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First half was excellent. You could nit pick about Balmers distribution and one or two other loose passes, but overall we were well worth our 2 goal lead at HT. Unsurprisingly the second half was a much harder watch. Ferguson had to ring the changes and they were able to exert more pressure on us as a result. I thought we initially stood up to it pretty well, but after Thompson missed his chance and they went up the other end and scored, I feared the worst. I felt after Halliday and Slattery went off we lost our ability to get forward as effectively and we got a bit too deep for my liking. We rode our luck a little and Im still not sure about their offside goal despite having seen it about 20 times. However, we have been wronged in the past by decisions like that so happy to take this one. We dug in and got the result we deserved in the end. Tonight is going to be an enjoyable one. I might even get the good whisky out! The exciting thing is it is still early days with this manager and there is so much more to come from this squad. Stuart who?

Pantywetter! 😘😘😘

Today is also the 64th anniversary of the 5-2 game. Hopefully its a sign! 🧡❤️🧡

My auld man made sure I was going to be a Motherwell fan before I had a choice. Got dragged to my first game about 3 or 4 years old and had my first strip about 5, when replicas were a bit harder to come by. Never really had to opportunity to thank him properly for it, but we did get to celebrate the 91 Cup win together, so will always be grateful for that. Its funny how supporting a club gets under your skin. I live in Ayrshire now and, whilst I do have a passing affection for both Kilmarnock and Ayr, if Motherwell folded tomorrow, I couldnt ever feel the same way about supporting either of them. Anyway, Up The 'Well! Intae these mutant zombie barstewards! 😆

Possibly. But they only got £4m for him. He would cost them £40m to buy back right now. Thats mental.

It still blows my mind that Arsenal didnt give him a chance, let alone loan him out to us! It was so obvious after 2 or 3 games he was levels beyond us! Wish him all the best!

Contractual obligations I would presume.....

It was a great pass, and I dont want to be hyper critical of Casey, as I like him, and he had a great game. I just thought he got that bit wrong. He more than made up for it with the winner. Made the whole thing much more dramatic and ultimately more satisfying! 😉

Really like that interview. Straightforward, practical and to the point. (Also not about him).

He totally misjudged the flight of the ball. If its going over your head, fine, nothing you can do, but dont jump for it. He should have just turned and got back in position and stopped the attacker getting a clear run at our box.

The problem with writing off Barry Ferguson as a dumb bigot is that you require to ignore his choice of assistants. Dodds and McCann are both decent coaches. Ferguson is just the front man to keep the natives happy and get the season tickets renewed, similar to Steven Gerards role with Beale. As a coaching team they will probably do ok in the short term. But they will eventually run up against the same problems as the previous incumbents, which is Celtic have more money than they do. I do expect a decent performance from us, but I dont think Rangers will be as shite as some are expecting.

Brrrrooooooossssss! 😉

To be fair, I thought St Johnstone were toast at Xmas......

Dundee United are on 40 points already. 16 clear of St Johnstone and 13 clear of Dundee. Not saying they couldnt get dragged into the bottom 6, but its highly unlikely they will be in any danger.

I thought we lost control of the match before he went off. Both he and Halliday were done. Hardly surprising given he was out injured for 6 weeks and has had to play 2 high intensity games in 4 days. Thought the subs gave us fresh impetus and got us back in the game.

No failures tonight and numerous players could have been considered for MOTM. Casey obviously caught the eye with his 2 goals and a couple of his mazy runs, but he was at fault for their goal. SOD, Thompson, Miller and Andrews all had really good games. Paton looked sharp off the bench and got an assist for the second goal. Voted for Armstrong as he was an absolute nuisance to Dundee all night, won some amount of balls in the air, and showed some really decent footwork at times under pressure. I like him!

Wasnt intending going to this. Now tempted......

Great result tonight, building nicely on Saturdays performance. The higher intensity football is so much better to watch and you get the feeling the players are enjoying themselves more as well. No failures tonight. Everyone put in a shift and earned more than pass marks. Thought we controlled it first half and limited Dundee to virtually nothing. Dont remember Balcombe having to make a save. Second half they changed their system and got more control of the ball and you felt that the goal was coming as Miller and Halliday started to tire. Thought the subs gave us some impetus back and it was nice to see us finish strongly and get the winning goal. Wimmer is impressing me so far. We start games well and on the front foot and his in game changes improve us. Looking forward to how he deals with a trip to Ibrox.....

INTENSITY! INTENSITY! PRESS! PRESS! PRESS! 😍😍😍

Hopefully the bring a friend for £3 adds numbers as well. Im certainly bringing someone along so hopefully others will do the same. Even if we just get 200 - 300 more it will help. Thats less than 10% of ST holders need to bring someone. Hopefully thats achievable.

100% cannot afford to lose this game or we are in deep shit. A win gives the new manager some breathing space to figure things out and keeps us in touch with the top 6. It really couldnt be any more important.

What is the story with him? He has been absent from squads but with no explanation of what happened to him or how long he will be out?

That would be very disappointing. Any substance to these rumours? Or is it idle speculation?

Aye fair enough. Keep forgetting fitba has moved on! I suppose it makes the "having a manager who knows the league" argument a bit redundant!

What rumours?