Spiderpig

A lot of huffing and puffing from St Mirren but in all honesty Kelly had only 1 serious save to make for the pen, we let them come on to us and coped well with it. And Cole in where he should be to pick up on the keeper spilling it, after we scored we never looked like losing it, a great win today.

That said for all ST Mirrens possession and good play the only serious save Kelly has had to make is the pen, we've had the best chance of the game and Long missed.

Get in there Liam Kelly, yaaaas

Are you watching the away team video ?

On the subject of Hampden, it was 30 years ago tonight we were there watching the Well pump Celtic 4-2 in the semi final replay, still can't believe O'Neill scored that goal, what a night that was, happy days

No surprise there, but think of the party we can have watching it on PPV from home with a few beers to celebrate us winning it...

Aye we watched him all right, he's still pish.

Why the feck do people feel the need to follow players wife's on twitter thats just wrong. The player I can get, but his wife ffs thats an embarrassment.

I've supported Motherwell a long time, learned never to count on European or cup games, league games are the only ones we are guaranteed to play in, though a run to the final would be nice

This, but its only 5 games to go and we can move the discussion to the former players thread.

Would that be the very decent youngsters who are obviously that good that the team they are playing for, are bottom of the league and would have been relegated weeks ago if it had mot been for our generosity and pish play giving them 9 points. We have enough dross in the team just now without bringing more in

It never will be confirmed officially but you don't need to see shite to know its there. Gallacher signed the original deal, then after a decent run of form, International recognition he suddenly thought he was a world star and Motherwell were not good enough for him. So then the toys were out of the pram and he was reneging on the deal and whoring himself to all and sundry to get away. He obviously got his wish re the deal as he had an instant recovery from injury, but the damage has been done, and it's obvious he no longer wants to be at the club, so for me he should never play for us again. All this he's the best defender at the club chat may be true but why play someone who obviously won't be giving his best in case he gets injured and misses the Scotland squad. I would like to think GA had realised the shite Gallacher was up to and benched him accordingly, so for me he should never play for us again, we won't miss him for 5 games and a cup run.

Mysterious injury, row with Clarke and toys out the pram again, or maybe Clarke realises that he's not as good as Gallacher thinks he is. He needs to get used to bench warming, as I suspect he will be doing lots of it for the rest of this season.

If Keane gets the gig I don't see Celtic making much progress as a team, too big a challenge for him, his managerial record is not the best.

So it's Formartine, let's be honest here they are a part time non league side who will only have played 2 or 3 games this year by the time they play us after months of a layoff, so it's a nice easy starter for us, we will pump them. Being Motherwell we will probably do it the hard way but in the end it will be a comfortable win and a place in the 4th round.

For Randolph and Gallacher it's a simple answer, nobody wanted them, as for Campbell I would love him to sign another deal and stay on but I don't think anyone would grudge him a good move in the summer he has earned it.

Accies are at home to Dundee untd 1st game so if they lose and we win, we could be going to NDP ( or whatever its called these days) knowing a win could see us safe and potentially relegate them as a bonus

Agree with that, SOD has been one of the very few players with pass marks this season so far, keeping him for next season would be a decent bit of business.

Totally agree re Gallacher Dave, personally I would have binned him in January. As for SoD you can see his ability but its not consistent but for me his experience and the player we know he can be would be enough for me to warrant a new deal, his influence on some of the younger and less experienced players would be a great asset

My money would be on Gallacher with Polwarth 2nd favourite.

If it had not been for us being so generous and playing so badly against them Killie (6 pts) and Accies (9 pts) would have been relegated weeks ago.

Obviously depending on the contract situation of each player, but for me Carson (assuming Kelly is going back to QPR), MgGuire, Lamie, Mugabi, Crawford, Carroll, Lawless, watt, Cornelius could all contribute. Would love to keep Campbell but think he might want away and if we could get Cole and Roberts on permanent deals that would be a bonus.

When we get rid of the loans and dross we will still have a good core of players to build a team around, so there will be cash available for players maybe even some extra from the board. Developing our own players and recruiring from the lower English and Scottish leagues is our market, so given GA's contacts and experience I am confident we can identify decent players to bring in. Over the years we have brought in some good players, as well as some utter dross but every signing from those leagues is a punt so hopefully GA can find some gems that fit our club and style, as always time will tell.

Lamie for me, thought he was solid all game, seems to be improving with each game

That's the point though GA never had a decision to make, settled team, all playing well, won the last 2 games so no changes required, Gallacher was never starting the game.