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Got my dubious BT Sport stream running just in time for the 1st goal.

Off to a good start with the live stream not working due to "internet problems at Fir Park".

I think our defence can handle a big centre forward more easily than they can handle a nippy winger running at them (then, inevitably, letting him cut inside to shoot). Plus, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, both times Lafferty scored at Fir Park last season, we won - almost a good luck charm

I don't know if they have better players (although the probably do) - but they seem to be better organized and are showing a bit more commitment all over the park. That alone makes it a tougher proposition tomorrow. Unfortunate how serious Murphy's injury turned out, but not unhappy about his absence tomorrow - he is always capable of doing some damage.

I was concerned he'd throw Rangers a bone in the play-offs, but in fairness, he didn't really put a foot wrong from our perspective. Hope he does the same tomorrow.

"Orange Walks are just about being pro-Protestant." "IRA songs are just about being pro Irish." "UKIP is just about being pro UK." "Confederate flag is just about celebrating our southern history" "KKK is just about being pro-white." Same old language. Same old bigotry. Welcome to the 21st century.

Did they re-issue the 70s or just not sell many? My favourite is the 50s version with the hoop on the sleeves and rugby style collar, but the 60s effort is a close second.

Signed up. I know it's an international service, but was pleasantly surprised my credit card transaction went through first time. 26 games guaranteed seems like a good deal. Hope the club makes some money from it, too.

The most unforgivable part of the whole affair is that it lets Gerrard and Rangers adopt the moral high ground.

Gerrard's from Liverpool. Pretty sure he's up to speed with the whole 'sectarianism' thing and the mentality of the OF and the media.

I imagine it also depends if the service they use checks device location and/or the use of a VPN. Of course there are ways around that too, but just takes a little more effort.

This - plus it just unprofessional making a public statement about enjoying the injury of a fellow player. Doubly so, when you are representing the club as a captain.

Yes, that's exactly what it means.

I meant refs are subject to being influenced by all sorts of external factors, but reputation will do it too. I'd bet Jim Goodwin picked up a few more yellows based on his reputation where someone like Joe Wark was given the benefit of the doubt.

So you think if Scott Brown played for us he'd have more or less cards? If you think it would be more, then you are agreeing the refs are influenced by external forces.

Didn't notice that. Hopefully the media team is just tied up in launching the new service and it will be back to normal after that.

Not exactly emphatic, with lots of caveats, but at least a little more scientific. (And, in fact, implies that players with blades were more likely to be injured on older 3G pitches).

I watched Villa vs Brentford yesterday. I think he'd do better with either of those teams as they players on the park that were creating chances and playing in their strikers. Having said that, he's not the first striker that has moved on from Fir Park and struggled to score goals. Our style has suited a lot of players like Sutton, Moult and Higdon and they have thrived on it.

I think that lack of highlights is just League Cup (because BT Sport own those rights). Apparently it's the BBC feed we're going to get for the live stream - with the Mixlr commentary team. But that remains to be seen. I have heard nothing official about it.

I'm assuming the club also wrote the apology.

I can see why opinion is split. The few times I have seen him, PNE have been so poor and lacking in ideas, it's been difficult to judge.

I aagree with you - and I didn't quite make myself clear. What I meant was we can't take the moral high ground about opposition players elbowing our men in the face when our captain said he enjoyed it. Of course it should still be a foul.

This. Plus, if some clogger in the Rangers defence elbows Johnson in the face in the first 10 minutes, we have no grounds for complaint.

Was this not supposed to the the week of "Live Motherwell FC TV" for the overseas fans?

Of course it does. When you build a reputation as a team of hard men where the captain is making public statements about enjoying breaking peoples' noses, any ref - good or bad - is going to view every tackle from a different perspective. And if a bad decision is made, people on an appeals panel are going to be thinking along similar lines. It's human nature. That's why players like Jim Goodwin were always under constant scrutiny from the refs. His reputation meant that every tackle was subject to microscopic scrutiny. A good ref is likely to be influenced by statements like that. If the refs are as bad as you make out, do you think they have sufficient skills to ignore that kind of thing?