Motherwell v Dundee United 28/02/2026

[mio]

8 minutes ago, Yabba's Turd said:

You say negative, we say pragmatic, didn't suffer fools and moved on from his mistakes PDQ

Does “we” mean “I” 😉

im not convinced he did move on from mistakes. We suffered years of negative performances and then we had a couple of really good seasons, mostly sparked by the genius of Cooper. He then tore apart a good cup winning team because he fell out with them and then buggered off to Hearts who he almost relegated. He also failed at Dundee Utd 

I just think our views of him are clouded because of the cup win. But….. that day is still one of the best of my life so I still love the pig headed wee guy.

[Yabba's Turd]

19 minutes ago, mio said:

Does “we” mean “I” 😉

im not convinced he did move on from mistakes. We suffered years of negative performances and then we had a couple of really good seasons, mostly sparked by the genius of Cooper. He then tore apart a good cup winning team because he fell out with them and then buggered off to Hearts who he almost relegated. He also failed at Dundee Utd 

I just think our views of him are clouded because of the cup win. But….. that day is still one of the best of my life so I still love the pig headed wee guy.

I'm biased, I knew Tomtom really well from working there, he was under extremely tight budgets, FP had been neglected/homered/patched with sellotape for years and required massive investment and running repairs, pennies mattered, the contracts of the players he 'fell out' with were based on 'we are cup winners' Tommy's answer was 'so?'
Would have been interesting to see what he would have done with Phil's transfer had he stayed.

[mio]

1 minute ago, Yabba's Turd said:

I'm biased, I knew Tomtom really well from working there, he was under extremely tight budgets, FP had been neglected/homered/patched with sellotape for years and required massive investment and running repairs, pennies mattered, the contracts of the players he 'fell out' with were based on 'we are cup winners' Tommy's answer was 'so?'
Would have been interesting to see what he would have done with Phil's transfer had he stayed.

I remember Craig Patersons career was finished because he asked for £50 a week more. I don’t think Tommy played him again. I always remember thinking he didn’t deserve that.

ive no doubt there was penny pinching and tough budgets but he did manage to broker himself a good pay deal when he left us for hearts 

Anyway, he’ll still go down… even with me… as a real legend of the club.

[The African]

Tommy McLean did a fantastic job at Fir Park. He was very much "of his time" and had to build his team over a period of several seasons as was the norm in those days. He built from the back and made us hard to beat and competitive which were the foundations of our success. I would contend that we improved as a team nearly every season and that has to be seen as a marked success for a club of our size. The fact that he didn't go on to bigger and better things after he left Fir Park can perhaps be put down to a number of factors. Times were changing and he was unwilling or unable to change his managerial style to accommodate these changes. He was also just a very "good fit" for Motherwell at that time. A true case of the right an being in the right place at the right time. I will always be grateful for his service to the club.

 

As for now, one game at a time.

[thewelllfan]

Realistically even looking ahead 9 of our last 11 games are against the T6. We've W3 D6 L3 against those teams so far I think for us to win the league we'd have to win 10 out the last 11 games and going of our record against those teams that doesn't look particularly likely hence the reason going out the cup was so gutting as that was our real chance for a trophy. 

Anyway team for Dundee Utd for me would be the same 1 that started the St Mirren game. It will be the last game of Fadinger's suspension so that's a positive.

[grizzlyg]

37 minutes ago, thewelllfan said:

Realistically even looking ahead 9 of our last 11 games are against the T6. We've W3 D6 L3 against those teams so far I think for us to win the league we'd have to win 10 out the last 11 games and going of our record against those teams that doesn't look particularly likely hence the reason going out the cup was so gutting as that was our real chance for a trophy. 

Anyway team for Dundee Utd for me would be the same 1 that started the St Mirren game. It will be the last game of Fadinger's suspension so that's a positive.

Fadinger was 2 game suspension i thought so would be available snd I would bring him in for Slattery 

[thewelllfan]

8 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

Fadinger was 2 game suspension i thought so would be available snd I would bring him in for Slattery 

happy days then I think it would be harsh to drop Slattery given he got what 2 or 3 assists in the last game.

[grizzlyg]

7 hours ago, thewelllfan said:

happy days then I think it would be harsh to drop Slattery given he got what 2 or 3 assists in the last game.

Its a tough call as Priestman has been excellent also

[bobbybingo]

9 hours ago, thewelllfan said:

Realistically even looking ahead 9 of our last 11 games are against the T6. We've W3 D6 L3 against those teams so far I think for us to win the league we'd have to win 10 out the last 11 games and going of our record against those teams that doesn't look particularly likely hence the reason going out the cup was so gutting as that was our real chance for a trophy. 

Anyway team for Dundee Utd for me would be the same 1 that started the St Mirren game. It will be the last game of Fadinger's suspension so that's a positive.

On the plus side, those games give us the chance to directly affect where we finish. If we manage to take full points from the next 2 games, our season may well be entirely in our own hands. One thing's for sure - nobody will be looking forward to playing us right now.

[wellon]

16 hours ago, mio said:

Wee Tommy was probably the most negative managers we’ve ever had. Our manager now has the polar opposite approach to games.

 

No chance was he the most negative,Kettlewell and GA??

.Cooper and Russell couldn't manage a tackle between them but cracking attacking players,  he did what he had to do at the time 

[wellon]

20 hours ago, mio said:

If we stay with the same side as last night we will win. In this game I don’t really want the old “6 changes to be team” post before the game.

Fadinger would be the only one I’d consider starting but that’d mean Priestman dropping out and the boy has been exceptional and doesn’t deserve dropped. 

looking over social media this morning (I know I shouldn’t) it’s so mixed, it’s either we are all arrogant c@nts or we are the future of football. It’s so weird seeing us mentioned by so many other clubs and seeing their opinions. It’s weird but I do like it.

i just hope that the slattery thing blows over and doesn’t effect him. He’s been absolutely panned.

Cracking player but he deserves panning, I remember todd cantwell doing similar to him a few years ago.

Should have more respect for fellow pros especially when cruising. 

[claretband]

I still remember Utd scoring in injury time and the announcer giving the other results at fulltime - "And in the other Premier games where they played the regulation 90 minutes"

The Brewster goal yes?


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[Richie]

We can win the league until we can't.

Take it a game at a time.

[weeyin]

1 hour ago, wellon said:

No chance was he the most negative,Kettlewell and GA??

.Cooper and Russell couldn't manage a tackle between them but cracking attacking players,  he did what he had to do at the time 

After Tommy won the First Division, we suffered a few years of parking the bus with little success.

The first year in the SPL in particular was parking the bus every week, and still ended up joint bottom with Clydebank, saved from relegation again by league reconstruction.

Cooper and Russell joined a couple of years after that, when things slowly started to turn around.

 

[wellon]

21 minutes ago, weeyin said:

After Tommy won the First Division, we suffered a few years of parking the bus with little success.

The first year in the SPL in particular was parking the bus every week, and still ended up joint bottom with Clydebank, saved from relegation again by league reconstruction.

Cooper and Russell joined a couple of years after that, when things slowly started to turn around.

 

I know I was there...you couldn't have got cooper and Russell in early years so that option wasn't there 

[Scarecrow]

Those of you of a certain vintage will remember that it was a home match against Dundee Utd that wrecked our last serious title attempt. If someone could keep the lightning away from Fir Park this weekend, that would be fine.