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1 hour ago, MelvinBragg said:
I actually think we'll finish 10th this season. Don't get all the early season optimism. I appreciate we're playing some nice stuff but the real lack of a cutting edge will cost us. Fully expect us to lose tonight and at Douglas Park next week. That would mean out of the league cup and one point out of nine from the first three games.
While I’m realistic enough to realise we are unlikely to challenge Celtic, Rangers and probably Aberdeen, if you can’t have a bit of optimism about a cup run and/or a top 6 finish in August, whats the point?
Our 2 league games have been against Celtic who will win the league at a canter and Livi who are very strong at home on a tricky surface. I’m not going to write us off as relegation candidates based on those 2 games, nor have us winning the league because we beat Annan and Dumbarton...
I think we could be most improved team this season. I don’t think that’s unrealistic.
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9 hours ago, Well-Made said:
Apparently Scott Bain has picked up an injury and will be out for a couple of months. Lennon now looking for cover, wonder if they'll come calling for Carson.
Thought the same, especially given previous interest. Although apparently Fraser Forster on loan is the favourite...
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Hearts look utter dung and Hibs don’t look any better.
I think not only can we beat them tonight, we can finish ahead of them in the league. Naismith is their best player by a mile and he’s had rotten luck with injuries.
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I think people mistake stewards for security staff. Stewards are paid minimum wage to point you to your seat, tell you where the pie stand is and politely asks you to behave.
They will act as a deterrent to bad behaviour, but the reality is they can’t, won’t and shouldn’t do a thing about it beyond a request to behave.
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6 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:
Probably not but the can make sure that the sponsor knows what standards are expected and advise that appropriate action will be taken against those who for whatever reason cause offence.
Were they behaving offensively?
I think there needs to be an element of live and let live. It’s not like the Green Brigade were given the main stand.
I’ve taken an unused season ticket for games at Parkhead and Ibrox and nobody had a problem.
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11 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
Is there provision for Gallagher's red card be annulled? Can the referee admit to making an error, in his report which will be due in the next few days? If not thats a real injustice as yellow cards do mount up and suspensions follow.
I didn’t think there was, but they upgraded Carroll’s last week.
It was a 50/50 ball and Bolingoli shat out it.
It’s not why we lost yesterday, but we got nothing from Walsh.
Whilst I thought our penalty claim was on the soft side, 3 times in the game he gave Celtic a foul for similar incidents, 2 of those he gave a yellow card with. One of them lead to the ball coming up the park for the foul on Griffiths for the 2nd goal. The handball by Bolingoli in build up to 4th was a clear handball under any interpretation of the laws, old or new, his hand was straight up in the air.
I didn’t see much if any contact at their penalty either, but would need to see again.
Its hard enough up against them.
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I don’t really have a problem with fans of other teams. I live amongst them every day.
If they aren’t causing any bother and just want to watch their team I wouldn’t get too worked up about it, they’re just football fans that prefer a different team.
Club have done a great thing cutting the main stand tickets at a 6 figure cost across the season. They can’t individually vet every guest that comes with sponsors etc.
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19 hours ago, wee alphie said:
Does anyone know if there is a pitch inspection planned? It's bucketing down here and not forecast to stop.
Anybody else think that said pitch invasion at first.
Wonder how they will behave today? They might try and take the moral high ground? Or more likely revert to type. Overcrowd the front of south stand, set off pyro, go on the track if they score, sing about the IRA and smash some seats.
Can see clubs like us and Killie having to cut their allocation further, as it’s clear the police aren’t willing or able to control them.
Either we’ll decide it’s not worth it, or something serious will happen and the decision will be taken out our hands. h**s at Killie last weekend could be considered a warning/near miss.
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9 hours ago, Goggles & Flippers said:
Therefore it will be interesting to see if any Rangers player is charged for their role after their winner.
I don’t even think they booked anyone for leaving the field. I’d be quite happy if they relaxed that rule, but feel it would’ve been appropriate in that instance.
No yellow cards
No yellow card
yellow card
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2 hours ago, texanwellfan said:
Is there actually a documented procedure for how this is supposed to work? In most industries HR will have a well documented disciplinary process so that if they want to “punish” anyone they have a set procedure to be followed that supports their actions. I’m sure any half decent lawyer could rip the SFA (or whatever the governing body is) to shreds over their imposed disciplinary actions. Since football is not just a sport anymore but is a business in which their disciplinary actions can affect the livelihood of people, they should be held accountable for having a proper repeatable unbiased disciplinary procedure in place.
This is exactly why Celtic and Rangers win almost every appeal, no matter how frivolous. The SFA know they’ll lawyer up and drive a bus through the holes in their case.
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4 hours ago, wellup83 said:
If we leave at 5 o'clock with our stadium intact it will be a bonus.
With their midweek game, they’ll be knackered by 5pm.
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Saw a rumour on one of the FB pages that Esteban Casagolda is on trial at Killie.
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On the whole loan debate, generally have no issue with it, it’s open to everyone.
Does seem to be getting used as a way round FFP, loans with transfer later to move into new season etc.
Celtic do also seem to use the loan system to troll Rangers, did they not flood hibs with loan players when they were in championship with Rangers, then start loaning to Aberdeen when they were competing for 2nd/3rd....
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1 hour ago, thisGRAEME said:
Agreed.
I see this comment every time someone talks about the MLS, and I'm never sure what it's based on. Yeah, Ibrahimovic is there, fair enough, but the quality remains the same, attendances don't really seem to be changing dramatically, they're adding teams to it to expand it, but I dunno what 'on the up' really means beyond folk continuing to say it.
The rest of the point, yeah absolutely. Bellshill or Boston? You wouldn't see me for dust.
Think players have started leaving decent sized South American teams to go to the MLS. Whether this says more about the decline of South American football, I don’t know. Most of the best players are in Europe as teenagers now.
Its no longer just a retirement home for star players though.
Cadden isn’t going to play in La liga or Serie A. So MLS is a great opportunity. No language barrier, good lifestyle etc....
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Was there not something about us getting Trevor Carson from Hartlepool for less than we should’ve due to them being in admin or something?
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Just now, weeyin said:
The MLS season usually starts in early March. If he is planning to play in that, he'll need to leave Oxford early or play without a break until October/November 2020.
I agree none of this is Cadden's fault, though. Oxford may or may not be trying to bend the rules, and it's up to the authorities (and possibly the tax man) to decide if this is a legit agreement.
Yeah, be interesting to see if there’s any intention of him heading over there??
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4 hours ago, supermarv said:
Hartley also not surprisingly is our highest earner... tried to see if there were any takers for him but none so far, however I don’t think we are actively looking to pass him on now.
I like Hartley, but he looks a bit of a bomb scare at times defensively. He gifted Dumbarton 2 decent chances last night with slack play. As my mate commented, it had shades of McManus at Edinburgh City a few years back.
He’s probably better suited to no nonsense backs to the wall defending than no pressure playing out from the back though.
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31 minutes ago, johnstone said:
You have to remeber he never actually had an injury. It was a preventative operation that would have been completed via Keyhole surgery on an already fully operational knee.
My wife who is a physio for the NHS says he should recover very quickly from the actual operation. I suppose the time consuming part is getting back to a match fitness. But she was sayiing it is very possible he is back to full fitness by November.
I wonder if he recovers quicker as a professional athlete (and 19 year old) or if it takes longer to get back to his level than it would take your average guy in the street to get back to what would be acceptable for playing 5s once a week?
Maybe the 2 factors cancel each other out?
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I’d heard months ago that Cadden was keen on a move to America. So it may be he fully intends to go out there in May and have a crack at it, and why not! I wish I’d done something like that at his age, before I had kids and a mortgage. (Obviously not as a professional footballer!)
If he never sets foot in Ohio, it’s a different story...
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I think getting good money from Paddy Power without having their name plastered across our shirt is the best of both worlds.
Although as others have said, I never bought a car from Ian Skelly or flew to Canada on zoom airlines. If I was in the market for a car or flight to Canada, I would’ve been aware of the companies and considered them, but I didn’t learn to drive to buy a car from Ian Skelly, so I’m not going to take up gambling because we’re sponsored by paddy power, although those who do gamble might take their business there?
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2 hours ago, daver said:
My only memory of Boghead is the cup game when we struggled to salvage a 1-1 draw. I've got a vague memory of Shaun Teale having a poor game and being at fault for their goal.
Not been to their new ground though or seen us play yet this season so looking forward to popping along.
1 hour ago, Al B said:Shaun Teale didn't sign for us until the following year, but I seem to remember Brian Martin having a howler that day.
1 hour ago, daver said:Thanks I did say it was a vague memory! Not surprised at all to be wrong.
1 hour ago, Al B said:I was standing on the terrace that day in the middle of my first ever hangover, so it might not even have been Buff
I remember Rob Newman playing centre half that day, not sure who with. Vaguely remember him hitting a volley off the bar in front of the away end?
Whats the capacity at the new ground? Seems a fair interest in the game, combination of form so far and a potential new ground....
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18 minutes ago, weeyin said:
I'm not saying people wouldn't buy them. Just that if we lost even, say, £10k from a £150k sponsorhip deal by selling without a logo, that is a lot of extra shirts we'd need to sell to make up the difference.
Oh yeah, we’re going to recoup a few thousand quid tops. (Pun not intended)
Although given there’s a decent chance kids strips will ultimately need to remain sponsorless anyway, just get them out...
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3 hours ago, Busta Nut said:
You are more likely to get someone buying the top in the warmer months when the weather suits I'd reckon.
I tend to buy them half price when we’re knocked out the Scottish cup.
Only advantage of bringing first round proper into December.
And bit me in the arse when we got to final and shirt became a classic.
Can see for kids etc. having them out early is surely a must? We had literally thousands of extra kids at our last home game, hundreds at the open day, can imagine there would’ve been folk at both who would have considered a kit if available...
I remember going back years not getting kits until well into the summer. IIRC the fluorescent yellow one from mid 90s wasn’t available to buy until October.
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1 hour ago, supermarv said:
I’d say we’re due about 300-400k for hastie that’s a reasonable amount to pay.
Let’s be honest, you’d bite their hand off for that in normal circumstances. Probably put him in our top ten transfer fees received and he had 5 good games.
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Former Motherwell Fc Players Thread
in Club Chat
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I think an element of the Rangers support have taken issue with Butcher as he said in his autobiography and has said in his interviews since that he is ashamed/embarrassed at getting sucked into the sectarianism when he was at Ibrox.
I’d applaud him for it.