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3 minutes ago, PauloPerth said:
Yes, quite. The world of Scottish football is a truly bizarre place.
To be fair after his 1st few appearances I think all Well fans would have agreed….
He still needs a good few chances to score a goal. And as often is the case he scores from the more difficult opportunities and misses the easier chances.
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On 03/08/2023 at 10:41, PauloPerth said:
Motherwell were stinking most of last season and replaced a 30 goal striker with Theo Bair, so I’m going for them for a change.
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2 minutes ago, Phillips455 said:
The County Result now puts a bit of pressure back on. Only a 7 point gap between us and a county.
Which is still very bug with only 5 games left but we simply cannot take the plot split games for granted.
Hopefully neither the away games to county and Aberdeen are on the Wednesday scheduled fixture. Can't believe they did that to nearly all the county/Aberdeen fixtures against us this season.
I would be even more concerned if I were a St Johnstone fan. County look a more capable team certainly in terms of scoring goals.
Our GD effectively works as an extra point v teams below. I think 1 more win and 40 points would do the job. We should be capable of at least 1 win or 3 draws post split.
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Dundee fans are generally sound compared to St Mirren fans (on this Board) but tbh that would not be difficult. A couple have thanked us for helping them get top 6 yesterday. One with a clearly tongue in cheek post. So not sure I get the fuss. If it was not us then I am quite happy Dundee made the top 6.
Busta is right in that I think everyone was baffled we were even in with a chance. On the face of it - it has been a poor season, but I say again if someone had said at the start of the season that after 33 games we would only have lost 12 games I would have bitten your hand off for that. Clearly would have wished for less draws. Hopefully we can kick on and finish 7th or 8th and above Aberdeen.
I saw Barmak before the game at the ticket office heading to the main stand with what looked like a very full claret plastic bag. If nothing else we will have made a few £ profit from his shop purchases….
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13 minutes ago, Wellin said:
I don't think Davor is bang average. No better than Maguire. Come on. Ridiculous. No wonder people laugh at these boards the shite some people talk.
And seriously. Give Casey a break. Why would he try to give the opposition goals.
And relax…
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For many on here criticising Davor is akin to herecy. He is a bang average midfielder. Genuinely no better than Maguire. Just a wee bit shorter.
Typical game in many ways. We seem to b triggered by the opposition scoring. The only mistake made was that a Hibs were not 2 or 3-0 up. Then we would have won.
Kelly had a very good game. 6 words I did not think I would type anytime soon.
Apart from that Gent is a baller. No chance we can keep him sadly.
Casey in that second half was almost comedic. He legitimately tried to give the opposition several goals. That pass across our box just being one moment of ineptitude of many. The weather did not help but we need a total overhaul of the defence and GK. As in move everyone on in the CB and GK position.
Glad we did not lose obvs. And to see that out of 33 games we have only lost a dozen in such an apparently poor season is somewhat surprising..
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9 hours ago, Hoose Rice said:
Fire a few crosses into our box towards the bear dude, job done.
Fire a few crosses into our box near that Kelly keeper. Job done.
As I said I think we will fall short of staying in the race for top 6. If there was nothing in this game I would be more confident of a positive outcome. But Hibs know they need to avoid defeat. Might help them with their focus.
As I said previously our defence and goalie will have to have the game of their season for us to prevail. But I fully expect to be sitting there in the 1st 10/20/30 minutes saying to my pal how did Hibs score that goal…..Why did we not make any attempt to defend etc etc probably with their 1st effort on target also.
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2 hours ago, MP_MFC said:
Motherwell is roadwork central the now btw for anyone travelling there are 4 way lights at Carfin, 3 way lights outside the Mega Bar and I believe the roundabout at the college end of Ravenscraig is going to be closed all weekend which will be lovely with a thousand or so away fans travelling through from Edinburgh.
Thanks for the heads up. Will leave a little earlier this Saturday.
This has all the hallmarks of the 6-6 game. I suspect most neutral fans would agree that Hibs have the better players / squad especially since their January additions. Their front line ought to be amongst the best outside the old firm. So I don’t doubt they will score and probably a minimum of 2 goals, probably before we get going as per the norm this season.
In the unlikely event our defence and goalkeeper can all play to their very best then we may well win this. But genuinely I feel we will give ourselves another mountain to climb and that will be one step too far.
Certainly will look at the odds for a high scoring game. I will say 2-2 or 3-2 Hibs. Hope I am wrong
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2 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said:
I'd say bringing up gender / sexuality in the first place, then posting a picture of someone eating popcorn, is the very epitome of starting of debate.
Anyway, back to the football.
I will gladly get back to the football. But still stand by my view that you cannot judge the value of an individual or specifically what they can offer Motherwell FC based on their political leanings. Anyone trying to back that up and justify that particular point is wrong imho.
Last words from me. It does not affect me as I tried to cover in one of my entirely rational posts, but to go out of one’s way and make anyone who votes or favours Tory feel unwelcome on this Message Board or supporting MFC is not a good look. Not very inclusive and I doubt that is the community ethos Motherwell so closely encapsulates. I would say exactly the same thing if said person mentioned any other political party in a similar way.
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3 minutes ago, Vietnam91 said:
Guess that's directed at me for highlighting some of the mental comments levelled at WS Board members, questioning their direction and motives (and therefore I'd argue it is implied also their integrity).
You've had a bit of a bad morning on here, best move on before you end up in P&B jail.
Not aimed at you at all.
Not had a bad morning at all. Just saying what I feel is correct. Judging individuals on political persuasion rather than what they can actually offer Motherwell FC / Well Society seems rather narrow minded.
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5 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said:
I don't think there's anything wrong with mentioning a board member's particular leanings in the context of a thread about that particular club. It's only when people start debating other political issues (such as gender and sexuality) that the thread is in danger of getting diverted. We don't want to delete stuff more than necessary.
Nobody was debating anyone’s gender or sexuality. I correctly pointed out that would and should not be tolerated, so why should the other stuff be allowed especially naming actual individuals. Should you not take a dim view on that ?
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2 minutes ago, Cardinal Richelieu said:
well said, which is why I've removed a few posts. If you want to debate politics, sexuality, and gender identity, there are better places to do it.
I 100% agree this is a football forum. That is why I am here.
But if I may suggest that you want to remove political posts, perhaps (just a thought) you should remove the post/s a couple of pages back that started all this sh1t ?0 -
36 minutes ago, Swello said:
Both Dundee clubs have owners who are obviously covering shortfalls and boosting budgets. With Dundee, there is as I understand it a plan to develop more than just a new ground out on the edge of town, so that might explain Nelms underwriting all of this from a business plan point of view - but with Utd I just can't see what their guy is getting out of it as they've been running 2-3m deficits every season and running a Premiership squad in the Championship won't help matters. Maybe Conference League group football is now seen as an achievable thing and would allow these types of "investors" to get their money back..
We are running a deficit albeit with cash in the bank to pay for it as things stand - so we aren't in a hole with debt, just unable to outspend anyone other than Livi and so you can see the dilemma we face.
A bit like John Boyle. The novelty of losing millions of £s must wear off after a while. At least Boyle supported Motherwell. Mark Ogren at United. No idea. I think the club debt to him is now circa £15m of thereabouts. Exactly what I would not want from an Investor in Motherwell as discussed above.
As for Dundee. £6m projected losses for this season and next. Tim Keyes has an Investement firm in the US with his brother but not sure how deep his pockets are. Another bizarre scenario. I mean does he and they have the financial clout to cover these losses. The latest statement says they do but honestly they look like bigger basket cases than we do. At least we spent £1.5m to £2m on pitch and stadium improvements.
Unless Netflix guy can show he will do things a lot differently than either Dundee club then I am not at all interested.
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As everyone agrees top 6 would actually be rather funny all things considered. Then if we went on to pip St Mirren for a European place this season would go from one of the worst to one of the best in short order.
But I am not too bothered at all. Financially it would be a good thing obviously, but it could get messy in terms of playing one of the Old Firm at home with the title race so close. Would rather do without all that hassle tbh.
That said I would rather not lose to Hibs at home. So Dundee getting the 1 point they require would be the least painful option if we do miss out. Especially as it will be a tall order us coming back from being 1-0,2-0,3-0 or 4-0* down next weekend and win. If I was Hibs at every dead ball into the box I would just place a player in front of Kelly and watch the chaos ensue.
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7 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
For the millionth time, Bair needed to leave us for it to work. He'd been hopeless for us but a fresh start, and some luck with everything going well for him at the start, has given him a launchpad to get going.
Well done to him.
Why did he need to leave you ? The same guy that is ripping up the league.
All in honesty not a dig but I cannot remember another player that has had such a conversion.
Still I would rather have two cup wins in one year. A quite phenomenal achievement
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Well done guys on a fantastic win.
BUT…..is the fact you let Theo go akin to the guy who did not sign Elvis..
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13 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
Tbf Clark, Kimpioka, and now Sidibeh, are all relatively prolific this season in terms of goals per minute.
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1 hour ago, Busta Nut said:
Nah it's 3 months too late. We've been through this with Alexander
You are hard to please Busta. Sorry mate. But you are the kind of fan that could find us winning the Champions League a negative.
Kettlewell is no saviour but he has worked miracles with the lowest budget we have had in years.
Let it go and accept you are a negative ninny whatever the circumstances.
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Don’t want to cause a ruckus but I watched the Sportscene highlights. When we went 2-2 look I looked at the responses of the players behind the goal.
Totally unemotional. I may be doing him a disservice but it looks like Sam Nicholson could not even be bothered to have any positive emotion. I am sorry but that is fuckin weird. Your teammates have come from 2-0 to 2–2 and you stand there like you are waiting for a DPD delivery.
Not for me. F off…l
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I want to salute our brave players for playing in such terrible conditions. What with the home side, the SPFL, the SFA, NATO, Red Cross conspiring against us.
Sometimes football is just the best. At 79 mins I hate it. At 93 mins I absolutely love it. I wish I could bottle this high.
And as for Moses……he parted the water on the Dens Park pitch to score. Truly inspiring…
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12 minutes ago, Busta Nut said:
Stand by what I said about Kettlewell, seen this before with Alexander.
I am away off to the match thread
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Now where was I…..
That this team is in with a chance of top 6 is hilarious. If we had a defence we would be top 4….maybe getting carried away a little.
I hate this team and love this team
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Wait a moment - WTF is happening
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At the risk of repeating myself for the hundredth time, but if we do stay up this season we need a total refresh in defense and goals. A total refresh.
I have given Ketts the benefit of the doubt many times. But if he cannot see the blindingly obvious he can pack his bags as well. None of this offering contracts to any defensive players or even Kelly. Could get a better keeper for half the price.
Edit to add - hopefully Killie get the win and Hibs can get a winner. So we lose no ground on those below. Edit to add - you useless b*****ds Hibs !
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Aberdeen's Next Permanent Manager - Pantomine Continues - Warnock's Gone
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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One thing is for sure Cormack is throwing money around like Floyd Mayweather. All these Managers and subsequent pay offs. The cost to appoint Thelin and 2 x Assistant/s staff and keep on Peter Leven. I would imagine to persuade him to come they have pushed the boat out.
Probably wrong but I suspect this may work out well. Christ knows if it doesn’t…..Maybe Aberdeen are just cursed..