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Played well tonight. Did all the simple things well and was always available for the ball. His team mates will eventually learn to trust him more than they did tonight. There were a few "just wow" moments as well. One pass to McGinn in the first half and a wee flick and turn in the second half that I still dont know how he pulled it off as the tv didnt show it again, but it was Zidane level of ridiculous. The boy is going to the top. Let the bidding commence.......

I liked Casey. Good defender at our level and wore his heart on his sleeve which always endears a player to fans. But he isnt worth breaking the bank for so if he thinks he can get a better deal elsewhere good luck to him. Seddon Id keep for all the reasons above. Thompson - punt Davor - punt Paton - punt Moses - if he has been offered peanuts and is happy to be our 80th minute chaos maker Id keep. Just because players like that arent easy to come by. Id also be looking to move on Nicholson, Robinson and Stuparevic as soon as they are fit, so wouldnt be including them in our squad numbers as I dont expect them to contribute.

Mika Biereth and Brodie Spencer facing off in the Denmark v N.Ireland game...... Edit: which just made me re-assess my flights to Copenhagen in September!

Sorry but cant agree with that. Scotland were shite last night, but Gilmour was one of the few actually trying to effect the game and play forward passes. If McTominay, McGinn and Ferguson had been anywhere near his level we wouldnt have ended up in the shit we found ourselves. You dont get Antonio Conte signing you unless you have something about you and his lack of game time was down to the fact Napoli have Lobotka who is an outstanding player. Thought Lennon did very well when he came on and didnt look out of place at all. The experience would have done him the world of good. Be nice if he got a start on Monday but I dont really see it happening. Re Ferguson, for someone playing at such a high level, Ive yet to see evidence of it in a Scotland shirt. Although, Im not really sure what he is being asked to do by Clarke? The game largely passed him by last night and he rarely showed for the ball. Very strange. Thought Max did well enough in the circumstances. Hopefully he and Lennon will get better chances to shine going forward.

Not sure he would get the time to build at Motherwell. He only wins trophies in his second season!

Thats a far superior kit in every way 🧡❤️🧡

I would have liked that actual design better, with claret shorts, obviously.....

In fact that one was smarter.....

Not for me. Too fussy. Band or pinstripes. Not both. Just looks a bit of a rehash of the one from a few seasons back. And G4 Claims is just a shit sponsor

McCall was very good and I liked him a lot. But he had a lot more resource at his disposal than most Motherwell managers. Albeit, some have had similar resource and wasted it. We did have some very good times under his watch though.

Unfortunately the horse has bolted, and its never coming back..... 😪😪😪

Does he like a high intensity press and high goal shoots? 😍😍😍

My only real memory of the game was that Doogie got 2 of the softest yellows ever to get sent off before half time and feeling that the ref had been sent in to do a job after we gave them such a scare in the first game. Having watched them back, both would have been yellows these days and the second would have been debated as a straight red! How the game has changed! Still a very decent first half showing against a side full of stars. Unsurprising given our line up though. Pretty much every player would walk into our current team (with the exception of maybe Stevie Woods). Woods McCart Philliben Martin Shannon McKinnon Davies Dolan Lambert Coyne Arnott

No. Enquire as part of the negotiation if there would be a way of doing it they would be happy with like we did with Paddy Power (albeit I understand their particular type of marketing lent itself to something like that). Im not suggesting for a minute that it should be a red line for the club. But as a fan owned club, we should at least look to see if there is a way to make it work given a lot of fans would like the option. Maybe the club do ask the question and just dont broadcast it if sponsors say no?

Surely the sponsor is paying for their name in the kit worn by the first team to reach customers who are watching the team in the stadium or on tv? I get that also having everyone of us walking around with their brand on the shirt is additional exposure. But is that really a deal breaker? We could all pay extra for a shirt without a sponsor logo and that could go to the club to cover any shortfall. There has to be some way of pricing it to make it happen.

Balmer as a back up centre half on his own is fine. The fact we have signed up McGinn and SOD as well is the problem. We dont know how many games McGinn is going to be able to play, and I think we all agree (even those of us who think he isnt as bad as he is made out) that SODs appearances should start to be limited as a back up player. That leaves only Gordon as a first pick centre half with little room for manoevre. Especially if we sign Casey on again. If we want to improve the defence we really need to freshen it up. Unless a new manager and Jordan McGhee as CDM becomes some sort of magic bullet.

Whilst that is true, and THAT Rangers team wasnt the same level as some of their past teams, looking at their starting line up at Ibrox, it wasnt a team of young boys and diddies. There was as much exprerience in their line up as ours, and they were certainly being paid a lot more money than our lot. Didnt we also lose to them in the League Cup their under McCall the year before?

Looking forward to Peterhead and Stenny, but Clyde at NDP again? Hopefully the Morton game is confirmed at home as I wouldnt fancy having to win at Cappielow early season to ensure qualification!

If we had to go for a Scottish manager he wouldnt be the worst choice. Has plenty of experience and should have enough about him to keep us up. But he is dour as hell and that is kind of reflected in his teams. A kind of McInnesy type appointment. Id much rather sign up for another mystery foreign coach who wants to play high press with intensity and lots of goal shoots! 😉

Probably because I was brought up with amber or claret shorts in the 70s....

We could go with stripey shorts in a nod to the jester kit! 😆😆😆 (I am kidding!) I agree. Always preferred claret or amber shorts with our home kit. As mentioned above, Id quite like to see the away kit being the reverse of the home kit. Claret shirt, claret shorts n socks and amber hoop.....

His inability to be able to pass the ball to someone wearing a Motherwell shirt might have something to do with it. The Celtic game at home, which I think might have been his first, and the last game at Ross County, he did pretty well. But the games in between he was an absolute bombscare. Not the only one, admittedly, but Seddon is a far better player.

I dont disagree with any of that and if Casey moves on I wont be devestated. But there is always a risk with new signings. Moving Mugabi on and getting Balmer and Gordon in didnt stop us losing goals. Sometimes a known quantity you can coach to improve isnt the worst option. (I also get Casey has been here a while now and still switches off). Blaney is gone. But Id rather move Balmer on than Casey. Albeit that is a more difficult thing to do when one is under contract and the other looks like he wants to leave.

Ive heard the bus conductress is a looker! 😉

I agree that with 21 players already signed for next season we cant really afford to be signing on the remaining 6 OOC players. From those listed you could make a case for Seddon, who can cover a few positions, Casey who is a known quantity and if he doesnt sign on again we have to replace, and maybe Moses as he will be cheap and seems happy enough with cameos from the bench. But given our dearth of available talent up front, I think we will need an upgrade on him. With Robinson, Nicholson and Stuparevic all long term injuries, we still probably need 5 additional bodies all of whom need to be better than what we have to push some current players down the pecking order to become squad players. Thompson is a no for me. He is athletic enough to do well but his passing accuracy is horrendous and his positional discipline suspect. Davor and Paton are squad fillers so they kinda need to go as well so we can upgrade in midfield. I also think we still need to move on some of the contracted players. Unfortunately 3 of those Id choose are the long term injured who will be going nowhere until they have recovered.