ANOTHER afternoon full of hope for Motherwell, another evening of misery to endure. They have had plenty of those this season, and this one - inflicted on them by St Mirren - may rank among the worst.
Not because they were soundly beaten, it was the opposite, in fact, but because this was an opportunity that got away from them on a day of ‘what ifs’. What if Mikael Mandron had stayed fit? What if Trevor Carson hadn’t been so sharp to deny Max Johnston? What if Stuart McKinstry had scored with the last kick of the ball? What if they'd just been a bit better? It could all have been so different.
But that’s a lot of ifs, buts and maybes, and the only certain thing is that just goal difference is keeping them off the foot of the table. At least for now.
