MelvinBragg

For me 442 is not for us. Playing a diamond means no width, a standard 442 means only two centre midfielders and we're getting overrun when playing 3...

Could be 352, could be 442 with a diamond midfield. Either way, and I like Robinson a lot, that lineup is a sacking offence...

I said on here two months ago that Bowman and Elliot Frear would walk into this Motherwell team and was laughed at...

Not the worst by a long way. Not exactly an abundance of candidates...

What strikes me is that St Mirren on a budget similar to our own have a number of players who look comfortable on the ball...

St Mireen are passing through the midfield with so much ease, I fail to see how removing a centre midfielder would help. Unless you're suggesting a diamond midfield which doesn't really offer the protection you're after for the full backs..

We don't have the players for 442 either. We don't have the players...

What would you suggest as an alternative? The shape isn't the problem, it's the quality of player...

Fucking Chris Long??

352 Archer Mugabi Gallagher O'Hara O'Donnell Campbell Maguire Polworth McGinlay Watt Lang/Cole Dunno who suggested playing Hastie or Seedorf against Tait but a complete no-no. Two poor wingers that Tait has had the benefit of facing in training on a regular basis. There's no formation or lineup that's going to get universal approval. For me Long, Hastie, Lamie, White and Seedorf should be nowhere near the starting lineup and frankly if all of them were removed from the wage bill in January, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world...

The goal had been coming all second half. Responded well but don't feel we look likely to score. As I type this, we hit the post. One of those days...?

I think Lang has been decent...

Just when you think things can't get any worse, someone suggests a Scottish League One level winger is the answer...

How Robinson can justify bringing Lamie in for McGinlay, I have no idea...

Interesting question and the one that automatically popped into my head....

I expect us to lose today. Anything other than a defeat is a bonus. .

I think it was Stuart McCall. Whoever said it, they weren't wrong...

Signing Heneghan would be frankly ridiculous. Our squad is already on the large side. The fact that Mugabi, Dunne, Carroll, Donnelly and Lamie are injured doesn't mean we're not paying their wages...

Noticed that PJ Morrison came on for Falkirk on Saturday after their keeper got sent off. That led me to glance at their squad and noticed a fair smattering of former Motherwell players. Saturday featured Ben Hall, Morgaro Gomis, Conor Sammon and Robbie Leitch. Next week will probably see their third choice keeper on the bench who is apparently also on loan from us (if wikipedia is to be believed)....

I could have voted for Watt but as I knew he'd 2in this poll easily I gave my vote to Polworth. As good a game as I've seen him have in a while. McGinlay put in a fantastic cross for the first goal, but the pass out to him was something to behold as well...

Obviously hamstrung by players not being available today but not a fan of us playing 433. Long offering next to nothing, if we're persevering with 433 bring Lang on for him. In future, I'd prefer 352 with Cole and Watt up top...

O'Hara at centre half is one of those decisions that if it works well looks like a tactical masterstroke but if it goes badly, will look really bad. Time will tell...

If you look at the SPFL as an organisation then each team as a 'department' has to be under scrutiny in the current climate...

Choosing my words carefully here, I know of a workplace where several departments have been hit by large outbreaks among staff while others have remained pretty much unscathed. PPE is plentiful in each area and protocols are identical. Some of the areas that have been hit heavy are not as high risk as others that have been largely untouched. Is it dumb luck or have some been complacent? Impossible to tell, but certainly worth investigating...

My own personal opinion would be that our 'high profile' players are Carson, O'Donnell, Gallagher, Campbell and Watt. Whether whoever told you that would include others in that list, I couldn't say...