wellsince75

Very very good result - we’ll done lads feels like a long time since a well player got a hat trick

He's certainly the top 1 from last 2-3 seasons. Agree we've gone through some great spells with excellent keepers @MelvinBragg Who's in your top 3 from last 15 years ? Ruddy.......Randolph.......

we need more signings to stop us losing the plot. The day Kelly becomes our weak link I'd be bloody delighted with what the rest of the squad looks like. Kelly was player of the year and man of the match in just about every game he played. A brilliant shot stopper and personal view his distribution is one of the best in the team. Wish we had more players who can ping it +30 yards and find the right man. He won't come for crosses or come off his line. Nor did Goram + plenty of others.

suspect something will happen but would be stunned if we solved all gaps in this window

Good assessment. We could be 2 CB's short (ideally have 3 decent CB's in total) which doesn't reflect well on the multiple CB's we have on our squad. Including some of the youngsters that are now in their 20s. Appreciate the challenge of being late to the window. We've beefed up the wide areas and LB which was important. For CM we miss Campbell and I worry about playing 3 man midfield that includes Goss/Slatttery , neither work hard enough to get away with a 3 man midfield. McGinn could be the short term answer. Overall hoping that we move as many players as we bring in. Tomorrow could be a very busy day.

Hope it works out. If SH is thinking we need width up each side rather than playing Efford/Shields the shape of the team at least makes sense. Don't really remember much about the last time with us, which I can empathise with others equates to feeing meh but openminded and hope this works out. Having a couple of pacey wingers on each flank to serve up the goods sounds good, as long as they are of the right quality.

Other than being a local lad who try's his best I'm less than sold on Maguire. After 4-5 seasons he's convinced me he'll be a good player in a lower league team. I'm surprised we've kept with him as long as we have. McKinstry I'm hoping will light us up , the exact type of player we should be trying to bring in. Someone who ultimately will play at a higher level but needs experience. Icing on the cake that he came via our youth system. A couple more quality loan signings will be warmly welcomed. I do think we need much better centre halves than we have and completely agree that several players need to be moved on. Think we have 9-10 first team defenders on our books, not that many worth keeping.

Grimmie v's Slattery is for me an odd comparison. If you put them both together you'd have one hell of a player. Grimmie worked his socks off and gave it all , he was limited, poor first touch and struggled to find a team mate. Slattery has decent touch and able to play the easy pass. For me he can be a bit lazy and not track back, pick up his man. Overall very different players - both with limits, hence not being with a bigger club. Slattery like Goss both need others around them and get caught out with the traditional 4-3-3. Once we've got a few more players in be interesting to see what shape/formations we can leverage to get the most out of them.

completely agree - and even with our best team we're not guaranteed to win. Our best team at some stage should include McKinstry (for shields) & Penney for (S'OD)

at least it sounds like we're trying to bring in 2 wide players - McKinstry up one side and Arrons the other with KVV in the middle. I honestly don't remember jack shit about his last time with us. Heres hoping he's recovered from injuries and can maintain some team time

Overall we’re progressing as a squad , specifically vs the pre season . we knew then what we know now , we need to bolder the squad . every game this season we could have both won and lost , very fine lines and little between the teams we’ve played . we don’t have enough quality to be brilliant every game and don’t yet have enough quality on the bench - we need to invest in out attacking options

Sounds like a very solid signing and someone who the Ipswich fans speak highly of re McGinn / SOD we have options play only 1 of them play McGinn centre half push sod further up

Longer this goes on the more likely we'll grab loan signings. Ideally get a few season long loans from better teams. In reality the Jan window won't solve much either, given so many players on contract. Hope we can get a couple/few gems in asap

I've been sitting (fully stripped) next to my phone for months now

Some greats points there weeyin, can't see anyone voting for less income. For now hoping more solid performances continue to bring crowds back to Fir Park. Tend to be 4.5k- 5.5k per average depending on how well we're doing. Almost 20 years since (04/05 we had almost 7k per game)

That looks like an improvement. If we keep brining through youth and try to play entertaining footy we could continue to make modest improvements. Equally bring back summer footy, the sunshine is more likely to bring people out than suffering what Dec-Feb weather has to offer.

brilliant to have a little bit of momentum and a clean sheet. Well done lads , not every game will be a classic but tremendous 3 points.

Always thought main was a decent player albeit one who wouldn’t score many goals but his hols up play etc was solid.

Livingston are a very solid team , always a challenge to break them down. This is where we need a creative player who can get past their man and make things happen. Sub: Shields off, McKinstry on and see what happens.

It’s been scrapped by all clubs for this season - not sure why . Maybe it’s down to us not being able to tolerate Lewis commentary

Without question I'm completed biassed but yes, completely refreshing not to listen to bull crap. Very sensible, open and honest. If nothing else we can expect effort and application from the players tomorrow.

30 day no quibbles return policy . There's a fair few who could be let go . 10 defender in the first team squad , 2-3 could be let go. Midfield - Morris, Maguire, suspect we'd keep the rest. Strikers. Efford + Shields.

I'll settle to be above 9th and show some steady progress in terms of bringing through youngsters and showing some form of evolving towards playing football. Given the budgets of the old firm, Edinburgh clubs, Hibs, Utd it's reasonable to expect them to be above us. I'm hoping for the longer term plan that sees us bring through youngsters, get more fans back in the stadium and improve the quality of play over time. Expect this season to be very up and down, enjoy the ups when we get them.

me too, someone who understands the club and the need to entertain whilst bringing through youngsters. Will also be more tolerant of poor spells, just because he's a Motherwell man. Really good signing and one we will have secured purely based on Hammy's relationship.

has there been anything officially released by the club on this ? can't see anything on twitter or the website.