Ya Bezzer!

We haven't played as well as at the end of last season but I'd say we are playing better than we started last season. With quite large scale changes to the team during the summer I think that's pretty incredible. After the first round of matches last season we had 16 points. With a game still to play this term we have 19 points. With confidence and more games, I'm sure we will gel better and play good football more consistently instead of in patches as we are currently but even if that doesn't happen we'd have very little to complaint about if we maintain the same level of form.

With this being a Sunday match at an odd time, on live TV and at St. Johnstone who have been struggling to attract fans I suspect the crowd could be pretty sparse. Maybe even in the 2,000's.

Is 13p of 66p on the opposition excessive? Personally I rather like reading about opposition teams as it keeps you up to date on the other sides in the league and gives you a different perspective.

There is usually a grain of truth in what Steelboy says even when it's not popular on the forums and its true our big summer signings haven't performed as well as we'd all like. However there is something fawlty about his attitude. We came from behind today to win, again. We have now won 6 of the last 7 league matches at Fir Park and have only lost 2 in the last 19. We also have young players coming through this term who look like holding down first team slots. The reason Lawson hasn't played (and therefore can't really be judged) is because of the excellent form of Carswell. To a lesser extent Francis-Angol has also challenged Vigurs for a spot. Also slating Vigurs after probably his best 45 minutes of his Motherwell career seems a bit bizarre. Sure, he has flaws but today I felt he showed a touch and range of pass that was better than anyone else on the field. If he can build on what he showed today in the second half he'll be a very good player for us. We are looking like a Top Three team this term. Fir Park is becoming something of a fortress, we are scoring goals and even when we go a goal behind we are not only coming back but winning. The fact that our summer signings haven't done as well so far would be a good point if we were struggling but we aren't we are doing well, it's almost as if Steelboy can't deal with the fact that we are a pretty good side these days. ENJOY.

Lasley for perspiration, Vigurs for inspiration. Difficult choice but went for Vigurs.

Thought the first half was quite poor, neither team looked to have much quality and chances were few and far between. We probably had the best of it in terms of possession and opportunities on goal but we had to rely on Nielsen making two very good saves right before half time. Apart from that though I don't remember him having very much to do. Second half was much better, Vigurs started to play and with his touch and vision he gave us something extra that we hadn't had before. We had about 4 good chances before the inevitable happened and Hearts scored with I think their only shoot on target in the second half, a deflected one at that. Have to say I feared the worst at that point but cue Craig Moore and his amazing introduction. On about 15 seconds and hits what will probably be our goal of the season! Absolutely superb strike. After that the momentium was ours and although Hearts looked dangerous on the break, mainly down to our own defence getting stretched out and some poor passing, I felt the winner was coming. Though Anier and Francis-Angol were disappointing today but others stepped up to the plate. Lasley and Carswell were excellent and Vigurs probably had his best half so far. Also lets hope Moore shows more of the same. We have now won 7 of the last 8 league matches at Fir Park, touch wood we can continue that excellent record.

As far as I'm concerned Randolph is the best goalkeeper we've had since I started watching us in 1982! Hollis should not be compared to Randolph either negatively or positively. Is he as good as Ruddy, Randolph etc, probably not but I have no complaint about his performances so far this season, although I admit I was away last weekend and didn't bother watching the Celtic highlights. Even if he did, that's one match.

It's supposed to dry up this morning and afternoon. Pretty gloomy stuff though, flood lights on at 3 o'clock!

Hearts have conceded 2 or more goals in 4 of their last 5 league matches. If we score twice we should win because Hearts have only scored more than one goal once all season.

I tend to be on the cautious side when making predictions but I'd be pretty disappointed if we didn't win this one. Obviously Hearts have a very young team at the moment and their form isn't great, 5 games without a win and 4 defeats and haven't scored too many goals. Their away form is even worse, they have only won once away from home in 18 matches, more than a whole calendar year. I won't be expecting a thrashing but I think we should be going out to get all the points from this one.

He also has Scotland U21 experience, Scotland B team experience and full national side experience, probably 20+ Europa League/Champions League matches, plus he's the undisputed left back at the second best team in Scotland. By the way the other left backs in the SPFL eligible to play for Scotland, that get a regular club game, are Kevin McHattie, Clark Robertson, Tam Scobbie, Graham Shinnie and Aaron Sinclair.

He's coming in to replace Lee Wallace. LEE WALLACE. Difference between saying he's not international class and isn't good enough for Scotland.

This will come in handy when I'm flying my Spitfire.

I don't think we are a dirty team, I don't think there are really any dirty teams in the league like the teams of Airdrie or Hearts of old. However we do have a few players who are likely to pick up bookings over the season, Ramsden, Hutchy, Lasley etc. If players are getting three match suspensions for 18 yellows in a season perhaps some action is required but picking up bookings is inevitable, especially in certain positions. Would you make Lasley a less combatative player to avoid a 1 match suspension over a season - don't think so.

Sadly I think McFadden is running out of time to make an impact this season. We can't afford to have a shirt filled by reputation and that alone. So far this term Anier, Sutton and McHugh have done well up front, Francis-Angol and Vigurs look a better shout on the left and Ainsworth, on the right, hit a beauty last week and changed the game on Saturday. McFadden is my favourite ever Motherwell player and no one wants to see him end his career with us with a damp squib season but I think the time is coming close where he might not be a first XI player unless he improves his performances dramatically.

Thought we played some slick football for the first 20 minutes without really creating any clear cut chances, when we did we missed it and we went into a little lull, after which Ross County scored and looked like the better side. Second half we were better again and looked much more like scoring. Ainsworth made a difference and Sutton took his equalizer superbly. His second was an excellent finish also. Some bizarre calls from the far side linesman today...

Obviously the MotM was John Sutton. Thought Hutchinson had a decent game as well at the back.

Ross County have only won against St. Mirren and Hearts who for me are the two weakest teams in the league. They are also only 9th in the league having had a fairly kind run of fixtures, they still have to play Aberdeen, Inverness and ourselves in the last 4 matches of the first quarter. They've not traveled well either, it's 9 games since they won away from home, that includes a defeat away to Stranraer in the League Cup. They've tended to score goals but been very slack at the back, the opposite of last season. They've conceded 14 goals this term, the highest of any SPFL club by quite a margin. It's perhaps worth pointing out that 8 of their 9 goals this season have been scored by midfielders so we will have to watch out for late runs into the box and keep things tight at set pieces. On paper they're not a bad team, especially across midfield, but don't really have a recognised striker and as mentioned above they have leaked goals but Scott Boyd came back into the team last week after being frozen out for most of the season and I think is a good move on County's part because I've been quite impressed by him whenever I've seen him play. Their key player will be Richard Brittain, he has 3 goals in 5 outings this season and it's no coincidence that County have won every game that he's scored in.

We should be looking for 7 points out of the next 4 games in my opinion. This is probably the kiss of death but our recent home record is excellent, only 2 defeats in our last 16 home league matches. Fingers crossed we keep up that excellent home form against Ross County and Hearts but we seem to struggle against bottom 6 teams...

It would be folly to underestimate a team managed by John McGlynn and captained by Simon Mensing. OK, that's a joke but I do really think we shouldn't underestimate them. Last time we played them I'm sure Faddy scored a hat trick and Lasley got a brace. More of the same!

Either side of the Celtic match, which they lost 1-0, they've scored 4 goals. Could be a fairly stern test of our defence today with the likes of Mackay-Stevens, Goodwillie, Armstrong and from what I've seen Ciftci looks a handful. On the other hand they are inexperienced at the back, they played two teenagers there last week although I'm not sure if Gavin Gunning will be back today. Control of the midfield will be key today.

I know I am feeding the trolls but they're talking a load of old balls he was a solid pro but he wanted to go And now he's at...eh...Tranmere Rovers!

Maybe but if a team scores with anything more than 5 minutes to go then it's always going to be difficult so I don't think 2-0 is a guaranteed game winning lead, in fact I think teams often are over confident at 2-0 up, switch off and actually are more likely to lose a lead than at 1-0. I'd like to see the stats for teams losing a 1-0 lead in the last 15 minutes compared to losing a 2-1 lead. This season we are pretty much doing what we did in McCall's first season and parking the bus with 15 minutes to go and attempting to hold any lead we have. I don't really agree with that footballing philosophy if only because, as a fan it puts me through an emotional wringer but you have to say it's been relatively successful up till now.

Who played right back yesterday? I've heard ZFA did well at left back so did Hammell play at right back?

Good away win and good to see Sutton score as I think he gets in the neck undeservedly from some of our support. As for the incidents among our support, I wasn't there and the police may well have over reacted but letting off smoke bombs is just a no no. The Well boys have done a great job supporting the team and creating a good atmosphere but they are only going to cause themselves and the club problems if this kind of thing goes on. Is it really worth it?