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Picked Carson. His assuredness (if it's not a word I'm claiming it) got us through some scary spells, and his distribution was excellent. Seeing a keeper come out and pluck the ball from the air is a welcome change from what we've had in recent years. Mchugh had a really good game too, which was great to see. Didn't think bowman deserved more than a yellow from the game, as strikers go up like that all the time, but hartley was lucky after his retaliatory halving of Morelos (who also should have been off) Shame that this was Kipre's worst game, but he's still a wean.

Battered them again (literally). What a bunch of shitebags they are. Have Rose and McHugh refurned Jack and Dorrans to their families yet? Fuckin love Trevor Carson, but don't think his dad does anymore.

Kipre playing terribly, but denied a goal by Ryan jack on the line, even though he shat himself and tried to get out the way of it. Hartley and Dunne both lucky to still be on. Somehow still level, hoping for some of the customary Robbo half time tactics.

The manager mentioned in yesterday's interview that we're talking to hartley about something more permanent, which would be amazing if we could pull it off. However, it was also mentioned that we're talking others, so I was wondering who that would be. From the first team, we know that moult, bowman and rose are out of contract in the summer, maybe frear? There's also Adam livingstone in he u20s who there was a lot of talk about last week. Robbo has talked up rose since day one, and he's definitely catching on, so I think he'll be the next to extend.

Maybe we're spending the moult money on these extensions, which I don't really disagree with.

Maybe it's just really windy there?

If you're going with youth, surely you give the manager a bit longer than this? I'd agree with McIntyre as his replacement, he played with them and is probably viewed as unlucky to have lost his job at county.

Nice article about Robbo https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/1638700/motherwell-boss-stephen-robinson-is-dedicated-to-making-well-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/amp/

Was he sacked, or is he still in that deep hug with Owen coyle?

I'm worried that there is a huge scandal around the corner, like our pitch is made of asbestos, or the society is a Russian money laundering front, or that robbo will make a sub that loses us a game.

Looking at the gif/video of the 3rd goal, that Cruyff turn is awesome, but also seems to be totally unnecessary because he was in he clear anyway. I think this makes it better. Probably MoM worthy too.

Video of the third courtesy of @kennyMFC1886 on Twitter https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/914202209658834946/pu/vid/1280x720/78Zu5oruwM-WxX2c.mp4

Do we keep a tally of who wins these? As with our goals, the MoM has been spread around the team, although it could turn into the alan campbell award if he keeps on going like he has been.

Subbed after 23 mins in today's u20s game.

I think the increase in attendance, and overall positivity, is just as much to do with the work rate from the players and the genuine positivity from all within the club as it is with the results. The messaging from the board and society all the way down to the media staff is consistent, open and honest, and considering how previous regimes treated the supporters, this goes a long way. Building the right culture and continuing to spend the necessary sums to keep a professional infrastructure should lead to us not depending on one person for success, whether that is a player or the manager, or chief scout, etc. Now, we're not going to keep finding Moults, but you just need to look at the summer recruitment campaign to see that our scouting and signing policies are working. Results can't be guaranteed, and there will be other Blyths, but when there's a clear process and work rate, mistakes can be tolerated by even our more negative fans.

One thing that shouldn't be missed is the save carson made from Christie after that long run, that was huge. It says a lot about our other signings that Carson is flying under the radar (to an extent) considering the goalkeeping troubles we've had in recent years.

What was the attendance?

Probably that, it kind of sounds the same.

I think the only changes will be if there are any injuries/niggles. Don't see why Hammell should lose his place. It was mentioned that someone is putting off a groin operation, tanner I think? I hope Christie gets a receipt for that assault on tait.

I picked bowman for the same reason as above, although there's a strong case for moult, campbell, rose, Hartley, hammell, etc. His work rate is phenomenal. I was definitely for moving him on, but now I'm wondering if we should try to keep him longer.

We should be beating teams like Aberdeen.

I've never seen a more hardworking performance from us. Moult and Bowman were tireless, and even if they both leave for nowt next summer, I think it will be worth it just to watch a season of those two putting in a shift every week. Our decision to hang onto moult has already paid for itself too. This was the first time I got a good look at Andy Rose and I thought he was excellent in pressing and winning second balls, and I also think we benefited greatly from the presence of hammell on the park. It's been a long time since I've watched us without feeling like we're going to concede any minute. I counted a free header from an early corner and Carson's save from Christie as their only real chances. We need to extend campbell more, he's excellent.

No worries, its my job to tell people what's wrong with their stuff, and I'm on holiday, so needed something to whine about. It may be worth having some text on the sign up page to clarify this for the time being. I think I can help with some of this, and had been speaking to Craig just before he went off, so would be happy to help when he gets back.

So, when you sign up are you supposed to get a confirmation/welcome email of some sort? Other than the PayPal receipt?

Nope. You can see him shake hands in the highlights.