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I listened to the Sportsound Podcast and its exactly this. Lazy journalism generating clickbait by bastardising something that wasnt even an interview. I actually thought Lee Miller did well NOT to give any information away when asked a direct question. It does seem that A CLUB has made an offer though and that the family/player are happy with that club and that both clubs are trying to thrash out a deal suitable to all parties. That was my take anyway. If the rumours of it being Como are true that would be an unbelievable move for the boy. Playing your football in the most picturesque stadium on the planet under the management of one of the worlds best midfielders with a chance to impress and attract even bigger clubs? Oh, and the owners are loaded.......

JBA is clearly trying out players and assessing them and trying to mould them into his way of thinking. This will naturally take time. A fair take on things and I now understand your comment from Saturday about our midfield. Most of us agree about defensive deficiences, so no need for me to bang on about them. A raw looking Longero impressed though and his pace will be a real asset. We tried to play patient, ground based football last night and that was encouraging but the tempo was way too slow and some players overelaborated. I don't think Watt and Slattery played well together. Not quite sure yet where Watt fits into the team and Slattery is being played far too deeply. Probably the wrong combination as well. Poor Tom Sparrow looked lost. Just looks the part but again played too deeply. Fadinger really impressed me. We need to beef up the midfield and add a bit of defensive aggression to beef up the back line. See Ya Beezer's comments above. Jordan McGhee anyone? I wasn't convinced by Sule or Ap Stam. To be fair, Sule wasn't given much service and for much of the time was left to fend for himself, despite all our possession. As Weeyin says, Ap Stam is a penalty box striker but looks lightweight and failed to make an impression last night. Encouraging signs and we did win...eventually. The players will need to adjust to a new system and that will take time and perseverance. Likewise JBA will need to learn the strengths and weaknesses of his charges and play them to suit their individual abilities and skills. Last night's game could have been played by AI. It was so predictable. To be fair, its very hard to judge us given the way Peterhead played and their early goal. Not many teams will come to Fir Park and play like that. Early days of course, but we seem to be shaping up as more of a counterattacking side. It'll be interesting to see which type of player comes in during this window and who leaves to balance squad numbers.

The new players all showed up pretty well. Watt, Just, Fadinger and Slattery all ball players who will link up well once they are more familiar with one another. Longelo was very good in the first half. Took his goal well and was had a great strike just before that well saved by the keeper. Good to see McGinn back and giving his standard 7/10. For overall performance and getting the winning goal it has to be Fadinger though.

My take away from last night not having been at the Clyde game. Its early days but the signs are promising. The football is already more easy on the eye. We wanted to move away from eye bleeding football and be more progressive so the club have gone out and got a (second) manager to do that. We have an obvious style, structure and pattern of play. The team/squad already looks more balanced than its been in a few seasons with the manager saying there is still more business to be done in key areas. The manager has a clear plan and is able to communicate that in interviews. His analysis of the game and explanation of why we played the way we did was spot on and should embarass some of the roasters in our support who were on the players backs straight from the off (it wont). I am quietly encouraged that we have some decent footballers in the door and the makings of a decent team once the problem areas are addressed. Its still pre season. We started the game last night with 7 players who have barely played together. It will take time for them to gel. Shame Lennon is leaving. He would thrive in this brave new world!

Think I dodged one but happy for wellgirl to take the blame 🤣🤣

I think there is a player but he needs to be played as a penalty box striker. He's not the kind that can run the channels.

If Stama can stay injury-free—which is a big if—I’d say he has until winter to prove his worth. Otherwise, it might be best for both player and club to explore options for moving him on.

There's on-street parking near the ground. Also a large Asda supermarket five minutes walk away, but there might be time restrictions or an online / phone payment option. If I'm down that way before Friday, I'll check and post. On the Station Hotel side of Larbert station (about 20 min walk) there is a huge free car park.

I have to say that in all the time AP has been at Fir park, albeit limited by injury I have seen nothing to convince me there's a player in their. Maybe if he get a regular run in the team that impression will change, but until then he is contributing nothing tbh.

I think we need to give more minutes to AP he needs a goal badly just give himself a confidence boost we need to get him firing pretty pronto hope he gets more minutes vs Stenhousemuir at the weekend.

What is parking like in the vicinity of the ground? On street?

I’m neither tall nor overweight, yet Macron’s medium tops fit like a corset. Meanwhile, medium tops from other kit manufacturers back in the day still fit like gowns. I’m starting to think Macron is gaslighting us into believing we’re all fat bastards.

Aside from the defence being shite — which most seem to agree on — some other issues last night were our tendency to overplay and the consistently poor final ball. Sorting the defence has to be the priority, but I reckon the other two will sort themselves out in time. I should add that Slattery’s cross for our second goal was great.

Sadly McCowan's is long gone. Site now has a Tim Hortons and B&M store. As close to a Motherwell home game as I''ll ever get. Those travelling by train, the bar at the Station Hotel in Larbert is decent and they have a beer garden. There is a tiny wee bar in the main stand at the ground, but it really is tiny! Closest pub is the Talk of the Toon, a four minute walk away.

Aha!!!!, cheers pal

Don't start them on that , we are going to get a load shite spouted about mc cowans toffee before Saturday.

Very much so. We played some nice stuff in short spells, but didn't really use our pace to much effect. A lot of possession but little to no penetration until late on when Peterheed tired. A few flashes down the left early on with Manny though. Poor movement off the ball. We looked pretty toothless up front, but in fairness Sule was left isolated in the first half. I thought Just looked impressive but sat too deep. All that said, Peterheed made it difficult for us by putting 11 men behind the ball. They were always going to do that though.

One size larger is that because macron are using metric measurements or is your converter not working

Yes, this is something we picked up on last night. To be fair McGinn is never a central defender in a back 2. The midfield looks talented and pacy but soft and Ap Stam looked tiny and lightweight last night. We don't need to be a team of hammer throwers but we do require more physicality as we struggled to compete in 50/50s in much of the match last night.

Emanuell Longelo the goal scorer

We were never going to achieve a clean sheet, but that wasn't down to him. . I didn't think Matty had much, if anything, to do to be fair. his distributiuon was generally very good although he did cause a couple of heartstopping moments. How would he cope against the hulking 6-4 central defenders and strikers he'd meet in the Premiership though?

Who is Manny?

Agreed he looked very composed and prepared to move the ball quickly.

Everything going to plan I suspect. Manager sussing out his team in competitive games . Also how we will play without Miller. Bonus is we have not lost in this process. It's preseason stuff really and a chance to get players match fit and ready. No need to get too excited about things the now.

When he came on he raised our tempo x 2. At the sluggish pace we were playing before he came on we probably had another penalty shoot out on our hands.