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You don't think Craigan is doing a good job developing our U20s? The football they are playing doesn't look very "dark age" to me. Regardless, it's obvious Craigan has a personal beef with Cathro based on direct experience from the UEFA coaching programme they were on. It may be legit, it may not - but at least it's based on first hand experience. I have no issues with Cathro one way or the other. Time will tell if he's any good as a manager. Saving our game, however, will not happen until the entire SFA/SPFL is ripped down and rebuilt. And that will never happen.

Or to put it another way - One up can only work if someone is playing for a team that's not Motherwell. I'm sure we must have had success with it over the years, but I'm struggling to think of a specific example.

I think the SFA may have something to say about that front two.

We need to play two strikers. I'd rather have Blyth, Bowman or even Hastie partner Moult than watch us punt high balls up to an isolated lone front man.

I think Craggs had personal issues with him at the UEFA coaching course at Largs. He had a dig at him about never attending classes. Regardless, he could have a stroke and still make more sense than Chris Sutton.

You can't just blame McGhee for our abject performances against that mob. We have been consistently rolling over for the last 15 years or so.

And yet, there they are, sitting 2nd in the league. So they must be picking up points somewhere.

Still surprised Hearts ditched their last gaffer. Hoping that decision continues to haunt them after this game. Our record against Hearts at Fir Park has been solid the past few seasons so reasons to be optimistic for this one.

I can offer 20 quid and an electric gate opener.

Aye, we have Trump in the White House and Trumpets in the East Stand.

8 game ban, 2 suspended, for biting someone in the Dundee derby. Utd claimed he showed restraint under severe provocation.

And a big "roon ye" to everyone predicting a 4 game losing streak starting tonight.

The Rangers move was his agent being at it. All the patter about it being a dream move etc. But as others have said, after his deal was made nobody could doubt his commitment to our cause for the remainder of his contract. Total professional that others could learn from.

Sell Skippy. Sign Ciftci. Get Hastie up to speed from the U20s. Frear pinging in crosses to the tunnel of uncertainty. Profit. This management lark's a doddle.

At the last Well Society meeting we were told we don't need to sell anyone else this season and if we did get a large bid in for one of players (an offer we couldn't refuse kinda thing) it we be put to the Society members for discussion. I doubt the Skippy deal would fall into that category, but if any bid for 750k came in for Moult (from Rangers or anyone else) I'd expect that to be put the the members. That effectively rules out any last minute deals of that kind.

Magic - big 3 points.

Who knows? We might have used the money we got for him to bring an excellent replacement. Much in the way we replaced Sutton's goals and Higdon's goals etc. Glad he's here, though!

No way we should accept any bid from Rangers. I have said it before, and I'll say it again. Unless that mob pay in cash up front and we have it in the bank, they are far too much of a credit risk to be doing any significant business with. They have a track record of screwing their creditors are are still run by crooks.

Maybe if our strikers stopped missing we'd notice it less.

Also no place for Frear.

The linked article says he's "free to leave" - but a little unclear if that means he can be loaned or actually signed longer term. EDIT: Just re-read it, and it also says "until the end of the season". I'd still take him, though.

I presume his wages have dropped. Didn't McCall say Dundee Utd offered him more than twice we could afford?

If I knew Skippy was leaving at the end of the season and we were signing Ciftci for 2 or 3 years, I'd take that punt.

Some do, some don't. The average salary in the MLS is less than what we offer. However, I'd assume in this case you are right and he'd be taking one of the higher salary spots. The "grunts" in that league make about $50k a season. Of course, he might get turned away at the airport for being too ginger.

So that ship has sailed... I hope he's going for the money, because the 11th best team in the US 2nd division isn't the highest of standards.