Motherwell v Rangers League Cup Semi final Nov 2/3

[mfc]

That definitely feels like a what if moment.we played right into there hands in the second half,we were absolutely garbage.

[steelboy]

3 minutes ago, 0Neils40yarder said:

Absolutely pathetic performance from start to finish...passive, negative shite

That's our tactics now. 

The long throws and crossing free kicks from the halfway line are Kettlewell and Frank's game plan. Total chancers. 

[grizzlyg]

On bus,  definitely blew it 2nd half against a very poor rangers side.

Bringing on Robinson and tavares made no sense and what is point in having koutrombis on bench then not use them. That came back to bite us as casey at fault for 2nd goal.

It's disappointing but special mention to our magnificent support today. COYW

[dinnae-punt-it]

Theo Robinson and Jair Tavares are absolute imposters. Robinson is absolutely chronic at doing anything useful. Jair just looks like he can’t be bothered. Kettlewell killed our chances of winning by putting them on instead of Watt and Moses. 

[MJC]

Our support were magnificent today. That’s the only positive to take from that. 

[Mccus28]

1 minute ago, dinnae-punt-it said:

Theo Robinson and Jair Tavares are absolute imposters. Robinson is absolutely chronic at doing anything useful. Jair just looks like he can’t be bothered. Kettlewell killed our chances of winning by putting them on instead of Watt and Moses. 

My thoughts exactly.............i actually can't believe that decision

[dinnae-punt-it]

46 minutes ago, Benson said:

Agree 100%,wtf was he thinking.

Robinson is so bad, it makes you wonder what he has on Kettlewell. His attempt at a cross when we had Tavares free at the back post was unforgivable. He literally had about a 10 yard gap to aim for and sclaffed it. 

[FirParkCornerExile]

51 minutes ago, Benson said:

Agree 100%,wtf was he thinking.

The game was screaming out for someone who could give us a breather and give the rest of the team an out  (Watt) and I do'nt give a fuck if some don't like him he has hold up play in his locker and fouls a plenty and thats where we score most of our goals. That was fuckin abysmal from start to finish and lies squarely with SK. Said he would go out not to lose not to win and he did exactly that..... pathetic utterly pathetic  

[Ya Bezzer!]

Poor performance. Never really got into the game at all.

Looking for a decent start but we hardly had a touch for the first 10-15 minutes.

Rangers weren't great but our goal came against the run of play. 

Midfield was never in the match, not even for a spell did we have any control and I don't think we've won a header in Rangers half all match.

Even Lennon Miller was subdued today.

You need big game players for matches like that and we don't have them.

When Rangers scored 4 minutes into the 2nd half the writing was on the wall.

We didn't get it right tactically but lets be honest most of the players froze as players at our level usually do.

Just need to put it behind us and try and keep our decent league form going. 

[mio]

Just in and gutted 

a real wasted opportunity and we made a very average side look good.

the double sub was utterly bizarre? Robinson and Tavares couldn’t even hold the ball up never mind do or create anything positive.

disappointing day. Fans were great though and supported the team throughout, even without anything to get excited about in the 2nd half.
 

[wellup83]

Disappointed. Not bitterly, but disappointed. We can't chase the ball for 90 minutes and expect not to run out of steam. We showed a team, low on confidence, on a poor run, with a volatile fan base far too much respect. We scored a good goal with good play then resorted to hoofball and long throws of which we won not one aerial dual. The introduction of Robinson and Tavares was baffling to say the least. Their defenders were never stretched and nothing changed with their appearances. The only time we looked remotely like troubling them second half was when we got the ball down and passed. Three or four passes would see us on the edge of their box only for us to make a mess of a cross and surrender possession cheaply. It would have been nice to have reached a final but let's face it, we'd have been destroyed by the green side. Never mind, we're after the Scottish anyway.

[FirParkCornerExile]

2 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said:

Poor performance. Never really got into the game at all.

Looking for a decent start but we hardly had a touch for the first 10-15 minutes.

Rangers weren't great but our goal came against the run of play. 

Midfield was never in the match, not even for a spell did we have any control and I don't think we've won a header in Rangers half all match.

Even Lennon Miller was subdued today.

You need big game players for matches like that and we don't have them.

When Rangers scored 4 minutes into the 2nd half the writing was on the wall.

We didn't get it right tactically but lets be honest most of the players froze as players at our level usually do.

Just need to put it behind us and try and keep our decent league form going. 

You also need as manager who doesn't think 11 men behind a ball and boot it long will achieve anything. 

[mfc]

17 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

The game was screaming out for someone who could give us a breather and give the rest of the team an out  (Watt) and I do'nt give a fuck if some don't like him he has hold up play in his locker and fouls a plenty and thats where we score most of our goals. That was fuckin abysmal from start to finish and lies squarely with SK. Said he would go out not to lose not to win and he did exactly that..... pathetic utterly pathetic  

Aye watt should have came on,at the very least he knows how to buy a foul and that would have been enough to break the play up and get us up the park,we would be as well sending him back to utd as soon as we can and same goes for tavares,you can see why he wasn't getting a game for a rotten Hibs team.the more games we play it's becoming clear that up front is an absolute mess,we have umpteen options but yet there isn't a single sign of what were actually trying to with them.

[FirParkCornerExile]

Just now, mfc said:

Aye watt should have came on,at the very least he knows how to buy a foul and that would have been enough to break the play up and get us up the park,we would be as well sending him back to utd as soon as we can and same goes for tavares,you can see why he wasn't getting a game for a rotten Hibs team.the more games we play it's becoming clear that up front is an absolute mess,we have umpteen options but yet there isn't a single sign of what were actually trying to with them.

For me the bigger mess is the midfield. The guys up front get nothing.

[Benson]

48 minutes ago, steelboy said:

That's our tactics now. 

The long throws and crossing free kicks from the halfway line are Kettlewell and Frank's game plan. Total chancers. 

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[mfc]

50 minutes ago, steelboy said:

That's our tactics now. 

The long throws and crossing free kicks from the halfway line are Kettlewell and Frank's game plan. Total chancers. 

The opposition have sussed the long throw already.

[Spiderpig]

Just back in, big chance for a final missed today, we made them look good. 1-0 in front after a great Halliday goal at half time and we came out and offered feck all 2nd half, no goal threat at all, instead of getting at them and pressing high we sat back and let them dictate the game, when they scored their 1st goal it was only going to end one way.

That said it saves the pain of another pumping by Celtic in the final.

[2/6 tae get in]

1 hour ago, steelboy said:

Shocking from the manager to move him to RWB when he's been playing out his skin at rcb. 

He made worse decisions than that.

[steelboy]

None of the usual websites have player stats up but i'm fairly certain that Robinson and Tavares both played 33 minutes and didn't complete a single successful pass. Tavares didn't even attempt one.

How long are we going to put up with this clown in charge of us? Miller, Wilson and Ox got him out of jail this season so far but his signings and tactics are dire.

 

 

[David]

8 minutes ago, steelboy said:

How long are we going to put up with this clown in charge of us?

Well, seeing as we're sitting 5th in the table and just got to a cup semi-final, I'd imagine that the manager is going nowhere for the time being. 

[Yodo]

Blame lies totally at the managers door his tactics were terrible and his substitutions beyond belief . We needed a goal and he sends on two of the worst players we have . Once again the support was brilliant deserve a better manager than Kettlewell 

[SteelmaninOZ]

Speaking of the gaffer here he is 

 

[stv]

Watt was an obvious sub to hold the ball up a bit and get fouls further up the park . The two he put on were worse than pathetic. Cup semis must be won with a bit of forward play , looked like he was out for a draw today. Rangers were there for the taking . Disappointed but not surprised.

[wellsince75]

Frustrating as the chance was there. Especially riding our luck and being    1-0 up .

im a huge advocate of watt from his first time at the club and can see why people calling for him to come on .

he looks out of shape and hasn’t had much game time , not convinced he’d have been the answer - albeit not any worse than who we did bring on .

frustratingly even a poor rangers team on a poor run have players who are simply much better than the ones we have . 

[Chanzeypopz]

1 hour ago, MJC said:

Our support were magnificent today. That’s the only positive to take from that. 

We also didnt get beat 6-0 and get to play celtic one less time this season, So theres that too 💁‍♀️