Toxteth O'Grady

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11796/12498084/motherwell-striker-tony-watt-rejects-new-contract-offer Tony Watt: Motherwell striker rejects new contract offer at Fir Park Tony Watt has rejected a new deal at Motherwell; he is the Scottish Premiership's top scorer so far this season; striekr joined the Fir Park club in February 2020 By Alison Conroy Friday 17 December 2021 13:26, UK Motherwell manager Graham Alexander admits Tony Watt's future is in his own hands after the striker turned down a new contract offer. Watt has been linked with several English Championship clubs after scoring a career-best 10 goals already this season, and is free to talk to other teams from January with his deal expiring in the summer. Motherwell manager Graham Alexander says it's up to Tony Watt to decide where his future lies after he rejected a new deal with the Fir Park club. Alexander said: "He's one of a number of players who are out of contract who we have offered contracts to. Each player has the right to either say yes, say no or negotiate. "At this moment Tony has turned down the contract that we offered and the ball is in the player's court now to decide what he wants to do for his future. "We have made numerous offers to players and we will see how they progress over the next few weeks." Watt joined Motherwell on a short term deal in February 2020 after training with the Fir Park side. The ex-Celtic striker then extended his deal until June 2022 and has become a favourite at Fir Park as he impresses in each game he plays. Alexander added: "We can't really compete with a Championship club, or even League One, and some League Two clubs - in fact, a couple of National League clubs, which we've lost players to in the summer. "We understand where we are. We feel we make a great environment for players from the football side, they all understand where we are on the financial side, that there are a lot of teams within the UK we can't compete with. "We understand where we are in the food chain, but we feel we can certainly make players feel valued, they can progress their careers here, they can win games, so there are a lot of plus points for us to attract and keep players."

For what it's worth, The Sun reports that contract talks with Tony Watt have broken down https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/8137217/tony-watt-quit-motherwell-contract/

Morton win the replay on pens

Thought the Bois were on top form today. Hardly stopped singing all afternoon, even when we were behind.

Motherwell v ICT/Morton on Jan 22nd

Looks like the worst of it will be today. Hopefully tomorrow won't be as bad.

Stuart McKinstry made his first EPL start for Leeds today, away to Spurs. Chris Cadden outstanding for Hibs as they beat Sevco 3-1 in League Cup semi final.

https://twitter.com/MotherwellFC/status/1462054370498027521

SOD starts for Scotland against Denmark tonight.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MotherwellFC/status/1456980940337541123

Zander Clark replaces Liam Kelly in the Scotland squad. SOD still there.

Game ON

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/motherwells-tony-watt-love-here-25290915

Ticket info... https://www.dundeeunitedfc.co.uk/tickets/away-club-online-ticket-hub

Dundee v Aberdeen is at 6pm

Jake Hastie on the bench for Partick Thistle in tonight's televised game against Accies. Currently 4-0 Partick

What kind of reception is Turnbull going to get?

Declan Gallagher left out of the latest Scotland squad.

Off topic, but Hibs fans are being denied tickets for Ibrox too. https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/home-comfort-as-locked-out-hibs-get-opportunity-to-watch-rangers-clash-live-on-easter-road-big-screens-3396397

£5 for under-13s is decent though.

Scored in the penalty shootout.

Absolutely. You surely cannot deny a fan the opportunity to watch their team away from home. Maybe the authorities will step in and sort it all out

Here's a moan. I could have sworn that as part of the stadium improvements last season, we were told that the kiosks were being upgraded so they would accept card payments. I deliberately didn't take any cash today because I assumed I could use my card. But on a roasting hot day, when my son could really have done with a soft drink, we discovered that the Hunter Stand kiosks were cash only. I don't remember this being mentioned in the match previews on the official website.

Kelly, Grimshaw, Mugabi, Ojala, Lamie, Carroll, Slattery, O'Hara, Woolery, Amaluzor, Watt. Subs: Fox, McGinley, Donnelly, Goss, Maguire, Shields, Van Veen.