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McKinstry in. Announce Snoddy!

That would be some signing as well.......

McKinstry is a really exciting signing on so many levels. Was really disappointed we never got to see him play for the first team after all the hype about him coming through the youth ranks. Now we get the chance to see what he could have offered and probably closer to the finished article than he would have been at the time. The fact that the voy is Motherwell daft and will also fulfill a childhood dream bodes well. He also happens to be able to fill a position we were sadly lacking in until now. Will be interesting to see how Leeds see his future. But nice to have him here meantime.

2 players left our squad that season out of contract. One was Declan Gallagher. The other was Alan Campbell. You work it out Declan........

Watt was great for us. I was annoyed at how he left but bygones. Unfortunately coming back to a club very rarely ever works out so, thanks, but no thanks.......

Tough game, as they always are against Livvy. But definitely one we should be looking to win at home. I always think a draw at their place with the plastic pitch is a great result, but at home on grass with renewed confidence we need to target 3 points. If we get them it starts to look a very good start to the season. Hopefully a couple of new faces in this week as well just to give the whole place another wee lift.

Came out as a 100% bona fide "Motherwell Man" (Not that it was ever in any doubt)

Im now thinking....... Celtic Rangers Hearts Aberdeen Hibs Motherwell Dundee United Ross County Kilmarnock Livingston St Mirren St Johnstone

Pleasing. Very pleasing........

Sorry bud. I will try be more negative in future.

Now that Stevie Hammell has been given the job, we can hopefully turn a page. I totally understand everyones resevations about him getting the job and the great desire not to want to see his status tarnished in any way. However, there were always going to be risks and reservations amongst the support regardless of which candidate was appointed. One thing I do know is that I havent wanted to see any Motherwell manager succeed as much as I do this guy, and Im sure the vast majority if not all of our support are the same. Its a fresh start for this team and the management. Hopefully we can park the negativity and give the manager and players the patience they will require to turn things around. Up the 'Well!

KVV to find some fitness and form out of nowhere and shithouse us to a 1-0 win! Up the 'Well! We are ALL Stevie Hammell!

No idea whether Stevie Hammell is the right man for the job or not. But I would have felt exactly the same with any of the other candidates. I am 100% behind him however, and he will need out unconditional support if he is going to be able to turn us around. Good luck Stevie.

Played correctly there is no doubt Stephen O'Donnell should be an asset to our squad.

Even if we could afford it, why would they come? They would he off their heads......

Thats fair comment. The manager has gone and was fair game. Current playing squad are not.

Dont see anything other than a home win. Althought, they didnt run away from St Mirren until after the red card, so who knows.....

As one who supported GA longer than most on here, I find it perplexing that given the information that is leaking out now, that people continue to defend him. People need to pay attention to the nuance of the language being used. Its clear to me from the things that Steven Hammell has said and now SOD, that things behind the scenes were far from perfect and that players and staff alike werent happy with what was going on. Usually these things remain unsaid even once the manager has gone. The fact that they are not speaks volumes to me. I have no problem with agreeing that SODs performances for us were poor and that he could have no arguments about being dropped. But it did mystify me when I watched him play for Scotland. Particularly at Wembley when he was outstanding. Of course we dont know what really happened behind the scenes, but with Slattery disappearing for months, SOD being benched, so many players seemingly low on confidence and now comments from Hammy and SOD in the press, it appears that the working environment created by GA was part of the problem.

Why would Mackay or McInnes leave their current positions to come to us? Kilmarnock are a similar size of club as us with a similar size of support but a wealthy benefactor supporting their attempts to become fan owned. Ross County could be argued to be a smaller club and living outwith their means, but they too have a wealthy benefactor who shows no sign of stopping any time soon and has backed Mackay to the hilt. They would be mad to jump ship in the hope that they could sort us out. Its not like we would be paying them any more money or that we have any greater potential.

Agree with much of that. My concern is where do we get all these players at this stage? The decent ones will all be signed up. We will be left to choose from unsigned players or loan deals. Maybe that was always going to be the case, but whoever the new manager is, will have a tough task ahead of them.

Thats kinda where I am at. I just look around and feel that whoever we choose is going to be a gamble of some sort. Even someone like Lambert who has experience of managing and playing at the highest level is a gamble. Would he be able to work with the limited resources we can offer? Would he be able to motivate the players we currently have? Would that level of arrogance he has bubble to the surface and prove counter productive? Would he bugger off at the first sign of a better gig? Not saying Hammell should annointed now. There may well be someone on the shortlist that we dont know about, but he is far from the worst candidate.

I understand the desire for an experienced manager given where we are currently. Someone who knows what they are doing, knows Scottish football and can get us organised quickly so we get some sort of bounce to buy us time in rebalancing the squad. But from the list of names available there is no one on it that I would trust to improve us. Tommy Wright and Paul Lambert are available but neither fill me with joy for various reasons. Genuine question, who would others suggest we go for?

Cheers, totally missed that. Not good.

As far as the game itself was concerned, first half was very poor. Slow, pedestrian, no movement, poor first touches all over the pitch and gifted them a goal. Felt a lot like the Sligo games. 2nd half was a lot better. Credit to Hammy for making the changes quickly and but for some better finishing and decision making in the final 3rd we should really have got the equaliser long before we did. To get the equaliser so late and then give it straight back with such poor defending is just criminal. Other observations, Collum is still a really shite referee. Not the reason we lost the game, but the 2 penalty decisions are huge, particularly when you see what he is giving free kicks for all over the rest of the pitch. Finally, 90% of our support, me included, had no idea what the bois were demonstrating about. As stated previously you cant see the banners from the East Stand so it just looked like idiotic behaviour and a disruptuon to the game. I realise that to be effective protests generally need to be spontaneous, and unannounced, but maybe a wee bit more forethought is needed as to how to take the whole support with you. Even if our support do push the boundaries at times, no one can deny the stewarding at St Mirren can be over officious, so there would be general support for the point made. That was lost today.

Anyone know why Carroll wasnt in the squad? No mention of an injury in training......