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Championship defences leak goals. Wolves won the title concdeing 52 goals, Burnley conceded 60 in 5th place and Preston 54. Watford, comfortably in mid-table managed to concede an impressive 72! Compare that to the top teams in the EPL (Man U conceded 24, Liverpool 27, Chelsea 24) and you can see why the promoted teams often struggle. If you are a striker in that league, you are going to get plenty of chances.

Don't sweat it. If there is anything available, the ex-pats will sniff it out and post it here.

The majority of creative players are inconsistent; especially in out price range. I'd rather have someone like Hughes with a grafter beside him, than have 2 grafters.

The state their finances are in, that would actually be a good deal for them. Hope Wattie isn't reading this thread.

Wouldn't touch him, to be honest. A classic case of a guy being over-hyped when he was a youngster at Celtic and, for whatever reason, didn't make the progress that was expected.

Is that code for "The wife made me go to Asda" ?

Ach, dodgy refs, mushrooms on the pitch, losing at home to the Welsh, playing at home in Airdrie - all part of the Dossers European adventure. Makes a nice wee change from Paisley on a Wednesday night.

It was difficult to tell from the dodgy camera work, but the manager and some of the players confirmed that the ref told them it was retaken because of encroachment by the opposition. Robbed or not, no use worrying about it now. We know what needs to be done to win the tie, so let's crack on.

You have to admit, though, that his grasp of the English language has comes on leaps and bounds since he joined.

KTë qiftë arusha qorre!

Don't wear that pink shirt when you're out clubbing in Brighton.

I doubt they'll be selling pies at Fir Park on the 15th.

That should be 'critical', mate.

Not according to JB's last interview. He said there would be no games played on it before the first league game.

A lot of top, unemployed managers apply for jobs like ours when they become vacant. However, their salary demands normally keep them out of the running.

The penalty was only ridiculous if Albania has different rules from the rest of the world. Pulling someone's shirt (while being a very girly thing for a defender to do) is still a foul. We didn't actually complain about the pitch - that was commented on by some reporters. Motherwell suffered from a poor playing surface at home last season, so are quite used to uneven playing surfaces. The style of football we like to play, however, is better played on a flat surface and that will be to our advantage in the second leg. Have you checked on the age of the Motherwell players yet? Or are you hoping that embarrassing comment of yours is forgotten? It sounded like an early excuse in case you lose the second leg. Unfortunately, you will see a lot of teenagers in the Motherwell team, so if you do lose, you will have lost to players who were playing in last year's Under-19 squad.

The Penalty Takers' Dilemma?

So you think no player should take the same penalty again? If that's the case, then the keeper would think the same, right? In which case, taking the same penalty twice might be a good idea? Unless the keeper knows that the penalty taker knows that the keeper knows that. See what a pointless argument that is?

Aye, that's the deal they just set up with Wullie McStay taking charge over there.

Ach well. At least we concentrate on the league now.

Maybe financially, but not so much from an ambition perspective. McMillan's medal collection isn't exactly huge and most of McCulloch's have 'Rangers' engraved on them. Not that I begrudge anyone improving their wage packet. I just tire of sportsmen in general who spout the party line of joining a team that meets their lofty goals.

Nah, you're just a nimron

I didn't see anybody saying they were 100% sure we would go through - whether they are nimrons or not. The question we are replying to is *Can* we go through. And the majority believe that it is possible. As for playing against a bunch of teenagers, you might want to take a look at the ages of the Motherwell players before you make yourself look a wee bit stupid.

One report said 500! I think it was meant to read 1500, but 2000 appears to be closer to the mark.