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We certainly won’t fear them. We controlled large chunks of the game up north. Thelin looked a bit shell shocked in the interviews after the match. No doubt freaking out that he has us again next week and defeat will probably lose him his job.

Win lose or draw this is the most entertained I have ever been at Fir Park. Long may in continue, it’s unbelievably a good feeling going into games with this confidence. Every team we have played this season we have dominated for huge parts of the game. Might not have fully clicked yet, but I’d much rather be watching this instead of the Ayrshire Kettleball.

I’m not sure he made a poor choice. He broke into that Rangers team aged 16. He has been unlucky with injuries and also the constant change of managers at the club. I think an injury free Rice within a stable environment would have played 50 plus games for them. I agree staying at Motherwell would probably have resulted in more performances, but hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Can I just say the football we are playing right now is an absolute joy to watch. We are totally dominating teams in terms of possession and are brave in all areas of the park. We need to be more clinical but that will come. All I can say is I was really struggling the last few years watching Motherwell - it was a real chore at times, but now it’s fantastic to see us play actual football and get the rewards for being brave.

Ronan Hale from Ross County fits the bill. Suprised he has not moved on yet…

He is good and I’m pretty sure he is still at the club. Not 100% as I’ve not really kept up to speed with what’s going on. So maybe we have a Miller 2.0 😂😂

Absolutely chuffed for Miller. My son spent a bit of time at Motherwell Academy and before his training would start the under 16s would be finishing up and I remember Miller and also Rice being total stand outs. Then his younger brother was in the same team as my boy and he was always watching from the sidelines with his dad. He even turned up to prize giving for the young lads. Not Suprised one bit that he has made this move, his performances over the last season and a bit have been phenomenal, a true talent and it’s also no shock he has pretty much confirmed his place in the national side. It’s also fabulous for the club and shows that their youth system works and has for last wee while been outstandingly successful.

I’ve no idea how you fitted that in due to all the fishing trips you go on.

Long shot but we are looking for three tickets to the match today. So if anyone can’t make it last minute then let me know. we are still heading up. Tickets in the away end 😪

Kevin Van Veen was absolutely box office. Incredible season with us, right up there with probably the best striker performance in one season in the SPL. His goal versus St Johnstone where he put two boys on their arse was exceptional.

Eh? Over the last few years we have had Johnston, Turnbull, Campbell, Hastie and now Miller and Wilson all playing for the first team and getting good moves to bigger clubs. We do a hell of a lot better than most teams in the league in promoting academy players.

End of the day the optics of this in the media for the club are horrendous. I can’t imagine Kettlewell made this decision lightly so I would tend to believe that the abuse has been more than just fans shouting from the stands. I am usually in the east stand and have certainly not heard much against him. So you have to think that this goes further and maybe is social media abuse? End of the day it looks awful for us and is not going to help attract a new manger or players to the club.

If it is personal abuse is the reason he has left and let’s say the players were behind him, then it could spell disaster for the rest of the season. Players might be totally pissed off. Very messy situation this. If Frail stays then he is the obvious choice to keep things going until the end of the season. Personally there is very little between all the clubs in the SPL right now, we are going through a bad patch, just like every other club has or will. Not sure there is a magic wand that will see us playing silky football!! Also no surprise form dips when we don’t have Miller in the team.

I travel up and down the A9 a lot and if these weather reports are accurate then it’s absolute insanity that they are allowing this game to go ahead. Don’t go. I have been caught in blizzards up on the Drumochter Pass and it can go from perfect road conditions to lethal in minutes.

Draw was a fair result. Wind affected both teams. Kelly was magnificent and I think today showed that we will miss him If he goes. Nicholson deserves a start, felt he changed the game for us.