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Last updated : 16 September 2007 By Firparkcorner

The league campaign is six games old and the record shows that we have won all three away fixtures. Let not the fact that one of those was against Gretna at Fir Park diminish the achievement. A delve into the dusty pages of the reference books suggests that the last time Motherwell started with a triple of away wins was in 1947/8. At that time we beat Queens Park, Airdrie and Celtic with the nucleus of the team which was to lift the cup in 1952.

The transformation of the team continues to amaze and frustrate. There is joy that the new manager has turned last season's underperforming squad into a fast running and entertaining side. There is annoyance that the same group of players delivered such an uninspired showing last season.

The difference, of course, is the manager. There are two schools of thought about the relationship a club should have with the man in charge of the team. The first argues that a manager needs time to settle and that any judgement should be withheld for a few seasons. The other belief holds that if a team is not delivering then the manager should be sacked and a new leader sought.

Given the turn in fortune that our new man has engineered there seems little doubt that the latter strategy we be favoured by Motherwell fans in years to come.