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Aye. Feels like Slattery has played more games than 10 given he scored that freekick against Hibs away. Not sure I agree with Miller as POTY though. Its been pretty tough for the boy playing out of position in a disjointed struggling team. He had the injury as well, so despite there being flashes of his quality, I dont feel we have seen anywhere near what he is capable of this season. Alternatives are thin on the ground though.....

For someone who wondered round aimlessly he found his groove with us in 2020 only to rush away at the first offer and has been pretty mince ever since. Bags of talent but there's something lacking. At 31 I don't foresee him offering much more and can play in the Scottish Championship next season. (fingers crossed not with us )

Empathy isn’t the same as caring for the club though. The winning mentality of a player alters their mood.

I hear you @wellgirl that’s a valid point re Armstrong and I’m sure other players are similar and care about the club . . appreciate I have a bias for guys who have been with us for several years , eg Craggs , Hammell, Lesley’s of this world . I’m my mind the longer a player is associated with the club the more deeply they’re likely to care . A bit like us, the fans. what id like to see is more of the steady Jo’s who can be with us for long periods of time . Hence happy for likes of slattery and sod to stay on , same for me if Casey stays . Also why id like to see young Wilson back in the team and wee Al back with us next season .

2 wingbacks with no pace in a 5 will only result in us being penned back in our own box. We have seen that movie plenty already this season. Watt has been absolutely gash since his return and shows little sign of turning it around.

Should be 11th in spfl v 4th in championship and 2nd v 3rd in championship. 2 semi final ties then a final, it is so in favour of the spfl club Ps. May 2015.......I love the play off set up!! 🤣🤣

Agreed and no one can point to any league reconstruction inn the last 50 years that delivered what was promised. With 5 games to go the only teams with nothing to play for are Rangers & St Mirren , why would we change that. The league should be looking at innovation , imaginative thinking about the current set up not adding more teams to add fuck all but a change of strip you are looking at.

In terms of balance of league set up. for me the split works better than what we've seen in the past. A larger league of say 14, 16 would simply mean more teams with nothing to play for. It would mean several clubs come to final third of a season with SFA to play for. We'd still have 2 clubs fight for league. 2-3 other chasing Europe. 1-2 clubs fighting relegation. The rest would be a non event. As poor as Scottish football is, I personally think the current league set up is the best it's ever been. It's more the product on the park that's regressing.

For me the McLean era highlights what we can do over a sustained period of time. Not easy but this is something we should be looking to replicate and accept we're a long term project. McLean built a team long term like you mention the likes of Maxwell, Arnott, Dolan, Griffin, Kirk and many others improved over the years, particularly when we brought in some quality (Russell, Cooper etc) I'd be delighted for the club to have a long term progressive plan, that see's us gradually improve each year. Short term we need more cohesion and a few players with a bit more fight about them. Feels a long time since we had the likes of Lasley, Hammell, Craggs of the world who were good enough for us and cared about the club. My simple view is we need less journeyman and more Wilsons of this world fighting for us and progressing each year, don't need to all be world beaters. PS if someone could give us a Cooper or a Russell well that's fine too :).

You know why you shouldn't bother? Because when you have relative success like achieving Top 6, Europe and the later stages of cup competitions our fans throw it back in your face. I'm afraid the kind of football and the kind of success a lot of our fans want only happens once in a blue moon when year and years of work comes together and otherwise is mainly dependent on what mostly makes the world go round - money. Ever wondered why we gut the team every season and things don't seem to get much better? Cos we pay a certain level of wages and there's a level of player that you get for that expenditure. Sure some are better than others but it averages out. It's that simple. So what you call defeatist, I call a realistic outlook. I've been going to Fir Park for 43 years. I've seen maybe 5 or 6 individual teams that actually played good football and a few of them were in a completely different football environment before massive wage increases and player contract rights. The funny thing is players like Ally Maxwell, Dougie Arnott or Jamie Dolan who were developed by the club over 3 or 4 years before they hit their stride would be sent packing by fans these days who have absolutely no patience and demand instant success. And the one trophy we have won in all that time would never have happened if the fans had had their way.

Last season StJ needed to beat us at Fir Park to stave off relegation they did. StJ needed to beat us in January to relight their season , they did. StJ needed to beat us in the Cup , they did. I have zero confidence this god awful Motherwell squad will beat them in this very important game.

Disappointed we are not getting a 3rd home game only because of anyone who pays a season ticket , 18-20 of course but it is what it is As things stand I don't think it will make too much difference playing home or away

I'm jealous of the people who rank this squad as "the worst they have ever seen". They've had it easy!

There's been a couple of times in the last 5 or 6 years when were were in deep shit. The post police charge collapse under Robinson and the whole Hammell era which only came into being because another manager was forced out the club. Motherwell fans need to get a grip. In the natural order we are a Bottom 6 club every season and the only time we aren't are when we over achieve and others underachieve. 'That prat' had this team Top 6 all season, achieved a semi final, saved us from relegation once and had us comfortable last season. Sure it's a little bit nervy going into the last stage of the season but the only non city team that's better than us this term is St Mirren and then only by a small margin. Our fans need to get some perspective and stop the doom/crisis/it's never been worse/gut the club cycle.