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Kettlewell is almost 2 years into the job and currently into his fourth transfer window, yet it’s still not clear to me what type of team he’s trying to build. Other than the often-cited hoofball tactic, and considering the ‘entertainment’ on show across the past 2 years, this Motherwell team lacks any sort of notable style or identity.

The competing with teams who a pay more is overblown. SureSt Mirren and Killie have bigger crows but jesus christ it's in the hundreds not in the thousands. A decent commercial side, small gains in the transfer market and running slightly smaller squad should able to negate most of that advantage. We have 4 teams that we should be able to compete with financially and that's Killie, St Mirren, Ross County and St Johnstone. To suggest otherwise is over egging it.

Cannae beat facts

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OK, that's me telt. Hold on while I go and try and find my nose 🤪

So you’ve posted in the thread titled "Are Motherwell Entertaining?" only to propose that we abandon the discussion and focus instead on Saturday’s match—which already has its own thread? The whole point of having multiple threads is to allow for different discussions to take place 😆

Word on the street is Stevie Kirk is back up keeper 🤪🤪

Motherwell are 10th out of 12 in total league attendances this season. I don't have accurate up to date wage info but one of the clubs marginally below us (St Johnstone 5,602 v us 5,748) have traditionally paid higher wages than we have. I don't know how true it was but it was claimed only Livingston had a smaller budget than us last season. We are a bottom 3 club in this league and if Falkirk come up next season we'll be a bottom 2 club. If you don't believe me Falkirk got 1,500 more fans in their last home match against Queen's Park than we did against Aberdeen with a big travelling support. A lot of our fans need a long hard introductory course in reality. Our extended stay at the top level has made some of our fans think we are far bigger and better club but we've escaped relegation on technicities three times and that's not including a relegation play off. For us to be in the Top 6 is a tremendous achievement. If we finish in or around it that will be an excellent season. If you don't like the standard of modern Scottish football, I sympathise with you. But don't put that on a manager or club officials or staff. Aberdeen and Hearts played out one of the most woeful matches you will ever see at the weekend and they have facilities and a budget we could only dream of. I've seen bad, good and indifferent performances this season. Same as every other season. Like I've said over and over the standard in Scottish football is a shadow of what it was in the 80's and 90's but that shadow casts a pall over the whole league. I try and watch as many games as possible and the standard elsewhere is pretty much the same as we watch at Fir Park.

Why wouldnt you expect things to change when better players become available? SK hasnt always been anti-football. Its just the way things have gone this season. Last season we went to Ibrox with Slattery, Paton, Miller and Spittal and played some of the best football Ive seen from us in years. Miller is obviously injured and likely to be sold on soon, but a midfield of Andrews, Slattery, Paton and Nicholson could be decent. In that company Halliday would probably show up better as well. Obviously not going to happen in time for Saturday and things look pretty bleak right now, but the darkest sky is always before the dawn! 😉

I thinks that’s because the comedy channel already had a full quota of programs for that evening.