Great Balls of Shire

just seen 1st goal, somebody tell McGuire you're allowed to tackle .

doubt that...costs Motherwell too many goals by switching off is my issue , last weeks sending off was stupid, when we were already under the cosh.

so why does he get " lambasted " by some scotland and Motherwell I dont think theres a vendetta against him. you're right , him and Mugabe are different players , I would say Mugabe is more effective at RB,he doesnt overlap the same but sods crossing is poor when he gets forward so whsts the point .

well his strengths were there for all to see on Sunday , that wasnt an isolated case either if players are picked on merit for scotland , they're watching different players to me.

I know Clarke picks guys he thinks he can trust, but it doesnt send out a good message...tony watt looks a level above, odonnel shouldn't be in our starting 11...I dont know who else is in right back contention apart from Paterson but they must be scratching their head.

I dont know that the fans are any more apathetic than they ever were. I think you get to a certain age and now with the money differences , especially down south, you realise theres only a certain level we are ever going to compete at. With all that , you can more or less see how things will pan out , it is to a degree relying on the blind loyalty of most fans

if we continue like this, it could go that way, robbo seemed more tactically astute imo

he didn't really miss an open goal, he was under pressure and got to it , cant really blame him, agree with your second paragraph ....watt is one of the few good footballers in the team

why did ga pat him on head on way off? his first booking was because his touch is so bad, his second was just lazy, other players look at him and say that's the captain and hes played for scotland ffs...reserve right back must be scratching his head.

for an international player, his defending us bang average

odonnel shouldve won initial header before move started.both full backs let us down weekly and dont get forward either

odonnel shouldve won initial header before move started.both full backs let us down weekly and dont get forward either

as long as every pen in the spfl is examined as forensically, going to be a helluva retakes

I saw mcginley giving linesman stick at first goal...I dont know if it was offside or not was linesman trying to be an arse with us because that was a incredibly petty call to retake especially when a very soft call in first place

Would it though? As someone else stated , do the officials know the rules? Including last night and ibrox offside goal, these aren't close calls,so it must be they don't understand the rules.We could theoretically be 4 points better off. Just for balance, our pen on Saturday was dubious too. I agree with other posters though, we aren't good to watch

Thought he looked better in second half, got pace for sure, needed to be more involved. Obviously taking time to adjust to step up.

watching highlights theres a pen in first half we never got, i really dont think theres is a pen, hes run into well player and hoped for contact.

just watched the highlights, that's not the case, foot was on the line, wasnt a pen in first place...we aren't great, we dont need smartarse linesman doing us over

hopefully they've got enough about them to try and prove a point , the downside is maybe they feel they could play any way they like and keep place. I don't think lack of effort will be grimmys problem tho.

we were as good as united on the ball and probably made more chances , their full backs and especially goalie made the difference.

was it not ojala( who I think has been great) who sclaffed it,?

I am for replacing the full backs but would mugabe be up to getting up and down and getting crosses in.Hes looked ok in the middle , so 3 at the back seems best option ??

you're right , it is fine margins but we are on the wrong end of them Past 3 games. that's why the goalkeeper and full backs need to stay switched on and we could be a few points better iff. Joe Hart had nothing to do but Siegrist and Gordon are top keepers and have made big saves against us to win games.

between kelly, o'Donnell and mcginley, we are going to be the soft touches of the league ... there was some decent lead up play at times but those 3 are shooting us in the foot week after week.

I am not with you? are you saying mistakes like Saturday aren't important if you've international aspirations? it's not the first time hes switched off in big games and hes nit fast enough to get away with it..maybe hes the best we've got at Motherwell but scotland wont get away with that Alexander was a decent full back so he will know if hes happy with him.