Motherwell hero Theo Bair praised by boss Stuart Kettlewell for his role in huge win

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Stuart Kettlewell heaped praise on Motherwell striker Theo Bair and hopes his double against Livingston makes critics eat their words.Bair struck either side of a Scott Pittman volley to hand Motherwell their first Premiership win in 16 games as they swept Livi aside 3-1 at Fir Park to move up to eighth in the table.Bair showed composure to latch onto Mika Biereth’s through-ball to clip the ball past outrushing Shamal George, and then jinked past defender Michael Devlin before chipping the ball over the stranded keeper.That doubled his tally for the season to four goals, and Kettlewell was impressed.He said: “I’m going to go on record and say that, not about here, but throughout, he’s the guy who gets criticised more than anybody else.“He seems to be the one that gets criticism beyond a lot of other attackers and forward players in the league.“Theo can’t feel sorry for himself – I don’t feel sorry for him.“What he can do is start to change people’s opinions and make people eat their words with that type of performance, in particular in the first half when I thought he was outstanding, unplayable at times.“He gets his two goals, it’s the end product that we keep speaking to him about.“He has all the tools, he has all the attributes, I think the big thing for him is that confidence and belief, and from myself that opportunity to get on there and play in the area of the pitch that he did today.“I wasn’t certain of my team on Thursday, but I watched the guy train on Thursday and Friday and he showed a massive appetite, and so much quality in training, which nudged me in the direction of starting him in the game.“I’m delighted for him, but he’s especially pleased for the three points, not just for the two goals and his