Jonesy

Motherwell are one of the few teams involved in the 'strategy group'/Old Firm bumfest that proposed the idea. Is that not evidence enough that they are supporting these changes?

I doubt it. He's still under 24, is he not, so we're guarenteed a bit of compensation even if he leaves on a bosman in the summer. I reckon 75k is less than we would get from that.

Are you saying that at the 3/4 point of the season that the Premiership, Bundesliga, La Liga etc. don't have 'meaningless games'?

That would explain the pics of you suited and booted next to our dugout. And here I thought you'd managed to get the assistant's job.

I think you were both right. Pretty sure both Saints' teams were involved.

That would only be the case though if we allowed Celtic and Rangers to keep their 99%, or whatever they take. Surely if we expanded to 16/18 teams if wouldn't be the case that Celtic/Rangers keep all their money but everyone else has to sacrifice 20% or whatever to accomodate the extra teams. If there are going to be changes, either way, this unfair distribution of TV money, and the likes, has to be the first thing on the agenda.

I think he was getting his wisdom teeth out, or some sort of operation along those lines. That's probably had him ruled out for a week or so. There is no way we'd let a player have a few weeks off cause of a suspension.

The more time I've had to think about this appointment the more I'm starting to warm to it. When it was announced I was completely underwhelmed by it and thought I'd need a fair bit of convincing, but the way he puts himself across in interviews so far is making me think it could turn out pretty well. I'll give you two. 1. He's not Chris Sutton. 2. He's not John Hughes either. I would add Gus McPherson and Jimmy Calderwood to that list for 3 and 4, but I would be surprised if Gus' name was ever considered and quite a few would have preferred Calderwood, for some reason. That's another reason I'm starting to warm to this a bit. If it was either of those names (or at least 3 out of the 4) every single one of us would have been fucking livid and would still be rattling on now about how big a mistake it is and how much of an idiot the new boss is.

What difference does it make if you walk out at half time? They've already got your £22, that's all they give a fuck about. Just don't bother turning up in the first place, that's the road I'll be taking. I've missed a load of games in the first half of the season because of work, but that was sorting itself out in the second half with Saturdays off when we are at home, but I'll be keeping my money to myself.

Sky Sports.

Hopefully not. Wouldn't be happy with him coming back at all. Plus, we know it's pretty much 100% certain that if/when McCall goes Leitch would be the new manager after that, and I definitely don't want that.

I hope we tell them to fuck right off. It's guarenteed though that we'll shite it to stand up to them and just do as we're told. They can pay his wages for the duration he is banned.

What do Motherwell need with 20 quads?

I remain to be convinced. But, as with everyone else, except Malpas, I will obviously give him the chance to prove he's the right man for the job.

What about Tommy Craig's contacts? I can remember him working at Newcastle for a while, so might still have some contacts there, or perhaps even with Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool depending on whether there spells at Newcastle overlapped. Not sure where else Craig has some influence.

Accie have previous. Remember last season around this time they had to narrow the pitch because their undersoil heating failed and one side of the pitch was frozen solid.

It doesn't really. If the ref was involved then perhaps he saw the Jennings incident as his ideal opportunity to guarentee his money, seeing as there were no really over the top, dangerous tackles he may have been expecting given Hearts' style of play, history between clubs, Motherwell's manager situation etc. etc.

That was a stonewaller if ever there was one.

Slightly different route, could be Kelsey Grammar?

They usually have a temporary set up at this time each year for a few weeks somewhere up the Street. Don't know if we have it this year, haven't been through there for months. That sort of set up is beneficial but I'd reckon to have something like that set up would be pretty negligible having to pay rent and wages to have it staffed all the time.

I heard from a couple of Rangers seasons ticket holders at work that parts of Ibrox are falling to bits and they can't afford to fix it due to the upcoming bill they are due to receive from the taxman. Some of the toilets were wrecked at a game months ago which were reported and they were told there was nothing could be done. They also heard a rumour that they might have to stop serving hot food at the kiosks as they can't afford to keep that running either. Probably utter pish, but heard it a while ago off a few people.

Aye, I don't believe it for a second, it's as irrelevant as the McGlynn rumours.

Unless McGlynn has a clause that allows him to take over an SPL team with zero compersation due then I doubt it will be him. We're not going to spend money releasing him from his contract. FWIW, I got a worried text earlier from a cousin working in Edinburgh with a few Hibs fans. They are pretty convinced that Hughes will be taking over. I hope it's not either or them.