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I have a lot of time for Tel and his comments, but I'm still not sure how the ref "cost them the game". He only disputes the red card, not the foul itself. Even if the ref hadn't even booked the guy, we still scored from the free kick. Or does he think with 11 men on the field, they were going to score an equalizer in the last 5 minutes?

Ach, it's not his fault his blue nose fuels his fear of Celtic beating us.

Just a guess, but if they do sign Hughes, it might only be until Jan to see how works out.

It's been a long time since it provided that.

One of the reasons people buy a season ticket is because they want to go to every home game. If they miss one or two due to random rescheduling, then their ticket loses value. That seems like a valid reason for a complaint. I'm sure you would complain if, after you paid at the gate, you were asked to leave the ground and refused a refund.

Same here, but it quite happily took my US number when I prefixed it with +1.

In which case it's even more mental. Fans are already pissed off at moving around kick-offs, so what do we do? Introduce another new kick-off day/time.

The last straw from the TV companies pissing around with kick off times.

That memo only went out to people with an interest in the club.

Good stuff from Pollock and from Motherwell TV. This is the kind of extra coverage I was hoping to see on there.

From what I have seen, Murphy is still playing out on the left - he's not as useful there. Putting Hughes into mid, would allow him to play a more central position and feed of Higdon. I think that is where he would thrive.

Agree about Forbes. When we are playing at home and are facing teams with a more defensive set-up, it's a killer final ball that is going to win the game for us, not high crosses into a packed box.

Absolutely - it would have to be on those terms.

It's not about change, anyway, it's about options. We have the option now of bringing on Daley for Humphrey. That's all well and good, but if a team has set up to defend against Humphrey, we aren't changing tactics with that swap. Hughes would give us another creative weapon and might even free up Murphy a bit more.

Maybe in the Jan transfer window, but Hughes is a free agent. I'm not saying I expect him to sign, but if no immediate offers transpire, he'd be as well picking up a 'lowly' wage and putting himself in the shop window than training for nowt.

Al B's lineup shows how he could improve the starting eleven at present.

I think you'll find the highest wage you offer will be the one your highest paid player(s) are earning. Basing your figures on what would happen if you had to re-sign players in a few years time doesn't count.

That does look good.

It might not be perfect yet, but I think the balance is pretty good. The story that he is training with the club is on the Official site, but his actual interview is available to subscribers. I think that is a reasonable approach to ensure subscribers aren't just paying for stuff they can get free.

I'll bet Aberdeen's vast scouting network already has Hughes on their steelmen online RSS feed radar

My concern this season is what we will do if Law is suspended/injured later in the campaign. He is the creative spark we needed in the midfield and we don't have much in the way of backup in that position. Hughes would be a good man to have to add that extra option, and cover for such a situation. I imagine he'll be receiving more lucrative offers, though and would be surprised if he did sign for us - unless he takes a short term deal to put himself in the shop window.

Tried that too (despite the obviously misleading title), but nothing there for me today.

Yep, but there was no audio there for me (or in any other section).

Audio coverage where? I see and hear nothing on that front.

From what I read, Celtic offered Faddy a trial only while other teams, including Everton, had contracts on the table. So, quite rightly, Faddy accepted a firm offer. The cynic in me thinks Celtic made the trial offer just before their AGM knowing full well he would never take them up on it.