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Shit like that just happens. Probably because the supporters of the ex player gives it to them so tight on the day, they are desperate to ram it down their throats. Kallum Higgingbottom is another good example. Doesnt make it right or wrong. Just a thing.

Not sure Ive ever seen or heard Motherwell fans applauding a former player for scoring a goal against us. Ive seen it before the game has started which I think is absolutely fine as it shows respect for what they did whilst with us. Ive also seen it when an opposition player shows an outrageous piece of skill or scores a worldy, I also have no issue with that. Sometimes you just need to doff your cap when you've seen something special (depending on who the opponent is obviously). But this myth that Fir Park is full of "Happy Clappers" who really dont give a shit about the club is a load of absolute bollocks imho.

They will be desperate to get the game on given they didnt play last week. Weather for late afternoon/evening looks far more benign. Would expect the game to go ahead with very few 'Wellfans present! Safe travels to those still going!

Oh dear. To pay, or not to pay. That is the question! 😳😳😳

Would he even help us right now? We have Biereth. Not sure he and KVV would be a natural partnership. Better spending our money in midfield and defence imho.

Would take a draw. Difficult venue, away from home. No wins in 15.

Spot on!

I thought SOD had a pretty good game. No howlers that I can recall. Used the ball well for the most part and looked to be organising others in the backline. Most of the midfield struggled in the first half. But looked better in the second. Hard to pick any of them.over 90 minutes.

The only surprise about today is how surprised (and annoyed) some of our fans seem to he about the result. We havent beaten Rangers in the league for 21 years. The chances of it happening off the back of the worst run in SPL history was pretty slim. Another slow and very sloppy start by us. We are never going ro beat anyone if we dont start playing until we are 2 down. Gifting up 2 goals like we did never plays out well. Much better second half performance, but the damage had already been done by then. Onto Aberdeen. Another difficult venue, but one where we have enjoyed some success over the years, against an opponent not without their own troubles to seek. SK has 2 games to save his job and end this horrible run.

The people in Dubai dont like the Flintstones. But thats ok. The people in Abu Dhabi do......

I think he is likely to go with the same team again and use McGinn off the bench. We kept our first clean sheet in 14 games last weekend. Do you risk interfering with that if players are starting to build an understanding? Obviously Rangers will be a stiffer test than St Mirren. But I think the point still stands. I like Blaney on the left with Gent. Good to have 2 naturally left sided players there. Same with SOD and Spencer on the right. Ive also noticed at recent games that SOD is the one shouting and organising the managers instructions at everyone. Maybe thats why SK has stuck by him.

Dont disagree with that at all. It feels like we are in a sort of "holding pattern". We need to either get a few wins and put this to bed, or get to the point where enough is enough and SK has to go. This feels like death by 1000 cuts!

Ok, so no credit given. Just diversion away from the fact that SK has in fact signed one player who is quite good.

My response was in reply to a comment that we had been getting steadily worse, week by week. That clearly hasnt been the case since Ross County.

Do loans not count as signings now? Getting Mika in is quite a coup in my opinion. Theres no way we could afford to sign a player of that quality on a permanent deal.

He has had more good games than that. There was a period of 3 or 4 weeks at the start of the bad run when he was our best player.

I would agree it was looking like that and I couldnt see a way out of it for him. I thought the Ross County game was going to be the last straw. But the board stuck with him and he has arrested the direction of travel with the last few performances. My point is that doesnt change with a defeat to Rangers tomorrow. A capitulation, followed by defeats to Aberdeen and Livvy would be the end for me and should be for SK, but we are not there yet. He keeps buying himself time, and he has the players to thank for sticking with him.

Nah. You dont get to do that. You said none of his signings had contributed anything. I gave you 3. The fact that the others arguably havent is neither here nor there. But given that Obika has scored a goal amd both Bair and Shave have assists in the last few weeks, Im not even sure that argument holds up. By all means argue that his signings are not of the quality required to have us climb the league. But you cant argue that none of them have contributed. Biereth has 6 goals in 10 games!

So Spencer, Gent and Biereth havent contibuted anything? Paton isnt everyones cup of tea, but I think he has made a positive contribution too. You can debate whether SK deserves another window or not. But at least make your argumemt fact based.

Sorry. I dont see how losing to Rangers at the start of this run makes them any easier to beat this time around. We both still have the same players and our confidence isnt anywhere near as high as it was the last time around. If anything, they have improved under Clement, so it should actually he harder to beat them. The only way this came becomes a factor is if its a total capitulation and we lose by 7 or 8.

I agree re Dawes though......

Nah. Not having that. You have to take the context of who the opposition is and factor that into the equation. He hasnt been sacked at this stage and we havent beat Rangers in a league game for 20 years. So expecting SK and this team to do so at the wrong end of this run is just mental. You are more than entitled to hold the opinion that he should be gone already, but binning him for losing to Rangers is silly talk. As I said, if we get the end of the Livvy game without a win and lose to them, then that could be terminal. Also, the players havent chucked it yet and are still clearly playing for SK. What happens if we sack him before the Livvy game? What kind of preparation is that. Remember the Hamilton game under Lasley? That game is too important to be adding more turmoil into the situation.

Absolutely no chance. If he loses on Sunday, against Aberdeen away AND Livvy at home, then the pressure will be insurmountable. But there is clearly no appetite on the board to change the manager or he would have been gone after the County game.

Im not gonna sit here and say Connor Wilkinson is great. He clearly isnt. But I think he does have a decent touch and looks like he can finish. Unfortunately he has no pace or physical attributes to back that up. My biggest problem with his signing is that our tactics and playing style dont suit the kind of player he is. If all he had to do was time his run into the box and wait for it to arrive he would probably do alright and score an acceptable number of goals. But the way we are set up and the inflexibility in our squad to change it means he looks seriously out of place and out of his depth. Thats very much on the manager and the recruitment team.

Oh no! Are you saying we will never have a better chance? 😆