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Maybe throwing it away is the modern equivalent of tearing up the old paper ones - it just doesn't have the same dramatic effect. "Yir rubbish Motherwell. See? I'm taking my season ticket out my wallet and I'm dropping it on the ground!!"

The big issues we have playing one up top are: - our lack of support for the man up top (obviously) - we lose our high press on keeper and defenders giving them time to reset and choose their next line of attack

The binary mood swings of the modern football fan continue to deliver.

At least we got through the game largely unscathed for the next one. Liam Gordon: ...hold my beer Take your pick...

Hitting the woodwork twice feels like it's already "not our day"

As SK said, you can "have a go" at different points in the game, but if try that for 90 minutes they have players that will destroy you given too much space. Given we've drawn twice and lost narrowly to very late goals in others, SK will undoubtedly be sticking to the same tactics on Sunday.

A reminder to all our US based fans watching the game on MFC TV (or Paramount+ if you subscribe). The UK puts their clocks back tonight, a week before we do. So the game kicks off for us at 11am Eastern.

Park the bus, sneak a 0 - 0, and bask in the endless praise from the Celtic fans and the Scottish media about an incredibly professional and tactically astute performance.

Spaghetti Carb O’Nara must be Irish, no?

I noticed he had started at the weekend, but I missed the game. Glad he is finding some form.

Hoping for a slew of "You only try against Celtic" posts on social media after this game.

Zach Robinson back tae haunt us. Take your pick...

Classic steelboy, slagging off a new player on his 2nd start a couple of days after he travelled half way around the globe. Reminds me of when he was slagging of Higdon for being fat and useless. Robinson, on the other hand, has less of an excuse. And none of that excuses the debacle that was our defence at the goal.

Video, but not commentary today. Not too disappointed with that. Bought a ciabatta loaf when I was out this morning, so settling down to watch the game with a mug of coffee and a bacon ciabutty.

For all the issues I have with VAR and despite the fact the I want it punted, and despite the problems I have with the ridiculous handball rules, I still think the Casey call was correct.

The real question is which ex-Well player will they sign to replace him.

I'd hope it's not beyond the capabilities of the Society to pull a list of the names of members who have contributed financially over the past few years.

If that was true, then resting tired players during a 2 week international break might help. However, it doesn't take a Beautiful Mind to see the pattern of how many players we've injured during international breaks, winter breaks and pre-season these past few years to see it's an issue. Also, playing 8 games over 13 weeks at the start of season should be quite manageable even for a 34 year old. However, if players like McGinn and Miller are at risk, then we should be rotating them sooner, not crocking them in training sessions.

No doubt we'll be conducting our 718th detailed review into why we injure so many of our players during an international break.

We certainly had the worst defence in the league, but I'd say the comedy defending antics of Butcher, Blaney, Casey and Mugabi (to name a few) were more responsible for that. Difficult to compare when we were giving up free shots and headers half a dozen times per game. Likewise when Gordon passed the ball to St Mirren and SOD gave away the ball against Hibs, Ox conceded 2 goals. I wouldn't blame him for conceding either one, but that's what Kelly was up against for an entire season. It has a knock-on effect. Defenders are poor, the keeper loses confidence and makes mistakes. The keeper makes mistakes and the defenders lose even more confidence - and so it goes on. That's why I was a proponent of ditching all the central defenders and the keeper in the summer and rebuilding from scratch.

The "need to run about more" and "doesn't track back" mentality is the kind of attitude that stifles creative footballers in the Scottish game. Not every player needs to be a hard tackling box-to-box grafter. It's all about getting balance in the team.

I didn't say I was watching it! Waiting for the Antigua vs Dominican Republic to kick off. Been enjoying watching the Concacaf Nations League games this week.

Croatia v Scotland game's live on telly here. Go, as they love to say in these parts, figure.

Preparing them for the step up to the senior squad.

I remember the same chunk wanting Dan Twardzik signed up after his initial performances too. As I said, I'm happy we extended his contract. It's more the absolutism of fans I take issue with where someone is absolute garbage or brilliant, without much room for nuance such as quality of players around them, overall form of the team and the fluctuations in performance that every player suffers. I'd imagine any keeper would have struggled behind the joke of a defence we had last season.