MelvinBragg

This. My concern with any Scottish manager coming in would be whether they'd be too loyal to some of these players based on reputation and not performance. Next manager will have to replace McDonald, Moult, Hammell, McManus and Cadden (McHugh looks a Lasley replacement). Big ask so whoever comes in will need to be smart in the transfer market...

This is true and this kind of mentality is one thing from fans but too often recently it has become what we have heard from the manager..

Am I the only one who can see a comparison between Cadden and Clarkson under Butcher? With Ainsworth not featuring that much this season and the other type of players in our midfield, Cadden has been our only outball all season. Much like Clarkson under Butcher in his first season, Cadden has been run into the ground this season...

Pointless discussion, I feel. I cannot foresee any scenario where McGhee will not be our manager at least until the split...

I agree with your general point but it was a 1 year deal...

One thing is abundantly clear. If McGhee is to go, we'll need to sack him. His ego won't allow him to quit...

Don't think so...

In the subject of Ainsworth, it's been made pretty clear by McGhee that Ainsworth isn't going to feature in his plans. To the extent that he wasn't among the subs last Saturday either until Hammell got injured. Given his assists and goals return, this probably sticks in his throat. He probably can't wait for the season to end so he can get away. So a lacklustre showing in the U20s isn't surprising. Motivation and confidence at an all time low and he knows that no matter how well he does for the U20s that he has no future at Fir Park. Does it excuse a poor U20s performance? No but it explains it..

Back four with an average age of 21. Might be a good idea for people to remember that before losing the plot at them today...

As Lobey points out, one win in seven league games for Rangers. Who was that against..?

Obviously 45 minutes to go, but not a good result for us up in Inverness so far. I hope not to be sitting after the game thinking "how come every other team knows how to play against that mob...?"

I'd be inclined to leave McHugh in midfield at least for tomorrow. Paul McGowan is a player that's caused us problems in the past and feel that if McHugh can keep him quiet then that will help our defenders more than having McHugh in the backline alongside them...

Given McHugh has looked our best midfielder this season, I'd keep him where he is. For me Samson McMillan Heneghan Jules Chalmers Cadden McHugh Pearson Frear McDonald Moult Could also play that as a 433 with Frear up top. A slightly more cautious approach could bring Clay or Lucas in for Frear and put Pearson out wide. But I'd be keen to be positive early and try and win the game rather than not lose it. I'll not be surprised if McGhee chooses a more conservative approach though. He seems obsessed recently with setting up mainly to combat the opposition rather than imposing our own game...

Not really sure if our record is due to anything specific. What does amuse me is that McGhee still has a reputation for getting players well conditioned on the basis of his first preseason with us and the fact that McGarry and Paterson looked fit. 3ven that McGhee did, on occasions, start off matches at 100 mph and tire badly later in games. And definitely not sure you can see we look well conditioned this season. Whether that has anything to do with injuries, I'm not sure. Particularly given the fact that one of the players who seems to fade out of games the worst had never been injured all season...

Get Gahagan on...

Nah, that's Luc Nijholt...

Thing is our record against the bottom six is excellent. So we should be miles ahead of them? Fact that we're not suggests that other teams are managing to take points from Aberdeen, Hearts and Rangers for that matter...

Unsackable, in my opinion. He'll need to resign to leave. Which I don't think his ego will allow...

He signed or re-signed pretty much all of them so he has to carry the can on that...

He's certainly giving his detractors plenty of material to work with...

Did we touch the ball before they scored?

Game plan out the window already...

Irrespective of how we do tonight, I suspect McGhee will try to sell us some "it's not a 451, it's 4231/433/4141" pony. Whatever the formation, if Moult is isolated, we're wasting our time. Add to that, to have Moult chasing lost causes all night (which he will do, sort of player he is) you run the risk of injuring/knackering him for more important/winnable games in the future...

There is no lineup that I'd be happy with tomorrow night. Best of a bad set of options.. Samson Tait Heneghan Jules Chalmers Lucas Clay Pearson Cadden Moult Frear I know the risk is that Moult gets isolated but given we don't have anyone other than McDonald that looks a suitable partner for him, it is what it is...

Moult has 18 months left on his contract...