Goggles & Flippers

I evidently have too much time on my hands: Not precious about any of the lyrics, so feel free to change anything, just need the Bois to adopt it. And my place in Motherwell fokelore is confirmed I thank you ..... next we have the jugglers

Some of the Buddies fans think it's actually Accies he's heading to. Just 4 miles out. Most seem pretty upset he's off, he must be a Robbie Savage type figure. As for Josh Law, he deserves a contract for being the only one with any fight in him in deep winter when too many others had tapped out. Never outstanding but safe and for that reason he deserves to be retained.

St. Mirren forum reporting Jim Goodwin signing on Thursday, apparently Bara played with him during his career. Don't know what to make of playing half the season with 10 men.

In terms of our recent transfer dealings of our decent assets (Jamie Murphy/Darren Randolph/Mark Reynolds), £500k is decent. However when looking at the likes of the much envied Dundee Utd and Accies, another 6 months on, Lee Erwin could be easily attract £1m if he keeps on the same trajectory. Club muted a few months back they were trying hard to get him signed up on a deal but it looks like he was tapped up before and held out, no doubt realising a better weekly salary as they've saved on any fee's. Don't think offering increased terms last summer would have been an issue, I think he would have bitten McCall's hand off. Just another example of oversight.

Milo, was there anyone in Lanarkshire with a more rampant hardon at 4:45 yesterday than you? Just wondering with your talk of imminent demise, crushing play-off losses and cheeky bastards at the club charging us the same again to go to Dumbarton and Cappilow.

I don't think seat numbers mean that much, it seemed they congregated roughly together where they could find seats, 3 guys were in the seats my mate and I had. Regardless, 40 is still too many and needs addressed as we're due to host the equally bad East End contingent twice next year. However all of the above only makes a difference if the club can capitalise on the 7,500 Well fans in the ground yesterday, something we've not been the best at doing as a whole.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwjuKhBIIIQ What is it about Beautiful Sunday's, 2 in 2 years? I would hope a cunning lyricist could change a few words here and there and introduce this into the repertoire alongside the Beatles. Did not envisage in my wildest dreams a 6-1 victory, especially after watching the Hibs game. Mixture of relief and joy at sending the Orcs back to Middle Earth where they belong. I was in the POD and there was a sizable currant bun contingent in there. I suspect many in the past have bought home tickets on the edges of the official allocation and exploited that in the run up to the game. The club needs to draw a line in the sand and add an extra field in their database. Going forward anyone buying a ticket outwith old firm games should get revalidated to ensure they are kept out, inclusion prior to season 2015/16 should count for nothing. That said guys walking into the Chapman and asking for 4 tickets, in the bottom right of the POD should have rang alarm bells. When was the last time you bought a ticket sir? Oh I don't know about 3.5 years ago ....... The toilets during halftime were a sectarian chanting cesspool and the majority of them were sitting behind the kids who did the halftime penalty shootout. The level of antagonism is not something that any home supporter should have to endure at their own ground. And would have turned very ugly, very quickly if they scored. No police presence at all as neither PS or the club officials seemed to notice about 40 guys sitting on their thumbs when Marvin scored.

Can't we believe we gave them a chance to sing. Squeeky bum time for a shakey defence. Up until then I imagined there may be a new song that we'd sing for years to come. Highlights of the night: McCall scrambling to get the ball back, irony of him standing their while the unwashed sing about not walking away ..... De-lish Peter Lawwell gutted over at the east end sty ... De-lish Monkey of Boxing Day 2002 off our back ... De-lish

Yeah, Erwin to start and Sutton to come on when their defence is gubbed, cheeky wee late brace as he's done a few times this season would go down nicely. Cue the Daily Record double spread, Law brothers facing each other with fists out, suitably cringie headline using Cain & Abel or Brotherly love in some pun ridden way. Stuart telling how the day will be angst ridden and upsetting no matter the result, I'm dry boaking at the mere thought.

4-5-1 for me, Marv and Ainsworth on the fringes, Skippy sitting deep as he has a good engine to track back and burst forward with Las and Pearo. As for up front, with Marv and Lionel on the wings, I'd be inclined to go with Sutton as he has a knack of getting on the end of crossed balls, however I'm torn between him and Erwin. The big fella never gives up and offers more mobility, however hasn't been as clinical as you'd like this season, partly as he's not played through the centre so I accept that. Dom Thomas to come on to replace Ainsworth if he defaults to ambivalence. As for the back 4, just keep it tight and stay organised, lacking at many keystone cop instances this season.

A record similar to ours, one thing is certain, if Rangers are behind, I fully expect any McCall/Black subs to be made on 88 and 89 minutes, which suits me perfectly.

New membership structure here: http://motherwellfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Well-Society-Revised-Benefits.pdf?mc_cid=4f5685e91b&mc_eid=20e5f9c66b Significant changes and reduction of benefits but no annual subs.

Positivity lasted 14 minutes, a SOL record

He's had a better return per than Stuart did until he left. However the question is, if Stuart had access to the mini war chest Baraclough had in January, would/could he have done more with it? This is a results based industry and while they are important, I would like to see what Baraclough can achieve when the malcontents and mediocre are moved on. The only issue is when we've had the opportunity to take advantage of our situation in the past year, we've rarely capitalised. Let's not also forget our woeful cup-tie form, which is what we're going to face. I wouldn't be surprised if the 5 on yellows were rested this weekend and fringe players were used to stake a claim. I'd be interested to see what Dom could do with a start.

I would have assumed that if we use Les' takeover as the datum, that Ross County, Aberdeen and Celtic have all accrued more points in that time and this 3rd best thing is hard to understand. Looking back over the BBC website the last 10 games has us, Partick and Aberdeen on the same totals, Celtic and Ross County with more (however that quick look only goes back to the 28th of February). It also doesn't take into account the quality of the opposition faced.

Can anyone explain to me the "third in the league" thing he mentions regularly. He seemed to suggest from when his involvement started to present but I can't get the sums to work.

I think if I could be arsed to scroll back, you had us playing in the Championship in mid January.

Jesus Killie are doing their best to help us out, as were St. Mirren last week beating Ross County and we can't do anything about it. Outrageously frustrating. This is a team who could have held their future in their own hands, however that has been squandered over the past 3 games.

Need to take advantage of all this pressure. Anyone at the game can confirm if Hammell is making a notable difference?

If he was able to steady the ship when he took over in the same way Locke initially did at Killie then as Ya Bezzer pointed out then things wouldn't look so desperate. Jim McIntyre took over at RC on the 14th of September. They had a woeful run under him too until, Motherwell at home. That game was a catalyst for them and potentially could be our ultimate undoing (pay-off). I did feel Ross County's run would come to an end, but way before yesterday. It was impossible for them to finish the season with 13+ wins on the bounce. It's just galling that the next fixture could have evened things up, but that all depended on getting a result on Friday. Galling when half our regular home support makes it to the last two fixtures. I've tried to stay off the Baraclough bandwagon but as chronic as we were under McCall, he did address the scoring issues ..... eventually. It's just the defensive frailties haven't and he's had the gig long enough now. Maybe we underestimate the malaise that festered at FP earlier this season, but I've seen countless new managers across many league take up post and stopped shipping goals. However I do feel a seasoned internationalist on top wedge should be leading the line much better. A lot of his signings appear now with hindsight to be a tad kneejerk and no doubt cost the club a lot of money which the WS ultimately will have to cover. While a few of them have been key to moving clear of St. Mirren, a couple less allowing us to get a higher quality player (left back) would have served us better. I can't fault his enthusiasm and positivity. Just need to see it rub off on the players. All the momentum we had built has eroded back to nothing. With Partick virtually safe now, I wonder if come the last game the commercial benefit of us over Ross County (£30k vs £1-2k) may count in our favour. Of course there is professional pride but we can't deny the league as a whole benefits from our continued presence over theirs and that won't be ignored. Question is, will it play any prominence? Integrity wise, you'd hope not. But I'm not caring much about that at present, funny how you let that slip when it's your own team.

Wouldn't mind seeing what the new benefits are for each level and how they differ from the old ones. I'm guessing they were read to be uploaded to the WS website in conjunction with this announcement? Based on what I read, not overly happy at pledging £45 a month (as I suspect that is the highest your ordinary fan could stump up) when: a) I get benefits drip-fed to me. I did suggest an alternative where a pledge to upgrade is made and sub paid in full to access them. Annual subs taken from then on. b) My £5,000 Amber commitment could be left with £0 if the WS funds are plundered to make up Les' loan repayment terms. Hopefully when the full details of the scheme are demonstrated it will address a few of these issues.

BBC are reporting the police and TV are what's delaying things. 5pm I reckon. Not outrageous to suggest they maybe should have had 3 different scenarios ready to publish so it isn't getting left to the last minute. Typical.

I didn't predict results, I gave my view on where we could end up. The reality is relegation as well as survival has not already been decided. Likewise if County lose and we win, the balance will swing the other way. I prefer to look at it that way than yours. As for if we win all 5, bugger all to do with me, save your thanks for the management and players. Because it serves us better talking about what we will definitely face than relegation which isn't anywhere near guaranteed.

Ross County had 2 and then they've won 7 out of 8. As for our win's, you can't deny we've looked much better over the past month than we have all season, not beyond us and the group of players we have to grind them out. The only thing I don't look forward to if we do face Rangers is the Daily Record double page spreads with Josh and Nicky Law facing off against each other holding up clenched fists and McCall greeting how regardless of the result how it has no positive outcome for him ....... wank rag. We'd be better served talking about how we can tackle the next few games and our opposition, what we can do to combat them and expose frailties than hypothetically second guessing what's going to happen come August.