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Motherwell v Aberdeen 15/09/2026


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2 hours ago, MJC said:

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You can dress this up any way you want but that is an absolute disgrace.

Against a team who’ve not been able to buy a win of late too.

I repeat, we are in trouble this season.

You may not be wrong but long road to go. 3 goals to St Mirren, Rangers should have taken 4 off us and a piss poor Aberdeen took 4 off us. Nothing up front and a piss poor defence. 

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A very worrying nights work for us,that was absolutely shocking,the forward line that started the game just won't do, kangala doesn't look ready to be starting games and maswanhise and cooke are bone idle and when you throw is said we have assembled 4 players that are all very similar and offering very little at present,we needed something different through the middle tonight but yet again cook starts.defensively is now a real concern, we look all over the place as soon as a bit of pressure comes our way,7 goals conceded between st mirren and aberdeen is woeful,we're not looking a particularly well drilled side at both ends of the park and that is a big problem.

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Ugly and effective beats Pretty ineffective tonight I'm afraid. Robinson had the measure of us from the start. We're weak at the back and toothless up front. Slow and ponderous on the ball allowing the opposition to get back into shape. Awful stuff.

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37 minutes ago, Orinoco said:

3 shots 3 goals. They wont repeat that again this season.

Longelo needs to play further forward with Williams behind him.

Sparrow aint a right back. 

Front 3 mix is not right. 

To many pea hearted players who let their heads drop. We need a leader.

SOD?

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It's been a very mixed season thus far.  Some very good performance and some very bad performances. 

There's been a few league games and cup game where we're simply not at the races or large parts of games when we've not been anywhere near good enough. 

We've conceded 9 goals already this season, given a lot of easy goals away.  

After some very decent European games we need to sort it out. 

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Carlsberg don't do reality checks.......

Let me start with yes it was an absolute shocker but we haven't had many like that recently,  the mass exodus at 3-0 and folk shouting 'S***E* at full time!,  come on.

First half hour was fine but after 1-0 we fell apart.  Hodge had been great but 2nd goal knocked wind right out of him.   

I don't understand playing RCC up front against huge defence and 2 big guys on bench,  mind you Seb done hee haw when he came on.   To give Vogt credit he put in 2 cracking crosses but no one in the middle.

Kanga has just arrived and needs time to settle,  Maswanhise just frustrates hell out of me.  RCC needs benched.

Lowry our only creative spark but he needs help.

I would start Williams and Levitt on Saturday and definitely get big Jamie Knight-Lebel back in.  Also Alfred needs to realise Sparrow isn't a right back.

Robbo would get fitba stopped and dons antics embarrassing but with 31% possession and 4 goals they wont be complaining.

 

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I'm prepared to put that down as just one of those nights.

Thought we played some good stuff in the first half an hour but we found it difficult to find space with Aberdeen basically playing 8 at the back.

They score with their only shot on target and we go in at half time 1-0 down in a match we've totally controlled and dominated.  I think we had something like 80% of possession at that point.

Second half we give a goal away with a mistake within seconds and then the game is gone and a lot of heads went down.

Might as well blown for full time then as we just weren't at the races 2nd half but that can happen when things go against you.

Worth noting we have 8 points after 6 games when it took us 8 matches to achieve that last season.  I think the season can still go either way but we can't afford too many more losses like that because they absolutely kill confidence.

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A woeful display tonight, 69% possession n feck all creativity, I have no idea why we start without a centre forward but Alfred’s plan is crosses from the wing?

Mas and Cooke offered nothing tonight but we persisted with firing it down the right while Longo was in acres of space on the left and if you want any player on the ball running at a defence it’s got to be Lingo but no we have right side blinkers and Robbie cluggers know that.

We honestly miss Oscar’s energy, Lucas n Hodge continually turn back, we give the opposition time to re assemble, we want to walk the ball in, Alfred needs to change it up, agree with other posters we need to start Levitt on Sat, drop Mas n start Palmer, drop Sparrow n start SOD start Levitt ahead of Kanga,

As for captain material for Sparrow? A fecking idiot with his reaction and he was lucky to stay in the park with his stupidity, I’d give Williams n go he’s more a right back then Sparrow, total disgrace tonight and let’s hope it’s the kick up the arse they all need!

hopefully this was the end of the shite n normal service resumes soon!

 

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Sussed! 

McGlynn , McLeish, McIness and now Robinson.  They have shown how to stop us from playing. We are too slow coming out from the back allowing defences to get set up and stifle any attack. It's going to be a long season unless Alfred sorts it out.

I won't single out any players but there are a few who should not be on the park next week.

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All the chat has been that we need time on the training pitch while also balancing rest and recovery. Well that paid dividends against an Aberdeen team that went into extra time with 10 men 3 days ago. 

I’ll be pleasantly surprised if a few months from now, we look back on tonight as a rare blip. I’ve seen enough in riding our luck against Hibs, a powderpuff performance against Falkirk, an embarrassment at Ochilview and a 8 minute capitulation in Paisley to signal cause for concern. Of course, there have been a good few positive moments along the way, but we are miles away from implementing the principles that brought great excitement, belief and relative success last season. 

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RCC has put a lot more effort recently than Maswhinese, who is the one who should be on the bench for a spell. 

Manager needs to realise he sent it the wrong team/formation tonight and we suffered once again from having zero plan B when going behind. 

All the pretty stuff is well and good when you are running the game. 

Fair dues to Aberdeen for sussing us out so quickly tonight.

Nowhere near as confident about Dens on Saturday than I was pre-match tonight.

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Almost a year ago we got pumped 4-1 by a robbo side.  That was a shocker and we recovered.

Not sugarcoating tonight but we have had a terrible performance and we all know that.   3 weeks ago we were in Freiburg putting in a brave performance against bundesliga league leaders.

We are very much a team in transition and it takes time.   Jens took time to get things working also.  I have every faith in Alfred.

COYW

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