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I think in matters of scale, 5 million or whatever for a club of Hibs size wouldn't be the same financial jackpot it would be for Motherwell. I suspect Hibs financially these days don't really have to worry and the question for them really needs to be why the heck they don't do better given their set up and resources. Same with the Jambos. I will be honest I do not support the Old Firm in Europe, I detest the pair of them. They are both an absolute embarrassment to Scotland when they start their pish so the sooner they are out the better. On the other hand I would quite happily see everyone else do well. Europe is just an incing on the cake when you achieve a bit of success domestically however I do welcome the conference league and am looking it at the route Scottish teams need to take. All of the Scottish teams eyeing up Europe are more than capable of entering that group stage. I would fancy our chances. The Motherwell team who battled to the final qualifying round under Craig Broon I would have fancied to get over the line into the Conference group stages.

My jokes are certainly old.....and not in fashion. Ps. Mrs grizzly just nodded head in agreement. YAMMAS!!!

We should treat Stuart Kettlewell the same as we would any other visiting manager - ignore him. We’ve moved on and have a much better manager now. As for Saturday’s game, I think it’s odds-on Kilmarnock will come and sit in and try to catch us on the break. I think our new way of playing is going to be best suited to away games, where the onus is on the home team to go forward and try to win. Like Hearts last week, it lets us exploit the space after turning over possession. Be interesting to see how we approach Saturday’s game. Hoping for a right good performance and a win. COYW.

Better than yer old fashion jokes then , eh.

Wilson has said in an interview that he was the one that pushed his agent to see about a loan deal as he wasn't getting enough game time at Motherwell. It's on Raith Rovers twitter

I like Ewan and believe he’s still a good player so hopefully this will benefit his development.

Yes

This has been his second loan though and he did very well on the last one by all accounts. Maybe he was flung into the first team too early - but we had injuries and can understand why. Clear he lost confidence lately. Think the loan move is the best thing for him Raith have said it's a season long loan for some reason

Hope he gets as much game time as we expect as Raiths current LB is Lewis Stevenson and he's been almost an ever present last season and this one so far although he is now 37 but still as fit as **** apparently.

Is it a snakebite? Circa the Stag 1987?

Im sorry. I absolutely love seeing other Scottish teams getting pumped out of Europe - particularly Celtic and Rangers

The ‘co-efficient’ of the national game means nothing to me and although I know others will disagree I don’t see how it benefits us as a club to have other Scottish sides doing well in Europe and thus generating more money. It has the opposite effect in my opinion. My concern in football is Motherwell FC and how we can prosper and succeed as a club and as I’ve said time and again, the ultimate achievement for us would be to win one of the domestic Cups. After that then playing good football and finishing as high up in the league table as possible is what I want to see. I fully accept that both of those scenarios are tall orders but I just want us to aspire to be the best we can be. If we get ‘Europe’ as a result of finishing 3rd or 4th or winning the Scottish Cup then I would view that as merely an added bonus.

Good luck to young Wilson, i understand the reasoning for going out on loan and I think he’ll do well at Raith. There’s a talent there and playing every week will develop him. I can honestly see him coming back a better player. I know a few of you have panned him but I’ve felt the last couple of times he came on he did ok. anyway, good luck Ewan

I think its accepted he is currently our first choice right back though. Id be surprised if JBA thinks that is sufficient cover.....

And was a disaster there..

Is he back available for tomorrow’s game?

Koutroumbis started the first game of the season at left back,

No wonder the poor guy has been struggling - we all thought he was a left back

Oh totally. Boy needs games to see if he can develop past this current plateau that he is on. Not currently what we need at left back, but who knows, he could be in the future. We definitely do need cover for Longelo though. Dynamic fullbacks are integral to how we are playing.

My thoughts too Joe. Having said that this move doesn't surprise me, as Ewan Wilson has failed to develop after a promising start and soesn't seem to fit our current system.

I presume we must have signed another left back who is still to be announced. Otherwise we are pretty short there, with only SOD or Halliday ever having played there before? Neither have the legs to do what Longelo does.....

............................. on loan till January

Wilson is off to raith rovers

I'm with you 100% on that. Success in Europe only benefits a handful of our biggest clubs on a frequent basis. UEFA and FIFA are rotten from the core and are only interested in the big boys. The rich get richer and all that. As far as I know, solidarity payments are made not just to us, but also to our rivals. as you say, £5-8m to the likes of Hibs would only harm our chances of finishing in the top 4/5 and winning a domestic trophy. Nothing personal against Hibs or Aberdeen but its just by helping them, it disadvantages us. As far as I'm concerned, it was a good set of European results for us. International football doesn't interest me.

This. I don't mind giving certain ex players and managers a bit of stick, but I'd much rather be getting behind our players as our 4th or 5th goal hits the back of the net.