davkel

Have to agree with the fitness points ...have been saying since the turn of the year how unfit the side looks overall ...an example being Ainsworth who looked unfit when he arrived , but he looks even fatter now . Its strange really because nobody is more fitter than Blackey and I cannot imagine he would allow slackers , but then again he isn't the gaffer . McCall played in Scotland at a time when Rangers were a side who by all accounts weren't the fittest , but team morale , drinking together , bonding etc was seen as more important ...wonder if that's the McCall outlook , which is unfortunate as things have moved on a bit fitness wise since then . No team has had more games than ICT recently , so it will be interesting to see how the 2nd half pans out tomorrow night , remembering that it was only recently that they swarmed all over us in the last 15 mins at Fir Park after playing in the Cup Final with ET .

A quick look at our recent results with Palm in goals doesn't make good reading ... DU at home ..lost 4 goals Killie ..clean sheet Albion ..lost 1 , should have saved it Celtic at home ..lost 5 ..at fault for at least 2 , 1 palmed straight for tap in Hearts away ..nothing to do Celtic away ..lost 3 ..palmed 1st out for tap in and gives away pen for 2nd Aberdeen ..palmed 1st one out for tap in and completely lost at 2nd goal ,ball 1 yard out Hard to think of anything positive to say about a keeper who clearly has never recovered from his bad knee injury , has no confidence to leave his line for balls even a yard out from him and will only get worse IMO ....at this moment in time he is a complete bombscare who will cost us 2nd and even 3rd in the league if he is not replaced . Surely McCall , who is trying to get a keeper in , must have some contacts down South to get a reserve keeper in from somewhere .

Park has been covered for the past couple of days ..got covers from Celtic ..so I was told ..

Tom Williams has tweeted today that he is on his way to us for a trial ...good luck to him I asked him if he was up for a loan ...but he said he hopes to sign .

As I see it just now , our problems start from the back ...losing goals at set pieces is a problem . Neilson has height about him and surely if he was coming out for crosses etc that would help the guys in front of him out a bit . If nothing else , it would make teams think twice about hurling balls into our box if they knew Gunnar was going to claim them . The right hand side of the park is poor just now . Rammers will never get forward like TH did , so there is no threat from there . Faddy is no right winger IMO and for most of the time he will cut inside on his left ...ok you can argue that Robben does that all the time , but , this is slightly different . We have no pace going forward ...everyone knows that , so opposition can push up and tighten the middle of the park up knowing there is no real danger of a Humphrey or Ojamma breaking in behind them . It also means that with nobody getting to the bye line the type of ball up to Sutton is of no use to him. Anier has showed some pace and looks our only threat just now as ZFA is no forward thinking player . The gaffer and KB obviously realise all of this and have 2 weeks to get some loan signings in . Now that the PL has started down south , it will become clearer soon as to which suitable young players can be targeted to do the jobs required . Bottom line , you cannot keep rebuilding year after year and expect to get it right everytime ...hopefully , McCall will be able to get it as right as he can .

According to press conf , gaffer said Faddy will be signing within hours ...ah , we can all relax now and go back to the pool / bar / work etc etc

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Faddy only signs till Xmas ........

I have been told that the money from Ojamma is being used to offer a new deal to Hutchy ..

Why do we not have someone on each post defending corners ???? ... is this the keepers choice or the managers choice ??? cause it sure as hell bugs the life out of me watching the pathetic attempts at corners every game .

Went for Law ..a few good performances and a few average ones ..thought we were poor at both full back areas , 2 at the back did well enough . Centre mid played well but in the wide areas going forward we struggled . Up front we could still be playing and not scored ..they had 10 men behind the ball whenever they lost it and we couldnt get behind them enough to cause problems ...but , all in all I thought we did as well as could have been expected ...no other team will play as well as them at Fir Park this coming season .

Didnt know the game was originally set for 2.00 ....just thought that a game on a Sat afternoon , with no TV to cater for , and nearly all other friendlies kicking off at 3.00 , the game should have been at 3.00 ...however hope Hammy gets a good turnout as he deserves it .

http://splstats.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/motherwell-fc-in-europe-201213/ Good piece on us in Europe ...

What with all the carry on all summer with Rangers and the leagues bursting yer head every day ....then the tickets for the Champions league games go on sale for season ticket holders for all of 3 days, before you even know what date the game is on ( 1 in 4 chance of guessing it right ) against who ( 1 in 4 chance of guessing it right ) ...they then switch Hammys testimonial to 1.30 a few days before the match . Do the people running this club actually want to totally piss everyone off before the season has even started ...cause I am !!

Quite a lot of people work 1/2 shifts on a Sat ...thats a few of us wont make the game now ...wish the club would start to think of the fans just for once ....why change the kick off by 1 1/2 hours days before the game ...once again a total joke . I know they say its at the request of Everton ..well tell them they agreed to 3.00 to start with and thats when it will be ...really does put you off bothering about travelling for a few hours to get to a game ...

I sent the club a message to ask about season tickets for the CL game ...I asked if my seat would only be kept till Saturday when the general sale starts ...I have not had a reply . You would like to think you would be able to sit on your own seat at least until we knew who and when the game was !!!!

McCalls tactics yesterday . as far as I could see from where I sit behind the dugouts , was to give Celtic the ball at the back , allow them to come into midfield , then for the Motherwell midfield to press them all over the park . It worked to an extent , but when the changes were made in the second half it went out the window . Daley had been giving Hammell some cover on that side of the pitch ...he went off and within 2 mins Celtic scored from a move down that side ..Ojamma nowhere to be seen . Jenno had a back problem ...he was touch and go to start I think and they kept asking him if was ok during the 90 ....probably one reason why he struggled a bit later on . Basically all our front guys have hit a slump at the same time . We dont look like scoring or creating that much either . Higdon has been isolated for most of the season ..even when he wins headers etc there is nobody around him to latch onto anything ...oh for the days when Pettigrew and Graham played as a partnership up front and were always close to one another ...just now we have one guy through the middle with 1 or 2 wide men ...baffling .

Talked with a few Killie mates and they arent bothered one bit about next sat ..they dont mind if we win if it helps us finish above Rangers in the league ...fair shout

You are all just jealous because he was in a porno ...

Interesting to see the official website has removed the "Well Society " advert with Jenno and Las from when you enter the site ..now a Xmas thingy ....

A couple of points ...Jenno is carrying an injury ...McCall shouted to him at least a couple of times in the 2nd half asking if his calf was OK ...he limped into the dressing room after 90. Craigan has moved to the LHS to accomodate Clancy ...thought Clancy did well enough on Tues , won most things in the air , made good challenges etc etc .. Thought we made 1 big change from Sat and that was the better support to Higdon ..on Sat any flick ons he won there wasnt anyone within 20 yards of the ball ...on Tues , every time Higdon went for the ball , Murphy was round the back of him looking for the knock ons etc ...

Stephen Hughes back on the radar ...hope MCall acts quick ..

Exactly what it is for ....

Yip.....think it has reached the papers today ...a 1 year deal for Craigan

From what I have been told ...Jeffers is away , no chance of him being here next season ....Craigan has been offered another year and has taken it ....it looks like Jennings will be here as well , unless something big comes up soon . Sutton trebled his wages at Hearts ...

A QOS supporter I know told me yesterday that we have signed up Paul Burns for next season .... saw him play last midweek against Falkirk , he can play LHS of midfield , agile and gets stuck in even though he is slightly built ..will do OK if its true .