MJC

Nice long putt there from Wilkinson.

Could easily have been 0-1 down there then go straight up the park and a cool finish from young Miller.

A golf club would be an upgrade on Wilkinson.

That’s the scariest thing, this is the best we have available and it’s not very good.

That is one thoroughly uninspiring lineup. 0-0 looming here.

Getting back to tomorrow’s game, this is one we need to win. It won’t be easy and it won’t be pretty but I think we’ll just edge it 1-0.

No, the manager has my full support.

I’m certainly not making any judgements on him yet I’m just asking the question. As I said earlier he has earned his chance to make his own signings and give them the chance to settle in. Early signs are uninspiring but only time will tell how they work for us in the new season.

Well as things stand it’s a case of “so far, so good” from Stuart Kettlewell’s management of the team. To come in in February and lead us to relative safety from the position we were in when he took over was an excellent achievement so he deserved huge credit for that. What now though as we enter his first full season? We’ve lost KvV and Johnston, two of the key players in the Kettlewell revival last season and the signings we’ve made so far and the squad options aren’t exactly inspiring. But there is of course still time and the manager deserves his chance to get his first full transfer window under his belt before any judgements are made. At the moment he has done well enough but I have concerns heading into the new season. edit: just noticed the Stuart Kettlewell discussion thread. Feel free to delete or merge this.

He has a point, I don’t see anything wrong with what he has said. I don’t think it’s a suggestion that we actually sign any of those players mentioned, rather players of those standard who are quite a bit better than what we currently have on our books.

Absolutely agree, after all we’re Motherwell not Barcelona. We’re a wee club punching way above our weight. I’ve been proudly riding the rollercoaster that is Motherwell FC for years and am aware that we were in the first division in the early eighties. There’s still plenty of time for us to bring in signings and welcome them to our great wee club as we continue to exist to improve people’s lives. ’Mon the Well

We’re always ‘skint’ or so the club keep telling us.

If this is the standard of players we are bringing in then we are in big trouble. I am fully aware that we have budget restrictions (hiya weeyin, spiderpig etc) but signing St.Johnstone flops certainly doesn’t bode well. As things stand the first team lack goal threat and any sort of creativity and given how much we relied on van Veen last season for goals then you’ve got to be concerned about how we are going to cope without him.

Us drawing Airdrie give me the fear as they would almost certainly beat us.

Twitter or the standards of the contents of my posts? No arguments on the Twitter front to be fair…

You not read the club Twitter page then?

“Precautionary” according to Jim Goodwin on the radio. May well be the case but we heard Hammell saying similar on several occasions when Moult wasn’t featuring for us last season. The guy is made of glass these days. Still, Bring him home!!!!

As I said yesterday if we need to rely on Obika and Wilkinson for goals then we are going to be in trouble. Early days or not it is clear that neither of them will do.

We badly need to address the frontline. Has Steven Fletcher been signed by anyone yet?

Definitely. These games are tricky and often not a good indicator of how the season will go. The main thing is getting through them and winning them, which we have managed in in two from three so far. There are obvious concerns about the strength of the squad heading into the new season but we still have time to address the problem areas, one of which is up front. I don’t have a crystal ball but if we go into the new season with Obika and Wilkinson as our main ‘goal threats’ then we better hope that someone can step up and do what Liam Donnelly did in 19/20 and score goals from midfield/defence.

Job done, that’s the main thing.

We’re three League Cup group stage games into the season. If we are a bit mentality fatigued by that at this stage then god help us!

Conor Sammon would be an upgrade on him going by what we’ve seen so far.

Overall not great but we’re growing into the game and most importantly have the lead. Slattery looks a different player so far.

Kelly back in goal, Casey starts and Obika and Wilkinson start up top.