Happy Dosser

Mbappe number 9?

No, scrub my last ornithological remark. Just discovered Tormod in the next croft-house along has just bought one of these: Latin Percussion Cuban Style Guiro LP250 | DV247 | en-GB It's going to be a long close season.

Yes, but I'm on Lewis & Harris time. I can hear corncrakes.....

Step forward, Connor Shields.....

Yes, some of the comments from Motherwell supporters on SOD are perplexing and disappointing. Normally supporters of a club at our level would be quite proud of his cap. Players at more illustrious clubs seem to get a free pass, however. To my eyes, Armstrong was extremely poor, McTominay is completely over-rated and Tierney lost his aerial duel at a set-piece for the third goal, yet it seems only O'Donnell is to blame for Croatia's first. Sometimes there's a weird kind of self-loathing exhibited on these pages which makes me wonder if some folk support our club or country at all. Agreed we had no natural goal-scorers, which ultimately was our downfall, but following that logic how bad must Poland be, going out on the same points as us with Lewandowski playing for them with 41 goals in the Bundesliga this year?

Was the 1936-40 blue change strip the "find" you mentioned earlier up the thread?

Andy was always a voice of sanity and was knowledgeable and balanced in his views: a real loss to this forum. Sadly, I didn't know him personally but my thoughts are with his family at the moment.

An unusual page on the HFK website re our club's change strips through the ages. I'm presuming UBH has been the principal consultant : Motherwell FC Change Kits - Historical Football Kits (historicalkits.co.uk) Still think nothing beats the old white "floodlight strip" as a change. The accompanying written notes reminded me that Aberdeen played in black and gold stripes until after the war, when they switched to red for some reason I have been unable to discover.

Delighted to see a hoop at last but the white trimmings are unnecessary and fussy, imo: it's an age thing . I have always taken the unpopular position that white shorts accentuate the orgasmic, deep beauty of our C&A but I'll thole the shorts on this occasion for a proper hoop. I feel better now.......

MJC_mkII: "Ainsworth’s goal to put us 3-0 up that night was one of the best and most surreal moments I’ve ever had supporting ‘Well. I remember just screaming “is this actually fucking happening?!” for about 60 seconds after it hit the net." Me too, a classic counter attack that is always a joy to watch. Pearson did really well nicking the ball in midfield and the crisp interchange of passing thereafter was a delight. I was sitting in front of the Rangers party (Andy Cameron, John Greig et al) in the FP tie and had to laugh at their bleating about the young 'Well fans invading the pitch at the end. Oh, the irony when you consider the conduct of their own supporters over the decades, including the appalling 3-5 game in 1978! They were also strangely silent about the flare which was thrown from the section in the POD where some of their supporters had secreted themselves. Hoping for good times next year once GA has sorted out the squad.

Was there not talk towards the end of his time with us that his wife wanted to go back down south?

Do you occasionally drink in Lismore in Dumbarton Road by any chance?

Sounds like our parents could have had a healthy living on Sky Sports producing Graham Souness/Micah Richards-style comments of great insight and profundity .

I'd heard he went to Dalziel HS but didn't know if that was true. What with all our missed chances, the terracing violence, the "robust" tackling and the lateness of Mathie's goal, I was really down when I got home. Credit to my Accies-supporting Dear Old Dad who didn't rub the defeat in but patiently listened to my litany of complaints and then simply said, "That's fitba', son."

I've little against Killie apart from a late Ross Mathie diving header to put us out the cup c. 1970, when the Whitbread and Guinness flagons were a-flying, but plastic pitches are an abomination.

I was surprised to discover recently that Ronaldo is 36, so age doesn't always matter. Foley looked like the midfielder we have been lacking this year and I'd be happy to give him a chance if he performs similarly in the last two games.

Have to agree. The bonus in the Broomfield main stand was hearing the abuse the Airdrie players got from their own "supporters", like the game Mark Cowan offered a square go in the car park to some annoying wee deeb in red and white who disappeared before full time.

She'll be levein soon....

Listening just there to Hearts fans on Radio Shortbread wanting Neilson's head on a platter and criticising a directionless club with a squad which they feel will come straight back down next year, despite being out of sight in the championship. Complaints about a youth system which produces almost no prospects and a club without a clear structure. The point was also made how clubs like us, Livingston and others with a fraction of the Jam Tarts' budget survive in the top league and produce sellable assets. I'd rather be in our shoes than theirs.

Getting a bit crusty in your old age, sir . Nothing against the tattie-howkers, apart from their plastic pitch (their old grass pitch was excellent), but this fixture is our chance to win and start planning for next season, whch will be a huge job for GA.

Three o'clock knock for you, young man .

Shoulda been Burrows not Burroughs in my previous comment. I was thinking of William B., a very naughty man. Have thrashed myself with birch twigs.

Since the chances of our reaching the later stages of either European competition are virtually nil, there is no real excuse for not playing in a proper hoop. I seem to remember that UEFA rules on contrast were cited by Alan Burroughs as the reason for not doing so but this is simpy not the case for the early stages of these competitions. But I'm a reasonable man and even a hoop one season in two would keep me happy, since I know a lot of younger fans don't have the attachment to it old fogies like wot I am do. As for the change, our classic floodlight design is basically sound, although I would like a Sampdoria sandwich-style band/hoop occasionally. Don't call me old-fashioned, call me Stalin .

I actually thought the officious wee steward who was tailgating GA on the way to the stand was cruising for a bruising yesterday. Thankfully, our manager just gave him the Death Stare. As usual, I have to ask if Stevie G or Neil Lennon would have been sent off for questioning decisions in such a manner? I worry about our manager. He seems to have aged about ten years in four weeks.

Ah, Eliphas Shivute, the walking anagram.....