Rangers v FC Motherwell 01/03/2025

[weeyin]

Sky Sports report was either written by a Rangers fan or a 'Well fan who started celebrating early.

[wellup83]

As kack as the blue side of Glasgow evidently are. That's another phenomenal effort from the lads today. While it's still early days and we should all keep our feet on the ground we should also all enjoy the remarkable turnaround since MW's arrival. The players have been let loose with tactics and a strategy that they all understand and it's clear that each and every player knows their job on the pitch. Enjoy your weekend Well fans. I know I will. COYW SIWY

[mfc]

Brave on the ball,played with energy and we had a great shape about us when we didn't have possession,it's early days but the differences already are pretty noticeable.

[weeyin]

7 minutes ago, mfc said:

Brave on the ball,played with energy and we had a great shape about us when we didn't have possession,it's early days but the differences already are pretty noticeable.

And he already tweaked the approach with a deeper press to catch a breather every now and then.

An actual Plan B.

Of course winning the Dundee game was a big help, because players are never sure about new tactics unless they see results.

[Happy Dosser]

We should remember that MW has had a lot of exposure to Bundesliga football both in Germany and Austria so we should expect him to be up to speed re structure, tactics, fitness regimes, set-plays, metrics etc.

Conversely, I noticed some Rangers fan on social media saying even before this game that all he'd seen of Barry Ferguson when at Clyde was  him shouting and swearing at his players. BF's "success" there, Kelty Hearts and Alloa  suggest he is not the man for the job at Ibrox in the long term.

Think we could be on to a winner with Wimmer. I notice none of our great Scottish churnalists and presstitutes seem aware of Wimmer's pedigree or noticed his potential.

 

 

[weeyin]

Absolutely. Coaches from the continent also tend to do more training with ball-at-feet, so hoping to see even more football in the coming weeks.

In his first interview he said one of the things that made him a good match for the club was being data driven.

I doubt they had much of that at Alloa.

[wellgirl]

3 minutes ago, Happy Dosser said:

We should remember that MW has had a lot of exposure to Bundesliga football both in Germany and Austria so we should expect him to be up to speed re structure, tactics, fitness regimes, set-plays, metrics etc.

Conversely, I noticed some Rangers fan on social media saying even before this game that all he'd seen of Barry Ferguson when at Clyde was  him shouting and swearing at his players. BF's "success" there, Kelty Hearts and Alloa  suggest he is not the man for the job at Ibrox in the long term.

Think we could be on to a winner with Wimmer. I notice none of our great Scottish churnalists and presstitutes seem aware of Wimmer's pedigree or noticed his potential.

 

 

I think we could too. I like what I've seen so far. On reflection the utd game just came too soon after he was appointed 

[Kmcalpin]

A great result today, which reflects well on our new management team and ther players. I still think we have the core of a decent team there. I haven't seen anything of the game so far but am looking forward to viewing it later. MW has done very well so far in a short space of time to get his fresh ideas across and the players have taken them on board. Far, far from the finished article but its a good start and we seem to turned over a new leaf. Not only are the results improving, so too is the entertainment value. Great to see our Viking and Tom Sparrow notch the all important goals. I did think our efforts on Wednesday would have emptied a few tanks but that doesn't appear to be the case.

I just hope that we get the credit we deserve as opposed to Sevco being criticised but thats too much to hope for from our media.

Credit to Sevco for organising an Armed Services day, but it appears they didn't involve our club or Society which was was a bit remiss of them. If I'm wrong I apologise. 

A great night to be a Well fan. Onwards and upwards.  Success at Ibrox doesn't come too often so lets enjoy it. 

[wellgirl]

7 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

A great result today, which reflects well on our new management team and ther players. I still think we have the core of a decent team there. I haven't seen anything of the game so far but am looking forward to viewing it later. MW has done very well so far in a short space of time to get his fresh ideas across and the players have taken them on board. Far, far from the finished article but its a good start and we seem to turned over a new leaf. Not only are the results improving, so too is the entertainment value. Great to our Viking and Tom Sparrow notch the all important goals. I did think our efforts on Wednesday would have emptied a few tanks but that doesn't appear to be the case.

I just hope that we get the credit we deserve as opposed to Sevco being criticised but thats too much to hope for from our media.

Credit to Sevco for organising an Armed Services day, but it appears they didn't involve our club or Society which was was a bit remiss of them. If I'm wrong I apologise. 

A great night to be a Well fan. Onwards and upwards.  Success at Ibrox doesn't come too often so lets enjoy it. 

Can you not just call him Luke 🤣🤣🤣

Im really pleased for him. I was at the Ross County game - hospitality and he came in to present someone with an award and he looked absolutely devastated that we had lost. Like proper gutted. 

[numpty]

One of the very few times when "we've never had a better chance to beat Rangers, worst team they've had in years", and then actually did. Pleasing.

[texanwellfan]

One of those evenings where you just randomly blurt out a loud “YASSSS” and pump your fist in the air and then just casually continue whatever you were doing. 

[wellgirl]

2 minutes ago, numpty said:

One of the very few times when "we've never had a better chance to beat Rangers, worst team they've had in years", and then actually did. Pleasing.

I actually still can't quite get my head around it. I had phone problems today so I put my laptop on and then I was looking on here and saw the score. Then with about ten minutes to go I met my mum and she was like - hope Motherwell hang on - squeaky bum time. 

I think potentially what we need to take from this is that we don't need to fear anyone 

Looking at you St Mirren 

[FirParkCornerExile]

1 hour ago, weeyin said:

I'm old enough to remember when posters were saying we were going to get relegated.

Had SK not resigned it was a definite possibility.

[wellgirl]

1 minute ago, texanwellfan said:

One of those evenings where you just randomly blurt out a loud “YASSSS” and pump your fist in the air and then just casually continue whatever you were doing. 

That's just a typical day for me - as one of my old bosses said you can take the lassie out of Motherwell but you can't take Motherwell out of the lassie 

[joewarkfanclub]

28 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

Can you not just call him Luke 🤣🤣🤣

I quite like the Viking thing.

He is a bit of a warrior after all.

Im sure he secretly loves it......

[weeyin]

7 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

Had SK not resigned it was a definite possibility.

Nah, not for me. We'd have been in a lose 4, win 2, draw 1 cycle for the remainder of the season with half the points picked up due to late goals.

8th or 9th, sure, but we didn't have the rabbit in the headlights look that the relegated teams have. Livi at the end of last season was a perfect example.

 

[FirParkCornerExile]

8 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Nah, not for me. We'd have been in a lose 4, win 2, draw 1 cycle for the remainder of the season with half the points picked up due to late goals.

8th or 9th, sure, but we didn't have the rabbit in the headlights look that the relegated teams have. Livi at the end of last season was a perfect example.

 

I couldn't see the difference between us and the collapse Hibs experienced a number of years ago. We were lucky if we created one chance a game and SK was never going to change that style, so I guess we will need to agree to differ , but immaterial now.

[wellgirl]

8 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Nah, not for me. We'd have been in a lose 4, win 2, draw 1 cycle for the remainder of the season with half the points picked up due to late goals.

8th or 9th, sure, but we didn't have the rabbit in the headlights look that the relegated teams have. Livi at the end of last season was a perfect example.

 

I think the confidence had gone and it might have been different had we not lost against St Johnstone 

I think we would have struggled to get tenth and I wouldn't have fancied our chances in a play off 

I was at the Ross County game and it was dire and when we got beat by Utd I feared the worst but - today showed what it was all about. Tom Sparrow scoring at Ibrox - brilliant 

[Stuwell2]

Does Casey get an assist today? If so 2 goals and an assist in the last two matches - well done Dan. 

[weeyin]

Just now, Stuwell2 said:

Does Casey get an assist today? If so 2 goals and an assist in the last two matches - well done Dan. 

Well he assisted the Rangers goal, if that counts.

[SteelmaninOZ]

In case anyone hasn’t seen this 

 

[wellgirl]

5 minutes ago, SteelmaninOZ said:

In case anyone hasn’t seen this 

 

That was brilliant. Miller Slattery Sparrow for the second goal 

[dennyc]

56 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Nah, not for me. We'd have been in a lose 4, win 2, draw 1 cycle for the remainder of the season with half the points picked up due to late goals.

8th or 9th, sure, but we didn't have the rabbit in the headlights look that the relegated teams have. Livi at the end of last season was a perfect example.

 

Have to disagree. We were in total freefall with confidence shot. SK had had plenty of opportunities to change things up but either would not or could not.  Those last 5 away matches were poorer than anything I can remember in years. Even the better players looked at a loss. It was that refusal to adapt that convinced me we were headed for the play off spot at best. And then it's a lottery. Just compare our approach today with our approach in the Semi Final.

What Wimmer has brought out tactically and energy wise on the pitch coupled with the raised spirit in the Stands in his three matches only highlights what SK was unable to achieve. The support the fans gave the team when Dundee equalised was highlighted by both Manager and players. 

Early days and we need to remember that. But what a difference. The players certainly appear to appreciate the change.

[wellgirl]

2 minutes ago, dennyc said:

Have to disagree. We were in total freefall with confidence shot. SK had had plenty of opportunities to change things up but either would not or could not.  Those last 5 away matches were poorer than anything I can remember in years. Even the better players looked at a loss. It was that refusal to adapt that convinced me we were headed for the play off spot at best. And then it's a lottery.

What Wimmer has brought out tactically and energy wise on the pitch coupled with the raised spirit in the Stands in his three matches only highlights what SK was unable to achieve. The support the fans gave the team when Dundee equalised was highlighted by both Manager and players. 

Early days and we need to remember that. But what a difference. The players certainly appear to appreciate the change.

Agree. I'll personally always be grateful to SK for keeping us up two seasons in a row. But its good to see players who were written off as being rubbish actually performing 

[santheman]

1 hour ago, Happy Dosser said:

We should remember that MW has had a lot of exposure to Bundesliga football both in Germany and Austria so we should expect him to be up to speed re structure, tactics, fitness regimes, set-plays, metrics etc.

Conversely, I noticed some Rangers fan on social media saying even before this game that all he'd seen of Barry Ferguson when at Clyde was  him shouting and swearing at his players. BF's "success" there, Kelty Hearts and Alloa  suggest he is not the man for the job at Ibrox in the long term.

Think we could be on to a winner with Wimmer. I notice none of our great Scottish churnalists and presstitutes seem aware of Wimmer's pedigree or noticed his potential.

 

 

Barry Ferguson is a Fud. Can't string 2 words together and lives on his past glories.Will never be a good manager in a million years.

Plus my mate gave him a doing in Hamilton one night when he insulted his wife.