bobbybingo

With Miller coming back in, I think Kettlewell will be reasonably happy to keep it at 0-0 till he can get Biereth on, so I won't fall off my seat if he reverts to starting with Bair.

Is McGinley injured again? I don't think he's played a minute for Thistle and he hasn't even been on the bench for the last few games.

Obika's had injuries, but he's still played 3 times the games Moult has in the last 4 years. To be fair, I wouldn't have signed Obika again, injured or fit. As for the gap between the SPL and the Championship, you might well be right about the top 4, but that still means more than half the teams he's facing are of a lower standard. I also wonder if he'd cope with Killie and Livi's pitches twice a season - they're a minefield for players who haven't had the problems he's had. I know Utd didn't play him at Falkirk earlier in the season for that reason and were reluctant to bring him on against Raith Rovers.

The pity is, we brought back Moult the first time when he clearly wasn't fit. That balls up meant the club wouldn't risk a second attempt, when everything pointed to him being very damaged goods. There's still a long season for him to get through and I really hope things keep going well for him, but there's a big difference between the teams he's facing now and the teams we play every week.

A lot of folk used to sniff around Martindale. Then he got the jail.

Very true. But the general concensus seems to be they've signed a load of shit players in the summer and there's nothing to suggest Cleland will get any more out of them. He's been a caretaker 5 times, never landed the job, and they surely won't be looking at appointing him now, after taking a chance on Steven MacLean. They've got a couple of games before us, so we'll soon see if there's a positive reaction.

Yup. If we can stop them scoring early, their defence is a collective bombscare.

Unless they find someone very quickly, it'll be Alex Cleland. He's been stepping in and out since McInnes left, so I assume he's not intetested in the job.

I don't doubt it. I find a bit of optimism, blind or otherwise, makes that more enjoyable, but to each their own 🙂

Ok. Just Hearts you like then.

Uh huh. We scored 3 yesterday, they had one attempt on target today. Till now, they've 10 goals in 9 games, same as us. As for keeping clean sheets, has that worked out better or worse for them so far?

I don't know any other Motherwell fan who wants us to draw Dundee Utd in the Scottish Cup so they can give Louis Moult a hero's welcome, and wouldn't care if he then scored the winner. That's a bit weird.

Turned out fine in the end. You seem to only factor in our deficiencies when it comes to predictions, while choosing to ignore those that riddle just about every other team in this league. Quite what you've seen from Aberdeen that convinces you they're gonnae beat us on Wednesday is beyond me, but that's your opinion, so fair enough. It's certainly not an opinion shared by many of their fans today. Mibbe yous could form a crisis support group.

The players are shit, but our clueless manager sticks with the same duds, invisible forwards can't manage a shot on target, 3 must win games in a week and we'll lose them all. Aberdeen fans sounding awfy familiar. Let's see if their team at least has the guts or desire to scrape a draw out of this

And when Rangers hammer Hearts later, they drop below us. Sorted.

We shouldn't have to throw the kitchen sink at it again come January, but the priority has to be a decent striker, because we're one injury away from being screwed again. Given Kettlewell's recent comments on Kelly's future, I wonder if he's looking to punt him in order to finance a move for an actual goalscorer.

I believe you're also mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

Assuming he makes it to Wednesday (and that's questionable) surely defeat at home against Killie would see him away. Like you say, given his post match comments yesterday, he's clearly a dead man walking.

A lot of Kilmarnock fans were less than complimentary about him when he signed for us. Could be because he left them, but it never happened for him at Barnsley, and his goalscoring record in the last year or so makes Bair look like Erling Haaland. There's still time for him to find some form, but how long can we persist with starting another non scoring striker in the hope he will?

Yup. The league's getting tighter and tighter, other than the uglies and the 2 Saints. Winning would be brilliant, but not losing is becoming really important. I'd rather be in our boots tonight than Ross County's, they must be utterly pissed off.

Delighted we got a point, given the circumstances, as most folk will be.

3-1 to us. As long as our strikers get a couple between them, I don't care which ones.

Kettlewell talks about it being a significant injury and the club supporting him - maybe they'll give him some kind of reduced contract till the end of the season.

Butcher & Biereth in with a chance of playing on Saturday. Looks like Souaré could well be a write off for the season.

Yeah, you can certainly say, if we don't improve, we might be in trouble. However, you could also say, if the teams below us don't improve, we'll be top 6. We're not the only team struggling to score goals and keep clean sheets, but I've faith that'll come right for us.