Motherwell v Celtic - FT 1-4
Fairly comfortable in the end once Jan scored with a cracking shot in 57min.
Scoreline very encouraging before next Wednesday with big Jan and Skippy looking as good as they've been since the start of the season.
However, with the game won, I can't understand why we didn't make substitutions earlier, with Wednesday in mind and with the energy draining pitch. Sammy came on for for Jan (82min) and Killen for Skippy (85min) - too late to make any real impact (although Sammy did set up Aiden on a run thru on goal that should have made it 5).
Better performance and attitude today, but our defense is dire, dire, dire.
What does Naylor have to do to get hooked - surely an ideal chance to have given Caddis a run?
Unfortunately we are stuck with Mick and Caldwell for the rest of the season, but that MUST change for next year.
Artur pulled off one wonder save, and is always an inspiration.
Maybe the absence of Skoosh is a good thing.
I thought Robson alongside Hartley gave us a more composed midfield.
A midfield suited to the rough and tumble of Fir Park.
Will Gordon - who will be glad of a wee bit of respite after today - stick with that against Wattie's XI? Personally, I hope so because if today was "competitive", our next game will not be for the faint hearted.
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Job done on a dodgy pitch that we have to go back to. :-(
Good news to score four and hopefully this is the start of a winning run.
It looks like Hartley and Robson will be picked on Wednesday.
Forza
Missed the first half due to unforeseen wifeness. But saw the re-run at 6pm. HURRAH!!!!
Hartley and Robson brought a bit of balance, dig and ba’s to the middle of the park.
So, credit where credit is due…after a few weeks of GS bashing I will admit that he got his tactics correct today. The longer passes, the quicker balls into the channels and the midfield two sticking close together and getting the ba’ out wide quicker worked on a terrible pitch.
It was not a pitch to play fitba’ and oor gameplan reflected that.
One thing that I notice about JVOH is that even though he scored a cracking heider today every heider he goes for he seems to be under the ba’, in front of the ba’ and leaning back trying to keep it on target. It’s no wonder 80% of the time his heiders go across the bar. His body shape is wrong at times.
Thought both him and Skippy played well.
4 goals, a confidence boost and a few hours wieoot worrying aboot something beginning wie Q.
I`ve only watched the goals about four times on the BBC website. :-)
as for the next match I would have donati ready if we have to expand on the midfield passing however I like the idea of Aiden playing close to Naka. Anyway it may be that we need the break of the ball rather than worry about tactics. Enough, before I get a sore head!
Ian, I hope you looked away 4 times when we were sliced open for their goal.
As for the next match, I think an early goal could be vital.
First, it would get the monkey about "no goals in 4 games" off oor shoulder.
Second, it would force them to open up a bit and allow us a bit more space.
Third, it would get the crowd right behind us (even more).
A decent break of the ball could do it, something that we weren't getting in previous games.
Who's the ManInBlue, BTW ?
The man who (may) refuse to dish out deserved cards to the away team? :-)It`s Craig Thomson, already under pressure from the press here because he sent Walter to the stand recently.
You are right about Motherwell players running directly at our defence. Not nice to watch but we handled a lot of that in the CL so keep hoping. :-)
Mcgeady, how about passing the ball when you are clean through or at least place the ball on target. I think that we`ve seen this before. :-( Anyway he`s due to get a shot on target. :-)
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