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Looked to have them under pressure, changed tactics and suddenly we're on the back foot Offside call is debatable , looked off in all replays. It depends when they decide it left the foot. That said our penalty was soft as hell too. Thought Cameron was very good tonight although if he goes down at the end it's a pen all day

How bad has palaversa been?

Great finish. Surely we can't bottle this now against 9

The goes our advantage. Two stupid tackles since their red. Shooting ourselves in the foot.

Fucking idiot

Good start, topi back to his inconsistent self when chances came Motherwell Just have better players and an to be able to cut us open at will. Still in it though. Holding midfielder looks decent so far. Real concern is how we create a goal.

Geiger done then. Let's hope he's the lynchpin we're desperately needing.

For me, I feel that there isn't a proper talented leader in the squad. Let's be brutally honest ( and I know Rico will jump on this) if you arrive at cormack park and your asked to live up to the standards of shinnie, that isn't a high bar. He'd struggle to make the first 11 of the teams around us. We need a match winner that the squad trust and think that if this guy is on my side we're gonna win. Not singling shinnie out( he just happens to be the skipper) because we haven't had that guy in some time and we need someone that is a step above the rest to raise levels. Worryingly karlsson should've been that guy and regressed after a fortnight. Players come in and go backwards in a couple of months. That's a culture for me and it was happening long before Jimmy rocked up.

Didn't see it at the time. Watched the highlights this morning. I dint think we had any chances on there. No complaint about the red from me. He has raked the leg ( accidentally id say ) but it's defo a yellow at best and he was on one already. I've said it before. The mindset within the club seems to be the barrier here. We've changed coaches, we've changed a lot of the staff. It's time for a clean sweep. New man, new coaches. New skipper and let them stamp their authority on things because it seems to me that mediocrity is accepted and it's clear that training isn't at the intensity needed because we're soft as shit.

Great result. Couple of shaky moments first half but so much better going forward. Actually got balls in the box and passed forward. Great to see big sivert killing it off. Created more chances than we have in months. Actually looks like some coaching has gone on this week. I know livi aren't great but that will help confidence no end. Hopefully nisbet and topi kick on now for the season.

On the Karlsson front. I thought he started well then settled into our squad and got worse. I've said it for some time, the culture in the squad is rotten and has been since dels last couple of seasons. New faces come in , we have a revival and then they settle in to the same pattern. What needs to change because it can't just be managers.

Looking back. Was glass not the closest to what we want? Yes the defence was leaky and we couldn't score goals but there have been plenty of runs like that since. We did however have possession percentages north of 70% in a lot of games and an identity ( whilst losing I admit ) I'd like to see us try to play football again and motherwell have shown that it's possible. Remember there was talk of him being under pressure when they're couldn't buy a win but he maybe just figured the league out a bit quicker than glass. Bring in sometime who wants to dominate games please.

Just saying

Can't disagree with that

Thing is though that pirlo could do the ugly stuff too and Clarkson can't. Meaning he's great on the ball but an empty jersey when we don't have it. That's why I think he'd be better as a ten where his vision is useful and he also used to score goals. Although I also thought that Armstrong would play there. Aochice, shinnie, Clarkson, Cameron and Armstrong all lack physicality ( granted a couple are due to age ) but you need ball winners in a team to let others play and that's where we are struggling. Polvara isn't the answer, I hope kjarten is long term but for this season. We need a Ramadan / Ferguson type. Much as I hate devlin at hearts, that's exactly what we need even pirlo had a gattusso beside him.