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Making a call on whether a not a game is to go ahead less than two hours before kick-off, when the visiting fans face a drive just short of that time to get to the stadium?

Ah well, it’s only Motherwell.

Suggesting that if the game can’t go ahead, you should play it behind closed doors during the week?

Ah well, it’s only Motherwell.

Risking player safety on a pitch that has failed numerous inspections either side of your match because you are so desperate to get fixtures concluded before the split?

Ah well, it’s only Motherwell.

Much has been made of the inconvenience that has been caused to Rangers and their supporters over the ongoing, farcical situation with the Dens Park pitch, and rightly so. But what shouldn’t be lost in all of this is the fact that Motherwell’s players and supporters have also been treated incredibly shabbily during this fiasco too.

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It’s not Motherwell’s fault that Dundee didn’t allocate the proper funding to pitch maintenance in order to produce a surface capable of withstanding the elements. And yet, it is Motherwell’s preparations for the match last Saturday that were impacted.

It wasn’t the fault of the Motherwell fans either, and yet, it was they who were faced with the uncertainty of whether or not to travel, and I am sure there many who decided not to risk the petrol money on the balance of probabilities.

Kudos to the 500 or so ‘Well fans who did make the trip, and it was worthwhile in the end as the team roared back in spectacular fashion in the closing stages to turn around a two-goal deficit and win the match.

But let’s be honest, the first 70 minutes or so was a turgid watch. How much of that was to do with the players adapting their game to the field and how much of that was simply down to their underperformance only they know, but in an entertainment industry, it was a grim spectacle watching them do their utmost to play percentages and keep the ball away from the various bunkers.

Listen, we all know Motherwell have had their own pitch problems in the past, but this isn’t someone throwing stones from their greenhouse. The club invested huge sums of money in rectifying their pitch issues and turning the Fir Park surface into one of the best in the country, to the detriment of their playing budget.

Manager Stuart Kettlewell was absolutely bang on when he highlighted the fact that he has been outbid for players directly by Dundee, when he might have been able to compete with the wages the Dens Park club were offering had Motherwell decided to redirect money away from their pitch.

Though, when you see the impact that former Fir Park striker Curtis Main has had since signing for the Dee in January, perhaps that was a bullet dodged.

Still, the point stands, and I would like the SPFL to now put rules in place so that every club knows exactly where they stand and what the punishments are going to be should they fail to maintain their surface to a reasonable standard.

Fair play to the players for digging that result out in the circumstances, and what a moment it was for big Moses Ebiye to get the winner at the death on his debut from the bench.

Remarkably, those last-gasp heroics have Motherwell in with a chance to make the top six going into the final fixture before the split, with the Steelmen having to beat Hibs at Fir Park on Saturday and hope that Dundee lose to Aberdeen to keep their hopes alive.

Unfortunately, what was shaping up to be a thrilling afternoon, with updates filtering through from Pittodrie as the action unfolds at Fir Park and the top-six fates of three clubs hanging in the balance, has now been tempered somewhat. And it’s because of – you guessed it – the Dens Park pitch.

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The match between Rangers and Dundee scheduled for Wednesday evening will now take place - we can but hope - next midweek instead. Meaning that Dundee will know that even if Motherwell win and they do lose at Pittodrie, they will have another chance to get the point they require.

It is a real shame that the very scenario the split was dreamt up for will now have the edge taken off it because Dundee have been allowed to let their pitch get into such a state.

Ah well, it’s only Motherwell.