Motherwell V Hibs 21/03/2026

[Kmcalpin]

A crunch game in the tussle for 4th place and an automatic Euro place. 4th place is ours to lose but have the wheels come off? 

Stephen Welsh will be back and thats good news for a faltering defence. However Longelo will be sidelined. With no natural cover I'd go for SODS at left back and Jordan McGhee at right back.  

[grizzlyg]

Massive game and can't afford to lose it.  I have lost my mojo and fear we are going to struggle rest of season.   Maswanhise and Watt need to ignore the hype about them and get back to way they were playing 

[Kmcalpin]

It will certainly be a huge test of character. In my book  there's a questionmark over our team in big games. 

[joewarkfanclub]

44 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

It will certainly be a huge test of character. In my book  there's a questionmark over our team in big games. 

I dont think thats fair.

The only big game I dont think we turned up in was the League Cup semi-final, and even that game was down to "moments".

Performance wise, we have been excellent against Hearts twice, Celtic three times and Rangers three times.

Results wise you could make an argument for it, but given all 3 teams have significantly bigger budgets than us and are above us in the league, they might just be better/luckier than us.

The fact that we have been able to go toe to toe with them is a significant improvement on mindset and performance levels from years gone past.

Of course, if we want to develop and get better, Jens will have to find a way to bridge the gap and turn those performances into results.

 

[joewarkfanclub]

It will be a big test for us next week however.

Hibs have some very good players and we will be without Longelo and possibly Fadinger.

At least Welsh is back, but with Koutroumbis still out and RCC injured, the inability to sign LB cover in the window might come back to bite us.

Gonna be very limited for options there.

[Kmcalpin]

16 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Results wise you could make an argument for it, but given all 3 teams have significantly bigger budgets than us and are above us in the league, they might just be better/luckier than us.

I would also include the Aberdeen cup game and the recent loss at Dens Park in my assessment. However, both of those clubs also have bigger budgets than us. 

[bobbybingo]

8 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

I would also include the Aberdeen cup game and the recent loss at Dens Park in my assessment. However, both of those clubs also have bigger budgets than us. 

Not sure why Dundee would be considered a big game in comparison to any of the games we won.

[grizzlyg]

43 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

It will be a big test for us next week however.

Hibs have some very good players and we will be without Longelo and possibly Fadinger.

At least Welsh is back, but with Koutroumbis still out and RCC injured, the inability to sign LB cover in the window might come back to bite us.

Gonna be very limited for options there.

Put SOD left back and mcghee right back

[joewarkfanclub]

2 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:

I would also include the Aberdeen cup game and the recent loss at Dens Park in my assessment. However, both of those clubs also have bigger budgets than us. 

I wouldnt include the Aberdeen Cup game.

Nothing wrong with our mentality in that game. Even after the first freak red card, we regained our composure and control over the game.

At 10 v 10 we were the better team and looked like we had every chance to get back in it.

Our second red card kills it, and Im not having that as a red card ever.

Killie had a player brought down on the edge of the box tonight goalside and absolutely getting a shot away. Yellow card.

The standard of officiating in this country is horrendous.

[grizzlyg]

Start Thor next week for Said.  Said went off boil recently.