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  1. Ally Mauchlen, Shuggie Sproat (especially when he was out at the half-way line ), Wille McVie. And of course as a manager, Ally MacLeod was roundly jeered.
  2. A former 'Well player told me that McDicken was the only opponent he ever played against who would purposefully try to break you your leg.
  3. I didn't see Lennon that much, but any time I did he just seemed like your average niggly, moaning, elbow-throwing OF player. Talking of which, I somehow forgot to mention Bob Malcolm in my list. Hated him before he joined us. Hated him even more after he joined us.
  4. I don't know about hate, but a few players that used to annoy me because they always played well against us: Charlie Nicholas - had a habit of ripping our defence a new one Gordon Strachan - niggled, moaned at the ref, and often ran the midfield Pat Nevin - a 16 year old at Clyde shouldn't have been able to run round our defence like that Willie Miller - another moaner, but a master of the last ditch tackle Alan Rough - we often struggled to beat Thistle, and he seemed to be one of the main reasons Nacho Novo - tormented us every time we played Dundee Players I did hate: John 'Polaris' McDonald Frank McGarvey Billy Stark Derek McDicken Alan McLaren Davie McPherson Dave Smith (at Berwick Rangers - the main reason the back pass law was introduced )
  5. We don't even have the best fans in the East Stand
  6. That's citizenship, not nationality. Big difference. If Driver is so Scottish, why did he play for the England U-21s? No self-respecting Scotsman would choose to play for England.
  7. So if your job meant you had to work in England for the next 15 years you'd be cheering them on every World Cup?
  8. Nationality isn't a choice. It's an accident of birth.
  9. Born in Scotland or one parent born in Scotland. Another demonstration of how straightforward that rule would be to interpret. Driver - naw Humphrey - aye
  10. Aye, Spurs, Fulham, Coventry etc. When everybody took the competition seriously it was a cracking tourney. Then it turned into the farcical Anglo-Scottish Cup and it was game over.
  11. Before my time, but guys like Eddie Turnbull, Jim Baxter and Jinky Johnstone of course all played at FP. Not quite in the legendary status, but when I moved down to England in 1988, I used to be able to tell my mates how I watched guys like Steve Nichol play with Ayr Utd, Alan Hansen with Partick, Andy Gray with Dundee Utd, Stevie Clarke with St. Midden, Nevin with Clyde etc. before they made their big moves south. Can you imagine someone from Ayr Utd getting transferred to Liverpool these days?
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    John Ruddy

    Ruddy signed a 4 year deal with Everton at the end of the 2004/2005 season. So, if my arithmetic skills are still up to snuff, that should mean he's available on a Bosman at some stage this season. Of course, that doesn't mean he comes cheap as there would typically be some sort of signing fee going to the player himself, but I imagine it opens up more realistic possibilities. Especially if he is keen to stay.
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    John Ruddy

    Saw this snippet in the Times Online match report today. Hopefully we have the funds to make this a reality.
  14. Neeskens scored in the 1974 WC Final (although it was a pen). The Dutch 74 and 78 squads were arguably the best teams never to win the World Cup.
  15. Aye, it's been said 1000 times now, but credit to JG. He brought in the players he said he would, and they all seem to be shaping up well.
  16. I understand the concerns about our cutting edge up front, but I think JG got his priorities right. The defence had been a bit of a bombscare and he has obviously worked to address that. With a bit of solidity at the back now we can focus a bit more on fixing the striking issues in the coming weeks.
  17. Off the top of my head it seemed like half the Dutch World Cup squad. Krol, Neeskens, Rep (I think Haan, but that could be me misremembering). Oh, and we cuffed them 4 - 2
  18. The Ajax team that played in a friendly had a good showing of legends (including guys like Ruud Krol), as did the Liverpool team in the Centenary game. Of course George Best played at Fir Park too, but was past his best by then.
  19. Aye, well played boys. Not just a good result, but a good performance.
  20. Magic. There is an upside to being a geek - and not just fast cars and hot women.
  21. Absolutely. That clown is likely to give up a goal with any kind of shot at him. Just keep hitting them in his general direction.
  22. It looks like that will be the case. The myp2p site is listing it, so it should be available on the usual sites at 3pm on Saturday.
  23. I notice that the Wishaw Press also has an RSS feed for Motherwell stories. So for the non-tweeters (like myself) you can subscribe to RSS here.
  24. So it's okay for us to 'poach' Ryan Scanlon from a smaller club like Ross County earlier in they year, but Celtic poaching a player from us is worthy of criticism?
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