Richie

Motherwell: Carson, Tait, Grimshaw, Cadden, Main, Bowman, Rose, Dunne, Aldred, Kipré, Campbell Motherwell subs: Griffiths, Bigirimana, Frear, Çiftci, Newell, Maguire, MacLean

Starting to get the buzz now. Seeing quite a few Motherwell scarves about. Bring it on! Lets do this. SIWY

Kipré, Bowman Dunne and Tait's contacts all extended

Cheers, I thought the trains were totally pumped due to this: https://www.scotrail.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/web_12320_lanarkshire_14.pdf I'm the otherside of Glasgow, so will have to get a v early train/bus, pick up ticket and then probably get one of those trains to Kings Park

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but there are Rail Engineering works on Sat impacting Motherwell. So if you're looking to go to the game from Motherwell or planning to pick up a ticket on Sat by train, there will be issues. Facing this problem myself as ticket didnt get sent out, so was going to collect on Sat AM.

Looking forward to sat, but the downer for me is that it leads to a final v one of the OF, which from previous experience arent particularly enjoyable outings.

Yeah, he was quite a bit of fresh air in the beginning, but he's succumbed to the Celtic fans' propaganda and is playing to the crowd. In the process he's becoming somewhat of a gobshite. Deluded Brendan indeed.

FFS Going to lose this now.

Well, this is going ok so far.

This might have been touched on before... I'm not sure how Kipre can get a yellow added. Taking away the fact he's already been punished - And I'm maybe over-simplifying here, but Kipre was 'charged' with Violent Conduct - A sending-off offence. There aren't degrees of violent conduct. Where has the yellow come from? You can't downgrade it from 'serious' violent conduct to 'regular' violent conduct etc. It's a red or nothing. Probably looking way too much into it, but seems like a fudge to me. Anyway...

I thought that too, particularly as he said he shouldnt have reacted.

Alan Burrows was on Twitter yesterday saying that there are "(Much) bigger clubs circling" and that Kipré is "courting interest from BIG clubs in England and abroad". Make of that what you will.

It would, of course, be epically hilarious were Thomson to have another blunder, in our favour thus denying Celtic a double Treble.

The red card was for violent conduct and a stamp, so it couldnt have been for the initial challenge (in which Brown catches Kipré's standing leg).

These factors expose his decision. He obviously guessed at a non existent stamp. He even motions a downwards stamp. Kiprés (very slight) motion was sideways at best and nothing like a forceful downward motion. Thomson has noticed Brown hitting the deck, gone straight for the red imagining what's happened and his decision has subsequently been outed as utter guesswork.

What happened to the whole jersey pull being a penalty directive? Must have lasted about a month.

Did Thomson blow for a foul? I thought he played on. Also, Brown lunged in and Kipré looks to pull out of the challenge slighlty and Brown catches his standing leg.

Was going to highlight this as well. Down as if he'd been shot.

IMO that's because it was guesswork. As I said in previous post, I don't think he was focussed on the incident, he follows the ball.

Thomson has apparently sent 5 players off this season. All Motherwell players

I'm not sure Thomson even sees that. If you look at the replay he runs past looking at the ball/ongoing play.

Brown not even booked. Despite a clear push

Aberdeen then

Yeah. Shinnie, McLean and Logan would all miss the semi by the sounds of it.