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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.

The Aberdeen job would be a great fit for him. back home in six months.

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.

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

That would be awesome......with mr Amy macdonald as his assistant

McGlynn is suited to Falkirk, he’s at home there and can do no wrong. Good luck to him as I think he’s improved as a manager and he’s one of the few who have adapted. I think he’d be a nutcase to leave where he is wanted to go to Aberdeen, their fans would rip him to shreds. as for AJ, for a few weeks, starting probably at the game at Ibrox, we really looked disjointed and all over the place, his selections seemed iffy to say the least (especially v Celtic) and a number of his substitutions in games have left me a bit bemused. But you’d need to be a blinkered idiot not to recognise we’ve played quite well in the past few games and have just missed that bit of clinical finishing (same as last year) I think things are turning around a bit and players are coming back from injury making the squad stronger. He’s got my full backing and I think most of the fans (who go to the games) agree.

Nonsense The main difference between a football manager and a football coach lies in their scope of responsibility. Managers handle both team tactics and administration, like transfers and contracts . While coaches focus on training players and developing tactics. Seeing as Falkirk have a CEO who deals with transfers and contracts the same as we do, McGlynn will do exactly the same role as AJ does for us. Jesus fuck the lengths some of you are going to defend an ingrained opinion is really quite sad. By all means dislike AJ if you want, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but for Christs sake spare us the mental acrobatics to justify your ingrained mindset. Fuck me we had the utter shite a few weeks back "has he lost the dressing room" after 7 games. I've said for sometime that I'm not convinced by AJ but I am open to the fact that he can change my opinion and those trying to infer there has been no improvement over the last 3/4 games are just being bloody minded to defend their over the top rhetoric. Like any manager AJ may turnout to be a dud , he may not but lets keep it to facts. How the fuck you know enough about what McGlynn does at Falkirk and what AJ does at Motherwell is a puzzler, cos to any even minded thinking its just pure speculation to reinforce an ingrained mindset.

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

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.

No.

I honestly think you're at it

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

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

Given the 2 completely different contexts, yes.

Richard Foster is a fud.

This will be a real test of whether Alfred has learned any lessons from the Celtic game.

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

Gleeful is your interpretation of my post. I simply wrote “Tick tock”. But by all means, carry on twisting things to suit your own narrative.

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 ?

With that strip we were due a break with a penalty

After a miserable 6 defeats in a row thats 3 unbeaten, and 5 points from 9 that really should have been 7 points. We are moving in the right direction, so the management team and players deserve a lot of credit. That said we can see where our problems lie so i hope the recruitment team have their targets identified to bring in during the January window to boost our goal threat and strengthen our defence.

MJC probably 🤣🤣

I disagree to be honest. I think he's put a good shift in so far.

Welcome aboard, always good to see or hear anyone taking an interest in our club As for Retro shirts I was in the shop last weekend, the 96-97 white away shirt is currently on sale. There was others in the last couple of years that look to have sold out. I find Ebay always good for the likes of this as well

Hey all. Thanks for the replies. It’s all been super helpful to us especially a e-mail from Dee above. we have been looking loads recently at all things Motherwell and we both can’t wait to go see the match.. luckily I asked him if it’s Hibs or Motherwell and he said Motherwell. 😂 Orbiston Road looks a good place for us to park and as a easy route back up the road past Ravenscraig to the m8.. we are looking forward to going to the Well shop getting a few things as “well” . He will probs be after a new shirt myself I would love a more retro one like the 94-96 away shirt… but doesn’t seem to be in stock from the well shop? Well online from what I can see.. does anybody know if they always get more in or will have to keep an eye out on ebay and such like? Thanks.

The road out of Fir Park is not paved with gold as many have discovered.

Yeah, its funny hearing the Celtic fans saying he's shite because he rebuffed them. They also cite his record so far in France, but it was going to take time and the 3 losseshave been to Lyon, Lille and Marseille who are all in the top 5.

He'd be ideal. After they're relegated.

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

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.

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.

Whether you agree with the term "tick tock" or not, I don't think its in bad taste. Wellfan could equally have phrased it like "time is running out" or similar. He calls a spade a spade and thats ok in my book. I'm not saying he is always 100% right, no one ever is, but his opinions generally merit serious consideration. He is more often right than wrong. AJ has gained some credit in the past 3 games, without doubt, but there are still unanswered questions. For me, the jury is still very much out. Some big games, winnable ones, coming up, and he will be put to the test. Its a results driven business, but I still have major doubts about our defence, midfield, and attack. Questions too about our style of play, although theres no doubt thats its far superior to Alexanderball and Kettleball.

Robbo and Crags continuing to work their magic at Aberdeen.

There’s still time yet. We’re still generally pish. Four points from the last two games is fair enough, but both goals came from penalties and we struggle to score from open play. We’re still defensively weak, powderpuff up front and all too often resort to this passive, ceding-possession crap. The in-game management is questionable too, with some continually bonkers subs. And Vogt starting the Celtic game will forever remain one of Alfred’s most ridiculous decisions. Thirteen league games, three wins, four draws and six defeats. Pumped out of the League Cup at the first hurdle too. The European football was the one positive, but that was before Alfred got his way with the squad on the training pitch. For comparison, at the same stage of JBA’s tenure, we had four wins, seven draws and just two defeats from 13 league games. He didn’t have European football, but he did take us on a six-game League Cup run before St Mirren eventually pumped us out in the semi-final. I know comparisons with JBA will inevitably be dismissed as unfair, but that’s precisely why I’ve chosen their respective starts. This was before JBA had really got us up and running, so I’m not comparing Alfred’s current form with JBA once he’d established himself and got the team playing. I’m looking at how the two managers started. Objectively, it’s been a poor start domestically, and I remain unconvinced he’s the right man for the job. Some see progress, but looking at the bigger picture I don’t.

Hodge had his best game for us, barely put a foot wrong. I thought Sparrow was excellent as well.

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The amount of times sparrow gets cought out of possession.

He's an impact sub.

Pretty hectic and entertaining first half. we need to try and slow them down a bit. Even though wee Kanga is doing ok i’d maybe take him off for Oscar

Good move from them. A tad open. Just need to keep doing what we are doing and sharpen up in final third.

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

Great minds and all that.

TIME UP REF!!!!

If he’s got an hour in him I’d start him, leaving us the option of bring on McGhee if we want to shore things up or Kanga/Cook if we need to go for it!

If you are going to be critical at least get the name right...........its calmer-folding! 🤣🤣