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Nothing. I think you've misread. My point is that he's basically asking for better exposure/development of Scottish U21 players, which flies in the face of his recent bollox reasoning for not calling up Scotland's most talented U21 player, Lennon Miller. The guy is an arrogant wanker.

Do as I say, not as I do. Twat. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/14/scottish-football-has-to-change-its-youth-development-warns-steve-clarke

Loan update here: https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2024/11/13/loan-report-november/

Those interested in the stat above may be interested in the fact that every single English top flight team who had their U21 team play in the EFL Trophy group stages tonight lost.

The Rangers can’t afford him, but Celtic can. I hope he goes to neither.

Story here. Read it with a pinch of salt. https://thecelticstar.com/transfer-gossip-celtic-set-to-sign-motherwell-star-lennon-miller-in-5-3m-deal/

As long as we get him back for the second half of this season, and we attach a significant sell-on clause, I can’t see the Club refusing £5.3m. That said, the player may have options elsewhere, and that news has been leaked by his agent to (a) start the bidding war and (b) highlight him to other potentially interested parties. The world is at his feet.

I’m going to this game for an overnight, so I fully expect a massive victory and for me to invade the park to congratulate Kettlewell.

It seems that Casey did wear one, so I’ll correct that for the record. Regardless, my point remains.

All the boys out on loan are listed here: https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/squad/development-team/ It seems like he Club's loan watch updates have dried up. Have they? However, a quick search of their names on Transfermarkt provides the following info: Goalkeepers Connelly is getting a regular start in goals for East Kilbride. Defenders M. Ross is getting a regular start in central defence for Albion Rovers. McDermott is getting a regular start in an unknown position for Broomhill. Midfielders Wells hasn't featured at all in match day squads for Edinburgh City. Injured or what? Whyte is getting a lot of regular starts for Cowdenbeath. Forwards Stuparevic is getting a regular start for Morton and has scored one goal. L. Ross was getting a regular start for Annan Athletic but has found himself on the bench or not in the squad recently. Injured or what? Ferrie is getting regular starts and appearances from the bench for Bonnyrigg Rose and has scored one goal. Lots of good progress being made by most of that lot. However, of that list, it's concerning to me that the players I have the most hope for - in terms of them becoming first-team players (Wells and L. Ross) - aren't getting as many minutes, or any at all, compared to the others. If they're not injured, what's the point?!

It doesn’t matter what the rules are when those applying them are a cabal of incompetent eegits.

I’m not sure either, but it’s the SFAs (and perhaps the SPFLs) job to propose and implement further solutions to find the answer.

It’s pleasing to see Motherwell leading the way here, but we’ll continue to be crap at a national level until the SFA do something about this. It’s a problem that won’t be solved overnight, however, and Rangers and Celtic would likely lobby against any measures proposed to address this issue. And therein lies the problem.

And you two, also like clockwork, will continue to post in a similarly predictable way to those whose opinions you seek to deride. Keep it up, we all get a kick out of it.

I’m a Motherwell fan, not a meteorologist.

Lest we forget, but let’s sell arms. People should be able to express themselves, either way. Just like Casey who didn’t wear a poppy on Saturday.

We’re utterly honking in most departments but somehow we keep winning more than we lose. It’s a tough watch and we’ve been here before. And just like before, it won’t last.

When the ball is booted at your hand from 2 feet away, it should never be a foul, unless it denies a goal or leads to a goal, maybe?! It’s not deliberate, regardless. Halliday didn’t do himself any favours, however, by turning his back to the ball and raising his hand, regardless of his arm/elbow being tucked in. It gives the idiot refs a decision to make. The bottom line is that it’s a stupid rule that’s not fit for the realities of the game. And the referees apply different interpretations of that rule every week, which is worsened by the interventions of VAR. It’s utterly ridiculous and having Collum at the helm won’t change a thing for the better.

Yes, but he’s also signed a lot of shite. Let’s see if he can move those on swiftly again in January.

Poor second half but VAR got us out of jail today.

We started pretty poorly, but the energy brought by Kaleta, Sparrow and Maswanhise is the difference.

Probably because Kettlewell has turned a goalscoring club captain into a headless chicken. Although he has also been injured recently which meant he's probably dropped down the pecking order a bit. A shame for him, but he really needs to be banging down Kettlewell's door asking him to play a system that suits him; otherwise, his signing will prove to be a waste of our money and his time.

One of my nominations to the WS Board was Kyrk Macmillan, so it's pleasing to see a young and clearly talented CEO become Club Chair after missing out on being nominated to the WS Board. Some other great additions to both Boards as well, and it's good to see our former stadium announcer become WS Chair. Now let's see what they can collectively do for our Club.

It’s probably already been done to a death by me and others, but simply our game plan was shit and one that generally always plays into the hands of the bigger/better team. And it didn’t have to be that way because that Rangers team are on the ropes these days, but we allowed them to dominate the game with our negative standoffish approach. We didn’t play to exploit our strengths; instead, we played to contain them and to feed off scraps. It obviously backfired because they eventually wore us down, which we could all see was coming, particularly after the baffling substitutions and tactical changes were implemented. It’s done now, though. Time to move on and hope that lessons have been learned. Again.

Probably one of the most cogent points made in the aftermath of the game. A massive opportunity was wasted because of the predictably poor overall approach to the game and more crazy in-game decisions. We weren’t well beaten. We didn’t put up a valiant fight. We weren’t robbed. Yes, they had to work and have a bigger budget, but anything is possible in a knockout game yet we more or less gifted them the win before a ball was kicked. It was so predictable. To get knocked out of a domestic cup competition in that fashion is absolutely scunnering and I refuse to accept that a loss such as that is acceptable just because Joe Bloggs highlights that we’re currently 5th in the league in Autumn or that the manager helped to develop some players last season. The manager shat the bed, which we all seem to agree on, and the Club and fans deserve better when these opportunities come around. I’m sure that a manager without fear of the Old Firm and with a modicum of tactical nous about them would’ve produced a better showing against that Rangers team. Back to league business now, which is quite good at the moment, so let’s see how my favourite donkey does for the rest of the season.