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Yet they somehow managed to knock us out..... You better call the SFA.

He should have been, no arguments there. I like SK and want to get behind him as he talks a good game and seems a good guy, but he’s just not delivering for us. His recruitment has been/is awful and that is what is choking us right now. That we have signed so many injury prone players over his tenure that have (not surprisingly) ended up injured long term and players who have picked up long term injuries in training alone has to sound alarm bells. And that’s before you start on his lineups and tactics.

It means if you put £20 on Motherwell you lose £20

Aye he’s not got previous for it. Fucking happy clapping cabbage.

Why was it idiotic? He's signed, selected to start so he must be fit to play, so what's the issue you have with that?

I am also very fair and with regards to the new signings I certainly ain't judging them already, they need time to settle. I do have concerns about Callachan though, a year contract for a guy who has hardly kicked ball for a year, Kettlewell stupidly brings him on last week and he's now out for a few months. Slattery gets another year and he's out for a few months (sorry wellgirl), obika got a year contract with year option but instead of saying "Thanks Jon", he gets coaching contract cos heyyyy he's a nice guy. Kettlewell can't moan about budget as we have brought in 9 players but his training has to be questioned, I am sorry but it's too much a coincidence to be just unlucky. If Stama is out for long its an absolute farce. I know also Halliday gets terrible stick but if we had fully fit squad he wouldn't be starting every game. Like I say I try to be upbeat and positive without reaching happy clapper mode but Kettlewell needs a good next few months or I will be asking serious questions.

Aye the manager should have been sacked last season

Kettlewell saying it might be something serious with the Australian. If he's seriously injured he'll no doubt want to go home for a while.

We have no midfielders who can win a tackle, we have no midfielders with any box to box energy , we have no midfielders with any height, we have no midfielders with any pace and we don’t have a number 10. We also have no width in our team full stop never mind any width with pace. Theres only one guy that can sign players and he’s built what looks like a very one dimensional, one trick pony squad that is going to struggle this season sadly. Can have as many unlucky injuries as we have but sadly no injuries wouldn’t change the above points Need to get some players in asap to improve us and give us options

From the little I’ve seen on video I’d say he’s more suited to an attacking formation so hopefully at some point SK will will throw this one Fwd shite out the window. Although I can see using it in this game but then, as Grizzly says, use Robinson or Moses for that role.

Are people seriously suggesting that whatever happens at training sessions is somehow contributing to players getting injured? Yes we have more than our fair share of injuries right now but these can happen at any time, a player can get out of bed the wrong way and injure himself ffs The amount of players we have out just now is just bad luck nothing more sinister so let's just all move on, nothing to see here.

What about Seddon and Kaleta?

Kettlewell would have brought him on after receiving advice from the medical team that he was fit to play. It's not just a case of the player saying he feels okay and the manager chucking him on and seeing what happens. Same with Slattery. The medical staff would have looked at him and given the manager and the CEO an appraisal that would have been used to decide on signing him again or not. Personally, I wouldn't have signed him again, but I don't think the manager was told that Slattery or anyone else was an injury risk and just went ahead and pushed the move through. The same goes for every new signing we made. There will have been detailed medical reports poured over by the medical team, examinations carried out, all manner of tests and suchlike. All of that will have been taken into account before a contract is signed. As for the current lot of injuries, a lot of it does just come down to luck. There's a lot more goes into what players do on a daily basis these days. They don't just pull up in their Ford Cortina's, stub out a smoke, and wander in to kick the ball about and run laps for a few hours anymore. There's strength and conditioning, there's tactical work, and so on. I'd be very surprised if the relevant personnel at the club aren't looking into the injuries, what caused them, and why.

Hard core 🤣🤣

Please warn me in advance Is this another 40 minute post match interview that could be wrapped up in 2 mins? Ps. Get tae yer bed!!....must be 3.30am 🤣🤣

Flares need to be banned....end of. Problem for all clubs but for me bring nothing to a game

If we signed the Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail (it's just a flesh wound), Kettlewell would throw him on as a sub as he would think he was match fit 🤪🤪

Special shout out to the Well Bois for their pre-match display which has left my new home shirt with burn marks and a hole

STV is no better. Nothing to hear move on......

It’s kinda like buying your kid loads of expensive new toys which they then break immediately…. Seriously, questions *need* asked of the sports science and physio team, “no team in world football is as stricken by injuries as us” (that’s a direct quote from Kettlewell post match)

Bonkers he starts if not ready. We have paid big money and he could be great signing but out for a while leaves us struggling. Stuparevic, koutrombis also seem to have been brought in far too quickly

Every single club, bar maybe Celtic, will face an injury crisis this season. We're just experiencing ours now. I've seen a whole lot of people use this as an excuse to be critical of players who we have hardly even seen as yet. Ross Callachan, Filip Stuparevic, and John Koutroumbis have all been written off as "crocks" by some. No surprises that it's the usual crew, of course, but still. Those players will come back, and we can judge them then once we've seen them on the pitch. I think most of them have the potential to do well for us, so while things aren't great for now, I'm certainly not panicking. I saw someone elsewhere claim that today's game was a game where we "simply had to" get something from it. Two games into the season. Two. Let that sink in. This is a chance for some of the younger lads to step up and show that they're worth a place when others come back. Wilson, Ross, Ferrie and Wells all could get some opportunities to show what they can do, which will be interesting in itself. Can any of them establish themselves as first team regulars? I'm also keen to see how Oxborough, Gordon, Seddon, Sparrow, Stama, Balmer, Hegyi, Kaleta, and Robinson do over the coming weeks and months. Let's be honest, if we're two games deep into a brand new league season with a whole bunch of new players to watch and you're moaning already? Might be time to start going to the rugby or ice hockey instead. This is one of the most exciting times in the season.

No one can seriously argue against any of that. Regardless of budget restrictions his recruitment policy has been absolutely horrific and serious questions need asked about why he has signed several of the players he has.

Oxborough kept us in the game with some good saves.

He went 15 games without a win. Has only won 3 of his last 18 home league games. Terrible results in the cups. He's put together a squad who are comically bad. He's on his final chance and there's nothing suggesting we will win a game any time soon.

Folk won’t accept him playing folk that come in this week.

There are professional pundits who talk as much shite as you.

No. It was a good finish by Cerny after he was allowed to ghost past our sleeping players.

Exactly that. In a week where there have been racist mobs in UK. BBC Scotland ignore.

Paton has had three bad injuries in three years now. He's made of glass. Callachan is a crock. Nicholson has knee problems. It's not a surprise they are injured. If Andy Halliday ever moves beyond a jog he'll be joining them. The bigger issue is that they are all pish and won't win us games even at full fitness.

As pointed out on P&B, this is no longer a bad luck story, this is negligence.

Yeah got to give him some time to settle in

Agreed mate

I wouldn’t form any opinions on him based on this game and line up

If that is Stama out for a while either then Kettlewell is an absolute joke and it's very unlike me to be as outspoken. No need to start him as we had options up front

Although we’re losing, I’d say that the one positive is Oxborough.

It was a cross and the Rangers player put it in from about 17 yards out. So no.

Ppppft that's a belter. Rangers scored more goals so far this league season for Motherwell than any motherwell player.

Ah fuck......should be one up !! Edit - Wrong thread, the excitement got to me.

If Balmer isn’t injured, serious questions must now be asked as to why he was signed if he isn’t deemed good enough to start even when the squad is totally fucked.

As many as my jokes get....🤣🤣

Yes it was a bad tackle and perhaps White was lucky to escape with a yellow card. Other than that County kicked Miller off the park. We remarked at full time that our physio would have to work overtime.

It's mental that we are struggling to get 11 players on the park tomorrow. Hopefully it's a wake up call for Kettlewell and the board.

Well said, I've emailed the club every close season for the last few years to get the bird crap cleaned and it never is, the seats never get cleaned either unless the wind blows the rain in. And while I'm on a rant, the gents toilets on the POD south side still have adverts featuring Joe Efford, someone needs to step up and get the minor details sorted, cleaning seats and removing out of date adverts is not rocket science.

ANYONE SAVVY ENOUGH TO SEND EMAILS IN ALL CAPS IS SAVVY ENOUGH TO BUY A TICKET ONLINE

When every penny is a prisoner and people are chuffed with a few new members at £20/£30 quid a month there’s a few items I would like looked into - three examples below 1. A cash turnstile - we must be losing revenue with this 2. A review of the merchandise contract and full analysis of this to show members if the status quo is actually beneficial to the club 3 . Youth development strategic plan aligned with the boards strategic plan for the short , medium and long term Few decent candidates and a few ‘yes’ men who aren’t in my opinion what is needed. Those with the ‘it’s about the club ‘and not me ethos will get my vote

He's out with a bad back.

Sean Batty to explain it.

It was the police’s fault. And the stewards. Overhanded policing/stewarding is to blame here. The Well Bois are just normal football going supporters there to support their team and are thoroughly opposed to heavy handed policing/stewarding. “And this party political broadcast was brought to you by the Well Bois standing shoulder to shoulder with the Green Brigade”. #itsnotourfault #nopyronoparty # #jointprotest# #heavyhandsyadayada

I hope not but nobody will be surprised at that scoreline, given our available squad.