Ilkay star kid takes bite out of Steelmen

DAVID TURNBULL’S longawaited return cued the biggest cheer of the night only for Ilkay Durmus to silence the Steelmen.

The 20-year-old midfielder was handed the final 19 minutes more than nine months on from his last Motherwell appearance.

A knee problem that scuppered his £3.25million move to Celtic last summer required surgery, keeping him out of Well’s rise to third in the Premiership table.

But Durmus slammed home a brilliant 87th-minute winner to spoil the comeback and boost the Buddies’ hopes of Premiership survival.

Jon Obika had cancelled out Liam Donnelly’s first-half penalty before the winger

GORDON PARKS AT FIR PARK

MOTHERWELL want to land Ricki Lamie from Livingston.

The Steelmen are keen on a deal for the 26-year-old defender, who also has interest from England, and are boosted by the fact his contract is up in the summer.

The Fir Park club are hopeful of agreeing a pre-contract that would see Lamie move for nothing. sent Saints six points clear of bottom with only a second away win of the season. As for Well, their winless streak now extends to eight games.

Steelmen boss Stephen Robinson said: “We should have been out of sight and it could have been three or four nil. But St Mirren were always going to come into the game.

“They were clinical and we weren’t. For the second goal we simply don’t do our job right – something we work on every day.

“I still have a lot of faith in these boys. We’ve been here before – a sticky spell. You keep believing in what you do. It’s up to me to get their confidence back up again.

“It was good to see David back. That’s probably the limit of where he is in terms of game time.

“We’ve got a free week now where we can get him fitter but David is not ready to start matches. Believe me, if he was ready he’d be starting because I could think of no one better to start for us.

“The long-term future of