Run up to Christmas

[AllyMax]

44 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

So need 3 wins and a draw from the remaining 4 to get 17 points. Not impossible but certainly a big ask for Motherwell, going 10 games without defeat

We're winning the fucking league mate !! I've been watching Mothewell since 1974 (and slightly less regularly since 1972) and this is like no other Mothewell team I've ever seen. We had a couple of excellent teams in that time (Davie Hay's team, but we were 2nd tier) and Tommy McLean's last season and some of the ginger twat's first season before he totally ruined it. McCall's second place team were actually an awful football team to watch and Robinson's double finalists were second ball winning throw it forward in style. This Motherwell is better than any of them at football !

(Ok, maybe not 😂 )

[grizzlyg]

34 minutes ago, AllyMax said:

We're winning the fucking league mate !! I've been watching Mothewell since 1974 (and slightly less regularly since 1972) and this is like no other Mothewell team I've ever seen. We had a couple of excellent teams in that time (Davie Hay's team, but we were 2nd tier) and Tommy McLean's last season and some of the ginger twat's first season before he totally ruined it. McCall's second place team were actually an awful football team to watch and Robinson's double finalists were second ball winning throw it forward in style. This Motherwell is better than any of them at football !

(Ok, maybe not 😂 )

I am loving this season and fact team applauded off park on Saturday shows how much fans are appreciating style.  I still feel we are trying one pass too many and decision making at times not great ( Said is great entertainer but final pass needs worked on).

We have a manager that fears no one and players have bought into it. I also feel we are a very attractive proposition for future transfer targets.

And finally can be summed up with fact we sold our star man for £4.5 million and it hasn't impacted us in the slightest.  Would have been interesting seeing Lennon in that team, I think a season under Jens would have been great for him but obviously we wouldn't have got that transfer fee 

COYW

[AllyMax]

While my post was slightly tongue in cheek, we've played everyone and I can see nothing to fear in anyone we've played. No-one has come close to dominating us (except Celtic) and remember this 'transformation' is only really a few months in and JBA hasn't yet had a full window to work in. We are as good as anyone in the league, possibly lacking the depth of Celtic, but that's it. There's no reason we can't stay at the top end of the league. Only thing we have against us is history.

[Happy Dosser]

1 hour ago, AllyMax said:

We're winning the fucking league mate !! I've been watching Mothewell since 1974 (and slightly less regularly since 1972) and this is like no other Mothewell team I've ever seen. We had a couple of excellent teams in that time (Davie Hay's team, but we were 2nd tier) and Tommy McLean's last season and some of the ginger twat's first season before he totally ruined it. McCall's second place team were actually an awful football team to watch and Robinson's double finalists were second ball winning throw it forward in style. This Motherwell is better than any of them at football !

(Ok, maybe not 😂 )

 

31 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

I am loving this season and fact team applauded off park on Saturday shows how much fans are appreciating style.  I still feel we are trying one pass too many and decision making at times not great ( Said is great entertainer but final pass needs worked on).

We have a manager that fears no one and players have bought into it. I also feel we are a very attractive proposition for future transfer targets.

And finally can be summed up with fact we sold our star man for £4.5 million and it hasn't impacted us in the slightest.  Would have been interesting seeing Lennon in that team, I think a season under Jens would have been great for him but obviously we wouldn't have got that transfer fee 

COYW

Agree with a lot of the above. I began in 1962, after Ian St John and Pat Quinn had left the club, but there was still the belief in the Bobby  Ancell philosophy of quick passing and movement and what might call "pure football". In those days there was a certain pride in supporting  such a team,  which had famously   gubbed  Rangers 2-5 in a Scottish Cup replay at Ibrox (the awful 0-1 defeat to Airdrieonians at FP in the next round was claimed by some to be one reason Sinjy agreed to a move to Liverpool). Our manager seems to have a similar philosophy based on more progressive continental ideas and he seems to have annoyed a section of Scottish pundrity by having the temerity to buck the trend for smaller clubs to grind out results, relying on physicality and set-piece routines to avoid the spectre of relegation.

I am Sure J-B will stay  true to his principles and that he will strengthen the club gradually by shrewd recruitment (no other way for a club of our size). Our midfield is the best I can remember, our defence has been strengthened significantly by Welsh (who was faultless against Hearts and has excellent  distribution from the back) and if we can develop   a striker in-house or find one in January (unlikely) to score regularly we could cement our top four place.

The increase in our  attendances shows that  fans have an appetite for such creative football as opposed to the usual "hod-carrier" stuff practised by many Scottish clubs. It will be interesting to see how such teams  adapt when they play us in the second half of the season.

Strap yourselves in for an exciting ride (I hope).

 

 

[dinnae-punt-it]

1 hour ago, Happy Dosser said:

The increase in our  attendances shows that  fans have an appetite for such creative football as opposed to the usual "hod-carrier" stuff practised by many Scottish clubs.

Fair play to our Chairman and Board for recognising that and actually procuring managers with the right ethos. Easier said than done, but by Christ have they delivered so far. 

[Happy Dosser]

I meant to write "punditry" 😱.

Apologies.

[weeyin]

Back in July I took a few pelters when I said that, given we were never going to win the league,  what I hoped for was to be entertained by the team.
 

Quote

 

"If you want to be entertained go to the theatre, cinema etc not to a football match.

 

Turns out there were a few more that wanted the same as me.

[grizzlyg]

1 hour ago, Happy Dosser said:

I meant to write "punditry" 😱.

Apologies.

You should have kept schtum,  I hadn't noticed, but now you mention it.........🤣🤣

[texanwellfan]

2 hours ago, Happy Dosser said:

 

Agree with a lot of the above. I began in 1962, after Ian St John and Pat Quinn had left the club, but there was still the belief in the Bobby  Ancell philosophy of quick passing and movement and what might call "pure football". In those days there was a certain pride in supporting  such a team,  which had famously   gubbed  Rangers 2-5 in a Scottish Cup replay at Ibrox (the awful 0-1 defeat to Airdrieonians at FP in the next round was claimed by some to be one reason Sinjy agreed to a move to Liverpool). Our manager seems to have a similar philosophy based on more progressive continental ideas and he seems to have annoyed a section of Scottish pundrity by having the temerity to buck the trend for smaller clubs to grind out results, relying on physicality and set-piece routines to avoid the spectre of relegation.

I am Sure J-B will stay  true to his principles and that he will strengthen the club gradually by shrewd recruitment (no other way for a club of our size). Our midfield is the best I can remember, our defence has been strengthened significantly by Welsh (who was faultless against Hearts and has excellent  distribution from the back) and if we can develop   a striker in-house or find one in January (unlikely) to score regularly we could cement our top four place.

The increase in our  attendances shows that  fans have an appetite for such creative football as opposed to the usual "hod-carrier" stuff practised by many Scottish clubs. It will be interesting to see how such teams  adapt when they play us in the second half of the season.

Strap yourselves in for an exciting ride (I hope).

 

 

I think teams will struggle against us even though they will know how we play because I think we have already learned that if they press us high then we will use longer ball more. Once they combat that then we will revert to playing from the back. Most teams end up only pressing high for a short time amd so, yes, there may be difficult periods in a game but overall I think teams are not set up to be successful against our style of play.