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[Stubbsy90+2]

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He'll go to right back if JN comes back in.

Those who are surprised that Newell would go straight back in have quickly forgotten the Rangers game where be was a massive miss. Nobody got their foot on the ball that night in the way he and JDH do.

Was he a massive miss? He was in the team for the 4-0 and 6-1 against Celtic earlier this season, he was in it for the 3-0 skelping by Hearts in the league, in the team for an absolute horsing up at Pittodrie.

The rangers game was a horror show for everyone. To suggest it was because we didn’t have Newell in the team to put his foot on the ball is a bit of a stretch imo.

[Blaster]

Whether Newell comes in or not it’s good to have more options in midfield with him and JDH back.

[The Modfather]

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He'll go to right back if JN comes back in.

Those who are surprised that Newell would go straight back in have quickly forgotten the Rangers game where be was a massive miss. Nobody got their foot on the ball that night in the way he and JDH do.

Newell wouldn’t have made much noticeable difference in that Rangers game IMO. The whole team were so far off it. We’ve seen that kind of performance multiple times before, was a fairly common occurrence out of the blue under Ross. Newell has his attributes but dragging a struggling team back into the game isn’t one IMO. To be fair there’s not been many who could, Super John was really good in those times.

[Iain G]

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It’s Motherwell we’re playing at home simple we need the most attack minded midfielders keeping in mind Elie is suspended no need for any defensive mids

So drop Jeggo and Egan Riley?

[Hibee Mac]

Egan Reilly is less comfortable in midfield and better suited to RB I think.

Don't get me wrong he's done a great job in Midfield for us but I think we drop Cadden, shift Reilly over the RB then midfield of Jeggo, Campbell and either JDH or Newell.

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[JohnM1875]

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Egan Reilly is less comfortable in midfield and better suited to RB I think.

Don't get me wrong he's done a great job in Midfield for us but I think we drop Cadden, shift Reilly over the RB then midfield of Jeggo, Campbell and either JDH or Newell.

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Then that's harsh on Miller who played well and was many folks man of the match against Celtic. Think Miller needs a run of games in the team.

[Tambo]

Good news for Rocky hopefully back for a couple games before the end of the season, the guy seems a warrior and he was on good form.

Another setback for Kyle is disappointing but nothing new.

Regarding team selection for Motherwell it's a good headache for LJ as would be harsh for Miller to get dropped at right back maybe he played well due to the set up.

[Shrekko]

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Was he a massive miss? He was in the team for the 4-0 and 6-1 against Celtic earlier this season, he was in it for the 3-0 skelping by Hearts in the league, in the team for an absolute horsing up at Pittodrie.

The rangers game was a horror show for everyone. To suggest it was because we didn’t have Newell in the team to put his foot on the ball is a bit of a stretch imo.

Aye well Josh C played in all of those games as well as the Rangers game so maybe he should drop out? ;-)

I'm only kidding and I actually don't want to get involved in a Joe Newell debate!

[Fergus52]

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None of those 3 should be dropping out.

Egan Riley and jeggo are both very poor when under any sort of pressure in possession.

When everyone is fit only one of them should be starting in centre mid, I'd like to see CJ at right back with either JDH or Newell partnering him.

Campbell had been playing as a 10 so isn't really competing with Newell for a place in the team right now

[Fergus52]

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Newell wouldn’t have made much noticeable difference in that Rangers game IMO. The whole team were so far off it. We’ve seen that kind of performance multiple times before, was a fairly common occurrence out of the blue under Ross. Newell has his attributes but dragging a struggling team back into the game isn’t one IMO. To be fair there’s not been many who could, Super John was really good in those times.

No way of knowing for sure but our biggest weakness that game was the inability of our midfield to retain the ball when pressed. That's Newell's biggest strength imo so while I don't think the result would be different I think we'd have given them a better game had he been playing.

Jeggo and CJ were both utterly hopeless in tight spaces or under pressure that night. Neither of them are ever going to dribble out through a tight press, or play a line breaking reverse pass, so when we're playing a double pivot only one of them should be starting.

[Donegal Hibby]

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Egan Reilly is less comfortable in midfield and better suited to RB I think.

Don't get me wrong he's done a great job in Midfield for us but I think we drop Cadden, shift Reilly over the RB then midfield of Jeggo, Campbell and either JDH or Newell.

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It would be very harsh to drop Lewis Miller after the good game he had against Celtic , for me he should keep his place as our right back . I wouldn't drop Cadden either as he's more suited to right midfield than our other midfielders and he has a good attacking threat and puts in good crosses .

[Alex Trager]

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Good news for Rocky hopefully back for a couple games before the end of the season, the guy seems a warrior and he was on good form.

Another setback for Kyle is disappointing but nothing new.

Regarding team selection for Motherwell it's a good headache for LJ as would be harsh for Miller to get dropped at right back maybe he played well due to the set up.

Can’t say I agree re Rocky. He has improved but I don’t rate him overly in truth

[Gmack7]

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Can’t say I agree re Rocky. He has improved but I don’t rate him overly in truth

For me Rocky would be on the bench instead of Devlin if he was fit, we are not dropping Hanlon or Fish

[Hiber-nation]

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Can’t say I agree re Rocky. He has improved but I don’t rate him overly in truth

Yep Fish is on a different level as far as I'm concerned.

[blackpoolhibs]

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Yep Fish is on a different level as far as I'm concerned.

Yip, Fish is higher up on the perch than Rocky.

[ChilliEater]

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Yip, Fish is higher up on the perch than Rocky.

Play them both - Fish would sit in behind the Rock, then dart out to claim any scraps that drifted past him.