weeyin Posted yesterday at 04:19 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:19 PM What I'm saying about the seeding is that whether you like it or not, there's no point in worrying about it because our history shows it has made little (if any) difference to our progress in the competition. Personally, I think that by the time you reach the knockout stages in a cup competition there should be no seeding, but others may disagree. I'm not even a fan of the best runners up, tbh, but we just have to get on with it and keep winning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted yesterday at 04:38 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:38 PM The only purpose of the seeding is to keep the Ugly sisters apart till the final, as the SFA /SPFL do all in their power to pander to them its a feckin nonsense. As far as I can tell the seeds are the 5 Euro teams plus Hearts, StJ and Partick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted yesterday at 05:43 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:43 PM 1 hour ago, Spiderpig said: The only purpose of the seeding is to keep the Ugly sisters apart till the final, as the SFA /SPFL do all in their power to pander to them its a feckin nonsense. As far as I can tell the seeds are the 5 Euro teams plus Hearts, StJ and Partick. Open draw after the round of 16 is it not? So they have to use the hot and cold or rough and smooth ball ploy to keep them apart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago Fuck it, who cares if we're seeded or not? lotta shite. I don't care who we draw. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago 8 hours ago, Busta Nut said: Fuck it, who cares if we're seeded or not? lotta shite. I don't care who we draw. Agreed thats the best attitude to have, see who we get then deal with that game. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 12 hours ago Report Share Posted 12 hours ago I care who we draw because I want us to have a good cup run. No doubt it’ll be Celtic or Rangers home or away, or else Hearts at Tynecastle and that will be that for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, MJC said: I care who we draw because I want us to have a good cup run. No doubt it’ll be Celtic or Rangers home or away, or else Hearts at Tynecastle and that will be that for us. If we draw Alloa at home you will still have us down for a 3-0 defeat 🤪🤪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago Just now, grizzlyg said: If we draw Alloa at home you will still have us down for a 3-0 defeat 🤪🤪 Well Alloa have knocked us out of the League Cup once before so… But in all honesty I would not trust Motherwell to win ANY Cup tie regardless of who the opposition is. I would though prefer us to have the easiest game on paper to give us the best chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jym Bob Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago Won't be able to play against Alloa as they (like us) will be unseeded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Have a funny feeling we'll get Hibs at Easter Road in the draw. No idea why.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Draw numbers https://x.com/spfl/status/1949500028172579270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago St Johnstone away. Happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Celtic get Falkirk, Rangers get Alloa. Yea not fixed at all. Happens far too often 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago St.Johnstone away. One of the better ones we could have got and a chance to avenge for that horrendous day up there in January this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Just now, Andy H said: Celtic get Falkirk, Rangers get Alloa. Yea not fixed at all. Happens far too often And how do they fix it for that to happen? Considering that Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee Utd were all seeded so they couldn’t have drawn any of them so that limits the sides they could have drawn. But “hot/cold balls”!?!?….Really? Does anyone seriously, SERIOUSLY believe that nonsense? Because if there is anyone who does then I would love to hear how you think that that works and how the Scottish football authorities could pull that off without giving anything away…??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 8 minutes ago, Andy H said: Celtic get Falkirk, Rangers get Alloa. Yea not fixed at all. Happens far too often Hot and cold balls on top form Happy with st Johnstone away, could have been a lot worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 11 minutes ago, Toxteth O'Grady said: St Johnstone away. Happy with that. Yep happy with this one as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 4 minutes ago, MJC said: And how do they fix it for that to happen? Considering that Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee Utd were all seeded so they couldn’t have drawn any of them so that limits the sides they could have drawn. But “hot/cold balls”!?!?….Really? Does anyone seriously, SERIOUSLY believe that nonsense? Because if there is anyone who does then I would love to hear how you think that that works and how the Scottish football authorities could pull that off without giving anything away…??? It's just tongue in cheek, I don't genuinely think it's rigged, they do however always get jammy draws a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 8 minutes ago, MJC said: And how do they fix it for that to happen? Considering that Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee Utd were all seeded so they couldn’t have drawn any of them so that limits the sides they could have drawn. But “hot/cold balls”!?!?….Really? Does anyone seriously, SERIOUSLY believe that nonsense? Because if there is anyone who does then I would love to hear how you think that that works and how the Scottish football authorities could pull that off without giving anything away…??? 8 times out of the last 10 years at this stage Rangers have avoided a Premiership team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Andy H said: 8 times out of the last 10 years at this stage Rangers have avoided a Premiership team. Enough of this Scottish football nonsense , c'mon the lionesses , aye right .sick of hearing about them . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 2 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: It's just tongue in cheek, I don't genuinely think it's rigged, they do however always get jammy draws a lot I didn’t think your response was anything other than tongue in cheek to be honest. But the post I quoted appeared to imply that the draw was fixed for Celtic and Rangers to get the easiest draws possible. And I’m asking how they think that that is possible. Given that there have been so many individuals who have helped conduct these draws and given that if there genuinely had been any kind of ‘foul play’ then none of it would have been leaked onto social media in some way or other? It just sounds like alot of nonsense to me. Alot of “boo-hoo that’s no fair but ah canny really show how it’s no fair” whinging to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago As someone who does fair play for another sport, it would not be as difficult as you think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 9 minutes ago, Andy H said: 8 times out of the last 10 years at this stage Rangers have avoided a Premiership team. And guys like Chris Sutton and Neil Lennon etc who have been involved in conducting the draw over that time have helped Rangers avoid a Premiership team somehow? Yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 5 minutes ago, MJC said: I didn’t think your response was anything other than tongue in cheek to be honest. But the post I quoted appeared to imply that the draw was fixed for Celtic and Rangers to get the easiest draws possible. And I’m asking how they think that that is possible. Given that there have been so many individuals who have helped conduct these draws and given that if there genuinely had been any kind of ‘foul play’ then none of it would have been leaked onto social media in some way or other? It just sounds like alot of nonsense to me. Alot of “boo-hoo that’s no fair but ah canny really show how it’s no fair” whinging to me. Oooh another quick defence of the blue uglies, you are on form today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago The way things are seeded in the last 16 now, with typically 5 or 6 lower league non-seeds every year, you're more likely to draw one (unless your us, of course). Even this year there was a 50/50 chance of matching up with a lower league team. (I agree that it would be easy to fix if you wanted to). I wouldn't need much convincing, however, that the warm and cold balls was happening in the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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