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1 hour ago, Kmcalpin said:
I would think that Jordan McGhee is in line for more game time given that he's already made a few appearances from the bench. Probably not capable of lasting 90 minutes but could do a turn for 45 or 60 maybe?
Very interested to see what he has got in the locker once he is up to speed.
I really have no recollection of him at Dundee or Hearts so Ive no idea if he will fit into this team or not.
As a Kettlewell signing, you would presume that if he cant he wont be afforded the same amount of time as others.
Hopefully he does though and offers another option, particularly if he can play multiple positions.
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51 minutes ago, numpty said:
Making referees decide what is an accidental slip or stumble versus a player pretending to slip or stumble (or not even trying to pretend but getting away with it anyway) sounds like it would result in even more controversial decisions. At least with the current rules they don't have another judgement call to make.
Its not really in the spirit of the game though is it?
An early bath for something you had absolutely no control over whatsoever?
Its harsh.........
Edit: to add, I dont think Liam Gordon's challenge is a red card under the current laws of the game. But, much like Souttar's challenge in the Rangers game, it should be.
A very deliberate act.......
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The Cup v League position debate is and always has been boring.
Its a hypothetical that doesnt exist in the real world.
Had we won last night we would have been in with a good shout in the cup, but we would still have been in 4th place this morning chasing Europe on 2 fronts.
We didnt. And the cup is gone for another year. So we need to re-focus and try and achieve whats left for us.
Thats finishing as high up the league as possible.
FWIW, I actually think this team is the best prepared for European football of any team we have had since the team that played Dortmund.
So going out to some minnow in the qualifying rounds may not be our "prize" this time round......
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Totally agree.
It may have been the correct decision based on the laws of the game.
But the law is an ass in those circumstances.
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McGinn.
It was a difficult night.
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Desperately disappointed that we didnt progress and take advantage of an open draw.
And I guess there could be some questions asked over the starting line up.
However, what can you do when you get a man sent off after 3 minutes?
Regardless of what you think of the decision, the gameplan is already on the slates.....
FWIW I thought we held on and tried to stabilise things and when it was evened up to 10 aside we looked like we could asset ourselves.
The second red card is a joke, albeit, Gordon really doesnt need to make the challenge.
Thought we were the better team with 9 men, but its really hard to effect the game at that stage.
Overall, circumstances have dictated our exit. Its difficult therefore to criticise the gaffer or the team.
Just need to concentrate in the league now.
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22 minutes ago, weeyin said:
I'd also add that never once during our 91 Cup success did I feel this was our "best chance ever".
The narrow wins, replays and penalty shootouts backed up how fine the margins are.
The '91 team had some good players.
But they didnt dominate and control games the way this one does. It also had an average mid table finish in the league.
So no surprise none of us really saw us winning the cup that season until we beat Celtic in the semi final.
Even then we were up against a decent Dundee United side that we were no better than 50/50 to beat.
Im not saying we will definitely win tonight, beating Aberdeen away is always a tough task. But you have to look at the possibilities going forward if we do win, and the draw has absolutely opened up with the big two drawing each other.
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24 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
Pretty much my view. We're still work in progress and far ahead of where I thought we'd be with JBA introducing a new system. There's still a few weaknesses for JBA or someone else to sort out. I'll be a bit down if we don't make the top 6 but thats becoming increasingly unlikely. I think we've got a better chance of winning a cup next season. Thats not to say that we shouldn't go all out for a win tonight. Aberdeen were kind enough to give us a few friendly warnings on Sunday; lets hope we learnt from them.
Im with you on the league.
Top 6 looks a stick on now, but there is still room for improvement in this squad, so if we dont make top 3 or 4 Id be disappointed, but still view it as a good season.
Re the cup though, the chances of the uglies drawing each other before the semis and both Hearts and Hibs being out, doesnt come along too often, especially coinciding with us having a good team.
So I think this IS about as good a chance of winning a cup as we are going to get.
But much like the chance the League Cup afforded us, we still need to step up and do the business.
Tonight is huge.
Win and we have a winnable tie to get us back to Hampden. At that point all bets are off.
Lose and we will be moping around wondering "what if" once more......
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They keep trying to get that headline, and he keeps batting them away!
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59 minutes ago, numpty said:
They usually have the top home attendance in Australia, averaging around 15,000. Their new stadium, which they share with a couple of rugby teams, holds about 42,000 - not sure where they’re playing in that video, but it’s not that one. (Auckland who play in the same league have had slightly higher attendances in recent years, but they’re in NZ of course.)
I presume "Soccer" is behind Aussie Rules, Rugby League and Cricket for attendances?
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39 minutes ago, SteelmaninOZ said:
Here’s a wee clip of the game
I had assumed Sydney would be a fairly big club with a big support and a decent stadium.
I guess that isnt the case?
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35 minutes ago, star sail said:
We have Celtic away and Hearts away before the split. Is that a mountain to climb or an opportunity?
Many would call it a mountain.
JBA would call it an opportunity.
A couple of wrongs to right!
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25 minutes ago, Mintymac said:
How many games is Fadinger suspended for
Its two.
Missed yesterday and will miss St Mirren.
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I think its absolutely mind blowing that we are even contemplating it.
I thought those days were gone and never coming back.
Of course Rangers and Celtic have both made catastrophic management appointments this season and allowed Hearts and ourselves to capitalise, but I certainly couldnt see this coming at the start of the season, and Im probably one of the happiest clappers out there.
We are still a fair bit back mind you but if we can win our game in hand and secure a few more good results (particularly away from home) before the split, I think we can still be in touch going into the split where it will be all to play for.
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2 hours ago, MJC said:
Just how it often goes with football. Double headers like this throw up different winners* and especially when one of them is a cup tie.
Plus I never, ever trust Motherwell when it comes to cup games.
* I am aware that we beat Aberdeen in the League Cup and then in the league back to back earlier in the season, but I don’t see us doing the ‘double-double’ over them.
I get that.
And we have all been programmed over many, many years to think that way.
I keep waiting for this bubble to burst and for us to throw in a stinker. But, League Cup semi aside (and that wasnt even that awful for the most part) it just hasnt happened.
At some point I think we need to decide whether this manager and this team has earned that trust.
If we can win this one, it will be another step along the road......
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1 minute ago, MJC said:
We’re not winning this I’m afraid. Just can’t see it.
Either a narrow loss in 90 or ET or a penalty shootout loss.
Whatever happens we won’t be travelling to the Kingdom of Fife on 7th March.
Having seen both teams yesterday, what is your logic for that?
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7 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:
Because like the Manager I take one target at a time
Target 1. Avoid relegation .. tick
Target 2. Top 6 ......... to be determined
Target 3. 4th place and European football ....to be determined
Target 4. 2nd place and Champions League football ... to be determined
Target 5. Win the League .... to be determined
Target 6 Win the Scottish Cup... to be determined
This season is but a ladder to be climbed! 😉
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I think we win this one.
Aberdeen pressed us really hard today and we got sucked into attacking the space in front of us leaving us wide open at the back.
Jens wont allow that to happen again, so I expect us to be more disciplined defensively and restrict their chances.
It will make it a tighter game, but I think we have the quality to get the goal we need.
1-0 Motherwell.
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McGinn was imperious today, however, I went for Oscar Priestman. He was absolutely everywhere and always available to take the ball.
Took so much pressure off his team mates given how hard Aberdeen tried to press us.
Outstanding performance.
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Thought our offensive performance was pretty good today (finishing aside) and it was certainly another entertaining game.
If I have one complaint, it was that we were a bit gung ho at times and left ourselves open to the counter attack way too often.
At one point we had 5 guys in the Aberdeen box and 50 yards between them and our back four with only two Aberdeen players in the space in between!
I think that made life a little bit more uncomfortable defensively than it needed to be.
I get the teams enthusiasm for getting forward and scoring goals, but our clean sheets have been built on structured possession and that today was back to the Tynecastle 3-3 madness.
Overall, still a great 3 points and Im sure Jens will have things tightened up for Wednesday so we dont conceed so much possession/chances.
Only 7 points off top place if we win our game in hand.
Its still all to play for.....
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20 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
A strange game that could have ended 7-3 or thereabouts to us. We deserved to win but made it awfully hard for ourselves. We should have had the game sewn up by half time were it not for some incredible misses. Aberdeen weren't bad themselves and could have scored 2 or 3 were it not for some bad luck striking woodwork etc. Not our best performance it has to be said. A Jordan McGhee assisted OG saved some last minute nail biting. We looked a bit jaded and defensively weren't as secure as normal, although we achieved another incredible clean sheet. Maybe we missed Fadinger's presnce in the middle?
Like Rangers before them, Aberdeen were cynical, picking up 6 yellow cards which should have been even more. Perahps a back handed compliment to us. Quite why 2 defenders weren't yellow carded for blatantly hauling down Said is beyond me. Someone was also very very fortunate not to be red carded for a deliberate elbow on Paul McGinn. David Dickionson was in charge and he let his assistants know it.
Still another win and clean sheet. Top six is becoming increasingly likely. Happy days indeed.
The defenders grabbed an arm each with Said! Couldbt believe they didnt get carded.
Dickinson is no Bargain. But he is a bit of a Hunt!
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1 hour ago, mio said:
Something tells this me that this will be a wild selection and formation today.
Aberdeen would seem to have a brand new side today as well as they went tonto in the January window.I’d except a crappy 1-0 win right now on what will be a boggy park.
Jens has done the opposite!
Pretty much full strength!
Must be hoping to put it to bed early then rotate those that need minutes.
Fingers crossed!
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7 hours ago, weeyin said:
Over at P&B today someone mentioned he's one of Robinson"s trusted Motherwell players (along with Liam Donnelly) that he looks to help change a game - and has offered absolutely nothing so far.
A few other quotes:
Something has gone badly wrong over the past few seasons.
His fitness and energy were one of his main attributes. I can only think that one of his injuries has left him unable to get back to his previous levels.
Either that, or he is so disillusioned with fitba his head just isnt in it anymore.
Sad.
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7 hours ago, SteelmaninOZ said:
He missed a couple but played well considering he only trained on Friday for Sydney. The name on his jersey said STAMA.
Maybe his new manager was trying to take the weight off his shoulders!
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St Mirren V Motherwell 21/02/2026
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After a very disappointing cup exit, important to hit the ground running with a victory going in to our last 12 league games. Dont want any negative momentum gathering.....
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