MJC

He kept them in the league didn’t he? And I’d be amazed if most Dundee fans are thrilled at having Steven Pressley as his replacement. And I’d be pretty astounded if many/any thought that Pressley was an upgrade on Tony Doc.

Of course it is. But I just have this nagging worry that J.B.A will find it difficult/impossible to address them at all. No disrespect meant to the guy, honestly, but this is when we could have done with the “safe pair of hands” ie. a Tony Docherty type that knows the Scottish game, knows the league we play in. All of this is of course my opinion and I may well be proved wrong but that’s how I see things at present.

Jimmy Sanderson, ex Radio Clyde anchor? I’m sure you’ve heard of him. I just reckon if he got a caller trying to one-up others or play the smart-arse then heard that they weren’t even at the game and indeed watched it on a dodgy stream from the other side of the Atlantic then his response would have been pretty similar to my satirical post above. As for Cheetos, I quite like them, orange or otherwise. Politics? Hate them. I prefer to simply discuss football on here Boss. 👍

I don’t think it necessarily is criticism of the new manager over last nights bounce game, more concerns being highlighted of some very glaring shortcomings in the team. The same shortcomings that were obvious throughout last season. It’s very difficult to judge how the team and the manager will fare going forward but there are clear causes for concern when looking at the squad, the team last night and the manager who is completely new and oblivious to Scottish football.

“Were you at the game caller”? ”Nah I wasn’t even in the country Jimmy” ”Okay…moving on”

Just because we’ve “got there” in the past doesn’t mean that we will get there this time around. The reality is that we are probably due to be relegated, overdue perhaps. I am not one of these Motherwell fans who sees us as this tinpot nonentity that are smaller than clubs like Falkirk, Dunfermline, Morton etc and who no doubt would be in favour of us merging with Accies “for the good of the Scottish game” and all that nonsense…but given the level we operate at the budget available to us and that clubs who are undoubtedly bigger than us have been relegated more than once during our 40 year stay in the top flight then it’s inevitable sooner or later. Looking at our current situation, a poor squad bloated with guff and devoid of quality and a manager in place who - in my opinion - was the wrong choice of appointment and won’t last the season with us then that for me points to this season finally being the one where we are relegated.

I didn’t really know what to expect. Obviously it’s difficult to read too much into pre-season games like these but defensively we looked awful and that is a cause for concern. What happens over the next month in regards to who we can bring in and how the League Cup Group Stages go is going to be much more important and indicative as to how the season is going to go but there are worrying signs even at this very, very early stage in my opinion.

Just Bloody Awful

Miller? I don’t think it’s odd at-all. He is still our player and until an offer is made, accepted and finalised then that will remain the case. An offer will come, I have no doubt of that, but I suspect it might not come until mid to late August and therefore I see no issue with him playing for us until then. He won’t still be a Motherwell player by the time the transfer window shuts regardless of how many times he starts between now and then.

This season has got disaster written all over it. An out of the box appointment with zero knowledge of the Scottish game and players signed by a previous manager just doesn’t bode well I fear. JBA = “Just Bloody Awful”

Welcome to the club Elliot Watt.

Every good manager has a degree of arrogance and swagger about them. And if their team is delivering on the park then it gets lapped up and is perfectly acceptable. Jose Mourinho with his “don’t call me arrogant but I am a European champion and I think I am a special one” quote at his Chelsea unveiling before taking that club to its first league title in 50 odd years along with a League Cup in his first season and retaining the league the next season is one of the best examples of that. At the other end of the scale you have McGhee with his self promotion and trumpet blowing about how he could have done so much better in his career had something happened in a playoff game years previous then overseeing humiliating results for the club he actually manages and constantly talking the club down. Likewise Graham Alexander needlessly changing his lineups and tactics every week and delivering dreadful football and losing but having the brass neck to come out in the media a claiming that we’d played well. As has been said, arrogance is fine but it needs to be countered by some kind of humility and perhaps more importantly delivering results on the park. (Flukey top six finishes don’t count especially when they are topped off with 0-7 defeats and European humiliations against Irish league sides).

Wah Wah Wah It’s something relevant to the club I support so I will comment on it whenever it comes up. And as far as I can see two other posters have also contributed to this particular discussion today so we can put your claim that “nobody gives a toss apart from you, apparently” firmly to bed and tuck it in with a nice wee cup of cocoa and a lullaby to help it along its way. So like I say…Wah Wah Wah

I’ve never felt as disconnected and basically scunnered with the club as I did during McGhee’s second stint. He was clearly only brought back because of good relations with people in high places at Fir Park and despite achieving top six (commendable, on paper anyway) in 2015 his attitude and comments towards and about the club sullied that. “Let me be clear here, that is the reason why and please do not misinterpret me here, why I am managing Motherwell today and not Liverpool” whilst sitting in the club tracksuit in a pre-match press conference. We would go on to lose that match 6-0 and not win another game for six weeks and we would suffer losses of 7-0, 5-0, 7-2 and 5-1(at home to DUNDEE) before he was emptied in February 2017. People talk about Kettlewell throwing the fans under the bus - and he did - but he was nothing compared to that utter prick with the way he acted towards the club. McGhee should never, ever be welcome at Fir Park again under any circumstances.

The turnaround McGhee overseen during summer ‘07 was incredible. The team that kicked off at Love Street on the opening day of 07/08 immediately looked significantly fitter and disciplined and despite containing several players who had finished the previous season and we went on to have an incredible season. Unfortunately McGhee proved to be an absolute wank of a man who treated the club and the support with contempt during his second season and second stint but the impact he had in his initial stint can’t be understated.

That season Malpas was in charge was toxic. Apart from it being obvious from very early on that it wasn’t going to work out I’ve never seen so many arguments/fights in the East Stand as I did that year. Even by Motherwell fans tendency for infighting it was off the scale until just about everyone finally started singing from the same hymsheet on the final home game of the season against st.Mirren. And the song on everybody’s lips was “Malpas, Malpas Get to ****”. ”That’s just yer Donald Duck”

The last two times I can remember us playing Rangers at home on opening day were in 2006 and 2017 and we lost both 1-2. I don’t see this year being any better and looking at our first three fixtures I don’t see us getting anything. The home game v. Kettlewell’s mob looks like our best chance of picking up points early in the campaign.

Well the sun’s out I suppose…

Not the kit obviously but the new black training gear worn by our new boss looks absolutely amazing. A major upgrade on last seasons efforts!

I’ve not worded that well so I’ll try again. I do enjoy going because it’s a life long passion following Motherwell FC. I know however that I’m not always going to ‘enjoy’ the game because that’s just the way it is and always will be for a club of our stature, but I go regardless and wouldn’t miss it, even though it often has me tearing my hair out. So I’m afraid Motherwell FC are stuck with me.

I don’t go to the football to enjoy myself and be happy and merry, I go to support my club. If I wanted a good time I’d join the Tartan Army. Of course and I will give him my full support, certainly to start with. However I just get a bad feeling about this appointment. Managed/coached ten clubs and he’s only 42 and has no track record of hanging about anywhere for any length of time. Not what we need imo and it looks like we have went ‘left field’ for the sake of going ‘left field’. I would have been much happier with a Robbie Neilson or Tony Doc type appointment.

Firstly, I am very glad that it isn’t Richard Foster. Secondly, best of luck to Jens Berthel Asko. But thirdly, this appointment gives me the fear big time for some reason. I will be very surprised if this works out.

Involved in both goals so far and certainly playing well.

Good luck to him. This is thoroughly deserved.

Don’t let the truth get in the way of a nonsensical dribbling theory which can be easily disproved.