Kilmarnock v Motherwell 17/10/2026

[FirParkCornerExile]

That second half was every bit as bad as the Celtic game against a piss poor Kilmarmock team that should basically have humped us.

Utterly clueless. SOD will come in for huge criticism today and much of it deserved but he wasn't alone.  When one or two players have a bad game its an off day but when every player continually looks rotten there are two issues and they are either the players are not that good or the manager doesnt know how to get the best out of them. If you have both you have big problems. 

I'm now over 50% convinced AJ is a poor choice (that said I still stand by the line it would be crazy to sack a manager after 9 league games). I'm actually becoming more convinced every week that we've spent two million quid on utter dross (Lowery, excluded) . Mooreman is slower than me and Girwood-Reich is slower than Mooreman. 

Far too soon to press the panic button yet but if we keep playing like that today we are relegation certainties. 

[FirParkCornerExile]

42 minutes ago, Prestwickwell said:

You can tell it’s not going to work for the manager can’t you, get a feeling based on what you’re seeing 

 

just the same as you call out the keeper early doors….nah nah the keepers decent ( good shot stopper but nothing else needed but he’s employed by a premiership team so he must be alright )

 

just the same as it’s a season to far for O’Donnell….cant say that ( it is )

 

fadingers fell off a cliff, longelo looks disinterested, right backs an issue, forwards up front don’t get any service & we finally put a cross in & guess what….score

 

we’re absolutely clueless….these players aren’t bad players so it’s down to the manager 
 

We’re in a world of trouble 

 

 

I might take exception that these "arent bad players". I remain to be convinced most of them aint dross. 

[MFC-craig]

Don’t have much to say about that other than we are in serious, serious trouble.

[AllyMax]

I thought for about a 15 min period in the first half, we looked OK going forward. Fadinger was playing the role that Priestman/Watt would have played, moving Hodge out of the way and we build from the back again for a short period, but I'm not sure how Hodge fits into all this. He can't play the 'Watt' role, that's for sure. Outside that short period we were just a mess. I can't see what we're trying to do. There's no patterns of play (other than out to Sparrow and backwards again). There's no proper press and no proper off the ball movement. Something to think about that we haven't looked decent on the ball out of defence since wee Oscar got injured. 

Looks like a team that doesn't actually know what it's meant to be doing.

[ppower]

1 hour ago, grizzlyg said:

It's at Fir Park!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Oops my mistake. Won't matter where its played. Just watched his interview. According to the manager we keep going with the process.😂😂😂

[Motherwellfc1991]

Those suggesting and believing the manager should get more time - what is exactly will that achieve ?

 

The more time he spends with the team the worse we look, the more disconnected the players look and the more he knuckles down on his style of play that to me looks like playing out from the back side to side until pressed then hoof it to a lone striker with no one near him 

 

I ask again what will time achieve ? 

[wellfan]

We’re absolutely shite and getting worse with every game. The buck stops with the manager and, as I’ve said before, I think we’re witnessing the beginning of the end for him.

He’s either completely dismantled everything that was good about us or simply isn’t good enough to get the best out of what he’s got. And let’s not forget the significant financial backing he’s received. He’s taking us backwards.

[ppower]

34 minutes ago, Great Balls of Shire said:

Theres no plan in the world which can accommodate that defending...even the killue commentators were laughing and called it " Sunday league" ...we need to get some decent defenders in pronto

Well the manger signed Paulsen, Moorman, Girdwood-Reich, Knight-Lebel and decided after watching O'Donnell in training he should play. He thinks Sparrow is a full back. That's all we have. And they are not going to save us.

[FirParkCornerExile]

1 minute ago, ppower said:

Well the manger signed Paulsen, Moorman, Girdwood-Reich, Knight-Lebel and decided after watching O'Donnell in training he should play. He thinks Sparrow is a full back. That's all we have. And they are not going to save us.

Girdwood -Reich is truly appalling 

[Great Balls of Shire]

1 minute ago, ppower said:

Well the manger signed Paulsen, Moorman, Girdwood-Reich, Knight-Lebel and decided after watching O'Donnell in training he should play. He thinks Sparrow is a full back. That's all we have. And they are not going to save us.

Paulsen, sod and sparrow need dropped and lets see if the others can up things, we can be gifting goals to teams like today.

I'd love the manager to be successful,  its a big 2 weeks for him, I reckon...im probably thinking he cant turn it around but I live in hope.

[Great Balls of Shire]

12 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

Girdwood -Reich is truly appalling 

Surely there were worse than him