weeyin Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, wellfan said: Biereth is an absolute menace and a machine. While Wenger is no longer in charge at Arsenal, Biereth is very much in his mould of big, athletic players that he developed over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 BBC Scotland were looking forward to Hibs' mouth-watering forward players at 2.30 today. Must have a fair drouth on them by this time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigManTam Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) Not a classic today by any means, but feel I got my money's worth by the end of the 90. To start with the negative stuff, we were pedestrian for large parts of the game. As some have mentioned previously our 2 wing backs (Souare/O'Donnell) don't offer very much going forward. They lack pace and can't do much with the ball except boot it long. There also seemed to be an issue transitioning the ball from defence to attack more generally. The central midfield seems to be lacking a reliable CM/DM (a la Goss - although himself not exactly perfect) who can take the ball in and distribute. Slattery and Spittal seem to be better in attacking positions and young Miller, although he looks alright, probably doesn't have enough experience for such an important role. On a positive note, Hibs didn't really cause us too many problems. This is, in part, because they're shite, but our defence and midfield did generally look solid. On a side note - Lee Johnson has to be favourite for first sacking of the year! Spitall and Slattery had some nice touches and should do as a turn this year. Wilkinson and Bair didn't have much to work with until Beireth came on, although they didn't look great together. Beireth could well be a find - more than anything he just looked really up for it and fought for everything, adding that little bit of quality for the assist and the goal when it counted. I hope he'll be starting next week. All in all, we look worse than the tail end of last season but, if we can get the strikers set up and sort out our ball retention in midfield, we could have a decent season. I'm not concerned about relegation at this point, it's just a question of how far we can kick on up the table, which will probably depend on whether we can find a winning combination up top. COYW! Edited August 13, 2023 by BigManTam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted August 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 The gaffer said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 apart from being a find the big boy has got the main thing, " hees bursting with desire," he wants to impress and looks comfy with and without the ball, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiddy Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 2 hours ago, Great Balls of Shire said: Surely that would be a foul, players should stick to fitba and shelf that kind of thing for 90 mins. 🤣🤣 your right GBS but to be fair to him he had boyle in his pocket and is probably beginning to show a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 59 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said: We didn't play well today but we still deserved the victory over an absolutely dire Hibs team. First half was verging on embarrassing for top tier football, you'd have to scour the leagues of Europe to find a lower pass completion all weekend I'm guessing. Second half we improved in patches while Hibs went even further back. Biereth, obviously, changed the match. Right after he came on he created a chance just through his movement by creating space for an attack. Just that one movement, without even touching the ball, he'd shown more than Bair and Wilkinson combined. He looked aggressive, pacey, with a decent touch. Bair and Wilkinson up top didn't inspire much confidence. I don't mind Wilkinson doing nothing all game if he scores. Bair ran about a bit, but, too often, into other players giving away needless fouls. Defensively we looked very comfortable, Hibs were piss poor, but I wasn't ever nervous about Hibs scoring until they got an injury time penalty. Midfield was a little off today. Passing was poor overall. Especially first half. Overall though we were well worth the win but I thought Hibs were really abysmal. I don't agree , first half we didn't do much but we were never in any bother. Second half we played better and controlled the game and played some neat football at times. Hibs first effort on goal was on 90 minutes , if that's us not playing well I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 Offensively we can certainly improve and did improve as from 30 min onwards. What I really do like about how SK sets his team up is we do the defensive work well, work hard and win a huge amount of 2nd balls. In an ideal world we'd move the ball better and find our men, pass & move with a bit more purpose. We need a bit more quality in the team for that to happen. Overall though a very well drilled team, who are proving very difficult to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 Only one team in this league has beaten a Kettlewell Motherwell team, we should be going into most games with a positive mindset, we tend to come out of games with one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMax Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 I know this isn't related to the HIBs game, but I can't get the ticket link from the 'fishel website to load..... https://tickets.motherwellfc.co.uk/ just me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 We were solid and deserved our win. We made hibs look ordinary and didn't give their attack a look in, even with Doidge throwing elbows around like prime Dusty Rhodes. That midfield three is just excellent, they never stopped and you can see things beginning to click with the inter play. Mika looks to have replaced KVV in the "just put the ball in his general vicinity and he can do the rest" stakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 Hibs looked poor today , though a great 3 points Absolutely buzzing , 2 defeats in 20 competitive games for Stuart Kettlewell I make that Just hoping we get a result in the cup now , would take any result even if it was penalties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 16 minutes ago, AllyMax said: I know this isn't related to the HIBs game, but I can't get the ticket link from the 'fishel website to load..... https://tickets.motherwellfc.co.uk/ just me ? https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/tickets/forthcoming-matches/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 11 minutes ago, twistandshout1983 said: Hibs looked poor today I don't think it's any coincidence that since SK took charge a lot of our opponents have looked poor. We've found a shape that restricts most teams we've encountered. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 34 minutes ago, ropy said: Only one team in this league has beaten a Kettlewell Motherwell team, we should be going into most games with a positive mindset, we tend to come out of games with one. It’s going to be hard handling a defeat when it comes along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 1 hour ago, BigManTam said: On a positive note, Hibs didn't really cause us too many problems. This is, in part, because they're shite...... A classic comment, Tam. I like it. Your analysis is correct of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 24 minutes ago, weeyin said: I don't think it's any coincidence that since SK took charge a lot of our opponents have looked poor. We've found a shape that restricts most teams we've encountered. Which is why criticism of Kettlewell at this stage (from some on here), given his stats, seems quite perverse. He has actually quite a threadbare squad in some areas yet hasn't lost an away game and has only lost to The Hens and (unaccountably) Dundee Utd. at Firpers. Interesting match coming up in Paisley. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 13 minutes ago, texanwellfan said: It’s going to be hard handling a defeat when it comes along. This place will go into ultra meltdown , look what happened when we signed two strikers who have since both scored in the first two real games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 That's two games in a row without getting booked for Slattery. All down to fitness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 4 hours ago, smiddy said: bad news his they will bring him on to ride soare Did that happen I think not, 1 shot on target from Hibs the whole game they were brutal . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMax Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 I think the doom mongers from earlier in this thread need to come to terms with the fact that if Kettlewell sees something in a player, thats better than some fans not being excited by a player. Bair and Wilkinson won't score at this level. Well, they've both scored in 50% of league games they've played in. There's not many Motherwell managers can say theyve lost 2 in their first 20. Let the guy do his fucking job and stop greetin' about everything. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jastons Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 Souare always looks like he is in two minds - he needs to trust his instincts and bomb forwards. His teammates need to find him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stall Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 We were dire in the 1st half, no creativity, no urgency, and really no clue. Fortunatley Hibs were just as bad. Defo improvement second half but until we brought on Mika, we didnt look like scoring. Obviously only a half hour cameo so cant get too carried away but the lad looks head & shoulders above the rest of our players. Strength,pace, skill & an eye for goal. Desire was mentioned up thread, that too. Looks like he has a real football brain with some of the runs & passes he was trying. The worry is our diddies might not be on his wavelength. Lets hope he pushes on. On the evidence from today our strikeforce needs to be him plus one of the other three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Dosser Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 4 minutes ago, AllyMax said: I think the doom mongers from earlier in this thread need to come to terms with the fact that if Kettlewell sees something in a player, thats better than some fans not being excited by a player. Bair and Wilkinson won't score at this level. Well, they've both scored in 50% of league games they've played in. There's not many Motherwell managers can say theyve lost 2 in their first 20. Let the guy do his fucking job and stop greetin' about everything. On reflection re your second paragraph, when was the last 'Well manager who lost only 2 out of his last 20? Might have to go back to the league-challenging 'Well teams of the 30s for similar or perhaps a stat. from the Ancell Babes era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted August 13, 2023 Report Share Posted August 13, 2023 Just home from the pub after an enjoyable result. Not the prettiest but hey the SK revolution continues. Loads of positives and Slattery excellent but Biereth could be the gem to light up our season. All in all a happy day and bring on the buddies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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