capt_oats Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Pearson out for 6 weeks. Several broken ribs & punctured lung sustained on Friday night's game vs United. http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2016/03/13/pearson-ruled-out-with-injury/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 That is a blow but I'm confident Gomis will do a decent job in replacing him. Hopefully Lasley's injury isn't too bad since we have no other central midfielders as McGhee doesn't rate Leitch. The thought of Josh Law playing there is horrible. Also I don't remember how Pearo got injured. You'd think you'd remember a challenge where broken ribs and a punctured lung is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Well if anyone was starting to relax about the relegation battle following our recent revival, they better think again with this news and more especially if Lasley is out for any length of time as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I'd think Gomis would do a decent enough job stepping in for Lasley however there's no real obvious replacement for Pearson. Who knows maybe this is Jack Leitch's time to shine. Beyond that you're looking at Laing in the centre of the park or putting faith in someone like David Turnbull from the 20s who's been playing well & scored a fairly tremendous goal during the week. It'd be a pretty ridiculous ask to pitch a 16 year old into games against Aberdeen and Celtic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deefiant Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Arab hammer throwers - shocking. I'll caveat this with the fact that Johnson always plays shite against us for whatever reason but Pearson is the player I worry about most when playing Motherwell - a real driving force from midfield. Big miss for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I'd think Gomis would do a decent enough job stepping in for Lasley however there's no real obvious replacement for Pearson. Who knows maybe this is Jack Leitch's time to shine. Beyond that you're looking at Laing in the centre of the park or putting faith in someone like David Turnbull from the 20s who's been playing well & scored a fairly tremendous goal during the week. It'd be a pretty ridiculous ask to pitch a 16 year old into games against Aberdeen and Celtic though. I wonder if Cadden could play the Pearson role - he's got the engine for it anyway and makes some excellent runs. Shite news on Pearson - an absolutely key player for us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I wonder if Cadden could play the Pearson role - he's got the engine for it anyway and makes some excellent runs. Shite news on Pearson - an absolutely key player for us... He definitely could but if Lasley's out for any length of time that's 2 of 3 midfielders out which is in no uncertain terms, pish news.Not to be "OMG everything's ruined" about things but what's the script with registering out of contract players? Is there a cut off/deadline? Edit: Ross MacLean's another one who could step in I suppose and Watt's played in Lasley's position once or twice when I've seen the 20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemunster Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Well if anyone was starting to relax about the relegation battle following our recent revival, they better think again with this news and more especially if Lasley is out for any length of time as well. You're really needing your hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McLean's Ghost Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Pearson is a big blow to be out 6 weeks, hopefully Las just has bit of swelling and bruising and will be fit for Aberdeen. I don't think Pearo has been in great form either, he doesn't seem to get forward as often as he should be and rarely getting beyond the ball. In comparison Cadden has the midfielder getting forward in support. McDonald is still an option in midfield should Lasley be out as well especially with Gomis in sitting role since McDonald has great composure and passing ability. Plenty of options to fill in up top with Thomas, McFadden, Ainsworth and Fletcher all available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I like Pearson and rate him also. But (and maybe just me) I don't think he has been one of our better players the last 4-6 weeks. He is more capable of scoring than our other midfielders bar maybe Marv. But even on Friday I felt he was not being particularly effective before he went off. Sure Gomis is a different player but not unduly happy if he slots in. Obvious concern about Lasleys injury and could do without Law and Laing being injured at same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Completely random thing - but I saw this on twitter and thought it was interesting as I'd never heard of it before: It was in the early 80's a few years before I started going - any older 'Well fans know the story behind it? Ha ha. I posted this in the pictures thread at Steelmen Online a couple of days ago, after I'd be going through some old programmes. Obviously taken a journey to Twitter and now here. This picture is from a friendly match against Leeds Utd in 1982. Best played in this match for Motherwell. Leeds Utd won 4-0. As someone else mention, George Best played on another occasion for Motherwell. He played 45 minutes for each team in a friendly between Motherwell and San Jose Earthquakes but the poster wrongly attributed the picture to that match. The match against San Jose Earthquakes was the previous year, 1981. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Steelmenonline forum offline today? I get a driver error message when I attempt to access the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Steelmenonline forum offline today? I get a driver error message when I attempt to access the site. I'm getting the same message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crilly Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Bad news about Pearo - Dundee United certainly left their mark on us. Of late he's been asked to sit deeper than he likes but MM is the boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Bad news about Pearo - Dundee United certainly left their mark on us. Of late he's been asked to sit deeper than he likes but MM is the boss. Watching the game back on BT they mention he seemed to have a problem around 5mins which means he tried to play through it for about half an hour. Which is pretty wild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Steelmenonline forum offline today? I get a driver error message when I attempt to access the site. Cannae cope without me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Probably closed down because of you. The system has topped itself. Cannot take any more negativity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Amazed anyone noticed, tbh. We won so it'll be a ghost town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in Motherwell Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Pearson is a big blow to be out 6 weeks, hopefully Las just has bit of swelling and bruising and will be fit for Aberdeen. I don't think Pearo has been in great form either, he doesn't seem to get forward as often as he should be and rarely getting beyond the ball. In comparison Cadden has the midfielder getting forward in support. McDonald is still an option in midfield should Lasley be out as well especially with Gomis in sitting role since McDonald has great composure and passing ability. Plenty of options to fill in up top with Thomas, McFadden, Ainsworth and Fletcher all available. I'd take that to be honest - Gomis fills in for Las, Skippy takes over Pearo's role, and Faddy goes up front. It's the option that would suit our current shape best - it's been proved on a number of occasions this year that playing both Johnson and Ainsworth together just doesn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 The only problem with that is that Skippy is never a midfielder in his puff and Faddy is done. If that's our 'plan' for the next few weeks then God help us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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