Stuart Kettlewell discussion thread

[steelman1991]

Don’t make ludicrous posts then, but I’ll take your own advice that you happily hand out on a regular basis and stick you on “ignore” . Night night 

[star sail]

15 minutes ago, Benson said:

"I heard it" can you clarify what you heard,I'm sure many on here can handle it and not affect them,I'm being honest with you,what was shouted at kettlewell.

I think I made the I heard it comment.

There was a boy standing right beside me at Perth who shouted ' get tae f**K Kettlewell, you useless c**t'

He looked as if he was about to explode with anger.

I may have been very unlucky that I was standing beside the only Motherwell fan in the entire stadium making these comments but given that Kettlewell has subsequently resigned I don't think that was a single comment in isolation.

I think football is possibly the only environment left where a comment like that is considered reasonable and where fellow supporters will try and defend it.

[Onthefringes]

1 hour ago, wellgirl said:

That right. Im inane, no bother. Funny that its me you are going in on rather than the person who posted the original post, odd that but not surprising in the least. Its easier to pick off some posters than others - that's very clear from your comment. 

I suggest you put me on ignore and keep me there. Youre the poster who said the well bois didnt put a foot wrong from recollection - enough said. There should be room for all kinds of opinions on here but there clearly isnt. 

Ps Im a lot of things - but inane isn't one of them, maybe reflect before you start name-calling me for doing nothing but support someone else's post on here. We can only have certain opinions or we arent welcome on here - no bother. 

Word salad. I was being descriptive on an observation.

As for the Well Bois comment - on a Stewart Kettlewell discussion thread? An irrelevance much like yourself. I’ve defended them, not once have I said they never put a foot wrong. For the record, I’ll wager you know nothing of the Well Bois given the make up of those who frequent that area of the stadium.

Plenty of your musings on what’s an emotive subject this week are exactly that - inane. An understanding of dressing room politics and doubling down as you refuse to believe is lacking sense or meaning. All in the schooling I suppose.

At no point did I mention your opinion isn’t welcome. Playing victim card once again - no bother.

[wellgirl]

The fact that some people can handle it should not diminish the fact that some people have had enough. I said it a few months ago. I was a few feet away from someone screaming at Spittal for taking a corner because he was moving to Hearts, Blair could hear him and then the fan wanted to fight other fans for being challenged and then someone else wanted to fight him. If people think we dont have a small minority of people who go too far - we absolutely do and in my view, it's not on Stuart - it's on them. 

You dont know what someone's last straw moment is - speaking from experience here. It could be nothing to some of us but you dont know what someone's tipping point is. 

[wellfan]

For the hard of hearing and illiterate amongst Scottish football, please note Kettlewell did not lose his job, he quit.

Putting the concerns around Kettlewell’s reasoning for quitting aside for now, a red flag for me is that Caldwell seems to have been watching a different run of games and performances to the fans of late. And let’s not forget that bad run in 2023.

We have been utter shite and have clearly been at risk of free-fall, but Caldwell’s words would have you believe otherwise and suggest that he was generally content with Kettlewell. Perhaps he wasn’t, but him appearing to publicly side with a former manager over the fans will only fuel the unhelpful ‘us vs them’ situation that has developed following that resignation statement.

This whole debacle has unnecessarily grown arms and legs, and I don’t think it’s over doing so.