Jonathan Whelan

@MotherwellFC Refereed to a different standard again. Every 50/50 went hearts way. Daylight robbery

Full-time. Hearts 3 - 1 Motherwell.

@refsupportuk What’s difficult about that?

This is cheating. Players cheat and it ruins our game and makes it difficult for match officials. I don’t know how these players live with themselves.

@GordonNicolson1 @CDSmid @C_ENicolson @pieandbov If you say so

@jonathanwhelan3 @CDSmid @C_ENicolson @pieandbov But that's about all👍

An awful lot of revisionism taking place about the Slattery ban that was dished out yesterday. First of all, the referee did NOT see the incident, he had his back to it as play was miles away from where it happened. The assitant referee also missed it. The red card was advised by the 4th official via communication to the ref who really then had no choice but to give it, presumably thinking VAR would call a review if something was amiss. VAR, for whatever reason, decided it wasn't a clear and obvious error so did not seek to get involved. You can probably imagine, in real time, what the 4th official might have thought he saw. The failure here, other than the cheating itself of course, is that VAR just shrugged it's shoulders and decided there was nothing amiss. Had VAR done it's job, the red would have been overturned, and I don't even think Slattery would have got booked, and the incident would have passed with virtually no further comment. As it is, Saints were reduced to ten men for 30 mins, during which they lost two further goals. Motherwell benefitted from this cheating, like it or not, and the player has now been punished for his role in that and made an example of. Players dive and simulate every week, in EVERY team, yes, but the tech is supposed to be there to help eliminate penalties or red cards being given after simulation. In 2026 a player in the Premiership should not be getting sent off as a result of a player blatantly simulating violent conduct. Motherwell expecting "consistency going forward" are going to be disappointed because the chances of all of the events that happened here taking place again are incredibly slim. Slattery has paid the price for the VAR failure here, but end of the day, he's cheated, and he knew full well what he was doing. Keep seeing folk crying about a 4 game ban. It's a two game ban, same as Richard King would have got for his supposed "violent conduct". It only becomes 4 if he does it again, and although in this particular individuals case you can never rule that out (he had already feigned violent conduct against St.Mirren this season at Fir Park) the chances of him doing it again, and getting a fellow pro sent off again, are negible for the reasons I've already given.

@Rangersnomore @GavinScullion @pieandbov What’s the point in VAR then? It was clear for everybody watching there was no contact on first viewing. It should have been dealt with at the time. I’m not condoning the dive but it’s frustrating losing a player for 2 matches when it should have been a yellow card offence

@jonathanwhelan3 @GavinScullion @pieandbov Perhaps the panel actually watched the incident in detail whereas the VAR process failed. In any event, maybe you could persuade Slattery to undergo a lie detector test to help sort it out once and for all.

@GavinScullion @pieandbov The issue isn’t isolated to one club. The gripe I have is that clubs pay a fortune for VAR and incidents like this should be dealt with on the pitch. How can the same cameras that weren’t conclusive now be considered conclusive leading to a more severe punishment?

@jonathanwhelan3 @pieandbov Is it a systemic issue within the club? Or just these two cheats? I don’t watch Motherwell often enough to know differently? And I’m fully aware there’s cheats in other clubs too so it’s not anti-‘Well questions.

@CDSmid @C_ENicolson @pieandbov It wasn’t the same player the incident in the game at Fir Park was Elliot watt. Anything else?

@jonathanwhelan3 @C_ENicolson @pieandbov Everything he said was bang on. At what other times has this happened in the season? I will tell you, the same player doing it against the same team but the opposition player didn’t get a red, hence why he wasn’t dealt with retrospectively

@C_ENicolson @pieandbov Aside from the blatant inaccuracy and assumptions shaped by his own bias

@pieandbov An impressive summary. Your skills are wasted on this place!

@PaisleyPan98 @marky_7 St Mirren fans wouldn’t shut the fuck up about their 3 top six finishes at the end of last season😂 now you’ve won the Mickey Mouse cup and won’t shut up about that. Small club mentality

@marky_7 Silky football indeed ! Doesn’t win any trophies though. Doesn’t win fuck all. Yous won’t win anything in your best performing season ever. Askou will be gone in the summer as well as Maswanhise. Your best season in 40 years will result in absolutely nothing 🤣

"Silky football?" yes thats exactly what it is. Football with a purpose, Total Domination.

@marky_7 Looked like he was playing without hands tonight

@giraffeandmonty @MotherwellFC 😂

@MotherwellFC Proud of Slattery are you? Blatant cheating. I hope he gets banned after that and I expect your manager to come out and say red card was wrong as no contact. If not, same old Motherwell. Best team at cheating in the league

Total domination from start to finish 👊 St Mirren 0 - 5 Motherwell.

@Jackyoung191 @AberdeenFC What game are you watching😂

@AberdeenFC Been somewhat the better team but just can’t take our chances

Half-time in Motherwell.

@MotherwellFC Should be about 4-0 up

Half time. Just's goal the difference so far. Said misses from close range, before Maswanhise's effort goes just wide of the post. 45' // 1-0.

@Daunan665634 @GoggsyNineNine Less than a year ago

@GoggsyNineNine When was the last time Motherwell won at ibrox?

Absolute scenes when it arrives at Fir Park after a 1-0 win at Ibrox on the last day

@TC42_SZN @MotherwellFC

@MotherwellFC FUCK OFF YOU YA DIRTY CUNT. YOUS DONT DESERVE A THING FROM THAT GAME. REF HELPING YOUS ALL NIGHT. FUCK YOU IRRELEVANT CLUB

GOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!!! STEPHEN WELSH DRAWS US LEVEL!! 90' // 1-1

@PierslandKillie @mfc1886898 Tbf the state of the pitch in recent weeks was because of a boiler issue. It’s held up well during the winter previously

@mfc1886898 Mate I've just shown you a picture of what it actually looks like in a Scottish winter. Here it is again, this was a week ago. If you're suggesting that this looks first class then this isn't a debate worth having. 😂

Every top flight professional club should have a grass pitch. They're amazing (supposedly).

@jogoneill @dalebarrass1 @RangersFC Nope it’s 2027 and the club holds the option of a further year so 2028 technically

@dalebarrass1 @RangersFC It's technically next summer as club had 1 year option to extend

Get Maswanhise signed up @RangersFC Never have a more obvious signing especially for a team lacking goals!

@leonardprobably @AlternateAdMan @alexjg0 Those countries have more than 10x the population of Scotland so it’s not really a fair comparison. Clubs like Motherwell and Killie actually do well to get the support they do especially when the majority of people in those towns support either Rangers or Celtic

@AlternateAdMan @alexjg0 Yep. Scottish football fans in general need to get a grip of things though. Look at lower league Germany or England

Better angle of the Maswanhise beauty 🇿🇼

@LiamMcNaughton @RangersBanter17 😂😂

@RangersBanter17 Pre-contract? Give them 50k for him now, loan him back, don’t allow them to play him against us

@Rparry1875 @RyanSmillie5 @STVFootballShow @STVRonnie @EwenDCameron @Calbell0 I don’t think you actually have a clue what you’re talking about. Motherwell have as much right to demand a big fee as hibs do and have sold a player for more than your record transfer in the summer. If you were talking about competing to sign a player I’d agree

@jonathanwhelan3 @RyanSmillie5 @STVFootballShow @STVRonnie @EwenDCameron @Calbell0 Get real mate. It’s changed days. If you think Motherwell can compete with Hibs financially then you’re off your head 😂

💰 @STVRonnie: "Why don't Celtic spend £8million to buy Bowie & Maswanhise?" 😡 @EwenDCameron: "Pay us what we want or you're NOT getting them!" 😅 @Calbell0: "Is it arrogance that Celtic won't buy players from this league?" 🤔 Your thoughts Celtic, Hibs & Motherwell fans?