well fan for life

Full on jump scare when I opened my phone.

We started involving analytics to help our transfers. https://analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2020/11/26/exciting-new-partnership-between-scottish-club-motherwell-and-analytics-fc/ So presumably that gives us a pool of players based purely on numbers that we can then look at in more detail in order to work out if we want to pursue them. Then it'll be a case of whittling it down through wages, competition for the signing etc until we actually get to the point of signing one of these folk. f**k knows where Danzaki fits in to that though.

Disagree. On reflection it was very, very funny.

I think so but he was really good in Football Manager a few editions ago and I don't know if that skews opinion IRL.

Aye I'm not sure what metric would show if a signing is successful but I wouldn't be surprised if other clubs of our size have a similar hit rate when it comes to signings.

We should totally play one of those midfielders at wing back. That'll sort everything.

They're as bad as each other imo. And if we bring him back it's not going to be to replace Bevis, it'll be to put him on beside Bevis again. I've watched that pairing more than enough times to tell you that's a disaster waiting to happen. Their collective performance against Sligo over two legs is one of the worst I can remember.

I hope not and absolutely not. Here to help.

Yes, chef!

Who was it had the Gent on the right shout because it's going to happen, isn't it.

So this probably leaves us needing a RWB/RB, a 6 and a centre half at minimum. Leaves our paper thin squad looking even thinner than thin.

We are missing Miller badly. The midfield's ball retention must be the worst in the league. Davor & Spittal are slightly better with it but Slattery and particularly Paton are murder at holding onto the ball. Again the gaping hole where a half decent 6 should be is showing.

I'm not going to spend a long time panning Bevis for his shortcomings. Realistically we all know he's, at best, a stopgap defender. He's seen off 3 managers (maybe 4 soon) and the endless turnover is probably what's kept him getting contracts with us. The fact that we were starting this season with 2/3 of the nightmare fuel that was Bevis, Mugabi & Sol is further testament to recruitment that has been complete dogshit. As for today. Setting up with our best midfielder at RWB, who spent the first 15 minutes getting the pish ripped out him. Our only saviour is that Hibs then moved Tavares infield where it was more congested, as I said in the match thread they are fucking idiots for doing that. Slattery was anonymous, Paton is never a 6 in his life and is maybe the least composed player on the ball I can remember. There's probably a 4-4-2 in that team but we're back to sticking square pegs in round holes.

Swear Bevis has his own gravitational pull this happens so often.

They appear to have stuck Tavares further infield. Idiots.

Ignore my last comment, lads.

This is a fucking shambles of a performance. The two wide players having the time of their lives, Slattery hanging about somewhere up front and Paton playing like he's been on the Baileys for weeks. Which in fairness we all have, but I'm no being paid to be a professional football player.

My brother in christ have you seen Liam Kelly this season.

If Hibs aren't giving that ball out wide left for this whole game they are idiots.

Shocking to learn that Blair Spittal is not a defender. Nobody could have called that before today.

Back at work today so will miss this. Annoying that they schedule games on the 2nd considering loads of folk don't get that as a public holiday. Anyway. Feed The Bair.

If we name a future starting XI with Lamie, Maguire and McGinley in it my head will leave my shoulders and disappear into orbit.

David's tiny but he gets stuck in at least. I'm a fan. The second half was fucking terrible to watch, make no mistake. But we done a professional job of keeping Livi from scoring again so it's not really a complaint.

Loved watching Dolly Menga. Could nutmeg half a team then put the shot at the end of it into another postcode.

Wouldn't surprise me. A move that's worked out for nobody, really.