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L CUP Motherwell v Partick Thistle 28/07/2024


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11 hours ago, grumpy said:

I think a loss on penalties is enough, we will have 9 pts, they will have 8.

We have 8pts at the moment a win on penalties would would give us 10pts, the most Clyde can get is 9.

But as we are going to beat Partick it wont matter, and even if we are not seeded, a bit if luck to avoid the uglies and it's game on with any of the rest.

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1 hour ago, stv said:

Who cares who we get in the next round . Just get there and play who we are drawn against. We need to change our mindset in cup knockout competitions get stuck in right from the start and try n win the tie. Our attitude in cup comps has been pathetic for years now. Last year against Morton is a prime example . Im sure we used to be quite a good cup side with a few semi and final appearances.

Not really. 

After 91 we didn't get back to Hampden for a semi until 2002. 2005 for a final. 

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1 hour ago, stv said:

Last year against Morton is a prime example .

The difference between last year and this year is that we’ve had a lot of our recruitment done early this year, meaning we should be absolutely strolling through our group with no excuses. All we need to do is beat Thistle, then there should be no real complaints from us.  

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Logic dictates we should win but.......

Partick have been banging the goals in but seem to have a very shaky defence. Add to that, that their keeper went off injured last night after colliding with a goalpost. 

Our problem will be midfield where despite having numbers on paper, many are injured. I like the club to be reasonably open with the fans over injuries but are we being too open here? IS SK playing mindgames with Thistle? Not unless one or two injuried parties miraculously recover before Sunday.  They must be "reasonably" serious ( we all know about Slattery and Koutroumbis) ie not trivial knocks if the players are announced as being out 6 days before kick off. Our midfield options are very limited. 

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2 hours ago, stv said:

Who cares who we get in the next round . Just get there and play who we are drawn against. We need to change our mindset in cup knockout competitions get stuck in right from the start and try n win the tie. Our attitude in cup comps has been pathetic for years now. Last year against Morton is a prime example . Im sure we used to be quite a good cup side with a few semi and final appearances.

I can never understand looking ahead to who we might get when you consider the range of utter dross that has put us out of cup competitions over the last 50 years. There is no such thing as banker watching us. As Morton showed last season and many other teams beside. Take what we get and hope for the best , assuming we beat Thistle of course.

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12 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

This game could go any way, but realistically we should be beating teams like Partick Thistle at home but we all know what our history is littered with.

Scotland beat Spain last year. Darvel beat Aberdeen. It doesn't just happen to us, it just feels like it's always your team...

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Every team in every cup competition is a loser.

Except one.

The fact that upsets happen is what makes them entertaining. If it always aligned with seeding we can give Celtic the trophy now and get back to our preseason. 

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8 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

At least with our game being on the Sunday we will know exactly what will be needed to be top of the group. Having said that, we should be going out to beat them by as many goals as possible anyway. 

Indeed. It's an important game to win in its own right, as well as being our last before the league season starts in anger just 6 days later. The time for dicking about is past now.

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6 minutes ago, SteelmaninOZ said:

The gaffer says 

 

For anyone that remembers TV series The Fantastic Four, do you not think SK looks like Mr Fantastic? 😜,  that was the superhero that had stretchy arms and had ability to turn a one minute conversation into half an hour 🤣🤣

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12 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

For anyone that remembers TV series The Fantastic Four, do you not think SK looks like Mr Fantastic? 😜,  that was the superhero that had stretchy arms and had ability to turn a one minute conversation into half an hour 🤣🤣

WOW 😮 The Fantastic Four 

MJC, Yodo, Steelboy, ???.

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2 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

Got to be wellgirl as one of heroes was a lady.

Wellgirl.......I am being complimentary 

Complimentary...not very at all by including her in with the other 3 mentioned.

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30 minutes ago, steelboy said:

So this Australian guy is on his way and will presumably be here for the whole season with a newborn in Australia? 

That would seem dicey for us even if we weren't paying a fee.

 

Jeez!!! He hasn't even arrived yet.  I am sure if he had any doubts he wouldn't be moving over here

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12 hours ago, steelboy said:

So this Australian guy is on his way and will presumably be here for the whole season with a newborn in Australia? 

That would seem dicey for us even if we weren't paying a fee.

 

It is dicey. However, I can only hope his partner and baby are also on their way here, soon. 

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4 hours ago, steelboy said:

So this Australian guy is on his way and will presumably be here for the whole season with a newborn in Australia? 

That would seem dicey for us even if we weren't paying a fee.

 

Steelmen online. Where any fabricated thought is unashamedly stated as a fact, then used as a source of complaint. 

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Well given today's results even if we win tomorrow we won't be seeded, it looks like Dundee, Aberdeen and Ross County will join the 5 European teams as the 8 seeded teams.

Even if we had got the 3rd point against Montrose, we would have to beat Partick by at least 3 clear goals to overtake RC

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