santheman

As much as I think he would get us organised and safe from relegation I can't see it happening.

Probably inevitable but at this moment in time I feel a bit ashamed being a Motherwell fan given the circumstances. Some of our support really are *****.

That's the thing that got me. We were under pressure down the wings and he brings on a guy who hasn't featured all season on the right and a guy virtually in the door and straight onto the team bus on the left. Not exactly the best of circumstances to introduce them. Said to my mate after the final whistle that if we had brought on Casey and Balmer instead we would probably have won that game.

Miller was ploughing a lone furrow most of the time with little or no support but at least he offered something in an otherwise poor midfield. For the boys sake I hope he finds a good club in the window if that's what happens but from a purely selfish point of view I would like to se him stay and help to get us back on track. Personally I don't think we've looked the same team since he was injured.

I've kinda made peace with myself that until Miller is back(assuming he's not away this window) and Slattery can last 90mins then we're not going to have anything close to a functioning midfield so I fear it wil be more of the same for the forseeable future at least.

Think that's it for me unfortunately.

Need to sort out our right flank. Wait "Here's Johnny"

He would need to have some voice seeing he's sitting in the stand.

Must be the worst pitch we've played on for a long time.

I'll re-itterate. I sit near him ar Fir Park and can hear pretty much everything he says. He is loud and animated, gets exasperated at times, throws his hands up in the air and questions decisions but I have never once heard him swear or use foul and abusive language towards any officials. He just needs to calm down a bit but no different to many other managers on the touchline.

That was me. As a former Referee(many many moons ago) shouts from the touchline comes with the territory and you generally try to ignore it but the point I was making was that since his public outburst about Casey's ordering off he seems to have come more to the attention of the officials. How many cards has he had since then 2/3?. Did anyone notice that after his yellow card on Saturday for 15mins afterwards every 50/50 seemed to go to St Johnstone? A coincidence perhaps but that was what I used to do if the voices from the sidelines started to piss me off and believe me it always worked. They would either quieten down or work themselves up to a frenzy and a red card, either way it had the desired effect. Kettlewell is very vocal but no more vocal than any other manager in the League with maybe a couple of exceptions and I've never heard him swear or be abusive but he certainly likes to challenge decisions that he thinks were wrong which should be his right of course.

If its insurance I dread to think what our premiums must be🤔

A bit off tangent but in a similar vein, did St Johnstone fans not hold a demonstration outside the main stand at their last home game (although that might have been against the board and not the manager). Hearts held a similar demonstration I'm sure as well as the recent walk out by the Rangers mob. If fans aren't moaning about what's happening on the field then they're moaning about what's happening off it.

That's the $64000 question. We've certainly got the players capable of doing that, whether Mr Kettlewell takes the reigns off and let's them is another matter. I just feel that confidence looked very low yesterday and we need a good performance and a win to give the team and fans a lift. Maybe a couple of new faces might provide the spark we need.

We're perfectly capable of getting a result. Putting things into perspective and leaving aside our poor display, it's not as if St Johnstone ran over the top of us or created numerous chances so I fully expect another tight game on Saturday which could go either way. I certainly hope we at least compete better than we did yesterday. There's nothing to be frightened off from St Johnstone that's for sure, we just need to be more up for it.

As the old saying goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome.

I've been very much on the fence with Kettlewell and been happy to give him leeway because of our exceptional injury situation but im afraid he's got 45 minutes to stop me falling off it into the out camp. There's definite Sligo vibes in the stands just now.

My Hearts supporting mate doesn't think there's anything in the Casey rumours as it's seemingly just one guy who claims to be in the know who posted in one of the Hearts forums. They've just signed 2 CB's and have 2 currently injured so unless they're planning on changing their entire back line it seems a strange signing but then again you never know.

First of all to play entertaining attacking football you need to have the players capable of doing that and a manager who trusts them enough to be able to. I would say that if we had consistently had a full squad available then we might have seen a bit more of that. The reality is we've had so many injuries to key players all at the same time we've had to make do with cobbled together teams at times with little or no continuity. Just when we think we have a settled team we get another injury to a key player and its back to the drawing board. In those circumstances is it best to resort to safety first or throw caution to the wind, obviously Kettlewell prefers the former. Thats not making any apologies for the eye bleeding tactics which depending on what way you look at it has been foisted on Kettlewell because of the players he has available or he deliberately sets out to play in a certain way. This game on Saturday has Sligo and Alexander vibes for me as you can feel the mounting unrest in the fanbase and I think one more game like we've experienced lately, a poor performance with a defeat and that could easily become a groundswell which the board would have to address. I still find it weird that we're talking like this when we're sitting in 5th place but that's life being a Motherwell fan

If ever there was a game designed for us to play 2 traditional full backs then this is it. But we won't.

Is this the guy that comes from E.K? Possibly looking for a move closer to home in that case.

Xhamsters better😉

Already prepared myself for him being out for 4 weeks😒. Don't know if that will be with an injury or hypothermia.

https://x.com/SportsPeteO/status/1876323527999283651

Apparently been on the 1st team bench for most of the season with a couple of appearances as sub. Highly thought of it seems.