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We are a fickle lot,1 minute were building statues then next were building gallows 🤣

Yip definitely start with those players,as we passed the ball about 20 times around the Aberdeen defence to then cross it into 3 small strikers that Aberdeen lapped up all night.

Theres a few of things I noticed last night that on reflection Id like to see fixed. The first thing was our press. With no focal point of the attack, there didnt seem to be anyone to start the press to signal to the rest of the team to go. Not sure if that was by design or default, but Id like to see Seb start as our preferred option in the middle. He has pace and a bit of physicality, so can get to and at defenders/keeper. He needs supported with pace though for any press to work, so for me Maswanwhise and Said have to be either side. Cookie is too slow. Secondly, why were Fadinger and Hodge having to come so deep to pick up the ball? Having Moorman and Jake either side of them whilst doing so seemed mental, didnt work and caused us all sorts of difficulties. If we want to play out our centre halves have to be comfortable on the ball and able to pass out. If Fadinger or Hodge are dropping to play quarterback then the centre halves need to move into pockets to receive the ball instead of just standing and letting the midfield deal with it. Our style requires multiple options to receive a pass at all times. We cant afford passengers or players hiding. Everyone needs to be willing to show for the ball, that hasnt been the case this season and our midfield were very static last night. Finally, we are not winning the ball back high up the pitch the way we were last season. Not sure whether we just arent running as hard this season to get it back (Just was fantastic at it) or whether its something more structural, but its really apparent. Definitely plenty to work on out on the training pitch.

This is a very good and well worded post. Keep doing this and forget the comedy.

Robinson was getting absolute pelters before killie cup game, now dons think he's the messiah. Fitba fans of all clubs really have no patience whatsoever

Could be lots of sorrow........sorrow......sorrow......sorrrowwwwwwwwww

Im not sold Alfred will make that many changes although I would as several players need to step up a gear. I also don't see him bringing in SOD - but I would like to see him back. I think you're along the right lines though @grizzlyg create some natural width and get players in their natural position. I'd also go for a similar shape and certainly better width up both flanks. Paulsen JKR Jamie KL. Moormann Williams Levit Fadinger. Lowry Sparrow. Longelo Seb This on assumption JT is injured. Subs - SOD for JKR Hodge for Levit of Fadinger Vogt for Sparrow RCC for Longelo Thor for Seb Kanga or Said for Lowry Also gives us the option to change shape mid game if we need be.

Red carded against Hearts.

If it was at 0-3 they would have got across no problem 🤪

I am sure some of you witnessed the 2 stewards on Tuesday night, fighting and struggling to go along a full row at the rear of the members section of the main stand during the second half. It was chaos and a very good job they were not trying to get to an emergency. This was right in front of the directors box. I hope they were watching closely as it was going on. There was absolutely no room for them to get past the fans in their seats.

English journos saying that Hibs have asked permission from Bristol to speak to Steve Evans…. Steve fkn Evans? What in the name of ozempic is happening here… Happy to have our Alfred thanks

Aye, what we’re seeing, and what you’re describing here, are largely tactical and coaching issues. The players have to take some responsibility, but ultimately it’s on the manager. It’s his team now, his selection and his setup, with a lot of his own signings in there. Can he fix it? Let’s hope so.

Ok then , I'm still waiting fir one . Let me know when you start. 🤔

Whit?

Also worth considering what we'd term "succeeding". For me, it's at least being in the race for top six and playing the kind of football that makes Motherwell worth watching.

I think it's a mistake to assume that failing to meet expectations at Rosenborg tells us much about how Johansson will do with us. Rosenborg operate in a completely different footballing environment. They play in a 20,000 seat stadium, regularly spend millions of euros on players, have won a record 26 Norwegian league titles, have huge domestic support and have played more European matches than any other Norwegian club. Their expectation isn't simply to be competitive. It's to challenge for titles, qualify for Europe and play a recognisable brand of football while doing it. Our reality is almost the opposite. We work with a fraction of that budget, constantly rebuild squads, develop players, sell them on and try to outperform clubs with greater resources. Success at Motherwell isn't measured by whether you win the league. It's about organising a team properly, improving players, recruiting intelligently, competing consistently and maximising limited resources. That's why I don't think you can simply take Johansson's Rosenborg record and transpose it onto Motherwell. In fact, some of the things Rosenborg themselves credited him with - improving training standards, introducing stronger structure and methodology, developing young players and creating value from them, are potentially much more relevant to the job here than whether he was capable of satisfying the expectations of Norway's biggest club. Of course, there are questions about how his spell ended, particularly around adaptability and leadership when results got away from him. Those are worth discussing. But Rosenborg and Motherwell are two very different jobs, with very different expectations, resources and definitions of success. Another thing worth considering is Jens. Flip his career around for a second. Imagine we'd never had him at Motherwell and he was coming to us now from Toulouse. We'd look at his record there and see a manager sitting near the bottom of Ligue 1 without a win in his first four league games. If we applied the same logic being applied to Johansson, plenty of people would immediately conclude that Askou wasn't good enough. But we know that's bollocks because we've already seen Askou manage Motherwell. We know he was capable of coming into our particular environment, working with our budget and players, and being successful. That's the point. Managers don't operate in a vacuum. The club, expectations, budget, squad, league and the actual job they're being asked to do matter enormously. In the end, Alfred didn't meet Rosenborg's expectations, and they were entitled to sack him. But we're not asking him to do the Rosenborg job. We're asking him to organise and improve players, develop young talent, operate within a restricted budget, create value in the squad and make us competitive against clubs with greater resources. Askou is probably the perfect demonstration of why judging a manager purely on what happened at a completely different type of football club can be completely misleading.

Not as funny though as the person who thought Sparrow was our best player!

If our players don't understand such a basic concept, we have a real problem.

3-0 home win. We are ineffective and the ball is burst. Last night was not a blip it was a sign of things to come.

You weren't saying that the other day 🤣🤣

I said you weren't a comedian , and I was right.