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The days of it bothering me, still, on a Monday morning are long gone for me. I wouldn't quite say I was fine 5 minutes later, but for example I went to the Dundee game recently with a Dundee supporting mate and sat in the Main Stand with him. Half an hour after the game, we were laughing in the pub talking about other stuff. It no longer has THAT effect on my life. Don't get me wrong, I still have that feeling when Motherwell score and when Motherwell win, but that the extremes of winning and losing aren't as far apart as they used to be. If Motherwell went bust tomorrow? I'd be sad. I'd be disappointed. However, my life would carry on just fine. Where I am now, there are many, many more important things in life than Motherwell FC.

I think you need to find a new hobby if you're genuinely going to be "ill with stress". It's a game of fitba, FFS!

If you are one of the absolute morons who decide it's a good idea to sarcasticly clap and cheer when the goalkeeper catches the ball or makes a save, you should he ashamed of yourself. Is he the guy we want in goals? No. But how on earth is crucifying his confidence going to help Motherwell F.C in any way whatsoever?

I do like a ... at the end of a post. Nudge nudge, wink wink!

Anyone want to chip in for some Claret & Amber paint? We could redo Lord Tanamo's Uncle's wall.

Hiya Colin. Put the bottle down, pal.

Is he pissed already?

Far too big a risk to appoint a Valakari type with, what, 12 games of the season to go and we're deep in the shit? It'd even be an almighty leap of faith to bring him in during the summer, if we stay up. Not for me. I'm pretty certain Alan Stubbs will get plenty of ringing endorsements, particularly from Burrows' mentor at Hibs. Was Stubbs not on our shortlist when we appointed McCall?

Also, I look forward to the bumper crowd we'll get at the next home game. Afterall, there were hundreds, if not thousands, who "weren't to be back until he was away". Well folks, get yourselves along to Fir Park in a few weeks time. Nothing stopping you now, eh? Or will there be another convenient excuse to roll out?

It was untenable after Saturday's performance. Absolutely the correct decision. It's a shame that it hasn't worked out. At the end of the day, all of us want Motherwell FC to be successful. A number of the players should be ashamed of themselves following recent performances.

Ossie Ardilles. Could do a job.

Van der Gaag could be a good shout. He's a young manager who has connections with the club, would love to take the job, and boasts a good track record and some really good success in his short managerial career so far. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea, though.

Fair enough, like I said I know hee-haw about Finnish football and what Simo Valakari has been up to since he left us two decades ago. In your earlier post, you said "He's a young manager who has connections with the club, would love to take the job, and boasts a good track record and some really good success in his short managerial career so far. Certainly not everyone's cup of tea" Apart from the "connections with the club", you could have written that for Ian Baraclough prior to him getting our job. I think with the catastrophic failure of young, hungry managers like Gannon and Baraclough in the last decade, we're not going down the untried, inexperienced in Scottish football route this time. I think that's why we went for a McGhee type last time out. Yes, it's pretty much unraveled now, but it had the desired effect last season. If McGhee is binned in the coming days, I'm pretty certain it'll be another experienced manager to come in. It's far too big a gamble to do otherwise, IMO.

I agree with this. While I liked Murphy with Motherwell, he did frustrate me at times. There is absolutely no chance I would have suggested he would be excelling in the English Championship, and on the verge of the Premier League. Fair play to him, he's taken the chance he got and grabbed it with both hands.

Agree with all you say above O'Neills40yarder (you and I have been on the same page with this matter for a while now). I'm baffled with the Simo shout. If he hadn't played for Motherwell 20 years ago, would people really be shouting for a Finnish title winning manager, who's just left his role? Jay - I'm not up to date on all things Finnish football. What's Simo's track record? Even after the Aberdeen game, I was confident McGhee would stay until the summer and I thought that would be the time to go our separate ways. However, Saturday was unforgivable. I'm not one who boos, or shouts and screams at players/the manager. I sat there for the entire 90 mins just shaking my head. It's surely impossible for a manager to survive that performance. Surely.

Simo Valakari? Based on what?

Never seen a more embarrassing "defensive" performance. Still fancy us to nick a point though...

The defender, who the manager of our football club thinks cannot defend? No, we weren't rash at all.

No.8 playing at left back? What have you done with the real Joe? #numberpolis

Welcome to the forum, Barry.

If you can tear yourself away from your prawn sandwich, feel free to give me a wave.

What he said is true though. Whether you call it bragging or not. Anyway, we'll win on Saturday so the record will improve a wee bit.

I'm assuming he means home games.

I've got a good feeling about Saturday. 3-1 Motherwell.

Blackburn seem like a stable club, to be fair. I'm sure they know what they're doing.