[2022/23 ins & outs discussion]

1 hour ago, Yorkyred said:

So given that we should be signing players of the same level, or better than Hibs would deem as good enough for them right ? To do that we would need to be offering the same wages or better right? How do we do that ?

I would rather you did not just keep everything to two throw away lines and actually came up with a detailed explanation of your thought processes. You want a team of better quality players, how do we fund that ? Do we start building up debt again ? Do we look at a smaller squad ? Do we cut back in other areas such as youth and put that money into the first team budget ? What other ideas do you have ?

It’s easy to just keep throwing insults around every time someone questions your posts, I could do the same but it achieves nothing. I’m actually genuinely interested in your thoughts.

Yorkyred, never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level then beat you with experience.

[Europa Conference League]

1 hour ago, C&A not the shop said:

If we don't win that tie it will be a long season. 

If we don't win this can we blame the strip? 

[Need help]

Could be that, I've never claimed to be competent.

It solved the problem for me though in terms of logging in.

[Need help]

I had a similar problem a few weeks ago, wouldn't work from chrome, but would from my phone. Clearing cookies seemed to do the trick.

 

A bugger if you have loads of passwords saved though.

[Former Motherwell Fc Players Thread]

Mickey Weir helping us finish above Hibs  

I remember the crowd screaming at him to head to the corner to waste time because we knew what was happening in their game and a point was keeping us out of the play off spot.

[Celtic v Motherwell 14/05/2022]

5 hours ago, Yorkyred said:

The points difference between the old firm and everyone else tells its own story, embarrassing and boring these days and it’s never going to change.

Yup, and it is only going to get worse with the direct entry to the group stages for one, or both, of the "arse cheeks". It is why I don't bother engaging with the  arguments for "Alexander out" or "why can't we put a glove on either of them". It is what it is now and it is probably how it will remain.

[Every 21/22 Motherwell goal]

1 hour ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

I knew Robbie Neilson was talking pish when he said we score 90% of our goals from set pieces....condescending runt. 10 out of 42 .....24%.

53 minutes ago, weeyin said:

He also said we made it scrappy in the second half when what we actually did was change shape and tackle more.

And yet my opinion of Robbie Nielson hasn't dropped any......how strange. 

[MOTM Hearts 11/5/2022]

I thought it was between Lamie, O'Donnell and Slattery. I resisted the obvious temptation to vote for Lamie because I felt that O'Donnell looked good offensively and defensively for the full 90 (+7) minutes. Honourable mentions to Kelly (again) and Shields.

[VAR in Scottish Football]

57 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

Can you imagine the media uproar and days of endless scrutiny over every VAR decision that goes against the uglies, especially if its a controversial one, it will be entertaining.

I'm looking forward to it, it'll be hilarious.

What I'm not expecting is (insert name of diddy club here) getting any 50/50 decisions against either arse cheek after a VAR review.

Paranoid or realistic, you decide 

[VAR in Scottish Football]

25 minutes ago, numpty said:

This is what the new(er) guidelines described in the article I posted above is pretty much all about... less confusing lines, and more benefit of doubt to the attacker. Rangers / Celtic

Fixed it for you. 

[Post Split Fixtures]

4 hours ago, weeyin said:

They have to predict who will finish top 6 before the season starts to try and schedule the last 5 fixtures to balance home and away, plus take into account previous home and away balance.

I think Hibs and Aberdeen really shafted them with that, which is why we end up at Tannadice again.

I don't think they try and predict who will finish where (probably too difficult for their tiny minds), they just assume that the top six will be the same as last year and the team(s) which are promoted will be bottom six.

[Former Motherwell Fc Players Thread]

Just heard that Kirkwood (Kirkie) Lawson has passed away, a favourite of mine back in the day, possibly because of his name as much as anything. RIP.

[Motherwell v St Mirren 02/04/2022]

Let's cut him some slack, there is probably a clause in his contract if St. Minging get relegated, he's probably bricking it.

[Motherwell v St Mirren 02/04/2022]

7 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:

I don't want to pour cold water on a win but we won yesterday because we killed the game in the second half, it wasn't fun to watch but it got us the 3 points.  If we'd played like we did in the first half St Mirren would have scored again, simple as that, and who knows what the score/result would have been.

Also St Mirren were terrible defensively.  

I've said all along in this poor run that we weren't as bad as a lot of people were making out, I think we also need to display a little bit of caution on thinking we are 'a football team' on one good result.

Actually, I didn't say we were a "football team", I said that, "with the ball, we looked like a football team." I'm actually normally quite optimistic, and always expect a bad run to turn on the next game, but, before yesterday, I was worried that we were in danger of being over hauled by St. Johnstone. 

Also, given that we should have scored at least two more goals in the second half, and that St. Mirren barely troubled our defence, I hope we continue to  "kill" games in that manner.

[Motherwell v St Mirren 02/04/2022]

 

10 hours ago, Welldaft Mk1 said:

He was average at best. Even thought Sol was dodgy at times today. Mugabi struggled against Jones. 

Need to totally revamp that defence today. Conceded 2 but could have been 3 or 4 easily.

I thought Mugabi looked terrified of making a tackle, probably due to the decision in the Hibs game. Defensively we were poor today and we could have conceded at least one more due to a general lack of common sense. We should have scored another three or four ourselves though and we actually looked like a football team when we had the ball. I thought we played out the last twenty minutes beautifully, especially as I was expecting Alexander to revert to type and put on extra defenders.

 

[MOTM St. Mirren 2/4/2022]

Went for KVV in the end, but there were a few contenders today. Considered, O'Donnell, Cornelius, Slattery and Shields.

[This season?]

2 hours ago, santheman said:

The papers are waxing lyrical about how competitive the League is outside the Old Firm whereas I look at it as "fear football" with teams set up not to lose rather than try to win games which is not conducive to silky football.

Yes it's competitive with no meaningless games but by Christ it's mind numbingly boring and looks like continuing in that vein for the foreseeable future.

 

The problem with the League can be traced back to 1976 in my opinion, and the demise of Scottish football generally. Unfortunately the Genie won't go back in the bottle, and for as long as the TV companies are desperate for four bigot fests a season,  this league format is what we are stuck with. 

[MOTM Aberdeen 19/2/2022]

O'Hara for me, it was quite a tough pick this week as the mid-field and front three all impressed at some point. Kelly, Carroll and Ojala were decent too, Bevis and Sol both have had better days.

[Motherwell v Aberdeen 19/02/22]

1 hour ago, SteelmaninOZ said:

Will  we beat  them again ?

 

Yes.

#Glassmuststay

[Motherwell v Aberdeen 12/02/22]

I thought that was a great game of football, I wish we could play Aberdeen every week though. The first 10 -15 minutes we looked unfit and dis-organised at the back, I'd like to see the two early goals again though. Add in some very strange refereeing decisions and I thought we were in for a totally awful afternoon. Once we settled down it was a different game though, Goss, O'Hara and, the much maligned Donnelly put in a great shift, the back four settled down and the front three gave Aberdeen no peace at all. 2-1 at half time flattered them, and up until the substitutions changed our shape, we looked as comfortable as a comfortable thing from comfortable land. 

I hope Aberdeen don't sack Glass though, the seethe from their fans was hilarious. 

[MOTM Aberdeen 12/2/2022]

Has to be KVV. Kelly had a great save at the end but little else to do, no great failures at all today, possibly because the players understand there roles in 4-3-3.

[MOTM Celtic 6/2/2022]

Liam Kelly, best outfield player was Dean.

[St Mirren v Motherwell 01/02/2022]

8 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:

As a statto with a spreadsheet I can't express how much I'm against all these additional substitutions.

Back to two on the bench like the old days!

Agreed, there was no better feeling than gaining a point or points with Joe Wark / Stevie Kirk or Jamie Dolan in goals. 

[MOTM Hibs 26/1/2022]

Has to be one of the back four for me, went for Sol but it could have been any of them.

[Scottish Cup - Morton at Fir Park 22 Jan]

50 minutes ago, Yorkyred said:

It was interesting to see their manager state they were the better team. While it’s not uncommon to see that from managers I thought that was taking it to the extreme.

A football manager talking nonsense - shocker. That said, from his point of view, his game plan almost worked. He wanted to flood the midfield, frustrate us, and either snatch one on the break or take it to penalties, hence his opinion. Most Motherwell fans probably thought we were awful (I certainly did) because our expectation was that we would be "up for it", create loads of chances, and take some. Did we deserve to win? Possibly not. Did we deserve to lose? Definitely not.

I suspect a neutral watching the game would think that Motherwell dominated, but lacked both urgency and that bit of class required to unlock a stuffy opposition, they would be unlikely to think that "the best team lost".