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Every Motherwell manager should be judged on avoiding relegation. Not the only criteria, but one of the important ones. And Partick Thistle are in a relegation battle in the Championship right now, so I'm pretty sure we are still better than them.

I just think that we are in an extraordinary season when there are two teams in the league that are so bad, you can't judge Robinson on avoiding relegation. At this stage last season bottom team Partick had 11 points, 2nd bottom team Dundee had 12 points. Two seasons ago the bottom team at this stage, Partick again, had 13 points. This season the bottom team Dundee has 4 points, 2nd bottom team St. Mirren has 5 points. They are two of the worst ever top flight teams. Finishing above them should not get Robinson off the hook for an unacceptable level of performance.

Alternatively do we wait until two of the worst ever teams in the top flight drop out before we make a change? If you ask me we basically have a free pass this season because St. Mirren and Dundee are absolutely dreadful. If we wait, we might not have that safety net. Right now we have a potential 6 months of development time that we'll probably never get again at this level. As for signing players in January, there are different styles of player available. The players Robinson has brought in are mostly wedded to a style of football that isn't working and is awful to watch. It's a disgrace that the most technically advanced player in the squad is an under 20 with a handful of appearances. We barely have more than 2 or 3 players in the squad that can take a touch and play a pass with any fluidity. We need better players and they need to come from somewhere. So it has to be either the youth squad or the transfer market. We can surely find two players that can improve the squad in January. One can replace Sammon who should be sent back to Hearts.

Thing is, Robinson did what the majority on here wanted (eventually) by switching to a 4-4-2, giving Turnbull a start, and then sticking with it for this game. He'd be getting pelters if he'd gone 3-5-2 and lost 1-0.

At least there is one positive. One of our strikers actually scored!