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Good suggestions. Never saw him but Andy Paton would be another candidate: apart from his tremendous footballing ability he was a born leader who didn't give a flying fruit bat about Rangers or Celtic and relished playing them, according to the Old Timers I have spoken to.

Warning: may contain nuts/apocryphal material...... An old friend of mine (sadly departed) claimed that, at a 'Well match at Shawfield, Clyde were about to take off Brian Ahern, their veteran midfielder. As the new substitute (unknown) was waiting to come on, a Clyde fan vented, "Oh, no! They're taking off Ahern and bringing on a haddie!" And don't get me started on Harry Haddock.

Looks like a pre-match sesh in the Tutties' Neuk right enough. Last time I was at Gayfield I saw a sign on the doorbell of a wee house near the ground which had a smokehouse at the back. It said, "Ring for Fish". So, I rang for fish and Lo! the smokies were provided. Life's like that sometimes......

I was just too young to have seen Ian St John or Pat Quinn and so Willie Hunter was my first 'Well hero, with Charlie Aitken close behind. Willie (or Billy as his family called him, I believe) was such an elegant player and had it all, so he fully deserves his HoF status. IIRC, both he and Pat Quinn ended up in the same Hibs team later later in their careers.

Me too but he was a talented player who could score goals and he had a low centre of gravity so difficult to nudge off the ball. Nowadays he would be highly valued for his abilities.

*Exaggerated Maldini-style shrugs of disbelief/innocence* Oi nevva done nuffink!

Agreed: I've heard that, like his sister Margery, he's a bit up and down.

Impossible to compare players from different eras, but Willie's record speaks for itself. My Dear Old Dad, an incorrigible Accies fan, grudgingly told me he missed as many as he scored but an old work colleague from the 80s who saw 'Well win the league said he was a brave and irrepressible forward. Just look at the stats.....

Let me take us all back to The Days of Sinjy (aka Ian St John) via my brother. Ian could miss a chance or two from a few yards and then score a hat trick in no time. Forget about the misses and think of the chances created. Van Veen will (just) score more than he will miss over a long season. Is it all just a false memory or do I remember Andy Harrow and Andy Walker as our striking partnership? Gruesome at times but we grew from there. At least growth under Stevie Hammell looks like a philosophy we can embrace.

Bliss indeed! Remember it from the first time around when I was winching Fay Wray .

Lock-ins are great but I'm more of an Ovaltine and slippers kinda guy now. Oh, here's nurse with ma pills......

No, and I don't know why we bother either since we are unlikely to appear in the later stages of any European tournament .

Really like the white strip. I noticed Stuttgart playing in a jersey with a full hoop this season. I thought we used to be told UEFA had rules which made ours problematical (although Sampdoria don't seem to have had these problems in the past)?

Or drowning fat-deep in a Killie pie? Clearly a 0-2 result. Utter fantasy w/o any supporting evidence bt Hammy has inspired me

I'm the last man to defend The Hens but Lundstrum's foul was the same as the the Hibs' yellow: a cynical trip to prevent a counter-attack. Collum is the original fan-dancing, egotistical referee. Look at me! Look at me! Having said that our "penalty" was embarrassing. We'll be in danger of becoming the St Mirren of All Penalties if this carries on .

If he carries on like that he'll turn into one of these if he's not careful: One of the few things I've learned in life is that "No offence" and "No disrespect" are always followed by offence and disrespect.

Greetings to you, fellow EK-Busite. Thunder and lightning all last night with very heavy rain but don't care 'cos I'm still smiling from Saturday's victory.

Thinking of changing my handle to Tower-Block Mink from Scumville. John Swinburne told me that after Kirky's shot gave us a cup win at Pittodrie in 1991, a fur-coated "lady" in the main stand told him she hoped that they shut Ravenscraig on Monday. Always remember Pittodrie means "farm of the dung-heap" in the Gaelic. IIRC Aberdeen fans were even banned from the Social Club in Edward Street for offensive behaviour.

I think that's why I got so down about Alexander's soul-less approach, and I mean really down. A few posters were talking about Motherwell fan "romantics" up-thread, I think, so I'm certainly one of those and frankly I've been deeply embarrassed by our performances since the New Year, the worst in my view since Tommy McLean's first season, when he was struggling with almost no money and a limited squad. Actually, I'm less worried about our squad than I was even a week ago: amazing what happens when you play players in their natural positions, try some pass and move combinations and go forward whenever the opportunity arises. If we can nail down a serviceable LB and a forward to assist/push KVV, things might be better than we thought in that area. Listening to SH's pre-and post- match comments has restored my faith in our club and football generally. Blood and snotters next week against Livi so a different kind of game for Stevie to plan for. And so we go on.....

Delighted for Hammy, and the players who responded so well to his complete change of philosophy. He has given us some pride back. It's always great to see a team fight back from being behind too: shows the new spirit in the team I hope.

Or Paul Gallico: The Poseidon Adventure? Hoping Stevie can flip us up.

Also the club could build up a wad of cash for the January window from his swear box (apparently).

Yes, I'm pretty sure The Return of Robinson story began here as a joke but was then regurgitated by that other long-running joke, The Daily Record. Curiously, my wife's hairdresser's son's pal saw Ancelloti having a roll and sausage in Tim Horton's (Windmillhill St branch) yesterday.

If he's still here on Sunday and the 'Well Rejects XI beat us I can only imagine the scenes. This humiliation will live long in the memory.