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I wasn't entirely sold on Kettlewell to begin with, and some of his signings have been questionable at best, but there's a different vibe and feel from the team at the moment. It doesn't seem like a situation where the manager is out of options, isn't being backed by the players and a new guy is needed. It feels different from the Hammell and Alexander situations. It even feels different from the end of Robinson's reign. That might just be me though.

I'd also go with Paton in for Obika. Our best performances were with one striker, and Beireth can handle that. Also, with two wingbacks with actual pace I think it will be more effective.

I dont want a say in the day to day running of the club. Thats what the board and/or a CEO are for. But if we genuinely "own" the club (ie the Well Society is the majority shareholder) we should have a say on the big decisions and general direction of the club. For exanple, do we want to spend money on a training ground, or keep leasing Dalziel? Do we want to stay at Fir Park and pay for the upkeep or should we be looking at moving / redevelopment. Some of the ideas you posted elsewhere regarding the way forward for the club, a "blueprint for development" or whatever you want to call it, should all be up for discussion and there should be a mechanism in place to allow for this and take things forward. It would then be up to the board /CEO to investigate and if achievable implement these changes, or at least come back to us and explain why it isnt viable. It shouldnt just be, give us your money, now sit down and leave it to the grown ups, we know what we are doing. Like all investors, we can stop parting with our cash at any point if we feel we are being taken for a ride......

Agreed. If they part company with him then it's really too late to bring in a new manager and let him bring in some new signings of his own.

But you got an email though. So........

Would that scenario constitute a run of 16 games without a win? Surviving that would border on the miraculous. I am not personally in the camp that thinks he should already be gone, but the longer this run continues, the more difficult it becomes to justify keeping him. It almost feels like the club is just treading water until he goes which is an unfair situation for all concerned individually and collectively a recipe for disaster. We need to back him or sack him. Twiddling our thumbs and waiting for the inevitable seems the worst course of action.

Kelly Mugabi Blaney Spencer Gent Spittal Obika Biereth Wilkinson Shaw Bair

I agree with the team selection, just not the subs 🙂

27 years to the day since we beat Celtic with Jamie Dolan in goal. No matter how long it’s been that day will live long in the memory. I’d actually forgotten that that was one of his last appearances for Motherwell as he moved to Dundee Utd in a swap deal for Owen Coyle the month after. Also sadly no longer with us.