wellsince75

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 ?

Yes - that’s snap their hand off money . he was superb for half of last season and no doubt lots of talent . I just don’t see him as a team player albeit I’m sure he’d bag a good few goals. Be good if this deal comes off

I really like SOD , he was superb last season and has added a lot of value . I just dont see him starting many games - more likely to plug gaps when others are out . first to admit I could be wrong.

Feels like a good time to break down where I think we stand. Split into regular squad players versus who I think is there for injuries and rotation rather than a first-team regular spot. Welcome views ✅ Starters / First-Team Squad GK: Paulsen + Connelly RB: Koutroumbis, Sparrow Central defence: JKR, Moormann, JKL LB: Williams, Longelo Midfield: Fadinger (C), Priestman, Lowry, Hodge, Whyte Attack: Said, SPH, Bjørgolfsson, RCC, Kagna This is the core I'd build the season around. Looks as strong as squad as we've had in donkeys years. . Maswanhise — different case to the others here, suspect he'll be sold. Vogt — where he fits in the pecking order is genuinely unclear right now - time will tell. 🔄 Squad Cover — Can't See Them as First-Team Regulars Not saying any of these should be pushed out the door — more that with the summer additions, I can't see them holding down a starting spot. Some must likely be on their way out whether it be loans or perms. Jordan McGhee Paul McGinn Stephen O'Donnell Ewan Wilson Luca Ross Mikey Booth Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Callum Hendry

I feel the same way - it’s a shame we don’t have the weekend off as suspect mentally and physically the team has gone through a lot . The team needs time to gel , find the best starting 11 . id be delighted to see a few glimpses of what might be in store