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For me it's about current form and hopes for next season. Yeah, we finished ahead of six other teams at the time of the split and credit to all for that. But it is so blinkered to hide behind that achievement. The reality is we are now terrible. Our cup performances are also held up as worthy achievements. Well, we exited the League Cup at the hands of Dundee having scraped through a Group of lower league part timers. We struggled past Morton in the Scottish Cup and admittedly then put in a great performance against Aberdeen. Only to then blow it at home to Hibs. So one, and only one, decent performance. How have we performed since the turn of the year? Four long months, not just a couple of weeks. How many games have we won in the League in that time ? How entertained have you been? What improvements or changes of tactics have you seen during this shocking run we are on? How does our form over that same period compare with those six "poorer" sides? Are you confident this poor run will not continue under Alexander, and if so, based on what evidence. Were you more surprised at our capitulation to Rangers or that we stole a point from Livingston? As another poster said, ambitions ( if not Managerial targets) change over the course of a season. Given our position towards the end of 2021 fourth place was a realistic target and a European place even more so given the OF or Hearts were likely Cup Winners. Since then we have been woeful, have under achieved and there are no signs of anything changing soon. Unlike some on here I actually don't think we have that poor a squad, although it is disheartening to see what I consider our better players leaving/being forced out the door. Players are repeatedly played out of position and hung out to dry in a formation that has now been sussed by our opponents and no longer effective. Mugabi at Right back as an example....least said the better about trying to solve that situation on Saturday by asking Cornelius to step back. Continuing to play so narrow defensively despite that set up being repeatedly exposed by all and sundry. Three players being overrun and outfought in midfield. No wonder the players look confused and angry at times. I admire you if still retain hope and excitement for our future under Alexander. For me that's the thing. Hope and excitement are not two words that spring to mind when I set off for Fir Park nowadays. And I say that as someone who was delighted to see Alexander appointed. Enough is enough.

Wont put your money where your is mouth regarding team selection or formation. Are you frightened of being ridiculed like you do to others with differing opinions to yours.

The biggest disappointment for me is that we are 18 months into his managerial stint, and he still doesn't know what his best team is. How can players be expected to get an understanding of each other, if they play one week and are dropped the next. Also although there are many on here who don't rate S O'Donnell, whether we like it or not, he is a Scottish international player playing in his preferred position, but we put Mugabi, who in my opinion is the best pairing with Lamie, we have at Centre back. At every interview the manager is asked about availability, and my impression is he doesn't know who is injured or not. He has unfortunately lost my support, and I've never felt so disenchanted with a manager in my 65 years of following MFC.

The summer is going to be critical, but then name a summer it was not the case. At this point the board don’t have a decision to make, he’s starting next season as manager and we go from there. I would like a few better quality players, question is can we afford their wages, and would they want to join us. None league players down south along with half decent championship players up here need not apply.

Mate we are pish poor with a squad of journeymen and a manager who doesn’t know his best team . Yes it turned out fine this season but unless we pick up decent players over the summer we will struggle next season again

Oh well I’m done !

Deary me. There’s a few on here get pilloried for the nature of their posts yet this is sanctimony that knows no bounds. Your preferred midfield 3, experience, maturity & dog eat dog determination? 2 of those mentioned got us in this mess by shoehorning them in on a regular basis. How do you possibly set them up? No balance whatsoever as for being in the trenches Donnelly and O’Hara would be the last on the list and the adjectives used certainly don’t describe them. I’d be stunned if Alexander were to drop Cornelius, calls to change are crass at best. Wether it’s right or wrong - general rank and file support don’t know nor understand what’s being asked of the midfield. As I alluded to earlier in the season the fully functioning midfield has to be supported by a defence who’s not soft centred and a forward line suplimenting the other parts of the team - that’s where the points haul from then came from.

From a very reliable source I hear SOD's injury is not as bad as first feared and that he has targeted the United game for his return. If however his recovery slows it may be that the County game is more realistic. Time will tell.

Far too much inexperience - at this level - in our squad. Only a couple players have decent SPFL-level experience. The rest are just finding their feet, even guys like Slattery. This has been a step-up for many of them and there has been little to no experienced heads to bring them through it. Also, where is the leadership? I don't see any leaders in the squad who can take the bull by the horns and either lead by example or gee up the rest of the players around them Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk

A striker being on fire suggests scoring goals which had deserted him. I did mention we slept walked into the situation where we haven’t recreated his other attributes. We weren’t a one man team either, there were others who gave him the platform and were sidelined after he left to shoehorn others in.

There is nothing revisionist about it. TW, even when he wasn't scoring gave us options we just don't have now. His hold up play was immense.

Not sure which forum it was but someone posted up the stats for the games up till the winter break. We were massively overachieving, winning games with 30odd percent possession and scoring with all of our shots on target. That post predicted a very stark correction in our fortunes if our "form" continued. That's all that's happened. We have been rank for much longer than this 1 win in the league this year run suggests, and there is nothing to suggest that things will improve under Alexander. Just becasue everyone else is sh*te too doesn't make it any easier to watch.

At the moment I don’t see us winning another game this season, hope to be proven wrong.