Spiderpig

No complaints about yesterday, we were well beaten by a much better team, i think we done very well to keep the score down to 2. Celtic are by far the best team we will face all season, so as in previous years anything we get from them is a bonus, they will win the league easily. Its how we play against the other 10 teams that matters and from results so far we have nothing to fear from any of them. 8 games played in a very tight league and we are sitting 2nd so we are ok, its been a bad week but onwards and upwards and back to winning ways next week as Dundee untd are utter pish at the moment .

TV off as well its a fuckin embarassment how pish and gutless we are against this mob...total feckin shambles

Thats it game over same feckin shit every time we play them..why am i not surprised

Fuck off.....same old story

The greatest thing motherwell have to overcome on Wed is our own inferiority complex whenever we see a Rangers jersey, it time to ditch the emotional baggage and get right feckin into them. They probably have a side that might hold its own in the SPL, but so do Inverness, Kilmarnock Aberdeen etc, and we have dealt with them without too much fuss. So this is the time to get into them and slap them down to remind them that they are a 3rd division side, and lucky to be even that, its time for some payback for 10 years of letting them shaft us.. Believe

I know we would have taken a point before the game but the way we lost the 2 was unprofessional, we should be seeing games like that out, ie keep the ball,bring on the subs, break the play up etc do what it takes to get the result. Thats 4 points we have lost this season already after 92 mins FFS, points that we should have, sitting at the top 5 points clear would be a lot better, and come the end of the season it could be the difference between a European place and nothing. We are playing well, scoring a few goals but we need to get a bit more ruthless and kill games off, Aberdeens 3rd goal yesterday was an example of what not to do, last minute of injury time 3-2 up the ball should not be given away, especially not for a free kick that allowed Aberdeen to get the ball into the box quickly.

Minority of 2 now mate, i feel exactly the same...not been near Ibrox for over 18 years now and not starting now. I will be delighted if we pump them, but will be watching from home.

Watched the whole game on Alba....poor 1st half but we upped the pace 2nd half and were the better team...Higdon took his chances well..a deserved 3 points....a good day all round

They all got older and are now too busy on Saturdays discovering men and Smirnoff

Feckin pish all round...Inverness is our away weekend up on the Friday afternoon...game on Saturday..2 good nights and train back Sunday at 12:30, thats fecked now...not a happy bunny

Agree with that, they changed to Motorola at the start of the 1991/92 season just before the Katowice game

Voted for ZFA thought he had a great game, solid at the back, did not panick and looks like he has some pace going forward, might be some competition for Hammell there. 2nd pick was Higdon, thought he was unplayable today, great 3 goals, but opted for ZFA great shift in his 1st full start.

According to yesterdays BBC scottish football gossip page, SMC will be given limited funds to strenghthen the squad before Fridays transfer deadline. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19395766

Football ability and goal scoring wise he is good but he is an obnoxious wee shite with a terrible attitude that has seen him dumped from club after club, an arrogant wee ned who the club can well do without.

Just watched STV news and the lead sports story was a statement from SMC that he is hoping to add to the squad by Friday transfer deadline...no other details...has Faddy signed with anybody yet ?

Gutted that we never held out and took the win to go top....but being honest St Mirren played well and deserved at least a point..we never killed the game off and paid the price. But 4 games in and we are unbeaten and a point off the top so a decent start.

I think the same we have a shot at league and cup glory every season, but European matches are special. While winning a cup is great and i would love to see it every year the club will get more benefit from European participation and progress. Playing in the CL and EL will get Motherwell more financial reward than winning the Scottish or League cup. I want to see Motherwell win everything but as the European nights are few and far between thats where i want to see us progress, because if we become regular participants in Europe and i mean not just the qualifiers but the groups then the club gets more money. This money can then be used to stabilise the club and strenghthen the team, which will mean we have a better chance in the domestic campaigns each year.

Presumably Hutch got the standing ovation for being the best of a bad bunch, putting in a great shift, not shirking away from tackles and preventing another goal for Levante.

Yes qualifying is a great achievement but in recent seasons we have been qualifiying on a regular basis, so for me just being in the early rounds is not enough, i want to see us develop and take the next step and have a taste of the group stages. It does not matter what competition you are playing in, domestic or European league or cup competitions every team wants to improve and do better than their last attempt. We may never go that one step beyond and get to a group stage but we need to try and on a few of the games mentioned previously we have not done ourselves justice, so we need to learn and up our performances, scoring a few more goals would be a start

Expectations are not great...been following Motherwell too long to realise that..but we need to be making progress in Europe and taking the next step to EL groups, and that means scoring goals. Thats 3 attempts now (4 if you think Levante game is over) to secure group stages AS Nancy, Odense and Panathinikos and we are 1 for, 13 against. I am not saying we had the quality to beat these teams but we need to start converting chances to give us a glimour of an opportunity

Just had a look back at all of our 25 European matches to date and the record is not the best Played - 25 Won - 9 draw - 1 Lost - 15 For - 32 Against - 29 So in league terms 28 points from a possible 75 its not the best. And remember that nearly 50% of our goals came against 2 of the diddy teams HB Torshavn (7) and Flamurtari ,8 so against some of the more able sides our goal scoring record is poor.

Tactics were not the problem last night....players having a pish poor game and not playing their best on the night was.

Dont agree with that, for me Levante did not look any better than a top half SPL side who we face week in week out, they were ordinary. We gifted them 2 goals and created nothing against them so they were not stretched, Motherwell needed to be at their best last night and we were not. The Levante front players did not look anything out of the ordinary ability wise but they had a bit of pace which when the ball went over the top as it did frequently, they were creating chances from it and turning our defence. We had Higdon as the target while he has scored a few goals, he is a slow as a week in the Jail. We spent large parts of the game last night playing the ball across the middle of the park and back and forward from defence to midfield and going nowhere, the Levante players were just sitting back and enjoying the break. Levante were there for the taking last night and we fecked up yet again, ( AS Nancy, Odense, Levante ) its a familiar story.

Adam Cummins for me, thought he was outstanding last night, he looks a real prospect. As for Hatley and Lasley they were pish an absolute nightmare for the 2 of them

His work rate is good and he will chase down everything but he is a greedy wee shite, he wants to try to score every time he is heading for goal, which is not a bad thing and being honest if he did we would not be having this debate. But the problem for me is that he needs to look up now and again and realise that sometimes there are other players better placed than him to score or continue the move. I like his style and application and i think that he is an assest to the team, but thats the problem he needs to familiarise himself with the concept of a team and pass the ball more often.