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We've got Gent, Halliday and Nicholson that can operate on the left side of the team in various full back/wing back combos. O'Donnell can play there at a push too. So while it would be a blow, it's not as bad as if we ended the window with one striker. On a related note, I heard the other day that hamstring injuries in the EPL are up around 47% this season. There is a theory that VAR is responsible to some degree. Partly, because players are having to stop for a few minutes multiple times per game and stand around without warming up again, and partly because games are being extended to 100+ minutes putting extra strain on tired muscles and ligaments.

Halliday can play left back.

Rarely seen? I'm pretty sure you have posted the exact same complaint about McGhee, McCall, Baraclough, Robinson, Alexander and Hammell (to name just a few). You must be raging that you can't blame this on 'Flow.

While SK and the team relax in their cigar smoke filled board room, drinking cocktails and cackling manically as their master plan comes to fruition. Of course, they might be working on finalising deals for a couple more strikers, but that makes for a pretty boring social media narrative.

Missed out on that deal - he signed for Calais Thistle.

But we are the Motherwell FC. We hate the Hearts AND we hate Dundee!!

There's a rumour we are keen to sign him However, that linked article also reports that St Mirren, Dundee and Ross County are in the hunt.

I think SK might be aware, but after losing Slattery and Spencer, we also needed to fill those spots.

Just tell them you're a new signing and you'll get a seat on the bench.

A statistician, Dr Ian Graham, made the claim that, statistically speaking, over 50% of ‘big transfers’—defined in this case as those over £10m in terms of fee—fail. I'd bet that in our market that number is even higher.

A few posters on here need some lessons on reverse image searching.

Would be the most boring cup in football if lower league teams never beat higher league opposition. In England, the FA Cup throws up those kind of results every season. Even teams like Man City have suffered that fate in recent times.

My prediction for this game is that it will rain.

Yir either too young to be drinking or too auld to be reading The Beano...

After Owen Beck's successful stint at Dundee I heard Jurgen Klopp today saying "Scotland is a good country for us to give players on loan". I hope we have his phone number.

The only omen I take seriously about winning the cup is winning a cup final. That's a safe indicator.

He wasn't a rookie when he took over at Fir Park. He was a rookie when he took over at Ross County.

Hibs were very lucky to beat Forfar. Ross County were gubbed by Thistle. Hearts needed a late goal to beat Spartans. St Johnstone lost to Airdrie. St Mirren struggled to a one nil one win at home over League One opposition. These cup games immediately after the break are often tight or throw up shocks. Partly because it's cup of course, but mostly because the lower league teams don't get a break and have an edge on match fitness.

Although not sad for our bank balance.

It must be bad if that pair of egos are struggling.

A few good performances today, although I wasn't exactly overjoyed to see our defence ship another soft one today. I went with Davor this time. Tidy performance and rarely put a foot wrong. Hopeful he will establish a good partnership with Miller. Delighted to see Gent get his goal though. Just hope he's not performing at a level that sees another parent club recall.

He's lucky Scottish football is such a poor standard or Thistle would have really gubbed them.

Team performance against The Wasps? Bee minus Now pick your man of the match...

Percentage of wages paid for young players on loan is also something that can help out with their Financial Fair Play regulations. Given the ongoing Man City investigation, and the recent charges against Everton and Forest, I can imagine every EPL club is going over their balance sheet with a fine tooth comb. The good news is nobody had a clue who he was before he joined us, and there are likely more players like him we might be able to bring in.

Zero chance we ditch him, regardless of results on Saturday. I'm glad to hear you have new found confidence in the recruitment plans though after a few seasons of posting they are all incompetent.