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Good to see us progress. Positive words from Craigan again regarding Cadden. If we're moving to a 3 man midfield, he deserves his chance.

They'll be in the main stand.

A manager with a bit of savvy who can deliver what he promotes. Baraclough came in and said all the right things but he hasn't came close to fulfilling any of his objectives. Infact many of his actions have contradicted his ethos.

It's been a textbook move from a professional bluffer. Embed a new structure and fill with new staff. Due to the inevitable consequences, it takes longer than usual to be dismissed for incompetence.

The culprits who hired him should also be getting the bullet. The incompetence spreads far wider than the coaching team.

Glad I avoided this one. Morton will do us on Tuesday and hopefully that's enough for the tax exile and McCafferty to take responsibility for their monumental fuck-up.

Disagree. The keepers presence put a previously shaky backline at ease that day. It was no secret Neilsen gave them the fear.

Some players are a slow burner. I recall Jutkiewicz having many doubters for looking a bit awkward to begin with. Taylor is a different story. At best, he is lacking confidence but I've rarely seen a player hide from the ball so much. Connor Grant would have been a much better option.

Dan was a level up from Gunnar and Hollis. Our change in fortunes in conjunction with Dan's loan spell demonstrated his superiority. Reading between the lines, Neilsen didn't have the bottle.

Ripely had done nothing to suggest he is any better than Twardzik in my opinion, just like Long. The club rightly or wrongly have no faith in Dan so the sooner he gets a move, the better.

We paid a transfer fee for Moult and signed him up for 3 years. Fletcher signed for 1 year with a 1 year option - I suspect we hedged our bets given his injury record.

5/6 are out of contract in summer. Don't get me wrong Moult is good business and Fletcher may prove to be too. However, a club that's looking to be self sustainable should be running with a slimmer squad.

What's the society's view on the club throwing cash at 6 strikers and 3 goalkeepers while defaulting on a payment to LH?

Like most, baffled by the arrival of a keeper. Can only assume that Ripley is away in January and/or Twardzik has a loan or permanent deal lined up. Any scenario that leads to us having 3 keepers on a first team wage for a sustained period of time would be incredibly concerning. As for Samson, I've never rated him but i have 100% faith in our fancy scouting software... Disappointed and surprised by what's been said about Watt. I like the look of him but his absence this season has suggested something untoward is going on. You'd like to think the club would be able to judge a young boys character before offering him a 3 year deal.

How the fuck Baraclough thinks he can get away with Taylor in a midfield two is beyond me.

Crossed my mind that Robinson's absence during the International break may have contributed to such a clueless performance today.

I've got a soft spot for Moult but he was pretty poor today like the majority of the team. I though Ainsworth was the one player that carried a threat and kept going until the end.

I want to like the guy but he's just not cut out for it and is steering Motherwell to a terminal decline. Time for those who recruited him to take responsibility. Why we let relative amateurs select a novice manager and then give him free reign to turnover 30+ staff is beyond me.

Delighted that Moult got the equaliser but that standard of performance was bordering on unacceptable. I suppose the writing was in the wall when the invisible man was announced in the starting lineup. Last season, we were very inconsistenct under Baraclough but when we were good, we were a side that looked well drilled and well coached. This season, we are devoid of cohesion and technical ability. Hitting long balls for 90 minutes is in stark contrast to his stated vision of the game. Another major negative brewing is the standard of player recruited in the summer. Again in contrast to the blueprint of the new regime, the early signs are that the squad has been clogged up with mind-numbing mediocrity, that is already to the detriment of Leith, Cadden, Moore & co.

In the same breath, Baraclough suggested Pearson's absence would cover 2 International breaks. So that would take us to mid-October.

Surely Watt would have featured in Lasley's testimonial if he was in contention? After 2 poor Scotland performances I'm looking forward to the change in scenery. I think we'll struggle though against a decent County side. 3-1 Ross County with Jackson Irvine a standout performer.

Probably my all time Motherwell favourite. I was impressed by his debut at Ibrox and soon became smitten with him. Hopefully he gets a good turnout but the timing and opposition aren't great.

This was a good informative listen as usual. Amidst the WS chat at the weekend, I had missed Les' views on our current youth players. Maybe you can get his daughter on the show at some point...

So just to be clear, the club are due to make the payments and the WS will help where necessary. This was my initial understanding. So all this noise via the Daily Mail about the 1st payment being missed - it's the club that have defaulted on the payment? We could do with some transparency on the numbers rather than LH running to a Tory rag.

I'd go along with this. On paper he has the attributes of Jennings and if he can to apply these attributes at our level, then he'll prove to be a good stop-gap at the very least. I doubt however that Grimshaw or Taylor featured highly on our shortlist at the beginning of the summer. I wasn't expecting anything other than a loan deal yesterday but taking the summer as a whole, it's a tad disappointing that we haven't filled a key position with a more concrete signing. Putting it in perspective though, much bigger clubs than Motherwell have failed to nail their key targets this year.