BigCDawg Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Thought we were great in 2nd half but defence was adrift on few occasions. About 3 free headers given away. Some great passing and nice attacks. Moult took his goal well. Can't wait for season to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee_alpha Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 No Dom Thomas tonight? He and Chris Cadden stayed behind in Ireland to join U-19 squad in Foyle Cup competition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxywell Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 When you consider Aberdeen finished comfortably 2nd in our division with a team largely made up of league 1 and championship rejects I think Preston are better than mid spfl premier. Inverness have a team virtually made up with conference players ffs I saw 4/5 Preston and Aberdeen games last season and imo Aberdeen are better than them.They have a couple of decent forwards but the rest of their team isn't much better than ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 'Hammell the man'.You are having a laugh, right? A major contributor in the loss of both goals. The usual inept passing and poor positional play. A bit harsh but yes he did not close his man down for the cross at the first goal. Thats always been a weak part of his game - he's better on the ball than off it. Second goal, our central midfield allowed the scorer far too much room. We played some decent football although we must be more clinical. Not sure about Chalmers playing wide left - doesn't have the pace for that but I guess he'll slot in there for our first 2 league games. A good workout though which highlighted our weaknesses in defence and central midfield. Hopefully Ian Baraclough will put that knowledge to good use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Enjoyed tonight, new found vigour in our team.It's really hard not to instinctively correct that to Vigurs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dossertillidie Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Johnson will be the Jewell in the crown this season without a doubt. Think he has the potential to be one of the best midfield players we have seen in a long long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 If Johnson can improve his finishing a bit he'll be worth millions this time next year, him and Ainsworth are gonna tear up the league this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 aye i can't wait too see ainsworth and johnson at full flow this season,there should be plenty of chances created for our new look strike force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Marvin is scary fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Marvin is scary fast. Not just fast - he has the end product too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellfan1984 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 'Hammell the man'.You are having a laugh, right? A major contributor in the loss of both goals. The usual inept passing and poor positional play. His crossing is like that of a school kid who hits it in the middle hoping for the best with no awareness of where his teammates are. The sooner we get a decent left back the better. Never read so much crap in one paragraph as I just have here, at this steelmenonline! Let's just take the second goal which was the cumulative effort of awful midfield cover and sublime finishing. Hammell also has one of, if not the best first touches you'll see at this level. Excellent player, who no doubt we missed for the most part last season. PNE's left back would have had nightmares last night after what Marvin Johnson did to him countless times. Marvin's turn and go will frighten any SPFL full back this season. Thought Leitch played well when he came on, Looking for the ball and linking the gap between midfield and striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Never read so much crap in one paragraph as I just have here, at this steelmenonline! Let's just take the second goal which was the cumulative effort of awful midfield cover and sublime finishing. Hammell also has one of, if not the best first touches you'll see at this level. Excellent player, who no doubt we missed for the most part last season. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water - the Traveller is entitled to his/her opinion. Yes, he is very accomplished on the ball and has a great first touch. However for me, its when he's off the ball that his defensive frailties show - too often he gets caught out of position allowing an opponent those vital few seconds and yards to whip over a cross, putting our central defence and goalie under pressure. All that said if he was a better player he wouldn't be with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Any idea who it was? If you watch Bara's post-match interview it looks like Dan Atkinson (trialist keeper vs Sligo) walking past in the background talking to Jim Hollman. I'd imagine it was him since all the outfield subs got a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Really enjoyed last night. Thought everyone played their part and Johnson and Ainsworth in particular were excellent. We played some really good stuff going forward and there is lots to be postivie about and look forward. The first goal in particular was avoidable and we definitely need to improve the final ball and finishing. If was a "real" game I'd have been going off my heid! A small issue aside, if for the games that Ainsworth is suspended Baraclough is going to play Johnson on the right, I'd hope we'd play Dom Thomas on the left. Chalmers was steady enough, in fact he did very little wrong, but he doesn't look like a left midfielder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebsbarmyarmy Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 No Dom Thomas tonight? Singing Karaoke in a bar in L'Derry going by his tweets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Singing Karaoke in a bar in L'Derry going by his tweets... Celebrating getting beat by a part time Irish u19s mob in semis of youth tourney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sounds like a typical Motherwell European tour then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzyB Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Aw jeez hope he didn't tweet a picture of his dinner while he was at it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sounded like his singing was great according to twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Delivered a mean neil diamond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malky79 Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 Encouraging performance last night on the whole. I thought Chalmers looked a bit of a fish out of water in midfield but not absolutely awful. Some decents touches and involvement but just wasn't natural to him, he certainly is no winger but looked like a potentially solid player who could be an able deputy at left back if Hammell misses any games and a possible replacement in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 The things you stumble across..... http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/sport/football/nw-football/foyle-cup-craigan-happy-with-motherwell-win-1-6862461 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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