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Aye he was a good wee player for us when he wore the claret and amber.

Here is The Scotsman's match report. Barely enough space to describe the goals.

Presumably, JG wasn't expecting much activity down O'Brien's side of the park and wanted an extra attacking option. I can't imagine he sees him playing there long term.

On the bright side, I imagine any tie from now on will be available via video stream.

Luckily the teenagers of Motherwell could handle the pressure. It must be upsetting to lose to such a bunch of amateurs, so thanks for your positive words.

That's not so good.

Sounds like the tactical adjustments are working so far. How are the 2 new signings doing?

Aye, I was thinking exactly the same thing there myself.

Better than the 'fishul site though

Who got number 6?

I guess JG decided on the first approach

If you've got SopCast this one seems to be good quality. http://livefooty.doctor-serv.com/thu23.7/Ujpest_Steaua.html Click on "LiveFooty11" and you should be good to go.

I didn't want to tempt fate by watching the Steau game. Do you think it's safe now?

Superb stuff. I can't even keep up with this thread

Perfect start. Get a third in quick so we can stop worrying about the away goal

Nobody is broadcasting it live, so unfortunately, there will be no live links available.

I'm guessing the radio stream will be 'UK Only'.

That's right. Also, on one of JB's interviews. he mentioned that they had been given the advice that the longer they left the pitch untouched the better it would 'knit'. So, they were going to leave it untouched for as long as possible before the SPL kicks off.

That's why I said in a previous post that we should prepare for disappointment. A promised link on 'myp2p' doesn't mean there will actually be one on the day, unfortunately. I hope somebody is covering the game, but I'm not too hopeful.

Not saying I agree with it, but that's not even the most ridiculous statement I have read on this site today.

I hope a stream is available, but these things have a habit of disappearing on the day. Fingers crossed.

A lot of people on here said the same about Clarky. I would bet there are one or two unexpected players who thrive under JG's new system, and probably one or two old regulars who don't. I'm happy for everyone to start with a clean slate and see how Gannon thins them out.

They still used to get stick from some fans for "no tackling" and "not running aboot enough" though, so some things don't change

I don't doubt it. My point was that comparing players' performance at the OF and League 1 prior to coming to Fir Park is pretty pointless. Rosco was regarded as 'not good enough' for Rangers, but I bet they wished they had him now. I thought Phil was a fine player, but would never compare him to Hughes as they were two different animals. It would be like trying to compare Ally Mauchlen with Gary Mac before they went to Leicester. I liked Hughes, and think he (and the team) suffered when we lost Porter and Rosco. I think he also suffered the most on our appalling playing surface last season. My impression was that he would have fitted in well in JG's new system, but I wouldn't have been offering him 7 grand a week! So, thanks Shug, and best of luck.

Hughes had 4 times more appearances for Leicester than O'Donnell did for Sheffield Wednesday (who were happy to offload him when they were relegated to Division 2). So by those standards, Hughes is better than Uncle Phil. Which just goes to show how useless statistics are in comparing players