Spellczech Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Thought it might be an idea to have such a thread after each of the first 11 games... I thought they actually looked pretty similar to last season even though they lost a few players. Whilst last season they would have mugged us for the result this time they got equalisers and then we went back at them. They didn't have much to offer in midfield but their strikers are dangerous on the few occasions that they got in behind us. Defensively they got pulled all over the place by Mole and Audrey and latterly Miko and Chesney. A bit of improvement in getting the crosses and final pass in and we could have racked up even more than 3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Sexington Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Thought it might be an idea to have such a thread after each of the first 11 games... I thought they actually looked pretty similar to last season even though they lost a few players. Whilst last season they would have mugged us for the result this time they got equalisers and then we went back at them. They didn't have much to offer in midfield but their strikers are dangerous on the few occasions that they got in behind us. Defensively they got pulled all over the place by Mole and Audrey and latterly Miko and Chesney. A bit of improvement in getting the crosses and final pass in and we could have racked up even more than 3... I thought defensively they were shaky as hell. On another day we could have had 4 or 5 against them. They do play some nice stuff though and are pretty dangerous going forward. I never felt comfortable that we were definitely going to win put it that way. We'll play much worse teams than Well this season. That's why the result is so pleasing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
200milesfromgorgie Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 i don't think the will have a season like last. we'll (if we get the plyers and buck up our ides) will be fighting it out with dundee utd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 As above. Slightly better than average. It will be interesting to see if they are anywhere near the mix for 3/4th this year. I have my doubts. They have a very small squad and if suspensions and injuries hit they will struggle. Defensively they are suspect as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 As above. Slightly better than average. It will be interesting to see if they are anywhere near the mix for 3/4th this year. I have my doubts. They have a very small squad and if suspensions and injuries hit they will struggle. Defensively they are suspect as well. I didn't think they were significantly worse than last season, when they were the best of an average league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDonald Jardine Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Stephen Hughes still makes them tick and David Clarkson is going to have the season that gets him a move to Rangers/Celtic/Wolves/Birmingham/Plymouth. Craigan is a shocker, McGhee knows it but still gave him the captain's armband. Bob Malcolm's rubbish but everyone in front of him can play a bit so he'll be carried for the season picking up hundreds of bookings and 'protecting' the defence. I predict top six for Murderwell....just. I though Malcolm did a good job for his team yesterday. Not the most skilfull but every team heeds someone who can win the ball and play it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Is Back Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 As above. Slightly better than average. It will be interesting to see if they are anywhere near the mix for 3/4th this year. I have my doubts. They have a very small squad and if suspensions and injuries hit they will struggle. Defensively they are suspect as well. Spot on. I'd have Hughes and Clarkson in my team but that's about it. I like the way they play the game but no wonder turncoat was trying to sign John Kennedy - that defence is a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groatallar Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Motherwell will be lucky to make the top 6 unless they make some signings. They are good going forward but their defence which is basically the same as last year looks unbelievably bad. They have a very small squad and unless they are very fortunate with injuries and suspensions will struggle IMO (if they don't make some signings). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToadKiller Dog Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 they have a small squad? look at the back of the match program a lot bigger than ours,maybe not as much talent. thought they were above average in terms of the SPL which means top 6 think thats about the place they will be ,they have enough football and danger about them to end up around 5th 6th. I think Mcghee will regret not leaving in the summer as i cant see him getting much in the way of resources and as much as i hope they do ok in europe i think a half decent European side will be to clever for them.His and motherwells media darling stock will drop a little this season. At this moment i dont think we are much better then them but i think we should get stronger as the season grows . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester copperpot Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 To me, the difference yesterday wasn't Motherwell, the difference was Hearts. If we had a leader, a goal getter and an attacking MF, then we'd be ***** hot. i.e Pressley, Hartley and Velicka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambonian Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 What I thought of Motherwell? Pash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winston churchill Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 as i said yesterday,they wont make the top six. one season wonders who were gifted their two goals. i can only remember banksy making one save from a header. as for mcghee,is he pregnant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighusref Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I thought defensively they were shaky as hell. On another day we could have had 4 or 5 against them. They do play some nice stuff though and are pretty dangerous going forward. I never felt comfortable that we were definitely going to win put it that way. We'll play much worse teams than Well this season. That's why the result is so pleasing for me. I would agree with that. If Motherwell could shore up that defence they would do a lot better, their midfield of Hughes and Lasley is okay and I like both Porter and Clarkson. As for how we dealt with them, a little composure and we could have increased our lead on many occasions. I feel we allowed Motherwell onto us with our midfield line up, do that against R@ng*rs and they will score more than Motherwell did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary G Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Motherwell have been a credit to the League the last couple of seasons. Their Youth teams all perform well and they have a few other gems coming through. Small support though, and Fir Park looks like it was designed by the muppet from Ayrshire in the BB house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoxyjambo Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I've never been as impressed with Motherwell as a lot of folk, they do try and play football and were beginning to pin us back a bit up until Mole scored. Dont think they're anything to be scared of though. I thought a lot of what they done in the game was down to our own errors, Clarkson took his goals well but both very avoidable from our point of view. We dropped out of the game for a long spell in the second half and let them have the ball far too often, we definitely let them back in the game when it should have been wrapped up long before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Mark McGhee has sand in his vagina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Did the goalie s**t himself for our 2nd goal.Looked to pull out for the ball from where i was sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groatallar Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 they have a small squad? look at the back of the match program a lot bigger than ours,maybe not as much talent. Check their web-site I run a FFL tournament and I was shocked how few players they had listed as first team. In addition McGhee was harping on about having a small squad on the radio a few days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Motherwell looked no better nor worse than last season - a tidy enough outfit - better going forward than defending but as a whole cartainly better than Hibs, Aberdeen, Kilmarnock, St. Mirren, Hamilton & Inverness - Falkirk also look a tidy footballing team but I think Motherwell have better goal threat. I would say that the Old Firm, Dundee United & Hearts will be better than them this season but that is only 4 teams - there are still 2 other top six places up for grabs and I'd be very surprised if Motherwell didn't occupy one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drylaw Hearts Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 'Well were poor imo. On todays showing at Darkheid St Mirren look a better team than 'Well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Chimp Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Motherwell have been a credit to the League the last couple of seasons. Their Youth teams all perform well and they have a few other gems coming through. Small support though, and Fir Park looks like it was designed by the muppet from Ayrshire in the BB house. I could never call motherwell a credit to our league. I cannot stand them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 'Well were poor imo. On todays showing at Darkheid St Mirren look a better team than 'Well. Motherwell finished comfortably ahead of us last season as the SPL table shows but in games between us and them there was nothing between us with 2 wins each and a draw in the 5 games played. Hearts beat Motherwell twice at Fir Park last season and should also have won the 2-2 cup draw at Tynecastle - they won the other SPL game 2-1 at Tynie and 1-0 at Fir Park in the cup replay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Tarts 1874 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Motherwell haven't lost any of their first team players and therefore looked very similar to last season. Last season Motherwell avoided suspensions and injuries and so were unchanged for most games. It is unlikely that they will get quite so lucky this season. A big difference yesterday is that Csaba reacted to McGhee's changes, last season Frail just watched on like a frightened rabbit whilst McGhee turned games in his team's favour, particularly the Scottish Cup tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 They did lose Ross McCormack to Cardiff and he was probably their best attacking prospect but that apart they are very much along the same lines as last season, probably not got a strong enough squad to finish 3rd in successive seasons also I reckon Hearts & Dundee United will be stronger this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashishere Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I honestly believe Motherwell is a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Thought it might be an idea to have such a thread after each of the first 11 games...... I thought they were pesh. McGhee proved my opinion of him based on previous jobs.....he's a one season wonder. Thankfully he didn't rock up at Tynecastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portobellojambo1 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Thought they looked similar, in style, to last season, but the loss of Ross McCormack as their main attacking option could make them a lot less troublesome to other teams this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Axident Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Motherwell will finish above Hibs that's all i can say at this point Arf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N User Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Decent going forward, shocking at the back. Hearts could have scored more than three. Bob Malcolm is a huddy and is at the centre of their team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disser Pointon Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 I've never been as impressed with Motherwell as a lot of folk, they do try and play football and were beginning to pin us back a bit up until Mole scored. Dont think they're anything to be scared of though. I thought a lot of what they done in the game was down to our own errors, Clarkson took his goals well but both very avoidable from our point of view. We dropped out of the game for a long spell in the second half and let them have the ball far too often, we definitely let them back in the game when it should have been wrapped up long before. Must've missed that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoxyjambo Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Must've missed that! What a donkey! obviously meant Stewart, that's what drinking does to you I suppose!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazo Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Slightly worse than last year and defensively they look worse. Top 6 team but i doubt they will be in the top 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Jambo 60 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 What a donkey! obviously meant Stewart, that's what drinking does to you I suppose!!! I thought you had got away with that. No chance it is KICKBACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Macaroons Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 OP See thumbnail They looked very ordinary and it would have been a travesty if they had nicked a draw. McGeek must be seek that he chose to stay with a run of the mill outfit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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