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weeyin

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  1. 100% I like Watt but he needs a traditional central striker playing off him. I suppose that what AP was supposed to be, but a gap we need to address in the summer.
  2. I wasn't sure from the orignal pictures, but when you saw VAR wide angle I was about as close as the nearest covering defender.
  3. Well he missed the clear red, but at least got it right after the review.
  4. Was good to see Baraclough on the Play-off coverage last night, and hear him, however briefly, reminisce about battering Rangers.
  5. I can see how he is a useful player in the right set up, but that set up isn't our defence. I've given up trying to predict how managers view the value of players, though, as I see selections made by all of them that leave me scratching my head.
  6. To be fair, he was in good company: "I see little commercial potential for the internet for the next 10 years" - Bill Gates, 1994
  7. I hope somebody signs Casey so we can start rebuilding a defence with positional awareness and the ball skills to play out from the back.
  8. One of the most naturally talented footballers I have ever seen. Incredible to think how good Morton were when he played for them. He played on his reputation of being fat and lazy, but worked a bit harder than he was given credit for.
  9. I think that's true, but should have been more of an incentive to ensure Feely was not re-elected after trying to sell the WS down the river and eliminate that very protection.
  10. Aye, very low turnout - especially when you don't need to even leave the house to vote. For all the members that complained about Tom Feely's approach to the takeover bid, he was only 15 votes away from re-election. That's how close a low turnout can make things.
  11. In the 12 team Scottish Premiership, our average position has been 7th. So if we're regressing, it's towards the mean and been a pretty average season this year. (In the 10 team SPL our average finish was 6th, so not much difference there other than 2 relegations).
  12. I thought the Killie fans were fed up with McInnes and want him punted in the summer anyway,
  13. Not a comedian, I'm guessing...
  14. I think we'll still see youngsters coming through, but you're right that a lot of the prospects will be nicked by other teams before we see them. That happens to teams much bigger than is, and isn't likely to end soon. That's why I'm in agreement with those people, like our CEO, who say the development payments need to increase. They haven't changed for a number of years while transfer prices continue to rise exponentially. The Covid seasons created a gap in development which hasn't helped, but at least we kept our academy active. Of course you can't guarantee any of the youngsters will make the step up, but if we do find any, the fact that we can offer first team football sooner still gives us some advantage. Cornelius was a Hibs youngster who didn't sign for us until he was 17 or so, so while we helped his development, he isn't really an academy product.
  15. That's true of our entire defence. Something SK never managed to fix. I said it then, and I'll keep saying it. Regardless of what you think of an individual player, the defensive unit has been broken for a few seasons now and needs a complete rebuild. We needed to clear them all out and rebuild it from scratch. O'Donnell has his faults, but if you play him as a central defender beside a guy who has even less positional sense, you don't need to be Nostradamus to predict the outcome. I know that was pretty much our entire set of fit defenders, but even our first choices aren't exactly inspiring.
  16. I've rated Slattery since the day he joined us. I'm happy a lot of his early detractors are seeing the light this year.
  17. It's Kettlewell's team, we have one fit central defender and the guy SK signed to be our main striker is also crocked. There's not much blame left to assign elsewhere.
  18. Tell me we need a completely new defence without telling me we need a completely new defence. Or just take your pick...
  19. If I put it on my phone, will I not need a 3000 mile cord between Fir Park and the socket on my wall at home?
  20. Fat Tony to score the winner
  21. The most successful teams we had contained good footballers who played entertaining games, often against good sides. From my perspective, that was "best for us".
  22. I'll gladly take on that fairly small risk (given Falkirk's footballing budget) versus multiple eye-bleeds watching Livi hoof long balls for 90 minutes.
  23. Also applies to Jake Hastie's career choices.
  24. Wait until you find out what year he signed for them.
  25. I was looking at the Motherwellnet.com data
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