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And for those of a certain age, "There's only one united and that's a chocolate biscuit" Shankland to score after I slagged him off in a different thread, but not enough to overcome our 3 goals.

He no longer wants to be at Motherwell and for me thats been the case for a few months, so he won't be missed, 2 more games then we can move this debate to the former players thread and wish him well at Aberdeen.

The club being publicly conciliatory to Gallagher might just mean that they are trying to keep their reputation as a player friendly working environment intact. I still think the biggest unanswered question is why he was sitting at home streaming computer games when the rest of the squad was at Fir Park on a match day.

Gallagher has been the best defender we've had at the club for a very long time. He was absolutely exceptional last season and while not at that level this term he's still our best defender by a country mile. Disappointing that he's moving on, resigning him would have been a major coup, but if you are good at Motherwell you don't stay here long. I suspect some people will miss him more next season than right at this instant.

There's the first confirmation of the thing that plenty of us knew. The extension trigger that was agreed upon has been renagued upon and pie'd. Just the fine upstanding behaviour you'd expect from a club captain. Hope you go and emulate Curtis Main.

Near enough the whole team have been average this season so i won't hold gallagher's form against him,he's far from irreplaceable and if we can manage to pick up a hartley or aldred type then we may actually be better off in the long run.

Cole is the obvious choice, but he's never looked like a bad player. He's finally playing in the right position in the right system. Its Lamie for me. I'm not going as far as Jock "if Lamie had pace he'd be playing at the highest level" Brown, but he's been very very good recently. Unfortunately for him, he's now that player who some fans are just waiting to make a mistake so they can announce how shite he is. He doesn't make any more or any fewer mistakes than others in defence yet his wobbly start has left an impression that seems hard to shift. Hopefully those fans get over it and get behind the guy.

Racial insensitivity just a stone's throw from religious intolerance. He's working his way through the badges for that very job.

maybe thats why we love hoof ball so much so everyone can see the ads on the roof.

I can’t say I agree with that. I’ve only been Watching Motherwell for the last 4/5 years and I would put Kipre well above him in every aspect, Aldred far more dependable and a better organiser at the back, Hartley at his best also had better all round attributes in my view. How much he’s missed is totally down to who we sign, I don’t think it’s a massive ask to bring in a more than solid centre half which is all he was this season in my view.

I don't know about that. Gallagher and his lawyer would have been very well aware of this clause before he put pen to paper. I suspect it was a fairly run of the mill condition used in many football deals. The club will not be pleased at how things turned out but probably feel they've made the best of a bad situation.

He's certainly upped his game under GA but is still prone to a couple of blunders per game. I will be uneasy if he's a first pick next season.

Don't know about happy as we would have retained his services or if anyone wanted him it would have taken a fee to get his signature. What we had in our corner was GA playing him or not. No game time before the Euro's, harder for Steve Clarke to pick him. I suspect the deal to let him go is all the Euro money comes to us (as it was meant to). The estimate was about £70k? Not great but better than nothing. I doubt his agent or his wares will ever be welcomed through the door at the Chapman and Flow has probably has ordered a voodoo doll in his effigy from eBay with big needles. As for his injury in Jan, OTF who does have his finger on the pulse says it was genuine as I'm inclined to believe that too. Do I think it was milked after the event .... yes. Do I think the agent and the player sought advantageous contract discussions when he was "recuperating" and the extension hadn't been triggered .... yes. Do I think he's not covered himself in glory .... yes. Will I find any "thanks to the fans, you've been great" farewell social media posts grating and insincere .... yes. Just slink out the back door with no fanfare or empty gestures please.

Mrs Polworth .... her twitter game is off the hook

Kelly defo and although being a critic early on McGinley definitely improved and brings a lot more going forward than Carroll. Lamie definitely improved and pleased for him as some of the stick he has taken has been OTT. Apologies to Robbo fans but I feel big difference is simply playing players in correct position. Still need about 4 or 5 good additions in summer...COYW

Shrouded in a black cloth, no men in side it for 12 months ...... Cooper needs to be renamed the "Sicilian Granny" Stand

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.

The club and the player both know the exact details of the contract and would have been able to manage any issues weeks or months in advance. Anything else posted about it on here is as credible as Trump's stolen election claims.