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Falkirk v Motherwell 02/05/2026


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1 hour ago, thewelllfan said:

I'm in the same boat as long as Celtic beat Hibs we should be fine for 4th but I don't see us winning any of the final 3 games. We might draw 1 but we looked on the beach.

Today was always going to be a huge mountain to climb for us and the result shouldn't have surprised anyone. Once again McGlynn has got the the better of JBA. It was possibly the hardest of our remaining 4 games. 

I think we're on the beach for several reasons and its up to Hibs now how much they want that 4th spot. If we can avoid hammerings in our next 2 games, I'll happily go Easter Road for the final game 3 points ahead of Hibs and not care about the result.   

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17 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

Today was always going to be a huge mountain to climb for us and the result shouldn't have surprised anyone. Once again McGlynn has got the the better of JBA. It was possibly the hardest of our remaining 4 games. 

I think we're on the beach for several reasons and its up to Hibs now how much they want that 4th spot. If we can avoid hammerings in our next 2 games, I'll happily go Easter Road for the final game 3 points ahead of Hibs and not care about the result.   

To be fair I can't imagine any player is particularly motivated while playing for 4th and being out the cups. Falkirk are desperate to get into Europe and quite clearly wanted it more than us. I think unless Hibs beat one of the OF they won't pick up the 7 points they need to overtake us.

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22 minutes ago, thewelllfan said:

To be fair I can't imagine any player is particularly motivated while playing for 4th and being out the cups. Falkirk are desperate to get into Europe and quite clearly wanted it more than us. I think unless Hibs beat one of the OF they won't pick up the 7 points they need to overtake us.

We are safe, hibs are getting hee haw tomorrow 

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41 minutes ago, thewelllfan said:

To be fair I can't imagine any player is particularly motivated while playing for 4th and being out the cups. Falkirk are desperate to get into Europe and quite clearly wanted it more than us. I think unless Hibs beat one of the OF they won't pick up the 7 points they need to overtake us.

If Hibs beat Falkirk and us and take one point off the gruesome twosome that would be enough. In the short term, they'll want to preserve their Euro spot by burying Falkirk. 

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11 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

If Hibs beat Falkirk and us and take one point off the gruesome twosome that would be enough. In the short term, they'll want to preserve their Euro spot by burying Falkirk. 

Aye but if we take ponts from hearts and celik or even a win then its all academic. To put it simply its all in our hands and at this stage of season you can't ask for much more than that.

Do hibs not have two players suspended for Celtic game as well.

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19 minutes ago, stv said:

Aye but if we take ponts from hearts and celik or even a win then its all academic. To put it simply its all in our hands and at this stage of season you can't ask for much more than that.

Do hibs not have two players suspended for Celtic game as well.

It might seem odd, but I think our next 2 games will be the easiest of our post split fixtures. 

Yes, Hibs have indeed got 2 players suspended for the Celtic game. The result of that fixture will go a long way to determine the final pecking order. 

I'd like to think that the players will be up for our final 2 home games, but we'll see. As we found out again, pre match talk is no substitute for matchday attitude. 

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32 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

It might seem odd, but I think our next 2 games will be the easiest of our post split fixtures. 

Yes, Hibs have indeed got 2 players suspended for the Celtic game. The result of that fixture will go a long way to determine the final pecking order. 

I'd like to think that the players will be up for our final 2 home games, but we'll see. As we found out again, pre match talk is no substitute for matchday attitude. 

Agreed. It is difficult not to be motivated by a full Firpark when the title chasers are in town. Next Saturday eve is box office. 

I think we will see a more motivated Well side to beat Hearts and I think we will.

Having said that, I was expecting more from today. I would have thought the team would have been motivated. I think it is naive to think that the season is over for us. If Hibs win tomorrow ( which is very possible) they are only 3 points behind.

Today was disappointing on a few levels.

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Thought we struggled to play our normal game on a sticky pitch.

First half was pretty even, albeit Falkirk had the best 2 chances.

Second half, I thought we kept at it, but our delivery was poor. After they scored we started to take risks and could have easily conceded more.

Not our best day at the office, but if the chance at the end goes in we all go home happy.

Still not sure how Hendry missed that. Not sure it was going in, but he did seem to clear it off the line!

 

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1 hour ago, wellfan said:

These plastic pitches have no place in the top flight. I’ve said it before: if you can’t grow and maintain grass in Scotland, you’ve no business running a professional football club.

I guess the argument against that is the state of Aberdeen & Dundee United's pitches this winter.

Im generally in agreement with grass being a requirement. But Id rather play on yesterdays pitch than the Pittodrie tattie field we got in the cup.

Even ours wasnt great midwinter, albeit it played ok and there were mitigating factors.

Edit: to add, Falkirk played very good football yesterday. But I guess they are used to the speed of the pitch.

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