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When he first arrived he was sat in a midfield that was being overun and camped in front of the centre halves. No real surprise an 18 year old wasnt able to show his best. I think he is thriving with Slattery and Miller alongside him. That and pressing higher up the pitch gets us more possession and in better areas. Even Halliday is looking a better player in the new set up.

I was shouting those very words at the tv! 😆😆😆

With 2 full weeks to work with the players and hone his tactics, we should see a more efficient press. Add to that that Stama and Kaleta will be available for selection, we will have more options on AND off the bench. Will St Mirren be able to live with that? Lets see! 🧡❤️🧡

It matters because of the way he left and the narrative he tried to create. I stayed with him to the end and would have been happy for his legacy to be one of a half decent Motherwell manager who eventually ran out of ideas. He changed that. No one else. For that reason, I dont want to leave him any way to justify himself. He shat it. The players are proving it now.

Kettlewell will always be able to point to that. However, if he was that confident, he should never have walked......

I quite like the Viking thing. He is a bit of a warrior after all. Im sure he secretly loves it......

I think its safe to say the new manager has hit the ground running. 2 huge results in 4 days that has us realistically looking at 1 more win to see us safe this season. We are back in the conversation for top 6, which if it could be achieved would be massive, as it would allow the CEO/Exec Board to start setting budgets for next season at the earliest opportunity. That would allow contract talks to be started with anyone we would like to keep or new players we would lime to get in. The fact that we have got these results and been a lot easier on the eye isnt lost on the support either. Great to be feeling such positivity again so soon!

Lots of really good performances today. It would be easy to make a case for pretty much anyone. However, Im gonna go for Andy Halliday. He hasnt been my favourite player since he signed. Last season he was well off the pace and under Kettlewell it looked as if his legs wouldnt carry him at this level anymore. However, under Wimmer he has been a man re-born and today was his best performance in a Motherwell jersey by a country mile. I dont care if he can only give us 60 minutes every week as long as they are 60 minutes of quality like that.

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......