GazzyB Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 And breathe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairhill Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I'm awake now, must have been a bad dream after all!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Thank fuck. King Louis. You wonder how we will cope when he goes in for his treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Presumably McHugh will now be suspended in midweek for 2 yellow cards? Is Cadden on the bench? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last post by: Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Cadden came on for the injured trialist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 You wonder how we will cope when he goes in for his treatment.This is the worry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellarmy Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Got there in the end, professionalism was severely lacking in the first half but played well in the second. Could've won by much more in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 The way things are going we'll need to play a 4-5-1 formation with Mackin being the sole striker. Hope he doesn't get injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Glad to get the victory today. Hopefully build on this and score a few on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 professionalism was severely lacking in the first half but played well in the second. Could've won by much more in the end. What do you mean? Like last week we seemed to have missed a barrowload. Still we won! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonwell Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Much improved 2nd half. 1st half was pretty dire tbh with constant long balls being pumped forward. Moult and Johnson the best players on the park by a distance. Cadden looked good when he came on as well I thought, some engine on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1991 Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I was impressed with McHugh didn't waste many passes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Didn't think the 1st half was all that bad to be honest. Annan scored with their only chance. Agree though that Cadden made a big difference when he came on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Decent enough trip down to Annan and a comfortable victory in the end credit. Fair play to Moult playing through injury and making the difference with his goals. Marvin was too much for them to handle and while Ainsworth splits opinion, he was pivotal to our spell of dominance in the 2nd half. Shame the boy Lucas couldn't stay fit in order for McGhee to have a good look at him. It's blatantly clear that we need a creative midfielder to feed our good attacking options. Very early days but I like the look of Heneghan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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capt_oats Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Just watched McGhee's post-match, either he completely forgets Blyth's name at the end and just chucks Lucas' name in after a couple of seconds of "ehmmmming" or there's a chance that Lucas may be fit to get another look at him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonwell Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Just to add, Lucas looked neat and tidy without really standing out. Missed an open goal but the ball was fired at him by hammel. Shame for the lad he had to go off so early. Edited July 23, 2016 by Londonwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingu Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Contrary to other posters I'm not sure what McHugh offers apart from 5 yard square passes. Maybe we will see against better opposition. Fairly poor game short on entertainment but a wins a win 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bop Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Will we get highlights anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Contrary to other posters I'm not sure what McHugh offers apart from 5 yard square passes. Maybe we will see against better opposition. Fairly poor game short on entertainment but a wins a win As long as the 5 yard passes are to our players, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Contrary to other posters I'm not sure what McHugh offers apart from 5 yard square passes. Maybe we will see against better opposition. Fairly poor game short on entertainment but a wins a win McHugh certainly stuck his foot in against Rangers. Given he was recently converted into a midfielder by Derek Adams, I don't expect much from him in an attacking sense. He'll be best suited to sitting in a 3/5 man midfield. Hopefully he offers the defence the protection it's been missing since Jennings left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 As long as the 5 yard passes are to our players, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Exactly!! It was horrendous last year the number of times we had players on the park apparently unable to do that. One of the traits of a good team is eliminating needless errors. If all he can do is win the ball for us and give it to one of our players i'll consider that as hime doing his job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 An enjoyable visit to Galabank. Tidy wee ground albeit unless you happened to be right at the front the sightlines of the goal at our end were more than little iffy. Still, did what we had to do in a generally professional manner. The only blemishes were conceding the and the injury to Lucas that could make that short term deal even shorter. Excellent finish from Marvin for the opener and we controlled things completely thereafter without threatening their goal that often. The game kind of just drifted along and I suppose in any game there's always the chance of the opposition sneaking a goal from seemingly nowhere and so it proved. From poor distribution to the goal itself we didn't exactly cover ourselves in glory. I must confess to being a little concerned at the break. What with McDonald and Blyth missing and Louis not looking at his best, understandably so, you did wonder how it might go if we didn't regain our lead quickly and we ran out of ideas and fresh attacking options. But a good start to the second half saw us home. What appeared like about a dozen corners in about 10 minutes was a fair reflection of our dominance at that stage and good to see Louis get off the mark and then double it with a good finish shortly after. I'm sure he'll feel all the better for having opened his account for the season as he goes for his op. And on to East Stirlingshire we go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 What was the issue with the visibility, I was in the small stand so no issues for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well 4 Europe Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 Was a bit of a stroll in the park really, never got out of 2nd gear and were always in control. We should have been out of sight at half time, bossed the first half and aside from Marv's belting volley; Moult, Lucas and McManus all squandered easy looking chances. Then in true Motherwell fashion, we allow them back into the game right on half time with their only chance of the half/game. It was eerily similar to the boy's header in the friendly against Hibs a few weeks ago, cross wasn't stopped and a runner got a free header in our box. We came out strongly in the 2nd half and in truth it looked only a matter of time before we regained the lead, two smart finishes by Moult after some good set up play by Johnson for both. Once we went two goals clear the game just sort of petered out as they never threatened a comeback and we eased off and took off our main threat in Johnson. Who was the best player on the park by an absolute mile by the way. Credit also to Moult who I gather wasn't meant to be playing today but stepped in due to injuries to Blyth and McDonald. Fairly routine win, biggest worry for me is perhaps the lack of creativity in the middle of the park although Lucas did look a decent passer of the ball from what we did see of him. Although we also saw today how at the age of 24, he's only made half a dozen first team appearances in his career. Hopefully get another look at him before his contract runs out but with our finances and his injury record it'll be a gamble to give him any sort of long term contract. Enjoyable day out though and a comfortable win in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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