MearnsWell

Crankshaws looking not too bad - one or two nice touches. Johnson’s also have a good one - unlucky not to score.

Confirmed

Gillingham striker

Blackburn winger

We’re the AA of Scottish football. We get every other team back on the road….

Goss for me, just ahead of Lamie. Player of the season so far IMHO

100% this.

Press conference still not kicked off as of 1315 according to Gavin McCarthy on Twitter

McKinstry confirmed according to the Record

Christian Doidge knocked back a move to Dundee, on the grounds he wants to remain in SPFL while his partner completes her studies in Scotland.

Tony Watt and Jack Ross had to be pulled apart in the dressing room yesterday after the former called the latter “the ASOS Ancelloti”….

Crags touting Neil Lennon (insider knowledge?) : https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/neil-lennon-touted-motherwell-job-24714908

Utter dugmeat. Only upsides were Goss and that Hammy probably won’t get the gig, thus saving a club legend from potential relegation rinsing. Zero creativity feeding into KVV, whether it’s via wingers (yes Effords quick, but he literally cut inside today, and when most other wingers would’ve got a shot away, crapped it and the chance was lost), a no. 10 with something resembling physical stature (Tierney literally can’t compete at SPL level) or a sharp second striker but, hey, that’d require a shift to a front 2. Plus a reasonable level of fitness and ability to press. I honestly can’t comprehend the utter paucity of transfer activity and basic fitness and preparation during close-season. Alexander must have been looking for an exit and pay off, and the board/CEO need to take a long hard look at themselves. Remember Andrew Wilson tweeting after the Sligo defeat along the lines of “Oh well, hey, its a slow start”. It’s 6 potential figures worth of revenue to the club FFS and you, as an alleged economist, know what this means. Serious corrective action with the managerial hire and correcting the squad *needs* to happen, and quick.

Amazing how many auld boys in the O Donnell stand look like Marcelo Bielsa….

I’ve always been an advocate of Big Yogi, love his enthusiasm and how he gets his teams to play, his ICT side latterly were excellent to watch. His most recent gigs at Raith and Dunfermline have tarnished his CV, however may be symptomatic of the state the clubs were in when he joined rather than his capability. Robbo is a hard no, he’s had his time, Kevin Thomson may be too much of a leap, in a fantasy universe I’d love Marcelo Bielsa but, hey,…

Dom Thomas hooking up with Owen Coyle at Queens Park.

Nirennold starts in what looks like a 5-3-2 with KVV on bench. Damage limitation a go-go

Difficult to know what to say in circumstances like these, but as someone who’s been on here since the WTFC days, you kind of get to know all the regulars like a big family, and this feels very much like losing one of your own, even though I’d never met Andy in person, I follow a few ‘Well accounts on FB, and someone shared a short clip of Andy’s last trip to FP, and unashamed to admit I shed a few tears. It was pure class to see all the staff lined up outside to pay their last respects, and is the mark of a club that’s led the way in fan, community and family support over the past few years, particularly latterly in suicide prevention and in what’s it’s done for it’s season ticket holders recently. Sorry I never got to meet you Andy but felt that in some small way I knew you, rest easy mate, your ‘Well family won’t forget you.

Well, Polworth the Lanarkshire Kante (why Kante get a game?) also fits into the latter category presumably.

Or a 433 with Hastie on wing, leaving a midfield three for us with zero height whatsoever?

Goddam BBC and Tommy Wright with his ‘mind games’ eh? Foley and Lawless starting for us...

Lafferty definitely out for today’s game according to BBC Radio Scotland sports reporter this morning.

Polworth has turned into a bit of a Kante recently...

Interesting article from Modern Fitba on SPFL midfielders. Mark O Hara a one-trick defensive pony, Alan Campbell very similar to Polworth *and* ideal for Celtic... https://www.modernfitba.com/blogs/2021/2/13/using-machine-learning-to-find-players-in-similar-roles-in-scotland