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Sometimes opponents have good players. Would be pretty boring league otherwise. Higginbotham needs to be stopped in the midfield. They have Ainsworth, Johnson, Big Lee, Skippy to worry about. And when they have tried to deal with them, Dom Thomas and Sutton will be rolled out.

Don't think this will be the decisive weekend. Probably end up with us and County drawing and the real fun starting after the split.

So you think it's fair in England if at the end of the season your team is 15 points ahead of the team that gets promoted? If it's that good, why not let the top 4 teams in the SPFL play each other to decide who are the Champions? Maybe call it Scottish Major League Playoffs.

It's a complete mystery and something I'd love to hear our Board answer.

This. It makes a joke of a league format and unfair on teams that are better than their rivals over the course of a season and then lose out in what is, in effect, a cup tie.

I don't think it's dodgy if it is properly managed. Bring in a manager at a lower salary, have him develop youngsters and sell them on giving him a cut. It won't be McNamara that decides to sell anyone - it will 100% be the Board (or even just Thompson).

Completely agree. As long as we stay within reach of 9th and 10th, post-split is where the real fun starts.

I think you might be right.

The fitness team will be taking care of that.

I would have thought their respective agents came calling too. That's how it usually works these days.

From what he said in interviews, he had contact with Skippy and Pearo during his time down south. Whether that counts as his signing or not I don't know. A couple of thing that stand out for me though are that he is more willing to give our youngsters a chance, and he'll make subs or change tactics early enough in a game to make a difference. Was always going to take time for new signings to bed down - time will tell if it was soon enough.

Aye, it's nice to see the gaffer set the team up to go out and win "must-win" games by attacking.

To quote JJ (again) - the boy has continental feet.

If County and 'Well keep winning, we'll both be safe. Starting to close the gap on 9th.

Amazing what a we bit of confidence does to a team. A yard quicker and more options available for every pass.

You can have bucket loads of skill or be Kenny Miller. You can't be both.

Step it up the 2nd half see if we can make a bigger dent on goal difference - give Ross County something to think about.

Now we've stopped punting high balls to him, he can do his thing.

I'm watching on the BT stream on Mobdro and seeing the same.

Johnson returns to starting 11. Motherwell: Long, McManus, Ainsworth, Lasley, Law, Erwin, Johnson, Straker, Laing, Pearson, McDonald Motherwell subs: Twardzik, Ramsden, Sutton, O'Brien, Moore, D.Thomas, Grant

I don't care if Gow scores a hat trick - as long as we win.

Nope. It's like selective amnesia. We haven't had an easy game this season. No reason this will be any different.

Hey - 50+ doesn't mean you have to be miserable.

This. Plus, sometimes the opposition has good players that can beat ours. The upside from all this is we made adjustments and went on to win. Was interesting to hear Gary Locke say how bringing on Sutton changed the game too, as he proved to be a handful for his defence. Overall, enjoyed watching the highlights on Alba last night.

If our central defenders can't deal with high balls being pumped into the box all night, they should take up knitting. Should be meat and drink for them.