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I see St Mirren are looking at Stevie May. I reckon we would be a great club for him to rejuvenate himself with. Always liked him and while it's not worked out at Aberdeen, he was essentially doing the Curtis Main role for them last season. If Robinson wants a similar setup and could somehow get May to find his confidence and shooting boots, he could be a great addition.

There were 4 subs at half time and another 6 after an hour. Gillespie was the only one to get the full 90. Thought Donnelly did a decent enough job in front of the defence. Polworth looked off the pace in the first half, caught on the back foot quite a bit and easily beaten by Jordan Stewart in the first 15. Big Gallagher looks like he'll be an astute signing, read what little offence Linfield gave very well. Hylton had a few runs down the left in first half that showed he may have a bit of flair about him. Scott was trying too hard at times, a couple of ballooned efforts from distance were as close as he came. Him and the home 22 had a few miles at each other as well. Other than that, was a fairly bland game. Having watched Linfield a good bit over last few seasons, I was surprised how quickly the dropped out of the game. Defended well up until Long's goal but didn't show much else going forward after it.

Not sure if he was ever linked with the Well, but have it on good authority Gormley was to be a £30,000 signing for St Johnstone at start of the summer. Had all been agreed with Tommy Wright, until the insurance bill at McDiarmid Park for their injuries last season came in and wiped out the funds for the move. Smashing striker as well, would have grabbed a fair few in the Scottish Premiership.

4000 folk all trying to connect to the Internet at the same time under a tin roof means you'll always get rubbish signal. Exactly same at concerts and any large gatherings. Whatever happened to that handsome lad off MFCTV anyway?

Ramsden, Vigurs and Carswell all looking for new clubs according to PFA Scotland. http://www.clyde1.com/sport/news/motherwell-trio-moving-on/#.VVRe5J94bco.twitter

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Alright chaps, here's a blog piece I helped the guys at The Terrace with about the best goals of the season: http://terracepodcast.net/top-five/2014/5/21/top-five-motherwell-goals-201314 Also, I put together a bit for their "Hot Goal Time Machine" series, with the best Well goal of each of the SPL season's plus this year: http://terracepodcast.net/scottish-premiership/2014/4/30/hot-goal-time-machine-motherwell Goals galore there. KJ

Check your emails boys...

sigh, neither have I...

take it no one has checked their emails since 1645....

Outbid in the final five seconds!

Doesn't seem to have been many bids so far...everyone hanging on to be a last minute bid stealer?

Have gone a bit Twitter daft with this already today, but here's some Higgy Stats: This Season: 24 goals across 17 of 34 SPL games this season. Motherwell have not lost any games this term when the big man has scored. Last Season: 14 strikes in 35 SPL games, where MFC lost only one match that he found the net in, 2-1 defeat to Celtic. Total SPL goals: 38 from 69 games, including a hat trick of hat tricks over two seasons. Add to those tallies, his 3 Cup goals in both Scottish and Diddy and he's netted 41 times in total since joining for nothing from St Mirren. Considering we are second and pretty much guaranteed Europe again, he has to be in with a shout of SPL Player of the Year with a record like that, and the one he has just broken. On a slightly smaller scale, Henrik Ojamaa has only lost once in games he has scored in for us in the SPL.

We were a goal down to Hibs at half time before Higgy's hat trick last season...

Fantastic performance and result last night right through the team, but McFadden was just phenomenal. The speed of his feet to get the ball past Stevenson, Done and pretty much everyone was the mark of someone special. Blew my voice out on comms when he scored, as well as the hairs on back of neck standing up. It was like I was 16 again. Regardless of your opinion of him, Higgy is officially a Well legend now. 20 SPL goals and counting this term, scored the goal(s) that ensured Champions League fitba last season and the way he dealt with McPake last night was immense. Would like to see how much is made of McPake's "Randolph" incident. Maybe the goals will put that to the back of folks minds, where Randolph's kick at the Hearts player was the games only talking point, but Higgy was right to be aggrieved then shove it in McPake's face. His header was trademark and his link up play just gets better and better. Higginbotham's goal. I'll leave it at that. Hateley and Carswell in the middle were solid and you'd have thought that was the regular partnership. Hope Law and Las can shake off the knocks, but if the other two can keep that kind of performance up, I'd like to see how it materialises. Big Hutch had Griffiths in his pocket the whole night and the service to him was cut off brilliantly. Fantastic effort. #COYW

Barnstaple's been fairly tepid tonight in comparison to most games. Think doing play by play instead of colour commentary has kept him that way tonight...

Always liked a Big Man - Wee Man dynamic up front, and with the number of goals he's scored, I think he and Skippy would have been a good double act. Plus, all of that starting XI were our players, no loanees.

Randolph Hammell Craigan Reynolds Corrigan Jennings O'Donnell Lasley McFadden McDonald Higdon Subs:Ruddy, Partridge, Quinn, Alan McCormack, Pearson, Clarkson, Porter

Ojamaa hands down. Tireless performance, just unlucky with the barks he's getting. Last season those shots would have gone in and the Club Shop would be struggling to keep stock of the mugs and tshirts. It's gonna come good for him soon and when it does I've a feeling it will keep on going. He's our highest man for assists this season and knocks his pan in every game. How folk can say his contribution is bad for the team is mental.

Cant complain about that tonight. Switched off defensively twice and never looke delivery getting back in to it after 1st goal. Made even worse by the fact that we looked like we could get in about them in the first half and do some damage. The game turned because of confidence. Rangers took the lead, got their tails up and played with a swagger, meanwhile we reverted to type and shat the bed after conceding at Ibrox. Wile our device is still a very young one, they shouldn't be constantly caught out lie, that. Lessons from Sunday weren't learned and this time we didn't react. McCall said in presser after that the individual battles were lost and implied that wholesale changes may be implemented for Celtic, which may be a dangerous game to play. While the side that crashed and burned tonight were poor, it's the same side that has kept us top of the SPL after 7 games. Tinkering may be needed to give the players a toe in the hole, but Celtic at home may not be best time to do that, just as a reaction. Disappointed but not surprised in the result. Barring another cup draw, it will be a few years before it happens a game, which is some kind of solace. Bring on Saturday.

Vote goes to Higgy for his two goals, could have had another hat trick but for the base of the post at the end of the first half. No real standouts, Ojamaa definitely made the impact that the side needed, and Randolph made a cracking save at 0-0 from Nish, so worthy of mentions but For his 5th and 6th of the season, I'll go Higdon,

Another 4 goal haul, Higgy x 2, Murphy x2

Now that European domination has been put on hold for another year for all down Fir Park way, here's a question... Had The Rangers debacle not unfolded, and we finished in the same position of third, thus entering the Europa League at the same stage Dundee United started at, would McCall's men have been better equipped/ stood a better chance of qualifying? Would they have been capable of winning their first tie, before advancing to the Levante round? Would there have been a difference in approach/attitude/belief at this juncture, or do you think the same way the Champs League then Europa were approached would have been taken? Would this have had as much if an impact on the reactionary fans within the boards here? Unbeaten after 4 SPL games, but slaughtering the team for abject performances against side's much better equipped than ourselves? With a cheeky wee Europa win over an Eserikehspor or someone of that ilk, would expectations have been higher or lower? Alternativey, would an opening round defeat defeat in the Europa, coupled with the same SPL start, ahve more folk clamouring to punt the likes of Humohrey, Ojamaa, Higdon et al? Purely a what if scenario, but would be interesting to see the responses... KJ

Fast was maybe the wrong word, what I meant was, the players weren't taking the time to play the game at their own tempo. Moreso against Pana. Eg, we get a free kick, they keep hold of ball, kick it away, moan at ref delay it to regroup. They get free kick, we back away, give them the ball back, allowing them to dictate the pace. Pana game, there were two or three free kicks in the middle of the park, that Law or Las took too quickly and just gave away possession, when taking a beat to. Alm things down would have been more beneficial. I agree we lack penetration, but a lot of that is due to trying to play the game too quickly. Balls up the right catching Humph on his heels, from Hately and Law last got went right out the park as well. In the SPL, we get away with it, but in Europe that kind of naivety has cost us.

He's a tireless worker, but his awareness so far this season has been poor. However, I don't feel he can be blamed for anything last night. It wasn't vintage OJ, but it wasn't is worst game. The best chance we had to make a game of it was when Humphrey got in behind and should have squared it to either Ojamaa, Law, Murphy or Higdon, but he chose to pass it to their goalie. But that's where the difference has been in the Euro games. Decision making at key moments has cost us, which is partly down to the amount of youth in the side, as well as naivety of how the Euro game is played. While Pana and Levante used delay tactics and were always in the refs ear, we try to do things too quickly and let decisions get the better of us. The Greks had a few mid 20s and over 30s while McCall's side averaged about 23/24. It's a learning curve for the likes of Ojamaa, Cummins, Kerr etc. things will come good in the league, OJ just needs a goal or an assist and he'll be back to his best. Starting Sunday.