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Dundee look to have improved quite a bit from earlier in the season.
They gave Hibs a real run for their money today.
Tough game, but these are the ones we need to win if we want to be taken seriously as title contenders.
On a positive note, their pitch looks great, so our players should enjoy it a bit more than the surfaces they have played on lately, including ours.
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His effort to get back goalside near the end to keep the clean sheet was immense. As was Manny's tracking back during the same move! Great teamwork! 🧡❤️🧡
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Thought Fadinger was very good. But given how critical I was of him last week, Ive voted for Slattery. Worked really hard and cut out any nonsense, including the lazy passes he is prone to playing. Everything he did was positive. He can enjoy his Saturday night knowing he was a very good team mate!
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I think it shows how far we have come as a team when you leave the ground slightly underwhelmed with a 2-0 victory over Dundee United.
I thought we were pretty good first half. Controlled the game and limited them to one decent chance. Created plenty ourslves and should have really scored a few goals.
Had no idea what happened with the penalty at the game, but from the highlights their defender clearly elbows JT in the midrift, so think its a fair enough shout.
Got lucky with the finish for the second goal, but given the other chances we created (and missed) we probably deserved it on pressure alone.
Was disappointed how we finished the game.
We got sloppy with our passing and made some pretty bad decisions. A better team might have taken advantage.
Overall though, great 3 points. Thought we had gears to go and can certainly play a lot better. We might need to next week.
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47 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
Presumably after all the Callum Slattery chat over the past week we won't see any playacting whatsoever in today's Premiership games?
Certainly not from our side! 😉
I look forward to seeing the highlights of the St Mirren game with some anticipation! 😆😆😆
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4 hours ago, weeyin said:
Who are you dropping for Fadinger?
If I was dropping anyone it would be Priestman. He doesnt deserve to be dropped, but he is a huge asset to bring off the bench with 30 minutes to go. He is the most natural replacement for Watt, and protecting him after the 60 minute mark would be smart imho.
The alternative is go same again and bring Fadinger on after 60 minutes for either Watt or Slattery.
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7 minutes ago, weeyin said:
I'm fully expecting JBA to replace Slattery wtih Fadinger tomorrow, so he can imply dropping him was part the "dealt with internally" process even if it is in reality load balancing.
I wouldnt.
Much as I though his reaction to the incident was embarassing, did him and us no favours, I wouldnt give the St Mirren fans still greetin about it any encouragement!
He has had the waggy finger. Time for the arm round the shoulder. (And shove that new contract in front of him 😉)
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Just now, texanwellfan said:
We have definitely done a lot of great work but as JBA keeps reminding us amd we all know, we have to keep up and improve over the last 11 games
COYW!!!!
100%
Win the next 2 games and we show we have developed into a team that can win the games they need to.
After that, we need to go to Glasgow and win.
You cant win the title unless you can win in Glasgow (apparently)......
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22 minutes ago, ropy said:
We lost 3 goals in two early games against Hearts and Celtic. So can’t be many other games that we have lost more than one goal across the season.
Only Hearts (3), Celtic (3), Killie (2), Falkirk (2).
After that we have never lost more than 1 goal in any league game.
Thats bonkers.
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1 defeat in 19 league games.
And even that was the game at Ibrox where we should have had at least a point.
We have only conceded 5 goals in the league since the League Cup semi final. Thats 17 league games.
Given we have only lost 18 league goals in 27 games so far that means we lost 13 of those in the first 10 games before the semi final.
The semi final was a sore one, but Jens has clearly learned from that defeat and tweaked the system.
United have some dangerous players up top, but they will have to commit bodies in the press to get the better of us which should leave them more open at the back.
Could be a very good game!
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This weeks episode is a good listen!
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9 hours ago, Yir Elder said:
Great listen!
Subscribed! 🧡❤️🧡
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1 hour ago, mio said:
If we can get wins against both the Dundee teams we are 100% in the title race. Any less than 6 points I think the dream may be derailed
As the team playing catchup, we definitely cant afford to be dropping points against teams in the bottom 6 if we have any real aspirations of winning the league.
Winning all our games will be a big ask, but if we did, Id be pretty confident 83 points wins the title.....
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1 hour ago, texanwellfan said:
Is it no Saturday yet? 🥱
Its a long week without midweek games!
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11 hours ago, thewelllfan said:
I might be in the minority but if we're getting offered upwards of 5M for Maswanhise come the summer get him on the first plane there he's a good player but at 23 he's still extremely raw and I highly doubt he'll replicate his numbers this season again anywhere else.
Absolutely.
No way the club are turning that kind of money down.
Its our model after all.
We take it and invest modestly in the next Maswanhise.
It also takes any pressure of taking low ball offers for any of our other players.
"Meet the valuation or bugger off!"
This summer is going to be an entirely new experience for us as a club. One where we are not just clearing the decks to try and get rid of the deadwood, but trying to hold onto as much of this squad as we can, whilst at the same time not standing in the way of players career development.
The only hope is that Jens is still the guy overseeing it and we are not looking for a new manager as well.
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Very pleasing.
I know we are all looking up the way, but these little milestones will let the board start planning early for next season....
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Stick a linky on Peter!
😍😍😍
Although Im sure we can find it!
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Pleased for the Ox.
Decent keeper. Just unfortunate that he doesnt appear to be a good fit for our new system.
Also gets some of his wage off the books and gives him a shop window for a permanent move.
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22 minutes ago, thewelllfan said:
I'd love him to stay a couple years and build Motherwell into a club that resembles Bodo Glimt I just think in reality he'll lose a few key players in the summer and we're not likely going to give him much of the money from the sales, he's got no real affinity to the club other than he seems to be enjoying it and from the sounds of it is on a couple of clubs radar. (Celtic and Copenhagen if rumours are to be believed.)
If Celtic or Copenhagen come in for him he will be gone (paricularly the latter). But Im not so sure some of the other names banded about will tempt him.
I think he only moves in a summer window to a bigger club where he thinks he can replicate the success he has had in implementing his style with us.
He wont want to risk any backward steps.
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36 minutes ago, Mad Dog said:
Would he be able to do that at a bigger club, though? I have my doubts, and feel that he is already at a place where he can do this.
It would be absolutely surreal if he stayed and turned us into the Scottish Bodo/Glimt.
Not sure I would be able to cope with being that good! 😍😍😍
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6 hours ago, thewelllfan said:
I can imagine he would but given he's rarely spent longer than a year at a club in his managerial career, I imagine he'll not be sticking around long enough to da that here.
Maybe he realises that building something with us will get him the bigger jobs he clearly merits?
I get that money talks. But if you have a longer term strategy you could build firmer foundations for a longer career.
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Can I be greedy and choose option C?
A good league season AND a cup win.
We weren't far away this year. Circumstances conspired against us. Luck was the thing we ran out of......
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13 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:
Ye no doubt usual journalists will ask Jens about it so best to say its been dealt with in house. Annoying as overshadowed a wee bit our amazing performance.
But....if VAR had done their job the red would have been rescinded like Gogic one
The suggestion is that VAR did do its job and King was sent off for throwing his arm out at an opponent, regardless of whether he made contact or not.
I dont agree with that, but if thats the rule, then I guess we just need to accept that, much as we did with Oscars red card for a slip.
We could, and probably will just stay quiet about the play acting as most clubs and managers will instinctively protect their own player, and thats fine.
But if, as KMcAlpin suggests, you want to try and eradicate that sort of stuff from the game, someone needs to be brave and take a stand.
But you do need to be really careful and do it in a way that doesnt through your own player under the bus.
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9 hours ago, Stuwell2 said:
Thought this was discussed previously and it was said he’s on a 1 year rolling contract - would be very happy to be proven wrong.
Previous managers were on 1 year rolling contracts.
There has been no confirmation that Jens is the same.
There was a suggestion that he had signed a 2 year deal, but no idea where that came from or how credible it is.
Probably not something that can be confirmed one way or another.
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MOTM Dundee Utd 28-Feb-2026
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MaraDonnell!
The re-birth is quite something!