A side hailed as the best around last season has now dropped six on the spin, and Fir Park is searching for answers.
Six defeats in a row is a crisis at any club, but it stings even more at Motherwell. Last season they were being talked up as the best team north or south of the border. Now Fir Park is asking what has gone so badly wrong.
Slumps like this rarely have one cause. When a side that once played with confidence and clear identity starts losing repeatedly, the problems tend to overlap. Sharpness in front of goal fades, small defensive lapses become costly, and the belief that carried the team through tight games starts to drain away.
The pressure that comes with high expectations matters too. Opponents have had time to study what made Motherwell so effective, and teams that overperform one year are often targeted the next. Any changes in personnel, injuries, or loss of rhythm in the XI can push a team from fluid to fragile very quickly.
The next few matches will show whether this is a blip or something deeper. Motherwell have shown they can compete with the best in Scotland, so the quality is there. What they need now is a result, any result, to stop the slide before confidence disappears completely.
