No winner as Motherwell and Dundee United fire blanks

[Footymad]

Motherwell played well but had to settle for a point after a goalless draw with Dundee United at Fir Park. - External Link

[LawSteelman]

Obviously very frustrating not to have won that game given our overall dominance and the chances we created but there are lots of positives to take from that.

Firstly, we didn’t get beat which you felt was a possibility having seen that ‘movie’ many times before. And our forward line apart we played really well today, indeed a lot better than we did a fortnight ago against Livingston or last week at Rugby Park. Young Tierney put in an excellent shift though you can see he has still got a bit to go in terms of his physicality at this level, but that will come. Spittal and Goss put in good performances as well and our backline were comfortable throughout, something we haven’t been able to say in a long while.

Up front van Veen just had a bad day, it happens. He is still our main goal threat and on another day he takes at least one of his chances today. The penalty was poor, a good height for the keeper and he looked as though he tried too hard to burst the net with his effort that hit the bar.

As for Efford, he just won’t do I’m afraid.

All in all a good performance but hugely annoying not have won especially with a tough run of fixtures coming up.

[Handsome_Devil]

I'm both incredibly annoyed and incredibly relaxed after that.

Obviously leaving two points behind in a game which should have been done by HT is frustrating but we didn't do anything stupid and at least got the draw. And the first half performance was as good as anything we've put in, against a top-flight side, in years.

But the really pleasing thing is the big picture...Hearts and Aberdeen may still be favourites for third and fourth but look vulnerable on occasion and the expected strength of Hibs and United, given their spending, simply hasn't materialised.

I'd prefer there to be two weak candidates adrift at the bottom but we essentially appear to be looking at a repeat of last season - I suspect Hearts will pull away but from fourth to 12th there'll be nothing in it and there's no reason to think we shouldn't do ok in that pile. Which is very different to the feeling after St Johnstone...

A win next week would greatly ease the nerves mind before the tougher run.

[LawSteelman]

Yes definitely a win in Dingwall will be crucial ahead of the Hearts, Celtic, Hibs, Rangers, Aberdeen run of fixtures. We have tended to do fairly well up there though so grounds for optimism for next week.