Electric Blues

"Heroes get remembered, but legends never die." A true inspiration for Motherwell. From almost the moment he arrived his teammates tried to emulate him, and they did not a bad job of it! As someone who witnessed his early training sessions said at the time, "It's as if skill was contagious". The years go by so fast, but the memories will never fade..

Leanne be fucked, I might kiss you myself if this score holds up!

Don't be daft - he's a 'keeper!

Hard to disagree with this. I'd also give an honourable mention to Willie Irvine and Bruce Cleland, for season '81 - '82 alone. To say that they weren't the most technically gifted of strikers would be a vast understatement, but that was a magical season. Brian McLaughlin blasted in his share as well. RIP, Brian.

I think Neil Warnock is still free - and he comes with his own ready-made nickname.

Oh yes!

The best result this Saturday is three fucking points. I fancy Erwin to get off the mark with an early brace, and Laing to score a late winner after Saints inevitably pull level .

Ed Straker, UFO

That's what happens when you spend too much time on the pitch at the expense of Remedial English.

MOTM for this one should be a laugh! What are the odds it's still Dan even after a 5-0 tonking?

I was at the 8-0 thumping in '79. (If memory serves, even that little shitebag Strachan scored!) We could easily be in for worse at the weekend.

I think I might give these "highlights" a miss - it's not as if there's a single Motherwell shot on target in there. Having witnessed the previous 4-0 in person I genuinely thought they couldn't sink any lower. The only thing that I find hard to believe is there are two teams in the whole world worse than us, let alone that they actually happen to be in the same league. That's the only thing that might save us.

Classic!

Happy days! The absolute archetype of the "I'll take 1-0 against the run of play" genre. Hard to believe it was only this year...

The old adage has it that you'll never win anything with kids, but there will come a point this season - if it hasn't arrived already - when the thoughts of the supposedly seasoned pros turn to an exit strategy. Then it becomes a poisonous death spiral. If those who see the kids in training every day believe that they won't be better than what we've got coming then I genuinely fear that we are fucked. There really is no plan B.

Must be one of those Minority Report future crimes. A few short months ago, this thread - and today's match thread - would have been ten pages long by now. The fact that so few can even be bothered to lament our position "Sums Up This Season" in itself.

The last mob I was in, people were chanting "Hay must stay". Didn't work then, can't see it swaying many opinions now. I've witnessed a lot of poor performances over the years, and a few relegations. However, set against the backdrop of the weakest league and opposition in living memory I'm really beginning to fear that the proponents of the "worst team ever" buzz might be right.

Brilliant. I laughed, then I cried, then I laughed again. Then I cried some more.

I'd think about risking a few quid now at long odds on us beating actually Rangers in that playoff. What do you reckon, 1000-1? It would be a more worthwhile bet than the increasingly odds on certainty that we'll finish bottom.

We had a 1-1 away draw at Celtic, but that doesn't seem to have stopped the rot. I know what you mean though, I'd bite your hand off for a 1-1 tomorrow, which is in itself a pretty sad reflection of the season so far.

Sorry for the late addition here. I signed up after the Hamilton game ready to post in anger but luckily the registration process took a couple of days, so I've calmed down sufficiently to save the "f" key on my keyboard from too much excessive wear. I only get to a couple of matches a year now and this was my first this season. Before I moved away many years ago I used to go to every home game, and most away, through relegations and promotions, good times and bad. I've seen some real horror shows over the years so I don't criticise lightly,but I flew several thousand miles for this game and to say it was dire is a total understatement. I console myself with the though tthat I've seen worse, but not often. I mean, ffs, the whole first half and more – at home – without so much as a single effin shot at goal!? Have they all been that bad this season?