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100% Many scoffed when the Well Society/Board stated that outside investment was welcome, but they saw many short term gains that could be made that would put the club on a more stable footing and make it more attractive to investors. Being the best version of ourselves before we reached out for investment from a position if strength is proving to be a sound plan. We now have money in the bank and an asset rich playing squad. How we manage that going forward will be key. We need to maximise the return on our assets now whilst trying to re-generate them to ensure the entertainment factor remains high. Get it right and the future could be self fulfilling. Get it wrong and this season becomes yet another blip in an otherwise mediocre existence. No pressure guys! 🧡❤️🧡

Tommy Coyne in this team though.....

Never underestimate the Jens effect! 😆😆😆

I would imagine Watt and Priestman will start on Sunday. Fadinger back in for the cup game. Its great having a strong squad that allows rotation when required. We also have the majority of our injured players ready and available for the run in. Heady times!

I dont disagree that there is bias. But as Wellsince 75 says above, I think its more institutional than deliberate cheating (Celtic get their unfair share of decisions against us as well.) JP Gordon on the other hand. Thats a different argument. My 8 year old self will never forgive that one.....

Thats such a great watch. Total encapsulates why the Big Man is getting so much love from the stands. He gets the club, and is loving the fact that we have all bought into his philosophy regardless of the fact most of us had never heard of him this time last year. Im sensing he may not be for " the off" in the summer, and that he genuinely sees this as a project that will leave him a lasting legacy and propel him into the reckoning for some really tasty jobs. Win a cup, have a good run in Europe and earn us £10m in transfers. Thats a pretty decent CV right there.....

Im looking forward to Matty Connolly starting and Ward playing centre half! 😆😆😆

1 minute added time in the first half was a joke considering how much time wasting they were doing. Should have been at least 4 minutes. Again not a big thing, but add in all the other small decisions and you get the picture described above.....

Aye, on reflection it would maybe have been more sensible to start him and bring Watt on for the last 30. Oscar really isnt much of a downgrade and more than makes up for any percieved deficiencies with his engine. I love our midfield this season.

Agree with that Tex. He was very good up until his final pass. There were a few he delayed just a little too long and were intercepted, or took the wrong option. He really doesnt like to pass with his left foot.

Raskin is a good footballer. But he is an odious little cretin. Always diving under minimal contact, but always in the face of the referee moaning his face off. I thought that had been outlawed and it was "Captain only" for going to the referee? Just was certainly yellow carded for it last night. McLean isnt our worst referee, but he is weak. He allowed the Rangers players to get away with murder last night and they took full advantage. Thats only fair if it cuts both ways and it clearly didnt (numerous examples above). I love Big Eythor already. He saw the Rangers backline bullying our forward players last night and decided he wasnt having any of it. Some of his contacts with Souttar and Djiga were delicious! His assist for the goal is magnificent as Djiga has him in a stranglehold and he still gets his head onto the ball. I think with him on from the start we win that game and he might just be the difference maker in a cup run. Edit: Jens will have to work out how to tweak the system and who he is dropping in that scenario as JT will probably have to come out to the right again. I dont see us going 2 up top.

We are beating this lot. Be nice to humiliate them before the cup tie just to make sure they dont feel like they have an actual chance in the cup......

SOD was very good tonight and Fadinger was excellent until the red card. But Stephen Welsh was outstanding. Dealt with everything that came his way and scored a cracking goal. The adulation for him at the end was lovely to see. Pretty sure he never experienced that at Parkhead!

Thought it was a good performance tonight, although our attacking players were'nt quite on point with their passing in the final third. Some of that was down to how hard Rangers were working to put pressure on them, but still felt there were a few unforced errors. Thought McLean let them away with murder from fairly early on and allowed their repeated fouling to go largely unpunished. Dont think I have ever seen a Rangers team at Fir Park boot it long quite so much, kick, foul, dive and waste time. I suppose thats a compliment of sorts. Havent seen the red card back. Thought it twas a foul and a yellow card at the time, but happy to be corrected. Overall, a good point. We bossed the team that all the pundits think are probably favourites for the title. We may not be in the race ourselves, but we should take confidence from the performance to fuel our push for the cup. One of the uglies has to go and we have proved we are good enough to beat whatever one is still standing. Bring on Aberdeen......

Eyrhor! Eythor! Eythor! 🇧🇻🇧🇻🇧🇻

If we are already in the last year of the deal I would be surprised if they hadnt already paid up what we were due.....

Get Eythor from the dressing room! 😍😍😍

We need to come out the traps flying and take our chances this time. They got too much encouragement at Ibrox because we didnt put them away.

Given our budget compared to the other 3 we really shouldnt be anywhere near it. But here we are. I do agree, we probably are a little too far back and probably dont have the depth of squad to get it over the line in the league, but Im gonna enjoy the ride. I do think we have a real chance in the cup though, if we get the luck required. Beating Aberdeen at Pittodrie will be a difficult task, but its not impossible and the rewards tangible.....

We havent been in a title race for 30 years! Im not giving up on this one until its mathematically impossible! 😍😍😍 Edit: We do really need to win tonight to have any sort of realistic chance.......

The problem is if you dont live in the area and can only go to the ticket office before the game and the queue is all the way up Fir Park Street, its a pain in the hoop.....

To add in, I actually like us when we play without an out and out striker with the 3 front players moving around and interchanging. Must be an absolute nightmare to defend against. If you add in Just, Said, RCC and now Nicholson to our attacking options, I think we are in good shape.

We have Eythor and Maswanhise fit and ready. Hendry will be back soon. Zander McAllister has been getting minutes (and was doing so ahead of Stama) so youd have to think he is in Jens thoughts..... Given how we normally set up, I dont think we are short up front.

It would certainly signal that there is a vacancy for a shirt sponsor! (If indeed that is the case).

I see they have an option to buy. Hopefully he does well and makes their World Cup squad and we can get some of our money back.