Spiderpig

Simple..he was dropped because he was pish, too many mistakes, he was 2nd or 3rd choice at Dundee before we signed him for a reason ie not very good. Not saying Long is much better but he is better than Twardzik

Its another must win for us, to take it to the last game. That ensures that we are at worst only 3 behind Killie going into the last match, then its game on.

McManus for me, he was excellent all game, never looked under pressure at any time.

Just watched the you tube highlights the westlake handball was a stonewall pen and for me a red card. How that wee fud colum and the linesman missed it is beyond belief. The standard of match officials in Scotland is feckin awful, no descision for pen, pasqalli should have had a 2nd yellow and been off, free kicks not given, colum a Fifa grade ref....my arse

So who would you have brought in then? So you think that Skippy, Pearson, Johnston, And arguably Grant and Long have no quality and have not improved the team over what mccall left us with. Granted Straker is pish and i am not convinced about o'brien or Laing but given that there is not a queue of players wanting to sign for us i think he has done ok.

FFS get a grip of yourself ,why are you troubled by what he wears...start watching the game and not the fans...its a lot easier

Twardzik was Feckin awful, a dreadful panic signing by McCall, I am not saying Long is brilliant but he is a lot better than wee Dan was or ever will be.

As I read it Dave, if the club let season ticket holders into the game on their tickets then the amount of fans actually paying for a ticket or paying at the gate whatever the case may be on the day will be reduced, hence the amount of gate receipts for this game will be reduced so therefore the amount of money due to the SPFL will be reduced. Operating under the current rules, but making a point that they don't agree with them.

Away and have a good look at yourself FFS, racist and or Sectarian abuse is unacceptable in any shape or form, and I am sure that most normal well adjusted people would be offended by any shit like that.

I cant believe the utter pish thats been spouted on here re Barraclough, after the 3 recent wins he was a great guy, giving youth a chance, sticking with Erwin, etc etc now after 2 bad results he is a clueless fud. Somebody even suggested Jimmy Calderwood would have been a better choice aye right. if results stay as they are today then we are still only 6 points adrift with 12 to play for so its not over yet. IB is here for the long haul so we should support him wherever we end up. Which i think will be still in the premiership next season, worst case we finish 11th and then 2 games against Hibs, Rangers, or QOS nothing to fear there. Have some faith guys

Big game, big away support, and as usual we shit the nest....its the Motherwell way.

A title charge and a challenge cup win might be what we need after a shit season, we might enjoy the footie again

Lawson could be the greatest player in the country, but if he is constantly injured he is feck all use to anybody. The club have invested a lot of cash over the last 2 seasons in him, wages, bonuses etc for no return so he needs to go. If he had played enough to show he had the potential to be a good addition to the team then he might have been worth another contract, but as it stands we need to let him go, the money could be better spent on players who would actually play once in a while.

OK maybe a bit harsh, but the fact still remains the club have probably invested a significant amount of cash in him over the last 2 seasons for no return.

Agreed, its unfortunate that he has been injured but he has been a wage thief and contributed feck all to the team in 2 seasons, punt him ASAP.

The first 3 games after the split are vital, especially if one of them is against RC, we need 9 points and hope that RC slip up in either 1 or both of their other 2 games. That would allow us to get back on terms (or hopefully ahead of them ) with a couple of games left, then it will be all to play for.

Its still in our own hands,we wont finish bottom so worst case is the playoff,so win that over 2 legs and we stay up. while i dont want us to finish 11th there is nothing to fear in 2 games against Hibs, QOS or Rangers. Have some faith

Particks next 2 games are away to aberdeen and celtic so tbey will get feck all from either of them. Then we play them at Firhill so they can be caught assuming we can do the business against kille and St mirren. Our target is 10th place and we are still in touch, countys good run will end but we need to make sure we can take advantage. Another 5 or 6 performances like Friday and we will be ok

He is as slow as a week in the jail...but he scores goals on a regular basis give him decent service and he will score more than he misses. If he wants to stay then we should give him a new deal he has earned it

Ainsworth for me, but a mention for straker he actually looked a decent player last night

We owed that mob a pumping..that was an excellent performance from us tonight it could have been more than 4, and straker actually looking like a footballer as a bonus where did that come from.

I agree in part with that, and if he was part of a team with a large squad with half decent players all competing for a start then yes he could be nurtured and given limited starts to develop him. But its Motherwell and the squad is down to the bare minimum and a lot of the players who have been regular starters this season have not exactly covered themselves in glory, so we need to maximise the resources we have. From what we have seen fromThomas in his limited apperances so far, he seems to offer a lot more than our regular starters, midfield and up front so in the position we are in just now can we afford not to give him a lot more game time. If that means giving him a regular start then thats what needs to happen, the only way he is going to develop as a player is by regular and sustained game time, he will learn feck all sitting on the bench or the odd 5 or 10 mins sub apperance here or there, get him starting and let us see what his real potential is.

The club have decided he is good enough to earn a new long term contract so he should be playing on a regular basis ie starting every week.

Keep the faith guy's we owe this mob a pumping and i think it will be on Friday night, hope we get right in about them from the 1st whistle.