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Doesn’t matter if the game is on or off we’re getting zero points again this weekend either way.

Boom tish 😎

Thanks pal that brought back good memories from when I was younger 😇

The gaffer said

Upgraded to an amber weather warning. We're halfway there.

That's our best chance of getting points by the way .

I suppose there's a faint chance we might win a lottery. I'd take that chance!

Hope so, a game in gale force winds is just a lottery

Glad you enjoyed it, me old haricot. Willie (Billy to his family, apparently) was my hero too. Pity I missed Pat Quinn by a year; my brother and all his pals thought he was a genius. They say you should never meet your hero but I did meet Willie and his wife by chance in Glasgow before Covid IIRC, and he was a complete gentleman and his wife graceful, explaining that the 'Well forwards and HBs would work on routines in training and Bobby Ancell would generally leave them to it, once he's picked the team. He had faith in their ability. Some very talented players in that squad, evoking happy memories from a very different era.

A few of my boyhood heroes in that team.

Brilliant!! Oh how i would love my dad to see this. He brought me up with stories of that team, willie Hunter was his idol. I must try and upload photo of him and Willie hunter in main stand when it was being constructed

This is a squad photograph after Ian St John in 1961, and before Pat Quinn (the pre-Iniesta Iniesta) left us for Blackpool, who were an excellent side in those days. Our creaking main stand looks rather fresh in them days.

I think this game will be off on Sunday.

You should have told him a joke....

Arrived today and within 2 hours saw a guy wearing a Motherwell cap, I had to compliment him but didnt give my identity away as didn't want to ruin his holiday 🤣🤣

Do you have a export licence to take that old jokebook with you into another country. Hope you get to watch it on a tv somewhere. 👍

Hope you're taking her somewhere decent this time and not the shit hole you took her to last time 😄

Hearts picking up a few injuries this evening it seems. Don’t wish ill on individuals so knocks that keep 5 or 6 of them out of weekend will do.

Well that's that then. First line on the left, one cross each everyone 😂

That's probably a true assessment of how things stand at the moment. Hopefully some of the players haven't chucked it yet .

Obviously a healthy debate from people thinking he’ll work & people thinking he won’t ( nobody really knows at this point ) im pretty sure nobody would take him if they could rewind to the start of the season knowing what they know now disaster is subjective 5 defeats in a row, knocked out the cup by stenny, players regressing, players looking uninterested, no clear playing style, defensively all over the place….. to me it’s not far away from a disastrous start, can he fix it….maybe if we get scudded off hearts he’ll be under real pressure, if he can produce a performance ( not necessarily a result ) it’ll buy him time hopefully we turn up 🤞

Results are the ultimate barometer, as I said in my first post. But if it looks like he's lost his way entirely, there's a good chance he's gone quicker than he would be if there's a suggestion that he has a plan and it's simply taking time to implement. I'd personally be very shocked if the club removed him before Christmas unless we're a total disaster, which isn't the case at the moment.

In reality it goes with results plenty managers over the years have had great ideas, tried to implement different coaching techniques ( whether ur John Collins at Hibs or ten Haag at man united ) cannot keep losing whether the board like him or not

I think it depends on what the view is within the club. As I mentioned, if the board and management team are seeing a coach whose ideas just haven't quite clicked properly yet, or who has simply had the misfortune of being dealt the result of a mediocre transfer window, but who is still confident, has a coherent plan, and who the players are still fully behind, then I don't think even a few more losses will change that. Sure, fans will react on gut and based on what they see in the 90 minutes, but the board is there to be more analytical and not react emotionally. They have all the information to go on, while we don't. However, if there are signs of things cracking behind the scenes, you'd hope the people in charge would adjust their plans accordingly. I have every faith that they would.

Pragmatic approach - agree with the majority of what you’ve written . im really hoping the arse hasn’t already fallen out of it - other than mcinnes and levein not too many managers got past a 5 straight game losing streak . Some non defeats will have to come along pretty quickly - together with improved performances . Hoping Sunday is one of them