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It's a must-win home game against our relegation playoff spot rival. Nothing less than 3 points will suffice.

Maguire is so far out of the picture that it’s weird he didn't go back out on loan or something. Elliot left Wellington Phoenix in (I think) May 2023 and probably hasn't kicked a ball since.

Paton is a strange one. I previously called him a lazy signing by Kettlewell, but then I held my hands up to acknowledge that he's been quite decent. The thing is, though, he seems like he's only 95% of a footballer. He does lots of neat work, makes progressive turns and runs with the ball, but then makes a shit final pass or finds himself onto the ball in the box and smashes it wide. It's infuriating, but you can see why he's being picked to start, although I think that needs to change now that we've got more options in the door.

We need to go full Xavi mode and play some weird 4-3-3 to 3-4-3 in transition to batter them up top. The 3-6-1 (or thereabouts) will see us draw/lose more games than we'll win.

Bair. He's not a world-beater, but he's now proving me wrong with his work ethic AND goals.

1 league win in 19. Let's see if he can make it 1 in 20 on Tuesday.

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It's not like we're on an epic winning streak, is it?!

All those signings and he fields an unchanged starting eleven. Idiot.

It's pretty obvious that Mika left because he was fed up playing for an idiot manager and shit team.

Correct. I have been on FirParkCorner since 2008 but joined Steelmen Online in 2022 because the former seems to have died a death. And I don't think those in the curry club would tolerate my critical posts.

That's the first interview I've genuinely enjoyed in ages. He seems like an honest and knowledgeable guy.

There are a few excellent posters on the Motherwell P&B in terms of thoughtful posts and statistics, but, for the most part, it's a big self-congratulatory circle jerk on that thread.

The irony of you calling people pant wetters. Good luck; enjoy the echo chamber.

If anything, the relegation dogfight will be fun. I'm genuinely looking forward to the next few games.

I've had a season ticket for most of the past 28 seasons. Does that entitle me to moan about what I perceive as failings in how our Club is run and managed? I also hold my hands up when wrong, eventually. My life isn't sad, and I enjoy my job because I am good at it, but I also like to be critical of the team I've followed since I was 10. Live and let live.

Once we reset in the summer, and are back on a more stable financial footing, I sincerely hope the Club will aspire to something better than we've had under Kettlewell.

I don't think he’ll be sacked because we can't afford it, but he certainly won't survive in terms of earning himself a new contract with us or another top-flight club. We’re going to limp to the end of the season because that's what the Board and he have set us up to achieve and no more.

The Killie, County, and Morton games over the next week will make or break our season and him. The general feeling from fans is that they're pissed off, according to all the forums. So, if we don't beat the latter two, I think he’ll find it very difficult to come back from that.

As I said above, the outcome of this window was entirely predictable. It's no surprise to me that Kettlewell, who I think should've been sent on his way before January, appears to have presided over another generally poor transfer window.

That we can agree on!

Square pegs into round holes, but okay. And does the multitude of fullbacks make up for the fact we didn't adequately replace three outgoing strikers?

Your argument would make sense if we signed some experienced central defenders, but the reality is we have the same central defenders and a shitload of fullbacks.

Oh well. At least I'll have a reason to watch some EFL Championship football again.

At the very least, and given three went out the door, I could be forgiven for thinking that we might have signed someone with a bit more experience and profile to support Vale and Bair, but we got nothing.