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I made it along on Saturday. The minutes applause had me in tears. At least my old man would have got a laugh at the most typically Motherwell performance we've put in this season.

Does his assist for the third goal in the Hibs game count? I agree that Tait is the best right-back at the club but he has yet to actually show that this season. I've seen catalogue photo shoots and loads of photos of what he's up to in the gym. I haven't seen very much of the form we know he's capable of however, whilst Grimshaw has done little to deserve being dropped since he got in against Accies. St Johnstone might have been an option for Robinson to "freshen things up" on the back of the County defeat and bring back Tait but Carroll has kinda knocked that one in the head for at least the next game so he can look forward to more "messing him about" on Saturday no doubt.

No mention of any injury in post match interview, or since. Not that that means anything as injury information is not really that forthcoming nowadays. He did take a robust tackle earlier in the game but that was quite a bit earlier and he appeared to have recovered from that. To the extent he was running the game and even chasing back to cover when required....like after we mucked up a corner. Robinson highlighting the quick throw in was valid, but it also deflected from his own mistake. Not the first time he has slated players rather than admit a mistake of his own.

Grimshaw might not be the best right back in the world but he has performed miles better than Tait this season. Robinson was forced to drop Tait after a string of sub standard run outs and his , admittedly short, appearance on Saturday did nothing to suggest he yet warrants a place back in the team. I do agree Tait may well have been affected by being played out of position, usually because Robinson does not appear to trust Livingstone to cover for Carroll. Early days, but we again appear to have made a couple of signings that appear questionable on evidence so far.....Ilic (clearly now well behind Seedorf and Hylton and uninspiring when he has appeared), Sloth (what the hell is going on there?), Too early to tell regarding O'Hara, Mazinga and Mugabi. Meantime youngsters such as Semple, Livingstone and MaGuire are struggling for the game time that their preseason performances merited. I would not be surprised if Ilic was released in January contract permitting. He is in danger of becoming the new Petravicious. I also think there have been successes. particularly Polworth and Gallagher, and Scott has come on leaps and bounds since moving further wide. Seedorf, Hylton and Carroll are perhaps performing better than we could have expected given their history and the level they previously played. Long and Cole have showed promise but need to start contributing goals. My main frustration is that the full back situations have still not been fully addressed. As Carroll's two red cards have brought into focus. Tait was poor for much of last season and left back has been an issue for two years. But instead we appear to have concentrated on loading up in midfield. Hopefully that does not mean Robinson has discounted David Turnbull........whose reintroduction would provide us with a fantastic set up in midfield. Turnbull and Polworth for creativity, and Campbell and Donnelly/McGuire for aggression and work rate. In front of those four I think whoever plays will score goals. I think squad wise we are better placed than we were last season although a large part of that is due to the youngsters brought into the squad. We certainly have the talent to play attractive football. But there are frustrations and doubts over a few. Like a few others, I guess my take on our best eleven at present changes every time I watch a game. Perhaps six or seven definite starters?

Agree very much with this post. Tait should be a starter every week at right back. Don't know what the managers problem with him is (something behind the scenes perhaps. We will lose him at the first opportunity if we don't watch.

As much as I like Grimshaw he is at best a squad player never a right back in a million years Yip we all get excited at his headless chicken runs forward but can anyone tell me of one that’s had an end product Tait is the best right back that we have at the club but I fear like Cadden were messing him about with continually playing him out of position to the detriment of the player

I thought Cole and Polworth both did well in parts of the game. Carroll was having a decent game until the red card. Scott was decent. But the outstanding player on the park was Alan Campbell. The wee man was everywhere and capped it with a really good goal.

Somebody needs to show me what Seedorf and Hylton contributed to the game. The only winger we had with any input to the game was Scott. Seedorf was honking and Hylton never got into the game. But why after scoring a super goal, did we then sit back and let Ross County into the game, I'll never know.

I thought James Scott was our best attacking option.