stuwell Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 He'll be lucky if it was just a booking he got. I'd hope McCall booted his arse after the game for an embarrassing dive. I cringed yesterday when he went down, worst dive I've seen in a while and a deserved booking. Hope we don't see him doing it again as I hate to see strikers take a dive, its the one thing I hated about McDonald. PS were nowhere near being close to securing 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaag Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 Yeah I wouldn't come out publicly, but I'd certainly hope Ojamaa was told in no uncertain terms that you don't do that at Motherwell. He can beat players with his skill and touch, he doesn't need to resort to unsporting play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 PS were nowhere near being close to securing 3rd. Very true. However, with upcoming games being away to Dunfermline, home to Aberdeen & away to Killie we could be in pole position to do just that by the time we meet Rangers at Fir Park. In fact, if Rangers drop some points between now & our meeting it would be nice to see us looking for a win over them to move into 2nd. Not likely, I know, but it would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaag Posted February 26, 2012 Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 we need to stop getting silly bookings though, a squad our size is going to struggle if we keep that level of naughtiness up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-in-Oz Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Notice St.Johnstone & Dundee Utd players in the paper today saying they are aiming to overtake us & clinch 3rd. With the possibility of 3rd this year getting you into the Champions League depending on the Rangers situation then if you are ever gonna finish 3rd then this is the season to do it. Massive game against Dunfermline where 3 points are a must just to get back on track & to let the teams below us know that we aren't giving up 3rd place easily & with games running out they can fight each other for 4th. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Notice St.Johnstone & Dundee Utd players in the paper today saying they are aiming to overtake us & clinch 3rd. With the possibility of 3rd this year getting you into the Champions League depending on the Rangers situation then if you are ever gonna finish 3rd then this is the season to do it. Massive game against Dunfermline where 3 points are a must just to get back on track & to let the teams below us know that we aren't giving up 3rd place easily & with games running out they can fight each other for 4th. Yes, Saturday's game is massive for us. I'd like to think we can take a good support to EEP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Yes, Saturday's game is massive for us. I'd like to think we can take a good support to EEP. I wonder if Ricky will be there with his camera? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcalf Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 we need to stop getting silly bookings though, a squad our size is going to struggle if we keep that level of naughtiness up. Some things are out of control though Gaag, witness some of the recent yellows we've received. A goodly proportion on the soft side, some just weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 I think since the weekends results the goalposts have changed slightly. Rangers: They are a wounded animal, but they do seem to have a good team spirit behind them as was seen in the thrashing of ICT. I think if Rangers keep their current squad then they should get 2nd, but if there are some major player cuts then I think they might drop a god few points between now and the end of the season. Motherwell: Saturday was a wee blip but not unexpected. A win at Dunfermline would see us back on track. A Dunfermline (Win) H Aberdeen (Win) A Kilmarnock (Draw) H Rangers (Loss) A Hibernian (Draw) That would give us 8 points going into the split and put us at 56 points and hopefully we would still have a decent cushion of points in third place. Hearts: They seem to have lost their way big style and have only got 1 point in 15. One more defeat and I think we can count them out of the race. St Johnstone: A bit of a dark horse. Have been poor over the last few weeks, but maybe their win against Dunfermline will push them on a bit. But I think we should hopefully be at least 6 or more points ahead by the split. Dundee Utd: For me these guys are the biggest threat. Looking really strong right now and have the momentum. They also have a decent run in so could grab a few more points. The huge bonus for us is that we are currently 11 points ahead of them so if we can keep that cushion going into the split we should be fine. Aberdeen: Not a threat, but could make the top six ahead of Hearts going on current form. Bascially I think the games against Dunny and Aberdeen are huge and if we win these it will go a huge way to sealing third spot. Long long way to go though. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanr Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Been bored this morning so taking a look at the futures up to the split to make some daft predictions. I think I'm right in saying that such useless predictions always turn up here on the run-up to the split so I'm going for: Rangers: Hearts (H) - 3 points United (A) - 0 points Celtic (H) - 0 points Motherwell (A) - 1 point St Mirren (H) - 3 points Total: 61 points Motherwell: Dunfermline (A) - 3 points Aberdeen (H) - 1 point Kilmarnock (A) - 1 point Rangers (H) - 1 point Hibs (A) - 0 points Total: 54 points United: Inverness (H) - 3 points Celtic (H) - 0 points Rangers (H) - 3 points Hibs (A) - 1 point Dunfermline (A) - 3 points Aberdeen (A) - 1 point Total: 48 points. St Johnstone: Kilmarnock (A) - 1 point St Mirren (A) - 1 point Hearts (H) - 3 points Inverness (A) - 0 points Celtic (A) - 0 points Inverness (H) - 3 points Total: 47 points Hearts: Rangers (A) - 0 points Hibs (H) - 1 point St Johnstone (A) - 0 points Aberdeen (H) - 3 points Dunfermline (A) - 3 points Total: 43 points I'm being harsh on our own chances as I think we will take more than 6 points from the next 5 games and United will be doing very well to pick up 11 from 6 - so I'm edging on the side of caution. Even still, this would see us 6 points clear of United with 15 points to play for. I would like to think we can at least match their points haul after the split. Also factored in my predictions is the fact that Rangers will be letting players go this week. If wee rumours of them being liquidated this week are true - and this seasons results of their games are void - St Johnstone and Hearts would lose 1 point each and while United and us haven't taken a point from them yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 3rd place by no means wrapped up..............BUT........... we do have a good oportunity to wrap it up by the split. Not saying we will but definately we have earned the chance to do that we play the bottom 2 teams away we play 2 teams probably not making the top 6 we play rangers at home. I thought a while back that 60 points would win 3rd. If we can win the 4 games against Dunfermline, Hibs, Killie and Aberdeen ( not an easy task but certainly not fantasy stuff ) we will be on 60 points at the split. I do not believe that any of the teams under us will manage to get to 60 points by the end of the season. That would set us up to have a go at second place with all guns blazing if Rangers are still within our grasp and they have a tough run in to the split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nethertonwellfan Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 3rd place by no means wrapped up..............BUT........... we do have a good oportunity to wrap it up by the split. Not saying we will but definately we have earned the chance to do that we play the bottom 2 teams away we play 2 teams probably not making the top 6 we play rangers at home. I thought a while back that 60 points would win 3rd. If we can win the 4 games against Dunfermline, Hibs, Killie and Aberdeen ( not an easy task but certainly not fantasy stuff ) we will be on 60 points at the split. I do not believe that any of the teams under us will manage to get to 60 points by the end of the season. That would set us up to have a go at second place with all guns blazing if Rangers are still within our grasp and they have a tough run in to the split. The only note of caution I would add to this is that relegation settled teams are very dangerous at this stage of the season. We are more than capable of getting maximum points from those games but this Motherwell and we could end up losing all 4. Personally I think we will get around 6-8 points from these games. I think we will beat Rangers in March 31 (don't ask why, I just think it's scripted that way) which will give us 57 points before the split, which was enough to secure third place the last time we got it. All in all I see us finishing the season with 65 points and that will be good enough for at least 3rd place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellfan1984 Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 I may be mistaken, but haven't United picked up a habit of dropping points the game after Houston is away on international duty? With also CMS away with the Under 21's it could be a tough game, getting anything from Inverness - as Butcher will get them fired up so they won't enter the late relegation battle. As we know, a team for nothing to play for can be easily dragged into it after the split (like us under Malpas where we missed out just on a top six... and ended up just surving) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 I may be mistaken, but haven't United picked up a habit of dropping points the game after Houston is away on international duty? With also CMS away with the Under 21's it could be a tough game, getting anything from Inverness - as Butcher will get them fired up so they won't enter the late relegation battle. As we know, a team for nothing to play for can be easily dragged into it after the split (like us under Malpas where we missed out just on a top six... and ended up just surving) Yeah, United tend to have a mare after Houston's travels but given the game isn't until Monday, they have a wee bit more breathing space this time. On current form, united are our main threat but I'd be confident of us beating them if we met in a crunch game post split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 On current form, united are our main threat but I'd be confident of us beating them if we met in a crunch game post split. Thats a good point. This season we have played them 3 times and are unbeaten - we certainly shouldn't fear them. Anyway I think two more wins and we will be too far in front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 I think since the weekends results the goalposts have changed slightly. Rangers: They are a wounded animal, but they do seem to have a good team spirit behind them as was seen in the thrashing of ICT. I think if Rangers keep their current squad then they should get 2nd, but if there are some major player cuts then I think they might drop a god few points between now and the end of the season. Maybe this is verging on the conspiracy theory side of things but I couldn't help notice that before Rangers went into administration they sent a lot of players, especially younger players, out on loan. Perhaps a way of saying to administrators, our younger players are out on loan, therefore we need more senior pros to be retained until the end of the season to have a viable playing squad. But I don't know the legal situation in terms of the administrators being able to break loan deal agreements and call back players at other clubs. Just a thought! Rangers currently have 7 players on loan at other clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 It's an old saying, but it's true in this case. 3rd spot is ours to throw away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Bellows Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Aim for second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Get after 2nd place, third will take care of itself that way. Just need to keep focused on one game at a time. Think the manager will take care of this as he has displayed a real ability to adapt in recent weeks which was missing thru november december. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 For all we have a smal squad it seems to be now that if someone is out or having an off day somebody else steps up. eg craigan suspended....clancey in............daley off day ............hump steps in........let's hope we can kee that going through some of the suspensions. With the financial rewards it carries, we have to be aiming for second. but fully agree with previous post that we focus on one game at a time. Although the financial rewards are there it would just be soooooooooooooooo great to see our name in second spot in the league table!!!! COYW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 I can think of 900,000 good reasons we should be aiming for 2nd! Fairly sure Leanne Dempster and Stuart McCall will have discussed that given the Murphy situation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last post by: Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 2nd position is now IN OUR OWN HANDS Yeah, you read that right, we are 3 points behind and have 2 games to play against Rangers. Win them both and match their other remaining results and we really can start dreaming. Will be interesting if we draw them home or away after the split. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 i've never quite worked out hpw they decide home and away games post split. Is there a defined procedure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 One game at a time. Someone predicted 3 points for rangers above and they get none. Anything can happen but just concentrate on the next game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 i've never quite worked out hpw they decide home and away games post split. Is there a defined procedure? Keep Rangers and Celtic happy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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