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I can’t see us getting anything from this one as the season just seems to have come too early for us, especially going by GA’s comments last week about having too much work/too many games etc. The only leveller perhaps will be Hibs playing in Europe on Thursday night but I still expect them to take the points. 2-1 away win.

Probably one of the best draws we could have hoped for to be honest. That’s winnable for us!

Did what we needed to do today so can’t complain. Annan were always going to sit in and it was down to us to break them down and we managed it. I like the look of van Veen, he just needs that first goal. Plenty of work rate and looks like a good front player.

That was just a strange comment all round about too much work, too many games etc. He’s looked pretty downbeat and scunnered in his last few interviews which is a concern.

Watt on for van Veen.

QoS now 4-0 up on Airdrie. Obviously a good result for us in terms of progression which is the main thing but further highlights how dreadful our result and performance was in midweek.

Yess!!

1-0 Amaluzor Deserved but a relief!

QoS 1-0 Airdrie

He appeared to have a lot of promise as a youngster and has played at u-16/17/20 levels for England according to wiki. Sounds promising.

Just been confirmed by the club on Twitter. Hopefully he is the midfielder we’ve been needing. Welcome to the club.

“Take it on the chin and move on”. I’m sure that’s what Tony Mowbray was infamous for saying during his ill fated stint as manager of Celtic, where he frequently “took it on the chin” only to move on and “take it on the chin” all over again. Anyway, in answer to the question of tomorrow then yes I’m sure we will win. Whether we do it handsomely or make life difficult for ourselves remains to be seen but at home against Annan we will surely have too much. 2-0 ‘Well.

Well they need to do it again then.

Talk of sacking the manager just now is unfair but it will inevitably grow arms and legs if we have a poor start to the league season, rightly or wrongly. To be honest and I’ve said this since Robinson was here, our problems run far deeper than the man in the dugout, we need a complete overhaul of our scouting and recruitment for starters.

Among the obvious shortcomings in the squad, we continue to lack a real leader on the park. O’Donnell is never captain material in a million years and it’s hard to see who, if anyone in that team fits the bill.

We’ve been lacking in the ‘creative in the last third’ area for the last four years and from what we’ve seen so far we still haven’t properly addressed this.

Okay well, I don’t think I ever did actually say that “we were definitely going down” at any point since I came back on these forums, but if you can provide any evidence otherwise then be my guest. Or indeed that I said that “every fucking week since I came back” as you claim. In a match thread discussing the game I have said nothing unreasonable whatsoever, I’ve just given my views as I see the them. So, if you disagree with anything that I have said in regards to tonight’s poor performance and result then let’s hear it, otherwise YOU wring your knickers out and wind your neck in.

I don’t think we will be relegated simply on the back of that debacle, but if that doesn’t raise concerns then I’d say that you are kidding yourselves.

Fans like you are the biggest problem that we as a club have. “Let’s just accept getting beat by our lower league local rivals cos they scored two great goals and the pitch was hard tae play oan”. I’m glad you aren’t embarrassed by that shambles.

See to be honest, as bad as tonight is I genuinely don’t think we can use this as a gauge as to how our season will go. We do have genuine concerns ahead of the new season but Motherwell teams over the years, no matter how good or bad, ability wise have (almost) always fell short in derby games like this. That’s not me trying to excuse what’s happened tonight but unfortunately it just seems like a very ‘Motherwell’ type result.

Perhaps but it can’t be denied that he’s been excellent for us and has more than proved himself at the level we play at. He’s not to blame for us losing tonight, it’s more down to our poor attitude in these type of games. As I type, 2-0 Airdrie. My point is proven.

That's harsh on Kelly tbh, but I'd certainly say that that's the risk when you have no midfield and aren't as 'up for it' as your opponents are. The latter is something that is all too common in these Lanarkshire derby games.

Game over. Pathetic stuff.

We have been second best so far, Airdrie have outfought us.

Lively start from both sides. Proper derby game so far.