Wellfan91

Exactly this!!! You also missed out Kelly moving to Rangers albeit most would agree that was an incredible move based on his performances last season however you've got to credit him for this, incredible effort on a shoestring budget. Begs the question why as a club we are not approaching an Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd etc and asking them for a loan agreement.....

He was never going to be signed as a regular though - he was signed to make up a squad and play a part as a rotational squad player which on his day has been good enough to play in the premier league as he showed against us plenty of times so it was an astute signing, but unfortunate his injuries have never cleared up - again not something Kettlewell can control, we are always going to have 10 players out of 28 that are gambles....

He might have been given the budget to run a 28 man squad but let's face the facts, Motherwell aren't going to be ever be in a position to sign 28 players worthy of being first team regulars and standouts - he has assembled a squad of maybe 15/16 who I think are good enough to play every week however most of them are injured - purely bad luck, not because of the manager. Not contradicting myself, I'm stating a fact that without investment we are getting left behind off and on the pitch and we are punching above our weight by being ahead of teams spending more money than us, because the manager is doing a decent job with what he has at his disposal. As you say, rumours of disharmony, nothing confirmed on that front and don't expect it to be - let's face it on Saturday and a few recent games how many times have you sat there and watched Casey punt the ball high into the air only to come straight back to us, or thunder a 5yd pass off his teammates chest giving him no chance, his distribution is terrible so if rumours are true and Kettlewell dug him up for it at HT on Saturday then well done SK, if Casey can't accept criticism amidst rumours of him going to Hearts then let him go, nobody is bigger than the club. Be careful what you wish for is all I will say on that - Everyone wanted Simo in, with the exception of Saturday his team have been rotten and are likely to be playing Championship football next season.

Manager coming under a lot of unfair criticism in my opinion. Yes we aren't a great watch, but who would be with our budget and injury list? I'd also like to hear who the "Kettlewell out" campaigners would take in place of him because in my opinion there's nobody out there who would take the job and do better for what we are able to pay and give as a transfer budget. The bottom line is without investment we are being left behind by other clubs in the premier league and we are contrary to what others think are doing well competing with sides who are spending a shed load more money on us per month - that's testament to the manager and his staff. Those criticising his decisions on Saturday clearly fail to see that at HT when he brought O'Donnell and Sparrow on we went to a back 4 and pushed Kaleta into midfield, so for anyone to say he was still playing 5 defenders is baffling. Also, those critisising the substitution of Sam Nicholson who was indeed our best player on the park, need to realise he got kicked u and down by St Johnstone and has only actually played about 40 mins of football all season so was never lasting the full 90 mins plus extra time had we managed it. I agree Kettlewell's stuborness of continuously setting us up from the start to not lose and then we lose is frustrating and will probably be detrimental to his job in future, the same stubborness his predecessors also encountered but he certainly hasn;t lost the dressing room like Hammell and Alexander did so we should rally round him and try and get the team back to winning ways. As a side note, who would people realistically want in to replace him? I hear the same names all the time from the stands, Yogi Hughes, Steven Naismith, Liam Fox, Tam Courts, Rhys McCabe - sorry none of them will do a better job than Kettlewell in my opinion.

Wondered the same?

Any idea what Davie Irons is doing at the club? If anything? Strange he’s sitting alongside Kettlewell and Caldwell.

Said this for a few months now, desperate for it to work but he’s miles off it. So slow and can’t beat a man, very guilty at ball watching as well and losing his man

I'd push for this as Moses is utter dung and we are short in the forward areas however, I can't see it happening. I know from a source at Morton that he was sent to them by us because he wasn't applying himself in training, which as we know by now and rightly so SK won't tolerate. Exit door more likely option for Stuparevic however hope I am wrong and he comes back and bangs a few in from January to May.

Here Here....absolutely baffles me our support think we could get a better manager for the peanuts we pay. It's been evident in Kettlewell's time with us that he gets it wrong from time to time but always has 100% backing from the players which can't be said for his predecessors. When/if he loses the dressing room that'll be the time for change but for now we have to stick by him.

Heard from a source at Morton that Stuparevic is also out for the season, ripped his hamstring off the bone! He didn't play at the weekend so that stacks up! I'd expect an update on it from our media team during the loan update for November which must be due anytime now.

Totally appreciate and understand comments and criticism on here about SK being "over-cautious" with his 6 defender approach however it's evident from his summer business and setup he is setting us up not to lose heavily which has been successful in every game we have lost so far this season. The same people would be up in arms if we played an attacking 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 and started getting pummeled by 4 and 5 goals....canny win!

Even a 5-0 win would have some moaning and complaining about SK! Unbelievable Jeff!

Who's actually going to do a better job working within our budget? SK has his faults, as do we all - I personally think his substitutions on Sunday were wild and effectively gave Rangers the tie however if we are being brutally honest with ourselves we had no right to be in the semi final given what we spend on wages/players compared to practically any other club in our league, he got us there and for that you have to praise the guy. I think it's also abundantly clear and perfectly highlighted last season when we went on our long run without a win that he has full respect from the players and has yet to lose the dressing room, the same can't be said for his predecessors who lost the dressing room on a similar run to what we were on last year. Nice guy into the bargain, I think we have a decent gaffer at the helm all things considered.

Is Sparrow not an attacking mid? Albeit he's injured as well 🤣

Newcastle Jets have confirmed his sale on Twitter - incoming today or tomorrow I would think!