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Motherwell v Rangers 02/08/2025


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1 hour ago, wellgirl said:

Absolute legend. I'm sure that's legit grounds for divorce... Someone refusing to pay for a takeaway 

If only. 😪

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49 minutes ago, MFCL84 said:

This I the first time I've been a bit disappointed by a JBA  interview. I thought that he seemed to be managing expectations and setting us up to expect to lose. 

Funny how different people hear different things. I was delighted he didn't roll out the usual "we need to be at our best and hope they aren't" spiel beloved of most of our managers.

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8 hours ago, Mccus28 said:

Way to condescend your fellow fan just because they have a different view to you

Go you!!!!

 

Sorry bud but I was being sarcastic thinking about the meltdown if they were given the Cooper stand again hence the emoji 

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9 hours ago, MFCL84 said:

This I the first time I've been a bit disappointed by a JBA  interview. I thought that he seemed to be managing expectations and setting us up to expect to lose. 

He did acknowledge the fact that we are not the favourites, but I didn't get the impression he was being negative at all

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It wasn’t Stuart McCall/Terry Butcher levels of talking us down before these types of games but I wasn’t too impressed with that either from JBA. Our “Great wee club” syndrome starting to creep into his mindset? :rolleyes:

 

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15 hours ago, Stuwell2 said:

Sorry bud but I was being sarcastic thinking about the meltdown if they were given the Cooper stand again hence the emoji 

Don't know why your comment touched a nerve, soz mate!!!!!!

 

Mon the Well 😜

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4 hours ago, MJC said:

It wasn’t Stuart McCall/Terry Butcher levels of talking us down before these types of games but I wasn’t too impressed with that either from JBA. Our “Great wee club” syndrome starting to creep into his mindset? :rolleyes:

 

You forgot to add.  PS.  0-7. 🤣🤣

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3 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

You forgot to add.  PS.  0-7. 🤣🤣

I don’t see it being anything like 0-7, more like a narrow 1-2 loss that’s frustrating in that we ran them close and could have got something but ultimately didn’t, followed by the usual patronising ‘plaudits’ about how it was a “spirited performance” and “we can take so much more from that than they did even though they won” and so on. Basically the kind of pish that Tam Cowan regularly comes out with when talking about Motherwell. 

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8 minutes ago, MJC said:

I don’t see it being anything like 0-7, more like a narrow 1-2 loss that’s frustrating in that we ran them close and could have got something but ultimately didn’t, followed by the usual patronising ‘plaudits’ about how it was a “spirited performance” and “we can take so much more from that than they did even though they won” and so on. Basically the kind of pish that Tam Cowan regularly comes out with when talking about Motherwell. 

I hate gallant defeats. 

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8 minutes ago, MJC said:

I don’t see it being anything like 0-7, more like a narrow 1-2 loss that’s frustrating in that we ran them close and could have got something but ultimately didn’t, followed by the usual patronising ‘plaudits’ about how it was a “spirited performance” and “we can take so much more from that than they did even though they won” and so on. Basically the kind of pish that Tam Cowan regularly comes out with when talking about Motherwell. 

I see nothing wrong with that to be fair. I was saying the same to my brother earlier. It could go either way - but what's wrong with praising the team if we lose narrowly and played well? I remember the game against Celtic just before the 15 game winless run - we played great and were really unlucky to lose. Are we supposed to say we were shit if we lose even narrowly. I think there's a difference between calling it as it is and talking the team down 

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Can’t argue with that team minus Ox starting (I’m taking it he’s still not 100%)

Honestly have no idea how this will pan out. Mon the ‘Well

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38 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

I see nothing wrong with that to be fair. I was saying the same to my brother earlier. It could go either way - but what's wrong with praising the team if we lose narrowly and played well? I remember the game against Celtic just before the 15 game winless run - we played great and were really unlucky to lose. Are we supposed to say we were shit if we lose even narrowly. I think there's a difference between calling it as it is and talking the team down 

Because a defeat is a defeat. There are no positives to take when we lose. It is that simple. 
 

And in the case of games at Fir Park against Rangers I’ve seen far too many narrow “so unlucky, we played so well, if only x,y or z happened/didn’t happen” for me to take any satisfaction out of a narrow loss to them. 
 

I’d much rather we played shite but won.

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5 minutes ago, MJC said:

Because a defeat is a defeat. There are no positives to take when we lose. It is that simple. 
 

And in the case of games at Fir Park against Rangers I’ve seen far too many narrow “so unlucky, we played so well, if only x,y or z happened/didn’t happen” for me to take any satisfaction out of a narrow loss to them. 
 

I’d much rather we played shite but won.

So have I. I went to my first game in 1979

It's not about satisfaction as far as I'm concerned. It's about acknowledging that we can play well and not win - particularly against Celtic and Rangers who we can't compete with in terms of spending 

I agree - I would also prefer to see us play shite and win but if we play well and lose I see no harm in acknowledging that 

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1 minute ago, wellgirl said:

So have I. I went to my first game in 1979

It's not about satisfaction as far as I'm concerned. It's about acknowledging that we can play well and not win - particularly against Celtic and Rangers who we can't compete with in terms of spending 

I agree - I would also prefer to see us play shite and win but if we play well and lose I see no harm in acknowledging that 

That’s fair enough.

It’s just not for me though. 

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