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i dont think it was THAT bad a pen - credit the twat of a keeper with a good save to be honest more than slag o'brien off. great performance all round - no-one had a bad game - forbes was our quietest i guess. coke was outstanding! All in all a good performance and plenty to be optimistic about Mon the dossers!

I love the way gary mac speaks so fondly of the well. He was waxing lyrical about how great a club we were befoer the game started top man!

What kind of memories?? Have i missed something?

Must admit - it looks good too http://www.snspix.com/pictures_1736823/173...f50582bc2e6224b

good viewing interesting to see rangers fans "in the cooper stand " even at that time

its on the back page though about him feeling left out young slane is quoted as saying "Last season i went to every gathering but was left out for boys who had been injured for ages. Maybe the area i come from hasnt helped me - a few of the boys picked come from nicer parts of scotland" so not sensationalism from the bbc i- its there in black and white

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Maybe so but you were quite clearly blaming him for the goal! wasnt his fault!

get a grip ... he hasnt had a great game by any stretch but you certainly cant fault him for the goal!

crossbar . should have buried it!

what was the wristband for?

we're a fuckin bombscare at defending set pieces as usual

that would have been his hat-trick if he never missed that sitter

I wasnt at the game so cant really comment ... but are these types of public words wise only a week into the job?? Motherwell boss Jim Gannon slates skipper Craigan after Llanelli horror show Jul 3 2009 Neil Cameron RAGING Motherwell manager Jim Gannon last night threatened to flog the flops who lost to Welsh part-timers Llanelli. The new manager also admitted he was far from impressed by his players when he watched them crash in a bounce game against Rhyl at the weekend – then took a swipe at skipper Stephen Craigan. Motherwell will be forced to play catch-up when they travel to Wales for next Thursday’s second leg – a game they must win or their Europa League dream will be dead before most fans have been on holiday. Gannon – who fielded a string of youngsters and looked to a handful of more experienced players such as Craigan to support them – said: “My first impression of the players came on Saturday against Rhyl and they were poor. “There was poor athleticism, poor quality on the ball, poor penetration and not enough stature in the team to have any effect on the young bucks.I was pleased with one thing that came out of tonight and that was, after three days’t raining,the lads are coachable. “The young guys were the best players on the pitch. People might say I’m ageist but I have always had a belief in young players. “I look across that pitch and see players we need to replace.Everyone is talking about who we are going to bring in but there are players out there who need to be replaced.” Gannon then had a pop at Craigan when he said: “We have an experienced centre-half who doesn’t compete for the ball and they get a free header at the goal. Players have a responsibility on the pitch and they must live up to it to the best of their ability. I’ll judge them on that. We are fortunate this is a two-legged tie.” When asked if an SPL side,even with so many problems, should ever lose to a team such as Llanelli, Gannon said: “There are mitigating circumstances.I have been on the other side of those results.These games can be tricky. “SPL sides probably shouldn’t be beaten at home like this but it’s not for me to judge.” Llanelli player-manager Andy Legg was an understandably happyman. He said: “I’m delighted for the players.They worked so hard.This is probably the best result in the club’s history.”

just been reading that bbc article bit worried that we couldnt beat rhyl!! they were welsh champions last year i fear the worst

Motherwell are widening their managerial search to include former Sunderland boss Malcolm Crosby and ex-Stockport gaffer Jim Gannon. (Daily Star) malcolm who???

shaun mcskimming and alan sneddon for me

Quote "The former Aberdeen and Celtic forward told the Press and Journal: "I have had a lot of friends and family asking me about the job at Aberdeen and I will say the same to you as I have to them. It is all speculation. I am at my home in Brighton and all I know is from the press reports I have read. I have had no formal contact and neither has my chairman." The Dons board has options but could land McGhee without paying compensation to Well, despite the manager and his assistant, former Ross County manager Scott Leitch, having two years remaining on their contracts. Hearts made an approach for McGhee last year and were prepared to pay £125,000 in compensation. But his contract extension includes clauses which would free him to move to a rival and he said: "Now I have an understanding with my chairman, John Boyle, concerning my future." These are the bits that stood out for me. If true then Mghee really has been feathering his own nest. Screwing us over by insisting on a get out clause --- complete lack of respect for us if true

sounds like clarky is trying his best to make sure he can go on his honeymoon

Mark McGhee: Motherwell fans should brace for relegation scrap next year May 16 2009 Anthony Haggerty MOTHERWELL boss Mark McGhee last night told fans to brace themselves for a relegation scrap next season. McGhee admitted his side could struggle because they don't have the money to compete with the likes of First Division champs St Johnstone. The Fir Park boss in frustration spoke out after Saints beat him to the signings of Livingston duo Dave MacKay and Murray Davidson. McGhee is also preparing to lose midfielder Stephen Hughes and keeper Graeme Smith as the credit crunch continues to bite. He said: "You've got to be realistic.Times are changing. We tried to sign a couple of players and couldn't afford them. "They'll be signing for St Johnstone - that says it all. We also wanted Stephen Dobbie but he's going to Swansea. "We are where we are but we have to be careful and not get carried away with talk about progress and getting better each year. "We're bracing ourselves for more of a scrap next season and other clubs are in the same boat." McGhee assured fans he'd be staying at Motherwell and denied he would be re-joining Reading. He said: "Reading's owner John Madejski is a great guy and he and I had one of the best relationships I've had with any chairman but I walked out on them and he will not forgive that."

Wife of tragic football legend Phil O'Donnell reveals astonishing family tribute Mar 22 2009 By Charles Lavery FOOTBALL legend Phil O'Donnell's heart-broken widow yesterday revealed how an astonishing tribute will help poor children all over the world. Eileen, 36, was determined all the strips and scarves left in tribute to the Motherwell captain after his tragic death would not go to waste. And now, after months of washing and ironing, she and her four kids are preparing to send thousands of jerseys and scarves to the world's most deprived countries. In her first interview since Phil died in December 2007, Eileen said she had been living in a "bubble of grief". Her four children have pulled her through - along with the knowledge that Phil meant so much to so many people. She said: "It's sinking in now. It has come to that time where it's reality, whereas last year was like a total bubble of grief. "I have a strong faith but it was tested. "I couldn't have got through it without the help from all the people who laid scarves and strips with messages on them." Tens of thousands of scarves and jerseys were left at Fir Park and Celtic, where Phil was also a much-loved star. Eileen said yesterday she was determined to ensure those tributes were properly used in memory of Phil. He was just 35 when he collapsed on the pitch during a match against Dundee United. Her amazing decision to launder every item of clothing before teaming up with a charity to send them abroad came after Motherwell contacted her last August to ask what she wanted done with them. Someone at the club suggested they be destroyed. Eileen said: "It was like a prod to me. I knew I didn't want that - I had to find a way to honour all the people who had honoured Phil's memory." Now Eileen and children Megan, 13, Christopher, 11, Olivia, eight, and five-year-old Luc, are arranging for all the tributes to be sent to poor children in Bosnia, Malawi, Liberia and Guatemala Eileen said: "Motherwell were talking about incinerating them. "But I needed people to know how grateful we were. "There are letters and cards and stuff that I have looked at but can't remember because I was in such a state at the time. "There were really touching letters in there and I will go back when I'm stronger and go through them all again. "There was a Celtic strip that had been signed by Phil. We were unbelievably touched someone had brought a prized possession and left it for us. "That's when I thought there's no way I'm leaving all this stuff to be thrown out." Tommy Johnson, a friend of Phil's from his Celtic days, is now a coach at Notts County. He collected the strips and arranged to have them washed at the club. Most of the jerseys will go to Guatemala through the Education For The Children Foundation, with which Tommy has strong links. The scarves will got to Bosnia with charity Mary's Meals. Eileen said: "I haven't had a chance to go down and see the strips yet but I'm going soon. "Wegot the scarves collected, thousands of them, and aunties, cousins, me and my friends, everybody, have been washing them for months." The mission to reuse the tributes to Phil has dominated family life in recent months but Eileen admits the darkest days after his death still cast a long shadow. She said: "When Phil died I was shielded. They're still doing it - still shielding me from a lot of things. "My mum and my family have been wee stars, they really have. "I'm stronger to talk about it now and I want them to know I am so grateful for everything the public did. There were lots of things that we kept." Eileen's dad Benny died of a heart attack when she was just 18, by which time she and Phil were already deeply in love. Now she goes to Bent Cemetery in Hamilton with the children to remember a husband and a father. She said: "We go to Phil's grave all the time. I take the kids up. At Christmas we put a wee tree up and decorated it all. "It's just along from my dad's grave. When he died, that was a hard time for Phil and I as we were just weans ourselves. "Now I'm having to do it again but on my own." She added: "I could choose to be that person I was, living in a blur. Or I can get up in the morning and show my children that life needs to carry on. "When Phil died Chelsea had a minute's silence. It was on the telly and Christopher asked, 'That's for my dad?' "I said, 'They've all stopped for you and your dad' and he said, 'How does Michael Ballack know my dad?' "I explained the football world is one big family, and that includes all the supporters who left scarves and strips for us. "When you're blessed with four children, everything else takes a back seat. "I think that's why Phil's death affected so many people. They related easily to him because he was an ordinary family man who just happened to be a footballer." This Wednesday would have been Phil's 37th birthday, another difficult milestone for his family. Eileen said: "Whatever the kids want to do, it will be a spontaneous thing. "Last year we got a birthday cake and sat and ate it. I won't make them go to his grave but maybe they'll want to. "It's a place to remember him by but I don't think he's there. "Phil is still around me though, definitely. He's always around."

And good statement in the press as well . good on ye muttley Mark McGhee says his Motherwell side are the best Scottish Premier League team outside the Old Firm. McGhee has been named Clydesdale Bank Premier League manager of the month for February, during which the Fir Park side won two and drew one league games. "I've said all along that when we have our best team out there, we're the best team outside of the Old Firm," McGhee told BBC Scotland. McGhee believes his side, who are in seventh spot, can finish fourth. And they will have the chance to climb the table when they take on Dundee United at Fir Park on Saturday. "If we go another nine games unbeaten then we can overtake these teams," said McGhee. "What I need to do now is win the awards for March, April and May. If I do that I think we'll be where we want to be. To (finish fourth) we have to continue to win football matches. "I think if we were to go and get the same sequence of results as we did in the last 10 games, then we'd finish fourth. "We're only where we are at the moment because of the horrendous catalogue of injuries, illness and suspension that we had in November and December. "We're not the strongest squad and we're always going to be undermined by injuries, where teams like Aberdeen and Dundee United, who have bigger squads, can compensate." A number of McGhee's squad are out of contract in the summer, but he remains hopeful of persuading some key players to sign new deals. "If we make Europe, that would be a big incentive for the likes of Stephen Hughes and Graeme Smith to stay," he added. "There are discussions going on and there are offers on the table, but these boys have decided to keep their options open, but we still hope to persuade them to stay here."

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