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We have a young manager who has moved his family to Scotland to commit fully to making a success of the Motherwell managers job. If it had been up to people like yourself he would have lost that job a few weeks ago and his life would have been in a form of turmoil. A comment like tick tock suggesting that his position was a ticking time bomb was in bad taste. If you are going to make the comment at least take ownership for it ( I know another shitty modern day phrase). The phrase shows a lack of any empathy or concern for the managers position. I don't think that is really open to any interpretation. It hasn't worked out for you this last few weeks. You may still get your wish but not quite yet.

And Dundee Utd have just one defeat in their last eight. Against us. Spooky.

I'd never put myself in the Happy Clappy camp not by any measure but honest tae fuck some of the comments about yesterday are just trying to maintain a point of view already settled in some folks heads. You look at any measure of the stats yesterday we gave as good as we got against a decent DU team. Home side XG 1.91 the Away team 1.75. In case anyone was unsure we were the away team and to go to Tannadice and and play as we did deserves credit. DU as the home side should in the vast majority of games edge it just as I'd expect us to do at Fir Park. Then everyone frustrated at missed chances, as I was. For fuck sake we are at least creating the chances, it would be a real worry if we weren't creating chances. If we keep creating them it will turn. I'm nearly always in the hyper critical mode but for fuck sake go onto the BBC site and look at the stats. DU could have scored a couple near the end but we could also have been 3-1 up by then. Hanging on?? My arse.

You expected us to lose so surely a draw was a positive? And I dont think scraping a draw is accurate

Fair comment, will the "AJ out " supporters do the same then and realise that he is going nowhere, no clocks ticking etc and get back behind him and the team. Or does the agenda not suit that approach.

Does rude health mean ye asked him how he was doing and he told ye to f**k off! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Some mad comments on here. Happy with the draw away against a decent team. Green shoots of progress.

Ship has certainly been steadied, which I couldn’t see coming after the Celtic game so huge credit to Alfred and the players for that. Let’s see if we can kick on in an incredibly tight league.

Get the half and half scarf looked out for that one

Robinson is a useless arrogant tosser with no plan and failing at his 3rd SPL club. AJ is a forward thinking manager who knows how he wants his team to play, despite a few setbacks recently. Does that clear things up for you, i could do a tik tok video if you prefer pictures ?

No.

With that strip we were due a break with a penalty

No one scaped a draw at Tannadice.

McGlynn, like Robinson, would be an idiot to go there.

I’ll happily hold my hands up if he turns things around and gives us a good season, but I’m not going to pretend to be his biggest fan in the meantime. That doesn’t mean I don’t get behind the team and support them every week.

Maybe. Maybe not. Too many intangibles that make players and managers a good fit even from year to year at the same club.

No matter who the manager is he is never going to be good enough in the eyes of our usual culprits and nothing said or done will change their minds. Pathetic really. Entitlement is off the scale.

Johnny K has been an excellent player for us when fully fit and firing, which makes it all the more frustrating that he seems to be made of paper. Stama, on the other hand, was both shite and injury-prone.

Johnny k due back maybe a few weeks but he has booked an injury and one in March also! 😄, the new stama

Tick tok talk, surely

Can we close this topic? All this tick talk is doing my head in.

Spot on Joe. The so called "continuity" approach which was mentioned when JBA, left threw and confused many fans, including myself. I can't speak for others, but I was expecting a JBA MK2 manager, albeit with hiccups due to players leaving and a new man coming in. I was still expecting very high possession stats. That has not been the case. AJ's approach is markedly different, although he did say when he arrived that he wanted to get the ball forward quicker. Maybe the continuity comments were naive? There are also questionmarks over recruitment, although many players have still to settle, if they ever do. Do the new lads fit AJ's style of play? Time will tell. What is clear though is that our striker recruitment has failed under both JBA and AJ. It was masked to some degree by an on form Maswhanise. When his form dipped, the deficiencies became clear. Neither Hendry nor Palmer Houlden are out and out goalscorers, but we presumably knew that when they were recruited. So, in that respect I'm not expecting much from them. They are being asked to play a game for which they are not suited. Thor? The jury is still out on him. He needs a run of starts before we can form a final view.

I was very close to thinking time was up a few weeks ago but, performances and results have picked up. The last 4 games while only taking 5 points, have seen ahuge improvement on the field. The players are still playing for the manager & we are improving. Still lots of work to do but if AJ successfully turns this round then it could be the making of him.

I know you werent mate just me still having a rant about some of the reactions to what was a very good DESERVED result Apologies if it came across wrong.

They may well have edged it in some people eyes but they are the home team so is that such a shock, that shouldn't generate some of the nonsense spouted. We were worth our draw and even Goodwin grudgingly conceded that maybe the case for others watching.. Before Moornan cleared of the line and the guys fluff at the far post their keeper from two good saves from us and Priestman had a fresh air shot when he should have scored. So for me we could have been a couple up before their late chances so a draw was right. I do concede the quality of their chances were slightly better that's why their XG was 1.91 and ours was 1.75 but what do we expect against a good team IN THEIR OWN BACK YARD. **And just for the record JBA didn't win at Tannadice against a DU team that were measurably worse than the current. Version.

I think our problem as a support is that Jens moved the bar on everything for us. Pre Jens a point at Tannadice would have been considered most acceptable. I think Ive been there 4 times and seen us lose 4 times. It was always a difficult venue for us. This in a week when the BBC are running articles on United having the best midfield in Scotland! (The boy Iqbal is quality btw). All the stats yesterday say a draw was a fair result. It doesnt always work that way and I did think they edged it second half and as such were the more likely to win. But not by so much that I didnt think we deserved our point. Hopefully with the ship steadied, we will see more consistency of performance going forward and we can all relax a bit soon!

I had the pleasure of meeting up with Stevie Kirk and his good lady at a local supermarket yesterday. They're in rude health and we had a long chat.

For me 'tick tock' and 'time is running out' have a different tone completely. The next time you are under pressure in your work life or Wellfan is under pressure in his and your job may be under threat and somebody comes along and says 'tick tock' it would be interesting to see how you (or he) would view that comment then. Maybe I am being too sensitive and those of you who call a spade a spade are made of sterner stuff. Generally Motherwell managers get sacked. It is a very difficult job. Motherwell have had 20 managers since the turn of the century. Three of them, McGhee, Brown, Askou moved on after a successful spell. The rest were sacked. When almost 90% of the managerial appointments end in failure then you are going to be more often right than wrong to argue each time that the current manager be sacked. On today's game, it was a very good result against a team that have been in form recently. Again Motherwell matched their opposition and showed that there is very little between the majority of the teams in the league.

Given the 2 completely different contexts, yes.

Decent away performance and a good point. Thought the first half was end to end and very even. Both teams had lots if chances so 1-1 at half time just about right. Thought United edged the second half. They showed a bit more quality on the ball and created the better chances. Agree, the subs were weird. Said was doing fine and Fadinger was playing well. Can only assume Fadinger did pick up a knock as it makes no sense otherwise. Early days for Hendry on his return from injury, but he has already reminded me why I hadnt missed him. I really wouldnt have him on the field at the same time as SPH or Eythor. One of any of them is plenty. Overall, pretty pleased with the point, but moreso the performance. The passivity is gone and we look far more comfortable with what we are trying to do. It appears talk of Alfreds demise may have been premature.

Good result today , would happily have taken the draw before a ball was kicked. From 6 defeats in a row to 3 unbeaten is a positive for me Hopefully AJ smashes that record too

MJC probably 🤣🤣

I’m no Maswanhise hater but I’m at a loss as to why he’s still on.

Said must be horrendous to play against. He’s like a bull with great ball control and shielding ability

3 points behind us….game in hand but our managers sound & Aberdeen should sack theirs?