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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.

Feels apt to say as an attacking force we wouldn’t worry sheep

It’s blooming hard not to compare to last season - which I’m sure we all agree was simply fabulous . JBA was a level above anything I’ve seen before and some players very hard to replace aka Just . I loved watching pretty much every league game and although not finished article I really felt we’d win or certainly not lose . BUT that’s the past . if I compare to any other season I’d probably be reasonably happy, albeit I don’t like losing any game , particularly being pumped at home. I’ve no clue what to expect this season but probably fair to assume it won’t be 4th and that’s ok . What I do want is to enjoy my footy, be proud of performances and for that to happen we need to improve consistency

At this stage last year the 4-1 was a blip - I don't believe tonight was. There's been several poor performances, albeit the euro early games we did well. I had a lot more faith this time last season that we'd come good. This season has been a lot less consistent. I'm honestly not sure how things will pan out this season .

It's been a very mixed season thus far. Some very good performance and some very bad performances. There's been a few league games and cup game where we're simply not at the races or large parts of games when we've not been anywhere near good enough. We've conceded 9 goals already this season, given a lot of easy goals away. After some very decent European games we need to sort it out.

Have they scored with every shot on target ?

Several things not great tonight full backs offer little kanga lost - not ready RCC not a centre forward And that’s before mention players who not fully on it

Williams deserves a chance tonight

Good subs I’d also be tempted to get Thor on for Cook before long

Will be interesting to see if he’s able to get a run of games . His pro record has him averaging less than 14 games per season . hopefully he comes good

Toughest position to recruit for . When it comes to successful strikers there’s probably been more bad than good or certainly a fair amount of meh . Need convincing that Thor will prove to be any better but at least we can give the guy a chance .

When fit he’s very good - last season he was superb (when fit) i think he’s played something like 30 games since 2024 so he must have missed c50% of games . from what I can see that’s a similar trend throughout his career . that for me is the rub of it - we need someone who we can rely on .

we didn’t look like a team who believed we could win but also worth noting this was a much better Rangers team than we’ve seen . overall we have a really strong squad , better than we’ve seen in many a year. RCC and Sparrow are good players and add value - but perhaps neither played in their natural position. I agree SOD could have come on yesterday , as could Jamie KL or even Williams and play at right back . re koutroimbis - aka mr glass . He’s missed far too much time in his time at FP. We need a perm solution in RB.

Shame we didn’t really really have a go at them today - it all felt very pedestrian . too many times turned back rather than take the player on . we didn’t make any chances in second half of note - other that JTs weak shot . thought rangers could have scored several .

They’ve had so much success down our right hand side - sod should have come in for sparrow

Reading bbc commentary. Sparrow barged over the rangers player - did he ?

Not sure we look like we believe in ourselves - decent possession but lacking that little bit of belief

So an own goal plus soft penalty we need a rub of luck ourselves

Just watched Kanga warm up , perhaps not quite maradona level but plenty of skill on show. What a cracking player we have on our hands .

Very strong squad overall for today . Said and RCC add a bit of physicality to the starting 11 . Plenty of quality on subs bench to keep the tempo high

One team today will play a much better brand of football and we can all be proud to know that’s us win, lose or draw I can’t ever recall a better time to be a Motherwell fan

Some superb play tonight - we have an outstanding midfield

I don’t think it was even a foul

We’ve been fabulous so far

When Williams signed I thought Longelo might be off ski . to be fair he’s been immense , the number of assists and goals for a left back are incredible . as long as we got a fair price - suspect all players are sellable . Not sure what the price would be - maybe close to £2m ?