Spiderpig

It's now English premiership clubs, Brighton are allegedly keeping track of him, it's in the Sun so probably a large pinch of salt required. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/10253133/motherwell-max-johnston-english-premier-league-scouts/

Do you honestly think when Motherwell advertised for a new manager there would be a single candidate without ar least 2 or 3 failures on his CV, not a chance, good managers tend not to be unemployed so SK was no different to any of the others. For me if Ross, McCann and Holloway made the shortlist then I suspect the overall quality of the applicants was not the best, I've been a critic of the board recently but in ghis case I think they've made the right decision to suit the club, so fair play yo them.

So would you like it better if mccann, or Holloway had got the job and we ended up in the same position, two managers one of whom is a headcase, who dont know the players, or Scottish football, will bring in their own staff etc, that's risk and potential upheaval we don't need with 12 games left in a season and fighting to stay up. Giving the job to SK was a good risk,he's hit the ground running and seems to have the players with him, with no reorganisation of the club required. Then if it goes Pete Tong the club can have more time to recruit another manager in the summer. Personally I think SK will keep us up, and still be in charge next season.

In all honesty I can't see why he would turn it down, does he want to stay as the academy boss instead of getting back to management I'm not so sure. As you say I'm sure it's just sorting out the contract details and he will be in charge permanently on Saturday.

Just been on the STV news, he's been offered the job but hasn't accepted it yet, so not a done deal

If its confirmed that SK has got the job, I think that it's a good appointment, I have to say that after Hammell got the job I thought the board had fecked up big time, and after his inevitable sacking albeit a couple of months too late I still had absolutely no confidence in the board to make the correct choice again. However if confirmed in giving SK the job they seem to have eventually woke up to the seriousness of the situation so fair play to them for that. People are comparing it to Hammell's appointment wrongly in my view, SK has experience, his game management is good, he is open to changing formation when required, you see him getting involved from the side as a manager should, Hammell and Kerr had none of these, and were so far out of their depth it was embarrassing. Ive been very critical of the board for a catalogue of errors and not acting quick enough leading up to the Raith game but if SK is confirmed tbf I think the board deserve a bit of credit for appointing him to stabilise the club and keep us in the league. And if he does that and we have a decent end to the season then he deserves a longer term gig to take the club forward.

OK some might call it the cheap option but in terms of who the other alleged candidates were its the sensible one. At this point in the season we can't afford the time for a new manager to get to know the club, decide what players he likes and doesn't like, sort out his own backroom team etc. SK knows the club and more importantly the players and has got them playing again as the last two results show, that's the attitude and approach we need till the end of the season. The mission is to keep us in the premiership so when that's achieved the board can look at the post again if they feel they need to for someone to rebuild and stabilise the club going forward. Oh and if SK is confirmed it's means we don't have an Arsehole like Holloway at the club.

Butcher for me, he had an excellent game, at last a solid enforcer and a bit of leadership in the defence, always shouting at the players etc, he should be captain instead of Kelly.

Does pope miss the game, its a cup game and the card was not for violent conduct, is it not just the next league game he misses?

Fair enough but I hope you've been fed crap info as I personally don't think he would be a good fit for the club, any time he was interviewed before or after games he always came across as a bit of an arrogant arsehole who loved himself. When he was at Grimsby he never moved to the local area and commuted every day,so I can't see him relocating to the shire, but as he obviously applied for the job, maybe that will change. Another worry is he's always been at clubs with much bigger budgets and resources than Motherwell so would he cope. If it is to be him time will tell but after the Alexander and Hammell episodes I have no confidence in the board getting this decision right.

Is that a personal opinion or a statement based on other inside information, ie has he been seen buying a roll at Upper crust?

We don't have 5k of a core support, more like 3 maybe 4k on a good day but that's no excuse for not getting behind the team so I hope the fans do just that and support them, as long as the team do their bit as well.

He was always at best an average player with a below average goal scoring record, we got an excellent 4 or 5 months from him before he reverted to type. The only thing he's ever been really good at is making a decent living all based on one wonder goal against Barcelona over 10 years ago, a proper football mercenary well past his sell by date.

For me Holloway always came across as a bit of an arrogant arsehole anytime he was interviewed, he loved himself. I think he would be a poor fit for the club so I hope he's nowhere near the job.

Hanging on at the end.....i dont think so Kelly never had a hard save to make 2nd half, all routine catches, St Mirren never came close to scoring anytime after their goal we defended and played well. As for the standard of Scottish football it is what it is, seriously what do people expect to see from two smaller clubs on a wet midweek night, it's never going to be an El Classico, if you wanted good silky football etc you should have stayed at home and watched the Arsenal v man city game, as you are never going to see it at Fir park.

It was a better balance but the old frailties are still there, after St Mirren scored we reverted to booting it long for a while missing the midfield completely. The biggest welcome change was the attitude of the players, they challenged hard for every ball, the midfield were winning the ball and creating chances for the front two, and generally looked well up for the game. Casey and Butcher were excellent, two solid enforcers that the team has been missing.

I would be OK with Jack Ross, he's an experienced manager, got 1 or 2 failures on his CV but so has every other applicant. I hope its not a short term "keep us up" deal we are offering as the club needs stability so someone in for the longer term is what's needed.

No it's not, the phrase you used translates to "Pure and will bring them to the stars" Onwards and upwards literally translates to "Porro et sursum

Successful managers with no failures tend not to be unemployed and applying for jobs with Motherwell, so we are going to end up with someone whose record is probably not the best, but that's where we are so no point in worrying about it. Every appointment is a punt you hope pays off, this is no different.

For once a tough choice was between Spittal and Johnston for me, both were excellent but gave it to Spittal thought he had a great game.

Exactly this

Spot on Dave, St. Mirren were brutal tonight, kicked it long, chase and run all night but nobody will report that they never looked like scoring 2nd half

Dont want to see any off the following starting O’Donnell, Goss, Slattery, Danzaki or Tierney......... thats what you said, implying you think They are not worth starting ie shite... or did you mean something else?

That's not bad for this forum, Danzaki has just about played 2 games and that's him being written off as shite, normally it's about 45 mins or so 🤦‍♂️

Let's be honest pretty much every manager likely to apply for the Motherwell job is going to have at least one, maybe two failures on their CV's so no matter who is selected its going to be a punt. But previous records don't mean they won't do well and be a good fit at Fir park. I hope we get someone in who is prepared to stay longer term even if the worst happens and we go down, as its going to take a few seasons to get the club stabilised and back on track.