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Great call. But what a sad end to his life. Tragic.

Very difficult to do, its nigh on impossible to compare players in the last 10 or 20 years with those from further back as they played a totally different game from what we see now. Style of play, tactics, player fitness, rule changes, fans expectations etc you cant compare like for like. Compiling the list is the easy bit thats just names, trying to rate them in any meaningful order is the hard bit, as asking "who is the greatest Morherwell player you have seen play?" Will generate wildly different answers depenfing on the age of who you ask, ie Hughie Ferguson, willie pettigrew, stevie Kirk, or Eli Just to name but a few.

Aye i mind once this guy called Alex Ferguson got East Stirling job 32 years old,then went to St Mirren at 35 and I am pretty sure took over at Aberdeen at 36.Turned out to have a decent career from what I heard. Pssst wait till he hears about Julian Nagelsman. Age means nothing he has experience what counts of domestic league and European football.

Good shout...hes some stiff opposition though How would we compile it?

No 1 for me is a no brainer. Hughie Ferguson.

II will be disappointed with anything less than a hat trick from Elijah tonight. By the morning I expect us to be talking about a Scottish Football record evaluation for a player. It's not too much to ask is it? Maybe Messi will be wanting to come to Motherwell to see if the coaching methods can make him as good as Just.

Just off the back of what liverpool are doing...its only playing that seems to be the criteria and not managing or anything else Thats not to take away from Stevensons efforts

Don't think my avatar will have same impact. Neither played for well 🤣🤣

I’d have thought George Stevenson would be at number 1 for us. Legendary player in the clubs best ever side, league winner and also manager for our cup wins of the 50s

St John was hugely important to Liverpool and its history. Him and Ron Yeats were the 2 who sparked Shankley’s reign of success. St John will be in their top 10 I’d imagine.

My papa, who would now be well over 100 said Aitken was the best he'd ever seen at Fir Park

Id doubt either will be in the top50 which is where they are now?

Need to have my avatar as well. Charlie Aitken.

Bobby Graham and Gary McAllister too could be on both lists. The two Old Timers beside me in the POD still think Andy Paton was they greatest 'Well player they ever saw.

I'll be amazed if its anyone other than Dalglish on Liverpools list...to be fair to them, they have gone all the way back to the start of the club and named people like Alex Raisbech and even a certain Matt Busby. Motherwells would need to include Ferrier, McFadyen, Stevenson, Ellis and the rest

I imagine Roger Hunt will be number one on Liverpool's list, although recency bias can skew that type of list. I have no idea who would be number one for us. Of players I have actually seen, Joe Wark, Wullie Pettigrew, Bobby Graham, Peter Marinello, Garry McAllister, Bobby Russell and Davie Cooper would be up there. Players I never saw like Wilson Humphries, Ian St John, Johnny Aitkenhead etc would be on the list too. Technically I did see St John and Humphries play, but it was for the "Motherwell Old Boys" against the Radio Clyde DJs at Joe Wark's testimonial.

Course he will...im just interested to see how high up he will be at Liverpool. Top20 I reckon

Ian St John will be in both lists.

For anyone that follows Liverpool FC on Facebook they will know that they are currently announcing the greatest 100 to ever play for the Club...they are currently at number 49 as they countdown to number 1, which Id assume will be Kenny Dalglish, but haven't yet mentioned St John. Anyway, got me thinking, whats Motherwells greatest 100...and it'll take a bit of thought and research id think

Not concerned by the guys age in the slightest and the fact he has a couple of years at the sharp end with Norways biggest club would take away any concern on that front. He looked nervous in that meeting with the players right enough but im prepared to cut him some slack given he probably knows absolutely no one in the room.

Bloody hell, the poor guys just in the door, never managed a Super Well game yet, and in a few days before the ‘aura’ is supposed to appear, he can’t have been that bad managing Rosenberg for almost 2 years at 33 so give him a chance, actions speak louder than words as they say, the board took nearly 4 weeks to appoint a manager and we have to trust that their homework got an “A” and AJ can be successful for our wee club. He’s not Jens, so at least give the poor guy even 2 games until we make any assumption!

Very true. Brighton, who have a decent amount of success recently, just appointed a 31 year old manager, Andre Villas-Boas manged the Porto team that won the Europa League when he was 33. Kieran McKenna was 35 when he took over at Ipswich in League One and and won promotion to the EPL with them last season. I'm sure if you spend 10 minutes googling the ages of some of the other managers in Europe you'd find similar success stories.

He's been involved in management for the last 10 years missed out the playing career bit, . He's an experienced guy. Probly more experiance managing than JBA had. He plays an attacking style.

Not in a forward thinking footballing world. Age is nothing, the ideal is seen as a career path in nations who are way in front of our own. Ian Cathro at Hearts? Football has evolved, maybe the psyche of some fans should too. Suppose first impressions count, not sure how you conclude he hasn’t that aura about him from the clubs’ social media output. He was fairly open on not making wholesale changes so for me seemlessly transitioning hopefully building incrementally as is club board ethos which is very different to JBA arriving and having to put his stamp on things from the get go.

The fact that he is only 35 concerns me. That is extremely young in managerial terms and something that has failed in the past at other clubs, Ian Cather at Hearts being the obvious example. The ‘aura’ thing is on point too. Good managers have that air of authority about them, that bit that just makes players sit up and listen to them. It can’t be learned, you either have it or you don’t. JBA had it, just that “I am in charge, I am your leader” about him. AJ? I’m not seeing it yet.