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There was a bit of a late-on stramash regarding the maximum available capacity for the Motherwell game. I know we lost a fair bit because of the BBC gantries taking up so much space, but I'm hoping that the lessons learned from the Motherwell game will help fix it. Will undoubtedly be a tough game for us. Looking forward to it.

We'll definitely go into the game very much as underdogs, but we've nothing to lose and whatever the outcome, the payday will be a decent one. Couldn't help noticing how quiet and flat the crowd seemed a lot of the time. Compare that with the Cappielow atmosphere for the Motherwell game, I couldn't hear myself think. I think that Morton away is going to be a very different proposition for Hearts, despite their undeniable poise, class, and quality. We'll be snapping at their heels from the get-go - they'll bring a fantastic travelling support and the atmosphere will undoubtedly be tremendous once again. My glimmer of hope is that it's not so very long ago since they struggled to a 2-1 over Spartans. All it takes is another sub-par performance like that and we'll cappielowtise on it. See what I did there? Fair play to Airdrie - yous battled well and didn't drop your heads at 3-0. Some of those Hearts goals were absolute peaches.

Good luck to the Rose at Pittodrie tonight. Many of you probably saw us put Motherwell to the sword on telly last night. League positions don’t matter in the cup - it’s all about your XI on the pitch and how badly they want it. Best wishes from a still-buzzing Greenock.

That picture made me smile almost as much as the result did

Fantastic result for us. We grafted hard and made it difficult for our opponents. Fair play to all of the Motherwell supporters on here who've been absolutely sound since page 1. Cheers also for the congrats from supporters of other teams. Roll on the quarters.

It’s that crazy-gang fight and spirit which has got us where we are right now. Dougie Imrie somehow manages to get our players running through walls for him. It’s obvious how much quality there is in the Motherwell side, the way they stroke the ball around is impressive. But we just haven’t allowed yous to play and you haven’t really created anything. 1-0 is about fair on balance.

Cash only, mate.

Understandable - but we have to remember that Dale's been having to react to a fluid situation which has been changing practically by the hour as more and more tickets have been getting sold. He's taken decisions based on the here & now, on safety, and on providing the best matchday experience for everyone at the game. That's his job - and don't forget that the buck would stop with him if anything bad happened as a result of poor capacity management. Plus - he's reacted very quickly to concerns supporters have raised, and he's addressed them in a clear, concise and honest way. I don't honestly see what more he could possibly have been expected to do.

Given that extra-special Pars masterclass in comedy defending, I'd hazard a guess at all of them. Even Livingston would give them a blootering.

FTFY

Stoked.

+1 on this. If you pull up Cappielow on Google Maps, you'll see that there are quite a few residential streets close to the ground. They're usually well worth a shot as well.

Good thread this. Arbroath for me as well, and by a country mile. Always good craic with their supporters before and after games, steak & black pies, plus the improvements they’ve made to the ground are impressive. Somerset Park in at 2nd simply because I’m fond of old-school, traditional grounds rather than Lego ones.

Who we recently sworded 3-2 at Tannadice, resulting in Jim Goodwin's glorious salty-teared post-match interview cringe-a-thon, blaming everyone and everything apart from himself and his actual team who'd screwed up the game courtesy of his awfy shite tactical blunders and the general haplessness of the team he'd picked. Monumental, perfectly-coiffured-and-immaculately-bearded bad losership on an epic scale. Plus - he trotted out the traditional 'Morton are thugs and hammerthrowers who play hoofball' pish to insultingly cap it all off. Since every single Motherwell supporter (to a man) throughout this entire thread has been universally decent and respectful, I expect no less from Mr. Kettlewell when he hopefully explains the reasons for his 'on-paper-superior' team's narrow defeat. Possibly. Let's see how the stars align on Friday

Glad you got fixed up mate. Enjoy the game.

Aye. And with any luck, Neil’s love of Morton will make him pick the most shite Dons starting XI to give us the best possible stab at it

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I sadly won't be finishing my work until 8pm and I'm gutted that I won't be there. We'll obviously be giving Motherwell the respect they're due - they're a Premiership team with all that entails, but we're going like a steam train just now with our longest unbeaten run in 40+ years. I can't think of a better set of circumstances for us to be facing such a tough opponent. Massively looking forward to this.

Understandable on every count. FWIW look at our stats for the first part of the season played with our threadbare squad - you'll immediately understand why we were bottom of the league, you'll figure why you sworded us in the first two games, and why it must have seemed that you were playing a different side today. Fact is that you were playing a different version of us - we now have a mostly fully fit & available squad, and our 'unbeaten since November 18th 2023' says it all. So keep your chins up Pars - and look at what happens when that resiience, belief, and confidence returns. There's at least one team who I'd prefer to see go down rather than yous. Clue = it's not Arbroath. Best wishes from Greenock.

Absolutely. Pars supporters have been universally magnanimous in defeat. Fair play to the lot of yous. You're a credit to your club.

Our gaffer's take on today. Pretty direct and to the point as usual. Subtle hint to Mr. McPake = Dougie's away to watch Motherwell vs. Ross County on Tuesday night. To suss them out and look for any weaknesses which his team can capitalise upon. He'll then pick what he considers to be the best starting XI for the job and set his gameplan & tactics accordingly, just as any switched-on manager should do - especially with a Friday-night BBC-televised cup game against Premier League opposition. If we play like we did today, I see no reason why we shouldn't put Motherwell to the sword. I'd like to think that a few Pars supporters will be rooting for us;

@virginton The mark of genius scriptwriting is when your brilliantly-acted work can produce a GIF for literally every conceivable fitba-related scenario. 'Still Game'. The lifeblood of P & B.

Thankyou. TBH our boys have turned in some stellar performances over the last few months, several of which haven't been reflected in the scorelines. A lack of killer-instinct, ruthless finishing - but now well on the way to being fixed. Having an (almost) fully fit and available squad is probably the single most important factor in our turnaround. I know Pars have injury problems just now - but at the start of the season, we were at Arbroath-levels of barely being able to field a team. 5 x major surgeries on key players, and a run of horrific luck. Desperate for defenders for example, we took in Jack Harkness on loan from Rangers. He immediately got injured in training and eventually returned to Glasgow without ever kicking a competitive baw for us. Result - bottom of the league, and lots of very worried supporters. Legend has it that our bench once consisted of an academy lad, Agnes the Cappielow cleaning lady, her pet Scottish Terrier (Angus) and a dustbin lid which someone had painted blue and white hoops on. Trust me - we feel your pain.

Understandable point - but it's fairly obvious to me that parsboi's comment wasn't about the usual 'Morton thugs and hammerthrowers' shite. He was paying us a genuine compliment about our ability to get right stuck in there.