Motherwell boss Graham Alexander says a heart-to-heart with Connor Shields led to the striker bagging his first Premiership goal in today's 2-0 win over Hearts at Fir Park.Alexander revealed that the Coatbridge man came to him a few weeks ago and asked to go out on loan so he could get games, which he flatly refused to sanction.Shields struck in 23 minutes to set his side on their way to a terrific win over the Jambos, and Alexander hopes it works well for his confidence.But he also warned that it's up to Shields to keep himself in the team.Alexander said: "It was a big one for Connor.
We had a conversation a few weeks ago when he was maybe looking to possibly go out on loan, but I told him he was going nowhere - he will score goals for us
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