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Hearts v Motherwell 17/02/2024


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1 hour ago, grizzlyg said:

Exactly, I give SK praise when deserved but there are times he doesn't half gibber on.   Yes young Devine at fault especially for 3rd but scored a lovely goal.  Vale looks good and Halliday will be key and a fit Nicholson.   Also maybe after signing Davor he can explain why it took about 5 months to make him a regular, wee man been great

To be fair he said in the interview that Halliday was a key player for us. Perhaps Davor took his chance when someone else got injured. Casey maybe. 

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4 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

To be fair he said in the interview that Halliday was a key player for us. Perhaps Davor took his chance when someone else got injured. Casey maybe. 

Halliday definitely I see being key due to his experience and organisation

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35 minutes ago, Stuwell2 said:

I’m no expert but I’d think that he might say something along the lines of “not fit when arrived/getting to know Scottish football/getting to understand our system “

I keep harping on about players needing time to settle but I’m sure if I could be arsed to look back over the last 6 months, I’d be able to find there were a few on here questioning his ability and why he was signed. 

People writing players off after a few games? Surely no.....😜😜😜

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We need to support everyone at Motherwell Football Club. 
The manager is relatively inexperienced and learning on the job in testing circumstances and lots of pressure. 
The goalkeepers form recently is questionable however he has made excellent stops previously and managed to get himself international recognition at MFC. 
Sod Butcher McGinn and Mugaba have all made mistakes which have lost the team goals. 
Lennon and Davour are in there first season and will make mistakes. 
Bair wasn’t anyone’s choice as a signing. 
 All of the above respond much better with the support of the fans. I know that’s difficult at times however we should remember it’s the football club we support. 
Can we win at Tynecastle tomorrow? Yes we can!

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8 minutes ago, Derek1962 said:

We need to support everyone at Motherwell Football Club. 
The manager is relatively inexperienced and learning on the job in testing circumstances and lots of pressure. 
The goalkeepers form recently is questionable however he has made excellent stops previously and managed to get himself international recognition at MFC. 
Sod Butcher McGinn and Mugaba have all made mistakes which have lost the team goals. 
Lennon and Davour are in there first season and will make mistakes. 
Bair wasn’t anyone’s choice as a signing. 
 All of the above respond much better with the support of the fans. I know that’s difficult at times however we should remember it’s the football club we support. 
Can we win at Tynecastle tomorrow? Yes we can!

This isn't Miller's first season. He got his first start at the beginning of the 22/23 season. From a personal perspective I always thought that Bair put a decent shift in even when he wasn't scoring. 

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9 minutes ago, Derek1962 said:

We need to support everyone at Motherwell Football Club. 
The manager is relatively inexperienced and learning on the job in testing circumstances and lots of pressure. 
The goalkeepers form recently is questionable however he has made excellent stops previously and managed to get himself international recognition at MFC. 
Sod Butcher McGinn and Mugaba have all made mistakes which have lost the team goals. 
Lennon and Davour are in there first season and will make mistakes. 
Bair wasn’t anyone’s choice as a signing. 
 All of the above respond much better with the support of the fans. I know that’s difficult at times however we should remember it’s the football club we support. 
Can we win at Tynecastle tomorrow? Yes we can!

Well said.   I have on many occasions said that booing players isn't going to help their confidence.

The Bair is prime example of what confidence can do to a player 

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Indeed.
It could spread throughout the team. 
We shouldn’t forget the positive power the supporters can bring to the club and games
SK and his players will keep Motherwell a premier league club and then the supporters can decide where we go from there. 
Right now get behind the effort, the positive play the goals. 
COYW

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4 hours ago, grizzlyg said:

Seems to be blaming new players as still getting used to systems.  Ehhhh I think you will find SK it's the ones that have been here a while that have been causing problems recently.   You are manager so that's up to you to get message across.   3pts tomorrow please....COYW

I actually don't think he said anything that controversial - said that it was to be expected that new players might make the odd mistake. Obviously understand why people might feel frustrated that he's not talking about other more established players but I've never thought that Kettlewell has been very player critical.

In fact there have been post match interviews where I think he's been too generous to players when we've been honking. He's also in essence being put on the spot with the journalists asking the questions 

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39 minutes ago, well_said said:

I think we all know the answer to that.

15 minutes ago, David said:

Does any other manager provide full explanations and justifications as to why they substitute certain players in games? Or start with certain players over others?

I was being sarcastic. Paton is his wee pal. 

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43 minutes ago, David said:

Does any other manager provide full explanations and justifications as to why they substitute certain players in games? Or start with certain players over others?

I actually remember someone elsewhere on social media wanting the club to arrange a meeting with Graham Alexander and fans so that he could justify to the fans his team selections. 

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41 minutes ago, wellfan said:

I was being sarcastic. Paton is his wee pal. 

I like Paton. Gets a hard press at times but never hides and puts in plenty of effort.  However once Halliday fit then I would expect him to drop out as Davor Spittal and Miller ahead of him in my opinion

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10 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

I like Paton. Gets a hard press at times but never hides and puts in plenty of effort.  However once Halliday fit then I would expect him to drop out as Davor Spittal and Miller ahead of him in my opinion

I also like Paton , but he seems untouchable at the moment. We will just to wait and see when all our midfield players are fit and available.

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2 hours ago, David said:

For some, Kettlewell still being Motherwell manager is in itself controversial. 

With Motherwell only a couple of points off of Top 6 and on a shoe string budget, it is controversial that there is any controversy. 

How's this for some real controversy. Motherwell are going to win this one. I can feel it!!

 

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1 minute ago, star sail said:

With Motherwell only a couple of points off of Top 6 and on a shoe string budget, it is controversial that there is any controversy. 

How's this for some real controversy. Motherwell are going to win this one. I can feel it!!

 

There is absolutely no need for such a positive attitude.   Shame on you!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Paton is an okay midfielder without really specialising in anything. He doesn't do the dirty dogged midfield work, he doesn't play defence splitting passes, he doesn't carry the ball particularly well, and his finishing is poor. He's missed some chances in the past month or two that Spittal would devour.

 

He's decent and tidy and links the play, but that's about it.

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33 minutes ago, GazzyB said:

He's decent and tidy and links the play, but that's about it.

Surely that's enough? As long as he does those things and keeps it simple, the other midfielders can try all of the fancy stuff.

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1 hour ago, GazzyB said:

Paton is an okay midfielder without really specialising in anything. He doesn't do the dirty dogged midfield work, he doesn't play defence splitting passes, he doesn't carry the ball particularly well, and his finishing is poor. He's missed some chances in the past month or two that Spittal would devour.

 

He's decent and tidy and links the play, but that's about it.

I see where your coming from but I do feel he can do all the things you say he can't , however he doesn't do it often enough hence he's at us.  All about opinions as always  but a cracker I read on twitter today a well fan saying he'd drop spittall tomorrow. I mean he's easily our best player and I think anyone can see he's playing with a huge level of confidence at the moment. Some of his 1 touch pass and move is exceptional. Also Bair on Wed was rolling his foot over ball etc again confidence surging through him. It's a huge plus in players and emphasises points a lot make about being supportive. 

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