yosemite sam

See Gallagher has signed a Pre-Contract with Aberdeen. Hopefully he hasn't got a clause in it after 25 games, or he'll end up being injured again.

He certainly did!

My take on it, is we have never had a leader on the park. Declan Gallagher to me, was never Captain material, and I think we have suffered because of it. Hartley might have been slow and at the end of his career, but to me he could motivate the players around him., and that's one thing we need.

It might actually help Scottish football. We would hopefully have a league where the majority of teams had an opportunity to win the league, rather than the stale situation we have at present, where every other team is fighting for third place. If your team was in the mix to win the league, it could actually generate bigger crowds at more games, because of the competitive nature of the league. So bye bye R & C.

Im in the don't give a toss about Gallagher leaving, because he came up with this "injury" at a very fortuitous time, that has allowed him to move on at the end of the season. If it had been any other way, good luck to him, I would have wished him all the best, but there was too much of what wasn't said about his position.

This!

Think about the sequence of events here. Declan Gallagher has not been injured since joining MFC. Paper releases info about a supposed clause in his contract that will mean he would have to sign an extension to his contract after 25 games. 24 games into his career at MFC, Declan Gallagher is injured for the first time in his MFC career, meaning he won't reach 25 games, and trigger supposed extension clause. How convenient, if the clause is there. Gives him or his agent time to renegotiate the removal of said contract extension, and once done, injury can be cleared up and he can start to play again. I don't want to know the ins and outs of his contract, just come out and say the paper information is incorrect, then end of story. We all move on, happily ever after.

Wouldn't you think, if the club knew that this was a non story, they would just have come out and said so, and this would have stopped all the speculation? The fact that they said nothing speaks volumes.

Whatever has happened to Harry Smith, shouldn't he be in this line up, so we can get rid of him as well?

Your entitled to your opinion, and if you believe that Gallagher's injury was real, good on you. But I would never normally be negative about any MFC players, but this just stinks.

Got to agree with wellsince75, but after Gahhagher's phantom injury to allow him time to negotiate the removal of the clause in his contract that triggered the extension, I really couldn't care less what the guy does from now on. His heart isn't in Motherwell anymore, so the sooner he goes the better.

Could it be Polworth, never been played for weeks?

We played right into Killie's hands. Long punts up the park to their tall defence was never going to work. But we did it all game, we didn't try playing any football on the ground. Hopeless!

I think we can look forward to seeing the same team start against Killie. Don't see why the manager would change it.

Sorry, but whether that strip is for charity or not, its horrible, and doesn't say anything about MFC, other than the letters on the front.

You are correct Ian St John had a box built above that dugout when he was manager.

I have a feeling we may see Gallagher tomorrow. Isn't there a an International break coming up? He will surely want to show Steve Clarke that he is fit to play if chosen. Wouldn't want someone else to stake a claim for his position. Or am I just a cynic?

Don't know how he thought that. When I saw the team I couldn't see us getting anything from the game. I would have rather he had put another two players in midfield, and hope for a breakaway goal, or a draw.

You have to ask why we gave these guys contracts, when none of them seem to be fit enough to play. We needed players who could come in and give the existing players competition. Seems like a total waste of money.

I believe that Gallagher does have this part in his contract about triggering an extension, and what is actually happening, is that he and his agent are in discussions with Motherwell about having this removed. Only once this is agreed will we see him back playing for Motherwell. It just seems too much of a coincidence that the "injury" came when it did.

Always have the fear when a team is not winning and then come to Fir Park. We have the knack of giving teams like that a helping hand to revive their form. Hope I'm wrong!

The midfield IS the real concern. Polworth has been shocking recently, and the midfield have not been supporting the front players, hence the lack of goals,

We certainly need some playmaker in midfield, because Polworth has been shocking this season , and to my mind that has been our biggest weakness. IE: virtually no support to the forward resulting in low goal count, so if Foley can improve this situation, I'm up for giving it a go.

There in one little sentence is our problem. "He is our most creative player", and he is shite. We create very little from midfield to assist the forwards, hence we don't score a lot of goals. His form has fallen of a cliff, and he needs to be dropped.

I do like Alan Campbell, because he normally always gives 100 percent, but his one drawback is he is not quick enough. Any one watching the last few games, he gets caught in possession, they catch him if he tries to run with the ball, and he needs too much time. I would like him to get a big move, and a bigger pay deal, but I really don't see it happening.