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So Hearts lose today at home to Dundee Utd. That is literally the WORST result that we could have hoped for. Because firstly it’s going to be yet another side coming off a bad result playing against us and needing points. Say no more. And secondly it keeps our outside hopes of top six alive and we all know that that never ends well. I expect the social media team to try and hype this game up all week as a “chance to secure history” and all that nonsense. Videos of players giving sound bites aplenty like Luke Armstrong saying “it can be done” whilst swishing his pony tail. Andy Halliday giving the camera a dead eye stare and saying “it’s time” And Lennon Miller doing a few kept-uppys and then just nodding. 0-3 Hearts

If St Mirren are beating RC comfortably I hope Hearts beat us LOL, I detest St Mirren with a passion. Maybe not we might need the points in the relegation fight LOL

Witchcraft!

I can see the script now, we will beat Hearts and st Mirren will get a VAR assisted 97rh minute winner against Ross County to claim the last top 6 spot on Goal difference 😂 it's the Motherwell way.

I hope Gordon is available for the game

its achievable for a team with heart , guts , determination and organisation... that is us fucked out on all accounts.

Utd winning......haud the bus folks....top 6 still achievable

Ye think weve still got Jim Gannons number somewhere? Rank rotten manger but by fuck he rebuilt a good team.

Hope those continually screaming for us to get Alan Campbell back are watching this Hearts v Dundee Utd game. Subbed totally anonymous.

Ox SOD Casey Gordon Wilson Miller Halliday Sparrow Slattery Maswanhise Armstrong

Agree Ox started well made a mistake at a cross ball which costed us a goal and his confidence was shot after that. Makes you wonder if our goalie coach is upto much. Said that before to. Perhaps we need a re jig of coaches as well. Maybe time for Alexander, foster and co were replaced.

Balcombe is shite and isn't our keeper. Ox should be in goals next weekend or I'll begin to question Wimmer's eyesight. I'd also like us to not bother appealing Balmer's red card as he too is shite.

Dickson looked lost yesterday when he came on. Watt Maswanise Pange against hearts with slattery miller andrews in midfield. Defence. Casey and ....?

Well it sort of does if he had let them in but I agree with your point. I’m absolutely for Ox coming back if he’s fit, esp as he is our player, although he was prone to parrying a few back in danger areas himself.

He made the biggest mistake at the second goal. Did not matter what he saved previously. He is a liability at cross balls. St Mirren fans told us this when he signed. Also his saves were samson like, ie parried balls back into danger zones. He won't do. Everybody else seems to he get a chance to impress, so why cant the Ox get his chance?

Over turn the red and keep him suspended would be ideal 😉 , hes fuckin murder.

Quite glad to see Simo (and his approach) pay dividends esp against that lot. Will be more concerned if Killie get result next week. We want a full on onslaught to destroy their goal difference 😆

Goal difference won't come in to it, if we win and ross county draw or beat st mirren. Not that it will happen mind you.

According to stats Balcombe made 8 saves yesterday, his highest of any game this season. Maybe he didn’t save when mattered but does suggest that it’s the defence & midfield allowing the opportunities rather than the goalie position which is the bigger issue. TBH I’d be happy if we didn’t spend the money appealing Balmer’s red.

if Hearts draw their superior goal difference will make it almost impossible for Motherwell or St Mirren to catch them. We'd need a swing of 19 goals to overhaul them if they get a draw today. Edit I stand corrected I'm looking at a live table. I thought they had 40 points before todays game. still immaterial we ain't getting top 6.

Might be a joke but it’s a chance - at time of writing which might not age well - needs Hearts to draw or lose today, get beat by us next week and StM to lose or draw next week also. I’d give us a 5% chance of top 6.

This is true however I don’t think it’s the whole problem. According to the club website we have a first team squad of 34 players. Thats enough to make 3 teams and with our limited resources it is farcical. We have 10 players on loan: Mair Balcombe Kaleta Andrews Watt Plange Dickson Armstrong Tavares Vale All of them should be out of FP at the end of the season. Now I know opinions will differ on the next bit (hard hat on) but I think we’ve got at least 13 players who are deadwood: O’Donnell Thompson Balmer Blaney Seddon Casey Zadrakovski Halliday Paton Callachan Robinson Nicholson Ebiye I’d be looking to get rid of most of these and if at all possible, all of them. This is a situation that was created by the previous manager. A squad built on quantity, with the majority of the players mediocre at best, instead of quality. Hopefully, we’ll manage to avoid the drop and the new manager will get a chance to rebuild a smaller squad with a bit more quality in it.

In my Heat of Hearts I think we will too but it just wouldn't surprise me if we completely collapse because basically our squad is piss poor. Dundee play Hibs away next week, Kilmarnock are away to Celtic and St Johnstone are away to Dundee Utd, St Mirren and RC play each other. If we can come out of next weekend relatively unscathed we may only need 3 /4 points to keep us out of 11th but as I said would it surprise me if we capitulate ? no it wouldnt.. I think it will be a season ending where we hope those in 11th and 12th run out of games to catch us. We could of course make it easy for ourselves and get into the top 6 - alright it was just a joke.

I hope so

And yet, we went to Ibrox the other week and won; we are capable of beating teams at the top end of the league when things look grim. I do agree that things don’t look great but they could absolutely be worse. It won’t be pretty between now and the end of the season but I think we’ll have enough to fall over the right side of the line