wellsince75

Sums up our current position well. Watched Newcastle v Cheslea las night who had all players too deep, got the ball, kicked it to the half way line giving the ball back to the opposition and repeat. Couldn't help but see the similarities with our approach to every game this season. These tactics don't work long term - unless you have a sensational team on the break - which we don't

GA can take great credit for getting us on track last season and for the points tally this season. We are broadly where we should be points and league position wise. Equally he deserves criticism of his 4-3-3 eye bleeding poor quality footy , particularly when we lose or get humped. A thrashing has been coming. We allow too much possession in our final 1/3 and too many shots at goal. I'm not calling for the managers head but I'm incredibly frustrated that he persists with the same tactics/formation each week. I honestly believe we could do a lot better with our existing squad if only we move to a 3-5-2, 4-4-2, 4-4-1-1. I don't see it changing though.

He’s played the same formation and tactics since he arrived and will argue that he’s got out of the relegation dog flight and top half for most of this season . I don’t see him changing any time soon to be honest - not that I’m advocating this turgid dross.

thats the strapline for season 21/22

just back from hols and watched the highlights. Overall we looked pretty poor apart from the golden 15 minute spell where we grabbed the 2 goals. That said the match officials have been really poor. Solhom was pulled down in the first half. If he had the cuteness of Brophy we'd have a certain pen.. Watts pen. First tackle was poor in the box and why the keeper wasn't booked or sent off is a bit odd. Their pen . Very soft, almost as if the ref was looking to find a way to even things out. The retake - a joke. I don't believe the officials are biased or anti Motherwell , just poor. In theory these things balance out over the season but we need to learn to be a bit more savvy in both boxes.

Completely with you . Including pre season we’ve been dominated by most teams - thankfully we have a few class acts who stick the ball in the net and we’ve ridden our luck to get points on the board . allowing teams to dominate possession and have 10+ shots on our goal isn’t a long term strategy . I credit GA with brining in some decent quality but his match play a bloody awful to watch

Sadly not a huge surprise . same tactics , same formation We have zero control of the game . The hope is they have no quality and can’t score and we somehow nick a goal on the counter

How kvv gets dropped regularly vs woolery, mcginley, sod , grimmie . ga frustrates - we seldom play our best players and never play anything than 433 with short corners etc cmon the well

I hear you , we do need a squad but I’d rather find a way for youngsters to be pushing through or have 1 or 2 decent back ups who could and should challenge both watt and kvv We have too many clear back ups , who won’t be first team regulars .Roberts , Justin , Connor shields and if we played a different formation Woolley could be a back up. a smaller squad where we pay a little higher salary would be ideal - supplemented by decent youngsters coming through

I’m surprised that there’s interest from the fans to keep him . I see him more of the problem than the solution - doesn’t offer that much, nothing wrong per say but like many of the journeyman who come through our books. id rather we got shot of the squad players we have and only bring in players who’re better than out first 11.

We should punt the numerous players and use some of the savings to give Tony a decent signing on fee to keep him here for next 3 years .

This is the issue for me . ga a bit thatcher esk “not for changing “ we are very predictable club to play against . The personnel may be swapped but the play and approach is one dimensional

It’s such an obvious thing to try . I don’t see GA doing it - 433 and repeat . Even though we don’t have the players to make it work.

I'm not a fan of GA, he's hard to listen to in pre/post match interviews - even when we win.

What I find surprising is we don't play SOD further up the park. We have no natural right mid or winger. SOD plays well for Scotland in a 3-5-2 shape. We have several very decent central defenders. Could easily pick 3 from Johanson, Ojala, OConner, Lamie, Mugabi to be the back 3. create space for SOD to push further up where he adds value + shore up the midfield , which is outnumbered most game.

Not the team I’d have picked. Could easily have been solholm rathern mugabi Lamie / carrol rather than mcginley ohara rather than grimmie A number of people rather than Woolley

totally agree with formation - given our current crop of players this for me is far better than what we've been doing. Could be some debate re Mugabi v's Lamie (personal view id go with Lamie as left sided. Similarly Donnelly vs Ohara. Sadly I don't believe GA will change his formation/structure - he seems hell bent on a front 3.

Personal view is we struggle against most teams - including the lower division teams. The difference is the better teams have players who can and do hurt us - we allow teams too much space in our final 1/3 and lots of opportunities for them to score. Against the lesser teams we've been ruthless with the limited chances we've made.

Predictions are Pre match GA will talk about having a full squad only to find out later we have key players injured We'll play a 4-3-3 with at least a couple of odd choices. Allow Utd +60% possession and lots of shots at goal. We'll tire them out by allowing them so many chances. They'll miss their opportunities and we'll have Watt or KVV secure the points. We'll be happy with the points and hope that some day performances improve.

I love Grimmies effort - my issue is I don’t believe he works as 3 man midfield - we’d need players who can hold and pass to make that work. He simply isn’t capable . he could work as part of a 4 man midfield

I’m not a fan of our current midfield and forward set up. we’ve been ruthless in front of goal and won several games we could easily have lost . as many have said the back 4 are fine and have plenty of options . continuing with a weak 3 man midfield is frustrating - (sorry Grimmie ) similar with continuing to play 3 forwards with Woolley - who hasn’t shone for me at all . I find GA to be overly arrogant - his view of possession and allowing teams to have so many shots frustrates me . That said I’m very happy with the points tally and although gut view is we’ve ridden our luck I can’t argue with the results.

didn't expect much from today but in all honesty this season has been poor to watch - it's just much easier to accept when we win. We continue to let teams dominate us and have far too many shots on goal.

I think Grimmy get's away with it as there's no other natural right midfielder - personally I'd have dropped Woolery and played a 4 man midfield - or even with 3 up front would drop Woolery

good luck to him. We've signed many a player over the last few years who simply aren't good enough for SPL, the sooner we spot this and let them leave the better. Suspect he'll have something lined up - hence the mutual ending of contact. There's a few others who could easily be in the same position ( irrespective of making/not making social media comments. ) The hard bit is them finding new clubs and wishing to cancel their contract.

I hear you, I didn't mean that Heart outplayed us. I'm delighted we've won the games we had - in the last few months' we ridden our luck and it was due to run out - which it did to a team with bigger resources than us.