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Im suprised anyone outwith his favourites turn up. Clarke is everything that is wrong with the Scottish game.

As time goes on with him in charge of Scotland the less arsed I am about the national team. He’s not stepped foot in fir park in years and continues to pick guys like Hanley and Ralston. His comments basically saying our individuals aren’t as good as the collective team must have p1ssed off a few of our players. I hope we go out and destroy Hibs and highlight “again” Hanley as a weak link.

League cup only matters if you win it, maybe that's just my 'historically we've been fish to bicycles' mentality , but even landing the final in the 00's it was still 'only' the league cup, shit to lose but do you think there would be 7k+ turning up this late in the season, the feel good factor, the plaudits IF we had St Mirren's season? And you think folk just want a trophy. Delusional.

Also back on topic, beat Hibs, consolidate 4th and chase down Hearts for third as I fully expect them to collapse.

After seeing squad for friendlies, I really am not too fussed about wc. Hanley probably isn't as bad as people make out but he is being hung out to dry by Clarke...surely guys like Welsh , Milne , some of the guys at Falkirk are worth a look rather than Tony Raltson , for example....just doing the same thing is going to end same way as Euros. It's not as if the qualifiers were that great, we got outplayed a few times but somehow won, that won't last.

Clarke took a dysfunctional team in a dysfunctional setup where nobody wanted to play for the national side. He turned it around into a squad that started qualifying for tournaments again. He did it using his own methods, and those same methods managed to get us to this year's World Cup. As the last 2 Euros showed, the same approach fails miserably in the finals, and for me he should have been punted after the last Euros. While he is in charge, though, there is zero reason to imagine he will change anything that got him to the finals and kept him in a job - and that includes remaining overly loyal to some mediocre players.

Given Clarkes latest arse up and he is an ignorant arse, and the kick in the teeth to SOD, McGinn, Watt and Motherwell in general I can only hope the team collectively get together, and I'm sure Jens will have done so, and told them to use the massive negative dished out to their advantage and ram it right down Clarkes throat by wining every remaining game, starting on Saturday against Hibs and more or less secure 4th, and then look upwards towards the uglies. CMYW!!!!

The manager and the players will all move on, we know that, but the key (in my opinion) is in the club board keeping on this path of employing young, ambitious managers with a dedication to this style of football. Paying reasonable fees for players with high potential which will generate transfer fees. Kyrk MacMillan impresses me whenever he speaks. I don't know so much about Brian Caldwell, but he joined with a very strong reputation. Even Nick Daws is no longer public enemy no.1! These are good times and they don't need to end when JBA, Just, Maswanhise, etc get their moves.

Spot on: thought it was just me 👽. In recent years with the low quality of fare on offer, I. was really only coming to games out of habit /sentiment and to see old pals. I've had enough of eye-bleeding football thank you and have regained my pride in the team. With their quick interpassing, almost telepathic understanding of each other's position and ability to pick holes through defences by playing in triangles/reverse passing and clever movement, they remind me so much of Bobby Ancell's team (without The Press, of course). If the manager and most of the players stay until next season I think there can be further improvement and fan engagement but once JBA finally leaves us, I trust the board to select someone with the same philosophy, given the positive effect it has had on crowds and therefore revenue. Meanwhile, to infinity and beyond!