MJC Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago I was sure we would lose this one before they lost at Tannadice last night and now I am absolutely convinced of it. A lot of people getting way, way ahead of themselves about this team when we’re yet to register a league game win and have thrown away the maximum points in our last three games. The omens aren’t good either when you look at how Cup/League double headers against Aberdeen go. We’ve had plenty of them over the years and the trend is usually win one, lose one with the only exception being a 1-1 draw in February 2022 the week after we knocked them out of the Scottish Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andalg Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago On 9/22/2025 at 1:36 PM, MelvinBragg said: I think it says something about the strength of squad at the minute that even after the levels of his performance against Hearts, Just doesn't automatically walk back into the team for Saturday if he’s available. Doesn't feel at the moment that we need to take too many risks by rushing players back. Same will apply to McGinn and Hendry (and Slattery in a couple of weeks)... As to how we'll go this Saturday? In this situation with two non Old Firm teams playing each other two weeks in a row, you generally say one team doesn't win both. I'm not so sure. The aforementioned potential return of Just, Hendry and McGinn will keep the players on the pitch from relaxing too much... Did Motherwell not lose to St Johnstone last season in same circumstances ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villageman Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago On 9/22/2025 at 11:32 PM, MelvinBragg said: I tend to agree but based on Saturday, none of Said, Maswanhise or Charles-Cook deserve to lose their place... Fair comment but I have a feeling that instead of 11 first team players we now have a squad who play, and fight, for each other, don't expect to play every game and respect a manager who may not get every thing right, but he is the Boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, andalg said: Did Motherwell not lose to St Johnstone last season in same circumstances ? Yes, for once we showed a bit of consistency ... and lost both games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 2 hours ago, MJC said: I was sure we would lose this one before they lost at Tannadice last night and now I am absolutely convinced of it. A lot of people getting way, way ahead of themselves about this team when we’re yet to register a league game win and have thrown away the maximum points in our last three games. The omens aren’t good either when you look at how Cup/League double headers against Aberdeen go. We’ve had plenty of them over the years and the trend is usually win one, lose one with the only exception being a 1-1 draw in February 2022 the week after we knocked them out of the Scottish Cup. You do have a glass got hee haw in it outlook and where I don't think people getting carried away i tend to look at fact we still have not lost a competitive game all season. Yes we should have won about 3 of thor games but our squad is looking the healthiest it has for years and that I with us selling our star player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, MJC said: I was sure we would lose this one before they lost at Tannadice last night and now I am absolutely convinced of it. A lot of people getting way, way ahead of themselves about this team when we’re yet to register a league game win and have thrown away the maximum points in our last three games. The omens aren’t good either when you look at how Cup/League double headers against Aberdeen go. We’ve had plenty of them over the years and the trend is usually win one, lose one with the only exception being a 1-1 draw in February 2022 the week after we knocked them out of the Scottish Cup. It's nice you have found a way to stick to your core negativity principles amongst all the good work the new manager and players are doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Hopefully we can get a good sized home crowd behind the team. Not sure how many Dons fans will be making the trip. Get right behind the team and if we can get off to a good start maybe their heads will go down and we can heap more misery on them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 hours ago, Villageman said: Fair comment but I have a feeling that instead of 11 first team players we now have a squad who play, and fight, for each other, don't expect to play every game and respect a manager who may not get every thing right, but he is the Boss. I’m not sure now what our best starting 11 and formation is. With the players we have and the style JBA has us playing there’s a few different options. So as mentioned above we may see line up changes depending on opposition or in game situations. Of course injuries and suspensions will also drive changes. With a bit of luck (we are overdue some good fortune) on injuries and suspensions, we have players who can step up without affecting team performance level very much, if at all. im not sure how long this is going to last so we should all enjoy this as much as we can. Such a breath of fresh air Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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