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Aye Bair is 100% on Kettlewell afaik. Our recruitment team didn't exactly "identify" him given he'd literally played against us the season previously. Everybody in Scotland was aware of him, it was just Kettlewell who saw a player in him.

I think he was fairly rubbish but he was a trier and I don't get why he's got stick when playing against us.

we're not going to finish above Celtic.

Convenient alibi.

I'll stick my neck out and say that I'll be very surprised if we don't make top six. We're already 6 points ahead of Falkirk and 10 clear of United, I don't really see them or anyone else putting together a sort of run that would overhaul us.

Maswanhise seemed to celebrate the goal more than Stamatelopolous did so I don't think he was too put out.

How did you get on?

You think we could play Stephen O'Donnell in centre midfield?

I liked Kettlewell as manager more than most and I think there's a kernel of truth there about how our fanbase treat managers- but on a whole the way he left was more disingenuous and self-serving than anybody else in my time supporting Motherwell.

I like Hale but he's a nippy wee guy fairly similar to a lot of our other attacking options. I'd be surprised if we dont bring in a bigger, focal point type striker instead.

Given they've won twice, drawn once in Europe is it possible we made them look worse than they are?

I'd disagree with this tbh. There were a few goals like the chip against Livi or the one at Ibrox where he skinned a defender or pulled off some pretty technically impressive finishes. I do agree that he's probably out of his depth in Ligue 1 where the base technique and proficiency will be a lot higher but if I think of recent guys that were all blood and thunder I think Bair had much more ability on the ball than Bowman or Main etc.

I'm not reading anything else into it but I do find it a bit odd he's starting tonight.

He's behind Sparrow at about 5 seconds here https://x.com/MotherwellFC/status/1937888523849511076?t=Q_ZiVVVLZqlGhkmTATAbhA&s=19

I love McGhee. The man is absolutely hilarious.