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Re the club statement, it really doesnt tell us anything we didnt know other than Morris has been freed. Who will stay and who will go still seems subject to conjecture. Hopefully the picture will become clearer soon.

Newspaper gossip that Torino are interested in Max Johnston. That would be some move for him. Given the increasing number of Scots going over there, it seems to be a bit of a trend!

I would imagine Kettlewell will be looking to offload a lot of the unconctracted players and as many of the contracted ones, that he doesnt fancy, as he can. What business we do will probably depend on how successful he can be in that regard.

Fletcher and and a fit Louis Moult would be pretty exciting. But it would come with all the usual caveats and probably not the model the club are going to follow.....

Fletcher would have been a great foil for KVV. If Kevs away, Fletcher isnt what we need, even though I really rate him as a player. As KMc says, his goal return isnt enough for the money he would command. As a club we need to get back to getting value for money and invest in players we can move on to a higher level after a couple of seasons and bring in some much needed revenue. Thats why we wont be standing in Kevs way if a half decent offer comes in.

Despite being one of his more vocal critics thru the winter period, Im surprised KVV only won 7 MOTM awards. Outnof 38 games I would have expected more than that. Also surprised Spittal doesnt even rate a mention. I guess the awards must have been shared widely througout the squad..... PS. Well done Weeyin! Someone has to take responsibility for these things so its nice to be appreciated!

This is correct. 2 totally different incidents. Mugabi goes up to head the ball. Fletcher pushes him in the back. The ball is behind Mugabi who cant see it and it strikes him on the upper arm. There is no movement to the ball. He was jumping for the ball so his arm is in a totally natural position. Its never a penalty in a million years. All 3 Sportscene pundits agreed. The hand ball rule is broken.

Aye saw Sportscene. Defo offside. Wasnt that obvious at the game. Spittal must be really quick! 😆

Furlong and McGinn had very good games. Kelly had a very good first half but had little to do seconf half. KVV got his goal and had some great runs. Max had a great last 30 mins. But our MOTM by a distance today is Blair Spittal. How some of our fans cant see his quality is beyond me.

It was Collum. But McLean can still over rule him.

Well, that was a thoroughly enjoyable day at the fitba! Well, the second half at least! Great early start with KVV getting the 11 in a row, but after that we regressed and allowed United to dominate the possession and eventually the chances. Would need to see the pen again, but didnt think Bevis did too much wrong and Fletcher certainly never claimed for it. However, we can hardly complain as they missed a barrowload of chances and Kelly pretty much kept us in it to half time. Second half started poorly and their 2nd goal is far too easy. We were cut open like a hot knife through butter. Pretty much shows on its own the importance of us keeping on Butcher and Casey! After that though I thought we were brilliant. The subs helped with more urgency in our play and we created more than enough chances to deserve to win the game handsomely, even taking into account our poor first half. Need to see the disallowed goal again, was hard to see much wrong with it but there was so much going on it was difficult to tell. Nice that Max got the 3rd to make up for it, and from his celebrarions he definitely looks like he is away. On Kev. Great to get the 11. Should have had the 30 when Goss had a simple 5 yard pass to him for a tap in and somehow played it behind him. And the Slattery free kick? I know he scored a perler at Kilmarnock but if Im KVV theres no way he is hitting that! All in all, a satisfying close to the season. Big changes in the summer and Kettlewell will have to prove himself all over again by re-shaping this squad in his own image and hopefully maintaining the performance and consistency levels since he came in.

That would be sweet! Karma paying him back for giving Moult that pen at Tynecastle!

Ooft thats a sore one. Wouldnt wish injury on any player, despite any perceived wrongs to the club re his departure. Could be out a while with that one though. Shame, as he was looking back to his best this season and must have been back on the radar for a Scotland call up given the injuries to Paterson and Ramsay......

Beautiful sunny day. Whole stadium decked out in claret and amber. Wee Tommy getting his well deserved recognition. Hopefully a positive result, some goal records broken and the chance to say thank you and goodbye to the players that wont be with us next season. Get yerself along to the game!

Old manager signs for new club and is off the wage bill. Move along now nothing to see here.....

Cheesy peeps! Doing well to get a draw against the bottom team in the league and worst defence? It might turn out that way, but to predict it is beyond parody!

I will take that as long as his hat trick is 3 minutes! 😆

I think Kev already has enough records this season. Surely he can leave that one for The Saint! 😆

Sunday is the KVV show. We will score at least 2. How many we concede depends on what defenders are fit.

If you remove KVV, Spittal is probably our POTY! As for SOD, he hasnt played for months but since he has been brought back in he has done absolutely fine.

I think its an 8 goal swing. If Killie were to beat County by 3 or 4 then United need to beat us by 4 or 3. Highly unlikely but not impossible.

Tonight is all about KVV. He needs 1 more to surpass Higdons 27 goals in a season and 3 to match his 26 league goals. Of course that would take him to the 30 mark, which no Motherwell player has achieved in my lifetime. I did try and find what Willie Ps best stats were but there doesnt seem to be any web based info that I can see. Best I could see was anecdotal evidence that he scored 20 league goals in 74/75 season and bettered it the following year with 22. From memory though pretty sure though that Higdons figures were beyond that of the great man. Anyone confirm this?

Arfield would be a very good short term signing. He has a level of quality we dont really possess in midfield. How he would fit into a Kettlewell squad, Im not sure. But if we were able to get him it would be a bit of a coup. Similar to back in the day when we got Cooper and Russell when everyone thought they were finished. The level of experience and winning mentality they brought with them helped the rest of the squad.

Think they said yesterday it was a 2 match suspension? Hopefully Deano is ok. Leaves us a little short on the bench with Paton and Slattery both unavailable though. Might mean McKinstry or Tierney getting a run out later on.

Thankfully Im working for this one. Remove any temptation to go along and suffer watching us on another horrible plastic pitch. Be nice to keep another clean sheet and get 3 points to tie up 7th with a game to go. As long as the manager continues to keep the players focussed and not drop our performance levels, we should have a good chance. It wont be pretty, but our record there is good. KVV to get another and tee up Saturday for his big finale!