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I'm a bit confused still after reading that. Do Motherwell fans have access to the Wee Dublin End behind the goals (uncovered), a bit of the Main Stand (covered) and a bit of the Cowshed (covered)?

I like this patter. Please continue.

In the words of a great man...

Cheers for this. I've just bought my ticket but likely to be driving along. Should be a cracking cup tie this.

There were, ahem, reasons why Craigan left the Motherwell coaching team, weren't there?

I fucking loved Ged Brannan.

Come on now, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Are we saying understandable given the weather over the last couple of months, or to do with the very, very good groundsman no longer being in post?

I believe it's this way. You could also pay the sum up front, or at the end the season, in a lump sum. Up to the clubs to agree on the best way.

Anyway, 2-1 Motherwell with a 132nd minute winner from Harry Paton. Surely Killie will have KVV on the bench at least? He'll be nowhere near match fit but would certainly be good for 10/15 minutes. Hope he does f**k all on Saturday, obviously, but he goes on to score hunners against Livi, St. Johnstone, Ross County and, of course, St. Mirren.

Quite right. It's fucking terrible. Give me a thumbs up for Peshwari Naan and we could be pals.

So would Kettlewell want to stay and sign a new deal? Things only going to get harder. If he keeps us up this season, he can leave with his head held high.

I wouldn't get too excited. Constant unfunny patter generally on curries...

I would imagine those at the club have similar ambitions with Lennon Miller over the next 6/12 months.

The player budget has been decimated because a succession of first-team managers, supported by someone who fucked off to Aberdeen, made a succession of utterly horrendous decisions. None of the investements, shall we say, have paid off. Now, unless you're made of money, if an investment goes tits up and you lose a load of cash, you don't then turn around and throw more money at another thing. You cut your cloth accordingly, hoping that over time you can grow again. That's where we are at this season. Kettlewell has had a massive job getting the budget down. This isn't for a laugh, it's to secure our short-term and medium-term future of the club. Now, you can very well argue (as most will) he hasn't used his budget as best as he could have, but for me if we're sitting today with Mika Biereth in our squad then the vast majority of punters are happy with where we're at. It could very well be at Kettlewell has decided to go with 1 up top for the remainder of the season, and feels Bair, Vale and the ghost of Jon Obika will be enough to get us through. Time will tell on that. It's been said already, but the sole aim for this season is to cut the budget and stay in the league. Reset the aims with a new CEO and probable manager come June. We're on course for that, I'd say.

After blowing their budget on an injured Kevin van Veen, me at the first Motherwell v Kilmarnock game next season...

Very harsh mate. It's well known Kyle Lafferty worked part-time behind the hotel bar when he was at Killie. £400 a hour...

These P&O Cruise holidays are going downhill, aren't they?

Kevin van Veen scoring the winner at Fir Park on Saturday for Kilmarnock would be VERY Motherwell 2023/24.

Come on now...

A 32-year old who's on big money but has experience of Scottish Football? Get him in today.

"You might think this is daft" Got it in one, Barry!

Somebody really should grab all of Barry's quotes about the last five or six Rangers managers, a couple of months after they've taken charge. I'm fairly certain it'll be the same quote but with a different manager's name. Which manager did he tout to dominate Scottish Football because he made the Rangers players wear suits to games again? Was that Beale? Barry Ferguson was a fantastic footballer but he's as thick as a Boxing Day shite.

The Chasni pies have signed on until the end of the season.

I liked Wilkinson, but no. Wrong player at the wrong club at the wrong time. Let's not rewrite history here. I've said for years - since 2015 basically - that I don't fear relegation. I'm fairly certain it will happen someday, but unless we pull something magical of our arse this month, it's very likely to happen this season.