Rickoza

What McCall says to the Press (and what then is actually reported) and what he says to the players are, more than likely, completely different. Never trust what appears in the Rancid or the Old Firm mouthpiece hat is the times. Given Rangers last-ever game at Ibrox in their previous form was a 0-0 draw against our good selves proves we have nothing to fear from an opponent a mere shadow of that lot.

And still folk will abuse Higdon. Well done big HIggy, outstanding once again today and an absolute quality hat-trick, especially an oustanding finish for the third. Top of the league, we welcome the chase!

Perhaps we've made enough recently not to have to sell? I trust McCall, if he says the squad is good enough, it is - I think Thursday showed we actually do have a bit of depth to the team as we've some really good young players about.

Nah, correct story on the back page but complete erse of the front. Dear oh dear!

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Fleetwood Town are reportedly lining up a move for former Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings. Jennings is available on a free transfer after turning down the offer of a new deal at Motherwell this summer. The 27-year-old had been in talks with Coventry about a possible move to the Ricoh Arena after impressing for them in pre-season. However, Fleetwood have moved in for Jennings and hope to lure the former Tranmere man to Highbury. The ambitious League Two club have already signed the likes of Jon Parkin and Barry Nicholson and Fleetwood boss Micky Mellon hopes to add Jennings to his squad ahead of the new season.

Wonder if anyones flight will be this interesting............ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kDhSgA4TGQ&feature=player_embedded#!

Motherwell players and fans alike will give it everythng over two legs If we lose, we lose, but we'll not be humiliated. Garbage like the stuff you post helps no-one, FFS.

No-one else curious as to how Saint Johnstone can afford Beattie? I certainly am. Very low crowds, no big money investor, seems a tad strange.

In case anyone was wondering, Saint Johnstone have signed Beattie on a 1-year-deal subject o a medical. Don't think it was ourselves who were interseted anyway.

I'm shooting my source as we speak...............-)

Herts could get Liverpool. Club Brugge, Altetico Madrid, Heerenveen, or Anorthosis Famagusta/Dila Gori (dependantt on UEFA ruling as the game was abandoned with 9 minutes to go due to crowd trouble, Gori lead 3-0 on the night 4-0 on agg).

My mistake I think! Seemed to have copied it wrongly. Correct seedings etc now!

Seeded - Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) AC Sparta Praha (CZE) Levante UD (ESP) Unseeded - AC Horsens (DEN) Motherwell FC (SCO) F91 Dudelange (LUX)FK Crvena zvezda (SRB)Feyenoord (NED)

Motherwell face some equally tough ties. Sporting Lisbon are the top side in the group but Bordeaux, Hapoel tel-Aviv, Levante and Sparta Prague are also possible opponents.

I believe so. Once tonight's ties are over UEFA will release them either later this evening or first thing tomorrow morning.

That supports nothing! We drew against Everton, guess that means we are mid-table Premiership...........

Big Cummins has mebbes only played a handful of matches, but he's always looked the part and hasn't let us down at all. I'd have no worries with him alongside Hutchinson, more they play together the greater the partnership formed.

Not a chance Dundee United or Herts would've beaten Panathinaikos, probably would've failed to score as well. We were up against a very, very good side who would give Dinamo Moscow a bit of a scudding imho.

Motherwell face an investigation after streamer paper was thrown on to the field during their Champions League clash with Panathinaikos last week. Uefa have confirmed that a delegate at the match recorded the alleged missile-throwing in his match report

Might have been on the radio. No excuse it wasn't on TV at all.

You'd have thought our game never happened on Tuesday night such has been the BBC silence TV-wise......

Tha't s bizarre big man. Never had a problem with my camera at Fir Park. Don't get me started on East End Park though..................

From The Herald......... Certainly not their football clubs. At Panathinaikos they look at their Champions League qualifying tie against Motherwell and Euro signs appear in their eyes. The Athens club are mired in debt and the much-quoted £10m or so available to clubs who can reach the group stage of Europe's leading competition is seen as the easiest solution to all their money problems. Now all they need to do is get past Stuart McCall's side over two legs in the third qualifying round, and then the likes of Udinese, Lille or Malaga in the round beyond that, and they will be rolling in it. The only problem with their fiendish masterplan, however, is that Panathinaikos aren't the side they once were. The club have been Super League champions only once in the past eight years and approach the new season with something of an ageing, depleted squad. Sotiris Ninis, the much-feted Greek international playmaker, is off to Parma, Damien Plessis, once of Liverpool, has signed for Arles in France, while the Brazilian Cleyton has joined Kayserispor in Turkey. Several others have been released as the club can no longer afford to pay their wages, while Argentinian forward Sebastian Leto is out until the end of the year after undergoing knee surgery. In their place have come a raft of mostly young, inexperienced players. There is little expectation in Greece that Panathinaikos will launch a serious threat to Olympiakos' domestic dominance in the season ahead meaning achieving success in Europe takes on extra significance. There is certainly no shortage of experienced figures to call upon. At the heart of their team are the veteran Greek internationalists Giorgios Karagounis, Kostas Katsouranis and Loukas Vyntra, while Jean-Alain Boumsong, the former Rangers defender, is entering his third season with the Athens club. Zeca, the Portuguese player, pulls the strings in midfield, while Ibrahim Sissoko, a recent loan arrival from Wolfsburg, is expected to bolster their forward line, likely to be led by Toche, the burly Spanish striker. They were dancing in the streets of Athens when the Champions League draw paired them with Motherwell. Most Greeks' knowledge of Scottish football barely stretches beyond Celtic and Rangers meaning it was unlikely any other side would be seen as a credible threat. Boumsong, though, who spent six months at Ibrox before being transferred to Newcastle United for £8m, warned against treating Motherwell as pushovers. "It will be two very difficult matches for us," he said. "I can assure our fans that the Scots are very passionate and will create problems for us. They are warriors but we have a good team and we can get a good result in the first game." Georgios Samaras gave a similar warning. The Celtic striker – whose father is a coach with Panathinaikos' youth academy – knows first-hand the threat Motherwell could pose. "If Panathinaikos underestimate Motherwell then they are going to pay," he said. "Motherwell is a very tough opponent." Samaras also singled out the players he feels would be key for Motherwell. "Panathinaikos should pay attention to Chris Humphrey and Adam Cummins," he said. "Cummins is just a young defender but he is a very good player. He was man of the match in their recent friendly against Everton." Manager Jesualdo Ferreira plans on studying footage of that game – Steven Hammell's testimonial – ahead of the first leg at Fir Park on Tuesday. The former Porto manager, however, already has a fair idea of what to expect. "They are a typical British team. They play passionately, don't give up at any point of the game and," he said. There have been major changes behind the scenes at the Athens club, too, with consortium Panathanaikkos Alliance last week taking charge. The consortium has already raised around £1.5m but is still some way short of what is needed to eradicate the club's sizeable debt. Champions League riches, therefore, would be very welcome.

I'm told a mostly under 20 team took on an experienced Kilmarnock side, Zaine Francis-Angol scored our goal.