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As someone who has defended Stama on here quite considerably, I felt the drop off after Hendry went off was quite significant.
Not sure what was wrong with Stama tonight, but he was second to every ball and ended up going off injured.
Beginning to suspect he is made of glass......
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1 hour ago, 0Neils40yarder said:
Weirdly, RCC was the sponsors motm
I actually thought Cookie had a good game, better than Maswanhise first half certainly.
But TJ got his goal and put a shift in second half despite clearly having been crocked scoring.
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1 minute ago, texanwellfan said:
Is that from JBA? What happened to Welsh?
Slide tackle to block a shot.
Got up holding his thigh.
Hopefully just a precaution.
Wasnt mentioned in post match interviews.
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Sorry, but it really isnt a difficult choice tonight.
Slattery, Fadinger, RCC, Koutroumbis all had good games, but Elliot Watt was an absolute stand out tonight.
One of the most complete midfield performances Ive seen from a Motherwell player in a long time and a fantastic goal to put the icing on the cake.
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Thoroughly enjoyed that tonight for a a number of reasons.
Firstly we absolutely dominated the first half with 72% possession of the ball having made 5 (five) changes to the starting line up.
United had 1 shot on target in 45 minutes and that was the free kick which Ward dealt with comfortably.
Second half we coped well with Goodwin going man for man to try and close us down and still managed to find ways around them. We did cough up a few chances, but we made far more ourselves proving that we can actually be a very effective counter attacking team if we need to be.
We scored 2 fantastic goals, kept a clean sheet and finished strongly despite having made 5 substitutions.
All in all, a very good nights work and 3 points to keep the momentum going into Saturday.
Fingers crossed the injuries aren't serious and we have as strong a starting 11 and bench as we had tonight.
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1 hour ago, weeyin said:
I like Spittal, but wouldn't start him ahead of Slattery, Watt, Fadinger or Just.
No, but he would be a very decent Slattery replacement when he inevitably moves on either in January or in the summer.....
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36 minutes ago, MJC said:
You need to actually be in the final to have a chance of lifting the cup and we won’t be because we won’t get past St.Mirren.
Absolutely no assumptions being made here.
But the point was made that we havent been winning finals since 1991 because we always come up against one of the ugly sisters and other teams that have won trophies in that time by luckily avoiding them.
Just pointing out there has been an outlier.......
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17 hours ago, FirParkCornerExile said:
What always pisses me off is whenever we get to a final it's the OF waiting on us (1991 excluding)
Since we last won in 1991. There have been winners who didn't face the OF.
Winners: Scottish Cup: Hearts faced Grena , St Johnstone faced Hibs, ICT faced Falkirk, Dundee Utd faced Ross County, Kilmarnock faced Falkirk. League Cup: Livingston faced Hibs, Hibs faced Kilmarnock , St Mirren faced Hearts, Aberdeen faced ICT.
If we get to the final it will be my 6th and we will have faced the OF in 5 of them.
Aberdeen beat Celtic to lift the Scottish Cup 6 months ago.
It can be done......
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7 hours ago, wellfan said:
But what about the shoots on goal...
Im just sad there isnt a metric for unecessary passes & dribbles! 😆
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2 hours ago, MJC said:
I know we’ve got Dundee Utd on Wednesday before this but I am absolutely dreading this on Saturday and think it’s got all the hallmarks of a disastrous and sickening night for us. One of those games we’ll look back on for years and shudder like Rangers in 2012, Airdrie Semi Final in mid 70s, losing to ten man Aberdeen in the QFS when the Old Firm were already out and so on.
I don’t know how it will pan out obviously but I am absolutely convinced we will lose one way or another.
”Mind that St.Mirren LCSF in 2025? Jeez don’t even go there, I still have nightmares about that one”
edit: And if/when we do lose then I will 100% be supporting whichever Old Firm side in the final, none of this birthday caird nonsense like Tam Cowan will inevitably come out with like “ye know whit, fair play tae St.Mirren an am delighted fur ma St.Mirren pals an a’ll be cheering them oan in the final cos that’s what fitbaawww is aw aboot. Course ah would a loved it if Motherwell had goat there but fur a wee diddy team like us just gettin tae a semi final is fantaaaastic it wis a great day oot, few beers, game a fitbaawww then oot efterwards fur a curry, which ah must add wis absolootly top notch”
Not for me sorry. If we can’t win the trophy and have our day in the sun then I certainly don’t want St.Mirren to have theirs.
Firstly, thanks for your prediction. I feel much more relaxed about the game now!
Secondly, are you sure? Even if its those beastly Celtic fans that will be celebrating a victory?
Surely you would rather St Mirren fans were cheering than the worst fans in Scotland.
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Am I mis-remembering, or was the "professional foul" not punishable by a red card back in the day (70's).
And if so, why did it change?
I have vague recollections of Motherwell players being hauled down on the half way line and red cards being shown.
Could have been a pre cursor to the last man / clear goalscoring opportunity rule, but I kinda feel that it was a thing.......
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32 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
Just cos I was curious.
Shots on target (average, league matches only)
1. Hibernian - 6.0
2. Hearts - 5.8
3. Dundee Utd - 5.6
4. Celtic - 5.2
5. Rangers - 4.8
6. Falkirk - 4.5
7. Kilmarnock 3.7
8. Aberdeen 3.6
9. Livingston 3.6
10. Motherwell 3.55
11. St Mirren - 3.0
12. Dundee - 2.4
I guess our conversion rate is better than we thought then?
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35 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:
What’s the deal with Suele? Is he going to come back or has injury ruled him Out for the season?
Prognosis was due back January......
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I think the issue with Welsh is that he is no longer a young player and unlikely to develop into a player that will be dependable for them in Europe, or sold on for a fee.
That being the case, they need to clear some space for the next project.
Welsh has been impressive for us since he arrived and is clearly better than anything else we had, whether there will be a queue of bigger clubs lining up for him when his Celtic contract expires, Im not so sure.
Id be more than happy for us to get him on a contract though.
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3 hours ago, wellfan said:
We’re being sold a sham in Scotland that would never fly in the English top flight, yet we just sit and accept it every week. Budget VAR tech, incompetent officials, and plastic pitches. I’ve had enough.
I hear you buddy, but you're still going on Wednesday though, right?
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10 hours ago, FirParkCornerExile said:
Correct the pace on that pitch today was ridiculously slow. Whilst not to blame for every intercepted pass it certainly played a part.
It also took Longelo, Said and Maswanhise out the game as it was nigh impossible to dribble on effectively.
Given that they are our "chaos agents" thats a big part of our game nullified before we start.
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4 hours ago, Richie said:
I've questioned a few offside decisions in the past with the lines, because surely, by definition, they need to be drawn parrallel to the markings (goal-line, box, halfway line) on the park. On occasion it has seemed like the haven't
I think the VAR technology can provide the angles to draw the lines. But we paid for the cheap version with less cameras which, by definition will be less accurate.
It therefore stands to reason that, with very tight decisions like today's, its hard to have confidence in its accuracy.
So although it isnt a subjective thing, the "clear and obvious" is still a fair shout......
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The win today should take a bit of the pressure off and being back on the grass should allow us to be a bit more free flowing again.
Hopefully Longelo is ok, although I would be just as happy to rest him for the semi final if required.
Everyone else should be fitter and sharper as a result of todays run out.
Im not convinced United are all they are cracked up to be. Decent, yes. Beatable, certainly.
Id take a draw, but 3 points would be magnificent for the teams confidence ahead of Saturday.
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Slim pickings today. Some very average perfmances. Watt and Fadinger gave the ball away a lot more than usual. JT was anonymous and Longelo looked like he had the wrong boots on.
For me Just was the stand out player.
Not everything was coming off this week, but he kept plugging away trying to open the door, was very unfortunate with the 2 disallowed goals, so really nice that he got a deserved winner!
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Probably the poorest we have played all season, so more than a bit ironic to get the 3 points.
I thought the pitch played a huge part. Despite being a brand new surface, if you dont water it, its gonna play slow and sticky. Clearly a deliberate ploy from Livvy to disrupt our rythmn, and it worked.
Too many of our key players failed to cope with it and despite still being the better team, we werent anywhere near as effective as usual.
Good to see Slattery back and his pass to Just for the winner is sublime.
Thought Walsh was very inconsistent with his decisions and let Livvy away with repeated fouling and feigning injury to disrupt the game, and the 2 offside goals are very marginal, particularly the first one, where the VAR camera angle is beyond a joke.
Big win for us. Avoid defeat on Wednesday (or even better win) and we can go into the semi final with a lot of confidence.
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Strong looking starting 11 and a very strong looking bench
Will today be the day?
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6 hours ago, robsterwood said:
Semi final not massive as it's old firm in final. Would be more interesting if final was against other side. Been to last 3 finals against old firm and never even competed in the games.
Seriously?
How any Motherwell fan can so easily dismiss getting to a cup final is beyond me.
Im 56 years old and Ive seen us play in 5.
Ok, we have only won one of them, and having either Celtic or Rangers in the final always makes things harder. But these are not strong Rangers and Celtic teams, and this Motherwell team has already shown it can go toe to toe with both of them this season.
The League Cup semi final is a huge game for us.
Given that we cant win the league, surely we can still dream of winning a cup?
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2 hours ago, well_said said:
We have got a home game v Dundee United in between.
Not sure what that has to do with my point?
If Stama, Hendry or anyone else is risked on the plastic and get injured, they will likely miss the semi final.
However, still need to fulfill the fixture and could do with the 3 points.
Motherwell v Dundee United 29/10/2023
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Didnt think he appeared to be running fine at any point last night. Thats the poorest Ive seen him.
To be fair, their centre half was an absolute monster, so wasnt a particularly fair fight. But Hendry did much better against him.