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We have the same playing budget as last year and Faddy and Hutch (both higher earners I presume) have moved on. Why won't we be making any more signings? And if we do, do we get to point the finger at people on here jumping to conclusions?

McCall was talking about bringing in players on loan a few weeks ago. I doubt that will have changed given that his budget is the same this year and we have already cut a couple of high earners. However, assuming our loanees are from down south, we need to wait until the English clubs have finalised their squads.

The deal is if we win a Cup this year we can play crap elsewhere and finish in the bottom 6, right? So on track for that

Seems like a dodgy one according to MFC Twitter. Icelandic boy kicked Lasley's leg from behind and fell over. Regardless - need to start converting a few chances and we'll be fine.

I use the Dolphin browser on my Android. If you are running Kit Kat, you need to install a custom version of flash. Lots of info on how-to if you google it.

I'd stick to Photon or Skyfire etc. for now. It's non-trivial to jailbreak your device and install xbmc. You don't want it bricked 10 minutes before kick off.

Aye, for non-jail broken iPad/iPhones I have used the Photon browser. I know lots of folks use skyfire too, but you'll need something along those lines.

Aye, I know what you mean. I'm a subscriber too, but only see the updates via (free) MFC Twitter.

Does something like YouProxyTube.com work for you?

If they do defend deep, then hopefully our ball players like Vigurs and Law, coupled with ZFA and Ainsworth out wide, will be able to crack them open. Be interesting to see how both teams react if we get the first goal.

I guess nobody is in place yet (as 'Flow is still conducting the interviews), but all the pre-season and Europa highlights, interviews etc. are available on Official Motherwell FC youtube channel.

Because he had been with us long enough to know how many sensitive wee petals we have in the East Stand? Football would be pretty boring if you had to censor your goal celebrations against any club you had a connection with.

Pure speculation from both of us, but I found his contribution underwhleming last season and not worth his top earner status. If we had paid someone else less money that could have played 30 games, I think we would still have finished second. Two seasons ago, he was definitely worth it.

Unfortunately, he wasn't worth it last season.

Not ideal, but not as bad as when we used to sell our best players directly to the OF. Having said that, the worst I remember is seeing Wullie Pettigrew line up against us.

Nice to see you sticking up for the fairer sex there.

That article says "Strathclyde Police aims to start charging clubs for the officers it deploys outside stadiums as well as inside, which could land them with a bill of more than £3m a year." which means Steelboy was wrong (assuming they did start charging us for officers outside the stadium).

I remember reading somewhere that, unlike in England, the Scottish clubs are liable for some of the policing costs outside the ground, but I don't know if that is accurate. I have no idea how much we pay in policing costs inside the ground and couldn't find it anywhere - be an interesting figure to see.

Agree with all of that. A competitive match is what we need to sharpen match fitness and another friendly wouldn't give us much in that regard. Personal fitness can be worked on on the training ground. I'm quietly optimistic we can win the away leg (or, knowing us, go 3 up and then hold on for a 3 - 3). Our away form has generally been pretty good.

To be fair, the Board has been very open about this and regularly updates the fans on the reasons for our losses (from lack of league sponsorship, to changes in prize money to having no Rangers in the top flight etc.). The reason we know of the large losses is because of that transparency. Utd. spend a comparatively huge amount of money on young players on long contracts that we can't afford. However, when they have the chance to sell one on, most of the fee goes to pay off the millions in debt they still owe. While they had fans that paid off their bank debt, the debt wasn't cleared - just moved to more favourable terms. From memory, they had close to 4 million taken over by benefactors - an amount that would have put us back in administration. Plus, of course, for all the great young players they are bringing through, we still manage to stay ahead of them in terms of league position.

For iPhone viewing, you'll likely need a browser that supports flash. Photon is the one I have had most success with, but there are others out there too.

Still my favourite 'Well keeper.

The only keeper I can recall from personal memory who came through the ranks was Richard Wright. He was 17 when he got his first game in the senior squad and made the grade as a youngster. When I lived down south I used to go to the Ipswich games quite regularly, and he was phenomenal. After he moved on from Ipswich he seemed to lose his confidence and a few clangers along the way hurt his reputation. No idea if that has anything to do with his young age, but it was a shame his early promise didn't quite materialize. Not that he has had a terrible career, but it originally looked like he would be a superstar - he really did have that much talent.

It's rare for any club to bring a keeper all the way through the ranks. Almost impossible for an 18 or 19 year old to usurp an experienced keeper and you can't bring them on for 15 mins at the end of a game. As a result, the youngsters almost inevitably move on.

I have a lot of sympathy with the travelling 'Well fans, but totally get why it's not being moved. At 2 - 2 after the first leg, any advantage should be exploited by the home team.