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Ah! Parlez vous francais aussi mon ami! 😍😍😍

Sevilla then? 😉

Have to say Premier Sports is a highly attractive option today. Travelling up from Ayrshire doesnt feel very appealing.

He also has a very good first touch when big diagonals are fired at him from left back or centre half. He could work on his delivery, but personally I think he is a serviceable right midfielder at our level in certain games/circumstances. Wouldnt be a stick on starter for me and not captain material, but far from "dugmeat".

Dugmeat suggests a player with zero redeemable features whatsoever. I dont think thats Sparrow.

I think dugmeat is harsh. Clearly at fault for the 2nd and 3rd goals. But coaching him when to sit and when to jump, off the back of that video, shouldnt be difficult. Koutroumbis is still the better option, when fit. We just cant rely on that.

This was posted over on P&B. I know its Maurice Ross, but he actually picks apart what we are trying to do, and whats going wrong, pretty well. Encouragingly, alot of our current issues are individual errors and can be fixed pretty easily. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maurice-alexander-ross-6b56a01b9_motherwell-analysis-doubling-down-on-activity-7519422584980004864-3H-o?utm_source=li_share&utm_content=feedcontent&utm_medium=g_mb_web&utm_campaign=copy

Not sure his intention was to injure Lowry, dont know if he is that sort ofnplayer. But he certainly made no attempt to lower his studs. Whether that was an attempt to protect himself or not, it was certainly endangering an opponent. So I agree, red card was appropriate.

I agree with most of that. But I dont think we were well beaten by Killie. The first 5 minutes of suicidal defending apart, we largely controlled the first half, played some nice stuff and should have scored at least 3 goals. So something was going right. Second half was absolute shite after we got the second goal, but that was mostly down to us rather than what Killie did. They basically fired long balls over the heads of our defence and looked to take advantage of mistakes. Deserved to lose? Probably. Well beaten? I dont agree. I do totally agree that we have regressed though. Can you imagine playing Freiburg now? 🫣🫣🫣

You talking about the Killie game? At the game I thought it was a red. He was late and his studs were up. Looked like he caught him on the knee. Was hard to tell how much force was used and Im not sure the tv pictures help with that. Given that the ref was right there and immediately gave the red card, Im not sure how they could justify the overturn. PS I think it is an issue. At 1-1 and Killie down to 10 men, you would have to fancy our chances. Particularly as we scored right after that.

I dont hate it. But think we are a bit lopsided unless we are playing without width and relying on the full backs to get forward. Lowry has to play central to dictate play and pick passes. Your general points have merit though.

I think Ive got to the stage Id like to see Matty Connelly given a chance. I know for confidence reasons, a manager will always support his goalkeeper, but when part of the way we play requires good distribution, its hard to stick by someone when its harming the team. The mistakes I could actually live with for a while, but outside of those, his distribution still isnt great. Connolly has always seemed very comfortable with the ball at his feet. He is a little on the short side for me, but I think the other side of his game would have benefits. He is also "Our Player" and Id like to see us try to develop him if we are having issues with a loanee. Your thoughts would be appreciated YT.

We didnt really tighten up until after the League Cup Semi Final v St Mirren and that was in November.

Not sure Im in this camp. I am concerned, so not officially backing him. However, in the spirit of the question, I think it all depends on performances. If he can turn that around and scrape a few draws here and there or even the odd win then Id be of a mind to stick rather than twist. Butnif the performances continue to be increasingly poor and we continue to lose games, then I think it becomes increasingly difficult. Ask me again at the next international break.

Fancy it? I will put the cones out if you pick the team! 😍😍😍