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Seems like 4 decent candidates. Dont know any of them, but Im sure that whoever is elected will do a good job. Best of luck to everyone.

I love Wee Al, but regardless of his fitness, he doesnt fit our signing model any more. We want younger guys we can develop and sell on for a profit. Given he has already been away and done that, I dont think thats happening for him again. I guess you could argue that he would fit the McGinn / O'Donnell mould of experienced guys who get the club, but both of them are gonna be here next season. Do we really need another one?

Not saying we will get £4-5m for Maswanhise, but we certainly wont get his true value if we go into any negotiations with a negative mindset. JT's form might have dropped off a little, but his numbers havent gone down. 22 goals for a guy who isnt an out and out striker is pretty impressive. Also, he has something a lot of other strikers dont have and thats pace. I fancy he will get 1 or 2 more goals before the end of the season, and I trust Brian Caldwell to get the best deal possible for us. Anyone who can get us £1.8m for Theo Bair knows how to negotiate.

Is it the boy Lissah that dives? The reason I ask, is that he was the one that went down when he was wrestling with Said to "earn" his penalty at Fir Park......

There will be no points deductions as it happened in a Scottish Cup game. Banning them both from next seasons Scottish Cup would be a laugh! Id settle for their fans being banned from next seasons Scottish Cup though. Before anyone says it. I know neither are going to happen!

There isnt really a lot wrong with VAR. Yes we got the "Poundshop" version, but I presume that decision was made in conjunction with the clubs around what they were prepared to spend on it. Of course more cameras would give better angles to viee incidents from, and ultimately provide more accurate lines for offside decisions. However, the 2 main issues with our VAR are...... 1. The officials making the decisions are incompetent. 2. Due to their incompetence, they take way to long to come to a decision. Unfortunately, we can have all the cameras in the world, but if those 2 things dont change, the matchday experience will never improve.....

He is paid to be straight talking and a little bit controversial. But tbf its his personality anyway, so he embraces it! I dont have any issues with it. Better than the usual OF arse kissers.

Its a very bad look for the SFA. Banning someone like Mikey Stewart when all he is doing is saying publicly what most fans are feeling in relation to VAR does them no favours. Better to invite critical parties on board in the close season to discuss how to improve the system and how it impacts on the product on the park. This is a huge step backwards.

I think, ironically, Eythor & Stama whould work well as a double act. Eythor has the physicality to hold the ball up and provide assists. Stama would run in behind and feed off those. However, I dont think we are liable to play with 2 up top very often, so probably a moot point.

Longelo v Livingston for me. Great team goal with just about everyone in the team getting a touch. If Brazil 1970 had scored it, folk would still be raving about it.....

Putting McEntee on his arse was delightful! If only he had finished it, I might have had a dilemma for goal of the season!

Seriously dude? 🫣🫣🫣

The Well Society ran a poll on VAR earlier in the season. Not sure if any other clubs have done similar, but there have certainly been similar from other fan organisations. Just needs someone to pull it all together and take it forward. If the SPFL is indeed there to facilitate the clubs, then they would have to listen. No point complaining about it if we dont try to effect change. Im sure the Well Society are well aware of and share the view of most fans.

Best for both parties. A bit like Stama, just hasnt worked out. Also too injury prone to be serviceable for us. If the Saintees want him we should facilitate this.

Im under no illusion of my importance, or lack of, to the SPFL. But I would hope my club views it differently and makes representation to the authorities in conjuction with all the other clubs to try and sort this. As you say, football is an entertainment industry. In a season where we have enjoyed the best football many of us can remember, and attendances are up, we should be taking this one up on behalf of all supporters to improve the experience. It would be an act of utter self harm if fans are driven away from the game due to poor officiating....

Hearts were indeed "robust" yesterday, as you would expect them to be when they are chasing down a title. I have no issue with that if both teams are refereed to the same standard. But, not for the first time, yesterday we were not. We are not as "robust" a team as Hearts, but time and again we were blown up for soft fouls that Hearts appeared to be getting away with more often than not. I dont want to see our players going down easily, but it just felt that it got to the point yesterday where the players were getting frustrated by the referee's performance that they were left with no choice. Said was probably the worst offender, but there was one challenge where he got sandwiched by 2 Hearts players and the foul was given against him. It was getting to the ridiculous stage. Edit: PS for a team who enjoys as much possession of the ball as we do, you would expect the number of fouls on our players to be higher and with the number of touches we get in the opposition box, that would mean penalties.

I understand your sentiment, but that would be a real shame. I think Im of the opposite view. A kind of "f#ck you" you wont make me go away that easily. The SPFL do really need to have a major review of refereeing and VAR at the end of the season though. Fans of all clubs feel the same way about the situation. At a time when attendances seem to be on the up, it would be crazy to ignore the paying punter.

Longelo for me. Very good in the forward role and capped it with his goal.

We will need to score 3 to win this as the officials move into overdrive in the final straight. Slattery is back so expect some quality shithousing and a major bust up with Rangers players desperate to try and get him sent off. Rangers 2 (Tav pens) Motherwell 3.

I thought today was a much improved performance from the last few weeks, with most of the starting 11 raising their levels. It was telling that McInnes sounded relieved at the end of the game and gave us some plaudits, albeit that doesnt really help us any in terms of points. We can talk about the refereeing (unless the rules have changed, I dont see how Kabore isnt enndangering himself by trying to head itnon the ground) but if we put any if the 4 chances away before that, then its less of a problem for us and may not even occcur. Overall, JT much better off the right side. Just fantastic thru the middle. I liked the 4-2-4, was a twist on our usual set up and played to our strengths. Fadinger much better without the mask. We will play worse and win before the end of the season.

I agree with you, but we dont really have a big physical team. So its no real surprise we are shite at set pieces. Jens isnt obviously sign any hammer throwers, but it would be nice if we could get a couple of signings in close season that could play football, but were 6 foot plus and/or had a bit of bite about them.

Double post.

There's those damn statistics again. 15 matches. Only 2 wins. But also 7 draws and only 6 defeats. So while our record could be better, we have been more than competitive against the top 6.

One or two couldnt have argued had they been benched today, but Jens has challenged them to go and be better. They will know that if they dont there are others ready to take their place. Like you say, huge game.

Without knowing anything about the planning, design, costs invovled, I would just like whatever we build to be the best we can with the resources we have. It seems Jens has had significant input into what is required, so you would imagine the players have been consulted, or at least catered for. I do have concerns about ploughing money into a site that we dont own, but as others have alluded to, given its a charitable organisation we are/will be in partnership with, you would think both parties interests are intertwined. Some sort of lifetime lease or similar perhaps? Anyway, without more information, I dont think its worth getting exercised about......