johnstone

But you can't deny that our attendance at Fir Park this season has taken a nose dive since they have left. Quite dramatically.

The club is not in dire straits. Look over the road at Dundee and thank your lucky stars we are not in that mess. The problem with Motherwell and most SPL clubs is that success (a decent run in the league) makes a huge difference to the club. Our average attendance has dropped by 1000 since Brown and Knox left. This has meant really no money even with the sale of Reynolds to bring in players on a fee or on a decent wage. We were always going to have a transitional period when they left and unfortunatley its led to a pretty poor run in the league, but if you break it down. Since McCall has been here: We have faired very well in the cups with some decent performances. Steve Jones looks like a very decent signing. Our defence has held up quite well. A lot of clean sheets. The players seem to respect the manager Not always, but we have played some attractive passing football The problem has been scoring goals. Murphy has gone off the boil and Sutton is not a natural poacher so maybe Jeffers can fill that gap. He might score hee haw, but then again he might score 10 and pull us back into the top six. I am not too worried. For me the main priority for the club is to get Steve Jennings onto an exteded deal. He is the heartbeat of our team.

FRANNY BAWS!

Rangers will miss Lee McCulloch. Think we might snatch a draw. Their confidence will be hit after Celtic controlled the game against them with 10 men. Jeffers to score!

How much do you reckon it would cost to get Rory McCallister from Brechin? Just asking!

So far Casagolda looks like the SPL is not his level. Jeffers had a stint at Rangers in the SPL and scored hee haw. Jeffers did have potential, but that was a decade ago. So the question is can McCall get something out of him. Not sure really.

Easy win. 4 or 5 nil I would think.

Total bombscare of a signing if it happened. Played for Rangers in the SPL and did the square root of fuck all.

All I know about this is from a backroom member of staff who has worked at Motherwell for years. They told me that Gannon was a total nightmare to work with. Thats all I have got, but he was basically a bit mental. Football wise he had the right ideas, signed some decent players and brought through the kids. On the other hand he probably drew a face on his hand, put a bag over his head, wanked off his dog and called himself Cedric. Who knows...

You could say that, but if this is true then its becoming a pretty common theme with Jim Gannon. Is he then worth the risk to a football club by coming in and upsetting the most important asset of a football club - the players? I'm not sure who is right and who is wrong, but if I owned a football club I would have major concerns employing the guy.

He is a total loose Gannon! Seriously though, why does he keep getting employed in football? He obviously has major man management problems. He will probably get fired and then some other club will take a punt on him with a total disregard for his employment history. Football clubs are their own worst enemies sometimes.

I love how everyone is humping and hawing about us not getting a striker. Does anyone not stop and think that maybe there were strikers out there, but were not as good as what we have? The transfer market isn't this endless pot of quality free players.

Iwelumo would score a bucket load in the SPL.

Jennings = Immense. Also now that Lasley is starting to find the net - maybe we can push him further forward in more games.

He is a left sided defender. Its to give Hammell a bit of competition so he doesn't relax too much as now that Reynolds and Fitzy are gone and he has no real competition in the spot. PS - I thought Hammell was excellent yesterday so maybe its had the desired effect.

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For me its all about consolidating our league position. That means try our best to get a top six spot. We might not get it, but lets make sure we don't get dragged into a relegation dog fight. The next step is do our best in the cups. Semi Finals and finals bring money to the club. We are already doing well on that stage. Then when the season is over we then look at building and improving the squad. I think the top six will probably be. Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Dundee Utd, Aberdeen and then its a fight between us, ICT and St Johnstone to get that final spot. McCall needs much more time before he can be judged. So far he has done OK. Nothing special, but given time he might be able to build this team into something. We also forget how young our squad is sometimes.

Why not blame the players? They never seem to be at fault. Always the manager.

The link with McCall, Bradford and Law might sway this in our favour. Probably thinking that playing for Motherwell and doing well will give him much more media attention and a potentially bigger move. Mind you I could be putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5.

Tidy wee player and handled the pitch well.

I say if they are happy to scrap with each other then carry on. Doesn't bother me.

Ha what total and utter pish! Do we sign players? No Do we work for a professional football club? No Do we spend small fortunes on scouts and other staff to find these players? No Its not our job to make sure the contracts are water tight.

GRELLA HELL OUTA HERE!

OMG! We really are a shambles.