Brown also updated motherwellfc.co.uk on yesterday’s bounce game with Hearts at Riccarton.
The Steelmen ran out 2-1 winners courtesy of goals from Esteban Casagolda and Nick Blackman and Brown heaped praise on the fringe players bursting a gut to get into the team.
The 70-year-old said, “We don’t normally make too big a fuss about these bounce games, which is quite deliberate as they are often experimental.
“But I must pay tribute to our lads; they were superb. Both our goals were absolutely terrific. Casagolda burst through one-on-one with the goalkeeper and lobbed a beautiful effort into the net. The second, from Blackman, was a carbon copy of Lukas Jutkiewicz’s against Hibs at the tail end of last season.
“We are getting better and better performances from our fringe lads. Jonathan Page, for example is certainly benefitting from the increased exposure to first-team football and Lee Hollis looked assured and safe in goals. We are hopeful these guys, along with the others, can start staking a claim for a regular start in the first-team.
“We also tried one or two players in different positions and they did well. We’ve now got some things to think about ahead of the game with St Johnstone on the 11th September.”