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That's the way I see it. I don't think there will be any radical altering of our system. Vigurs will play left, Lawson and Lasley in the centre and a yet to be announced on the right.

Think Vigurs is potentially a great signing. If he can play for us the way he performed for Ross County last season we have an excellent player on our hands. The hunt will be on for a Humphreys replacement now, although Faddy can play wide right but even if Faddy signs up again I think we need another out and out wide player.

I think it's more a sign that we can't afford to pay wages to attract good English players up here. I reckon you are also likely to get better quality Scottish players for the same money if they are looking to come back to Scotland to be around friends/family after a spell in England, they will be willing to play for less money to get home. The opposite effect will be in trying to bring in English players away from their local area, you'll probably have to pay them a bit more to tempt them away.

At the end of the day you would imagine McCall will have full say over who comes in and what proportion of his budget that player takes up and if he's on holiday he might have been uncontactable for a few days or might not be up to date with the negotiations. Hopefully we can bring Vigurs in, sounds promising.

Don't think it's a goer. I think they are looking to move him out with a fee. Not sure about this Elliott Ward rumour. That's not so much a drop in wages as falling off the north face of the Eiger.

I would be over the moon if we could sign Iain Vigurs.

This thread is a bit like when I go through the Herald property section imagining I have £1,000,000 pounds to buy a fancy house when actually I've got £186 which isn't enough to pay the rent.

25% of the time he looks good, 50% he looks like a youngster that isn't ready to be a first choice player and the final 25% of the time he doesn't look like a footballer at all.

Wee update. G O A L K E E P E R S 12. Lee HOLLIS - Contracted to 2014 43. Ross STEWART - Contract details not known D E F E N D E R S 3. Stevie HAMMELL - Contracted to 2014 5. Shaun HUTCHINSON - Contracted to 2014 6. Tom HATELEY - Offered new contract 15. Simon RAMSDEN - Contracted to 2015 19. Fraser KERR - Offered new contract 26. Zane FRANCIS-ANGOL - Contracted to 2015 30. Adam CUMMINS - Contracted to 2015 M I D F I E L D E R S 14. Keith LASLEY - Contracted to 2014 18. Stuart CARSWELL - Contracted to 2015 20. James McFADDEN - Offered new contract -. Paul LAWSON - Contracted to 2015 F O R W A R D S 9. Michael HIGDON - Offered new contract 16. Bob McHUGH - Contracted to 2015 T R A N S F E R R E D / R E L E A S E D -. Henrik OJAMAA - To Legia Warszawa 01/07/2013 -. Nicky LAW - To Rangers 01/07/2013 -. Chris HUMPHREY - To Preston North End 01/07/2013 -. Darren RANDOLPH - To Birmingham City 01/07/2013 -. Jamie MURPHY - To Sheffield United 03/01/2013 -. Johnny PAGE - To Hamilton Academicals 02/01/2013 -. Steven SAUNDERS - Free agent -. Omar DALEY - Free agent -. Steve HETHERINGTON - Free agent

Clayton Donaldson was comically bad. And Greg Wylde didn't make a single appearance for Bolton and has been released one year into a three year deal!

McGhee gave Hutchy his debut the season before Gannon came along.

Shaun McSkimming wasn't a bad player at all, he just wasn't worth the price tag McLeish put round his neck. Didn't Jered Stirling score an absolute peach of a free kick and then only play about 4 more games? Franz Resch was an Austrian international so he couldn't have been that bad although he didn't turn any heads at Fir Park. That leaves David Murphy who was, well I'm being kind here, crap.

Gow is a case in point but the way I see it we either bring in standard journey man players or guys who have potential but haven't realised it elsewhere. I'd rather go for the latter as the potential rewards are much greater. I don't think we have the cash anymore to bring quality players from down south anymore like Randolph, Law or Jutkiewicz.

It's a nice re-working but it ain't the Motherwell badge. For me there is nothing wrong with the current badge and I don't see any reason for changing it.

I had the video programmed to record the match while I was at the game. As anyone old enough will remember in those days long before cable and digital TV you often had to move the TV aerial about to find a sweet spot and get a picture. When I watched the game back the picture went just at the very moment Ian Angus struck the ball at goal and then it was unwatchable from then on in. The cat got the blame for probably knocking the aerial.

Actually Hooper scored 31 goals this season to Higdon's 27. Although 4 of Hooper's goals did come in a League Cup match against Raith Rovers...

Was it not suggested McCall wanted to bring him in at Christmas but Dundee nipped in? Both Harkins and McCourt have got enough ability to be great players for us, the question marks over them are elsewhere. I'd still rather give these kinds of guys a chance that others who don't have that level of natural ability. If they come in its down to the backroom staff to make sure they fulfill their potential.

Graham Shinnie would probably be ahead of the two you mention.

Nijholt played both positions. In my all time XI I have him in the right back slot because we've not had too many good right backs while we are spoilt for choice at left back. At left back it's a very difficult choice between Tom Boyd and Rob McKinnon and I tend to lean towards the latter. Hammell is a club legend though, it's quite possible no one will ever play more games for Motherwell again.

This is the lazy, obvious and wrong argument as to why so many strikers got in or close to 20 goals a season. There has been a decline in defending but that decline is across the board internationally in football, not just in the SPL and is down to the fact that defenders really don't get away with half of what they used to do to stop strikers scoring. The main reason is tactical. Many teams play with one striker with someone else playing off the main striker, whereas in the past most teams played with two dedicated strikers. In the those days the pair of strikers shared the chances and goals, now most of the chances fall to one striker. The number of goals overall hasn't increased but they are more concentrated around a single focal point of the team.

Motherwell aren't just a selling club anymore, we are 'Any money we can possibly raise just to survive club'. Anyone that thinks we can afford to turn down £200,000, £300,000 or £400,000 bids is off their rocker. Ojamaa is a good player but we've lost better players already this close season for nothing.

Some people can't get over their own dislike of Rangers. I don't especially like them myself but if you can't see a move to Rangers is a great move for Nicky Law from a professional point of view, not just the money but a rounded package, then you are letting our own bias bend reality. I gave a whole list of reasons why Nicky Law would sign for Rangers in a flash but I'll repeat one of them because it's a harsh reality that Motherwell supporters need to take in. If Nicky Law wants to play in the Championship, he will attract more interest and get better offers playing with Rangers in whatever division than he will playing for Motherwell in the SPL. You might not like it, I might not like it but it's a fact. Let's show a bit of class instead of attacking the guy on Twitter, coming away with guff like "he'll regret this move" when he's just won a watch and all the general animosities and grumbling. The sooner people show cool indifference to the OF the better. He did a great job for us, I thank him for the memories, wish him luck in his career away from Fir Park where ever it takes him and give him a friendly wave.

The thing with being an out of work manager is you go out of vogue pretty quickly. I think you have a decent chance of getting a manager normally out of your bracket if they have been out of work for a wee while. The question is, do you want to make what is probably going to be a short term appointment or do you think longer term? Think about Mark McGhee, he had one eye out the door after one good season and I think Coyle, or anyone else of that ilk would be the same.

Let's face it the amount of money being bandied about down there pretty much means if you get an offer you will go. Even if he fails down there, he'll come back up the road with a wallet a foot thick with notes and get a job at a Scottish club no problem. I'm quiting a full time job to take a three month summer job because I'm doubling my money. Even if I don't work again until 2014 I won't lose any money in the long run. It's a no brainer for me, and a no brainer for Stuart McCall if he gets a similar offer, even if he's only there for a short period. That's what it comes down to, footballers, managers, they are just regular guys like you and me and they make their career decisions on the same rationale.

Realistically next season was always going to be a new start anyway, regardless of whether McCall stayed or went.