2018-19 Diary Week 5

Saturday’s match must go down in the win Collum, for Willie and his ego.

Having seen the Gary Dicker incident again I am still clueless as to how that could be construed as a red card offence, yet their goalkeeper lifting his hands and shoving a player over in the box was deemed only worthy of a chat.

There are too many other instances to mention, for and against us to be honest, a draw would have been a fairer result in my eyes.

In general terms we still seem to be lacking creativity in the midfield areas which is curtailing opportunities up front, we had one flash of brilliance from JJ but the goals are drying up.

We know we have the backbone of a good team but the addition of a Mulumbu type player could make a huge difference.

Clarke has a real job on his hands persuading players to come here with our pitch and wage budget, we can but hope that his reputation will swing a few deals our way again.

2018-19 Diary Week 4

A bad day at the office on Sunday and as much as I feel that we held our own for the most part, we probably did not deserve to go through on the day.

You can’t win them all unfortunately, and as tough as it is to take it on the chin from the new kid on the block, we just have to pick ourselves up and move on.

Social media can be a great thing, the number of debates started and problems solved on the Kickback forums are too numerous to mention, but some fans just take it too far.

The players will be the first to admit they didn’t perform as well as we know they can but they don’t need some muppet on Twitter telling them they are not even trying.

Jordan Jones had two to three players on him all day, and the one time he got through the ball ended up in the net.

Killie fans want him to stay, slating him on a public forum where he engages with fans will not help matters…how about showing some support when we’re down?

Match Preview - Kilmarnock v Motherwell

2018-19 Diary Week 3

You know my mantra by now, any point away from home is a good point, whether it is a good game or not.

If the Chris Burke effort had gone in we would be up there with Hearts, but it is still good to be second equal and undefeated going into next week’s cup match against that new lot from Glasgow.

News of Lee Erwin heading to Iran came as a bit of a shock but understandable if the reported wage increase is true.

He has a fantastic first touch and I think he still has unfinished business at Rugby Park, so if he leaves then it is with our best wishes and hopefully we might see him back one day.

I hope Eamon ‘the Wolf’ Brophy now gets a more sustained run in the team…the wee man shoots on sight and seems liable to score at any time.

That said, I have no doubt that Steve Clarke may still have an ace up his sleeve!

2018-19 Diary Week 2

It has been nine years since we took all three points from our opening fixture and despite a slow start on Saturday we reversed that trend in style.

The goal, as ever, came from Boyd, only it was defender Scott this time and not Boomer who stuck it away.

Ndjoli entered play as a substitute late in the game and scored a sublime effort to seal the win but really it could have been more.

We go into week two sitting fourth in the table…or joint top as I like to see it, only one goal off the pace.

It looks like we will be signing Austrian goalkeeper Daniel Bachmann from Watford this week but so far there has been no other transfer news; he is only 24 so maybe Steve Clarke sees him as an understudy and not just a back-up to Jamie MacDonald.

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