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33 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:
He is indeed. A few hours ago I had him marked down as stick on exit. However, on reflection and after reading this, I tend to agree. He's played well in the last 2 games and has the physicality we need. Time will tell.
As for the Dunfermline player you refer to, he is highly rated by the East End Park faithful. However there are a few clubs watching him including Aberdeen.
I kinda agree. I thought yesterday was more of a 3 at the back with Sparrow and RCC as wing backs, albeit it was very fluid with RCC ending up out on the left side at stages in the first half.
However, I thought Gordo looked very comfortable in that, although it was clear Hibs were quite happy to let him have it and didnt press him too much.
His use of the ball was as good as Ive seen it yesterday. Kept it simple for the most part, but some of his long diagonals were excellent.
Certainly wouldnt be opposed to him sticking around. I guess it just depends on what other targets are out there and whether Jens thinks they are better suited to what we do.
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I think the outlook of the new board (thanks to the the outlook of the Well Society) is more optomistic and forward looking. Probably just a product of being younger, more hopeful and more forward thinking.
They talked about easy gains/wins at the start and we have seen some of that this season with our entertaining brand of football increasing attendances and giving the club a wider media exposure.
Hopefully we can take the revenue from that and use it wisely to build on what is surely a stronger foundation than they inherited.
Many challenges ahead, not least the stadium. But with a new training base in the pipeline and European football on the horizon we must be a more attractive proposition to new players now.
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Aye good luck to Sam Nicholson.
I did wonder if we would offer him something to stay on. If he could stay fit he definitely had something to offer, even if it was just off the bench.
However, the injuries would always be in the thought process, so I guess we have decided to "twist" and move on.
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8 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
Bodo Glimt have a £31 million wage bill and have spent £38 million on their current team.
I'm sure if we can match those figures Jens will be happy to stay!
They didnt start out that way though.
The were in the Norwegian 2nd tier not that long ago.
Not saying we will ever get to those numbers. But you have to start somewhere.
Reach for the stars, you might just get the moon.....
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Listening to Jens dressing room speech last night, he didnt sound like a guy preparing to move on.
Ive thought for a while now he comes across as having a 2 year plan in his head and is committed to it.
Clearly, if an offer comes in thats impossible for him to ignore, then things could change very quickly, but I dont think we are there yet.
Re players, we know Slattery, Gordon, Balmer, Halliday and possibly Hendry are away. Nicholson, Robinson and Stama are also likely to move on.
JT is probably a certainty to move on and I would imagine Eli Just already has many suitors and a good World Cup probably makes it very difficult to hold on to him.
Beyond that, the manager and chairman have both said we will manage squad turnover carefully and incrementally, so I wouldn't expect too many other outgoings.
Welsh is an interesting one. He still has a year on his Celtic contract to go. Would Celtic let us buy it out? If rumours of his wage are true, £500k is a fairly big fee for us to pay, and he would need to take a pretty big pay cut to sign a new contract with us. Seems a bit of a stretch, but he has clearly loved being part of this team. Would another season long loan be possible?
The single biggest thing we could do close season is hold onto the manager. If we can do that, I have every confidence that this is just the start of something. Not the end!
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Gordon was excellent but Welsh for me.
Absolute Rolls Royce of a centre half.
Shoulda had a goal as well.
I see Hanley went off injured.
Were you watching Stevie Clarke!
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Thoroughly professional performance from start to finish. Totally dominated the first half and probably should have been further ahead.
No idea what the second goal is chalked off for. Didnt seem to be anything obvious.
Walsh totally lost the run of himself for about 20 minutes after that. Terrible tackles on RCC and Just, yet he sends Watt off for what appeared to be a dubious second yellow.
The lack of consistency in decision making is horrendous.
We did well to see the game out without conceding after that and it finished rather splendidly with cordial celebrations all round!
Great season. Great team.
Please dont break us up! 🧡❤️🧡
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5 hours ago, sinjy said:
Three question from Wednesday.
What was the attendance? It looked less than the Hearts game with some empty seats in the Cooper. People not willing to put up with their bile.
I left in disgust when the pen went in. Did the players get to do their traditional walk round?
Any word on damaged seats in the away end?
Just over 12k but not as big as Hearts.
They did a short walkaround, but it was very subdued due to what was going on in the corner.
Not heard anything.
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1 hour ago, MFCL84 said:
Lovely strip. Great to see the sponsors logo is hidden in plain sight. It helps the strip maintain a level of class.
My mates have been into the club shop and advise that the replicas have no sponsors. Blemish free!
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9 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
Article from the Daily Express which is pertinent to this discussion. I'm not one to get involved in politics on these pages, and make no comment but simply reposting an article.
Happy to accept you have posted this in good faith, but not sure how an article from the Express helps the discourse? They are fervent anti SNP Brexiteers with an axe to grind.
They also mention in the article that similar schemes are in place in Germany and the Netherlands. So what agenda are the governments / FA in those countries following?
There are many faults in our game and with our government, but suggesting that there is some conspiracy between the SFA and SNP to ensure Celtic win the league (as the article does, not you personally) is some leap.
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4 hours ago, grizzlyg said:
It's the song that is sung at games now, no idea who started it, think well Bois created it. I love it ( see...I do give the Bois praise)
I prefer it to the thunderclap
Its the same tune as "Scotland away, away, away". Think its relatively new, but has taken on a whole life of its own now. Hearing all 3 stands singing it last night and drowning out the Celtic fans was pretty special 🧡❤️🧡
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SOD, Johnny K and Tom Sparrow were all immense, but I went for Fadinger who was just everywhere.
Showed how much we miss him when he isnt there (or wearing a face mask!).
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To inject some positivity into the discussion we have sold 2k tickets for this, so the away end will be sizeable and noisy.
A fitting end to an incredible season.
I hope we get at least the point we deserve for all our efforts this season, but even if we dont, the squad deserve the proper send off they were denied last night, especially with a few of them definitely away in the summer, Slatts in particular.
Once more, "Stand Up And Sing For Motherwell!"
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My only concern about Max taking over is whether he has the man management skills to be successful.
No doubt he has the coaching qualifications and sings from the same hymn sheet as Jens, philosophy wise, but Jens has a stature about him that demands respect.
Hopefully its not an issue this season, but if it is the board will have another big decision to make.
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7 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:
Additional time is allowed for a penalty kick to be taken at the end of each half of the match or extra time. In this case, the penalty kick is completed (and the half is ended) when the ball:
➡ stops moving
➡ goes out of play
➡ is played by any player other than the defending goalkeeper or
➡ the referee stops play for an offence by the kicker or the kicker’s team
So if you are over the alloted 5 mins of ET, the match goes on till the Var check is resolved and if its a pen, when the ball hits the net etc its game over
My point entirely 👍👍👍
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Hung off from posting last night as I was way too angry about what transpired at the end of the game.
Regardless of our thoughts on the matter, it doesnt really change anything.
Hibs last minute winner means we need to go to Easter Road and get something. Given we have won 1 and drawn 2 against them this season and now have an injustice to fire the belly, we should embrace that situation.
Re last nights game. I really despair about any Motherwell fan who watched that last night and is anything other than proud of our performance.
Many Motherwell teams in the past have utterly capitulated to Celtic. But we went toe to toe with them for 90 minutes and were the better team by every metric, other than the one that actually counts.
It was a great performance and, but for a bit more quality/composure in the final third, we might have won that game.
There is a real feel good factor about Fir Park right now. Three stands up singing and bouncing in a game against one of the ugly sisters is a rare thing indeed.
Finally, to address the issue of our record against the top 6. It is true that we have only won 3 out of 19. But we have also drawn 8. So in 11/19 games the top 6 couldnt beat us either and of the games we did lose only Hearts beat us by more than 1 goal and our performances have been more than decent.
We should embrace these times and use the injustice we all feel about the season as a whole to fuel us going forward.
Everyone to Easter Road......
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1 hour ago, WellHighlander said:
Penalty incident aside, some of our supporters really need a reality check.
JBA has given us a team to be exceptionally proud of, regardless of how it ends.
We outplayed a Celtic team for large parts of last night's contest - and this is a team chasing a title.
Celtic's first goal was simply a moment of good fortune and an exceptional finish. The second was wonder strike.
Yes, the season has not ended how we hoped and yes we may not get European football, but please look at the bigger picture.
A squad that now has several very valuable assets - not all will be sold in the summer, but those who do go should fetch a more than decent fee, securing not only our short-term, but long-term future.
A brand of football that many in the league envy - and so far distanced from what's been served up over the past few seasons.
Crowds on the rise and a proper connection between club and its supporters.
All of the above forms a very solid foundation and while JBA will be a wanted man, he will depart with us in good health both on and off the field, so much so we could entice some real managerial talent.
Look at others in and around us. Hibernian may yet get fourth, but financially they are in a mess. Falkirk will be under pressure to repeat their efforts this season, and will likely have to do so losing one or two vital players from their squad. Aberdeen are in transition - a bloated squad full of under-achievers on big wages. Dundee, Dundee Utd and Kilmarnock will all undergo a turnover of players this summer, as will St Mirren should they stay up. St Johnstone have momentum and should compete, but for them consolidation will be the main aim.
We have a wonderful opportunity to build on the foundations of this season. There is money in the bank, with more coming.
European football would be an attractive proposition for any targets, but I don't think it's a deal breaker.
JBA will have learned a lot from these last couple of months. Injuries haven't helped, and neither has a few players having a dip in form at an important stage of the season, but when you play all season at the intensity JBA wants, it's only natural some players will begin to feel the effects.
A top six finish, a cup semi-final, challenging for European football - all of us would have bitten a hand off if this scenario had been offered to us before the season started.
I think back to all the supporters at the start of the season who were critical of this style of play and how it would never work. Time and patience is in short supply in modern football, but for those who can't see what's being built then I feel sorry for you.
Absolutely this! 🧡❤️🧡
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3 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
So the delay caused by VAR wasn't added on?
There was only 10 seconds of added time left when the incident occurred. So adding time for the VAR wouldnt have occurred. Barely enough time to allow the penalty to be taken.
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3 hours ago, MJC said:
I’ve been saying that for years. Trying to clam that it’s an “Old Firm problem” or “they’re just as bad as each other” lets the real culprits off the hook. And obviously you get the usual dribbling nonsense about saying as much equates to you being “pro-Rangers” or that “you’re giving strong vibes of Rangers being the big team you support” and such like.
It is of course much easier and dare I say it much safer to criticise Rangers as they don’t have the clout Celtic have in media and politics. It’s also quite fashionable to be a vocal Rangers hater and what I would also say is that had Rangers fans caused even half as much mayhem and damage at Fir Park over the years then A LOT more would have been made of it. It would probably be being discussed in Holyrood at some point.
On another issue, something I didn’t notice last night but did today when I saw it on X, once Celtic score the penalty and the pitch invasion happens, the game doesn’t restart with us taking centre. Beaton just blows for full time with hundreds of their hoardes still on the park, so basically Celtic and their fans can decide when the game stops as well? I’ve never seen that before and I’ve seen plenty of last minute penalties being scored but the other team always takes centre before the final whistle is blown, but not last night?
Scotland v Denmark.
Kenny McLean.
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4 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:
I don't always agree with you but think you get an unfair time of it on here sometimes. Until last night I would have disagreed with you over this, but I have now changed my view. Yes, Sevco fans have caused huge problems in the past thats a fact. However in recent times, Celtic fans are definitely the worst at Fir Park; I can't speak for elsewhere. The Government, media and Police will largely ignore their most recent behaviour, it but we can and should cut their allocation in future. Take a couple of thousand off their share i.e. most of the bottom tier.
I dont think anyone would argue that Celtic fans arent the worst at Fir Park. They absolutely are.
The problem by focusing on that is you ignore what goes on away from Fir Park.
Anyone looking at the Glasgow Derby at Ibrox and suggesting that the Union Bears were justified in their behaviour because Celtic fans encroached onto the field to celebrate are absolutely deluded. Our fans seemd to contain themselves last night.
And that wasnt an isolated incident. I submit the masked marauders in Santa hats running amok in Glasgow City centre earlier in the season.
For the avoidance of doubt, what happened at the end last night was a disgrace (particularly as it effected those in the disabled section most acutely) and the club should absolutely be complaining in the strongest possible terms to the SPFL and SFA and sanctions would undoubtedly be appropriate.
However, when you apply broad brush steokes to a situation to suit your own agenda, you tend to lose the room.
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Do the club get any money for the game being televised or does it all just roll into the prize pot?
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3 hours ago, grizzlyg said:
Exactly, pumped sellik 2-0 In December , won 3-2 at ibrox. Drew with hearts 3 times. We go for it every game...well apart from lieing doon against Falkirk 🤣🤣
Dunfermline fans are absolutely raging with us about that! 😜😜😜
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1 minute ago, weeyin said:
I read a few Sevco fans already spouting their conspiracy theories before today's OF game that Motherwell were going to lie down to Celtic because of all the "Celtic connections" in our team and because JBA wants the Celtic job.
Peak OF paranoia.
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.
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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.
European Qualification its getting Harder
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Absolutely.
And we could have the financial strength to ensure any investment made was a minority investment and that the fans still retain control of the club and all our assets......