wellsince75

Im with you 100% MINTY. Agree 3-5-2 would be good - its easy to flex to 5-3-2 when under the pump Also agree 100% - GA appears a stubborn so and so. Don't see it changing.

Appreciate we all see things differently . many of the games our midfield get over run and there’s little link play moving forward . having 4 or 5 through midfield would give us more strength and I think we can afford to go with 2 up front . just an opinion - not that it matters hugely as GA likely to continue with 4-3–3

personal view is the issue isn't the players - the 3 man midfield is a nonsense. Slattery has limitations , this is why he plays for us not Southampton. Donnelly, O'Hara, Slattery & Goss should all be good enough to do a job but only playing 3 isn't setting them up for success. Appreciate it's old fashioned but a 4-4-2 worked for over a century - can''t be that ridiculous an idea.

Watt will need to prove himself over a more sustained period of time before being considered for Scotland. As for SOD - I think it's worth us comparing our approach to games v's Scotlands. The national team play more to his strengths v's we boot the ball up the park and shout 'chase'

I'm not sold that's his problem. He has a win rate of +40% as a manager but hasn't lasted more than 2 years at most clubs he's been at. I suspect he has a proven method that get's decent results (+40% win) but dreadful to watch and eventually clubs get rid of them as fans can only last so long without losing their shit with anti football. He had a +48% win rate at Salford and on paper it looked very harsh to get rid of him. With this style of play it's understandable why it doesn't last beyond a couple of seasons.

KVV must wonder why he was signed - our style of play just doesn't work for him. Just looked through some of the stats. We''ve ranged from 25% possession when we beat Aberdeen to max of 50%. Against the OF it's less than 30%, against most its 40%. More worrying is we allow the opposition somewhere between 5-15 shots on our goal. We're lucky that the standard of most teams has been poor. Why GA thinks this is a good tactic is beyond me. What we work on in training (other than pure fitness) is also baffling . I just don't see any signs of us working on playing football.

Can’t ever see mugabi getting a game at right back ahead of SOD. I don’t think we’re playing any differently to when we had our run . Luck ran out. The 1-1 game with rangers is a good example - they missed a ton of chances that day - vs today they buried them . there’s been a case to change formation since pre season when 2nd tier teams controlled most of the game - but we got points earlier and put up with the dross . mid we start winning I suspect we will continue to accept points over performance - in short I don’t see GA having any flex to his very limited style

I don't believe blaming the Robinson era is reasonable. GA has signed/resigned +16 players. GA is accountable for the majority of this squad.

Sums up our current position well. Watched Newcastle v Cheslea las night who had all players too deep, got the ball, kicked it to the half way line giving the ball back to the opposition and repeat. Couldn't help but see the similarities with our approach to every game this season. These tactics don't work long term - unless you have a sensational team on the break - which we don't

GA can take great credit for getting us on track last season and for the points tally this season. We are broadly where we should be points and league position wise. Equally he deserves criticism of his 4-3-3 eye bleeding poor quality footy , particularly when we lose or get humped. A thrashing has been coming. We allow too much possession in our final 1/3 and too many shots at goal. I'm not calling for the managers head but I'm incredibly frustrated that he persists with the same tactics/formation each week. I honestly believe we could do a lot better with our existing squad if only we move to a 3-5-2, 4-4-2, 4-4-1-1. I don't see it changing though.

He’s played the same formation and tactics since he arrived and will argue that he’s got out of the relegation dog flight and top half for most of this season . I don’t see him changing any time soon to be honest - not that I’m advocating this turgid dross.

thats the strapline for season 21/22

just back from hols and watched the highlights. Overall we looked pretty poor apart from the golden 15 minute spell where we grabbed the 2 goals. That said the match officials have been really poor. Solhom was pulled down in the first half. If he had the cuteness of Brophy we'd have a certain pen.. Watts pen. First tackle was poor in the box and why the keeper wasn't booked or sent off is a bit odd. Their pen . Very soft, almost as if the ref was looking to find a way to even things out. The retake - a joke. I don't believe the officials are biased or anti Motherwell , just poor. In theory these things balance out over the season but we need to learn to be a bit more savvy in both boxes.

Completely with you . Including pre season we’ve been dominated by most teams - thankfully we have a few class acts who stick the ball in the net and we’ve ridden our luck to get points on the board . allowing teams to dominate possession and have 10+ shots on our goal isn’t a long term strategy . I credit GA with brining in some decent quality but his match play a bloody awful to watch

Sadly not a huge surprise . same tactics , same formation We have zero control of the game . The hope is they have no quality and can’t score and we somehow nick a goal on the counter

How kvv gets dropped regularly vs woolery, mcginley, sod , grimmie . ga frustrates - we seldom play our best players and never play anything than 433 with short corners etc cmon the well

I hear you , we do need a squad but I’d rather find a way for youngsters to be pushing through or have 1 or 2 decent back ups who could and should challenge both watt and kvv We have too many clear back ups , who won’t be first team regulars .Roberts , Justin , Connor shields and if we played a different formation Woolley could be a back up. a smaller squad where we pay a little higher salary would be ideal - supplemented by decent youngsters coming through

I’m surprised that there’s interest from the fans to keep him . I see him more of the problem than the solution - doesn’t offer that much, nothing wrong per say but like many of the journeyman who come through our books. id rather we got shot of the squad players we have and only bring in players who’re better than out first 11.

We should punt the numerous players and use some of the savings to give Tony a decent signing on fee to keep him here for next 3 years .

This is the issue for me . ga a bit thatcher esk “not for changing “ we are very predictable club to play against . The personnel may be swapped but the play and approach is one dimensional

It’s such an obvious thing to try . I don’t see GA doing it - 433 and repeat . Even though we don’t have the players to make it work.

I'm not a fan of GA, he's hard to listen to in pre/post match interviews - even when we win.

What I find surprising is we don't play SOD further up the park. We have no natural right mid or winger. SOD plays well for Scotland in a 3-5-2 shape. We have several very decent central defenders. Could easily pick 3 from Johanson, Ojala, OConner, Lamie, Mugabi to be the back 3. create space for SOD to push further up where he adds value + shore up the midfield , which is outnumbered most game.

Not the team I’d have picked. Could easily have been solholm rathern mugabi Lamie / carrol rather than mcginley ohara rather than grimmie A number of people rather than Woolley

totally agree with formation - given our current crop of players this for me is far better than what we've been doing. Could be some debate re Mugabi v's Lamie (personal view id go with Lamie as left sided. Similarly Donnelly vs Ohara. Sadly I don't believe GA will change his formation/structure - he seems hell bent on a front 3.