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Dunfermline fans are absolutely raging with us about that! 😜😜😜

One or two Jambos spouting the same pish on Pie & Bovril. Welsh cant play, McGinn is said to be injured, which leaves SOD as the only identifiable "Sellic Man" in our team, and I think he has done enough in his time here to prove that lying down is not in his make up.

One of the good things about this team is that, even when we are not playing at our best, the workrate and detrmination to run for one another is always there. Im not saying we have enough to win on Wednesday. But we certainly have enough about us not to lose, regardless of who starts. Gonna be another cracking night under the lights.

Id love him to still be here next season, but realistically? He deserves a big move. I just hope its to a different league and for a hefty transfer fee. We will need to replace him somehow!

He definitely has been targetted. The number of fouls committed on him in the last few games has been quite ridiculous. I know he is quick and often nips the ball away before his opponent, but they are all leaving the foot in to ensure they stop him breaking away. Thankfully he is young(ish) and quite hardy for a wee guy.

Thats really shit if confirmed. Means we probably have to go with Gordon and SOD in the middle on Wednesday. Thankfully Johnny K is back so hopefully he can at least start and give us 60 minutes as I dont fancy having Sparrow outside Gordon.

Re the penalties. For me, Kyziridis is running away from goal and has lost control of the ball. There is slight contact from Maswanhise, but Kyziridis heels are spring loaded and he throws himself to the ground quite embarassingly. Ive seen them given, and I would have been screaming for it, but I think McLean gets that right, and fairplay to him for standing his ground. My justification for that is the foul on Welsh for Shanklands goal. I dont think there was enough in that either, but there is way more contact than the penalty claim and the push stops Welsh getting any sort of jump on the ball. Boyd and McFadden apply double standards there. If they think Kyziridis is a stonewall pen then it has to be a foul on Welsh. You cant have it both ways. As for JTs pen. I was certain it was a pen at the game but when you see it slowed down, he definitely kicks the Hearts players leg and loses his balance. No pen for me.

SODs was excellent but voted for Gordon purely because I had the absolute fear when I saw he was playing and he never put a foot wrong. Very good performance considering his lack of game time.

Wow! Tough crowd! Thoroughly enjoyed the game tonight. Big crowd, great atmosphere, end to end stuff and thought we were well worthy of our point. Not the best football we have played this season, but that was mostly due to Hearts not allowing us to by going man for man and pressing us hard all over the park. They forced us into playing the type of game they wanted to play, but we stood up to it and battled hard for our point. Overall, pretty pleased with our nights work. Would have been nice to have won but that point could be very important. Looking forward to Wednesday. Hopefully McGinn is fit and Fadinger is back.

Halliday comes across really well in that interview. He certainly isnt the character I had anticipated when we signed him. Just goes to show, you should never judge a book by its cover. I wish him well for whatever the future holds and look forward to seeing him in The Hunter next season!

Good point.

Very interesting interview. Max comes across like a really good guy. Be interesting to see what happens when Jens moves on. Does he go too, or are we looking at our next Head Coach?

I could live with that. Hearts fell lucky with Bloom as he already had the analytics in place and the model had already proved successful elsewhere. Not sure how many Tony Blooms, or Jamestowns there are out there, but if we could find someone trustworthy with the necessary finances / expertise then it could be a good fit.

He would likely have been a jobbing journalist at the Evening Times back then and not long out of College. Off The Ball isnt what it was, but it does give clubs like Motherwell and St Johnstone (amongst others) a platform and exposure we probably wouldnt get if the presenters werent supporters of diddy clubs.

At least he isnt on VAR! 😜😜😜

The whole investment chat is wrong headed for me. What is investment? Normally it means putting money into something short term with the expectation of a financial return at some point in the future. I dont see how any investor makes money out of Motherwell FC without asset stripping us. Scottish football isnt awash with money like the English Premiership. So European Football would be the only way to make money from us honestly, and we cant realistically offer that to any investor on a regular basis. Id love to know what the score is at Hibs. If they have lost £13m in the last 3 years, what are the terms & expectations of the investors? Even if they are honourable, it cant be a bottomless pit and they will pull the plug at some point. The best way for us is to grow the club into an attractive proposition and sell some of our shareholding, whilst maintaining our 51% stake so that no one can sell anything out from under us. Seems to me we are quite well along that path with attendances up, money in the bank and some saleable assets on the books. Add in a progressive manager and potential Conference League football, I think its fair to say we are headed in the right direction. Certainly much stronger than we were with the Barmack offer on the table.

I think most of us have made peace with that fact. But I dont think I could handle him going to another club in Scotland. Particularly if its one of the ugly sisters. That would be hard to take. Im hopeful that he might stay another season and see out his contract. But if he doesnt, Id prefer he went down south or back to Europe.

No harm to them. I love their enthusiasm for their country and its players. But they will disappear like "snaw aff a dyke" from our social media pages the minute JT moves on.

Phone the ticket office and buy them on the phone. They will hold them for you at ticket office or post them out. Still plenty time to get there.

I guess the argument against that is the state of Aberdeen & Dundee United's pitches this winter. Im generally in agreement with grass being a requirement. But Id rather play on yesterdays pitch than the Pittodrie tattie field we got in the cup. Even ours wasnt great midwinter, albeit it played ok and there were mitigating factors. Edit: to add, Falkirk played very good football yesterday. But I guess they are used to the speed of the pitch.

Slattery for me. The only one consistently trying to get on the ball and make things happen. I wouldnt have taken him off.

Thought we struggled to play our normal game on a sticky pitch. First half was pretty even, albeit Falkirk had the best 2 chances. Second half, I thought we kept at it, but our delivery was poor. After they scored we started to take risks and could have easily conceded more. Not our best day at the office, but if the chance at the end goes in we all go home happy. Still not sure how Hendry missed that. Not sure it was going in, but he did seem to clear it off the line!

Just as Falkirk have our number, some teams are a good match up for us. Hearts seem to be one of them. Im expecting a good performance and at least a point from the game. Be a big noisy away support, so would be good to keep our numbers up and finish with a couple of big attendances and push the points over the line for Europe....

Hendry has been out injured for a lengthy period and his lack of match fitness really showed today. He isnt ready to start a game.......

The Forth 😜