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I can't let this pass without comment. Main had a poor game tonight, but to say he was hiding is just ridiculous. For a striker, the number of goals he has scored this season is a bit embarrassing, however it certainly hasn't been down to a lack of effort.

Oh and my only gripe for tonight is Ariyibi .... why the hell is taking all the set plays. Really enjoy his wing play but he is shit at corners and free kicks. Get Turnbull or Gorrin on them.

Well fair fucks I enjoyed that. Watching Turnbull is an absolute joy. The lads range of passing, movement and technical ability is class. Backed by the powerful running and skill of Hastie & Ariyibi will certainly entertain. Central midfield balance looked so much better with Gorrin & Campbell who I thought played well together. Gorrin started a bit slack but grew in a great performance, his ability to release the ball quickly allowed our attacks to start quicker. Hopefully he can get a run in the team as I think he will only get better. Campbell his usual tenacious self and god did we miss him on Saturday. Main I thought worked his arse off in the lone striker role. Held up well and caused bother. Apart from a ten mins spell in the first half that he kept giving the ball away. A goal would spark him off I think. Grimmy was brilliant as the flying full back and Tait also had his best game in a while. Genuinely delighted at that tonight but also tinged with a what the fuck was Saturday all about. That team would have pumped Ross County.

I thought Main played well tonight, and had some half chances (saying he missed any "sitters" is just untrue), but it's clear for all to see he's trying too hard to score at times. I reckon we should persevere with him for now.

am a dick ,,,,,,, BOOM ,,,

Tanner seems to be getting better the longer he's out.

If we're playing up at front, which I think we should be as the shape clearly benefits the rest of the side, then I don't think we have much choice. Johnson isn't well rounded enough to lead the line alone, McCormack looks 3 stone overweight and Sammon is Sammon. Main might not be a stand out but he's the only one that can occupy defenders and hold up the play. If only he could occasionally score goals too.

Agree 100%. He was far from hiding. That’s just shit talk. Was in about everything tonight. Badly needs a goal and tbh I don’t think he is far off. Played the loan striker role well tonight.

Night and day (funnily enough) from Saturday. Hastie, Turnbull and Campbell linked up so well. Grimmy superb but Main remains a problem. Voluntarily going down to 10 men for the last half hour probably wasn't the greatest idea in the world though.

That was a really good reaction to Saturday, we pressed really well and fought for those points. I don’t think we can question the players or managers commitment after that. Main really needs a goal. He worked hard and did a decent job of keeping their defenders busy and holding the ball up, but was powder puff when it came to taking a chance. Watching the direct running from hastie and Ariyibi was fun. It didn’t always come off, but I’d rather we tried that than punting it. The goal was a thing of beauty, what I’d give to see hastie, Campbell, Cadden and Turnbull together for one more season. This was the first time I’ve seen Gorrin really contribute, and I think he had by far his best game for us, Campbell also looked like his old self. Didn’t think the defense looked too troubled, hibs were always going to make a couple of chances but we were pretty organized. We know how inconsistent we are, so I wouldn’t get my hopes up for Saturday, but I’d definitely put out the same team for that game.

Can we kid on Hastie is one to make it sound better?

let him think what he wants ,,,, heez 5000 miles away in his own wee world

Oh ffs! Don’t say that! In fact, don’t even think it.

If you were to tell me that Main will never score another goal again in his career I would believe it.

Remember the last time one of our strikers scored? Nah me either!!

He's like the white Shivute. Head down and run.

Ayirbi has obviously been telling fibs that he's a dead ball specialist....

Cadden I believe. Started well

There's been a lot of debate about Robinson and whether he's up to the job etc etc, one thing I like about him though is that he's not afraid to bench the big names. McHugh and Hartley both dropped.

Good!

With a few extra F words thrown.....made me laugh. But above all else I like the passion. I still think the break was a contributor to our loss v Ross County. That said the team formation and selection was a tad bizarre.

Said everything that I was thinking.

Despite the difference of opinion, I always enjoy reading what you have to say.

Absorbed.

I'm not sure hate is the right word. I like hartley. Problem is he's too similar to aldred, and frankly IMO aldred is the better player. I agree with the original poster that Dunne is a centre half and brings the much needed pace to compliment Aldred. Also when in possession Hartley is probably the biggest culprit for head down and launch. You can almost see him winding his leg up!

It seems like the situation with McHugh last season all over again. Hartley’s not been playing well, but Robinson doesn’t appear to want to drop the club captain. Even though he’s either not fully fit or completely off the boil.

If we can get a draw then win away at Dundee happy days. That would be my aim.

Dunne simply can't play left back. Robinson needs to bite the bullet and drop Peter Hartley. I'm not really sure on the formation, I don't even know what we are trying to do anymore. I'd like to see Robinson give the likes of Hastie and Scott the chance from the start, but he won't. He's going to go for Sammon or Main. Just give us something to get slightly optimistic about Motherwell, pretty please.

These managers you'd dredged up, none of them were any good at our club but I was defending a position on 'a Craig Brown type'. That's why I mentioned Craig Brown, a manager that competed well at international level, not as a defence of all Scottish born managers we've ever employed. As for Gannon, Baraclough and Robinson, I see them all as imported failures with a rather shallow level of expertise who managed to bluffed their way into a higher level in Scottish football than they would have been able to do so elsewhere. The very fact that these guys were non Scots, that they came from outside Scotland allowed them positions they would never have been appointed to if they had been Scottish. So while even guys like Davies and McLeish achieved success elsewhere at a higher level, Gannon and Baraclough achieved nothing aside from perhaps in Gannon's case, sealing the deal on a Y reg Vauxhall Cavalier. Davies and McLeish didn't work out for us. But Gannon and Barraclough they just weren't any good. If anyone see's Robinson going on to success post Motherwell than that's your opinion, it's currently an unknown, but I throw my hat in the 'don't see it happening' ring. As for your defence of Gannon - it's laughable. Even putting aside the turmoil Gannon created at the club in his time here he won 4 out of 17 league matches, won 1 out of his last 10, the last two of which were a shambolic 6-1 defeat to Rangers and a 3-1 defeat at home to St. Johnstone. Many of these poor results where down to the downright bizarre decisions by Gannon in terms of tactics, team selection and substitutions, the managerial equivalent of self harming. The man was a cancer yet many here took in his snake oil salesman patter for far too long and apparently some still believe it. Craig Brown came in and undoubtedly turned the club around and I'm sure deep down you know this. It's that apparent. Anyway let me reiterate my original point since everyone these days would rather react in mock outrage than absorb a point. I don't care if our next manager is foreign or not - but he has to be experienced and understand how to tactically organise a side (like Brown) and not some bullshit merchant from the fringes of professional football (like Gannon, Baraclough and Robinson).

Don’t really agree with that. We have a winnable home game against an erratic side. The other 3 have tough games, but there will be a week we have a tough away game and they all have a good chance of picking up points...