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Only one team trying to play football and its not us. Get Alexander to fuck. Hopefully this is the straw that breaks the camels back for the board, the players and even the optimists on here. * still would love us to score 3 in the nxt 45 tho

And a competent manager

Most fans also recognise that our starting 11 is horrifically short on quality. Keeper aside.

With GA and no new signings then at best 10th sadly

The limited signings suggest otherwise

Pretty sure we had more than 3 wins in 7 months though when we played Llanelli......

Well, based on the performances since the turn of the year, we needed 10 new signings. Each for outfield positions. Alexanders problems are not his attitude or his jumpers, really who cares about that? Its that he sets up his teams not to lose, but sadly they aren't good enough to do that. When we go behind, we have absolutely nothing to offer in an attacking sense. The biggest issue is that for some reason he doesn't recognise this and keeps attempting the same rubbish over and over and over again. And now based on the summer comings and goings, he is expecting us to pivot a counter attack with zero pace. God help us.......

Did you see any of our games since the turn of the year??

Iv never been one of the boo boys in all the years this site has been going but honestly, as far as i can see, we are going one way with this guy and really, punting him now/afew weeks time, is going to give the next guy the majority of the season to work with. I honestly dont see any sceanario he's not sacked so we may as well do it before panic stations set in

So we begin the season, full house, fancy new pitch & fancy strips....... sadly the crap we sent out onto the pitch was the same as last season. Really, can anyone be surprised given we have only brought in 3 players to supplement last seasons imposters! The manager, tactics and bulk of the team remain the same. You can be an Alexander fan or a hater, but the facts are that doing the same thing over & over again but expecting different results is madness! As for the game, the first half hour we had no urgency, we let Sligo play and made them look handy. Mugabi helped them out but after they scored we seemed to up the effort for 10minutes, we were all over them. At that point i had some hope. Sadly the second half was a brutal shitfest and we could play all night and not break them down. Lasley mustv been sitting in the main stand thinking thank fuck his new mob (who are umder pressure already) have us in the first game of the season. The only hope i have is that if we punt GA early enough we have plenty time to save the season. Plusses - pitch looked good, the boys display, only 1 gosl down, new bogs in the east stand Negatives - aside from the shite on the park, last seasons fancy new sound system didnt appear to be working/turned on.

Ross McCormack..... Obviously the less said about him the better though

Are they holding ST seats for afew days or is it a free for all? Dont have an email saying they are reserved for a time period.

SOD is far from the worst of the shaky links in our team. He is certainly not perfect and has his fair share of howlers but in my opinion his Scottish International status contributes to him getting a hard time as there are others in the team of a far worse standard. Running the line of the east stand for half a game probably doesn't help matters either, where every bad decision, tackle, pass is 100% obvious.

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Adding in 8 or 9 bits of quality would be a start.

Rangers have offered him a contract so the chances of us getting him are slim. We can't match wages, we can't offer guaranteed European group football and we are miles behind Rangers in player quality and he has no connection with the club unlike he has at Rangers. The only thing that might temp him is some kind of player/coach role but if that was a clincher, then Rangers might offer it up too. I will be shocked if he arrives at Fir Park.

!!Iv not watched it, went to the golf instead. Driving up i listened to the first 20minutes. Had a chuckle when the commentator said 90% possesion Celtic and motherwell have everyman within 35 yards of their goal...... Graham Alexander must be worrying. Eh no. This is likely how GA sent us out, its not his first rodeo playing everyone behind the ball!

Yea actually, I would keep him. Solholm as a squad man as well.

Keep Kelly, Lamie, SOD, Beavis, Slattery, Cornelius, Woolery, Van Veen. Get rid of the rest. IMO

I agree with that but how good did we actually come? Does anyone think we really deserved that win over County? We beat a very understrength Hearts side in the 2nd half. First half they were miles better than us. We got the points and that is all that matters, but we can't pretend that it covers up the last 4 months. Even in those two games our flaws were there for everyone to see. I don't want to sound like Steelboy and Yodo here but unless he has a big clear out in the summer and has some kind of footballing epithany, then i do think we will be battling the basement boys next season.

If you pay attention you would know Im certainly not one of the usual boo boys that can't see any kind of silver lining with the club. Infact I am generally in the happy clapper club but regardless of league position which is to be applauded, not only has the football been brutal, but the points accumulation in the last 4 months has been relegation form. By turning it around, this is what I mean. We have regressed, either the other teams have worked us out or the players have half given up. In my opinion, if GA sticks with the same formula next season it is going to get worse. Look at it this way, despite the benefits of finishing 4th or 5th with European football on the horizon, does anyone really see anything from the players and the manager to get excited about and think things are on an upward spiral for next season?

We are utter shite though. And yep thats the reason I picked that example. That team were so bad we ended up in the playoffs and then smashed Rangers. All I'm saying is that we have regressed to such an extent that they would also destroy us. A team with Pearson, McManus and McDonald through the spine, and Ainsworth and Johnson on the wings would totally destroy our current team if they showed up primed for the event. Carrol v on-form Lionel? Come on. Skippy v Ojala? Pearson and Las v Goss and Slattery? Now line our current team up with McGhee's first season or McCalls superstars. Its frightening to imagine the outcome. Now of course we don't need to worry about it, we are finishing 4th or 5th but it just shows how poor not only Motherwell have got in a relatively short number of years, but the rest of the league as well.

Going against the grain maybe but I thought we were atrocious in the first half the other night. The players didn't even look as though they wanted it. To me, the first half was a continuation of them same crap we have watched for the last 4 months. Second half, credit where its due. We certainly improved, fought for the ball and were an attacking threat. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not convinced that GA can turn this around. Clearly his vision of football differs from what some/most of the fans want to see. He's obviously merited another crack at the whip next season but I can't say I am overly enthused about it. Put it this way, as bad as Barracloughs team were, man for man (in my mind) they would absolutely roast this current mob. We done Rangers 6-1 in the playoffs that year, that team would tear strips off of our current set up.

Got to imagine a new pitch will be easier to look after as well and we might not be as fucked as we would be if a bigger club pinches our groundsman who has worked wonders on it.

Its a bank holiday, wheres he going? Troon Beach? Luss? St Andrews?? Hopefully he has an epiphany when he's away and remembers the whole point of a midfield.