MelvinBragg

Given it feels like for the last 30 years, either Stevie Hammell or Keith Lasley have been in the Motherwell team, I reckon it's a long shot...

Game and season over. Barring a late relegation battle...

Indeed, but they look like occasionally scoring a goal...

Not a great deal. Unless Celtic played the same eleven in every one of their away games and they played equally well in each. I know the argument would be that we allowed them to play that well today, but you have to factor in the opponent's form when you compare results. Right now was the wrong time to play them.. On a more general point, is our form against the Old Firm appalling? Yes...

Ten minutes into the game it was obvious that Rogic was the main one causing us problems. Glaringly obvious. Didn't appear to try anything to address it...

Never said he was good. Said he came in and did a job...

I have frankly lost count of the number of players who have come in and did a job for us having struggled elsewhere or who have had no real pedigree. Strikers alone you have McDonald, Ojaama, Arnott, Shivute and Lehmann. And the list of those with better pedigree who have underwhelmed, well it doesn't end with John Hendry...

I expect us to be linked with Brandon Barker given he's been released by Rangers. We won't sign him but we'll be linked. Not seeing many players signing for our rivals that I've thought 'wish we'd got him'....

You are correct. Only issue is that rule isn't enforced every day of the week...

Not sure I agree 100% with this but he had a very poor game today and I think he's been slightly overpraised. Nowhere near the quality of Ojala (albeit Ojala is made of meringue) or even Mugabi. Lamie has come on to a game under Alexander, I would say he and Sol are of a similar level, not that Lamie is significantly more competent...

Felt at the game like we were doing ok up to a point in the first half., moving the ball better than we had done but sometimes just overplayed it or final ball was lacking. Van Veen missed the two chances we really created in the first half, has to hit the target from both. Defensive calamities at both goals, the most frustrating thing is that Hearts didn't have to work hard for their goals. Individual wise, thought Shaw looked OK if not a massive upgrade on what we have. Tierney will be a player once he gets used to the league. Sol, I thought had his poorest game for us, perhaps suffering from being the only fit proper centre back we have, having to do too much. Van Veen 8s erratic and Roberts needs to learn to take fewer touches. Don't start me on Goss... Oh, and McGinlay had a decent game... Tynecastle is never easy. We played reasonably well but lost to a Hearts team with a budget that dwarfs ours. People need to calm down a bit. We need to create more chances and cut out silly mistakes. Try and remember what the team was like this time last year...

My first thought on hearing we have signed a 6ft4 right sided defender was: have we received a bid for Mugabi?

Interesting that there are two goalies on the bench. Not sure why that would be the case...

I'm one of those saying no to Shankland. He's just not very good. You make the Watt companion. There was never really a question of Watt's ability, just application and attitude. For me, there are huge question marks over all three with Shankland...

A 34 year old who scores 8 goals a season with questionable fitness levels and workrate? I know we won't have inexhaustible options but we should have better options than that...

Anyone suggesting Lafferty as a viable option needs their head looked at...

Aye, we know. As someone earlier pointed out, it would seem ironic if we ended up with Shankland on loan from whichever Belgian club he's ended up at while they have Watt. Frankly I'd rather play with ten men than give Shankland a wage...

I don't care. I'd still rather have Clark than Shankland. I don't want either but if I was forced to pick one, it wouldn't be the fraud that is Shankland...

Better him than the utter shite that is Shankland. Anyone saying get Shankland in on loan needs help. Worse than useless...

I agree. Last season Jordan Roberts was surplus to requirements at Hearts but did a short term job for us. Remember Utd turned down the chance to sign Scott McDonald. Assuming a player not playing for Dundee United isn't good enough assumes two things. That they're looking for the same thing from their players. And that their coaching staff are infallible...

Not so sure on that front. I agree Ojala looks a class act, so much so that I reckon the only reason he's at Fir Park is his patchy injury record. With O'Connor injured and Solholm seemingly prone to picking up knocks, we're not as well served as it looks like on paper...

The difference in Maguire and Lamie is particularly noticeable. Players seem to be improving under the coaching staff....

Went for Shields, felt his energy and pressing was at the heart of anything we did well. Although for me it was noticeable that we looked shaky as soon as Sol went off but Ojala looked understandably rusty... Also thought McGinlay had a very decent game...

Let's hope not...

Not the first to say it, not by a long way...