Every game played in Govan gets huge press coverage and there seems to be general agreement that we provided a stiff test. Glen Gibbons in the Scotsman summed it up well, "McGhee's address (at half time) was so effective that the visitors should not only have been level, but ahead, long before Quinn's equaliser. During a 20-minute period in which Motherwell finally produced the standard of performance that had made them arguably the most progressive team in the country, they contrived and squandered four golden opportunities."
Quinn scores at Ibrox!
Alas, making golden opportunities does not win games unless the majority are converted into goals. The belief shown in that breathtaking period cheered the Motherwell fans and they were happy to give the players an ovation at the end of the game.
Despite the disappointment in the Falkirk game at
The look of the table could be dramatically different after the next two rounds. After United we have to travel to Easter Road to play the current fifth placed team. Any ambitions we have of finishing in the top third of the table will be strongly influenced by the results achieved by next Wednesday.
The fact that we can talk of top four ambitions at the halfway point in the season speaks volumes for our progress. After nineteen games last season we were in the thick of the relegation zone, one place above the bottom team,
Saturday is the classic 'six pointer'. The players will not lack effort or determination and the Motherwell support should play their part by giving the sort of vocal support which filled Ibrox for a time on Boxing Day. Come on ye 'Well.
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