one m in Motherwell Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Is it just me or is O’Donnell actually quite pish? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobby Dossar Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 32 minutes ago, MP_MFC said: We need an entire midfield and either play Lawless behind a front two or not at all as he is absolutely rotten wide right or left. The boy McDonald in there midfield was released from our academy in the summer … … On tonight’s performance he’s far superior than Cornelius 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kapowzer Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 minute ago, one m in Motherwell said: Is it just me or is O’Donnell actually quite pish? No astute observation, for someone with his billing decidedly average to poor. Not that he is alone, from bottom to top turgid. Long ball shows you have no confidence in your midfield and their ability to create. Lamie - bombscare, McGinley - average, Crawford - not his fault but WTF, midfield may have a chance if there was a calming influence but there isn't. Scraping a draw against Queens Park, 2-0 down against QofS and this display that's up there with Albion Rovers in Hamilton. Only benefit is Alexander will be invigorated/shamed into bringing in personnel starting tomorrow morning at 9am. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) I hate the entire midfield. We need Donnelly back to full fitness pronto. We need to stop playing Woolery as a CF. We need to be playing Carroll. Liam Kelly hasn't been very good either. Edited July 21, 2021 by Mr. Brightside 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Is it just me or is O’Donnell actually quite pish?Pretty bog standard right back at this level who only gets a game for Scotland because he played for Clarke. He's not pish as he'd get a game for most non old firm teams in the league but there's nothing really spectacular about him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in Motherwell Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 The midfield is laughably bad. Whether by design or just by being shite, they may as well not be playing. Getting KVV fully fit will hopefully see an end to Lawless on the wing too - Watt on the left and Woolery on the right seems ok. So much work needing done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I don't think I can go another season of hating our team. Hopefully Alexander now has a clear idea of who to keep and who to bin (if he didn't know already). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boozyBJ Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 We never looked like scoring all game. Couple of belters from Airdrie, they more than deserved the win. I’d hope, again, that that midfield will not be the one we start the league season with, because seeing them after three games they are very poor, Crawford especially. Funding it hard to like anything Lawless does as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Your performance tonight was summed up by the two guys running into each other at the end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZX1886 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Is it just me or did Tony Watt look absolutely exhausted from the first minute? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boozyBJ Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, ZX1886 said: Is it just me or did Tony Watt look absolutely exhausted from the first minute? He certainly fell out of the game. Hardly kicked a ball in the second half 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in Motherwell Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, boozyBJ said: We never looked like scoring all game. Couple of belters from Airdrie, they more than deserved the win. I’d hope, again, that that midfield will not be the one we start the league season with, because seeing them after three games they are very poor, Crawford especially. Funding it hard to like anything Lawless does as well. Getting Donnelly back properly is pretty critical. As it stands we’re looking at needing three or four players who could come in and start ahead of those shamblers from this evening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellDel Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 As I said at full time in the cup thread, yes we were abject again, but it's hardly panic stations time quite yet. The time for getting edgy will be if we go into the Hibs game a week on Sunday with a starting 11 that looks like that one tonight, most obviously in the middle. The recruitment is dragging on, and maybe I'm being blindly optimistic, but I'd like to think the wait is for the 'right' people and we will see a couple of quality incomings very soon. It's obvious to anyone that the midfield is totally unserviceable, Donnelly back fit will be huge, but 2 proven additions in there minimum and a leader at the back are a must. If we can see it, I'm sure Alexander can too. He can, can't he? Please tell me he can? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well Well Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Just back from that and I thought the team were going to be lynched at the end when they came over to clap the fans. 60 minutes of defensive possession football against a team 2 leagues below us. Absolutely no desire to win that game at all. Anyone who thinks Odonnell should be captain needs to go see a psychiatrist. Mcginley has to be the most timid defender I have ever seen. Shat out of almost every tackle especially every 50/50. We have no midfield whatsoever and they are getting over run by league 1 players in every game so far. The only time we seem interested is when we are 2-0 down and we actually play a forward pass or run with the ball. It appears that negative defensive possession is the order of the day and will remain that way until we can buy at least 3 midfielders who know how to pass forward. I expect a reaction from the players against Annan but I truly wonder if it will be a positive or negative reaction. I honestly don't know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, MP_MFC said: either play Lawless behind a front two or not at all as he is absolutely rotten wide right or left. 100% 39 minutes ago, one m in Motherwell said: Is it just me or is O’Donnell actually quite pish? Distinctly average SPFL fullback. Decent at very best 21 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said: Hopefully Alexander now has a clear idea of who to keep and who to bin (if he didn't know already). I canny believe he's left it as it is for so fucking long. Everyone with at least one working eye was pointing out this problem fae January at the latest. I am actually pretty worried. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest superward Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 42 minutes ago, Kapowzer said: No astute observation, for someone with his billing decidedly average to poor. Not that he is alone, from bottom to top turgid. Long ball shows you have no confidence in your midfield and their ability to create. Lamie - bombscare, McGinley - average, Crawford - not his fault but WTF, midfield may have a chance if there was a calming influence but there isn't. Scraping a draw against Queens Park, 2-0 down against QofS and this display that's up there with Albion Rovers in Hamilton. Only benefit is Alexander will be invigorated/shamed into bringing in personnel starting tomorrow morning at 9am. Don't disagree with much of that. But we did win against QP, 1-0. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 What is it with us and beating other Lanarkshire teams on plastic?I don’t think O’Donnell is fit/still needs a proper rest after the Euros. He was barely making any forward runs. Toby will be behind Carroll in the pecking order based on today’s performance. The centre back position is still so weak as well. That midfield three is the worst. Maguire is the best of a bad bunch. We will be relegated if they are the starting 3. Lawless needs to start centrally behind the striker or not at all imo. He’s not fast enough to play wide. Woolery and Watt on each wing would probably do. I wondered if KVV wasn’t introduced until later and Donnelly wasn’t introduced at all was because of the plastic pitch? It seemed strange only making one sub. Airdrie deserved the win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 33 minutes ago, FTOF said: Your performance tonight was summed up by the two guys running into each other at the end. This was McGinley's night in a nutshell. What a terrible performance. I had such a good night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Ricki Lamie shouts for the ball in the third person. Liam Kelly loves a bit of profanity. I’ll probably just try and forget about the rest of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 It’s pretty dire when you look through that team and the amount of players who simply aren’t good enough for this keague Lamie, McGinley, Crawford and Lawless should be nowhere near our team as they’re not the required standard. I’m reserving judgement on O Connor and Cornelius purely because they’re so young and the jury is firmly still out on Maguire being even a third of the player Campbell was. Add to the above how many levels of shite must Amulozar be to not get any minutes even tonight when we needed anything, something going forward. We need a minimum of five new players or else we’ll be battling with Dundee to go down automatically. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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