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His first injury with us was his hamstring, as was his second. His third is his wrist.

It may be a case of writing off a bad debt as, should things go sour again next season for him, the situation is likely to cost us more as we scramble to sign more cover, again. My view is that it just hasn’t worked for him and us, unfortunately. We should look to rehab him and see if we can reach a reasonable agreement with another club to protect ourselves and get his career back on track. Or we keep him and he becomes an even more costly crock. That’s the risk.

As it stands, and before his wrist injury, Stama has only featured in 18 of 34 games. His stats by the end of his first full season will likely be 18 from 43 games, no full 90 mins, 5 goals, and 3 medium term injuries. It’s not a great return on our investment, and the chances for it to go a similar way for him next season are now greater given the loads placed on his body appear to keep breaking him. Suffice to say, I don’t think he’s a player we should be relying on for next season.

Putting the finer details of the wrist injury aside and the point that he wasn’t injury prone before we signed him, the reality now is that he has become very injury prone since we signed him. We apparently paid a large fee for him and he’ll likely be on equally large wages. I don’t want to get into the conspiracies currently being bandied around social media and P&B about him. Therefore, I only question whether this is a loss we can sustain or should we cut it? I suggest the latter.

I’d be more sympathetic if it was his ankle, but he plays football not handball, so I’ve no idea why he won’t be fit to play for at least 8 weeks. Even with a proper run, as you suggest, there are no signs so far to suggest that he wouldn’t continually breakdown during that either. His run of no less than 3 not insignificant injuries since arriving is very bad luck indeed, but also indicative of someone who’s perhaps not robust enough for his role.

It’s pretty clear that Stama is made of tissue paper, so it’s time to cut our losses at the end of the season and find someone else willing to pay his wages.

Patterson isn’t in the squad, but I agree that Ralston will probably be picked ahead of of Max because Steve Clarke…

Yes, I am referring to full Scottish international players. It's also great to have some foreign international players in the Motherwell squad, but I think it's more enjoyable to follow when you've got players turning out for the national team of your own country.

If Clarke gives him minutes and he impresses, and he continues to flourish for Motherwell this season, I see no reason why we can't expect his value to creep towards £10m in this market. The only downside for us is that, if he's sold at the end of this season, he'll no longer be our player when he's (likely) called up again for the international friendlies in June. So, let's hope he gets those minutes against Greece, as I can't see any other Motherwell player on the horizon likely to get full international minutes anytime soon.

£5m cash and a new main stand should seal the deal.

A big concern for us should be the potential for Robbo to set St Mirren up to kick lumps out of us and cause some bad injuries. We need to be smart going into this game.

3-1. Casey to score a perfect hat-trick.

What a difference it makes not having an incompetent over-promoted ballon as manager. Yesterday was sensational and, without diminishing the excellent effort of the players, it was solely down to having a manager with sound tactical ability.

Sensational. Wimmer has the ‘Well playing actual football. Win, lose, or draw today, that first half was brilliant to watch.

No new injury concerns according to pre-match update. https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2025/02/28/rangers-a-short-trip-to-govan/ He’s either been dropped, injured in the warm up, or out for personal reasons. Or any other guesses?

I think I’ve probably said this before here, but Arteta is a prick. That’s why Mika is now with Monaco.

I wonder what Herr Wimmer will think of all this pomp and ceremony today. Is the stage set for March 1941 all over again in Govan? Or will Staunch FC prevail over FC Wimmerwell this time? https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/armed-forces-day-at-ibrox-2025-02-28/2qROY57PU8wyEapHHjWCHa

Masonic Street Preachers* *courtesy of twitter.

I can see a few Motherwell players massively raising their game for this fixture. Add to that the new manager bounce and the opposition being led by the Staunch Bros, I have the feeling we’re in for a good game.

Six pointer ✅

Dundee have scored 39 and conceded 58 so far this season. We’ve scored 30 and conceded 46. They may have scored more than us, but we’ve conceded less, and our goal difference is slightly better. It’s certainly going to be a tight game with both teams likely to score.

Aye. I know that me and a few other ST pals are using the £3 offer to bring other non-ST pals. It should be a decent crowd.

McGhee was a Kettlewell signing, but we have to hope that Wimmer can get a tune out of him and several other new players next season. The Kettlewell hangover will remain for 18+ months, but note that I’m not directing that at McGhee, as he could be an excellent versatile player for us.

I’m a ST holder but rarely make it to midweek games due to work/family/etc., but I’m not missing this one. I’m thoroughly looking forward to supporting Wimmer and the team tonight.

Daws should've been gone alongside Alexander. A whole topic was started at that time. And here is my tuppence worth from back then.