Livingston v Motherwell 31/01/2026

[grizzlyg]

Job done,  magic 

[Orinoco]

Brilliant 1st half. Decided that 2 nil will do and that was that. As easy as you like.

[weeyin]

No bother. And not too taxing for the first game of our 5 game fortnight.

[mio]

Poorest half of football I’ve seen us play in a while but in the end apart from a couple of wee slips at the back, pretty comfortable.

fadinger and Priestman didn’t put a foot wrong. I’d love to see their passes stats. Must be about 98% success.

[Mad Dog]

18 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

Scrappy second half. Don’t think JBA will be pleased with second half 

I'm just wondering if that's JBA asking the team to sit on a lead and see the game out as practice for playing against the big teams. Can't see any other reason for such a poor second half.

[texanwellfan]

Second half not up to our usual standards of this season but other than Wards brain fart when he tried to dribble the on rushing forward they never really looked like scoring. Hope JK is alright 

[texanwellfan]

1 minute ago, Mad Dog said:

I'm just wondering if that's JBA asking the team to sit on a lead and see the game out as practice for playing against the big teams. Can't see any other reason for such a poor second half.

Possibly. And looks like we need a wee bit of practise on that.  Some slack passing amd control. 
may not get away with that against other teams 

[weeyin]

1 minute ago, texanwellfan said:

Possibly. And looks like we need a wee bit of practise on that.  Some slack passing amd control. 
may not get away with that against other teams 

Our defensive record says otherwise.

[texanwellfan]

4 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Our defensive record says otherwise.

That will change if we don’t fix issue that pop up

[texanwellfan]

Felt sorry for the big new guy. We gave him nothing but at least it’s another run out for him and great to see Nicholson back playing. 

[Electric Blues]

13 minutes ago, mio said:

fadinger and Priestman didn’t put a foot wrong. I’d love to see their passes stats. Must be about 98% success.

Fadinger "just" 92.9%.

[weeyin]

2 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

That will change if we don’t fix issue that pop up

We see them most games though, because we're not perfect. Opponents aren't perfect either, so don't always score when they get the chance.

Of course we want to minimize them, but not every mistake costs a goal. 

[texanwellfan]

Edging closer to clinching top 6 place

Aberdeen need 6 games to overtake us amd only 9 games till the split. Although Dundee Utd might turn out to be the team challenging for top 6 rather than Aberdeen since Utd have games in hand 

[MJC]

Great first half and the job was done by half time. 
 

Still unbeaten in that light blue Steelworks kit too

[Electric Blues]

2 hours ago, twistandshout1983 said:

If it wasn't for so many draws at the start of the season we would be genuinely league contenders I think

You can say "What if?" about so many games this season, but IF we hadn't dropped points after being 3-0 up against Hearts, and IF the stone wall last minute penalty had been awarded (and scored) against Rangers, we'd be sitting in outright second place just now, just 4 points behind Hearts.

Of course, there's also a parallel universe where we lost half of the games we drew - sliding doors...

[weeyin]

The draws at the start of the season were part of the development process. You can't implement a completely new approach and have it work immediately. That was as true for someone like Klopp at Liverpool as it is for JBA at Fir Park. 

The key will be can we maintain and improve next season now that everyone knows what they are doing. If we can, then it will be an exciting one. 

[star sail]

9 minutes ago, weeyin said:

The draws at the start of the season were part of the development process. You can't implement a completely new approach and have it work immediately. That was as true for someone like Klopp at Liverpool as it is for JBA at Fir Park. 

The key will be can we maintain and improve next season now that everyone knows what they are doing. If we can, then it will be an exciting one. 

Have you given up on a title race this season? I don't think it is quite over yet.

I still believe that Hearts will fall back into the pack a little. IF we get a win against Dundee, the Rangers game becomes huge and could potentially drag us right back into the fight. 

I know it is a long shot but this season still holds much excitement. We still have to play Rangers, Celtic and Hearts twice. I am making an assumption now that top six is secured. Unbelievable to be making that statement in January.