steelboy

HIbs did sack their manager. County have drawn 3 their last 3 away games. Livi won a game in October.

If yesterday's longball fest which resulted in 1 shot on target wasn't alarming then I think we can discount the rest of the post.

Funnily enough football has changed in the past 35 years. The economics of TV money are completely different, contracts are different with Bosman. There's no comparison to be made between now and then. Tommy McLean signed Brian Martin and Paul Lambert from St Mirren. Adjusted for inflation the fees are a combined £900,000 in 2023 money. Clearly we can't back managers to succeed via transfer fees anymore. The club gave Kettlewell an opportunity and he fucked it in the summer with his signings. We don't owe him anything else beyond the next two games. Aberdeen have done ok in Europe, are in a Cup final and will almost certainly finish above St Mirren. Robinson has never carried good league form through the New Year for a reason.

Name one manager that survived 10 games without a win recently?

I don't really understand what you are talking about here. The last two times we changed manager almost everyone agreed both interim managers had earned the job. Prior to that we brought in Alexander who is known for falling out with people and had a decent record. Our transfer policy did change under Alexander and it wasn't spectacular but it got us the required results then he went off the boil and was looking for an exit. That's fitba. Being Motherwell manager isn't complicated and it's not about making demands of the board. There's a budget for players, the manager needs to try and dig out a few gems, everyone accepts form will fluctuate but if you hit serious relegation form then it's out the door. If Kettlewell had just signed a few competent players on permanent deals to go into the starting 11 this summer he wouldn't be in this position. I don't think it's overly ambitious to hope for a manager who understands that starting SOD and Bair every week will get you into relegation trouble.

St Mirren?

Kettlewell was able to turn Hammell's team around. Alexander got Robinson's team off the bottom and up the league. Brown transformed Gannon's team over night. A decent manager should at least be able to shore us up at the back.

We definitely don't need relegated. We had a decent team towards the the end of last season and needed to replace the players that left. We just need a half decent manager rather than a rambling idiot. Another thing that might help is having someone above the manager who can assess players. I don't think it's a coincidence that Robinson has suddenly managed to stop signing duds now that he has Lasley overseeing him.

Not good enough.

I'll say what I always say. There's always more managers than jobs and we should be able to get someone in with experience managing elsewhere. I don't follow English football closely enough to know all the candidates but I'd take Paul Lambert if he is available.

He can't do that because he doesn't have a left wing back.

People keep on saying we did well against Rangers and Celtic but five teams have already taken points off them and we got fuck all.

We've got 8 games between the 2nd of December and the 2nd of January. We should be aiming to have a new manager in before that run begins. Start sounding people out now.

We can keep sacking managers when they go on a bad run. That's fitba. When do you ever see a manager go 10 games without a win and not get sacked? He's had plenty of money to spend he just chose to spend it on utter shite like Wilkinson.

Ricky Foster managing us would be the ultimate insult.

O'Donnell managed to be worse. His attempt at a cross and the ball he passed out play miles away from a team mate were disgraceful. He got one of his trademark chip passes to the opposition in as well.

And it's never been properly explained how SOD suddenly had an extra year on his deal. It looks like all the pointless 2 minute sub appearances Kettlewell gave him triggered an extension but no one wants to admit it.

It's that's bad I'm looking at Neil Lennon on the telly thinking he'd probably keep us up.

2 more games then we are shot of the chancer. He's clueless.

Bair first everytime. Bair is shite but Wilkinson is up there with Josh Morris and Jake Taylor as completely useless cunts.

SOD does not give a fuck.

4 times and that's the 4th time Bair came off despite playing better than Wilkinson.

When it's between him and Bair from the start it's always Bair that goes off.

Wilkinson has been utterly minging but always stays on which must mean we're paying him a decent wedge.

Spittal towing a caravan. Looks his preseason has worn off already. He can fuck off with Kettlewell next Saturday night.