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In general, he’s rarely in the right place at the right time, and when he is, he mostly fluffs it. He’s just not got it.

JBA should be picking his strongest eleven today. It's the Scottish Cup.

Most of us can probably agree on this. Scrap VAR and have referee observers review games afterwards, call out mistakes and inconsistencies, and actually hold officials accountable. Let the game flow and deal with the bad officiating afterwards.

Once subjectivity is allowed to creep into a supposedly objective process, the game’s a bogey.

We’ll probably both agree soon enough they’re busted flushes.

If either of Stama or Hendry goes this window, it’s Stama. He’s 18 months into a 3-year deal and clearly not up to it. Hendry’s only 6 months into a 2-year deal and probably deserves a bit longer, but I’m not convinced he’ll come good.

Two things from today’s update that stood out for me: Hendry “overloaded” again. He’s barely played. A signing that just hasn’t worked out unfortunately. JBA the comedian: “Stephen’s [O’Donnell] back jammed up a little. He had to come off, but he managed to bend forward and sign a new deal with us. The back didn’t stop him, and he’s back in training.” https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2026/01/15/scottish-cup-team-news/

I suspect he’ll be back with us next week. Fingers crossed.

Kettlewell is incapable of change and still believes in his own hype. The bigger idiots than Kettlewell himself are the ones who keep giving him a job after his disastrous Motherwell tenure and subsequent meltdown.

Celtic don’t deserve Welsh. The disdain they’ve shown towards him is ridiculous, and he’ll be a huge loss for us.

Maswanhise is a better striker than Stamatelopoulos ever will be. We should’ve punted him in the summer when there was a rumoured offer.

Better finishing and we win this game.

Very wasteful in the final third again. We’re either trying to pass it into the net or gifting it to their keeper.

I completely agree. We should be doing everything we can to invest in JBA.

I’d take a 0–0 or low-scoring draw to keep the momentum going. A win isn’t beyond us though and would be a great marker for the season ahead in terms of league placing.

If JBA ends up at Aberdeen this window, I hope he fails miserably, Flow gets punted into the North Sea and Cormack gets to enjoy the Championship next season.

If he ends up at St Mirren, the only thing he’ll be kicking is other players’ legs.

No rumours this week. JBA is too busy dodging calls from Flow instead of calling Daws.

If the right hypothetical 20% offer came along, I’m sure we’d all be willing to listen. The red lines on fan ownership are already drawn, and we’ve shown what can be achieved without extra investment.

I’m not really sure who’s going to invest in a fan-owned club like Motherwell. We’ve been over that before. The focus should be on Motherwell investing in itself, by putting money into players, staff and facilities, which is what we’re seeing now.

Open a club shop in Harare.

I generally agree. But the Wild Sheep debacle was one of the most important issues I’ve had as a Motherwell fan, and those backing Barmack’s proposal (and Kettlewell) need called out for what they were: stupid and wrong.

The Venn diagram of the Colins and Kettlewells of Scottish football is just a circle. Backwards-thinking, blinkered, arrogant morons.

Good ticket prices. Time to batter them.

The extra gate money coming in under JBA, with home crowds clearly up, should absolutely be used by the Board to sweeten his current deal. It would keep his focus on us rather than counter offers and would be a logical, now proven, investment.