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Based on the squads we have put out recently, the style of play/formations and the managers comments my guess is that the outgoings would be bigi and frear, and possibly Sammon if that’s a thing we can do. If I was bigi I’d be banging down the door to get a move since he’s apparently the go to scapegoat for our losses. I’d be curious to see if our loanees come back into the fold, and if we’ll loan out some more of the reserves in prep for next season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Forced to put footballers in the team against his will, jeez. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The well society’s purchase of the club was contingent on paying those loans, and I’m sure it was done on more than just a handshake, so just refusing to pay them isn’t going to work. If the parties involved decided to forgive them, that would be a different story, but I don’t see why they should. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What did McInnes say about Turnbull’s goal? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A lot of good performances today, after a shaky start where Aberdeen could have had a couple. Aberdeen’s heads went down after that first goal for some reason, and the game was done after the second. Grimshaw put in a shift at right back, and improved as the game went on, and in general it looked like we were more inclined to take the extra pass instead of just limp it. Having Bigi and Turnbull on the field at the same time helps in that regard. As others have said, Johnson is a natural goal scorer, and it looks like he’s added the extra work rate that is required and has got the rewards. Also thought main had a good game. Have to call out Gillespie on a good performance in his first start. Looked solid. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Harsh sending off, but a dumb thing to do. The highlights were a nice watch, hastie looks like a handful. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Realistically, who could we see in the first time sooner rather than later? Livingstone? Maguire? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think whether the board decides to part ways with him would come down to how confident they are that we’ll finish 10th or above. Since we’re only a week away from beating two of the teams below us (and having a game in hand, and a surprisingly superior goal difference) I’d be surprised if the board took action right now, particularly since it costs money to sack a manager. We have St Mirren, Accies and Livingston before January, and chances to get points against Killie at home, so I could see a scenario where a decision is made at the turn of the year based on the games we’re “supposed” to get points from. I did see someone on twitter allude to Robinson offering his resignation at some point, which would surprise me even more. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The first yellow may have been harsh, but he then goes and does the same thing seconds later and is lucky not to get a second yellow right away. That’s a pen any day of the week, but doesn’t necessarily have to be a booking, but Thomson likes doing what the OF tell him to. Either way, McHugh took the risk and paid for it. He had a similar few minutes of madness against St J. Few managers are going to take a player off just because he got booked, especially so early in the game, but in this case even if Robinson wanted to the replacement wouldn’t have been stripped in time. None of this should be an excuse for losing 7 goals, but McHugh needs to be sidelined for his recklessness. Not sure why our captain wasn’t the one doing the interview apologizing to the fans. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We got humped, it sucks, this shit happens sometimes when you’re us. No need to over analyze this one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

McHugh almost got sent off before the pen incident, and the pen looked pretty fair. Shame, because we deserved to be in the game st that point. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Turnbull called up to the u20s. https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2018/11/05/david-turnbull-gets-scotland-recognition/

Club website has bowman here until 2020. Tanner is too (I thought he was 2019). I also didn’t realize Carson has until 2020, I thought he was out of contract next year and as such we’d try to move him on. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are Aldred and Sammon’s loans for the whole season? As for the younger players, we seem to have a habit of giving them one year deals until they break into the team, then we give them a 2-year extension. We also have to factor in the possibility of Carson or Cadden going in January.

If you had a game with just moussa and main on a pitch playing against each other with empty goals, neither would score. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bowman and Main putting in the work again, mainly bowman, but both really should have scored a couple each with the chances they had. Both are terrible at heading crosses too. Turnbull’s touch is just ridiculous, and the midfield has a good balance about it right now with grimshaw and Cadden linking well. Cadden was really good again. Aldred and Hartley were rock solid today. I think having McHugh in front of them, rather than a back 3 has been effective. Special mention to Bigi throwing himself at everything towards the end there, other than one blip I thought he had one of his best game’s for us. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My best guess, maybe not what I want, but most likely what will happen: Carson Aldred McHugh Hartley Cadden Campbell Bigi Turnbull Tait Main Bowman Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wouldn’t go to this game even if I lived there and it was free. It’s going to be terrible. In these situations it’s easy to go with the “tried and trusted”, which is why i see the same turgid 3-5-2 with the usual suspects in the lineup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If that happened we’d get a development fee, so we won’t be missing out on much money. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I know Robbo probably has a few games yet, but as an alternative to us all agreeing how bad that game was, and arguing over who played worse, what are the managerial options out there? Is Lasley a stick-on? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’d never fault main’s effort, or Bowman’s at that, but neither are goalscorers. Both him and bowman are terrible at getting on the end of, then heading, crosses, and they rarely seem to find space in the box. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We defended ok up until giving them a free header in the last minute, but we created one half chance and nothing else, at home, that’s terrible. Johnson and Frear were woeful when they came on, when main and Cadden actually looked a little better than previous performances. Dunne was fine, but was blowing out his arse for the last 20 minutes, and although Turnbull looked composed and assured, he disappeared after 60 minutes. The ref was pretty poor too, but the loss is on us. Looks like we lost 300-400 in the attendance from the last home game too. The only reason I don’t really care if Robinson stays or goes is that it is a stick on that lasley replaces him, and I don’t see what that would change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pretty sure Agyeman has been injured. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

O’Neill must have been shitting it last season, if we’d won any of those cups he’d have been forgotten. How long would Mclean have lasted in today’s climate? How long did it take him to produce the kind of football the 1993 team produced? The management and the team are deserving of criticism right now, but as said above O’Neill has had an issue with the club for some time, feeling like he’s owed something. For some reason he thinks he should be in the coaching setup instead of guys who have contributed way more to the club than he did, and are qualified coaches. If he was a coach at Motherwell all he could probably do is take the players down the pub to watch the ‘91 semi final and tell each player who they have to “go” in he next game. His analysis isn’t worth much other than riling up the folk that still adore him. The game has passed him by. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

McHugh could have really let us down yesterday, and having him, Hartley, Aldred and Donnelly all on the pitch at the same time is a liability. There isn’t an ounce of composure between them. Donnelly is rated by two people - Baraclough and Robinson, so that’s all you need to know. Right now is the first time in quite a few years that we don’t have a player we all want to see, or that you could point to as our “best player”. Who are opposition managers warning their players to look out for? Someone mentioned the Malpas era before, and I can see the parallels. Hopefully we have a Ross McCormack languishing in the reserves ready to step up. It is good to see bowman finishing with some confidence though. Last season he was mainly doing the dirty work and wasn’t making chances for himself, but that’s a couple of good finishes in a week, which he can hopefully build on. Main looks injured. He isn’t moving right and was plodding along until he was replaced. Our system really needs pace upfront to work, and we don’t have that anywhere in the squad. I don’t like the idea that our midfielders can either be passers or tacklers. If Bigi can’t do basic midfield defensive work he shouldn’t be on the pitch, and if Campbell, McHugh or Rose can’t hold onto the ball or pass it ten yards, neither should they. I think we will know exactly what we are in for once we complete this round of fixtures. But I don’t see the bottom four being anything other than us, Dundee, accies and St mirren, and all four are capable of beating each other. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk