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Sadly with our defence I wouldn't be confident beating anyone right now.

"he's always shown good technique and pace" you and I watch a different player. His technique is very erratic. Watch him in the shooting practice before the game which invariably does not improve during a game. He has been murder since April. No one will be happier than me if he rediscovers his form of this time last year but I'm willing to bet he won't.

Our all-time home record in the league vs St Mirren: P109 W62 (57%) D23 (21%) L24 (22%) I’d usually expect us to win at home against them but in our present form…….

He's only 22 as well so still developing

He's always shown good technique and pace. Just needs more composure to finish. He's best we have up front.

Wednesday night was the first time I have seen Seb dominate his opponent, winning balls and strong running. It didn’t come to much but it showed glimpses of what could be.

Spot on, for me thats one of the fundamental issues with our play. To play out from the back successfully you need to move the ball quickly and as you say we dont. That said though we dont know what AJ is telling the players to do so is it the players failing or is it AJ,s preferred style that needs looked at, i think its a bit of both.

Positive attitude, you are a disgrace!! Get off this forum 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

and what ?? he's been pish since April. What he did before that is immaterial in judging his contribution to the team just now. Christ Jake Hastie was on fire for 3 months, didn't stop him being utter pish. Thats not to say he wont hit the heights again but if you were judging him on his contribution this season he should have been on the bench a lot longer than he was.

Since his first season in the Scottish Premiership in 2024-25, only Daizen Maeda (30), Lawrence Shankland (27) and Martin Boyle (26) have scored more goals than Motherwell's Tawanda Maswanhise (25)

Yup that is a great point. Apart from kanga how many of our signings were AJ's suggestions? I reckon scouted and then presented to him. JBA defo spotted just and said and they were great. I would like AJ to recognise targets from his 30 months in norway. I really hope he is given that opportunity.

Yup Manny definitely said that but to keep it topical .....is he being a faithful...or a traitor! 🤣🤣 just kiddin Manny

3-0 tomorrow. Maswanhise to kick on from his goal the other night scoring a brace and the defenders showing some dig and determination for the clean sheet. Kanga to score the third. It's the beginning of the renaissance.

Honest question: in what way have folk on here allowed their dislike of Rangers to override their support of Motherwell?

Maybe he doesn't show any more in training than he does on the pitch. Managers can be stubborn buggers, but given the run we're on, you'd imagine he isn't digging his heels in just for the sake of it. Jens persevered with Maswanhise too, presumably because he'd shown he could deliver, while others hadn't.

That allowed their obsession and dislike of Celtic to override their support of Motherwell, yes.

I actually don't think we get the ball forward quickly, especially when playing out from the back. Just and Ward were like lightning getting forward exploiting the press. We are so fucking slow and laborious in the build up when playing out from the back that the opposition get time to ensure they have every man behind the ball closing down our options. . We do employ the long ball a bit more but 9 times out of ten we lose possession.

When you consider how many chances Manwanhise has had to shine when playing shite, Thor must wonder why the fuck he doesn't get a longer run in the team

"Performances have been persistently good..." mmmm thats over egging the pudding. There has been an improvement in the last two games much beyond that is pushing it.

We only need him to be resilient until the January transfer window so we can bring in something better that the current incumbents who are absolutely hopeless on evidence so far..

I agree. Also, unless I mis-heard, Manny said in his last presser that he loved the manager. My problem is that I can't understand how poor our defence is. A simple old-fashioned head on the ball on Wednesday and we would be two points better off already. Why can't our defence take responsibility and simply cleat their lines? I think Paul McGinn would make a huge difference in organising and stiffening the defence but worry how resilient he can be at his age.

Interesting to listen to SPH. He is very positive about the influence AJ has had on his game both from a management perspective and a coaching perspective. This is partly why Alfred was brought in. Worth a listen for anybody currently sitting on the fence.

Yeah, it would be terrible if there were a Celtic-obsessed moonhowling element in our support, wouldn't it?

I think this hits the nail on the head. Last season we controlled games. So we always had safe possession, which in turn didnt leave us as open at the back as we have been this season. So we faced less shots and therefore conceded less goals. The trade off for that, was that we always looked like we were trying to score the perfect goal, and for all our nice play and control, we didnt create as many chances as you would imagine. But we weren't open on the transition. This season, we get the ball forward quicker, we throw more balls in the box and generally create more chances. But the trade off is there for all to see when we lose the ball. Its a conundrum, and Im not sure which I prefer. But Alfred clearly favours what we are currently doing, so I guess we just need to get used to it.