Motherwell v Rangers 29/12/2024

[mio]

Would have taken a point before kick off but that felt like a bit of a defeat. 
we blew a good chance of 3 points

[robsterwood]

34 minutes ago, Chanzeypopz said:

Still to get their complimentary penalty and 10+ mins added on

No pen this time and no chance to forensically look at ball bouncing in our box but your not far wrong 

[wellsince75]

We all wanted to see us going and giving it a go - we did and we got a point 

 

also get further opportunities for our gaffer to moan about VAR 

 

very pleased to get a result - well done lads 

[texanwellfan]

I’ll take a point.  I missed the first 20

missed the first 20 mins of the second half so have no what happened about our 3rd goals being disallowed

[David]

It seems like a fair result overall.

We were clearly the better side in the first half, but Rangers' changes at the break, combined with us losing Stama, Miller, and Kaleta, swung the second half in their favour.

As for the two VAR incidents, they seemed straightforward to me. You simply can't put your hands on the keeper during a set piece and expect to get away with it. It’s a frustrating rule, but it’s been in place for some time now. The offside decision was correct as well—no real debate there.

[robsterwood]

2 minutes ago, Chanzeypopz said:

I mean if you offered me a point before the game id have taken it but i cant help feel a little cheated. That Butland OG was never a foul in my opinion, After that absolutely everything we did went under the microscope

Totally agree and yes feel slightly deflated and robbed. Re 3rd goal 

[Fairhill]

A point in the end, but seriously, how can the rest of the league compete with the money generated by home crowds at the OF and how they can always buy better players than the rest of us, especially the transfer fees Celtic have had in the past few seasons?

[wellwell91]

Can someone tell me what Davor brought to the party ???? 

Waste of a substitute 

[wellfan]

Should’ve been at least 3-1 today. Butland got a helping hand from the officials. 

[robsterwood]

1 minute ago, wellfan said:

Should’ve been at least 3-1 today. Butland got a helping hand from the officials. 

Agree totally

[MJC]

I would have taken the draw before the game but I’m just fucking scunnered with that. 2-0 up at half time and predictably we let them back into it. We have the ball in the net two more times and neither count (correctly, I might add, going by the rules of the game and VAR).

As ever our age old Achilles heal of being 2-0 ahead bites us. I am genuinely more comfortable with a one goal lead than a two goal one because we almost always switch off and gift the opposition a goal and a way back into it.

[MJC]

3 minutes ago, wellfan said:

Should’ve been at least 3-1 today. Butland got a helping hand from the officials. 

Goalkeepers always do in that scenario. They are a protected species. 

[Richie]

Meh.

Point in isolation is decent, but pretty poor being 2-0 up

[Kmcalpin]

I had to miss the game today but am extremely delighted with the point, given the way we're playing just now. Great to rack up a 2 goal lead but it was never going to last as our game management is very very poor.  Put it this way if we hadn't scored a second its a game we'd have lost, possibly by more than a goal. 

I can't comment on the VAR incidents.

Overall a good day. We're still in 6th spot and increased our cushion over St Johnstone. That should always be our first priority.

[Richie]

1 minute ago, MJC said:

I would have taken the draw before the game but I’m just fucking scunnered with that. 2-0 up at half time and predictably we let them back into it.

A bit more conviction, extra yard press and snappiness into tackles needed to see it out.

You're then depending on the ref not penalising 50/50s though

[David]

The changes Rangers made at half time and in the second half made the difference. As is usually the case with the Old Firm, they can call upon the quality needed when our players are tiring, and the quality we have on the bench simply isn't of an equal level. 

Losing Stama and Miller also hurt us.

[Orinoco]

Seems it's only the Ox who gets no protection/soft fouls when opposition looks at you in a funny way...

We were never winning that with the injuries, and officials hell bent in giving them every advantage.

13 mins of extra time is disgusting.

I seem to recall we got the same negative treatment from the officials the last time we had the cheek to call them out.  

A point further away from the bottom two is never a bad thing tho.

[robsterwood]

Would have taken point. Main concern for me today is that Stama and Miller ok and it's not more serious. Hope to get update later.

[Kmcalpin]

1 minute ago, Orinoco said:

I seem to recall we got the same negative treatment from the officials the last time we had the cheek to call them out. 

We can thank SK for that. We shouldn't start battles we can't win. The officials had a point to prove.

[wellfan]

7 minutes ago, MJC said:

Goalkeepers always do in that scenario. They are a protected species. 

Was Ox protected when Yang ran into him and dived leading to a penalty on Boxing Day against us? No. Rangers and Celtic are protected against other teams. 

[MJC]

Just now, Orinoco said:

We were never winning that with the officials he'll bent in giving them every advantage.

Apart from when they (correctly) upheld our first goal after VAR had flagged a potential handball? If they were really hell bent on giving them every advantage then why didn’t they just give that as a deliberate handball?? I know it wasn’t but surely if a set of officials were hell bent on giving them every advantage then they would have ruled that goal out??? Or so I would have thought?

 

[grizzlyg]

Blew it but great yo hold on for a draw

Officials a disgrace

[MJC]

Just now, wellfan said:

Was Ox protected when Yang ran into him and dived leading to a penalty on Boxing Day against us? No. Rangers and Celtic are protected against other teams. 

That was a stonewall penalty. Ox was clumsy in the challenge and clearly caught the Celtic player. It wasn’t even remotely the same as the incident with Butland and Watt today.

[robsterwood]

2 minutes ago, MJC said:

Apart from when they (correctly) upheld our first goal after VAR had flagged a potential handball? If they were really hell bent on giving them every advantage then why didn’t they just give that as a deliberate handball?? I know it wasn’t but surely if a set of officials were hell bent on giving them every advantage then they would have ruled that goal out??? Or so I would have thought?

 

A balanced opinion. Fair point on that one. 

[MJC]

1 hour ago, Chanzeypopz said:

Still to get their complimentary penalty and 10+ mins added on

I don’t think they’ve had a penalty awarded to them in the league all season.
 

Kinda surprising when you take into account the “Penalty to Rangers” narrative and the one where match officials and VAR will do everything in their power to help them out when they need it.