Stuart Kettlewell discussion thread

[FirParkCornerExile]

Now that we are 7th is it OK to say we are shite and SK was not the great young manager we've all been told. 😁

 

StJ beating St Mirren and doing their best to put the wind up us and the rest of the shite. 

 

UPDATE.. we are back up to 6th SKL was fab😁

[AllyMax]

35 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

Now that we are 7th is it OK to say we are shite and SK was not the great young manager we've all been told. 😁

 

StJ beating St Mirren and doing their best to put the wind up us and the rest of the shite. 

 

UPDATE.. we are back up to 6th SKL was fab😁

Killie drawing or winning later on would make that into one hell of a tight league from 3rd to 11th. There's a 'manager of the month' award between Europe and a play off.

[FirParkCornerExile]

9 minutes ago, AllyMax said:

Killie drawing or winning later on would make that into one hell of a tight league from 3rd to 11th. There's a 'manager of the month' award between Europe and a play off.

I said for weeks I think we are one of the two fall guys this season and have seen absolutely nothing to make me change my mind. 

[AllyMax]

2 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

I said for weeks I think we are one of the two fall guys this season and have seen absolutely nothing to make me change my mind. 

Possibly, but no one else is consistent enough. Look at St Mirren today or Aberdeen's spectacular collapse, and Dundee's performance today. Everyone is capable of winning or losing against anyone anytime, outside the top 2.

 

[FirParkCornerExile]

6 minutes ago, AllyMax said:

Possibly, but no one else is consistent enough. Look at St Mirren today or Aberdeen's spectacular collapse, and Dundee's performance today. Everyone is capable of winning or losing against anyone anytime, outside the top 2.

 

I only need to look at these teams when they play us and also watch a lot of the other teams live and I stand by my assertion. Watched the St Mirren v St Johnstone game and it was pish but both of them played more football in 45 mins that we do in two games. If we continue to play as we have my bet is safe.

[wellon]

48 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

I only need to look at these teams when they play us and also watch a lot of the other teams live and I stand by my assertion. Watched the St Mirren v St Johnstone game and it was pish but both of them played more football in 45 mins that we do in two games. If we continue to play as we have my bet is safe.

One year we will be het for the drop , hopefully all these new faces and injury clearing up can help us this time...Aberdeen in free fall too?

[FirParkCornerExile]

4 minutes ago, wellon said:

One year we will be het for the drop , hopefully all these new faces and injury clearing up can help us this time...Aberdeen in free fall too?

id be a bit more optimistic if I saw us addressing the worst part of the team - midfield - instead of bringing in an endless line of strikers. With a midfield so weak we will continue to ignore it and play hoofball,  so most of these strikers are up against it from day one. 

[FirParkCornerExile]

This Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd game would turn you to stone, so maybe there is hope for us. Campbell doing nowt so far to stand out from the pish on show.. 

[wellon]

12 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

id be a bit more optimistic if I saw us addressing the worst part of the team - midfield - instead of bringing in an endless line of strikers. With a midfield so weak we will continue to ignore it and play hoofball,  so most of these strikers are up against it from day one. 

I know what you're saying, but if we could get Nicholson,  Slattery and Miller on park, I'm sure it'd look better but that looks a bit off again. 

[robsterwood]

24 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

This Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd game would turn you to stone, so maybe there is hope for us. Campbell doing nowt so far to stand out from the pish on show.. 

Yes thought that midweek draw in Jan was dire but this Killie game sounds similar. Also st midden loosing to st Johnston gives us a bit of perspective. Not much between the pish teams. Fine margins. 

[twistandshout1983]

For all the talk of our recent run definitely nowhere near as bad as Aberdeen at the minute

To go from almost full points with the exception of one draw in November to going something like 14 league games without a win is quite crazy 

[robsterwood]

46 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said:

This Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd game would turn you to stone, so maybe there is hope for us. Campbell doing nowt so far to stand out from the pish on show.. 

If Campbell was that good he wouldn't have been released past few clubs. 

[stv]

13 minutes ago, twistandshout1983 said:

For all the talk of our recent run definitely nowhere near as bad as Aberdeen at the minute

To go from almost full points with the exception of one draw in November to going something like 14 league games without a win is quite crazy 

Like we were, have they been sussed out by the other teams after the first round of games.

[FirParkCornerExile]

27 minutes ago, robsterwood said:

Yes thought that midweek draw in Jan was dire but this Killie game sounds similar. Also st midden loosing to st Johnston gives us a bit of perspective. Not much between the pish teams. Fine margins. 

That's what I find so infuriating, everyone from 3rd down is pish and we wouldn't need that much of an improvement to challenge Dundee Utd but frankly I can't see where our improvement is coming from. Killie now 1-0 up and both these teams are garbage. 

[Villageman]

Not watching Utd Killie game but according to line up on BBC Campbell is playing right mid. Kettlewell got another job already ?.

[santheman]

Just watching some videos of Aberdeen fans after todays game hurling some amount of abuse at Thelin who to his credit came over and applauded them.

Same circumstances as us different outcome.

Wonder what the media darlings will have to say about that?.

[wellgirl]

1 minute ago, santheman said:

Just watching some videos of Aberdeen fans after todays game hurling some amount of abuse at Thelin who to his credit came over and applauded them.

Same circumstances as us different outcome.

Wonder what the media darlings will have to say about that?.

Not really sure tbh. He might be the next casualty if they keep on losing. They are fourth now so he's not under immediate pressure but if they keep losing he will be one way or another 

[FirParkCornerExile]

45 minutes ago, Villageman said:

Not watching Utd Killie game but according to line up on BBC Campbell is playing right mid. Kettlewell got another job already ?.

and like everyone else on the pitch he was pish. Was a dreadful , dreadful game.

[wellgirl]

Apparently Biereth scored a hat trick in 8 minutes today. If only we could have kept him unlikely as that was 

[twistandshout1983]

42 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

Not really sure tbh. He might be the next casualty if they keep on losing. They are fourth now so he's not under immediate pressure but if they keep losing he will be one way or another 

Seen someone couple of days back suggesting Stuart Kettlewell is the next Aberdeen manager. They did of course bring Alan Burrows name into it suggesting old pals etc 

[GrahamH]

IMO Kettlewell has realised that after losing to St Johnstone for the second time he has a very small window to get out without his reputation taking a hit. Top six when he left but could have been bottom 6 before playing another game. If anybody’s saying he received more abuse than Rodgers, Lennon, Clement, Thelin or any other manager who’s struggling at points in their career I think they’re at it. What he’s done is free himself up at a time when other teams are going to be sacking managers and looking for replacements. I won’t be surprised if he pops up in another job in the next few weeks. Would be ironic if it was Aberdeen after the abuse Thelin was getting today.

[ppower]

Just watched Frails preview of the Celtic game on YouTube. All he was asked in the first 10 minutes was how toxic the fans are. He didn't exactly defend the fans. Pathetic.

[ppower]

On 1/31/2025 at 5:22 PM, Onthefringes said:

Valid points with merit until your take on recruitment.

It’s simple logistics, the value just isn’t there despite some undoubted talent. Inflated transfer or costly development fees in a flawed system or priced out of securing pre-contracts - take your pick.

Where does the Stamatelopoulos acquisition or development of academy prospects fit into your thinking? 

An Australian who is never fit. Academy players,!!!!! Yes that's a real merry go round of talent, not.

[El Grew]

I’m afraid to say the latest soap opera being played out at FP has left me feeling quite indifferent towards the club I’ve supported all my life.

I feel as though I’m watching a re-run of something that has been acted out far too many times in the past 10 years. Since Stuart McCall left in 2014 we are now looking to appoint our 7th manager. That’s pretty close to a new manager every 1.5 years and too many of these have been shown to be wrong and in very quick time. For me this smacks of amateur hour by those “running” the club and recent events have given me no reason to believe they are competent enough to get it right this time around.

[wellfan]

17 hours ago, stv said:

Why should he say anything, hes painted by the media as the victim here. Anything he says will not improve on that position. I thought he would have a thicker skin than that but it was an easy way out for him.
He obviously knew he was going up a deadend ,same as his shit run last year was comming with no idea how to get out of it on the park. Can’t wait to hear what Crags has to say about him n his shite tactics now hes away Crags can tell it like it is.

He shouldn’t have to say anything, although these things always come out in the wash anyway. He’s currently the victim according the press etc, but I’m sure that may change in time.

My point was that the media has had a feeding frenzy on what Caldwell said via the resignation statement etc, and not because of anything Kettlewell has said directly on his resignation.

Kettlewell’s tactics were indeed shite and Crags has already said his piece on that.

The true victims here are our eyeballs. Not Kettlewell.