Motherwell v Hearts 12/04/2025

[grizzlyg]

1 hour ago, twistandshout1983 said:

Well Well Super Well 👏 

3 points tomorrow hopefully, and let's just see what happens in the St Mirren game 

Not hopeful , but Michael Wimmer done an excellent interview. Let's get behind the guy and regardless of how tomorrow goes if it is bottom 6 hopefully pick up a few points after the split and move on

There is no place on this forum for such a positive post, How Dare You!!!! 🤪🤪🤪🤪

Well said ( no pun intended)

[Kmcalpin]

I can see us losing a goal or two today so I hope we start out with a positive attitude and line up. Lets go for it and score more than Hertz do.

If we lose today lets do so all guns blazing.

[couttsy]

For what its worth Id go with a 4-2-3-1, similar formation to what we started with at Rugby Park last week, but with a few changes! OX back in goals, despite making a big error against the same opposition at Tynecastle earlier this season. Miller playing deeper to get him on the ball more, the older legs of O’Donnell & Halliday on the bench to try and get a bit of energy about us. 

OX

Kaleta, Balmer, Casey, Thomson

Miller, Andrews

Sparrow, Slattery, Maswanhise

Armstrong

[wellfan]

Even if we don’t achieve top 6 today, a better performance than recent weeks is vital to stop the rot. I do, however, fear that Wimmer won’t change anything from recent weeks. 

[Kmcalpin]

I'm not totally sold on Andrews. Many rate him highly, but anytime I've seen him he's failed to make an impression and the game passed him by. A young player though. 

[wellsince75]

1 hour ago, couttsy said:

For what its worth Id go with a 4-2-3-1, similar formation to what we started with at Rugby Park last week, but with a few changes! OX back in goals, despite making a big error against the same opposition at Tynecastle earlier this season. Miller playing deeper to get him on the ball more, the older legs of O’Donnell & Halliday on the bench to try and get a bit of energy about us. 

OX

Kaleta, Balmer, Casey, Thomson

Miller, Andrews

Sparrow, Slattery, Maswanhise

Armstrong

Perfect team selection for who's available.   This is exactly what we need. 

Will be interesting to see how this compares - I'd like to see Wimmer adapt a different approach following the drudgery of recent weeks. 
 

[Spiderpig]

1 hour ago, wellsince75 said:

Will be interesting to see how this compares - I'd like to see Wimmer adapt a different approach following the drudgery of recent weeks. 
 

I'm sure MW never told the players to go out and play like they did in the last two games, so its down to them to respond and actually look as though they are trying today.

As I suspect that if the results go in our favour today and we make the top 6 and are safe from relegation, the last 5 games will be shit shows as the majority of the squad will be in holiday mode.

[wellfan]

33 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

I'm sure MW never told the players to go out and play like they did in the last two games, so its down to them to respond and actually look as though they are trying today.

It was down to them to respond against Killie but they failed to do so,  which makes me fear similar will happen today unless Wimmer makes some useful changes. 

[texanwellfan]

3 hours ago, couttsy said:

For what its worth Id go with a 4-2-3-1, similar formation to what we started with at Rugby Park last week, but with a few changes! OX back in goals, despite making a big error against the same opposition at Tynecastle earlier this season. Miller playing deeper to get him on the ball more, the older legs of O’Donnell & Halliday on the bench to try and get a bit of energy about us. 

OX

Kaleta, Balmer, Casey, Thomson

Miller, Andrews

Sparrow, Slattery, Maswanhise

Armstrong

That’s a decent shout but probably not going to happen. It definitely makes us look more mobile and a better selection to play a high pressing game with all 4 of those players up front capable of scoring. 

[wellsince75]

1 hour ago, Spiderpig said:

I'm sure MW never told the players to go out and play like they did in the last two games, so its down to them to respond and actually look as though they are trying today.

 

That's my point - when players don't give you the reaction you need then they should be dropped.  

Last week should have had a huge reaction after being thumped by Aberdeen and we were awful, shame on the players. This is where I'm looking for Wimmer to react and make changes. 

The squad is plenty big enough and I'd like to see a few changes to the line up together with the high press and 'knock your pan in' to attack minded players.,  

[FirParkCornerExile]

Another draw at best day, I just don't rate our squad. 

[MJC]

5 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

Another draw at best day, I just don't rate our squad. 

Sadly agree. Our squad is guff and Hearts will have too much for us.

The fact that it’s inevitably been hyped up as a potential ‘top six decider’ and all the social media talk of a big day, the sun shining and so on only helps point to one outcome.

It’s got disappointment and defeat written all over it.

[texanwellfan]

4 minutes ago, MJC said:

Sadly agree. Our squad is guff and Hearts will have too much for us.

The fact that it’s inevitably been hyped up as a potential ‘top six decider’ and all the social media talk of a big day, the sun shining and so on only helps point to one outcome.

It’s got disappointment and defeat written all over it.

That could be our new motto

”Dolorem et cladem”

[Ya Bezzer!]

On 4/7/2025 at 2:36 PM, Spiderpig said:

With all due respect that's pish, SK had KVV and Spittal contributing 30 goals between them, MW has Armstrong, Watt or Ebiye so hardly surprising we struggle to score goals and therefore win games

As for MW having Multiple chances to secure top 6, that would be 2 maybe 3 games out of the 6 or 7 he's been in charge, aye OK then.

Some of the posters on here need a reality check at times, does anyone really think we would be any better off after 32 games if SK had stayed, not a chance we would be at least 6 points worse off.

I'm not going to spoon feed you facts that you'll ignore anyway but I think you'll find both KVV and Spittal scored most of their goals under Kettlewell.  I mean KVV literally scored twice as many goals in 1/3 of a season under Kettlewell. than he did in the previous 2.  Kettlewell also took Theo Bair and made him a goalscorer and I'll even put my hands up and say he proved me very wrong on that signing.

If you think for a minute that Hammell's side wasn't poorer that this one then, well I'll leave it at that., because all the facts are there.

And I don't know if we'd have been better off under Kettlewell but your claim is purely imaginary,

[AllyMax]

Same back 5, Halliday, Slattery and Miller in midfield, Maswanhise and Watt up front.

[MJC]

Balcombe starts  

Watt leads the line

 

God help us! 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

1 minute ago, AllyMax said:

Same back 5, Halliday, Slattery and Miller in midfield, Maswanhise and Watt up front.

And Balcombe continues in goal 🙁

[smiddy]

Aw tony tony

tony tony tony tony watt ⚽️🙏👍

[couttsy]

15 minutes ago, AllyMax said:

Same back 5, Halliday, Slattery and Miller in midfield, Maswanhise and Watt up front.

Although it was brief, we started with a back 4 last week, Sparrow was pushed up wide on the right until the red card (not that it did us much good)

[robsterwood]

Why O'Donnell starts and balcome, I've no idea. No surprise if either of them culpable in our demise today.

[Spit_It_Out]

Good to see Maswanhise get a start,Tony Watt must have had some week in training and Butterfingers before the Ox nope never  in a million years thats a big negative.

The midfield needs to have a big game today thats the key.

 

Up the Well lets just get these three points in the bag!

[grizzlyg]

Team picked, nothing we can do now.

Hopefully Maswanhise and Watt can link well.

COYW

[AllyMax]

Is this the day for the start of the 'Wimmer Out' thread ??? 😂

[pretzel]

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we turned up today only to miss out to St Mirren also winning.

 

[robsterwood]

Good result for us Kilmarnock getting tanned. Helps goal difference