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I've given Daws a hard time previously, but over the piece, he’s probably earned some credit. Given the numbers and types recruited under JBA, it’s starting to look like he was left carrying the can for some of Kettlewell’s scattergun recruitment.

Developing and signing players isn’t done in isolation, and it doesn’t wipe out what we were watching every week or how it unravelled. Player development is part of the job, not some bonus achievement, and it’s not a one-man show either. Yes, there were a couple of good assets, and he got a tune out of Bair and gave Miller a platform to develop. But there was also a pile of shite signings, an appalling winless run, poor football, and a messy exit where he blamed the fans. Suggesting he somehow solely bankrolled JBA is a ridiculous take, ignoring all the wider context. His time as Motherwell manager was, overall, a complete failure. His exit, and what followed at Killie, only confirmed that, and it will likely be the same elsewhere unless he actually changes, which he has shown no sign of doing throughout his managerial career so far. He’s an incompetent clown who believes his own hype. But even they get lucky every now and then.

Will the rescheduled game still be live on Premier Sports?

As long as we keep winning, what’s going on around us doesn’t really matter.

Surely not? According to the Celtic Da’s he’s signing on loan for them tonight.

Maswanhise for his first half display.

Danzaki was totally out of his depth. And he’s clearly an idiot. Stama just isn’t very good.

That’s Stuparevic gone. Robinson next? https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2026/01/30/filip-stuparevic-bids-farewell/

If Mike Judge created a football player.

It’s wild how we’ve gone from an incompetent balloon like Kettlewell to a genuinely talented manager in JBA in such a short space of time.

We’re an attractive proposition, so I’m not worried about us panicking and signing dregs at the eleventh hour.

Celtic FC are vermin. That’s your answer.

FAFO

Once McGinn and SOD figured out the two big lads, they did well to neutralise them. They couldn’t out-jump them, so one was always blocking the big man and the other cleaning up. Overall, I thought they did a good job. I do agree we still need another CB.

Yes. We are brilliant and that was easy.

Priestman again for me, but I could’ve given it to Slattery or Just. Plenty of good performances today.

On my one visit to Mrs Baillie’s Bar there was one lad serving and a huge queue, and the heaters weren’t working so it was freezing. It’s basically an outdoor shed so winter will never be cosy, but staffing and heating were issues. I see they’ve now added new shelters, so hopefully it keeps improving.

Is today the day we finally give a team a pumping at Fir Park?

The club has as much to offer JBA as he has to offer the club. I’d like to think he sees it that way too.

Unless the club has cleared him to discuss such topics, I’d say Halliday’s crossed a line here. His insights on Motherwell can be valuable, but commenting on a player’s value amid intense transfer speculation is probably pushing it too far.

Putting pricing aside, it’s a fair distance from Motherwell to Aberdeen and back, so a 7.30pm Saturday KO is utterly ridiculous for fans and will guarantee low ticket sales. The people running our game are morons.

McCann’s plastic carpet cloggers aren’t getting anything from Fir Park.

You’ve got to feel for Welsh. That mob are a disgrace. Rotten to the core.

And one of your reasons was that he was hopefully injured. I’d rather he played utterly shite on his debut and got hooked than get injured and subbed.

Wishing an injury on a young player on his loan debut rather than him simply being taken off for not impressing is a strange take. It turns out he actually did go off injured, which is a real disappointment, and it’s even more disappointing that a fellow fan preferred the idea of him being injured instead of just subbed for a poor debut.