The_Craig Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 I guess someone had to make the matchday thread... I'm looking forward to reminding Dougie Imrie that he shat himself once, allegedly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MJC Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Another draw here I reckon. 2-2 with them equalising in stoppage time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Hooray! A Lanarkshire Mehrby.We could really do with three points but Accies have started better than I expected them to.I fancy Moult to score a double. 2-0 Motherwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 You'd think we need to start winning our home games and this would be an ideal one to sort ourselves out.I can understand why McGhee chose to match up with County yesterday and play a more solid midfield but having lost Johnson and keeping Ainsworth on the bench as an impact sub really did highlight just how bereft of pace we are. Also a midfield of Cadden, Lasley, Clay and Chalmers for all its endeavour offers nothing by way of creativity. Which is a problem if you want to win games.I get that Johnson was only one player but taking him out then looking at the players we've got there who are likely to start then we're looking quite imbalanced unless Ainsworth plays as an inverted winger.Hopefully we can get Moult more minutes and a couple of goals. Will be interesting to see whether Lasley's knock keeps him out and whether Lucas signs up as McGhee seemed to be strongly hinting towards post-match.No reason why we can't win but it'll need improvements in a few areas based on the last couple of games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 2 hours ago, capt_oats said: I get that Johnson was only one player but taking him out then looking at the players we've got there who are likely to start then we're looking quite imbalanced unless Ainsworth plays as an inverted winger. It's not like Johnson played a blinder every week. He was posted missing about 3 matches for every good one and even when he was in form he tended to fade out of matches with his questionable stamina in the last half hour or so. With Moult coming back, we were going to change the formation anyway. I don't think missing Johnson will amount to anything drastic, except perhaps a little bit of quality every once in a while. Accies have started the season reasonable well but they have only scored once in each game and Crawford has got two of them, so if we can marshall him I think we have a bit more fire power in McDonald, Moult, Cadden, Ainsworth etc. Not expecting a walkover by any means but we should be looking to get 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 It's not like Johnson played a blinder every week. He was posted missing about 3 matches for every good one and even when he was in form he tended to fade out of matches with his questionable stamina in the last half hour or so. That's totally fair. Tbh I was simply meaning that with the squad as is Chalmers and Thomas are really the only naturally left sided midfield there. I've only seen clips of Belic from YouTube but it'd be an ask to expect him to go from English u21 games to first team level here, it took Grimshaw 4 or 5 games to begin to find his feet making the same transition. He also looks more of a forward than a wide player. I'm interested to see how we adjust the shape accordingly, when Bowman signed McGhee's indication was that he'd allow us to play 433 but with say, Moult, Bowman and McDonald as the front 3 it's difficult to see where the width comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 47 minutes ago, capt_oats said: That's totally fair. Tbh I was simply meaning that with the squad as is Chalmers and Thomas are really the only naturally left sided midfield there. I've only seen clips of Belic from YouTube but it'd be an ask to expect him to go from English u21 games to first team level here, it took Grimshaw 4 or 5 games to begin to find his feet making the same transition. He also looks more of a forward than a wide player. I'm interested to see how we adjust the shape accordingly, when Bowman signed McGhee's indication was that he'd allow us to play 433 but with say, Moult, Bowman and McDonald as the front 3 it's difficult to see where the width comes from. One of our big problems recently has been McDonald having to go wide to pick up the ball and then there being nobody in the box. If McDonald goes wide to pick up the ball and we have Moult or Bowman in the box that's a 100% improvement right there. Moult and McDonald can both go wide-ish and although you aren't going to get blistering pace how often do wingers go to the byline these days anyway? Johnson only did it when the crowd yelled at him. Mostly we see crosses from 20 - 25 yards out or players cutting inside for a shot. McDonald can certainly do that and Moult has played there in the past although you'd probably prefer him sniffing around in the middle. Personally I think we will go 4-4-2 now, at least some of the time. McGhee has seemed to have a pretty pragmatic approach to this season what with budget cuts and a low quality squad and 4-3-3 might get ditched in order to makes us a bit more solid and harder to break down as well as giving us a bit more presence in the box than we have had this season. As a formation it's coming back into a fashion again with 6 or 7 teams in the league reverting to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leefy118 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 f**k the well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShireWell Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Definitely a game on paper that we should be winning, never as easy as that though against Hamilton normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Tough game to call. Motherwell should be winning this but you just never know with Accies, we've done reasonably well so far but we're not scoring which is a worry and I'm not overly confident with our defence as it is. No reason we can't take the points from this game but I've a feeling it'll be another draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laid-back Accie Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 36 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: Tough game to call. Motherwell should be winning this but you just never know with Accies, we've done reasonably well so far but we're not scoring which is a worry and I'm not overly confident with our defence as it is. No reason we can't take the points from this game but I've a feeling it'll be another draw. We've scored in every league game so far, its defending that seems to be the main problem. Crosses are a big issue for me, we need to start dealing with them quicker, making an effort to cut them out, if it goes out for a corner then fair enough, we can then organise to deal with the threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 47 minutes ago, Laid-back Accie said: We've scored in every league game so far, its defending that seems to be the main problem. Crosses are a big issue for me, we need to start dealing with them quicker, making an effort to cut them out, if it goes out for a corner then fair enough, we can then organise to deal with the threat. It's more the fact that we seem to only score one goal a game, not going to work if we're conceding two or three goals in every game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 There's usually been a few goals in this fixture at Firpark in recent season's. Our away form of two draws and a defeat so far isn't too bad going and Motherwell have still to record their 1st win at home, although tbf they've only played two home games so far. I'd say a high scoring draw will most likely be the outcome. 2-2 or 3-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyWellFan Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Find it hard to get excited for these games as Accies have always been my wee team. It would be good to see them relegated back to a more fitting position in Scottish football and then I could go back to looking out for their results. 3-0 Lanarkshire's finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Looking forward to 90 minutes of how much the cuddly Accies hate Motherwell so so much! Motherwell win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owsley Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Would like to see Brophy and D'Acol start together, which would probably mean Imrie dropping to the bench. I think I'm right in saying that Brophy started up front with Morris in the 3-3 draw, so Canning is not afraid to go two up top in this fixture. Hoping that Devlin is fit otherwise it will probably be Donati, Want and Sarris at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Craig Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Looking forward to 90 minutes of "Well, Well, f**k yer Well" FTFY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casagolda Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Ainsworth and Moult in, Bowman and one of Hammell/Chalmers back on the bench please. Has there been any word yet on why Lasley hobbled off on Saturday? With McHugh seemingly no nearer to a return if anything happens to Lasley we look extremely light in central midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 4 minutes ago, Casagolda said: Ainsworth and Moult in, Bowman and one of Hammell/Chalmers back on the bench please. Has there been any word yet on why Lasley hobbled off on Saturday? With McHugh seemingly no nearer to a return if anything happens to Lasley we look extremely light in central midfield. I'm assuming it's an ankle knock, you can see it taped up here: Unfortunately it looks like we'll still be without McHugh, who's heid appears to have exploded following that head knock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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