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Tell them both, to take their face for a shite, the patronising fannies

I'd imagine the financial gulf between Motherwell and Celtic is much greater now than it was in the early 90s

Was looking back to Tommy Mcleans time in charge and pretty much every season we took points either win or draws against the old firm. The gap isn't any bigger between the clubs now as it was then but we regularly managed to take some points, yes we got cuffed occasionally but nothing like the regular pumpings we now take. Can't be too much to expect a draw or win every 5-6 games against them. Our approach to how to tackle teams is poor, it's a one size fits all.

Yes, it’s easy to blame individuals for the result but for me it comes down to the performance of the whole team. One area failing puts extra pressure on another and when you’re playing a team of technically better players these mistakes get punished in a way they would not against an inferior team. Celtic really put away just about every chance they got, only Rangers can match that.

Defending for all 4 goals was poor and whilst some individuals did make blunders, the team as a whole defended poorly. Some of that was down to individuals ansd some down an overly bold 4-3-3- formation. In defence of McGinley and O'Donnell, they were hung out to dry by the overworked and underresourced midfield. Our midfield could in turn point the finger at the strikers who could have put themselves about a bit more to close down advancing defenders. Catch 22.

Not related to the discussion, but absolutely phenomenal from Tierney here...

I'm not sure how you're managing to miss this but the point isn't that Tierney can't and doesn't play wing back, it's that he won't for Scotland because that's where Robertson plays. Tierney will play on the left in a back 3. Robertson won't play LB as you said, because we don't play with a LB.