Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Everyone is getting mega-excited about Connolly on the basis of only a few minutes of pre-season fitba. He is clearly behind Armstrong, GMS, Dow, Ciftci, Erskine, Telfer and Spittal in the queue for attacking midfield berths. Don't hold yer breath to see much of him this season. I'd personally rather go with a guy who has excelled in his brief cameo appearances (Telfer, Spittal, Connolly) than a guy who has been almost exclusively rubbish (Erskine, Gomis etc.). I appreciate you may fall down on the other side of the argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 If GMS is out I'd like to see Connolly in, possibly Telfer; if Armstrong doesn't start (for any reason) I'd like to see Erskine in. More like-for-like IMO. I'm getting the vibe that some Arabs on here don't want Erskine to get a chance to prove himself. Not a position that I'd adopt. Not at all. I'm all in favour of Erskine getting a chance and I'll support him when he does. I happen to think that Telfer, Spittal and Connolly all have a better chance of making the grade than Erskine. I don't see the comparison betwen Erskine and Armstrong either. Armstrong's strength is his ability to keep possession and drive forward. Every time I've seen Erskine he's been very poor at holding off challenges. He's a decent sized guy but far too easily knocked out of his stride. Telfer and Spittal both look more physically capable than Erskine. I wasn't at Pittodrie on Saturday though. He may well have been terrific. He was shite last season though and looked much the same against Hibs in pre season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffelz Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Motherwell having injuries against us again edit: Erskine was okay when he came on. He didn't exactly do much bar the goal. Armstrong's pressing was key in our 0-2 lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 This thread is great - best team outside the OF for the last 3 years and scarcely a 'Well fan prepared to give us the merest sniff of a result here - no one can accuse us of getting carried away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 This thread is great - best team outside the OF for the last 3 years and scarcely a 'Well fan prepared to give us the merest sniff of a result here - no one can accuse us of getting carried away Come now, you weren't the best team last season. Neither statistically nor by any subjective measure. You surely didn't win as many games as Aberdeen, for example, and I'd be surprised if you won as many as United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 This thread is great - best team outside the OF for the last 3 years and scarcely a 'Well fan prepared to give us the merest sniff of a result here - no one can accuse us of getting carried away ^ ^ ^ Fearing a mid-week pumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 ^ ^ ^ Fearing a mid-week pumping. If you read the thread, yes we are. Kind of my point. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 If you read the thread, yes we are. Kind of my point. Thanks. To be fair, your post was rather more self aggrandising than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Come now, you weren't the best team last season. Neither statistically nor by any subjective measure. You surely didn't win as many games as Aberdeen, for example, and I'd be surprised if you won as many as United. What do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Come now, you weren't the best team last season. Neither statistically nor by any subjective measure. You surely didn't win as many games as Aberdeen, for example, and I'd be surprised if you won as many as United. What? Statistically we were the second best team in the league. By wins and points. Only Celtic won more than us. We won two more than Aberdeen and 6 more than Dundee United in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Come now, you weren't the best team last season. Neither statistically nor by any subjective measure. You surely didn't win as many games as Aberdeen, for example, and I'd be surprised if you won as many as United.Motherwell won 22 games last season, Aberdeen 20. Inverness and Dundee United only 16. We finished on 70 points, 12 clear of United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Come now, you weren't the best team last season. Neither statistically nor by any subjective measure. You surely didn't win as many games as Aberdeen, for example, and I'd be surprised if you won as many as United. What do you mean? What? Statistically we were the second best team in the league. By wins and points. Only Celtic won more than us. We won two more than Aberdeen and 6 more than Dundee United in the league. Indeed. Motherwell finished second in the league and won a grand total of one cup game. Aberdeen meanwhile finished two points behind you in the league and won about seven cup games. United taking the whole season overall, won as many games albeit more of our wins were in the cup. Edit: Or rather we won four more games in the cup which obviously would equate to a further 12 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Motherwell won 22 games last season, Aberdeen 20. Inverness and Dundee United only 16. We finished on 70 points, 12 clear of United. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Who is the best team outside the OF then? Not the highest placed team outside the OF obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedruleFTD83 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 This will be a toughy, up until last season Motherwell had done excellent at Tannadice for a few seasons and are always capable of pulling of wins at difficult venues Draw would be a decent result for both sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Who is the best team outside the OF then? Not the highest placed team outside the OF obviously. Last season it was Aberdeen. Obviously. Thereafter, it would be close between St Johnstone and Motherwell. Motherwell finished second but were awful in the cups; St Johnstone finished fifth but were excellent in the cups, including winning one. Edit: For the record, Motherwell weren't the highest placed team outside the OF (whatever the f**k that means these days). There were three domestic trophies up for grabs and three winners. None of them were Motherwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan09 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 You could draw 3rd division teams all the way to the final in a cup ffs. Stupid argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Last season it was Aberdeen. Obviously. Thereafter, it would be close between St Johnstone and Motherwell. Motherwell finished second but were awful in the cups; St Johnstone finished fifth but were excellent in the cups, including winning one. Edit: For the record, Motherwell weren't the highest placed team outside the OF (whatever the f**k that means these days). There were three domestic trophies up for grabs and three winners. None of them were Motherwell. Serious Q - are you on feckin drugs We finished 2nd in the league + won more games than United and Aberdeen. To top it all for the most nonsensical post of this thread - you even use the terminology "weren't the highest placed team" emmmm that is exactly what we were. League form is against all sides. You battered us last season but we did a lot better v say St Johnstone. FWIW I think Aberdeen and United will be better than Motherwell in the league this season. I also expect a pumping tomorrow night - and not the one I would prefer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedruleFTD83 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Motherwell were clearly the best (non Celtic) in the league, they finished 2nd While i did think at the time them having only the league to focus on from November onwards could work in their favour they still had to have the consistency to win that many games to finish above Aberdeen And though 6 of our 8 cup games were against Prem opposition (the other two were Dumbarton/Sevco), the only time i felt the Cup affected our league form was post split (just as it did in 2010 but we had 'best of the rest' sewn up with 4 games remaining) by which time 4th was the best we were gonna do anyway, our slow start and mid season slump was why we were off the pace for a top 3 place, nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 You could draw 3rd division teams all the way to the final in a cup ffs. Stupid argument.We'd still lose to them tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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