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Good to see Robinson switch things up in plenty of time to affect the outcome.

I think it's fair to say Jules is a bit raw and inexperienced. Hopefully he's learning from his mistakes and delighted he got on the scoresheet. If Boyd had scored the pen I wouldn't have been too disappointed with a draw, but a wee bit of luck and a massive 3 points is even better.

When I was at school, the brightest of the bright didn't even get 5 A Highers. They must be a lot easier these days.

TBF, I don't think the plan was ever to throw Jules straight into a starting slot. I always thought Laing was OK though - but it was obvious McGhee didn't want him for whatever reason.

GPS data shows "trying" about as much as a polygraph shows "lying"

If it's true, and that is the only reason he got the job, then yes. If it has the same value as most of the rumours on here, then probably not. Blackburn have been in chaos since the Venky acquisition and with something like 8 managers in 7 years, I imagine anyone will struggle there.

The media loves to throw names about for any vacancy. Ex-OF player with Motherwell connections? He must be a favourite etc. etc.

And on that note, a recent piece I saw about "Footballers and the meaningless old chestnut of ‘not trying’" https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/mar/01/footballers-not-trying-premier-league-leicester-city

You realise he almost certainly didn't say that. How it normally goes is: Journo: "On a personal note, would you like to finish above Motherwell?" Laing: "Yes"

Aye, that was fun too. I was only interested in seeing us score 1 goal, as that meant we beat the record number scored in the First Division. Once we got that I wasn't too bothered. Wasn't it also the case that if Hearts drew, Killie needed to win by 5 or 6 to pip them to 2nd place on goal difference? And Killie were 5 or 6 up by half time.

I don't want to see us relegated, but I really enjoyed those 3 seasons in the lower league. Got to most of the home and away games, stood on the terraces at some old grounds no longer with us, and had the Accies rivalry at school. Staying up is vital for us this year, though.

People are a lot more forgiving of a striker missing a good chance than they are about a defender giving away a goal, despite the fact they have equal influence on the game.

If we ever need a complete clear out I hope we engage Jim Gannon on a short term contract to recruit some new players.

Last time we were hovering around the same situation the club said they had the resources to keep the same budget for one season in the Championship. An equally significant concern is the extra cash available next year, so we really don't want to miss out on that.

Against Dundee, (and only against Dundee), absolutely unlucky with the timing of that specific injury situation that was always going to make things difficult in a game where we were trying to rebuild some confidence. And like I have said before in other threads - as bad as our defensive record is, our scoring record is equally poor. Perhaps moreso, given the quality of the strikers.

Oh, I knew you were joking. It's just a sad fact of life nowadays that it's nearly impossible to joke about something that hasn't actually happened. It's like Black Mirror has turned into a documentary.

We certainly are poor, but our best form should be good enough to keep us up. I actually think Mcghee was a bit unlucky with the defensive situation at the weekend, but that's all in the past. As with all struggling teams, we need to get some confidence back. Lack of confidence leads to hesitation in decision making, poor communication and players taking an extra pass. The new gaffer needs to be able to shore up the defence and put a wee bit of arrogance back into players like Skippy and Moult.

And yet West Ham's rising starlet wasn't good enough for our U20s, Joey (I'll be the best player in the league) Barton wasn't even the best player in a poor Rangers team and every English player we sign takes about a month to raise their fitness to the necessary standard. I'm not deluding myself about our game's current issues but we aren't as bad as some make us out to be.

Doesn't surprise me. When he was caretaker the last time he was pretty candid about not wanting to be the boss. He obviously enjoys his U20 gig and, with a nice cushy number on the telly, he'd be mad to take on the hot seat.

That's being generous.

There's an Indoor (American) Football League over here. This season, the fans of the Salt Lake Screaming Eagles voted for the team name, the coach and now can vote in real-time for every play they make via an app on their phone.

If we beat the teams around us before the split, and after the split if necessary, ICT can do what they like.

You've jinxed us now. We'll be 3 up with 90 seconds to go and end up hanging on for a 3 - 3.

I literally had no idea what those guys stats were, but amazingly Jordan's win rate is 42.67% in 450 games and Coyle's is 39.32% over 440 games. I'd be amazed to see Jordan manage any other team in his career though. He seems quite content in the work he does now.

"McGhee Must Go. Retweet if you agree!" kinda thing?