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But square pegs in round holes is Kettlewell’s speciality.

To be fair to the clown, that's to try to capitalise on Bair being in recent dangerous form playing through the middle.

Spittal at RWB and Hibs battering us on that side, and Slattery up top where Spittal should be and playing shite. Who could have predicted that?! Kettlewell is a clown.

If he is, I’m firmly back in the get Kettlewell to fuck camp. We need him in the final third.

I'd imagine we would only be looking to sign Furlong permanently rather than a loan because we have Gent for the rest of the season, but where does that leave Wilson? And if we don't sign Furlong, perhaps we will recall Wilson as cover since Souaré has left.

He was good in the previous window at moving on shite signed by other managers, so let's see how good he is at moving on the shite he signed in that same window.

One too many Hogmanay sherries?

I agree. I said in another post that the new regime at the top will likely not renew Keytlewell’s contract at the end of the season, regardless of how good/bad he does for the rest of the season. He's too inexperienced, and Daws is also useless if you look at his stats compared to those of Foyle. You’d imagine that the new Board/Chair/CEO would likely want to install their own management and recruitment team to align with whatever strategy the club finally works towards. As I also said previously, it feels like we’re very much operating in a holding pattern at the moment, which is to the detriment of our on-field performance and has kept someone in the job long beyond what they deserve.

Yesterday saved his job, but it was the easiest game of the season as Livi are in a terminal decline worse than ours. I still don't think Kettlewell has the experience or tactical nous we need to improve and progress. My concern is that he’ll now get the January window and likely sign more crocks and duds, leaving us at the end of the season in no better state than we currently find ourselves. If you think long-term and aspire for something better, yesterday very much has the feeling of papering over the cracks for me. Let's hope that this victory isn't akin to Lamie’s goal at Livi which prolonged Alexander’s tenure beyond what it should've been.

If you add him having an improved January transfer window to that, then he's earned a new contract.

If he steers us to a miserable 10th, avoiding the playoff, I’m pretty sure the new regime at the top (whoever that is) won't renew his contract in the summer. He’ll have our thanks for the rollercoaster and we’ll hopefully employ someone with a bit more experience.

Easy. Bair could've had at least 4 goals today.

When Slattery came off the bench today he quickly reminded us why he was dropped. The best thing he did was rush them and get the ball booted into his face. Hope he's okay though.

We thoroughly deserved the win, and Theo fully earned the MOTM award. I expect more of this from now on, so hats off to him today. The third goal was classy. Livi were shit and there for the taking, and we thankfully smashed through them quickly. The second half was horrendous crap, but getting the job done in the first half for once saw us cross the finish line comfortably in the end. Phew. We should've won today (on paper anyway), so let's not get carried away. I also think Kettlewell is safe now, regardless of the Hibs result, so let's hope he doesn't fuck up another transfer window.

Yep. This formation is clearly the last throw of the dice from Kettlewell. It's got nothing to lose written all over it.

2 midfielders? Jesus wept.

You're right about the players not seeming to have downed tools like they seemed to do under Hammell, but pinching the odd draw here and there still isn't good enough. We've not won in 15 games, and the manager hasn't been able to affect any meaningful change. That form is ridiculous, whichever way you frame it. While different in detail, both managerial stints have led to the same outcome thus far.

And Kettlewell's stint is following a similar trajectory as his managerial skills are, at present, failing to arrest a terminal decline.

If good man management has led us to the dizzy heights of 15 games without a win, I hate to think what bad man management would have led to.

Fake news? He's directly quoted using the word 'fluff' in response to the fan view that the game is a six-pointer, so I don't think it's 'fake news' or disingenuous for the journo to have used the headline, 'It's all fluff': Motherwell manager downplays Livingston six-pointer chat.

According to Kettlewell, the almost unanimous concerns and assertions of the fans represent 'fluff'. https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24015370.motherwell-manager-downplays-livingston-six-pointer-fluff/

Yet another interview to file under the verbose platitudes of pish category.

If we cannot get a much-needed win at home against our direct relegation rivals, which would take us to 16 games without a win, I would suggest that no manager deserves to remain in the job following that, regardless of whether replacement options are lined up.

Livi will dig in and make this very difficult for us. Although they've been shite, our poor form should give them confidence that they can take at least a point back to the Spaghettihad. And if they get that point or three, Kettlewell should be finished.

Game off.