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TBF, there are posters on here who don't think any current Motherwell players should be in our team.

Just watched the highlights. Small margins as always. Had Shinnie taken his chance early in the game it could have been very different but he didn't and the team responded fantastically after the Rangers defeat. Very pleased for Grimshaw. Thought he was a stand out when Baraclough signed him the first time and for all he did not hit the heights last season he still made a valuable contribution. Was left scrathing my head with the waste of a jersey comments at the start of this season. Delighted that he has had the chance to show we he is capable of. Wouldn't it be a shock if Gorrin turns out to be a player as well and Robinson (once again) shows that he actually knows what he is doing. Great result. Let's hope the team can kick on now and the players and manager get given the breathing space they deserve.

The more I watch that goal the happier I get, not just with the goal itself but for what it says about Johnson's current and future confidence. He could - and almost certainly should - have passed, taking the easy option for a striker struggling for game time and without a goal for a while. The fact that he obviously made up his mind what he was going to do early on, and then had the belief and the ability to execute it is surely exactly what anyone wants in a striker.

Good post Andy although I'm not entirely sure about that. Over the piece, we were by far the better side and thoroughly deserved our 3-0 win. I thought we started brightly but defended poorly and the Dons had 2 maybe 3 avoidable chances to score. The midfield looked out of sorts defensively and poor Grimshaw was left totally exposed down our right side. However shortly after our first goal they sorted themselves out, showed more belief in themselves, and worked that bit harder off the ball to close attackers down. Credit to the management and team for bouncing back after a morale sapping hammering at Ibrox. It really was a team effort with no failures, but Grimshaw was my MOTM after a shaky start. Great to see Mbulu come in and do a good job against very physical and streetwise opponents. Turnbull had a quieter game but impressed nonetheless and scored a perfectly struck goal despite what Derek McInnes said about it. Gorrin too didn't look out of place when he came on. Certainly Turnbull and Bigirimana added much needed creativity to the proceedings. If we had a fault it was lack of pace, but we already know about that. Certainly to have so many injuries and still field a strong side was encouraging - could we have done that last year? I wasn't in the least surprised to see Gillespie come in and play well, as he was signed as a first choice keeper. As expected the media has focused on how Aberdeen lost. They have conveniently ignored how physical they were (no doubt to justifably combat our roughhouse style of play). John Beaton let them off with murder and the likes of McKenna, Considine, Ferguson and May took full advantage of a referee who was out of his depth. Campbell's yellow card was ironic considering what had gone on previously. Credit to Campbell though - he battled well against bigger and more powerful adversaries. All in all a great result and an encouraging display.

Given that only a late change of circumstances meant I was there yesterday I feel quite fortunate to have been present for what was undoubtedly the performance of the season. It was as good as it was unexpected. In contrast to some I thought we started relatively well but began to fade a little after the twenty minute mark. It was a concern then that we'd been the better team but hadn't really thrown a punch in anger. That hasn't been uncommon in home games this season. But fair play, we went on to put that concern to bed. Another concern I had when seeing the line up was the physicality of our midfield but it didn't prove to be that much of an issue, although perhaps Liam Grimshaw might take a huge chunk of credit for that. By the end it appeared Aberdeen players on their left wing looked totally intimidated and shit scared to go into challenges with him. A very well taken opener by Johnson. I think the whole East Stand thought he'd taken the wrong option by not passing to Campbell but he handled the situation magnificently and finished with aplomb. The second came along at just the perfect time. The third was similarly well timed as it put to bed any hopes of an Aberdeen come back and it was just unfortunate that we couldn't add to that, particularly with Grimshaw's effort, which would have been a just reward for an excellent display. Results elsewhere would prove it to a very important win. I can't remember when it was but saw at one stage that next above us in the table a few weeks back were Aberdeen in 8th place something 8 points ahead. I genuinely struggled to see how we might claw back such a deficit, yet, without getting ahead of ourselves we can go to Livingston next week (with the added confidence of knowing we've already won there and great start to the season or otherwise they've not beaten in either game we've played them) knowing we can cut that deficit to 8th place to just two points. Quite an incentive. Much work remains to be done but an excellent response to Ibrox and a much more like the evolution of style of play that I think we hoped to see this season.

Hopefully Turnbull has an Aston Martin engine as opposed to the broken-down FIAT 126 that Ross Forbes had Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

I am the only one that voted for Mbulu ? Absolutely Johnson for his goals but we know he can do that and Grimmy for his all rebound effort - again we know he has that in his locker. Also Gillespie did well and shows he could well match up to Trev whilst he recovers from DVT. But first time I have seen Mbulu and for his first start he was very composed and hardly put a foot wrong. Early days but we may well have a Kipre Mk11

Thought I’d bump this up as a reminder