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given the abuse Fitzpatrick got and he scored an important goal, i would doubt it would shut up his critics.

we've just moved Murphy away from a position where he is doing damage

we are only 9 points (3 wins) above 11th with half a season left. Anything is possible. Your confidence may be miss guided, this is Motherwell you are talking about, especially as we are lacking in squad numbers and quality.

forbes another excuse for another thread

Craigan's timing is getting worse by each passing game. Another booking.

how much money would we lose if we dropped to 11th in the league as opposed to 6th or 7th I bet its more than £100k. So aye DESPERATION

Hibs got £250k for Sambo! IMO £100k is poor, and given that the money wont be reinvested into the squad, what was the point in selling him? One or two higher placings will generate more than £100k. Can we as a club replace Reynolds with £100k, if we had to go out and buy someone? doubt it very much. It smells like desperation.

take a point at this stage. depressing stuff by the sounds of it.

dont think they will be on big bucks.

how can we expect to improve the squad, if the board of directors wont invest even a modest amount of monies? Lack of investment will eventually bite us on the bum! If they aint going to invest it in the first team, i would hope that money could be used to bolster the youths.

either you or i heard wrong. I am sure he said he WONT get the transfer monies to strengthen the squad. So has the groundsmen fecked it up again? not as if we've played many matches on it recently.

concerns about the state of the pitch? have they seen Ibrox, Easter Road, etc etc Until we start getting players in, starting improving performances, and the weather gets better, the attendances will continue to drop. McCall confirmed he wont see the transfer fee. He will only have his allocated wages available. So what is the point of letting him go for a pittance then? Squad is only going to get smaller and smaller by the looks of things.

Pittance we could make more with him in the side. I.e cup final Makes u wonder what is going on. Rats deserting ship

we are ment of have some clever financial people on our board, yet the belt is getting tighter. God knows what state we would have been in, if we had not made europe, and progressed in cups.

we've got the same problem with Forbes, as we did have with Gow. Both probably best suited to play just behind the front one or two. However, we dont play that way. So what do we do? Someone commented that Pollock appeared unready for the first team. Whilst, he may be right, that's all we have outside 11 players, and if he does play, then you can be sure, he will become another whipping boy. The boy is class, but again he aint a left midfield player. years gone by that 19 and under player would have served his apprenticeship in the reserves, unless they were exceptional players. The jump from u19s to first team is huge, and given that player develope at different stages, many good players will fail, especially in front of impatient fans. Why have an u21 rule for player to sit on bench, when we dont have an u21 team? How many players are available for free at this part of the season. I reckon the best we will do is loan signings.

how the heck is it McCall's fault. You dont half slavour a load of crap. He just in the job, been left with a group of youngsters and a few experienced pro's who's form are up and down. Whats the bet our board of directors have cut the playing budget again? Our squad is getting smaller and smaller. As a result we better get used to defeats, because it's probably going to get worse before it ever gets better.

so it looks as if Forbes is going to get hounded now that Fitz is away. Once he leaves, which he will have to, who's next in the hate list? My guess Craigan probably. Then who?

we all know Forbes cant play left midfield. So it's pointless debating it again.

I can't recall our squad so lacking in numbers and experience as it is currently. Can't see our youngsters doing anything against the big thugs of utd. Forbes is never ever a left sided player!

biffy must have ignored the instructions

Does anyone know how many appearances Fitzpatrick has he had in the team at his preferred position, that could be classed as a run? Until such time that a better player for that position appears, and that could be for anyone in the team, should we not just try and give him/them abit of encouragement.

give him his own talk show!

with our home form?

Utd value Goodwillie at £1.5m Just hope we've got Murphy on a good long long contract, as he's a much better footballer.