fizoxy
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Everyone is missing a Higdon or a Moult, but we do need someone who offers the ability to win the ball and hold it up. We don’t have the midfield set up to rely on three quick guys trying to get in behind, and Scott is still raw.
I’d have lafferty any day, but think it’s beyond us.
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We had a good first 25 minutes, but I was surprised that it took that long for Celtic to adjust tactically, and disappointed that we didn’t know what to do once they pressed us when Gillespie had the ball.
I don’t think setting up defensively gets us anything, so was happy to see us try to play our own game. The pace of the front three caused them problems for much of the first half, but we couldn’t make anything out of it.
Their first goal was terrible from us, Tait got roasted and Dunne couldn’t cover. Conceding from that free kick was also disappointing, and that’s the first bad game I think I’ve seen Gillespie have. If he’s unable to play the ball long when needed teams are just going to do what Celtic did and force him to go long, which is going to be fruitless with the forward options we have.
After their third all bets were off, we were pushing to try and get back into it and they just picked us off.
Polworth looks like he’s going to be a solid signing, but I still think we need a different option up front.
For a defender/def mid, Donnelly really is composed in and around the opposition box, he has had some really good finishes this year and had a decent enough game.
Overall I’m not going to make snap judgements for the season based on a game against Celtic. However from the two league games so far it is clear that the wingers aren’t going to run riot, and our defense isn’t as good as our record before this game suggests.
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Its a freebie. Take some bodies, get into their heads, then move on.
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Cadds will be fine, Columbus is a big college town. If my experience is anything to go by, he won’t have any language issues as long as he never has to go through the captain d’s drive through or order water.
He will get asked about haggis in his first interview.
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I think we’re pretty thin on wingers and strikers in the reserves/u18s, so this looks like a relatively low risk move to give us some depth in a key position.
Johnson seems to be the odd one out, not being particularly quick or dynamic and unable to play up front alone. He’s a decent finisher, so will prob get some goals for someone.
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Signing confirmed, 1 year with an option of second (like Gorrin), injured at the moment.
https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2019/07/25/well-add-french-forward-christy-manzinga/
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We took advantage of the rule being different for cross border transfers, as both coke and porter would have commanded a fee if they moved to an English club. I see the Cadden situation as similar in that clubs worked something out to their favour within the existing system.
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It would have been genius if we did the same. Seem to remembering us shafting an English team when we signed Chris Porter, and I’m sure a few more.
We’ve had some good fortune on the transfer front recently (Heneghan, Kipre, Moult, Johnson), but this time we’ve lost out. Our development of Cadden wasn’t wasted, we got 100 games out of him. That’s a pretty decent return on investment.
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Think hearts would be more likely.
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The dodgy Cadden deal with Oxford and Columbus is now official.
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Good for him, well deserved, but based on the reaction of the twitter-sphere I don’t think many people read the actual story.
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Campbell signs improved deal https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2019/07/23/allan-campbell-signs-improved-deal/
Doesn’t look like an extension though, pretty sure he was already under contract until 2021.
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That Morton keeper is woeful, very Samson-esque with his refusal to catch a ball. Their left back should have been sent off twice, some absolutely wild tackles.
Hylton has a really good game, the ball seemed to stick to him out on the left flank and that was a great finish for his goal. Scott should have had a hat trick, but those two goals will be great for his confidence.
seedorf is crazy fast, he’s going to be fun to watch, and illic looked handy when he came on.
Donnelly is doing ok, but he was wasteful a few times, similar to McHugh at his worst without the ability to win headers. Nice finish though. Polworth played well, but Morton seemed to give him acres of space all first half. Interesting to see Maguire in midfield for the last 20 or so.
I really like the look of Gallagher, solid player.
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Our experience against stjarnan was similar, and possibly Mypa before that. It’s difficult for clubs like us and Killie to sustain success over more than a couple of seasons.
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It’s good to have some stability, especially with our model and the need to overhaul the squad almost every year.
The manager gets all the blame when things go wrong, so it’s only right he gets the praise when it goes well. He has tended to revert to the percentages based approach when things were hard, so he has to get credit for switching to a more attacking style to turn our season around.
He has also been involved in 3 overhauls of the squad, which I don’t think any other manager has had to do here. So for the sheer number of signings he’s going to have some duds in there, but I’d argue his success percentage must be up there.
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The combination of one tweet and a post on here asking about said tweet means the daily record has an exclusive on its hands.
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Described as a versatile wide player who can play anywhere across the front three.
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There have been a handful of truly great players who managed to be world class without necessarily working hard, or were afforded a more free role due to the work of world class players around them, I think he might think he’s one of them.
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We said we had two wingers lined up just prior to the seedorf signing, and the videos of ilic suggest he plays most of his games as a left winger, so I don’t think we need to worry about him taking playing time from livingstone or Carroll.
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They haven’t said that it’s stopped, so I’m taking that as a sign that it will continue.
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Not much to go on here, hasn’t played many professional games outside of a couple of short loan spells. Will be interesting to see how he develops.
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It seems we have Johnson and Scott who are designated as strikers only, and cole and long who have been described as strikers/wingers. Then hylton who is purely a winger.
Johnson didn’t fit into the front 3 setup last year, so I’m wondering what changed there.
I think we need another striker who can play up top alone and one more winger. This gives us competition and something from the bench.
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Yep, that was him. Scored a nice OG too.
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Pretty sure was touting himself to Dundee Utd too.
2019/2020 Game 2: Celtic (H) August 10th 12pm Kick off
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I agree with the last point there, we are way better than at this point last year and there’s some optimism. Ultimately I think 6/7th is where we’ll end up, but it’s going to be fun.