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Yes, including the Carling Cup squad against Scotland.

I'd be interested to see the figures on that. Loss in revenue from the OF fans would be somewhat offset by, presumably, less policing (and maybe even a slight increase in 'Well fans attending). I'm sure it would still mean a loss of revenue, but sometimes you have to suck it up for the benefit of your own. Just curious to see the loss quantified.

If you go to the Motherwell FC TV home page you can click on the "My Account" button on the top right of the screen. In the Account Summary list on the left, there is a Cancel Subscription option.

The fact that it's still being debated after review of the footage shows just what a useless rule it is. How do they expect a linesman to instantly assess all these factors? It was difficult enough having to keep one eye on the passer and one eye on the position of the recipient as the ball was played - especially if there was 20 or 30 yards between the two.

Are you implying Steve Diggle = Craig Broon? It's all starting to make sense now.

I didn't say that - I said we need to refocus on finishing top 6. That is the first step towards getting into European football. The sooner we secure top 6 the more likely we are to finish higher up the league. You're reading something I didn't say So you agree with exactly what I said, then. As a club, our first aim is to be top 6. Nowhere did I say it should be our only aim. You need to work on those hand reading skills

I have those random issues too. All week it had been on Firefox. Yesterday the McCall and Higdon vids were victims of the spinning wheel/no load. Tried them on Chrome and they worked. And the audio commentary piece wasn't available on Firefox, Chrome or Explorer earlier in the day.

[rant] Please don't introduce the American style slaughtering of the English language on here!! The proof is not in the pudding. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. [/rant] There are a couple of sports talk guys on my local radio station that say that all the time. Drives me nuts. I like Higgy, btw

The deal is that they are fatalists.

They were still good enough to beat the team in second place, and good enough to have a player come off the bench who would be in our first team every week. For the sake of argument, if we say Celtic and Motherwell first teams are equal right now, Celtic still have sufficient resources to have equally strong replacements for their first 11. We don't - and unless we are really lucky with injuries and suspensions, it will catch up with us. If we can do what Dundee Utd. did when they won the league using only 14 players, perhaps it's still possible, but games like today are something we really need to take points from.

Hopefully, that result will kill all the talk about 'splitting the old firm' and refocus on finishing top 6. When you play a team who can afford to keep McCourt on the bench, it demonstrates exactly what we are up against. The depth of squad the OF can call on will ensure they win out over the long haul of a season. They might greet about financial issues, but they can still afford to spend more on one player than we spend on an entire squad.

I have the exactly the same browser config on my netbook as I do on my desktop. Same versions of plugins, same version of flash, same version of firefox. I can play the vids on my desktop, but not on my netbook. Bizarre.

Almost certain that it will be on eplsite.com and atdhenet.tv

From what I saw (which wasn't that much) Stokes and Forrest looked sharp tonight. Hopefully that was just a blip.

Depends on the process followed. If we shopped him around, then no. If any club so much as sounded him out about a move, then yes.

If it's a done deal, I'm looking forward to the club's reaction to the illegal tapping of a player with 18 months left on his contract.

We've had some top quality full backs at Fir Park over the years. And Derek Murray.

Ah, found it, I think. Not the full article, but an extract from an Evening Times article from 2006. So, 539 is is number.

I don't know total. Had a look last night, but couldn't find it anywhere. I'm sure one of our resident stattos must have it somewhere.

It is just league, yes.

If he makes it to 465, he will have beaten Joe Wark's appearances. Fine company to be in - especially if you are a left back.

Back in the day (as we old farts like to day), Accies home games were scheduled for the days that Motherwell were playing away. We didn't need any fancy computers then - the guys that did it were smart enough to work it out on paper; even when we were in 2 different divisions. It probably didn't swell the gates by a huge amount, but I know a fair number of Accies fans that would join us from time to time at the 'Well games, and a number of Hamilton based 'Well fans who would wander down to Douglas Park when there was nothing better to do on a Saturday. In fact, I even knew of 2 people who had season tickets to both grounds. As well as the scheduling computer not being that smart, I expect cost would now be the prohibiting factor for this to be repeated.

He's on the touchline - doesn't count

I must be watching a different show, as I find their 'analysis' to be about insightful as the rest of their comments. Putting a big arrow pointing to the space a guy ran into doesn't make the comment any more intelligent. I hate to say it, but I find the analysts on US sports much more knowledgable and, when required, not afraid to rattle a few of the players' cages. 5 seconds after a play in American Football, the guys in the booth have everything broken down and can explain in great detail what went right (or wrong), who missed coverage, why the QB threw an interception, why a lineman didn't get the correct angle to block, and give a history of the last 10 times the QB made the same play and how well it worked out for him. For me, the guest analysts during World Cups, Euros etc. are the ones that most often deliver the goods. Strachan, O'Neill, Gullit identify and explain things few people consider (especially the idiots presenting the programme). If you ever read one of Jonathan Wilson's columns in The Guardian (never mind one of his books) you can get a flavour of how interesting real analysis can be. His depth of knowledge of tactics, how and why they have evolved etc. is incredible. He is the kind of person that should be on MotD - not some moronic footballer who creases up at the sound of his own farts. There are few ex-palyers who can speak intelligently about the game, and ever fewer who aren't so far up the backsides of the establishment that they will actually voice an honest opinion.

I can't watch Match of the Day thanks to Lineker - who after all these years still sounds like he is reading from autocue. And the banality of Shearer, Lawrenson etc. make it excruciating. Sportscene isn't great, but they are somewhat restricted in what they can show. Be happier if they just cut out the guests and showed some SFL action, mind you. The EPL show we get over here is just 60 mins of highlights with a few voiceovers to link the games. That works just fine for me.