Spiderpig

Whatever, but when you need a striker and ignore the joint top scorer in the Scottish premiership to bring in an unknown English player from the championship, its not a good look.

I also see that fud Clarke has ignored Tony Watt again to bring in some random pseudo Scotsman that nobody has heard of from Stoke.

Went for mugabi a great goal and despite the carnage around him, some great defending.

On Sunday we played a Rangers team that has lost only 1 league game in their last 50 games ffs the game was over at half time. If they had got bored and eased back and it stayed at 2-1 we might have sneaked an equaliser, but they went for it and ripped us a new one, 6 goals in 50 mins we lost. In the nearly 19 years since we last beat them in the league we have been close a few times but Sunday was not one of those days. You can analyse our tactics all you want but in the end we need to hold up our hands and say we were beaten by a far superior team on the day. The ugly sisters don't usually lose many games in all competitions and every other team in the league will have records just as bad as ours against them, ours will be the worst as we have been a premiership team for the last 30 odd years so we've faced them more. Any points we take from them are a bonus its on how we play against the other 10 teams that we will be judged and determine how successful a season we have, thats why the St Mirren game was a big blow 2 points dropped, that would have seen us clear in 5th irrespective of how we did against Rangers.

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stop talking shite, re GA for 42 mins today we were comfortable, lots of Rangers possession but Kelly never had a difficult save to make then we collapse. Rangers are light years ahead of us quality wise so anything you get from those games is a bonus, a draw would have left us clear in 5th so some context is required, in fact if we had held out on Wednesday we would still be 5th on our own despite the shambles today. So after 12 games we are 7th or as I prefer joint 5th with just under 50% of the points on offer, repeat that form for the next 2 sets of 12 games and it a safe top 6 finish with a challenge For a Euro spot. So an absolute shambles today but some context is required, inwards and upwards.

That rule only kicks in if we are 1-0 up with 5 mins left.

Watch the highlights, that Bawbag madden is staring right at the keeper, who clearly has 2 feet over the line before the ball is hit, no need for input from the lino for that one, pen saved and no retake it's a feckin disgrace.

So every time there is a corner in a game and the defenders have handfuls of shirts etc right in front of the referee who does nothing he should be awarding a pen..OK then. Stevie G is on TV just now defending it his words were " there was a shirt pull but whether it was enough for a pen is the refs decision " so even he was not convinced. It must have been a serious shirt pull right enough as it affected Sakala's balance judging by the way he fell down It was a bullshit decision just like ours not the first and won't be the last.

Have a look at the "alleged penalty" they got to rescue a point on Wednesday night against Aberdeen you know when Stevie G was on the radio defending it that it was never a pen. There are numerous examples in recent years, of similar incidents, they get more than their fair share.

It's an absolute certainty that if we are a goal up late in the game, or Rangers are only 1 up they will get their usual dodgy penalty to ensure their win or rescue a point.

There is more chance of Motherwell winning the champions league than getting an apology from the SFA, referee's and other officials are answerable to nobody, they could make a James Hunt of it every week and they would still get games. The SFA refuses to accept any criticism of match officials, so no free speech for any club officials. The whole set up is a shambles the SFA / SPFL is not fit for purpose and needs a radical overhaul, the introduction of VAR would be a start as it would put the referee's under closer scrutiny but I won't be holding my breath waiting for that.

You can't have one without the other, the top players all command large transfer fees with large wage demands to match.

So you think the lino was 100% certain both Kelly's feet were off the line from that distance, so a retake was correct, ...okay then.

Only 1 contender for me Tony Watt, special mention for Kelly for his saves at the end the rest were brutal.

So you think the linesman can see clear daylight between the line and Kelly's left foot from that distance and through a post ..feckin no chance a total bullshit decision, and anyone who thinks it was a pen in the 1st place is talking shite running into a defender who never moved an inch and just falling down is not a foul. That aside we should have seen the game out so for me 2 points chucked away, but joint 5th after 11 games at least 5 points better off than the same time last season is a very good start so onwards and upwards.

Off the line, His hand nearly hit the post when he saved it ffs a total bullshit decision to order a retake plus it was never a pen in the 1st place Sol never moved and the St Mirren player ran into him, Madden is a total bawbag of a referee.

All the years I have followed Motherwell, and Cliftonhill is on the list I've never been to I have that pleasure to look forward to

I only intend going to current league grounds no national league, Highland league, lowland league etc so unless a team from the non league gets promoted to the football league I won't be visiting them. The aim is to get all 134 done then after that it's only maybe 4 or 5 to pick up each year due to promotions etc.

Only current league clubs counted 42 in Scotland and 92 in England, so 134 obviously there will be a few new grounds added each season due to relegation etc from league 2 in each country . I might expand it to cover the Welsh and NI leagues if I have the time.

I got the impression Parker was signed more as a rehabilitation exercise for him with a chance to restart his career after a though time, not sure if he was ever in GA's plans as a 1st pick, but that said would not be surprised if he did move on.

That's a shocker a fully trained and UEFA licensed pro coach, ex player with lots of experience in football not listening to what the fans think about his tactics and player choices each week, where will it end

St Mirren currently beating Rangers 1-0 and looking good for it, moves us down to 7th Normal service resumed now 2-1 Rangers

I doubt I'll see him, he's not playing for a league side last heard of at Chorley fc, National league North

Aye I'm following Craig Clay around the country, ok then eventually I'll see all of the ex well players at whatever club they're at now, so let me know your favourites and I'll keep you posted