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15 minutes ago, BigDak said:
How doesn't it? Are you trying to claim we're anywhere near the team we were before we went down? And I'm not talking about personnel. I'm talking about belief.
We've won a league, 2 cups and been to the UEFA Cup Final - if this team can't believe in themselves, then there is massive motivation issues with the senior members of the squad.
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10 hours ago, MrMckee said:
We need a complete clear out of players from the Gerrard era. What other team would keep the same losers around year after year?
We're only left really with Tav, Goldson, Barisic and Jack and that has been the backbone of our team since 2018. What have we won in that time 1 league, 1 league cup and 1 Scottish cup. Not a great return, especially when for most of those seasons we seem to be in with a good shout then we shit the bed when it counts.
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8 hours ago, JackAlex93 said:
That's the weak mentality that we are seeing right now at the business end of the season. Grim from your captain
I remember reading that in the match programme and thinking, that should have been done for as Captain.
For him to verbalize that was poor, just seeps into the rest of the team, and when you consider we still have 3 of the back 4 from that time still regular starters, it shows that fundamentally we haven't been able to sort this. At some point, you need a clear out.
He has given us some great moments, especially in Europe, and his goals have kept us going, but we have won far too little, and we need that change at some point.
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Poor result, totally hands the initiative over to them.
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17 hours ago, RealWorldRich said:
Our problems come from player mismanagement above. I've never been able to swallow the fact we let Bassey and Patterson leave while making do with Barisic and Tav.
There's two sides to every deal. Maybe we've had next to no decent offers for them. Tav's offensive abilities do not outweigh his defensive howlers, and teams that would pay money that I think we'd want for him, would not go for it. Tav's got by for us for so long because of what he offers us in Europe, not smashing in penalties against St. Mirren and Killie.
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Glasgow offered not very much in that game. The whole game other than the wobble for their goal we were in total control.
Now comes very much down to who can hold their nerve and that game against them on the 6th May.
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The SWPL the past three seasons has been absolutely relentless, any dropped points has potentially a big impact on the league, especially with three teams competing for the title.
Injuries hasn't helped us, with Martinez out for so long, and Colson leaving halfway through. I think that's significantly reduced our options in center-mid.
I have faith in the manager, as Bydo says, we have only lost one game this season and already won a cup, I just hope we can gain a bit of momentum, next game is massive vs. Glasgow City.
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14 minutes ago, Prso's headband said:
IIRC you were asked previously on your ST in the Broomloan if you wanted an old firm ticket when they had 8,000. Was ages ago now but I can’t remember being uproar then which must have meant that those who wanted one, were accommodated.
The difference is, the supporters who have bought tickets in the Broomloan may have done so since they now got access to an OF ticket, one of the main advantages of taking a season ticket.
Also, with fans being moved from Copland Front to accommodate the Union Bears, could end up in a situation where fans lose out massively with this.
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Lee McCulloch basically played everywhere for us.
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3 hours ago, RFC55 said:
What? Nobody has asked for random league winners to be allowed in
Yes they are - Keep the Champions League exclusive to champions of their respective league championships.
That would lead to smaller team in the competition over larger, more attractive to the world wide audience teams.
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1 hour ago, RFC55 said:
I have absolutely no idea why you have just made this shit up like anyone was claiming grasshoppers should be in it.
the top however many ranked uefa clubs should’ve been sent, meaning it isn’t closed to the big clubs of the champions league. For example Frankfurt v Milan wouldn’t be any less appealing than Leipzig v Newcastle as you put it but because Frankfurt only have the Europa league win they can’t actually get into the new fifa club World Cup.
its a fucking nonsense
That's basically what people are saying though, random winners of random leagues getting a place in the tournament, ahead of the best teams for the best leagues, that draw in the biggest viewing audiences.
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Amazing the amount of people on this topic bemoaning "the big teams" rigging the system, so they directly benefit.
We've done that in Scottish Football for years - so I don't see what the problem is. This is a global game, wanting to grow into emerging markets where they are either used to closed shop sports (i.e. America), or just want to see the best (Middle East and Asia).
The pull of a Leipzig vs. Newcastle is sadly greater than say Grasshoppers vs. Rangers.
That's the world we live in, and if it was up to us, we'd want to be in that closed shop - but we're not. We're in a diddy league playing diddy opposition week in week out.
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On 10/12/2023 at 17:39, Bydo said:
For those interested- Jane Ross came on as a sub after a year and a half out injured and scored six minutes later. Good on her!
Great to have her back - a proven goalscorer.
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On 14/11/2023 at 18:18, McEwan's Lager said:
What I’m saying is we could punt the retail operations separately to someone like Fanatics.
That went great with JJB and Sports Direct etc....
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8 hours ago, EverestGers said:Worse performance since Beale left, hibs game was fluent and one of our best performances this season, Sparta away was sturdy and fortunate at times but today I expected to see a reaction from a manager trying to install a clinical streak in the team and he got it wrong from the start with the selection. Souter was head and shoulders above Davies midweek and Danilo deserved a start over Dessers so wasn’t surprised we played shit. Manager needs to get switched on rapid to the fact that every week is a cup final to these no marks we play. 👍🇬🇧
Man's just inside the door and getting to work out the players he can trust and he has to put up with nonsense like this.
Unbeaten in his first three games which includes a Euro away trip, and two games against the Edinburgh teams, with only one goal conceded.
Pretty good start from a manager having to come into a team with confidence that was clearly below par.
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13 hours ago, Waltersfarm said:
2-1 wasn't even a fair reflection of the game we had chances to win by more than one goal.
Yeah, we were by far the better side for the majority of the game.
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Every new manager appointment is a risk. Almost every manager we appoint, no matter their record is a "project appointment" with the level of player we have. No easy first preference out there, not too many with consistent records of success.
It's going to be a tough one for us.
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On 27/08/2023 at 18:04, Bydo said:
Aye, there’s no denying it’s far inferior quality to the men’s game, but you kind of need to consider it a completely different sport really, don’t you?
They don’t have the strength or stamina of the men, and it’s played at a much slower pace. If you’re tuning in expecting anything close to what we are accustomed to, you’ll never be able to enjoy it, or even *like* it.
It is what it is. Saying they shouldn’t be paid for it is a step too far IMO. I know I couldn’t even play to that standard so I would have a cheek.
I hate the chat of "do they get paid for this" etc.
Women's football in Scotland has only been professional for 2 years. Men's football has been professional for something along the lines of 140 years. So, it's no wonder the standard is going to be low.
I wonder what the relative standards of football was back in the day, I bet it was shit.
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On 28/08/2023 at 02:00, Madina said:
We look worse than we did last season, and miles off what we were like 2 seasons ago. Bright point was young Mia again.
My concern is that we're building our team around the wrong players. Love their commitment but Howat, Doherty and Hill for me are not moving us up. I know that may be an unpopular opinion with most.
We've struggled to replace a few players from 2 years ago, Westrup was so commanding at CB, that her presence is sorely missed, and Reilly really was instrumental in dominating the midfield.
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Absolute shocker extending Fife's contract, unless there really isn't an alternative anywhere to be found.
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Absolute nonsense letting them score unopposed. They had the ball from the throw-in, their defender had the ball unopposed when thrown back in, he's f*cked it up by taking a horrendous first touch, the game is back on and Tillman has done the right thing by closing him down.
Seen the usual "class but expected" shite, and it's just embarrassing.
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Yeah, agreed.
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Was a good match, game put beyond Motherwell early doors in the second half. I liked how we didn't let up and just kept at it.
Seeing Carla Boyce and Chelsie Watson in the Motherwell team shows that it was the right choice to have that complete clear-out when we went pro.
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20 hours ago, RFC55 said:
The conversion rates in world football from corners is absolutely tiny
One of the main reasons that short corners are so popular, since the conversion direct from corners is so small, that even creating a better angle and causing the defence to move out to create space. Throwing it "in the mixer" is last gasp, we got no other options.
I remember reading as well that Guardiola used to fine Barca players if they hit a shit from outside the 18yard box for the same reasons that statistically scoring from outside the box is far far lower than from scoring inside. Could be pish though
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Do you know how much money we spend on them?
This is a team that's already won a trophy this season, in the Scottish Cup Semi-final, and only lost 5 league matches in three years, in a league with three teams competing for the championship.
Yes, the form is slumping at the wrong time of the season, but I'd say anything we spend on that team is probably nominal at best in comparison to the men's or even men's development squad. They regularly get a few hundred at Broadwood for homes games with crowds growing, and no matter what people think, women's football is a growth area of the game. It's a wise investment from the club.