Motherwell v Rangers 24/12/2023

[Great Balls of Shire]

Just now, Great Balls of Shire said:

The boy Davor doesn't seem to have much in his locker 

I know Paton has been poor but he has a wee bit of football , I don't know what Davor does

[Ya Bezzer!]

Here's the rub, Rangers will always have technically better players than we do but off the ball where it's more about work rate, concentration etc Rangers are also much better. They press in three and fours. Our players are like 'someone else is doing it, I don't need to'.

Also Georgie Gent has the first touch of a lamp post.

 

 

[texanwellfan]

Other than the gift goal at the start the match going as expected, no? Agree Paton is struggling and I wish O’Donnel could find a Motherwell player with those long balls. 

[bobbybingo]

Just now, Yorkyred said:

Where we are now is down to what’s happened over the last few years. Robinson, Alexander, Hammell, Kettlewell. I would say they are all relevant to where we are now.

Ok. So what part does Robinson play in fixing this?

[Ya Bezzer!]

3 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

Not sure what everyone was expecting today. We are playing a team that won their Europa league group and are in the last 16 of that tournament. 

I was expecting us to not concede an easily preventable goal 3 mins into the match. 

[texanwellfan]

Just now, Ya Bezzer! said:

I was expecting us to not concede an easily preventable goal 3 mins into the match. 

Yep, covered that with my follow up comment. 

[GrahamH]

Just now, Ya Bezzer! said:

I was expecting us to not concede an easily preventable goal 3 mins into the match. 

I’d also add, and then look as if we could concede from virtually every Rangers attack.

[Big Stall]

Not making it as have family commitments on but allowed to watch on tv. By god thisis brutal. Our short passing is dreadful. Decision making non existant, our marking is shambolic & we cant even press!

[El Grew]

4 minutes ago, Yorkyred said:

Where we are now is down to what’s happened over the last few years. Robinson, Alexander, Hammell, Kettlewell. I would say they are all relevant to where we are now.

As I posted previously the chickens have well and truly come home to roost!

[texanwellfan]

2 minutes ago, Big Stall said:

Not making it as have family commitments on but allowed to watch on tv. By god thisis brutal. Our short passing is dreadful. Decision making non existant, our marking is shambolic & we cant even press!

Make sure you copy that. it will save you typing it out for all the other games 

[Kmcalpin]

16 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said:

Here's the rub, Rangers will always have technically better players than we do but off the ball where it's more about work rate, concentration etc Rangers are also much better. They press in three and fours. Our players are like 'someone else is doing it, I don't need to

That to me  is the biggest difference. Work rate and organisation.

[SteelmaninOZ]

Wee bit better not much but just a wee bit 

[ppower]

18 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said:

I was expecting us to not concede an easily preventable goal 3 mins into the match. 

Fuck me. We are expecting at least to get a shot on target.

[Big Stall]

Looks like we have actually decided to at least press them this half

[mio]

The ghost of John hendry about to come on for us. Game changer 

[MJC]

A bit brighter at the start of this half but we can’t just start playing once we’re 2-0 down every week. This team is an absolute shambles.

[SteelmaninOZ]

No Rangers players have been booked mmm 🤔 something fishy going on?

[mio]

Dessers pulling back Biereth… that’s a fkn penalty 

[Bart Verheul]

2 minutes ago, mio said:

Dessers pulling back Biereth… that’s a fkn penalty 

Can someone explain what the difference with that and the penalty Celtic got at Parkhead was?

[texanwellfan]

2 minutes ago, Bart Verheul said:

Can someone explain what the difference with that and the penalty Celtic got at Parkhead was?

You know the difference

[mio]

2 minutes ago, Bart Verheul said:

Can someone explain what the difference with that and the penalty Celtic got at Parkhead was?

There isn’t one. Hasn’t even been mentioned by the Tv. Shock

that prevented a goal scoring opportunity. The fact that it went to var is scandalous 

[wellfan]

6 minutes ago, Bart Verheul said:

Can someone explain what the difference with that and the penalty Celtic got at Parkhead was?

Rangers and Celtic get these decisions. Always. Other teams don't. It's fucking infuriating and will never change. 

[wellsince75]

5 minutes ago, wellfan said:

Rangers and Celtic get these decisions. Always. Other teams don't. It's fucking infuriating and will never change. 

Large crowds cheering and jeering always has and always will influence the ref .

overall we’ve not really offered anything . 

Didn’t expect anything today - having not won since early sep we need any least 4 points from next 2 games or time should be up .

[El Grew]

I wasn’t expecting us to win today but I’d hoped we’d put in a performance and make Rangers work for anything in the game.

I have been expecting to see some sign of improvement in our performances and results in recent weeks as we played teams in our peer group but I can’t discern any - Livingston, Ross County x 2, Kilmarnock, St. Johnstone x 2, St. Mirren and Dundee. That’s 8 games where we’ve only managed 5 points from a possible 24. If that’s not enough to question the manager and direction of travel then I don’t know what is.

[Mad Dog]

Relieved that it was only two, slight improvement second half.