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Yes, absolutely no penetration going forward. Watt and Lang do move, but there isn't anyone looking to make a telling pass. Very flat and uninspiring performance so far.

I don't think Peter Crouch is the ref tonight.

Ref marked out 8 steps at that free kick. Not applying 10 yard rule at all.

Polworth is a passenger.

Worrying that we've played 30 mins and still haven't had an attempt on goal.

Good start by Tony Watt who looks lively.

Difficult one today, gave my vote to Polworth for the little bit that he did in the final 20 minutes.

There are no easy answers. Robbo certainly doesn't seem to have it about him to drive this squad of players forward, but I doubt there are any resources available to do anything about it, either with the playing staff or on the management side. I guess I'm resigned to things staying much as they are and hoping that we scrape enough points together to stay in the league. God help us if we go down this season.

Motherwell is a team with relegation written all over them.

Well played Polworth, much better. Awful attempt at a finish mind you.

Bloody rubbish. Never looking like we know how to get into the final third with any intent at all.

Too early to say. He made one instinctive or lucky save everything else was pretty much run of the mill stuff. Took one cross well. I thought he was a little slow to get down for the second goal, but that is maybe a bit harsh.

I've gone for Watt because he put in a lot of work which is more than many today.

A better performance this week, for the first 45 minutes anyway. The second half though was just a shambles. It seems that when we are on top, other teams are able to react to counter any threat that we have, Motherwell on the other hand appear unable to adjust to grapple control from any other team in the league. Why do you think that is? Answers on a postcard.

Yes, I agree. I find it very difficult to blame the strikers when they simply don't get anything to work with.

A really difficult one today. I thought that Crawford's first half was decent, but he faded in the second. So, maybe a bit controversial, but I think that big Bevis did not too bad a job today. Look beyond his dreadful distribution and he seems to read the game pretty well and defend to a reasonable level.

The back line is particularly vulnerable to any pace. The midfield isn't blessed in that area either. The only real pace that the team has is in Seedorf and Long. We don't seem able to unleash Seedorf's pace to any effect and Long appears to have an attitude issue that means that we won't often get the best from him.

I have to agree. The fact that this forum is giving simple advice on how to pass to a teammate indicates just how poor the team's general level of footballing competence has fallen. That level really shouldn't be what we see each week at the top level in Scotland.

I have to agree with this, but I do think that Motherwell seem to be technically poorer than most of the other teams in the league. Just watching that game today it was clear that St Johnstone can pass and move better and do so with more pace than Mothewell. Our game is typified by slow movement of the ball, a lack of movement off the ball and multi-touch/mis-control. All of this gives the opposition more time to react and organise making it very difficult for us to create meaningful chances for our front players, and when those slow passes are made in a backwards direction, it places pressure on our back line ultimately resulting to the loss of goals. Basically, we need to be technically better.

Robbo talks a lot about having to win the right to play football. Well, from what I see, I don't see a team that is willing to put up the fight needed to win that right. This team is has no fight in them. Strength and desire are sorely missing. Deservedly out of the cup with barely a whimper.

To be fair, White will get his head to the ball if we can deliver into the box.

That goal had everything that we don't; pace, drive, determination and a dangerous ball into the box.

Lamie disaster, aided and abetted by Gallaghers lack of pace. Typical Motherwell. A gift of a goal.

Tony Watt. What a chance. Typically very poor touch today and the chan ce is gone.

Seedorf...You fill in the rest.