grizzlyg Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Not great but could have been worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 A good win today in difficult circumstances. Saints are flying high in the Championship and, according to a BBC pundit, would be expecting to score a few goals today. Another clean sheet for us and we progress. Young Zander McAllister also made his debut. On the debit side we really do need to beef up our attack, but the manager knows that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Thought we were totally dominant today. Again nice football to watch too powder puff the first half but in the second we improved in the final 3rd. Should have been more comfortable than the score suggests. Said needs to sharpen up on his decision making for the pass however more than compensated for with effort and dig to win second balls. Osong looks like he could have something about him. When its 1-0 or 0-0 its always nervy but we really were in total control for 90% of the game. Was it just me or did anyone else think St J were unlucky not to get a penalty with the last kick of the ball? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Could have been worse , the draw that is Aberdeen will be the favourites, but they can be a bit of a hit or a miss at times. Sure I seen this week they have won 5 out of the last 24 league games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 19 minutes ago, Toxteth O'Grady said: Aberdeen away Not too unhappy, when you get to the Quarters you need to be very lucky to get one of the lessers lights. Aberdeen are beatable , both teams will fancy their chances. the quarters are where we should expect to get to most seasons , anything beyond that is a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star sail Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Great result today and there is a growing sense that JBA could be the real deal. Tough draw at Aberdeen but I suppose they all are now. As an aside, I remember around the late 2010's when Rangers were making their way up through the divisions again I noticed that they got home ties at Ibrox in the vast majority of cup draws. I kept a tab on it for a while and eventually lost interest but the trend has continued. It would be interesting to do the analysis over the last 7/8 years but it must run at about 80/90% home draws in all cup competition, very often against lower league opposition. We have not been nearly as fortunate in that same time frame. The vagaries of chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellup83 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 30 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: How did osong do today? Didn't see very much of him. Clearly lacking in match sharpness. Looks a physical presence though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 We never get home games!! Could be worse but it could have been better uglies get their decent draws yet again. Unreal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Can I just say the football we are playing right now is an absolute joy to watch. We are totally dominating teams in terms of possession and are brave in all areas of the park. We need to be more clinical but that will come. All I can say is I was really struggling the last few years watching Motherwell - it was a real chore at times, but now it’s fantastic to see us play actual football and get the rewards for being brave. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 2 minutes ago, johnstone said: Can I just say the football we are playing right now is an absolute joy to watch. We are totally dominating teams in terms of possession and are brave in all areas of the park. We need to be more clinical but that will come. All I can say is I was really struggling the last few years watching Motherwell - it was a real chore at times, but now it’s fantastic to see us play actual football and get the rewards for being brave. Completely agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Agree on style of play , I don’t remember ever having a team that can retain the ball , find one another . Some of the midfield play has been superb . we need to learn to be ruthless , up front the final ball and decisions haven’t been great . The exception was the goal , we did the simple thing and took the goal well . With a bit more confidence and composure we could have many handsome wins. final point is the ball retention has made us damn hard to score against . Can’t see many teams thumping us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 On a very positive note about the cup draw we did beat Aberdeen in 1991 Both cup finals we got to with Stephen Robinson we beat them also , hopefully it is an omen 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Didn't see the game today, but have to say I quite enjoyed getting the fishel WhatsApp updates instead, they're not a bad replacement for the matchday Tweets of yore. (But yes, I know it's an app owned by Zuck, which isn't much better than one owned by Space Karen.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 2 minutes ago, numpty said: Didn't see the game today, but have to say I quite enjoyed getting the fishel WhatsApp updates instead, they're not a bad replacement for the matchday Tweets of yore. (But yes, I know it's an app owned by Zuck, which isn't much better than one owned by Space Karen.) The official stream was pretty ropey today, so you didn’t miss too much in that respect. I think they were using a low res webcam and a dial-up connection. I’m guessing there wasn’t a Premiersports stream they could use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Was there any news on Slattery? I’m assuming he was injured rather than subject to a transfer bid, but didn’t see anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 3 minutes ago, wellgirl said: Suspended Cheers. I had totally forgotten about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 12 hours ago, MJC said: We didn’t win either. And today we can’t really draw as it is a knockout tie which is played to a finish. We don’t have goals in us so I can’t see us winning so as I said another draw is the most likely outcome, with a penalty shootout defeat to follow. And let me be as clear as possible here, if that is what happens and we exit the Cup today then that will be unacceptable. This game is a must win game so if we play well and show promise but ultimately fail to reach the next round then it’s not good enough. It won’t necessarily be an indicator of how the season will pan out but Cup runs are important to us as a club and as a support. The premise of your post is that every time we have a big crowd we are shite and lose. Its a trope on here that fly's in the face of actual facts. We played well last week at a difficult away venue and didnt lose. We did the same today and are in the next round of the cup. So maybe we need to put this nonsense to bed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Thought we played very well again today. St Johnstone started really well but tonce we figured them out we basically dominated the ball. We do need to be better with out decision making and delivery in the final third, that way, we might allow our only striker to have some shots at goal that he can be fairly judged on! We are still a little weak at the back and gifting some unecessary chances, and a mixture of those two weaknesses could have seen us in trouble today, but we managed to keep the clean sheet and get the goal required to see us over the line, so all good. Osong didnt really show me too much today to suggest he will be the answer to our striking problems, but he was played out wide, so I will wait until we see him thru the middle before passing judgement. I did think he would be quicker than he showed however. Overall, another solid team perdormance and you can see ethe players are all having fun and buying into the managers philosophy. Most of them were absolutely burst by the end. Also nice to see young Xander McAllister get a start. Both he and Luca Ross provided a fresh energy to proceedings when they camae on. Big couple of weeks for the management team now. We clearly need some bodies in the door. Hopefully they will be of the quality required for us to have a successful season. We are so close to having a really good team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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robsterwood Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 Interesting boss said players burned a lot of calories that need to be burned hinting that they not all fully mstch fit yet as we know. Getting into good positions. Just lacking that composure in final third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFCL84 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 2 hours ago, FirParkCornerExile said: Was it just me or did anyone else think St J were unlucky not to get a penalty with the last kick of the ball? Absolutely, Calmer made a bad decision. There was no need to barge the guy in the back. Very lucky not to concede a pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFCL84 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 1 minute ago, wellgirl said: Think we also had a few shouts for a penalty during the game - the ref was rotten Agreed, the ref seemed to give St.Johnstone a free kick every time one of them fell over, but Motherwell players were being manhandled all over the pitch and got very little from him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 47 minutes ago, robsterwood said: Interesting boss said players burned a lot of calories that need to be burned hinting that they not all fully mstch fit yet as we know. Getting into good positions. Just lacking that composure in final third. He said a couple of weeks ago the League Cup games had interfered with the training he wanted to do and that we wouldn't be at the necessary levels until later in the season. It's certainly an intense style of play, but must be a lot more fun to execute than last season (pre-Wimmer). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, MFCL84 said: Agreed, the ref seemed to give St.Johnstone a free kick every time one of them fell over, but Motherwell players were being manhandled all over the pitch and got very little from him. Agreed. He totally shat giving their player a second yellow on the touchline when Longelo did him down the line and he sent him up in the air. It was a yellow all day long so he should have been off. Need to see the SOD penalty again but looked like a stone waller in real time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 17 Report Share Posted August 17 1 hour ago, wellgirl said: I personally think his style will work better than Wimmers although that's maybe unfair to Wimmer as we didn't have enough time to see what he could do Im really liking JBA Wimmer was constrained by the fact he arrived when the season was in full swing, and didn't have a preseason to instill his style into the players. As a result, compromises had to be made to balance his new philosophy with avoiding relegation and winning games. What is true, I think, is that his ideas prepared the squad for JBA, so they already had an idea of what was required to play this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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