You don't need me to tell you it ain't good enough and it despairs me to say I don't see it getting too much better in the immediate future. We are a mess at the back, mixed-up in midfield and blowing hot and cold up front. The manager can't make up his mind on his first pick eleven and this is generating further uncertainty among the players.
Even after Boydie had headed us in front on Saturday, there was a distinct lack of belief in the team. It was as if they knew Motherwell were going to come back at us and there was nothing we could do about it. Jeez, this is Motherwell we are talking about but, just like other wee teams who really shouldn't be able to live with the Rangers, they know we are running scared and they had the bottle to grab the initiative.
And lets not go down the road of moaning about a late penalty claim when Sebo was tumbled. It says it all about us at this moment in time that we choose to blame the referee instead of looking at our own shortcomings. And while on the topic of late penalty claims, from where I was sitting, Julien Rodriguez was all over Scott McDonald a minute of so after the Sebo incident.
Having watched Macabbi Haifa run Liverpool close in their Champions League qualifiers, I shudder to think of what they might do to us on Thursday. Sasa Papac is our one big plus at the back but he is cup-tied so we will be rattling whenever the ball is knocked between Rodriguez and Svensson. And I expect Lionel Letizi will be rattling too, trying to figure out whether or not he should come for a cross or let them deal with it.
I believe all our problems stem from this uncertainty at the back. If we have belief in our defence, it lets the others go about their business more confidently and the football begins to flow. Thats how it was at Fir Park on the opening day of the season and again against Dundee United a week later but, with the loss of a few sloppy goals, the doubts began to creep in and our game has fallen apart.
Turning things around is going to be a job and a half and, if PLG can pull it off, he may begin to rebuild his reputation. My worry at this stage is that he might not be too far away from saying 'I don't need this shit' and walking away. And worse than that, I reckon there is no Plan B.
So I suppose we've just got to tough it out. Even without any worthwhile sense of direction, our players should be good enough to see off teams like Caley Thistle, Dunfermline and Motherwell. And with a trip to Tannadice to look forward to on Sunday, we will be lining up against another struggling outfit who will see a game against Rangers as the perfect opportunity to get their season back on track.
We can't let this state of affairs continue. If PLG wants to preserve his reputation as one of the top young coaches in the game, he has got to sort things out and, if he can't do it by improving the quality of our play, he has got to generate a greater will to win amongst the players so we can match the commitment of our opponents, then kill them off with our greater ability.
On the evidence of last weekend, there are too many players content to go through the motions and hope that, sooner or later, things will sort themselves out. It won't happen that way. We'll have to work for anything we get and, until we do, we are facing a lot more frustrating afternoons like Saturday.
KILLIE BILLY