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Ask Tam Cowan !

How is the feed on MFCTV? Mine just keeps buffering. Maybe my internet acting up

Yep, Montrose 4-1 at Fir park. I was at that game and I believe his hat trick was in approx the last 15 mins of the game. also, if my memory is correct, his first appearance for Motherwell was versus Tranmere Rovers in a pre season friendly at fir park and Joe ended up being the goalie!

Jordan White on the bench too

But if we can make it to Europe with a half decent team then next season we can haul in some extra cash from Europe.

I’m going with the old 2-3-5 set Up and not a lot of thought and even less memory 😳 Randolph Watson Wark Aitken W. McCallum McCart Marinello Hunter Pettigrew Graham Cooper

I think Stama will come good but we still need at least one more striker anyway. What happened to the lad from Carlisle we had on loan last season? Armstrong? Is he first choice there now or move to another club? I think he would be a decent choice playing in our team with our new approach. I’m also hoping our midfield will be encouraged to take on some shots from the 18 to 25 yard range. That coupled with TJ and Longelo I think we can spread the goals around. Wondering, how many goals are we expecting to get from our “main” goal scorer? What’s the bar to determine, by the end of the season, if we have a proven goalscorer or not? I think our highest priority for now though, is to sign a strong imposing centre back.

I’m hoping all of our clubs progress in Europe and that it wears them down for SPFL games.

It coukd be that JBA prefers ward for his foot skills ? Although I think we could do with Ox’s height for defending corners.

The phrase “fine margins” has been banded about for a good number of seasons now and it’s very apt in that, really, there is very little between 10 teams. I’ve believed that if we could improve even just a little bit we can get beyond that term and have more control over our results rather than relying on a lucky break or VAR decision or bounce of the ball. From the early signs I think we have taken a good step forward to achieve that improvement. Our attitude and style of play combined with having players who can actually control and pass a ball has us looking much better than we have for many seasons and might be enough to get us out of the pack or at least to be higher up the pecking order of the 10 teams. If so, then I don’t think it’s unrealistic to look for a top 6 finish and a European spot. The question is, as has been mentioned, how well can we maintain our form thru injuries, suspensions and individual dips in form. Of course the optimistic flip side to that is, the more we play this style the better we will get. Someone mentioned we also seem fitter but perhaps that’s just a benefit of having more possession, meaning that we don’t have to expend all our energy chasing the damn ball (not just when other team has it but when we hoof it up the park, usually as far away from our players as possible 😡) Early days but cause for optimism I think. Top 6 finish.

Just watched our goal again. Great stuff from Longelo. He was literally still on his arse as Just chested the ball down to him and he was able to get up and rifle it into the net.

I’m wondering if Gordon will even be playing. Looks like he was subbed with groin injury yesterday.

Rangers player should probably have check to see who’s throw it was before wrestling SOD to get the ball from him.

Maybe a brace on his wrist!! kidding aside, I think Stama will start scoring for us. He just lacks a bit of sharpness which, hopefully, will come sooner than later. He’s getting in the right positions and we are starting to give him better service. The goals will start to come. Having said that, plus if Sule has long term injury, we will need another striker for cover or different style. Likewise we still need cover for midfield and defence.

That’s the mark of a good team, being able to perform at a high level week after week so it’s a lot to expect but I hope we can at least perform at that level more weeks than not.