wellsince75

disappointed that you feel they'll score against us - expected better

Spittal has been impressive, particularly since Slattery's injury, which I I believe has a lot to do with the balance we've needed in midfield + coincides with when Bair has been a perm fixture. It was always going to be a Hearts /Hibs/Abderdeen type move. Fair play to him and wish him all the very best. He has been a rare commodity beyond his goals - a Motherwell player who's not spent weeks in the Physio room.

VAR - hands up for those who think it's enhanced the game. ???................ Given the clubs are funding this, it would be reasonable for them to vote on whether it stays, goes or changes. If changes it would have to be used sparingly for obvious errors only, and frankly offers very little value. Other than giving us something else to moan and groan about I don't see any tangible value.

like the optimism and it's far better tonic than a pessimistic view. For me our issue has been consistency, we'd need to go on a run that we've not been able to do all season but like you say it's possible and can't think of a better time to go on said run.

Personal view is he's the best manager we've had since McCall, which makes him the best in the last 10 years. Rate him above Barralough, McGhee, Robinson, Alexander and Hammell. Given we've reduced the spending, squad size and he's lost less than 1/3 of games, has a decent enough win record , has us 8th in the league. Plus seems to be a normal guy who cares, speaks well I'd put him close to McCall -who for the majority of time was excellent. He's made plenty of mistakes but appears to learn and move players on quickly. Add to that expect him to improve as he learns and grows. I'm really happy to have him.

completely agree - purpose like a few have mentioned is to correct an obvious error. Feels like there's a bunch of people desperate to prove their value in each and every game, who quite frankly we don't need. There's enough hangers on in footy as it is, having bunch of non players looking at freeze frames is a nonsense. Even with freeze frames I really can't see how Bair handled the ball. Goal should have been allowed. Re Shinnie - for me and in the spirit of the game, thats never a penalty either. I'd have been livid if we got a pen against us for that.

Brilliant post - sums it up to a tee

Aberdeens game mgt was much better than ours. They had better energy, better passing and won the majority of 1st and 2nd balls. Like most teams that play us they dominated midfield , we needed more than just Miller as the defensive style midfield player. That said it was a poor Aberdeen team and with a bit more energy and oomf we could have won. Not great when our best attacking option off the bench is Gent. Brining on Nicholson rather than starting him made more sense. I suspect we're now in no mans land. The slim chance of top 6 is gone, there's still a slim chance of being caught at the bottom. Real shame - we simply blew it yesterday. It's much more fun when thinking about progressing up the league.

Young miller was more than decent and can feel badly done to with VAR

Agree - other than vale I thought all forwards were poor Changing wingbacks didn’t work today either - no real pressure from anyone 1-1 would have been fair - should never have been ruled out

They could give us all night - we don’t look like scoring

We just haven’t turned up too many players sub par

Miss Davor or Paton . Nicholson isn’t the grating type - Don’t think it works with 4 attacking players and only miller working in midfield Equally McGinn isn’t a left wingback - poor to play him there

Sadly agree - very predictable . once again our midfield looks very weak and completely overrun

We’ve been brutal to be fair - bar decision aside we need to reshape and put energy into the game

Not our day

Sleep walking in this match making Aberdeen look good

Looking forward to the game and I think it's fair to say there's more optimism in Lanarkshire than there is in the granite city. Abderdeen have really lost their way since McInnes left and clearly a team struggling with confidence and form. A Not saying we'll win but at least we're thinking we could.

Jesus wept - I hope we have a clause that lets Jon leave at the end of the season

Another very good advert for our club. There’s been several players who have developed and flourished during kettlewells reign . great to see Bair get an international call up , another positive reason to come and play for the Well .

he could have got decent money in Scotland or certainly the UK - don't blame him for cashing in but thought it odd knowing his family and baby to be were in the UK

re KVV. I've never understood why was he so desperate to go back to Holland. Given his partner lives here and was having their child, it's rather odd. Feels like ego. I wish the guy 'Well and delighted with what he did for us but he comes across as a bit of a primadonna . It was more luck than judgement that he's not back at FP and with hindsight goggles I'm relieved. Vale has been excellent for us.

agree - it's a complete waste of money /funds and has taken away more value than it's added. 1) I don't think the tech is there yet and 2) wrong people use it.

I like the way you've laid it out @thewelllfan. My only challenge is from current squad you'd retain 10 players, and I don't have confidence that the club have the nouse to replace it with better quality. FWIW I completely agree about S'OD, Paton, Mugabi not being first team picks. Lots of plaudits for how improved Mugabi has been but persona view is he can't read the game, get's caught flat footed, wrong side of players all the time. (appreciate others disagree)

That’s a bit brutal . There are some players worth keeping around to help the overall squad . Likes of Paton , Kelly , S’OD and Mubagi have all added value .