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Perhaps he's changed the minds of others based on how he wants to run things now he's got his feet under the table? Boards/Management can change their minds, you know.

Agree with that; just look at the gems United have uncovered there. I'm sure it won't be our only market; remember Marvin came from Kidderminster! I hope if we stay up Bara gets the money & chance to have a bit more influence from that point of view. Can really see us pulling out a few players that we can sell on if that's the case.

Start of half time; just had it confirmed.

I'm sure one turnstile is left open until about 3:20/3:30 but I'll check with my mate who works on them and let you know.

Provided we use his wage to sign up Erwin to a 3 year deal I'm happy. If not we'll be shopping for a striker in the summer, as Erwin will be offski as discussed if he doesn't get the money he's wanting.

I've heard he hasn't been offered a new deal and has known it for a few months...

I'd keep Law too. In a team full of right backs he's quietly gone about making the position his own. I don't think it's a coincidence that Law being at RB consistently has tied in with Ainsworth coming onto a game.

Went for Johnson, thought he had his best game and was unlucky not get a couple himself. Looks like he can hit a volley as sweet as you like and his two assists were excellent; particularly for McDonald as he could've been greedy and had a shot but recognised he was in a better position. The ball in for Sutton's first was simply sublime. Three wingers on the park last night and all of them set up the goals. Tremendous to watch and Dom Thomas doing Goodwin and his reaction was the icing on the cake. Special mention to George Long who had his best game for us, I thought. Only punched once and made a decent contact, catching everything else; an excellent near post save from that header in the 2nd half, too. Too many times we're quick to criticise when mistakes are made; he was flawless last night. His reading of through balls/chips over the top stopped St Mirren getting in behind on a few occasions.

On the contrary, for me he's the right appointment at the right time. McCall left us in a sorry state when he went; I think everyone agrees we were a mess (the disagreements I've seen are over the level of mess) and needed a major overhaul of attitude and desire at the club. Baraclough appears to have brought that to the table, including making some very encouraging backroom staff appointments that have made the world of difference to our fitness and confidence. I'll admit some of his signings have split opinion, but as long as they do a job for us and fill in when required I'm happy. Grant and Johnson came out of the blue and are both great players. Grant in particular looked good playing centre mid last night when he came on for Pearo, which encouraged me (any word on his injury?) Whatever league we're playing in next year I fully expect him to be in charge; with some new signings (however many he's allowed to make to replace the inevitable free transfers in the summer) a full preseason under his leadership with our fitness coaches and his assistant will give us a vastly improved team and club with the building blocks for a successful future.

Dear oh dear. Long AGAIN.

Aye, fairly sure it was Tommy Jnr. When I say 'recently' read: anywhere in the last 5/10 years.

Was his boy not playing for Killie/in their youth set up recently?

On an unrelated note, I LOVE your signature, Geedub. Also, Greg Strong and a sauna would be interesting. Karl Ready on the door?

Same problem here; might be better in white like the page you're currently on is at the bottom left corner? Can't see the topic title at all on my work PC.

Keep Sutton and Skippy, get rid of Bob McHugh. Job done.

Tony Straker ripping the arse out Accies in the first half was tremendous, as was Steelboy's reaction to our chant of 'Only one Tony Straker' afterwards. Special mentions to Erwin, Johnson and Skippy. Those three with Ainsworth were a joy to watch at times. I agree on that if Erwin gets a goal, he'll end up scoring a tonne. Just a bounce away at times it seems; he needs to spend some time with Sutton to get some poaching practice!

Got to credit Ainsworth for proving me wrong; I held my hands up on Friday night when he played the way he did. All we need now is that same level of performance/impact every week.

Liking the new design, nice and slick. Background is fine and the only issue I have to report is some problems with pages freezing (one in particular) on I.E. 9 but I think that's an out of date Javascript problem. Shoutbox wise, I voted for it to be shut on matchdays but I wouldn't cry if it was lost, it's pretty pointless when you leave a message and return and can't see the replies for spam/general shite that's in it. Also means people don't check the forum and post whatever news they have there, which isn't the point of it at all.

On countless occasions Ainsworth hid from a pass from Law when there was acres of space on the right wing in behind their fullback, which is where he should be looking to get to. He continually clogged up the right channel and restricted Skippy's play as a result. Not one of his crosses on Saturday beat the first man, his corners in particular were diabolical. He shirked out of several 50/50s that could have resulted in him being in behind 1 on 1 with their centre half, potentially leading to scoring that winning goal or providing a winning ball in that we were all desperate for. He made 2 or 3 half arsed attempts at tracking that left Law horrendously exposed at RB and led to a few chances for Killie to nick a goal. Happy? Also, for the record; I agree with what other posters have said. He's easily the most frustrating player at Fir Park but he hasn't been anywhere near the same player as last season in ANY of the games he's played this year. Today was the final straw for me, that's all. We can't carry someone who's half arsed through a game when we're fighting for our Premier League survival.

A point was a decent result pre-game. Not a good result post, sadly. Thought our front 4/5 were excellent in the first half, Johnson in particular. Mcdonald will be the man that keeps us up if we manage it. Worst decision was to take off Grant and bringing on Ainsworth. After today he should never play in a Motherwell shirt again. Continually hid from Law and didn't hit the byline like he did last season once. When he eventually got into positions his decision making was horrendous.

I was there on Saturday. I haven't seen us lose this season or fail to score (all home matches): Stjarnan, St Mirren, County, ICT and Partick. I'm going to be going more often now.

Question (someone's mentioned this already): he's listed as an attacking midfielder on Wikipedia. Why can't Skippy be the one that creates goals for Sutton, playing just in behind him?

1. Yes, according to a Millwall supporting friend he was fit but just not producing goals for them. He reckons that was more down to the supporting cast. 2. Pearson, Johnson and Dom Thomas are all creative enough (I'm basing Johnson on reports from down south, but I don't know how serious his injury is) to get balls to Sutton/McDonald to deliver scoring chances. As others have mentioned, McDonald is a welcome addition; a proven goalscorer. The thing we need more than anything in the run in is Pearson to get & stay fit and provide us with the link between defense and attack.

Just as an example, a work colleague's son was released from his contract at Celtic and was signed by Accies last season. He left after 3 months, moving on to Partick Thistle's system because of a considerable difference of opinion with "How things are done" at Accies, I believe. Ruthless is certainly a word I'd use based on what I've heard.

Love you too, babez.xxx