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Are the Media Against Your Team?
ropy replied to Darren Adams's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons
ropy replied to Casagolda's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
It is strange, he messed about against Celtic and we lost goals, he did the same yesterday and it blunted our attack. -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
I know but this was an unusual situation where the time had come and gone, he could have acted differently - it wasn’t a penalty -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
On the Shinnie decision the time was up, Collum should have said I want to see the incident again because it would be him that looked a dick on Sportscene. It wasn’t holding the game up. Then he could come to his own conclusion. I wouldn’t have given a penalty but if he was being consistent then he would have. -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
It is handball if a player catches it, blocks it or plays it. Not if the ball plays him. A referee can use his subjectivity to decide what is a penalty. -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Does the referee only get to look at one angle? i.e. the one VAR deems the best, or can he see the incident from more than 1? The BBC has a few hours but they showed a different angle which may have given pause for thought. I don’t see the handball decision as the issue, those around me immediately talked about the information provided after the Ross County game. We are just being fobbed off. If we are fobbed off again by the referee chief it shows inconsistency and that is what annoys supporters. I think the two handball situations in the game were dealt with inconsistently. Collum must know this, it would be great to hear his view as it makes him look poor. -
Premiership Hot Potato 23/24
ropy replied to 10menwent2mow's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
VAR doesn’t even consider the potato when they disallow result altering goals. -
Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons
ropy replied to Casagolda's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Will the referee chief even speak to Kettlewell this time? He can only contradict himself or offer a pointless apology. I have long held the belief that our players should be qualified referees, every other occupation send their workforce on courses, whether it is to learn Excel or pick up some professional certificate. This should be especially true for boys coming through the academy. It would mean that our players understood the rules/laws which is no bad thing but in particular they would be able to use the language on the pitch in discussion with the referee that is used in referee circles. If the referee hears a situation described as they have heard it in their training are they more likely to think twice about waving away a claim? -
Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons
ropy replied to Casagolda's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Spittal played Bair in on the 18 yard line right in front of goals, one touch and a shot away would see a certain goal, but the touch of an elephant ensued. Bair’s shot at the near post was followed by Halliday throwing his arms in the air as if he had a tap in, he would have sclaffed it in the unlikely event that a pass had been successful. In the first half specifically every ball that was played towards the box was played to a red shirt, frustrating. The thing that bothered me was the last 10 minutes where we played it along the half way line when both full backs were high up the pitch and available, even a dink forward might have created something but no, back to Casey or even Kelly. If the perfect pass isn't on then trust your attacker or wide man to do enough to create something, passing it back for safety is negative. Be positive, take quick throw ins, dont let the opposition settle, get on with it. -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Did the Shinnie ball come off his shoulder first before running down his arm? I wasn’t shouting for a penalty so won’t now but find it hard to distinguish the two scenarios where different decisions were made. -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Both ‘goals’ were very good strikes, both keepers had at least one good save. We didn’t do enough to win, not convinced Aberdeen did either but they got the goal that counted. -
Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons
ropy replied to Casagolda's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
I’ve been looking at Davor as being our lucky charm, was disappointed to see him drop out. I assumed the handball happened after Lennon’s strike and therefore the goal was scored via a hand, but apparently not. Didnt see the handball at the end so I will be keen to compare the two on the telly. It was good for the young boys to get a decent run but it didn’t look like that was the move that would turn the game. We didn’t deserve a win, a draw would have been a more likely result. I said before that a defeat to Rangers and a win against Aberdeen would serve us better, however a win at Ibrox was overdue and can be celebrated. -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
I thought handball in the build up was disregarded like for Ross County. -
Motherwell - Aberdeen 16/03/2024
ropy replied to well fan for life's topic in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
Was the hand ball before or after Miller’s strike?