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Older? I'll see you later, alligator.

They just sacked their manager

I don't think Liam will be moving to Australia, though.

My recollection is that we got Marinello for nothing. Portsmouth didn't pay the agreed compensation for taking our manager - Ian St John - and we got him in lieu. But it was a long time ago, and I haven't checked.

What about Joe McBride? According to motherwellnet 88 goals in 131 games - Summer Cup and others included, mind.

Can't do a Grand National joke, so - "How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?" "Put it in a microwave till its bill withers."

What has the late, great Warren Zevon got to do with Livingston?

We used to refer to a million quid as "3 McSkimmings".

Just watched Sportscene. Did you know that we had a good goal disallowed for offside in the first half? And that Rangers had a stonewall red card not awarded in the last minute? No? You are a BBC Scotland producer.

The bits I saw, they didn't have a Scooby.

Sorry, I misread your post. And I obviously blanked the Gardner years from my memory. I just had a look through the excellent Motherwellnet site, which I think somebody on here set up?

Hugh Sproat was a McLeod signing. Was it not Cammy Duncan who replaced Nicky Walker?

Only if we get Jocky Scott (and his jetpack) in as well.

At the pie stall?

What gets me is the seeming lack of due diligence. We sign players who have had a long list of injuries - on one year contracts. Or players who will take three months to get up to speed - on one year contracts. Or ex-internationalists who are two stones overweight. And injured. The ability might not be in question, but their utility to us is questionable, at best. We also sign players who are good at something, but can't fit into our pattern of play. It seems that the remit of recruitment is just to find players, not to find guys who will be up and fitting in in August.