Personally, i thought tonight was your stereotypical Motherwell performance for the past several home games. We get the ball into the final third and then are clueless. Higdon playing as a lone striker is the worst tactic at the moment. Higdon needs help and Ojamaa hasn't been doing it at all this season. Murphy has been quiet (exception of the weekend there) and Humphrey's deliveries into the box are wasteful. Hateley's hasnt been to great either whenever he is made to make a delivery into the box. The full passing it around outside the opposition box just gives teams like Hibs/Unt chance to get bodies into the box, thus making any ball in useless. We should either release a counter attack quicker or take more chances before they get bodies back, making any shot inevitable.
As the people around me were discussing, the team lacks guts. Ideally you want your captain to get stuck in and motivate the team. I have nothing bad against Lasley but hes too quiet and fancy for being a captain. You need a captain who is a role model and is willing to shout at the players, disciplining them when they are doing wrong on the park. The likes of Scott Leitch and Derek Adams were good midfielders that got stuck into the opponents and cried the team on. Only person in the team that is willing to get stuck into any team is Hutchinson or Cummings. When they win a challenge, they rally the fans and the players spurring them on into an attack. However Lasley is no where near that type of motivator.