Andy Halliday feels former club Motherwell made too many changes in their League Cup defeat by second-tier Stenhousemuir.
Alfred Johansson's side bid to bounce back from that shock exit when they welcome Freiburg to a sold-out Fir Park for their Conference League play-off first leg.
"It's disappointing to make that many changes," Halliday told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast. "Eight's too many for me.
"Five young academy players started but for four of them, it was their first game of the season.
"It's very, very difficult to try and get a blend together when there's that many players making their first appearance."

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Rangers have already made 11 signings this summer with at least another couple likely.
The total number of arrivals since the start of last summer's transfer window stands at an eye-watering 28 - leading to concerns from former Ibrox player Andy Halliday over the club's "scattergun" approach to recruitment.
And Halliday says there is now a "gulf" in quality between Rangers and Celtic.
Speaking on the BBC's Scottish football podcast, he said: "The key word is strategy. I can't describe Rangers' recruitment over the last 12 months as a strategy - more scattergun.
"When you see the amount of players they have brought in over a 12-month period, it doesn't look as if there's much strategic plan behind it.

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Amid a four-game winless start to Rangers' season, the arrival of James Penrice came with little fanfare.
While rival fans attempted to poke fun at the Ibrox club for signing another former Hearts player, supporters of the Govan side were left somewhat underwhelmed.
However, with first-choice left-back Tuur Rommens out injured, Penrice showed 24 hours later that he can be a vital addition for manager Derek McInnes in the coming weeks by ******* isting and scoring on his debut against St Mirren.
"That was probably a dream debut," the boyhood Rangers fan told former Hearts team-mate Andy Halliday on Premier Sports.
"It's been a mental week. I don't think it gets better than that."

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Hibernian's summer recruits are looking good and it's down to the "fantastic job" being done by sporting director Malky Mackay, reckons Andy Halliday.
Ahead of the Leith side's return to competitive action in the Conference League second qualifying round first leg against Malisheva in Kosovo, head coach David Gray has some selection headaches.
Key creator Nicky Cadden is one of the core squad members ruled out with injury, but former Hearts and Motherwell midfielder Halliday anticipates the summer reinforcements filling the void well, particularly at the top end of the park.
"Under David Gray, especially over the last couple of seasons, a big part of their strategy is to utilise the wing-backs and put crosses into the box," Halliday told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
"I think I'd probably make a strong case that Nicky Cadden is arguably the best crosser in the league and a huge output for Hibs in terms of their chances created on that left-hand side.

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Andy Halliday believes Rangers have the "perfect foils" for new striker Lawrence Shankland in Youssef Chermiti and Ryan Naderi.
Chermiti and Naderi often partnered each other in attack last season, with Shankland set to join up with Rangers' squad soon after having represented Scotland at the World Cup.
"In Youssef Chermiti and Ryan Naderi, I think it's two perfect foils for Lawrence Shankland," former Rangers midfielder Halliday told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.
"Two big athletic players with physical profiles who can do a bit more running than Lawrence Shankland probably can.
"And it allows Lawrence Shankland to stay in the penalty box and in between the goal frame where he's such a threat."

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Scotland 131-7 (20 overs): Carter 72* (52); Kerr 3-17
New Zealand 132-4 (18.2 overs): Sharp 62 (43), Halliday 41* (38)
New Zealand won by six wickets
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