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48 minutes ago, Cloontang said:
Almost 8,000 tickets shifted so far. When we met United in the Quarter Finals in the LC at Fir Park well over a decade ago now I think the gate was like 4000 odd but funnily enough when Francis Jeffers tore them a new arsehole in the same season 8000+ showed for the Scottish Cup replay. I love a match under the lights, hopefully a great atmosphere tonight followed by a win.
considering it can hold 13.5k, Fir Park feels really busy with 8000-odd in - nice to have that to look forward to. I think £20 counts as sensible pricing these days, so well done to the clubs for doing that.
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Only two of this weekend's Scottish League Cup quarter-finals will have VAR in operation, with Motherwell v Dundee United on Friday and Aberdeen v Spartans on Saturday not using the technology and saving a combined £16,000 in the process. (Mail), external
Dundee, Hibernian, Kilmarnock, Motherwell, Ross County, St Johnstone and St Mirren will each take in £1.6m in solidarity payments due to Celtic's Champions League qualification, with Aberdeen and Dundee United receiving £1m and £650,000 going to Hearts and Livingston.
Good news Friday (from the BBC lifting stuff off the tabloids page)
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8 hours ago, YassinMoutaouakil said:
I reeaaaally don't like how much we're hyping this up.
Was the same, as everyone knows that the big (for us) expectant crowd = instant gutting defeat, but f**k it - I love the fact that the Society have been out and about doing what they said they would do when Erik was talking shite and we're at least doing some hype for this - and I think that if we get fired in in the first 15 mins and get the crowd up, we don't tend to lose at Fir Park. Most of the time.
Moulty to get a slightly patronising (but heart felt) round of applause on the way off after looking like a (*really* slow) pale shadow, no-one to care about Declan as he's a total footnote (and we got our slagging done when KVV was ripping the pish out of him a few years back before he went to the lower leagues).
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27 minutes ago, MurrayWell said:
Had a wee laugh at Declan Gallagher's comments on the BBC there.
Was it no the case that he had an extension clause, we tried to activate it, then he tried to back out and the said he had a 'gun to his head' and he left on a free when we should have had him contracted for another year?
Gallagher was superb in his first season - was a long way short of superb afterwards.
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30 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said:
I'll do time if anyone near me describes Knoydart as a wilderness. It has a pub, dozens of houses, metalled roads, farms, forestry, shooting estate, hydro schemes and is like Sauchiehall St on a July afternoon.
Not even what it's like now as it repopulates -it used to be very well populated - you can literally walk through cleared townships (the Para would have walked through one at Carnach if he was on the correct route). Must be the only wilderness that had a shinty team
Scotland does have wild land and lots of it - but practically no untouched wilderness. Our horrible land ownership patterns have fooled people into thinking these places are unhabitable in some way when that has never been the story.
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1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said:
He was in the Paras so obviously thinks he's immortal.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/18/hiker-remote-highlands-pub-found-search-scotland
"A hiker who went missing in the Highlands on a hike to the UK’s most remote pub has been found after a massive land and sea search operation.
Paul Conway, 67, set out last week on what should have been a three-day walk on the Knoydart peninsula. He had travelled from Newcastle to cross what is often referred to as Scotland’s last great wilderness to reach the Old Forge pub."
It says he was found south of Loch Morar - which is very hard pathless country and also a pretty huge detour from where he was meant to be. I would assume that he would have gone via a'Chuil and Sourlies bothies if he was heading for Inverie from Glenfinnan as that's the trade route (and although it's tiring, it's not hard navigation) - so god knows how he was so far off. Army navigation training must have been pish
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Wee midweek adventure when I saw the forecast was so good (goodbye holiday allowance).
Turned up at the entirely deserted Tulloch station to catch the late train to the best station in the world at Corrour. This is a short hop and is basically just Loch Treig out the window the entire way.
It was a stunning evening as I'd hoped but my challenge now was to get to my camp spot at the top of Leum Uilleim before the light went. Corrour station was a midge fest, so I wouldn't have been hanging about anyway.
A squelch across a ked infested bog is always *lovely* but I was soon on the steep stuff and the wind got up to just the right level to get rid of all the beasties and the sunset views across Lochaber and Rannoch Moor were a good reward. I chucked my tent up in the very last of the daylight and wandered up to the summit in the dark to watch the (super)Moon come up and turn the lights back on.
There was a partial eclipse during the night, so I got up at 3am to watch that for a while and then went back for a kip until 6am, as I had a train to catch. Sunrise was nice with a lot of cloud below. Rannoch Moor and Loch Ossian looking particularly good.
After that, it was a fast walk back to be back at Corrour in time to catch the Sleeper back out to Tulloch (via a coffee and bacon roll from the Corrour station house cafe which always feels like a bizarre luxury in the middle of nowhere). Top quality trip this one.
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If being born in the Town made you a Motherwell supporter - tickets would be even harder to get hold of..
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7 minutes ago, Busta Nut said:
Club have always had this policy when it's V the OF though.
I get the points being made but I'd guess it's more likely these folks are coming to see Rangers rather than Motherwell??
Ask them to fill in the blanks - if they can, they get a ticket
1. D*n**l S*ng**ald
2. *i*k L*h*a*n
3. H*lm Kr*ska
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1 hour ago, Desp said:
I remember Rob MacLean had a column on the BBC website and it was called "top 5 moments in Scottish Football that weekend". One time, he put Joey Barton's Burnley losing to some non-league side in the F.A Cup. When I pulled him up on Twitter about it, he came back with a response along the lines of, 'well Joey Barton played for Rangers last season so of course it's relevant to Scottish Football'. Which just about sums up 98% of Scottish Football media.
Actually got angry reading that
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42 minutes ago, MurrayWell said:
Aye, if it's something not even within MFC's power to change it makes the whole exchange from Park even more bizarre.
If you feel you need to respond, what's wrong with something like 'Staffing the ticket office for such a limited sale is unfortunately just not possible. We had hoped online tickets would be available until kick off, much like we do at Fir Park, but due to factors outwith the club's control this cannot be facilitated, which of course is frustrating for anyone still looking to purchase a ticket'?
Really don't get the argumentative tone towards fans, just not a good look for the club when senior figures act that way.
It's precisely the sort of self-own that Alan Burrows was really good at avoiding over the years - regardless of the provocation. It doesn't hurt to give a bland answer, while insinuating that it's all Aberdeen's fault as he would probably have done (which is Ironic as this Aberdeen ticketing fiasco is ALL HIS FAULT).
I think there is strong evidence that middle-aged men should have to pass a proficiency test (don't be a gullible p***k, don't post your dodgy searches by accident, leave women un-harangued) before they are allowed access to social media - because they (we?) are f**king horrendous at it in general.
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Park's attitude there is symptomatic of the way that too many in scottish football see actual supporters - as a pain and an inconvenience. Imagine the shock that someone would decide on a Friday night that they wanted to go to a game on a Saturday afternoon! f**k me.
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14 hours ago, invergowrie arab said:
Self referral
I'll stand for much but don't you dare ask Sean Dillon to debase himself like this
These things are *incredibly* pish - I've got no idea who falls for it and I can't imagine there's enough money in to make it worth anyone's time. The old "buy a brick" type stuff where you can put a wee message on an actual thing, I get - but this is up there with the "buy a 1 square foot piece of land in the highlands and become a laird" shite that are sold to americans..
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Love it actually - seems a bit random though...
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56 minutes ago, camer0n_mcd said:
Lol
Sets an interesting precedent for Levein, who is up before the Hampden beaks for comments about the same incident.
On the Bailey Rice stuff (and the two under-14 lads) - my frustration is never about them going to the OF in itself* (we all know where we sit in food chain) but in the fact that if they are going to go to a bigger academy setup - at least choose a team that doesn't have a f**king horrendous record at actually playing/developing young players. I suspect these players' chances of "making it" has actually decreased by taking the option they have.
There's pretty clear evidence by now that players who do their development outwith the OF can get the move they want if they are good enough. Turnbull moved to Celtic at a point where he could fight for the first team, not the B team, and players like Max Johnston or Alan Campbell have hardly regretted getting the right number of 1st team games under their belts at a smaller team where they can actually play. It seems pretty clear that it's about when you move and how much actual first team experience you've got - and that will always be our selling point.
*Although without any evidence, I always imagine these moves are driven by OF Da's desperate for some bragging rights that their boy "plays for Rangers/Celtic" rather than an actual plan for what happens next. I assume it's no coincidence that Max and Lennon's Da's are ex-pros (and that Turnbull and Campbell's families were always praised by the club when they were being discussed)
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3 hours ago, Central Belt Caley said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxlvj89nepo.amp
A body believed to be Ross Kinghorn has been found after nearly 20 months. An absolute sin and I hope it gives his family some sort of closure.
Stay safe out there lads
20 months is horrible.
With this stuff, I can't help but to try and understand what went wrong. That's a relatively benign part of the highlands (I'm assuming they mean Glen Fearnach) and there's good tracks (it's actually tarmac'd for a long way up the glen IIRC) - but then nowhere is benign in the winter if things go wrong...
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Forecast looked best in the west for Sunday - so on Saturday evening, I headed for the Corran Ferry and the forgotten land of Ardgour
Target was Garbh Bheinn - and I'd decided to do the full fat horseshoe version that involved another couple of smaller peaks and some very steep drops and climbs. Walking across the wide valley in nice weather was great but every time I stopped/slowed down a bit, I was attacked by midges and keds (worst c***s) - so I decided not to stop for a while.
As I climbed it became obvious that it was a temperature inversion and most of the west was covered in low cloud - getting to about 500m had me comfortably above it.
The views from this side of the horseshoe over to Garbh Bheinn were magnificent and worth all the hassle to see them - the moving "river" of cloud heading down from the bealach was like something out of a film.
Only problem was that the trickiest part of the day was going to be done in that cloud as I had to carefully pick my down and then *very* steeply back up onto Garbh Bheinn - not easy and took a lot of careful navigation. It was weird actually crossing the inversion from freezing air into the warmth above. A bit more climbing had me on the summit - I dangled my feet over the huge cliffs as I had my lunch but I didn't realise that there were 6 or 7 groups of climbers on the crags below. I only noticed when I was on my way off and looked back from a lower top
Classic mountain this one - would still be a brilliant walk if you took the path straight from the parking area to the summit and missed the horseshoe part...
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We had a great laugh against Aberdeen for *years* - massive shame that they have been very comfortably beating us for a couple of years now.
I'm with @YassinMoutaouakil though - also got a logic free feeling that we'll take something next week.
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1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said:
Am Faochagach was 242 so I'm on the way.
When I started the biggest barrier was fitness. Now it's money. Still have Grey Corries, Ring of Steall and some others around The Fort to do and I can't afford a weekend there.
I did the Grey Corries (with Stob Ban) from Laraig Leacach bothy which would save you a few quid - but it is tiny, so you would probably need to carry the tent with you (which I did). You can drive the car up the rough estate track as far as the old tramway, which you can loop back to once you drop off the corries. Tough day but one of my favourite ever.
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1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said:
It's taken until September for me to get sunburnt on the hills. A great couple of days from the Dirrie Mòr.
Yesterday was the Sgùrr Mòr round which was 90% a really enjoyable walk. Probably one of the easiest 4 munro rounds as you sail round suspecting the drop and reascent are a wee bit of a pisstake but happy to add them to total. Then there is the walk out. Least said the better. Including a 3 hour ked assault. I must have killed 100 of the wee shites.
Today was a "warm down" of Am Faochagach. A dreadful hill made bearable by good views and today a great cloud inversion from Braemore to Ben Wyvis.
Looks like you timed it well for the weather. I'm out on Sunday so I hope it holds....
Am Faochagach is the type of Munro that you only do if you're going for the lot - it's amongst the worst of them all. I did it in the middle of December in low cloud and couldn't get warmed back up after wading that river when it was pretty deep - was actually quite worried for a while.
You must be on the home straight now....
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1 hour ago, capt_oats said:
It truly is an international break - Hi Lionel!
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18 minutes ago, Cloontang said:
I love the fact that at the ten second mark Kettlewell just knew the ball was going in as he goes from a straight face to a big grin followed by the roar of the crowd.
My favourite part of the video - he has a big gormless grin for about 3 seconds
Having been caught a couple of times on club socials showing the crowd in the lead up to big goals - I certainly can't criticise him as I looked at least 10 times worse.
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3 minutes ago, Busta Nut said:
New posters
Tremendous episode that one
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5 minutes ago, capt_oats said:
In fairness folk floated the idea that we might see a difference in Casey with a proper pre-season behind him. One where he hasn't spent the entire summer out on the lash.
Perhaps this is it?
He looks way sharper but I think having Gordon to go and head everything has made a difference too. I think in McGinn/Gordon/Casey, we've probably hit on a very decent combination.
I think the competition for defensive places is going to keep everyone sharp too. I couldn't have envisaged a situation where Balmer and Seddon weren't first choices given their pedigree - but all 5 of our defenders are 100% there on merit at the moment.
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I reeaaaally don't like how much we're hyping this up.
Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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I'm sure they are. It's a lot of shite. I hated it when Craig Brown did it and I hate it now.