Wishielad

According to Liverpool FC website, their Acadelmy has a 17 year old Welsh midfielder named Michael Williams. Could it be him? http://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/academy/player/michael-williams

What a wit Oh, I'm only half right, there.

That's interesting. He was sat in front of me in PO'D stand during the evening match when we beat Celtic last season and he was a real gentleman: responding positively to all requests for photos and autographs and chatting to me and fellow Well fans about aspects of the game. In fact, my mates and I shook his hand as he left and wished him well in his career.

Oh No! I see he's signed and probably making no contribution to the team that I watched for 4 years whilst living in Brussels. If he continues on this path his next stop will be West Brom as I watched them when I lived down south.

I despair at the lack of realism that some posters display. Look at McCall's record with the team, Scootish Cup Final, League Cup Semi-final, Europe in every season. Has any other non-OFmanager achieved anything near this? The moaners always quote teams like Aberdeen, Dundee United or Hibs when they're dissing McCall. Ask yourself this question: If you were a neutral, which of these teams - Aberdeen, Dundee united, Hibs or Motherwell - would you have preferred to watch over the past three seasons?

Well-argued. And even if Sutton doesn't do as well as Higdon did in his stellar last season, he'll still put a good number of goals away for us.

Can't disagree with that.

He'd, certainly, bring some bite into the defence. Wonder if playing for a non-OF team would lead to an increase in his yellow/red card count.

Get a contract extension/new contract in place, quick, and we might, actually, get some money when the time for his big move comes.

Was it not Alex Burns or Rab McKinnon?

Seems a bit daft to have kept him on and paid him whilst he was recovering from injury and then not sought to get some return/payback on his recovery. Couldn't we have offered him a short-term deal on baisis that he had to prove his fitness and if he did, then extend it and look to sell him?

I guess you're right on that. I see Fraser Kerr as having a significant distance to travel if he's to develop into the palyer that Stephen Saunders was shaping up to be.

I agree, which is what motivated me to post my remarks on him getting agme time with Sheffield United. Let's hope SMcC has a worthy replacement in his sights and ready to sign for us.

I se that Steven saunders is currently on trial with Sheffield United and got some game time against Mortron, last night. Good luck to him but I hope this doesn't turn out to be us giving the family silverware away.

Yep! Seems to be a strange position for club to adopt, given comments by SMcC.

I see St Johnstone have signed David Wotherspoon. Could he have done a job for us? I thought he had some good games against us and others in which he and his fellow Hibees just weren't at the races against us. However, overall, I thought he was a decent enough SPL player.

He started with us and, like Stewart McLaren, ended up there, so illogical as it is, I rationalise that one by seeing him and others who make the journey in that direction as being untainted due to prior positive association with the 'Well. Didn't stop me from wanting that lot to lose every single game, even when ex-Well guys were playing with them.

For me, I've always seen any association with the mob at Swinecastle as being akin to carrying the stain of Satan. Made it hard for me to enjoy Jim Hamilton's goals as much as say, Higdon's. Can always hope that Sutton, like us, gets to enjoy seeing them relegated at end of the season.

I agree with your first point and he, in particular, always seemed well-up for getting into us. However, agree even more with your second point and we should be ensuring that some of our own youngsters are given a fair crack at moving up to be squad players.

Would be especially nice to beat them, given Pardew's sneering remarks about Scottish football.

Got to agree with you on the potential future positive impact of guys moving on saying good things about the club. It could, certainly, encourage up and coming youngsters down south to come to us for a season or two of first team football as well as others seeking, like Faddie, to rehabilitate their careers.

And a decent bloke, too, who would take time to chat with you if you met him. Good luck and thanks for providing ud with some good memories, Chris.

I see the Lee Miller rumour's resurfaced on football rumours.

FPC

One of the other Well websites, suggesting that Gary Harkins and Paddy McCourt have both signed for us.