilemma as Robertson struggling but I feel captaincy plays a part with that. I would try Tierney left-back and Robertson left-mid. My Sunday team would be
Marshall
Palmer(as we have no-ne else), Declan, Findlay, Robbo
Forrest Christie McGinn McGregor
Russell Shankland
I only watched the highlights but 3 of the 4 goals were down to terrible defending ....Sunday league standard.
There have been Scotland teams with poorer players but defensively we are awful.We are in danger of making good players e.g Marshall, Fraser, McGinn, MacGregor, Christie look average because they’re not being played to their strengths
i cant see big Dec being bullied as the two central defenders were last night
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On 10/3/2019 at 3:38 PM, steelboy said:
Killie have kept 6 clean sheets in their last 7 games.
No Scottish team can match the attacking prowess of Welsh part timers Conners Quay
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2 hours ago, steelboy said:
Did he mention the board telling him to change the style and put in young players or he would be getting his P45?
No, but he did mention social media and how if uninformed people put something in “print”, people then believe it to be true....fair point actually.
He also mentioned how hoof ball had got them to 2 cup finals and you can only play with the players you have.
He came across really well . Will be a big loss when he does go
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Going on last few internationals if defenders like Cooper and O’Donnell are “international level “ then it’s not a great leap to give Gallagher a chance
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Refereeing isn’t easy but having viewed highlights....how can the ref see that as a pen? There’s nothing in it.
Was going to say that if it had been given v old firm , there be an uproar , but then you see the two pens Celtic never got v Hibs ....Refs don’t do themselves any favours with some bizarre decisions.
I don’t think any of the above decisions/non decisions were particularly difficult
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1 hour ago, El Grew said:
I am sorry to have to say it but we are now beginning to see and feel the effects of being a fan-owned club which quite simply does not have a large enough fan base to justify it. We are now quite literally being run on a shoestring. The desperately poor level of player that has been signed by the manager during the past close season are a symptom of this. He is being forced to gamble with players who, although they may have showed a modicum of skill/ability, lack the basic attributes of what is required of modern-day professional footballers in the hope that he and his coaching staff can bring them up to a decent level. While this has worked in some cases previously, there have been more sows ears than silk purses and I'm afraid that the majority of the latest crop of close season signings fall into the former category. It is I'm afraid going to be a long hard slog of a season and one in which I feel we are ill-equipped for the inevitable relegation dogfight that we will end up in with St.Mirren and the Accies.
Hard to find too many positives after last night but Gallagher and Polworth will be good signings....have to agree with majority re Seedorf, he doesn’t look like he has a trick to get by a player.....maybe just pace....
Am sure Gillespie will come good, if not we have a pretty good back up
Cant see too many more positives based on last night ......
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From the statement there doesn’t appear to be an explanation why our game is priced at “premium “ rate....never seen a good game there yet....
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On 7/13/2019 at 10:49 AM, MelvinBragg said:
For me, the hilarious part of the article is "helped establish them in the top flight".
Stephen Robinson was 10 the last time we were not in the top flight. Think we're pretty well established in the top flight...
If he hadn’t taken over when he did , we might have ended up in first division
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1 hour ago, mfc88 said:
WHAT IF...... we had a slightly bigger home support? Either we wouldn't have sold and we would all be happy, or our the selling price would have been much more.
My point is that walking away isn't going to solve anything.
End of the day that sort of money is too much to pass up for the club - near double our record fee. Not many clubs in the world pass on that. Though hopefully with the clearance of debt, we now find ourselves on a much better financial footing.
Think that’s a key point, the debt should not be manageable .....maybe we can be a bit more hard to deal with now if clubs try come in for players.
Like the man says tho, not attending and judging before a ball is kicked isn’t going to help
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16 minutes ago, Yorkyred said:
I would take Lafferty in a heartbeat.
No thanks , decent player but don’t want him atMotherwell...still remember the Charlie Mulgrew incident ....not clever.
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7 hours ago, Kmac said:
Perfect. I look forward to our new status as a relatively wealthy Scottish club (especially now with Cadden also likely away), languishing in the championship after a shitfest of a 19/20 season.
We’ve just or are in the process of bagging 4M+ from Turnbull and development fees for Cadden and Hastie (the later a little while longer in coming) however this bank balance can be used to sustain as after 0 significant squad reinvestment sees us picking up smaller and smaller crowds.
If you’re pretty sure of relegation, you should get a price and get some dosh on it.You will make money , club will have their money.....win, win
For what’s it worth I am sure we’ll be fine , possibly top 6.
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4 hours ago, Kmac said:
Not, but we will if we consistently replace with poorer quality than what’s leaving.
its not only about being relegated, it’s about quality and entertainment value, which (second half of last season apart) has been woeful since Robinson arrived; and I include the cup finals seasons in that.
Entertainment is a very broad term.Were you not entertained getting to 2 cup finals?
Also , there could be a few David Turnbulls coming through the youths for all we know .We all wish in a perfect world he could stay but the money could take us up a few levels.
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12 minutes ago, ONeils4oyarder said:
You can sense whatever you like, but I'd point blank refuse to deal with them, especially at this stage of Turnbulls development and particularly so early in the window.
The loan players from that place can also gtf
Need to look st the big picture
I would be quite excited to get any of the 2 or 3 players mentioned in on loan.A year’s loan is just the same as some of the contracts we are handing out .....They are all highly rated especially Morgan, when he was at St Mirren.If he can add same amount of goals as DT , am sure you will see it differently.
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10 hours ago, weeyin said:
I just hope we haven't turned into an American style sports franchise where we sell the player even if he doesn't want to leave. I'm still a little amazed at how people would rather be working to punt him ASAP than find a way to hold onto him for longer.
I think it’s been that way for a long long time.....players who weren’t too fussed about leaving but “ encouraged “ to go if a good bid came in, not just at Motherwell.
In an ideal world he would stay but the money they are talking about could really help , possibly buy 2 or 3 players which in this league could really transform us. Even better if he’s loaned back for a spell.
The Dundee Utd scenario is , however, a concern, we’ve got to use the money wisely.
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5 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:
Yep Hes nearly as lucky as Bigirami getting a gig at Hibs , based on nothing and came to nothing. I expect similar from Main at Aberdeen.
Nah, the player we saw last year, especially at Hampden definitely had something about him.Time will tell if he can do it at Aberdeen. He didn’t seem to have a goal scorer’s instinct tho.
Agree re Bigi , became a better player by not playing.
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On 5/21/2019 at 3:55 PM, underboyleheating said:
I do love diagonal sash shirts, however, in my opinion they work better with winged collars rather than the crewneck style shown. The one we had recently was a one off home kit that payed homage to our mid 70s side and I very much doubt we will be doing that again soon on our home top. I would tend to reserve it for away shirts and leave our home as traditional as possible.
Anyway, here is a very quick diagonal sash render on the Alhena shirt.
Thanks...looks good...a better look than the one we had a few years ago
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1 hour ago, underboyleheating said:
Two of the latest Macron shirt designs are the Alhena and the Canopus. Both contain a little of the fussiness I was describing about their kit. Of course they do it to make their shirt templates different from the others, however at times you wonder what purpose these little design elements serve.
The Macron Alhena shirt
The Macron Canopus shirt
Actually both would make reasonable Motherwell tops and I would be relatively happy with them.
A very quick C&A version of those shirts to give you some idea of what potentially they would look like.
Nice .....but I reckon that home top would be even better with the diagonal band .....don’t know if you could show that ??
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7 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
I agree it was harsh but according to the laws of the game it was a stonewaller. Ariyibi slipped and the Dundee attacker fell over him. It doesn't matter whether its accidental or not.
After watching highlights , I am even more convinced it shouldn’t have been a pen, Ariybi is actually knocked over accidentally by the Dundee player onto the ball...ref should’ve just given us a foul , which would’ve been soft but that’s really harrsh to penalise Ariybi for that.
Ultimately it didn’t really matter, I suppose
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35 minutes ago, Andy_P said:
Derek Ferguson (father), Willie Miller (ex Aberdeen), Richard Gordon (Aberdeen fan)....
Lewis Ferguson is favourite? Funny that...
Best to keep young Turnbull under the radar as much as possible
35 minutes ago, Andy_P said:Derek Ferguson (father), Willie Miller (ex Aberdeen), Richard Gordon (Aberdeen fan)....
Lewis Ferguson is favourite? Funny that...
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19 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
I actually thought the referee got the penalty decisions right today. Ariyibi went to ground then reached out and touched the ball, was definite penalty for me, and stupid from Ariyibi.
On the other hand Turnbull was pretty cute but he's basically flicked the ball off the hand of the Dundee defender. There was no intent or deliberate hand ball on the part of the Dundee defender.
Overall the game was highly entertaining and basically a bit mental. It's hard to judge the game because it was so open and we've made one of the worst teams in the last 20 years look like they could score at every opportunity. Then on the other hand we've responded several times and won it when we might have sat back and defended.
Let's all just agree that Turnbull is incredible.
Oh, and Gorrin is a far superior player to McHugh technically but I've criticised McHugh for rashness and his discipline so it's only fair I do the same with Gorrin. The guy needs to screw the head. He had about 4 dodgy tackles in the first 8 minutes and I predicted his red card long before it happened. I'd like Gorrin to be here next season but he needs to cut out the rash studs up challenges.
So much happened today but it's worth pointing out the magnificent save Gillespie made at 3-3 (I think!)
I couldn’t comment on our penalty but I thought Dundee’s was really harsh on us ....he’s fallen on the ball and couldn’t get his hands out of the way .....anyway added to the overall entertainment, but if we were in a precarious position , I really would have been miffed.
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On 4/9/2019 at 9:42 AM, The African said:
I suppose this site counts as social media, so I should be careful, but the shite that goes on the likes of twitter and Facebook, in this case attacking a 14 year old for throwing a pie, is beyond nonsense.
The lad should ‘fess up to the club and take a self imposed leave of absence until next season. Hopefully the club would accept this and let him back in on the condition of a future blemish free record.
I think it’s frustration on the part of other fans, in that it could cost the club money.....a 14 year old probably doesn’t get that
Throwing a pie , isn’t going to hurt anyone, to be fair but the club have got to act accordingly in the current climate.
Still reckon they’ve got too much spare cash if they can throw a pie away.
Change on the Board of Directors
in Club Chat
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According to the piece on the radio on Saturday when he came in , the club were 2 weeks away from administration.
i wasn’t aware of that , although I hear people saying now it was fairly common knowledge.
If that is the case we do owe Les a great deal of gratitude and he has offered very generous repayment terms, as well as matching the contributions with his own money
I felt when he was talking on the radio on Saturday that he wanted everyone to know that he had played a major part in the whole thing , which can’t be denied.