wellsince75

strongest subs bench we've had for a while Hope to see Lawless as some stage.

he was excellent in his first season and like others a shadow of himself this year. can't help but wonder if lockdown effects him and he can't see his family etc up north. He looks like someone who's struggling with life. Can't see him playing many more games for us.

It's not a like for like position. Roberts looks like another striker who wants to be central not wide. I'd rather play Lawless wide and have a 2 up front from Roberts/Cole/Watt/Long Although Lawless hasn't even played - yet he's grown in stature since we initially signed him.

he's been played out wide and many appearances as a sub. His interview was interesting - he clearly wants the number 9 and to be played through the middle . He's the most likely person we have to put the ball in the net. Completely agree that out of position he doesn't work hard enough and perhaps thats enough reason to drop him. Personally I'd have given him a handful of games in his position to prove himself but I'm not the one seeing him in training etc every day so got to trust the mgrs decision.

it's possibly more important to keep the form than to get much from the game. What team will turn up - the one the battled mid week or the one that rolled over the previous 2 games. I don't expect a lot from the result but I do expect more of the battling qualities that we showed in midweek. Only glamour of hope is Hibs have won 4 games on the bounce and due to drop points.

Given he's 30 years old, he has a one time only to get to a major championship . I completely agree with you, he'll want to be back as soon as possible.

Completely agree and know this isn't a popular view. He'd be my preferred choice through the middle. I think he's much better than Cole and would bang in more goals.

love the optimism.

in essence 3 wins between now and the end of the season and we're likely to be safe. I remember pre season that I thought this would be an outstanding season for us ..........(and sigh)

Polworth will be finished as a Motherwell player - doesn't offer enough. Long - should only play in the traditional no 9 jersey. Either Cole or Long but not both. Crawford works hard and a decent squad player - no better or worse than Grimmie.

he got skinned very easily by the likes of Tait several times and quite cheaply. He's what's wrong with much of our squad - just not quite good enough for this level.

we didn't sit as deep which was helpful and we won a lot more 1st and 2nd balls. Many players improved. Still don't believe the front 3 work - hopefully lawless comes in and we can play with a winger and start stretching teams as we don't look like scoring and continually try to thread it through a very packed defence.

a decent winger would make the world of difference - all front 3 are far too narrow

plenty of effort lack of quality.

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next goals the winner

plenty of effort lack of any quality Would like to see Lawless come on for Roberts and see if it makes any difference.

they get away with lots of professional fouls

we are too narrow up front - we need to stretch them and not sold Cole adds much

looks like buddies line up with 5 men in midfield - very difficult for our 3

Im stunned we've not moved to a 3-5-2 to get the full team further up the park. There's a few variations that could work eg have Roberts as left/right midfield or drop Watt into the hole . but it does look like the same shitty formation that's been piss poor for what fees like a life sentence.

is Roberts a winger ?

I hadn't realised that - think young Johntstone was the same and has ended up as wing back. When he first came into the first team I thought he was put in as centre half but he looked slow. Could be my fading memory though.

he started life a defender - got found out not to be good enough went back to the reserves - came back as a midfielder He's slow and will get caught out - but can he be any worse than Lamie is the key question

well said - I back you for manager. it's also clear Watt isn't a goal scorer - the #10 role is plain and obvious and frankly we can't afford both him and Polworth in the same team at the same time.