MJC

Watt back in for Tawanda. Nicholson out due to illness.

0-0

They were but likewise delighted they got none. And beating Dundee Utd will never not be enjoyable, arrogant chumps that they are.

Games like that are great when we win. Obviously there were/are issues with our defending which was horrific for two of the three goals we conceded today. And if we’re being honest we were second best for the entire second half where we rode our luck especially with Moult hitting the bar seconds before Sparrow’s fine finish for the 4th. But goals win games and we scored four and they scored three and that’s the only thing that matters at the end of the day.

I don’t mind happy clappers as long as we win. Had we drawn that 3-3 or 4-4 and the happy clappers were ‘celebrating’ it because it was a “great spectacle” and all that it would have been a different story. Big leap to the left! YAAAAAASSSSS! Big leap to the right! YAAAASSSSSS! We lost 5-6 or drew 6-6 but what a spectacle! YAAAAAASSSSSS! But today we won and that’s the most important thing.

I’m pleased we won. Aren’t you?

Motherwell 4 Dundee United 3 I like that scoreline

For the love of God hold this time ffs!

This is pish. Only a matter of time until they equalise.

And there it is. 3-2

Hiya pal. Is it Half time yet on your feed? Good stuff so far and great to see Ap Stam on the goal trail. And another goal for Staunch Andy, he’s chipped in with a few big ones this season so far. Long way to go yet.

I wouldn’t speak too soon, we will concede the next goal to make things nervy and uncomfortable, nothing surer.

Kaleta, Paton and Tawanda start. Nicholson on the bench again, hopefully features at some point.

0-2 defeat

I wish I was a as ‘fat’ as him He’s a big built guy with an arse like a tree trunk which he can use to his advantage. But he certainly isn’t fat. He’ll be a loss next week.

Priceless win! That’s what Tony Watt can bring to the team!

I wonder if we’ll see a banner or two from the Well Bois today in ‘protest’ at the SPFL’s unfair treatment of the club due to their own actions?? And given that St.Mirren away usually brings a few flashpoints with them and the stewards it’ll be interesting to see if they can actually behave otherwise any ‘protest’ will just look futile.

Fancy a draw in this one. 1-1

No complaints over this but it’s the club that stand to suffer as a result of the actions of a selfish minority of louts. If we are fined the ‘Block E’ mob should be made to club together and pay it.

Falling apart.

I never said it was and I acknowledged that we had had some bad luck with our ridiculous catalogue of injuries over the past couple of seasons, Biereth being the obvious bad luck case. My point however was that just about every injury we get is long term and that simply cannot be written off as misfortune.

It goes back further than this season too. You look at last season with Slattery, Wilkinson, Obika and Biereth all sidelined for significant periods of times. Obviously there was some bad luck in that list but it can’t all be put down to that. Perhaps in this case it is yes, but the fact that here we have yet another player ruled out for months on end has to raise questions about our recruitment and what we are doing in training. It’s a physical game and players will get injuries, there is no getting away from that. However it’s the frequency and length of time that our players end up out for that is the issue here.

Another one! And yet again it’s a long term injury not just a knock that keeps him out for a week or so. There is no way this is down to coincidence or bad luck because it’s happening literally every two months that we get a player ruled out for months on end. Even the club social media team have given up using the “speedy recovery” sign off when announcing this latest injury setback. Instead opting for “With you all the way, Zach”. Even they seem to have cottoned on to the parody this is becoming. ”Sam Nicholson will be out for a significant period of time, speedy recovery Sam”. “Jack Vale has picked up an injury which will see him miss several months, speedy recovery Jack” “Paul McGinn will be out of action for a lengthy spell, speedy recovery Paul” ”Zach Robinson will miss the rest of the season due to injury, spee….erm nah hold on……with you all the way Zach”. Something clearly isn’t right. It may be our recruitment or training methods but these lengthy injuries to so many players suggest something is seriously wrong somewhere.

Yet again we draw a Premiership side away from home. Thoroughly uninspiring and I fully expect us to lose this tie.

We need the lowest ranked side at home to give us the best chance of progression. We need to avoid Celtic, Rangers or any Premiership side and given the way our exits in the two previous seasons have come about we need to avoid playing a high flying Championship side especially away from home.