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We didn't let them overrun us, and we found ways to make some chances for ourselves. I thought we might nick something at the end there, but it wasn't to be. The professional foul at the end did it's job. They had some scrappy chances, but didn't carve us open, mainly because we were well organized and stuck to our plan. However we panicked every time we had the ball, especially in the first half. We really need Slattery back, hopefully he'll be in a position to return soon.

Thought Penney was good again, and he was the only player who didn't shit it every time he got the ball, so he gets my vote. Considering that I expected us to get relentlessly battered on the wings, I didn't see much danger from their wide players throughout the game. Fair play to Mcginn and Penney for that. Also thought Sol and Lamie we're solid.

He played 20 mins.

Went for Goss. Couple have easily been lamie, Sol, or Tierney, but I thought Goss was key to how we played and he was consistent throughout the game. If Tierney stays in the side for most of the season, he's going to run away with this thing as I think he's still finding his place. I did think about going for Sol for manhandling Watt, he's another that is steadily getting better.

I dont think tierney necessarily needs to bulk up, there are plenty of small/ lean players, and they can use that to their advantage, and that's something he can learn. Putting on weight could also be a detriment to his game. He's 21, so may fill out a bit yet, but he's not going to be rocking a Conor Shields physique any time soon, or likely at all.

That's as good as I've seen us play in a long time. I thought the penalty was soft, and it wasn't the best taken, but we really should have been ahead either way, with some great chances. To me it was more a lack of rub of the green rather than poor forward play. I thought Goss had his best game for us today, as well as Tierney. They both have an eye for a pass, and watching them make space for themselves and play the ball forward makes me even more annoyed at the alexanderball era. If we're going to keep trying to play like that, I can live with the bad results. Sol and Lamie had the utd forwards in their pocket, and that's as solid as I've seen them. Fair enough, Dundee utd are shite, but they have some really good players that could have caused us trouble, but we didn't let them .

They've been sticking mulgrew in midfield

Thought we'd see him on the bench, but I assume he hasn't trained with us yet, and probably has to get his shit together after the late move. Also nice to see us rewarding a winning team again.

Stephen Hughes, Fraser wishart

I think he goes by @FabrizioRomano on Twitter now.

Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee Utd all pay multiples of what we do, and it doesn't always work. We also tried it, and nearly died.

At this point, we don't need just numbers. Squad players aren't going to move the needle, so if we're unable to get guys that are capable of kicking current first teamers onto the bench, then we shouldn't panic and just work with what we have.

It hopefully comes as no shock to anyone that very few players are sitting around holding out for motherwell to come in for them. Football is a job, if anyone's agent is telling them to take the first offer from us and not weigh their options, they should be fired. I'd rather we be creative and try and get players we might not otherwise, with the risk of failing a few times, than loading up our team with Manzingas.

Knowing this, and that the slope of the pitch can affect VAR, I now see that there was a lot more to the pitch renovations than I thought.

If that was collum, he would have taken a look and then sent someone else off with him. His brain is working overtime right now to find ways of making the introduction of var as much about him as possible.

VAR will still be run by the same incompetents we have now. It will be used to benefit the OF more. With 40k seething mutants screaming about every decision and demanding var, and the constant media pressure in the uglies favour, the VAR folk will go out of their way to appease the masses. It's not going to be the leveller some are hoping for. They'll have a work experience student looking at motherwell v livi games, since there's nothing at stake for them.

That was the first clean sheet in a long time that actually felt deserved. Usually we rely on a save or two, and usually the opposition failing to take a chance, but other than the snap shot from Goncalves late on, they had nothing. We did a great job of not conceding silly fouls in our third, and we handled their physicality like it wasn't a thing.

Difficult one. There were no standouts in an attacking sense. Our midfield 3 and back 4 were solid all game, and it was one of Sol's best games. I went with O'Donnell though. His forward runs and pressing really make a difference, and he didn't put a foot wrong defensively.

Based on recent experience, now that we're in third every other team will conspire to keep us there.

Pretty flat from both teams. Battle of the half time team talks now.

As marginally better as lamie is over mugabi and sol, I don't think he should walk right back into the team considering he nearly sold the jerseys with the tackle that led to the suspension. I'd prob go with the team that started last week, as I don't think anyone made a case for being dropped.

Allan looks to have played 2 full seasons in about 12 years, one of which was in the championship. I think he benefits from having friends in the media, because the hype around him is unwarranted.

It didn't seem to be that bad before, either it's a symptom of long COVID, or maybe my old Twitter account had the right level of mute/block-age.

That is actually the only thing that's worse.

The reports were that he was doing his medical, so theres all that and the other paperwork, plus we like to wait on clearance before making official announcements. On the subject of announcements, people who reply to any and every motherwell tweet with "announce x" are cringey as fuck. Also saw someone tag in the official account in a tweet from one of the tabloids asking for confirmation. Weird.