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Pretty much agree with that. The full back issue is really big. Carroll and O'Donnell are decent going forward but struggle defensively in a back four. I've never really been convinced by us playing three at the back, the Hearts game being a good example, we were much better 2nd half when we switched back. So what do you do? It's hard to see a solution with the existing resources. I'd be happy enough with Lamie and A. N. Other. Mugabi is fine as a 'John Philliben' type fill in at the back for injuries and suspensions. Ojala and Johansen both looked decent when they first arrived but have been injury prone and dodgy since then. In an ideal world I'd ditch McGinley and bring in a better defender at left back and bring in a strong central defender to partner Lamie - if he sticks around. O'Donnell needs to do better as well. He's a current international and should be a first pick but his form last season was all over the place, he made too many individual errors and I don't blame the manager for dropping him. Big improvements needed from him. I was enthusiastic about the signing but he's been a big disappointment for me.

Just watching the highlights. Two excellent finishes.

We have a first team squad of about 18-19 players so I honestly don't see us bringing in much more than that. Maybe about a 24 - 25 man squad? Fingers crossed they are higher level players. I said earlier we needed to replace our defence but it looks like it's going to be pretty much the same players - O'donnell/Mugabi. Ojala/Lamie/Johansen. McGinley/Carroll. The number of goals conceded this season was the single biggest problem and it's hard to see leopards changing their spots unless there are substantial tactical changes.

You'd think that but only recently we've fired folk out that we'd just re-signed - Robbie Crawford for one.

I think we've done decent enough going forward. I know Woolery, Shields, Efford etc aren't the greatest but I think they are adequate and might improve having had a season of experience and a chance to adapt. We do need to replace Tony Watt though as we cannot go into a season with 1 centre forward. Defensively we have been awful, especially in the second half of the season. For me, with Lamie going, we need a whole new back four, if that's what we are going to play. For me O'Donnell and Carroll can't play in a back four. I'm not against keeping both as options but not as starters in a 4-3-3. We need two solid full backs that can defend in a line of four. In midfield we need a guy who can stroke the ball around and we need a player that can make runs into the box. I'm assuming here (and crossing my fingers) but with guys like Donnelly, Grimshaw and O'Hara leaving there is a bit of scope for bring in more technically gifted midfielders.

Hat trick for James Scott vs St Johnstone.

Recently Celtic have beat Rangers 3-0 at home, Ross County 4-0, Hearts 4-1, St Johnstone 7-0. It's not utterly embarrassing. It's business as usual. What's utterly embarrassing is folk like you taking any excuse to slate the team and the manager. Give it a rest. You all sound like you'd divorce the wife if she burned the parsnips.

Celtic are miles and miles and miles ahead of us at the best of times. They are celebrating a title win at home in front of 50,000. We are in holiday mode after achieving what we needed to. This was always going to happen and it doesn't really matter.

If Liam Kelly plays, which you'd expect he'll be one of only 3 ever present players this league campaign - the others being Jack Fitzwater and Jason Holt of Livingston.

He only got 6 starts at Hibs, 3 at each end of the season and most of them were up top on his own. Maloney basically ghosted him. Apparently he was Hibs best player last time out against Dundee but you can understand why Hibs fans would want a very large broom going through there. You can never know quite how injuries and lack of game time can effect players, especially younger players, but I'd take him back.

He also scored against Hearts in the league and Montrose in the league cup but it was a bit strange that he got 4 out of 5 league goals against Rangers.

Happy to go back to Airdrie if we win 8-1.

Agree with that.

First half he had a few saves to make. Second half was pretty comfortable (and yet also completely terrifying for fans such as I!)

That 7 minutes injury time! Absolutely fantastic achievement for any Motherwell team to get Top 6 and qualify for Europe but for one with basically a goalkeeper and 1 decent outfield player it's a very impressive result for our manager who did a lot of things the fans didn't like but was proved right to do so in the end. Hopefully we bring in a bit more quality and learn to complete passes over the summer but honestly I think you have to give this team a bit of praise. There isn't a lot of talent there but I think this team has plugged away and tried harder than more talented squads of the past. We didn't win a lot of matches, especially in the second half of the season but we've outperformed much bigger clubs over the season and even during the bad run we were always in the games, didn't go on losing streaks and showed some real guts at time. Great way to end the season (really, who cares about the Celtic game now?) and nice to give Keith a rousing farewell.

Maybe but I still think most managers are far too cautious about giving players a chance. For me you'll never know unless you give players first team football. There have been lots of youth hotshots that do nothing in the men's game but I think it works the other way too. There are players at youth level that only reach their potential when they start playing 'real' football. And I've said this many times, not every youth graduate needs to be 'Turnbull' level. The standard of the league is pretty poor so if players can come in at 18, 19 and compete and then gain experience and improve over the years that's good enough. I think some times we focus on bringing through sellable assets rather than players that are going to serve the club.

We were top six scorers in the league and have scored 17 more goals this season than St Johnstone. This and the 'tombola' are two very tired memes.

He kinda already has. Only 2 bookings in his last 11 appearances. Contrast with 6 bookings in his first 11 appearances.

It's great to be going into the final home game of the season with something to play for. Could be a great night or a bad one but I for one am glad it will have some meaning. This is what football is all about.

You could have answered the question.

First of all pretty much every club that replaced a manager this season went backwards or at least didn't improve any - Aberdeen, Hibs, Dundee, St. Mirren. You could even argue Rangers went backwards, at least in terms of their league challenge when Gerard left. The idea that you replace the manager and things get better just doesn't stand up. The context of the Scottish league is such that the major problems for any manager don't actually change any by replacing one for another, especially when the main thread of criticism is 'better style of football'. The players just aren't there to play good football. Across the league we export anyone with a hint of talent almost immediately. Season after season after season of sold off talent is why we are where we are. At Motherwell and pretty much across Scotland. Only Rangers and Celtic have the millions to replace who they sell. Secondly if you look at the clubs that actually got top 6, they were all managers that were supported by their clubs through quite severe criticism from fans that, quite frankly, often are more concerned about cathartic output than level headed analysis. Hearts fans were desperate for Robbie Neilson to start badly this term so they could continue their Jettison The Manager campaign. Ross County waited till round 11 of the season before they got a win, Dundee Utd had the second worst run of defeats (6) and had a run of 2 wins in 16 mid season. Yet by sticking by the manager they all achieved top 6 finishes. Meanwhile, outside the Top 6, Hibs and their clown owner fired two managers and are currently 8th in the league on a run of 2 wins in 16. The same record Aberdeen currently have although they are even more lowly in 10th. Dundee sacked a manager and haven't won a game since, while St Johnstone stuck with Davidson, despite 8 losses in a row (the worst run of any team this season) and they might well survive. Certainly they have a better chance. I've been arguing for year and years about the steep decline of Scottish football. When we do relatively well people don't want to hear because they feel it is a sort of attack on the achievements of the team. When we do poorly folk make the usual reflex kick at the managers and pile 25 years of game wide mismanagement across Scottish football on a provincial coach a season and a half in. It's time supporters start actually talking a wider view on the poor standards of Scottish football. Every single manager in this league, newly appointed or not, is swimming against a tide of decline decades old.

OF are so far ahead over everyone else it's hard to see that happening. Celtic haven't lost at all since September. Rangers haven't lost at home against any domestic opponent at Ibrox (apart from once against Celtic) since the 19-20 season when Accies beat them.

Fantastic result. Last game of the season, under lights, against Hearts, we win we pretty much seal European football. I'm excited. And we got a clean sheet.

Wee fact I noticed, Ross County have only scored once in open play in the last 7 matches. They have had 3 penalties in that time though. Dare we dream of keeping a clean sheet? Or not conceding a penalty!

This kinda feels like this seasons Cup Final. Certainly can't lose if we want European football. One of our biggest problems this season is the away form which is abysmal. Not won away since November, 11 matches I think. However these things have to change eventually. Hopefully who ever is out there today is up for the game and gives their best. And it would be nice if we got some of the good luck Ross County had at our place last time....