A question you will regularly hear put to managers prior to an international break is whether or not it is coming at a good time...
This piece is an extract from yesterday's Claret and Amber Alert newsletter, which is emailed out at 6pm every Thursday. To receive our full, free Motherwell newsletter straight to your email inbox, clickThe response is usually in the negative, no matter the preceding result. It is frustrating when you win because you want to keep the momentum going, but frustrating when you lose as you want to get it out of your system quickly.
Watching the highlights back on Sportscene, commentator Rob MacLean remarked that ‘Miller’s reaction tells you all you need to know’, as if a player has never attempted to deceive a referee. One call Motherwell cannot argue with is the decision to award a penalty against Bevis Mugabi for his wild swipe at James Penrice, the subsequent conversion of which killed the game stone dead.
No harm to Mugabi, who is something of a cult hero at Fir Park for his wholehearted approach, but his rashness has cost the side on occasion and there is now little sense of the defensive cohesion present prior to Butcher’s injury. As for the forwards, ‘Well fans will hope that Mika Biereth is also involved in some capacity in Perth, but the absence of Miller in the midfield may also allow Kettlewell to think about playing two up top.
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