johnstone

He came from a Wimpy service station on the M8 and we shed about 3 stone of him before he played.

Here is a stat for you. Last time we played Killie at Rugby Park we were scudded 3-1 going on 7-1. This time we more than matched them with what you could say is a weaker squad. Also last time we played ICT we were beaten 3-0 and again it could have been 5 or 6. This time we soundly beat them. Get a fucking grip you lot.

It might create a better atmosphere though?

Fuck sake.

Sorry about making assumptions in football. No one ever does that....

Is that a piss take?

Law getting 10 is a possibility. He gets into the right places but for me the key to his game so far has been in allowing space for other players to get chances. Hammell had two good chances against ICT and scored one. Not sure the Humph will get 10 goals, but again he will create chances for other players to score - this was shown against Leeds and ICT. Think it would be more realistic to say that the midfield might get about 15 between them all and hopefully Murphy and Higdon can provide the rest.

Your probably right, but I suppose some mangers have different styles and Brown has always been a defensive minded manager and Knox of course worked with Walter Smith who also has a very defensive approach. Not sure Brown did it to make himself look good - its just always been his style. he is doing the exact same at Aberdeen right now.

He is only 19 and I thought he showed the potential to be a fantastic player. Gunning would be an amazing signing for us.

All three goals are some of the best we have seen at Fir Park for a long time. The quality of some of our play was some of the best I have seen since the McGhee era. If we can play like that every game, stay reasonably injury free, keep Murphy and maybe sign a couple of more bodies then we will be challenging for third. Can't believe the transformation of the team. Under Brown we were a dogged one up front and tight defensive team, which did bring its fair share of success, but under McCall we have slowly but surely turned into a very accomplished pass and move side with a very dangerous attack. Magic!

Fucking parasite agents trying to get top dollar. Fuckers are the virus of the game these days.

Wee snippet in the Metro (with McCall quoted) saying that we are hopeful of signing Gavin Gunning on a permanent deal. Blackburn are willing to let him go for free and the only stumbling block is he will have to take a pay cut. If this goes through it would be a very good bit of business by McCall.

I think the issue with Murphy is that if he goes then we will have the funds to find a decent replacement, but that might not happen until the last day of the transfer window which leaves us up shit creek as we can't then get anyone until January (Unless they are out of contract) Bit of a catch 22 this one.

Is that the Motherwell Taliban leader in the crowd?

What right back problem? We have Hateley, Saunders, Page and Devlin.

Ideal.I didn't realise we had a left back on our books. That will do then. We don't need a left back then.

What happens when Steven Hammell gets injured? I suppose Johnny Page can slot in but is he not naturally a right back?

Broadfoots a decent player. We need a left back though.

Thats the problem though. We can sing from the rooftops about community ownership, but it works at clubs like Barcelona, Norwich because they are in leagues with lots of money and also (and more importantly) the chance of success. As this is the thing that brings in crowds. Norwich have increased their season tickets figures from 4000 to 20000 and funnily enough that has coincided with them rises up the leagues and into the premiership. All SPL clubs currently stagnate in our league and getting 6th place is a cause for celebration! The SPL is a two horse race every year. It is ruled by a very poor TV deal and also most of the money is given to the ugly sisters. If we want to improve our own club then we must improve the product it is competing in. Until thats done then you will probably get a fair few folk like me that will give it a miss. Also the self serving owners, chairman of all the SPL clubs need to stop thinking about themselves and do something for wider good of the game.

Just to throw my two cents in. I would have absolutley nothing to do with this at all. I will buy my season ticket and probably take the wee man to the Motherwell kids football training if he is into it, but thats my only connections with the club. I can't see how in this current financial climate that anyone would want to invest in a football club playing in a terrible SPL league where the actual product year on year is getting worse.

You should work as a BBC pundit with that concise assessment of our players...

Get Andrew Little to fuck. Its of absoluty no benefit to us to be loaning players in the SPL. EPL yes its beneficial to both parties, but no chance in the SPL.

1 & 2 - Who gives a fuck. 3 Hearts 4 Motherwell 5 Dundee Utd 6 Hibs 7 Aberdeen 8 ICT 9 St Mirren 10 KIlmarnock 11 Dunfermiline 12 St Johnstone

Nicky Law is a fucking beast of a footballer. This boy is going to light up the SPL.

What age is Devlin?