Motherwell v Aberdeen 27/09/2025

[Yoshi-1991]

That'll do 

[Richie]

Yaaaas.

Was Watchin the game on a stream in the Metro Saltcoats 😅

Get in

[MJC]

#This is the day, this is the day that we win a game, that we win a game. We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it#
 

I didn’t see that ending coming but thoroughly enjoyed it. I need a post match pint after that! 

[Benson]

Good to see ap score.....from the penalty, it's the only way he'd score.

[Orinoco]

We totally dominated the 2nd half and finally got the break we have been lacking. Hopefully AP and team gain more confidence.

Free hit next week.

[mio]

Absolutely brilliant, delighted for Johnny and AP, I hope that gives the guy a bit of confidence. 
incredibly the first game of this season when I thought a draw would be fair enough result.

Watt, Odonnell and Welsh were excellent, special mention to Ward, I thought he did really well tonight.

fkn brilliant 

[Orinoco]

Changed days indeed. In past we lose a stupid goal at the end and lose. This team has a good mentality and maybe we can push on now and hopefully get some players back.

Opposition changing there setups to combat our play is refreshing and funny in equal measures.

[weeyin]

Often takes a wee bit of luck to get a win regardless of good play. The key is to keep at it.

Another Aberdeen keeper's howler for the scrap book - although the conditions didn't help him.

I'm actually looking forward to next week to see how we match up.

 

[Andy H]

I am liking this seasons O'Donnell.  Hopefully AP can kick on from this.  Penalty was never in doubt, he caught him twice.

This new style is really good.  There were periods where it was attack v defence.  Loving it 

[texanwellfan]

2 minutes ago, mio said:

Absolutely brilliant, delighted for Johnny and AP, I hope that gives the guy a bit of confidence. 
incredibly the first game of this season when I thought a draw would be fair enough result.

Watt, Odonnell and Welsh were excellent, special mention to Ward, I thought he did really well tonight.

fkn brilliant 

Don’t forget a speciall mention for the Aberdeen player who decided not to hit the ball over Ward into the empty net and their goalie for kindly ushering the ball over the goal line.  

[mio]

14 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

Don’t forget a speciall mention for the Aberdeen player who decided not to hit the ball over Ward into the empty net  

To be fair, the reason he wasn’t able to do that was because Welsh got back to shut him down 

[Ya Bezzer!]

The kind of match where you needed a howler and a penalty to see a goal!  

First half Aberdeen should have scored in the first minute and later had one cleared off the line.  We looked fine up to the last third were we just couldn't create anything.

Second half we looked to have a bit more edge, up to a point anyway, as we missed a couple of sitters and should have done better on a couple of other occasions.

Aberdeen didn't really trouble us much but there were a couple of sloppy moments at the back that could and maybe should have cost us.

Overall the game could have gone either way but I thought we edged it with our 2nd half performance.

I'd like to see the stats for that match cos I think it's entirely possible Callum Ward had more touches and played more passes than any other player.

[stv]

44 minutes ago, Mccus28 said:

FFS Stama

 

It just looks like one of those seasons where it aint gona happen

 

He needs a penalty or one to hit his arse and go in

Correct, spot on.

[robsterwood]

Well done to all the players and manager. Ap got assist and goal. Took courage to take that pen after missing the chances. He also got assist for first goal. Hope he now builds on that. Watt great again. Callum ward also good and now has another clean sheet. Played some great football. 

[texanwellfan]

7 minutes ago, mio said:

To be fair, the reason he wasn’t able to do that was because Welsh got back to shut him down 

I still think he had 2 chances to lob/chip Ward and one chance to set his mate up but I agree Welsh done very well to distract amd stop him 

[twistandshout1983]

Brilliant 3 points ,  deserved the win overall

Must admit with about 10 minutes to go I thought another draw .  Better late than never

It would had been very frustrating after all our hard work and effort this season to have no wins from 6 league games ,  confident we will get another win very soon

[robsterwood]

18 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

I still think he had 2 chances to lob/chip Ward and one chance to set his mate up but I agree Welsh done very well to distract amd stop him 

It' also takes a lot of composure and skill to chip from that area. When he did shoot us was way off target. 

[SteelmaninOZ]

The gaffer said 

 

[Welly Machine]

Brilliant 3 points, was actually settling for a draw after the chances we missed and they missed a couple of chances late on. 

Joe Lewis back at Aberdeen as goalie coach? 

Glad to see Ap Stam put away the penalty, wouldn't like to think what it would have done for his confidence had he missed it.

 

[robsterwood]

Is it first time well has had 2 Australian scorers in a match? Loved JK interview after saying it was a bit of magic.

[steelman1991]

Been a long time critic of Stephen O'Donnell, but this season we've seen a side of him I didn't think existed. All credit to him and another really good performance today.

[MFCL84]

A well deserved win in the end. First half was pretty even, but Aberdeen looked the more likely to score. Second half, Motherwell totally in control without making that dominance count until the dying minutes of added on time.

Decent peperformances all over the pitch with special mention to SOD who was once again absolutely solid and didn't a foot wrong. What a transformation in his contribution since the arrival of JBA.

Elliot was excellent in midfield, Fadinger too gave his usual classy performance. At the back, both Welsh and Gordon repelled everything that came at them. Longelo did his usual maurauding up the left and was a constant threat. He also showed some blistering pace to get back to thwart an Aberdeen chance in the 2nd half.

We still have problems at the top end though. Said, Maswanhise and Stamatelopolous put in a lot of effort, but we're not quite on it today. Final ball and finishing need work. If we can get this part of the game right, this will be a season to remember. 

Well done to everyone. Three points in the bag. Not before time.

Edit to mention that Ward did everything he was asked to do. Another clean sheet.