Spiderpig

Squad rotation is an integral part of the modern game, injuries and suspension apart some of the fringe players need reasonably regular game time to keep them fresh , its good player management. So i think JBA is doing just that he should know which players are the best fit for the team depending on the opposition and/ or game situation, it seems to be going well so far this season.

Referees are the problem, incompetent poor officials, who know they will face no sanctions irrespective of how they perform, they struggle with the normal rules of the game, so judgememt calls will be no different. Theve always been poor but VAR has made it worse its ruining football as we all saw last night, the whole set up is not fit for purpose.

Priestman and Gordon will be available for Saturday, suspensions only apply to the Scottish cup. That said Gordon wont play as Welsh will be back, so other than that JBA has a full squad to select from

Why should that be the case, thats like saying we are not going to try in the league as we want to win a cup. Success in any form is what Fans want,from league titles, cup wins, European qualification, group stage football, playing effective attractive football, etc to avoiding relegation. Yes other clubs have won trophies since our last success in 91, but we have been successful in other ways, fairly regular European qualification we have played in the champions, Europa, and conference leagues since 1991, been a premiership team for the last 40 years, so is one cup sucess for say St mirren in that period equal to what we have achieved as well, fo me no it has'nt

You can only judge what impact making 5 changes had if the game was 11 a side ovef the 90 mins. Down to 10 on 3 mins and 9 on 46 rips up any game plan JBA had so any critisicm is irrelevant.

This should explain who gets what this year ie the 2026-27 euro competitions https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/scotlands-european-places-for-202627-hearts-hibs-celtic-rangers-and-other-premiership-teams-affected-5414608

No its not , we can still win the league and i assume you get a trophy for that, plus with the team we have now qualifying for Europe which at the moment could still be Champions, Europa or Conference leagues we have the best shot in years to make the group stages, personally i think we are conference level but who knows. Prizes are awarded after 38 games so we still have 36 points to play for and that could be for any of places 1 to 4 its up to us, so lets dream big and be the best we can for those 12 games.

Spot on with that, Bjorgolffson contributed feck all, as did Maswhanise to be fair

Well said, great post 👍

They will if they all adopt that attitude, the season is not over, we have secured another year as a top flight team, are still able to win the league, and qualify for Europe so lots to play for. Tonight was another big opportunity missed ruined by two red cards that were a feckin disgrace, but as ive always said lucky teams win cups, and the only luck we had tonight was bad. A rare bad day at the office in a season of great days so onwards and upwards and see how far up the league we can finish

Yes the team selection was questionable re Connely , RCC and maybe Bjorgolffson , for me Ward, Slattery and Said should have started. But that said the game was ruined by incompetent fuckwit refereeing and Var decisions, and yet there is no accountabillity for any of these arseholes. So do i blame JBA no, as we have shown how well we can play when he has rotated the squad before, its the useless c***s officiating that are culpable

Not so sure Dave, priestman slipped so no intent, plus when the tackle was made the ball was nowhere near the Aberdeen player and we had two players covering, along with connely, so not a clear cut scoring opportunity for me. A free kick and a yellow would have been sufficient, as if it had been a yard further forward it would have been a penalty snd a yellow card only.

Its a cup game, getting through is all that matters, so while scoring a few goals and pumping them would be nice, i would settle for a 95th min OG by Aberdeen, a controversial VAR assisted winner, or any other scrappy goal to win the game.

You do realise that discusding scenarios after 26 games where we could still win the league is not normal behaviour for a motherwell forum, none of us have any experience of such things, well at least while we are sober and awake, so its not surprising your maths is flawed.

We are winning this one, it might be win ugly but i dont care, Aberdeen are our bitches this season.