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Always good to see a Motherwell player pulling on the dark blue so hoping Stevie gets a start regardless of the fact it is 5/6 years too late. Mulgrew is the only real alternative and I would prefer not to split him and Brown in midfield as I think we have stumbled onto something that works there. Just hope if he plays he gets some cover in front of him and gives a good account of himself. All the best Stevie. Do us proud!

Vip box ya dancer! COYW!

Had it up on day.to tv but couldnt get rid of adverts either. Now the picture and sound has disappeared altogether. None of the normal channels showing any links. Sky has blocked firstrow sports.

Whats the best way to get the Celtic TV coverage today? Do any of the bookies sites take the feed or is it wizziwig front row sports etc?

Now THAT was something! Did we not have quite a good record at Celtic Park back then? I recall us giving them the runaround in one game in the 80's with Andy Walker having the game of his life. Think he joined them not long after?

Magic.

Big Shaun Hutchie Geordie man.... Never been able to make out the rest, hope I dont regret asking! Cheers

Surely if you have aspirations to win the league you need to beat your rivals.....

I have a certain sympathy with both points of view here. Whilst it is undoubtedly concerning how poorly Faddy has started the season and question marks over whether he deserves his place in the side on current form are perfectly valid, lets not forget his form at the end of last season. Had we not enjoyed the experience of those performances, I think we could justifiably question whether the injuries had finished him as a force in Scottish football. However, that wasnt the case and he showed then he clearly still has what it takes. I have thought since the start of the season that Faddy looks like he is carrying an injury and from the language coming out of the dressing room yesterday, I would say thats almost certainly the case. Its clearly not that serious, or he wouldnt be getting game time, however, for his "type of player" any loss of sharpness can make a huge difference. If you add that to the huge turnover in playing personnel over the summer and the fact that as a team we havent been reaching anywhere near the heights we hit at the end of last season, I dont think its any surprise that his form has slumped. I agree that he needs to work on his decision making, he is not a young boy anymore, he will not run past players like he used to, however, he should still have the touch and vision to create space for others, but speaking as a fortysomething, that can be a hard thing to accept and a certain amount of anger and frustration as you come to terms with that is not uncommon!!!! The international break is coming up, so he will get more recovery time and and as McCall gets to grip with a formation to get the best out of our new squad, I am sure we will see our performances get better and better. That will allow Faddy to show us what he has got left. We are sitting third in the league having barely kicked a ball. There are positive signs of improvement. Im pretty confident that this could be another special season. Exciting times to be a Well fan.

Thought we played well first half and controlled the game. Faddy looked a bit sharper although still not quite there. If we had been more ruthless in front of goal we would never have been behind at half time and Ross County couldnt have complained. The incident with McLean in the lead up to their goal was bizarre and seemed to cause a lapse in concentration. 2nd half I thought we started slowly but once we scored there was only going to be one winner. Like others I really like the look of Ainsworth. We look a lot more balanced with him on the right. Think we are slowly getting there and if we are having the likes of Lawson Vigurs McFadden and McHugh on the bench, we look like a team with options.

Easy. Motherwells no 9.

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Absolutely. Ludicrous statement. Need to get some emoticons on my phone!

Fair doos. I wasnt really looking that closely to that aspect of his game so you may have a point. I take on board what some folks are saying about his range of long passing which was more evident in the second half after the sending off. However, throughout the game I felt, rightly or wrongly, that he gave the ball away a lot or was caught in possession. Just my opinion. I dont have a downer on the guy, more than happy to give him the benefit of the doubt, but on last nights performance I think Lasley is the better option. Also thought Carswell had his poorest performance of the season last night. Whether that was because of Lasley's absence or whether that limited Lawsons contribution is hard to say.

50/50 split according to Chick Young!

Went for Ainsworth. Wasnt outstanding but did some good things and was the most impressive of our forward thinking players. Would have gone for McManus but not sure he was really tested that much.

I think "workmanlike" is about as good as you could describe the performance. Pleased to be through but disappointed that Lawson and McHugh in particular didnt seize their opportunities to make a claim for a place. Ainsworth looks like he is going to be a goid addition. Lasley, Sutton and Anier all straight back into the team at the weekend.

I agree we will probably rotate a few players but given the amount of SPL teams already out I dont think McCall will risk wholesale changes Neilsen for Hollis ZFA for Hammell Lawson for Lasley (Rest the older guy, Carswell is young and in great form should cope fine with 3 games in 6 days) Play Vigurs on left Ainsworth on the right. Agree Faddy for Sutton. Faddy needs to play through this slump and lesser opposition should give him chance to see if he can do that. Can always through Sutton on if not working. If we show the right attitude this is a game we should win comfortably. But thats a big if..... This is now a big chance for a diddy team to win a trophy. We need to believe it could be us.

Lasley sloppy pass led up to the first goal and like one or two others, could have done better for the second, however, that apart, he put in an excellent shift, led by example throughout, and was desperately unlucky not to cap it with a goal. I had no idea he could hit free kicks as good as that!

Can we just order these for next season now?

That would be a cracking away top with claret shorts and the current home socks. I voted to design our own kit but only on the basis the financials make sense. Dont know how much UBH would charge........

Agree with just about every word of this. Unfortunately for the Bois, if you stick two fingers up to the authorities you have to expect you are gonna cop some flak so the response from the stewards and police should have been no surprise. From where I was sat yesterday most of the behaviour from the Bois could be described as good natured high jinx, however the smoke bombs ARE banned items and once the polis had decided that enough was enough, there were one or two enjoying getting in the faces of the stewards and the polis a little too much. Its a fine line between pushing boundaries to effect change and making yourself a target for the authorities. Some calm reflection required to ensure the Bois remain a positve force for change.

Not sure benching Faddy would help. Think he needs to try and play himself out of this slump in form. Thats fine as long as we are winning. Becomes much harder to justify if we are not. I thought he was better yesterday in a more central role with some of the little one two's between him Anier Vigurs and Lasley lovely to watch. However his work in the last third was frustrating to watch. But you can see from his reaction he is well aware of it. As for the original point, I agree. Was disappointing to see us try to shut up shop only for it to invite them onto us more as I thought there was another goal in it for us and I thought Ainsworth would have been a better shout than Lawson. However, I understand why the decision was made and I guess the manager is vindicated with the 3 points. On the plus side we are third in the league with 4 wins out of 6 playing poorly with a team that barely knows one another. Just think how good we could be when it all settles down and Faddy finds some form! In McCall we trust.....

Some good performances today. Carswell was excellent again and Vigurs is starting to look better although I agree with Daver about his decsion making in the final third. Hammell looked solid playing out of position and ZFA did well on the left. His turn and nutmeg on their right back in the second half was class. Thought Hollis was solid again. Lasley was the standout for me. Worked tirelessly for the team and was involved in most of what we did that was good.