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Fair enough. When I was in my 20’s I hated every loss. Sometimes took me days to get over it. Then I mellowed. Now in my 50’s it does not hurt so much. But truth be told tonite was a bummer. Did I think we could lose. Absolutely. Do I expect us to lose. No. Not after the last few games. To me the Scottish Cup is special. Almost sacrosanct. Another season of underachieving is just tough to take.

Were you at the game ? That is maybe why it might not sting you. I hate Motherwell losing. But it is marginally better when you are not physically there. As much as tonite stings and it does. I am not yet at the Kettlewell binning stage. He has done a decent job on a shoestring budget. Plus he cannot be held accountable for a goalie with as much presence as 4 year old girl. No offence to 4 year old girls. Our focus has been on defence. Our focus has been on attack. To me the clear problem we have is between the sticks. Time to admit we have a donkey on goals and try and get someone, anyone in next season

Morton deserved to win. Nothing special at all. Just solid as we expected but actually did bugger all about. We played poorly but that has a lot to how Morton played and closed down space. The game literally turned on the 1st goal. A Kilmarnock fan recently lambasted me when I argued about the amount of money they were spending on Van Veen. His response was iirc “not our fault if you spunk a lot of money on a midget goalkeeper with no hands”. Literally the best response he could make on account of the fact it is so true. As a person I have no axe to grind with Kelly. But he has the worst save % in the top flight. My 83 year old Mother would command the box better. Time for his to be dropped altogether. Anyways. Congrats to Morton. Hope you get a decent draw in the next round. Good old proper club with good fans

Just back in to the hotel. My oh my. Sometimes watching this team is plain and simply depressing. I am sure we must lose more games in the cup to lower leagues than we actually win v teams ranked above us. 2 seasons in a row away to Championship level teams. Just not acceptable. Nobody played well tonight. That may be down to having played midweek. But also down to a bang average stadium and pitch in poor weather which had it all set up for a shock so to speak. But what tops it all and starts it all off is our International keeper who is as adept at commanding his box as a politician is at telling the truth. He is simply inadequate. It all stems from that utter abomination of an attempt at the corner. Not for the 1st time this season. Our Captain and highest earner. Literally the biggest con going this past few years. Sets the tone for the rest of the match. If we offer him any type of contract I will seriously consider going back to Fir Park. An utter Charlatan. He statistically has the worst save % in the league. Any other top flight keeper would have dealt with that better. I don’t dislike him as a person. Even the 2nd goal was atypical of the types of goals he has been conceding all season. Just out of reach . Tonight was a real low for me. I love this team and always will but I need to take a time out for a couple of months. Seriously harming my mental health .

Well done Morton. Good luck in the next round. We are back to being utter garbage. Does not help when we gave the worlds worst goalkeeper. If he is offered another contract I doubt I will bother going back to Fir Park

The very point I made on page 1 of this thread. But some Morton fans seem to be ignoring . In many ways there are similarities in that both teams form has picked up these past 2 months. We have not won as many games as Morton and have conceded more goals no doubt but then we are playing Hearts, Celtic, Aberdeen etc and not Arbroath or Dunfermline whose defence can only be described as utterly abysmal. I assume Well fans who want to sit in the Main stand area enter at the Wee Dublin End and walk through on a 1st come 1st served basis. I was just told to buy Wee Dublin End tickets my MFC ticket office.

Remember it is a 19:30 kick off.

Venti clearly been living on the moon the past two weeks. That said I like the fact Morton are in a rich vein of form. Makes us less likely to underestimate them. The tie could easily go either way and it would not surprise me if it went to ET and penalties. Last time we won on penalties at Cappielow and all that…..

Is Spittal actually going to St Mirren or is it still just a rumour ? I mean no disrespect to St Mirren…..actually plenty of disrespect to St Mirren , but if he continues on this form he would have the likes of Hearts, Hibs and Aberdeen sniffing and many options down south one would imagine. Paying a lot more than St Mirren have probably offered. Should probably add Killie to that list, although it may mean breaking their £2000 a week limit……..again. Maybe part of the reason for the upturn in form is again down to the fact he is out of contract ? Either way there is probably little likelihood we can offer as much. Shame really…..

Absolutely superb tonite. A wee wake up call for the Ketts doubters of which there have been a few on here. In truth it was fairly obvious he had the team and players onside. They all said so and meant it. One win does not make a season. Hopefully we can get through on Friday and kick on for there. Sweet dreams….

Make that 4-0, We are coming for the Tinks / Ton

I have seen comments on how poor Motherwell have been recently. I may concur should we lose tonight. But actually we have been improving of late. Morton might be unbeaten in 12 or so games but we have only lost 2 in 12 one of which is our regular routine defeat to Rangers. And without doubt our run (Alloa apart) has been against much tougher opponents. I was and am quite worried when I saw the 5-0 scoreline v Dunfermline. It was a great and convincing win. But as bad as we have been in defence I genuinely could not believe how bad Dunfermline were for the last 3 goals. It was genuinely comedy defending. Probably even worse than that description. It looked like their defenders had not played football before. I still think the game will be won by the odd goal probably after ET. I am almost comforted to see the confidence of the Morton fans. Not saying it is misplaced, just that I would be more worried playing Morton on a poor run. It maybe makes no sense to say that but at least Motherwell will know how tough a game to expect and our fans, myself included know the game is very much 50/50. Edit to add. I noticed watching the Dunfermline highlights Morton had a long throw in expert. Hate playing against teams with one of those. Effectively every throw in anywhere near the goal line is like a corner. I also noted forecast at the moment is 40mph winds + on Friday Evening. I think I know how Morton may get one of their goals .

Would expect there to be around 1500 away fans which is fairly decent given it is a Friday night on BBC. I am heading along and making a night of it in Glasgow before and after. Morton are absolutely flying and are the form side in the championship. So certainly a tough ask and with them scoring so freely, I very much doubt they will fail to score against us. We have tightened up a little at the back but yet we still seem partial to chucking one in and usually the 1st shot the opposition team has on target which is as annoying as it is bizarre. I think the fact we are playing in such a crucial game tomorrow night also plays into Morton’s hands and gives another slight advantage as does playing at home. All that said despite failing to win many games we have not lost many either. Only 2 in over a dozen which included games v both Rangers and Celtic (away). Our form over last 6 league games has in the top half. In the very recent draws v St Johnstone and Killie I would say we were the better side in both second half’s with the games at 1-1. Would not surprise me if this went to ET and even penalties. Any win will do .

Clean sheet. What is that ? To be fair we defended quite well today. It is just unbelievable how many times we concede a goal from the opponents first attempt on target. To the point it is almost bizarre. St Johnstone, Alloa and Kilmarnock today. Was pleasantly surprised by how we played today. Made a Killie side with all the plaudits look bang average. Theo Bair is quite something. From 4th choice striker to 1st choice and deservedly so. He was a handful today. Also thought Paton was quite good today apart from his finishing. Also Davor. I was critical of him v Alloa but was impressed today. Will see if he can keep his place given the January recruitment. But he was very decent.

1st shot on target = 1 goal. Starting to become a bit tedious

Let’s not revise history. KVV was a phenomenon. To score in 11 consecutive games for a club record was nothing short of superpowers. It is almost as if we took it for granted. I loved Louis Moult as we all did. But KVV took it to another level. I really like the post that suggested he would help wipe out our opposition for the drop was genius. Let’s hope he does. Who knows how well he will do for Killie. Still wish he came back to us. Hopefully he does not get on the pitch tomorrow. He is such a maverick genius

Not entirely related but one of my friends mentioned that he saw somewhere that we would be due a solidarity payment from Cardiff of circa £75,000 for the Turnbull transfer from Celtic. Given he was brought through our youth academy. Not sure how accurate but would be a wee boost if true.

A fair point. Not something I had thought of actually. I guess if he has other offers he may well move on. But in the absence of that, he definitely comes across as someone who wants to be a Manager and keeping us in the league is unlikely to excite the bigger clubs. Even if it is quite an achievement given the well documented challenges this season. Edit to add - just read the two posts above. Kinda similar thoughts. Also just remembered that I recall reading he was on a building site before he joined Motherwell. So I guess if he had the choice Football management would with us or anyone else be his preference.

Tongue in cheek….tongue in cheek. Thought it would be fairly obvious

I see a few comments about a new Manager come the summer. That imho will only happen if we get relegated. Stay up in 10th or via the play offs and I see SK in charge for next season. We have spend the last 24 hours discussing how much our budget has been cut back due to mistakes and overspending in previous seasons. If SK keeps us up this season he should stay in post. And no I am not related to him .

Hard to argue with that. He should make the most of it. I doubt anyone else (ourselves included) will offer half of what he is currently earning. I am sure we will offer him a contract given he is our captain. But genuinely I wish we move on and see if we can get someone else in.

I have not been near SO for months and sadly for everyone on here (especially one) I have no intention of going back. Not adding another striker is a glaring hole. But I guess it was not for the want of trying. I assume we missed out on at least half a dozen targets inc the fellow that ended up at Hibs at the death if the rumours are true. I noted the chap on BBC having a go at the number of full backs we have signed. Not mentioning that of the 7 we have signed 2 are away this window, 1 is injured long term and 1 we would rather play further up the pitch then we are possibly only 1 over expectations. Hopefully the new additions settle quickly. I think we will have enough to get 10th or above but it depends on injuries etc. Tough game tomorrow. Yesterday effectively confirmed that these days even Killie are operating to a different level financially, despite what one or two of their fans may try to claim.

Looking forward to seeing the Kilmarnock all stars team at Fir Park. Kinda like the have nots v the haves. It is a miracle how Killie have achieved this squad assembly with a lower wage bill to us, their financial prudence and rigorous application of the £2k wage cap. A miracle. If we can keep it down to a 2 goal defeat we can call it a moral victory and move on to the teams around our level.

Don’t forget everyone that we have Obika to come back from injury in a few weeks.

Well that will be striker No 263 we have missed out on. I wonder of that is that. 4 minutes to go. Depends when we learned that the Sunderland boy was off to Hibs. Looks like the contract free market