weeyin
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So those who's opinion of him differs from yours are 'muppets'?
If the opinion is along the lines of "any man under 40 could play as well as Higdon", I think 'muppet' is being generous.
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Has he been guilty of that during the SPL season? I can't recall him doing it too much last year?
The fact that he didn't learn his lesson from last week is sufficiently worrying.
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Yeah, we don't even remotely look like a side who can get two goals.
I don't think that was the plan in the first half.
When Aberdeen were successful in Europe, they played this way for all their away games. First half, shut up shop - second half, open up.
Not to say we are going to do anything dramatic tonight, but base on our propensity to lose early/slack goals, no harm in starting off with these tactics.
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Doing well to be 0-0 but don't look like scoring imo.
McCall said that while we were looking to score first, he wasn't necessarily looking to score early.
So the plan is working
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I think JIm Hamilton and Gerry Britton would score more
Too expensive (and they are professional players). For our budget we need some of your 'any man under 40' contacts that we can pick up cheap. No pros or ex-pros.
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How many were penalties? How many were against Dunfermline? How many missed chances has he had? To be honest most men under the age of 40 could do better
Which one of these readily available goal-scoring machines do you suggest we sign up as a replacement? I'm sure Motherwell, and most SPL clubs, would love to know.
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Any more updates/interviews before the match MFCTV people?
They are all following the party line:
It's very hot
Be patient
First goal important
Still have Europa Cup
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http://www.thefirstrow.eu/ has a stream listed for the game.
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Thats no bad weeyin, as the tower was blue (a wee nod to the third kit there)
Aye says it all weeyin welldone
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a decent colour picture of the tower - probably some out there if I looked hard enough.
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Not giving up the day job!
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Are the proceeds form these going to the club or to the testimonial fund?
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Because Bobby Jenks would take the job at his current salary which is significantly less than the £20k on offer
So the board is willing to risk the entire financial and footballing strategies of our club over a few thousand quid?
I still can't see it.
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1-0 St.Johnstone.... our shortcomings up front to be all to evident again.
No idea what the result will be, but no way we don't score in this game.
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No disrespect to Phil and his family, but why?
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Dont shoot the messenger but Im hearing a wee rumour that 3 people were interviewed for our U20's manager. Brian Reid and Willie McStay being 2 of them. But worrying, the job maybe going to Bobby Jenks, against McCalls and Gordon Youngs better judgement. Pressure from the board? Nothing against Bobby Jenks but he's a scout, not a coach or manager. Not the route i would like us to go down if true.
At a time when development of youngsters is at a premium, why would the board go against the judgement of McCall and, in particular, Young?
Doesn't make sense to me.
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Ultimately, I think we are still lacking a bit of match sharpness due, in part, to limited competitive game time with our restricted pre-season schedule.
Time will tell, of course, but regaining that cutting edge is something that will hopefully return after a couple more run outs.
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In any case the sentence " thought that either through inexperience or greed, Henrik messed up a few of our scoring opportunities" kind of proves my point, he may have messed up a few chances but he creates a lot of chances through his own work. He does need to improve on his end product which is not at it's best at the minute but we look much more dangerous with him in the team on Tuesday and the last twenty on Saturday than we did without him in my opinion.
I don't disagree - and maybe the seat on the bench helped him a focus a bit more when he came on.
Of course, McCall might just have been saving him for the second leg!
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Okay but you didn't really answer my question, in what way was removing Ojamaa and putting in Daley going to increase our chances of beating Ross County?
The story on here was that Ojamaa was dropped due to disciplinary reasons. I don't know if that is true or not, but even if not, a number of people are of the opinion that he didn't do himself any favours on Tuesday night.
I haven't seen every minute of every pre-season game, but in the highlights (against Accies for example) Daley was directly involved in a couple of the goals and a number of the chances. I did see all of the Panathanaikos game and thought that either through inexperience or greed, Henrik messed up a few of our scoring opportunities.
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I think we suffered from McCall pissing about with the tactics. Why after the way we played aganist Panathinaikos would you want to tinker with the team?
Because Panathanaikos at home is a different proposition from Ross County away.
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Agree with that, all the front players seem clueless just now.
I think we are suffering from the pre-season cancelations. That kind of sharpness is what those games develop.
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You are lucky you weren't there mate .......................... honestly, it was dire
So it was dire and we kept a clean sheet and got a point.
History shows that the newly promoted teams usually get at least a point in their first home game, and that teams in the middle of a Euro tie often struggle.
That, plus the fact we missed a few key pre-season games, means a win today was optimistic rather than likely. If you can't win, then take your point, go home and get ready for the next one.
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Glad to see nobody is overreacting to our first away point of the season.
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Motherwell Vs Panathinaikos
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I'm sorry, but this just smacks of the 'plucky Motherwell' headlines we are likely to see in tomorrow's papers.
I have no problem in with being proud of the team for their achievements, and both amazed and delighted we made a CL game in my lifetime. That doesn't mean there isn't some disappointment in some of the errors that we made. When we beat Hearts at Tynecastle last season to set ourselves up for 3rd place, I don't remember any chat about them being bigger and stronger and costing more than Motherwell can ever dream of (even though all 3 are true).
There is no shame in losing over the 2 legs to a team of that calibre. There is no shame in being proud of what we have achieved. I don't, however, think it's unreasonable to be annoyed at the nature of the first goal we conceded tonight or concerned that we are still lacking a cutting edge (whether against Greeks or SPL opponents). Remember, we a have a number of players with European experience at club and U-21 level and would expect them to be just a little more savvy sometimes. That doesn't take away from the enjoyment of the tie, it just sets up more talking points for the upcoming games - including lessons to take into our Europa Cup adventure.