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Really disappointed to be losing Henrik, be interesting to hear how much we got for him.
Best wishes to him for the future, the guy worked tirelessly for the team & was an important player for us.
Starting to get a bit of the fear for next season now.......
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Was sure it was the sister of a girl I went to Carluke High with, surname was Thomson?
Beth Thompson according to his Wiki page.
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Has Ojamaa got the same agent as Law, Hutch and possibly McCall? Or am I making that up?
Pretty sure he's not, he's with Golden Star Management who his brother works for as an agent.
ETA: His agent's name is Jonne Lindblom.
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Cue the 'Celtic would've just stepped it up a gear' responses..........
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I'm the opposite, can only get time off for the 2nd leg... ah well, at least one of us will be able to make the trip regardless!
There's an outside chance I'll get time off for 2nd leg but not looking good at the moment.
Hoping someone cancels the holidays they've booked!
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Sad to see Humphrey go, we'll definitely miss him. Hope he is a success for PNE.
Good luck to him, at least he had more sense than Nicky Law!
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I'm sure its just yer donald duck
Was hoping that was the case, just worried that they might say seeded teams play away 1st, wouldn't put it past UEFA.
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Really hoping we're away 1st leg as can't get time off work for the second!
Anyone know how it's decided?
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I don't.
I hope he squanders all the extra cash he's getting on bevy & smack & is another on the list of failures who have joined Scotland's newest club.
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There was of course a touch of sarcasm in my post regarding the compensation for Rosler. The £130,000 pound sweetener for losing McCall will be swallowed up by the new bosses wages. Is it enough money to attract a good manager? Only time will tell.
Surely with McCall's wage becoming free the new manager's salary will be covered by that.
The £130,000 is extra cash in the club's coffers.
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Maybe he's a sectarian bigot & we just didn't realise.......
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Bad decision Nicky.
Would've liked to have seen his career flourish after leaving us but I cannot wish him well if he's stupid enough to sign for that shower of shite!
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From Express
Think this could well be bullshit to be honest!
EXCLUSIVE: Rangers move for Motherwell's Chris HumphreyRANGERS boss Ally McCoist has opened talks with out-of-contract Motherwell star Chris Humphrey.
McCoist held discussions with the winger's agent earlier this week and plans to make an offer.
The Ibrox outfit, who have also offered a deal to his Motherwell team-mate Nicky Law, face stiff competition for the Jamaican internationalist's signature from Preston, while he also has an offer on the table at Fir Park.
The 25-year-old is currently considering his options and has been told to expect further offers from the English Championship and League One.
Rangers are prepared to offer a three-year-contract.
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League restructuring 'difficult' for next season, says SFL chief
From BBC
He says 'there has been no communication from the SPL to SFL clubs about the proposals the top division drew up last week'.
Surely that can't be right?!
A senior member of the Scottish Football League board has told BBC Scotland that "time ran out a long time ago" for league restructuring for next season.Livingston chairman Gordon McDougall feels it is "more difficult to try to find a solution".
The Scottish Premier League hoped SFL clubs would vote on proposals for one league body and play-offs next season.
The SFL annual general meeting is at Hampden on Thursday afternoon.
McDougall says there has been no communication from the SPL to SFL clubs about the proposals the top division drew up last week.
Another football league board member, Dunfermline's honorary director Jim Leishman, says there are two main stumbling blocks; the make-up of any merged board and the redistribution of finances.
Leishman says it is "very frustrating that there's a need for a solution but that we can't get agreement".
He also feels the issue has been talked about for too long.
SPL clubs unanimously agreed on a package of measures that would deliver a merged league body in time for next term.
The single governing organisation would oversee the 12-10-10-10 divisional structure that is presently in place, but there would be greater financial redistribution to the second tier.
The SPL also wants to introduce play-offs involving the team finishing 11th and teams second, third and fourth in the league below.
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Hutch on McCall speculation.
From Evening Times
Hutch: Don't do a Blades runner bossMotherwell defender Shaun Hutchinson is hoping that the Fir Park club pull out all the stops to try to keep Stuart McCall as club manager.
McCall has cut short a break in Spain to enter into discussions with Sheffield United, a club where he spent five years of his playing and coaching career.
The Blades have made McCall their No.1 target, and although Motherwell are keen to persuade him to stay, chief executive Leeann Dempster has insisted no-one will stand in McCall's way should he be tempted elsewhere.
Hutchinson has enjoyed arguably the best season of his career this year and would love to see the Fir Park boss remain at the club.
"It is one of those things that if you are successful then of course people are going to take notice," he said.
"But, from a selfish point of view, we would love to see him stay here at Motherwell because I think his record speaks for itself.
"We have just had a fantastic season, we have the chance to play European football again this summer – and when I first arrived here at the club I don't think I would ever really have imagined that. It speaks volumes for how well he has done that we have that to look forward to.
"But as players we know how football works. It is the same for all of us, and we just have to wait and see what happens."
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson and former Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate have also been linked with the Blades job, but McCall appears to be attracting the most attention from the Yorkshire club.
Hutchinson is one of the few players who are settled at Fir Park this season, with a string of his colleagues all set to leave.
Nicky Law and Darren Randolph have played their final games for Motherwell, while James McFadden, Tom Hateley and Chris Humphrey are all out of contract and expected to go elsewhere.
Hutchinson still has a year remaining on his current deal and the Newcastle-born defender is happy to see it out.
"I have managed to play over 100 games now for Motherwell, which has been great," he said.
"I feel as though I have improved as a player and I just want to keep that going."
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Would be happy with Betis or Frankfurt.
Nice would be very nice too!
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Sounds like whoever gets the job will have to work on a tight budget.
Will surely still be bigger than most clubs in League 1 though.
From the Sheffield Star
Sheffield United have told managers vying to succeed Danny Wilson at Bramall Lane that they will be expected to adopt a more imaginative approach in the transfer market, writes James Shield.The Star revealed earlier this month that Karl Robinson, Stuart McCall and the Football Association's former head of elite development Gareth Southgate feature on a short-list of names which also includes first team coach Chris Morgan.
United could hold face to face talks with Robinson later this week providing permission is granted by MK Dons while Motherwell yesterday acknowledged they have received an approach regarding the availability of McCall.
However, with chief executive Julian Winter recently insisting last season's League One play-off semi-finalists must become a "sustainable" business, applicants are being told their recruitment plans must focus on delivering value for money as well as sporting talent to South Yorkshire.
"The idea is to try and concentrate on bringing in the best people available rather than the most expensive in terms of fees or the biggest names," a source confirmed last night.
"People who are proven performers at this level because Sheffield United is still a big draw."
McCall signed a new two year deal with the Scottish Premier League runners-up in March.
Robinson is understood to be on a rolling contract at stadium:mk although his terms of employment are also likely to include a release clause.
Wilson parted company with United six weeks ago following 23 months in charge.
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Pettigrew On McCall Leaving.
From Evening Times
MOTHERWELL cult hero Willie Pettigrew admits Sheffield United's approach to speak to manager Stuart McCall is the news he has been dreading.The Blades have axed gaffer Danny Wilson after they failed to make it back to the Championship, with McCall at the top of their wishlist to replace him alongside MK Dons boss Karl Robinson.
The Fir Park manager did sign a new two-year deal just a couple of months back, but it is understood the contract has a compensation clause which would allow a club to snap up the 48-year-old from it if a figure could be agreed.
McCall has already enjoyed a spell at Bramall Lane as assistant gaffer to Neil Warnock back in 2006 when the duo took the Yorkshire club back to the Barclays Premier Leauge, while he also starred in the United midfield for three years as a player.
The former Scotland international has guided the Steelmen into Europe for the last two seasons and claimed a new SPL club record of 63 points this term, en route to a second-placed finish while also having taken Well to the Scottish Cup final two years ago.
And Pettigrew fears that the emotional pull of his former team, plus a feeling that he has done everything he can at the Lanarkshire club, may prove decisive.
The Motherwell icon said: "We knew there would be a fair amount of change at the club this season with players coming and going, but the only person I was concerned about exiting was Stuart.
"You have to say that the manager has done a fantastic job over his time at Fir Park and it is a concern that he may well feel he has achieved all he can at Motherwell.
"Stuart has progressed the club in very impressive fashion but he is probably asking himself 'how can I take Motherwell any further?'.
"I think that is a question that any manager asks himself when he has achieved as much as Stuart has with a team, and he knows that once again he will face his budget being cut.
"Added to that, Darren Randolph and Nicky Law have already gone and I would imagine that Michael Higdon and maybe another two or three others who are out of contract will be off.
"So Stuart has a huge job on his hands at Motherwell this summer, if he stays, just to keep the club where they are next season."
McCall is currently in Benidorm with most of his first-team squad on a post-season break and is not due to return until tomorrow.
But by that time the Well board could have granted permission for United to make their approach.
Pettigrew added: "Sheffield United are a very big club and despite the fact they are in League One, they regularly attract crowds of over 20,000.
"Stuart knows all about the club and its history. Jamie Murphy went down there in January as well.
"While my heart hopes that Stuart will stay at Motherwell, my head is telling me he would be silly to turn Sheffield United down if he is eventually offered the job."
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Not sure if it means he will definitely be going to Sheff Utd.
If he does move does it mean he will have to give up his role with Scotland?
Don't know how much that job pays but combined with his salary from us he's probably earning decent money.
If he's settled here in his personal life, it'll take a very lucrative offer to prise him away.
Or maybe I'm just being very hopeful...........
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France is a big no no for me, after nancy.
I really enjoyed Nancy.
To be fair I was in the home end so missed the shenanigans that went on at the end. I'm guessing that's what's putting you off.
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Some of the seeded teams we could face in the 3rd qualifying round:
Would take Swansea, Brugge, Udinese, Stuttgart or Vitesse. Not Dnipro
CC: 42.829
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Club Brugge CC: 36.880
Beşiktaş CC: 34.900
Saint-Étienne CC: 26.800
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk CC: 23.951
Swansea City CC: 16.592
Eintracht Frankfurt or StuttgartNote GER
Estoril or Vitória de GuimarãesNote POR
Vitesse CC: 9.945
St Etienne can still qualify for the champions league, between them, Lyon & Lille going into the last round of fixtures.
Was there in 98 at World Cup, enjoyed the place but obviously not the result!
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Delighted Faddy will be getting an offer though.
Come on James, get it signed son!
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I reckon the fee will be in the region of £250k-£300k.
Hope I'm wrong & it will be nearer the £500k mark.