Rangers v Motherwell 27/12/2025

[Yabba's Turd]

24 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

So to be fair rangers should also not be in a realistic title discussion. 

They have a game in hand

[wellfan]

8 hours ago, claretband said:

Did anyone hear 5live tonight? Chris Sutton was on discussing Hearts title race etc. then the host said let’s not forget Motherwell. Sutton’s response was “you’re having a laugh theyre playing well but have serious lack of depth in the squad”.


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Chris Sutton is a full-pelt moron. Being a Celtic fan is basically membership of a delusional cult, so it’s no surprise he’s as thick as he sounds.

[wellsince75]

To be fair it’s given it’s a bit of a stretch to seriously consider us to win the league - Leicester would be the comparison and I’m sure they were leading at Xmas .

finish in top 6 will be fabulous - top 4 would be amazing - anything more needs a level of magic for us and further disaster for others.

[star sail]

I think a reasonable guess as to how the season might now finish would be

1. Celtic 

2. Hearts

3. Rangers 

4. Motherwell 

I have been really surprised by Hearts. I thought the wheels would have come off before now and it hasn't so they are genuine title contenders now. I do wonder how the table would look just now if we had held on at Tynecastle for the win.

Much as I hate to say it, Chris Sutton is right. Over a full season you need the resources to stay competitive. JBA has played a blinder rotating the squad but Celtic, Rangers and Hearts will be able to strengthen in January in a way that Motherwell can't.

4th place would be a sensational result this season should it happen.

[well_said]

9 hours ago, claretband said:

Did anyone hear 5live tonight? Chris Sutton was on discussing Hearts title race etc. then the host said let’s not forget Motherwell. Sutton’s response was “you’re having a laugh theyre playing well but have serious lack of depth in the squad”.


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Typical ignorant Scottish football pundit.

[joewarkfanclub]

2 hours ago, star sail said:

I think a reasonable guess as to how the season might now finish would be

1. Celtic 

2. Hearts

3. Rangers 

4. Motherwell 

I have been really surprised by Hearts. I thought the wheels would have come off before now and it hasn't so they are genuine title contenders now. I do wonder how the table would look just now if we had held on at Tynecastle for the win.

Much as I hate to say it, Chris Sutton is right. Over a full season you need the resources to stay competitive. JBA has played a blinder rotating the squad but Celtic, Rangers and Hearts will be able to strengthen in January in a way that Motherwell can't.

4th place would be a sensational result this season should it happen.

In a normal season, I would agree with this, as experience tells us this is the way things usually pan out.

This isnt a normal season though.

Im not suggesting we are in the title race, but to dismiss it like Sutton has shows the kind of arrogance that has led Celtic to where they are this season (with the money they have in the bank  they should be miles ahead of everyone). 

FWIW I dont think Hearts are going away. They have the technology and the resource to strengthen in January and seem to be more astute in spending their money right now than Rangers or Celtic.

We will need to address the striking position and get some cover in for Longelo and Welsh to be in the equation. But we have showed over nearly half the season that, if we can keep everyone fit, we are a match for anyone in the league.

[claretband]

Typical ignorant Scottish football pundit.

It was the sneering way he said it that annoyed. The host persisted and mentioned us once or twice more. At no stage did Sutton demonstrate any deeper knowledge eg our depth and quality in midfield.


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[wellon]

1 hour ago, claretband said:

It was the sneering way he said it that annoyed. The host persisted and mentioned us once or twice more. At no stage did Sutton demonstrate any deeper knowledge eg our depth and quality in midfield.


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Punditry is an easy gig, probably picking up decent money too.

I don't really listen to them,  with one or two exceptions,  just guys and gals stating what uou can see with your own 2 eyes.

Doesn't make them bad people, e.g  faddy, can't not like him , michael stewrt is quite entertaining too but Sutton thinks he's turned into an art form 

[Big Stall]

Get a striker in & keep hold of the gaffer i see no reason we cant be in the fight for 2nd

[MJC]

9 hours ago, well_said said:

Typical ignorant Scottish football pundit.

There definitely is some ignorance in that but there is also some truth. We don’t have the depth that Hearts and the Old Firm have and as we saw at the weekend we struggle to create that spark when Maswanhise isn’t in the side.
 

We also aren’t nearly strong enough up front to be considered as in the mix for the title race. Yes we play some good stuff but all too often aren’t able to make it counts at the crucial time. We have a No.9 who needs penalties or else a dozen chances in front of goal before he converts one. We are also far too lightweight and don’t have anyone in the side like a Gogic or a Devlin who can give us that toughness that we would need to seriously be considered as in contention. 
 

I do think that 4th place is a realistic target for us this season. Long way to go yet but there is cause for optimism. Ultimately though this season has all the hallmarks of “another good Motherwell team that won nothing, but could have done so much more”. Which isn’t (before the ‘faithers’ start foaming at the mouth) a bad thing.

[Electric Blues]

If you'd told me this time last year that we'd soon be arguing about whether we had the strength in depth to be considered genuine title contenders I'd have laughed in your face.

However this season ends up, that's progress!

[grizzlyg]

The fact we are talking about outside chance of title shows the progress under JBA. Could all go pear shaped next 2 games but if we could come away with say 3 or 4 pts it would be great.

No way are we winning league and imo 4th is our aim.  However we have all that Miller money so no reason why we cant try and get a few gems in January or some clever loan deals especially players needing game time for world cup chances 

[FirParkCornerExile]

9 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

The fact we are talking about outside chance of title shows the progress under JBA. Could all go pear shaped next 2 games but if we could come away with say 3 or 4 pts it would be great.

No way are we winning league and imo 4th is our aim.  However we have all that Miller money so no reason why we cant try and get a few gems in January or some clever loan deals especially players needing game time for world cup chances 

There every reason to suspect JBA has an eye for a player unlike Kettlewells scatter gun approach so we could see some decent transfer activity and with Jordan McGhee on the verge of selection we could end January with the strongest squad we've had in many a year.