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Really surprised he thought we played really well. We were poor , still worth the point but poor none the less. Last half hour we lost our way but defensively we played very well. McGinn and Welsh were outstanding.

Add Jordan White and James Scott. Wonder if we've ever faced a team with so many former players.

Good results for us today. Celtic were mince we must stand a good chance against them at home. Just need Livi to beat Aberdeen (they've been the better team in this game) put St Mirren bottom.

Yep completely agree. It's been a huge bugbear of mine over the last 10/15 years was our almost stagnant home support hovering around 4000/4500. I used to despair seeing other clubs getting real improvements yet ours went nowhere. So the turnaround this season is really pleasing. The average home attendance right now sits at 8032. It's been a, long long time since we experienced these kind of figures especially when there's only one home OF game included in them. I realise there's an element of bigger away supports in those figues (Falkirk 1700) but we are maintaining around 5500 / 6000 a game and when football ain't cheap it shows if you entertain people they respond. Maybe we are starting to exorcise the memory of the utter dross under Alexander, Hammel and Kettlewell from the memories of the occasional attendees. Our average will take a hit for next two home games and it being a lead up to Christmas. However long may this improvement continue it just makes the match day experience so much better.

For a 0-0 draw I enjoyed that game, can't believe Stephen Thomson and Steven Naismith thought it was a dull game. Hearts were on the front foot for 25 mins in the second half and other than Henry's overhead kick clearance we were never in bother. Welsh was absolutely immense and McGinn not far behind. I felt Slatterys was falling into his old bad habit of playing for fouls. He's better when he's concentrates his efforts into the creative part of his game.However I do temper that with how physical Hearts were. Just was outstanding all over the park with the exception of his final ball. Similarly Said has some great skills but his final ball is also poor. That said those are small criticisms I thought we were a good watch again and would have merited the 3 points. Also a terrific turn out by the Motherwell fans and by the reaction at the end I think most enjoyed it. Fir Park has a really good vibe with these bigger crowds lately.

And force them to make Hanley the playmaker, worked a treat

Didn't work for Kilmarnock 😉

No, for the simple reason when clubs like us are on the verge of something decent it's taken from us. Sportsound last night had already started the chat about Jens being taken from us. So enjoy it while it lasts because it will be fleeting.

And a game live on PPV TV, surprised we picked this one for one of our live UK broadcasts. I'll be disappointed if we don't get 10000 on Saturday , Hearts have sold 4600 tickets.

Well that was a surprising line up. But you know I didn't even concern myself with it . That's how much belief I have in the managers tactics and reading of the opposition and his team selection. That's us now played everyone and no one has been better than us over the 90 mins of any of the league games. We should fear absolutely no one. Tonight was a sheer pleasure to watch, what a game Priestman had. I would like the job of picking from that squad these days. Also a big shout out to Koutroumbis for that quite incredible interception to prevent Hibs getting on back. Had a fiver on us to win 3-0 but cashed out at £18. The cash out got to £28 but fell like a stone from 70th minute.

The increased attendances have been the biggest impact this season. I used to despair that we were stuck at 3500/4000 for home support. It had been at that level for years. Just shows if you give the punters something to enjoy and get behind they will respond. Being so close to Christmas I don't think we will hit the 7000 mark. Think 6000 is more like it for a midweek game. Get a good result tonight the crowd on Saturday could be a 15 year high. Been many a year since we were getting these numbers

Hibs have a very good record at Fir Park, it could go either way, Hibs are capable of being absolute pish or pretty decent.

Him with the painted hair (Boyle) is always a danger.

I know I am getting ahead of myself but if we could win our next two games and Jambos lose at Aberdeen today we are just 6 points behind Hearts , we join the title race 😁😉

Even going forward I think he's faded a bit , he rarely goes by his man these days.

Apart from a 15 wobble after they scored we deserved that. We mixed up the play a wee bit to to break up Killies attempt at the high press in the second half. Defensively we were solid . The penalty came at the right time and settled us down. Don't know whats happened to Longello but he's a shadow of the player he's been.

It's because it feels that way, painful defeats remain in the memory longer than run of the mill wins. So you are correct if we looked at it with real analysis it probably isn't the case. Now the one where we generally lose when we get a big crowd coming out is true 😜

Ex players ?? Craigan by chance , he gets on my fuckin nerves ..

Thankfully we've already proven we can win on plastic this season. Kilmarnock are really quite poor but you are correct this will not be an easy game , our record over the last few years down there is not great. Might be wrong but think we've only won once down there in 6 years.

If we maintain our current level of points per game we'd be on 45 points at the split that's a baw hair away from the points needed to be to 6. That would be a terrific outcome considering the huge transformational changes the club and the manager are trying to achieve.

Generally around 45/50 and our current return in points if maintained wouldn't have us far away from that

How the hell we shelled out a lot of money ( well for us) on Stama is farcical.

I stand corrected , it's 3, the Hearts game just felt like a defeat 😁

I was including the result from last week that should never be mentioned again.

Oh I can't say I didn't enjoy it. There are just things we need to sharpen up. However that won't be a surprise to players or the manager.