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Feel like its the lazy move. Granted 2 wins and playing better but the same happened when Hammell stepped in then the players just fell off. Doesn't mean it won't work but I feel very unenthused by it and feels like a cheap risk.

If nothing else, the fact that most politicians are polarising would point to a lack of judgement, especially when in the process of applying for new positions. I’d say the same if he’d gone round to Jeremy Corbyn’s for tea. Should it discount him from being appointed? No. Should it be mentioned within the bounds of that consideration? I don’t honestly see why it shouldn’t.

ffs boys yous are off tangent weve been shite all season playing dugmeat etc THEN we win 2 games in a row to go 6 points clear of the bottom teams and yous want to talk about politics, shite captains and non start managers like ollie ffs men just draw a line over the petty point scoring and concentrate on the possitive things like grizzly having feck all jokes left only my opinion but lets drop it

Would you be OK with someone who said they hate black people, would never have a Jew in the team and gays should be euthanised? If not, then you also have a line you think that shouldn't be crossed. The challenge for anyone is where to draw that line. We've set ourselves up as a club who serves the local community so it would be a bit incongruous if we hired a manager who was opposed to the causes and people we support.

You might be on to something here. My 11 year old has been convinced since Hammell walked that Kettlewell would become the new manager because he has WELL in his surname

Hear, Hear! Opposing someone from joining our football club because of their political leanings, views or associations is very Celtic/Green Brigade type behaviour. Personally I couldn’t care less if we appointed the illegitimate love child of Ian Paisley and Margaret Thatcher, if he came in and did a good job for us then that’s all that matters.

Confirmed weeyin madelein mccann woosh moment

He's also greatly admired rightly or wrongly by a proportion of the population. If we ever come to the point when we disregard someone because of who they talk to or their perceived political allegiances then we're well and truly f****d. Don't want him but not because of that.

aw naw ffs heez back

Knock Knock.....who's there 😂😂

Probably cause 'flow called him about the Aberdeen job...

Have you actually listened to the interview? Easily found on Youtube. All they talk about is his family and the pressures of having 3 daughters who are profoundly deaf and a wife who survived cancer and the amount of house moves he's made to follow his career. Absolutely no mention of politics at all so no clue as to his opinions on anything or his political allegiances. I suspect the original post was nothing to do with Holloway and more about a dig at the person doing the interviewing. Anyway way off tangent as it looks like Kettlewell has the gig and why politics should never mix with football.

You'd have to be a total maddie to think they'll be no jokes about his name....... Ah, got it - the implication was that I missed the dead wean joke. I thought the implication was I didn't get the joke in the kettle posts. Not sure if that's a whoosh or just a confused old man, but I'll take it as a whoosh BECAUSE I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE WRITING ALL MY POSTS IN CAPITALS YET!!! LOL.

Makes a change to highlight a great save by Kelly

I couldn't give a flying shite how cheap he is the key to it is this he has the players performing and performing well think he has enough to keep us up. End of the season or a year and a half contract whatever from the doom and gloom under Hammell and Kerr to this?I know what one I shall be picking everyday. Mind boggles what was going on under last management team whatever it was must have been shocking.

Objectively speaking, If Kettlewell applied at the same time as Hammell did, there is no way Hammell was a better option. I couldn't see how a guy who had never been a manager, along with a coach who relegated Albion Rovers and was sacked from Partick was the best choice. Aside from the usual new manager bounce, I think recent improvement is a chain reaction, starting with Kettlewell's interviews. It's been refreshing to see someone competent speaking to the press and telling it how it is and setting the tone. I wouldn't be surprised if this was part of what changed the atmosphere at FP against St Mirren, especially when it has felt like the club in general has been going off the rails a bit recently. As much as I loved Hammell as a player, he was so clearly out of his depth and definitely not great at speaking to the media. A few of them were downright painful to watch. He looked particularly rattled in his presser before Raith. If he was anyway like this with the players, it's not surprising the players didn't take to him. Kettlewell is maybe not the answer long term, however, it makes sense to go for the most risk-averse option at this point in time, especially if we're playing better, and stick with it until the end of the season. At the very least, it's been good to see some in-game management from Kettlewell and Clarkson. Hammell and Kerr legitimately seemed like they had zero idea what was happening 95% of the time.

AllyMax Posted 14 hours ago You'd have to be a total maddie to think they'll be no jokes about his name.......

Like others, I wouldn’t be averse to Kettlewell until the end of the season. Any offer beyond then would be difficult to justify.

You'd send him to Tanadice?

Agree. There's politicians and there's politicians. I'm happy to sit down with you and argue the toss about social housing policies or banking regulation and still have a pint and be friendly. There are some issues, however, where there isn't much room for nuance. I wouldn't, for example, want us to hire a racist.

Jokes are funny. This doesn't even rise to the level of pun. It's like someone has failed a word assocation test for "kettle" but keeps repeating it. Nobody felt the need to write "ham" every 4 words when Hammell was in charge, but "kettle" seems to have induced some sort of mass psychotic event. Maybe Derren Brown is recording a domestic appliance special I'm not aware of, otherwise I can only assume Russell Hobbs has paid some influencers to start posting on football sites. I'd rather watch Mrs Brown's Boys Kettle Special episode than see more random kettles on here. This is a serious matter that deserves serious consideration.

To be honest I'm rather disappointed in the amount of laughing emojis it got. I was sure it was a winning comment 🤣

Beat Killie - Kettlewell gets the gig. Lose to Ross County - fans slate the Board for the Kettlewell appointment. Beat Rangers - Kettlewell retires.

You'd have to be a total maddie to think they'll be no jokes about his name.......

Jings. A MoM thread that you actually want to take part in. It's been a while 😁

All of them. That was an outstanding team performance.

Whoosh implies I missed something amusing. If someone satisfactorily explains the "joke" I'm ready to listen. I guarantee nobody can, because it is literally not funny. So have at it. Tell me why I'm wrong.