'WellDel Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Sandwiched in-between European legs for the hosts, and as their first 'home' match at Hampden, I was hoping both these factors might act as a wee bit of a leveller for the mighty 'Well going into this one. Unfortunately, our injury list makes for astonishing reading considering the season is just one week old, and we really are down to the bare bones. If Miller is out, as suspected along with the longterm absentees, we have zero creativity available in midfield to link with our misfiring forwards, so will pose no real threat in attack. A fairly fruitless return against lower league opposition in the cup group games followed by an opening day 0-0 vs County gives little cause for optimism in the scoring stakes. At the back we have looked slightly more assured, but injuries here will force a reshuffle too, so hopefully McGinn and/or Balmer now up to speed to step in. A step up in opposition and tough task too for young Wilson, should he start at LWB. It will be a long 90 minutes, that's for sure and can only see a (hopefully narrow) defeat on the cards. 2-0 home win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camer0n_mcd Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Either 5-0 Rangers or 2-1 Motherwell. Kettlewell's record against the OF has been good so far but with all our injuries I can't help but feel like we're due an absolute doing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietnam91 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Sevco rugby score vs 0 Motherwell Watching their equaliser last night, on a huge pitch at Hampden, we're going to get slaughtered. We'd be doing well to keep it tight if everyone was fit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Rangers fans were well in front when it came to the wet the pants / our team is shite early season stakes. After last nights impressive 1-1 draw away to Dynamo Kiev I did think it was a tad premature. They still have by far the 2nd best squad in the division as well they should given the resources. No the Well fans myself included are firmly in the wet the pants category. One of the weakest squads in the league and already have 8 injuries from circa 22 outfield players. Some are a surprise some less so as our main aim seems to be signing previously injured players to only go and get themselves injured again. To the surprise of no one. I genuinely thought before last weekend that we could sneak something this Saturday. That thought is firmly dispelled and I would take a narrow loss now and move on. I fear it might well be worse than that . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Making no attempt to go to or watch this game - £33 and the blue hordes is off putting. I would be more than happy for two banks of 5 to see out the first 80 minutes then throw someone on just in case something comes off. Lets get through this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Over 1/3 of the first team squad out injured before the 2nd game of the season. Rangers. Hampden. 33 quid. No ta. See you at the Killie cup game if we've enough players left to play it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Our lack of cutting edge is the main issue we have and when you look at our front 3 from last night you don’t really see that changing much. Although, I did feel that Jefte coming on in that more advanced position looked quite promising so it may be he fills the hole Cortes has left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superwell87 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Sadly cannot see past a heavy "home" win. 5-0. Please prove me wrong Motherwell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadasdillinger Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 (edited) Coming in to tip my hat for "Hampden hobos" Edited August 8 by deadasdillinger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 I mean... it would be funny, wouldn't it? Rangers 1-2 Motherwell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 1 minute ago, Desp said: I mean... it would be funny, wouldn't it? Rangers 1-2 Motherwell. Andy Halliday winner... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, capt_oats said: Andy Halliday winner... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 If we can’t field a team can we borrow a couple of Rangers subbies, we used to do that when I was a boy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 2 hours ago, ropy said: If we can’t field a team can we borrow a couple of Rangers subbies, we used to do that when I was a boy. Deal. You can have Liam Kelly and Scott Wright. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 15 minutes ago, AJF said: Deal. You can have Liam Kelly and Scott Wright. There was a point when Kelly’s distribution was good, we could get him playing shroo balls from a deep midfield position 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 7 hours ago, ropy said: There was a point when Kelly’s distribution was good, we could get him playing shroo balls from a deep midfield position That was a long time ago. In a galaxy far away! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloontang Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I wouldn't be too confident at the best of times with a full compliment of players to select from but it's actually depressing that we have 7 out and potentially Miller as well and we're only heading into the second league game. I would imagine Kettlewell will revert to the one up top with McGinn coming in for Blaney. I just hope McCausland doesn't go flying into any dangerous challenges in this game as we cannot afford anymore injuries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 23 hours ago, ropy said: There was a point when Kelly’s distribution was good, we could get him playing shroo balls from a deep midfield position I'm getting flashbacks to Stevie Woods playing on the wing at Clydebank. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I have chosen Bannockburn AFC v Glasgow University for my football fix today, cost £0. Given that I live in the village and attended the University I will be as conflicted as I was for the home v away fans match at the end of last season. I will listen to the goings on at Hampden on the radio - bbc commentary, open all mics or pseudo commentary on Clyde SSB - the choices keep coming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedrics Mighty Well Army Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Will watch on the 'puter. At least I can turn that off (but hopefully not too soon). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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