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KVV's last season with us was lightning in a bottle. As much as I loved watching him, I'd be amazed if he manages another season anywhere that's even half as productive. Would still have him back, right enough.

Scored 3 against Ross County, 2 against St Johnstone, 2 against Aberdeen and 1 against Hearts. The goals we conceded in all of those games (and the one conceded against Killie) were nearly all down to comedy defending.

It would be more Motherwell-ish if we put up a good performance for a narrow defeat in this one and then get humped 4 - 1 against Dundee the following week. All I'm looking for here is a better overall shape and focus on good defending. Will certainly be getting plenty of chances to practice.

There's a lot of chat on here about a man that will still be in charge next June.

Good news. Certainly helps when you can take advice from a dad who has played in the Scottish leagues and knows the game, rather than one who is just an OF fan.

This.

Softie was also one of the Scotland U-18 team that won the Euros in 1982. He even scored in the final. That was before he joined us, but there aren't many Scottish players to have won a trophy even at that level.

Only if you ignore all the 23 times in the first half he gave Kingsley a free run with the ball on the right wing. He was much better in the 2nd half when he switched sides.

Spittal was a fish out of water playing left mid in the first half. Bringing on Spencer in the second made a difference. And bringing on Gent to let Spencer play on the right was even better. I'd be looking to start with Gent on the left and Spencer on the right to see how that goes. Those 2 were the ones for me that actually did something today, so I make Spencer my MOTM. The defence is still terrible and I actually think we're missing Mugabi's presence in the air.

Still have my head in my hands after that one. (Nobody touched my head, I'm just a wee cheat) Take your pick...

An alterntive to Hearts being bad is for us to play better, like when we beat them at Tynecastle.

The thing about goalies is that there are far more good goalies than there are first team starting spots - and they don't even get the outfield players' benefit of coming on for the last 20 mins. So when Kelly does move on, we should be able to ensure we wnd up with a quality starter and a decent backup.

Hearts are one of those teams that we always match up well against, especially at Fir Park. That's why I think we could get a win here. If we decide to play the way we played against Aberdeen, however, then all bets are off. I get the feeling Mika is going to enjoy his first taste of the Jambo experience.

Corner turned. 3 - 1 No fuss.

All players have dips in form. With keepers, for some reason, you need to shoot the manager's wife before he'll even consider dropping you. He's saved us more points than he's lost, but if he was a centre half he'd have been on the bench for a few weeks on recent form.

A Casey no' good enough? Take your pick...

1 point against Ross County and 1 point tonight makes a total of 2 points, even with my comprehensive school maths.

For all his running about and flexing, Casey is a terrible defender.

He might get KVV back on loan.

Slightly delayed today, but didn't think there would be a rush to vote. Take your pick...

Mika was the only one that looked like knew what he was doing and Bair was OK. Won't have done his confidence any harm to get on the scoresheet again. Was good to see Butcher back for a spell, but none of the defence covered themselves in glory last night. Bevis was the most active and was at least competing (and mostly winning) the high balls. The midfield struggled to find a pass and Miller was anonymous until he was subbed. If we needed any more evidence we can't play one up top, then it was on full display again. Even when Wilkinson did get a hold of the ball there was a 30 yard gap to the nearest supporting player. Thought Kelly was subpar too and didn't seem to be doing much organising of the players in front of him. A minimum requirement for a keeper who is captain.

Not being able to string 3 passes together has nothing to do with our strikers. And neither has our pathetic defending.

I'd like to say I was surprised that some fans are looking for SK to be sacked after we finally hit our bad spell. But I'm not, because fans are idiots. Every - and I mean every - team hits bad spells. This is our first one under SK. Of course he needs to fix it, but looking for blood at this stage is ridiculous. Nothing to do with being happy clappy. Everything to do with having watched teams in multiple leagues across multiple decades.

Anyone else old enough to remember when the 2nd half against Livi was our worst performance under SK? Take your pick... or not

That seems the most likely combo, but once (if) everyone is fit no doubt SK will test out a few pairings. I imagine Obika will be in the mix too.