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Motherwell 1-1 Rangers: What Martin said
Russell Martin tells BBC Scotland: "I think we were lucky with what we got, Motherwell were really good."The thing I can't accept is, whatever the tactics are, we got outfought and they were braver than us to play in certain moments."We pick and choose when we want to play football properly and when we want to run hard when it's going well, and then when the game's not going well, we have too many players that want to do their own thing and slip into self-preservation."And this is not me blaming the players at all, but I think it's a problem the club has had over the last few years - when it's going well, it's fine, and when it's not, there's a problem, it's not together enough on the pitch."We have to work out quickly who really wants to dig in and fight and do what we're asking them to do."We didn't run enough, we didn't fight enough, we weren't brave enough. "Thankfully, we got a point."One run and then walking back to your position is not enough, it's not going to be us."I think there will be changes to the team [for midweek], Lyall Cameron came on and did great, really good. And it's not everyone, there are a couple of players who have been really good, John [Souttar] really good, Jack [Butland] really good, Cyriel [Dessers], when he came on, was great."We have a few decisions to make now, and we have a lot of work to do now. I don't think that's a surprise, we're six weeks in, but the problems can't be… the problems need to be tactical and not about mentality."So from the first half of the two European games, we improved in the second half because the penalty was better, it wasn't really a tactical tweak, maybe a little bit but today we paid the price for being nowhere near mentally resilitent enough, strong enough, together enough, so that's what will happen if you don't."
