Ya Bezzer!

Main, obviously!

Full match on YouTube if you want to watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xueKtYrUW7U

I've been critical of the team for a lot of the season but I just want to say that in overview of the last two matches I think we've played some really good football at times and the team deserves a lot of credit for sticking in there and competing against the old firm, in fact we have dominated two halves of football, once each and have been unlucky to have to some important calls against us. However, we have blown a two goal lead today so it's going to be back into complaining mode... Ah! The life of the Motherwell fan! I am very, very annoyed and frustrated right now. First half was fantastic and we have absolutely ploughed Rangers. 2-0 up and it should have been at least 3, maybe even 4 or 5. Second half, having knocked Rangers all over the place and being in complete command and what do we do? Yep, it's the shitey wee team syndrome all over. Defend deep from the kick off and give Rangers ALL the ball they could want. I don't even think we touched the ball in the first 2 or 3 minutes of the second half. Contrast with the first half when we were right in their faces from the off. It's so important to start each half with the right mentality and we just didn't do that. I want to tear my hair out! WHY!!!! Why do we keep replaying this old, old horror movie! Of course as soon as Rangers go 2-2 and pull it back we start playing a bit again and almost score. I just don't get it. We have absolutely blown the points today, it didn't need to happen and unlike last week it was all our own fault. If the halves had been switched I would be raving about the performance but unfortunately that's not what happened. Overall it's a decent point but it really should have been 3. Positives there were some good performances, Tait was excellent again although he let the side down not crossing when we had men in the box, Campbell great as usual, Main and Bowman were superb in the first half, particularly Main who's been very impressive lately.

I've said it before, I'm not Frear's biggest fan but I'm glad he's in the team. When we play will a real winger this season we've been much better than when we haven't.

Well I'm discussing league form, so yes.

I think this will be a harder match than the Celtic match. Although Celtic usually turn in on in the big games they've actually struggled this season especially in the second half of the season. They've failed to score 5 times in the league since December, Rangers have only failed to score once in that time. Also, while Rangers form at Ibrox has been pretty poor, their away form has been very good. They have only lost once, at Kilmarnock, since November. In the last 7 away league matches they have won 6 and drawn 1 (at Celtic Park). Although we played well against Celtic we couldn't score - the third time in the last four matches we've got 0. In fact we've struggled to score since Louis Moult left. 6 out of 15 league matches we've failed to score and we've only scored more than once on 3 occasions - and in one of those matches an OG helped out. Rangers were beating the teams around us in the league (Hamilton 5-2, Hearts 2-0, St. Johnstone 4-1) fairly easily before their momentum was stopped by Celtic and Kilmarnock. It remains to be seen if Rangers can pick up from where they left off, it could be their confidence has been dented, but since it's difficult to see us scoring more than once I think you are looking at a draw at best. As for Nick Walsh. Two matches at Fir Park this season and we've not won either. 0-1 Aberdeen, 1-1 Partick. One last wee stat - We've not won at Fir Park on the weekend since the 30th September 2017.

Campbell was born to wear claret and amber and get tore into Celtic.

When I said there where no failures in the team today I was giving Carl McHugh the benefit of the doubt.

Excellent first half performance, the difference playing a winger makes to our play is enormous. Thought we were the better team and had better chances to score, 3-1, for me, so a clear lead on goal opportunities. Obviously the Kipre incident changed the match. Honestly, I thought it was a red card at the time but I've since seen footage that makes it look like like it wasn't so it will be interesting to see better quality footage but I suppose that just shows you how hard the referee's job is, although to be fair he was a bit closer to the action than I was. Second half we've defended really well with players like Curtis Main absolutely knocking their pan in. Don't want to take anything away from the performance but I did think Celtic were pretty poor in the 2nd half. Still to see Dembele have a good game against us and guys like Sinclair and Armstrong are a shadows of the players they were last season. And ain't McHugh glad of the former! Definitely deserved the point and anything less would have been an injustice. No failures in the team today, good point, good performance.

49% of possession is pretty good. Contrast with previous defeats which were 30% and 31% possession. If we have close to 50% possession tomorrow we might actually have a chance.

Tom Rogic is a guy that always seems to score against us and he's recently returned (and scored a screamer). To be honest I don't see the hoofball causing Celtic much problems. Boyata is a player who is better in the air than he is on the deck and we just don't have the movement up front. When Accies and Kilmarnock have defended against it I don't see Celtic being worried about it. To beat Celtic you have to be comfortable on the ball and give away as little possession as possible and we just aren't that sort of team. The last four matches Celtic have dropped points they have failed to score yet they have scored in 34 out of the last 35 trips to Fir Park so draw your own conclusions from that. Just can't see us getting anything out of this one but you live in hope , every so often you get a surprise in these games and its very difficult to predict when it will be, could be tomorrow but probably won't be.

Wouldn't disagree. He's good at chasing balls but 9 times out of 10 he can't beat a man from a standing start. He can't score (25 league appearances, 0 goals) and he can't cross a ball either. I'm repeating myself but I think Robinson's style of football has not helped his development. All the good football Cadden played was for McGhee. The decline of Cadden almost mirrors exactly the appointment of Robinson.

Pretty Old Firm-y mentality.

I'll miss the Aberdeen match so, fingers crossed.

I honestly thought Campbell was one of our better players today and he got taken off after 56 minutes. The only player I thought was even close to it was Charles Dunne and even he went a bit ropy in the latter stages. I suppose I have to give it to Dunne.

Still waiting to see us win a league match since the last trip to Hamilton back in October. We were atrocious today. We have very little creativity in the team so when one or two players have an off day we are struggling badly to get goals. Tanner had a stinker and with every week that goes past Chris Cadden looks more and more ordinary. He was dreadful today and should have been hooked. There is no width in the team at all. I don't think Frear is a world beater by any means but we were crying out for him today. Playing one up front was madness from the start but Ciftci has been a dud and the team selection basically spelt that out today. If we had a half decent striker to play along side Main they probably would have started. How many times did we give the ball away? Often in important areas which is how Accies got their second goal. Cup games apart I'm afraid our league campaign has been pretty brutal since October. Four tough matches coming up and our players will need to step up their game because defeats in these matches will see the teams below us close the gap before going into the bottom 6 split. I don't think we will be relegated but it still has to potential to get uncomfortable. 'Only' 3 wins will definitely keep us up but it's taken us 16 matches to get the last 3 wins and in one of them we had 1 shot at goal. Big improvements needed.

Accies have thrown in goals this season but we look completely toothless and haven't troubled them once. Bit slack at the back as well and it was really poor goal to lose. Main is completely isolated up front and we've got nothing coming down the sides. Tanner and Cadden have both been really poor. Need a second striker on pronto.

I think Lasley was underrated in terms of technical ability. I remember Strachan once saying the reason he didn't play at a higher level was his lack of pace.

Since Preston NE have been mentioned, I'll mention that Ben Heneghan has a grand total 59 mins of football this season with Sheffield Utd in an FA Cup tie against Preston in which he was substituted. Convinced it must have been some kind of tax scam.

Always seems to be a cold, miserable day when we are over at NDP. We should at least score a goal as Accies last clean sheet, weirdly, was at Ibrox back in November when they won 2-0. That's 12 league matches ago. From our point of view we have not failed to score against a bottom 6 team this season. Might put a wee flutter on Curtis today.

Campbell burst his gut today. Sometimes he was our furthest forward player, other times he was covering for central defenders in the D.

Carson Campbell

Hearts haven't lost to a team outside the Top 5 since September but they have drawn 11 out of their last 25 so a replay at Tynecastle seems the most likely outcome. Hearts aren't free scoring though, they rarely score than once in a game so I think if we can get an early goal here and then push for the second we can get through to the semi finals. Wouldn't surprise me though if Hearts set up looking for a replay and we've struggled a bit against teams that sit in - Kilmarnock and Hibs spring to mind.

Is that what I said? In fact it's the complete opposite of what I said. Can we beat teams that are playing well - seems not. If you have 1 win against a Top 6 team over 27 matches that suggests you aren't Top 6 standard but each to their own.

Roma are the city club, Lazio the surrounding countryside, ie urban working class for Roma, wealthy suburbans, land owners, farmers etc for Lazio. Of course that's a generalisation, just like the fact that Roma are a left wing club and Lazio are a right wing club. Clubs like Roma have supporters who span the whole political spectrum and you don't have to go far to find extreme politics anywhere in Italy, Communism and Fascism still have a hold on Italian politics.