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Vigurs needs players running beyond so hopefully Pearson compliments him well. Possibility of another signing before Wednesday. Sounds like Baraclough is getting well backed.

The way Baraclough is talking, there is money to spend and 1 or 2 could have arrived last week. Obviously we want a few out but we appear willing to progress signings before anyone leaves. Slight concern for me is the relevance of Baraclough's 'database' to our budget.

Think Scott Boyd is a bit of a hero up there but so were Lawson and Vigurs. Will be surprised if we are in for a centre half after extending O'Brien's deal.

Ross County supposedly in for Porter.

Nielsen had a good game in the 3-3 with Celtic and then was dropped for 3 crunch games. Dropped for a keeper we had no intention of offering a new contract to. He clearly wasn't trusted by the previous regime (or maybe McManus chose the team?). As it happens, I think Twardzik has the potential to develop into a keeper that will play at a higher level. 22/23 is young for a keeper. For what he lacks physically, I think he has a wee bit of steel about him and plenty of natural abity. Unfortunately he has a defence in front of him that will undermine any potential to develop at present.

If Anier is available for free I imagine we would have been aware of the situation. Can look forward to him given McManus the runaround in a couple of weeks.

Mark Wilson was a very good player but he's look finished since returning to Dundee Utd. The only reason for signing him would be to give McManus a pal.

With Parkhead and Tannadice to follow it's imperative we pick up something here. Imagine we'll revert to a midfield 3 with Carswell or Reid on Eremenko. With Ojamaa out, scope for Erwin and Thomas both supporting Sutton.

Baraclough has pretty much covered that tonight.

The ambiguous statement that followed Dempster's departure and Burrow's promotion was symbolic of the lack of leadership and direction at the club.

Myth possibly dispelled in the last week of the season when we somehow picked up 9 points despite being outplayed in all 3 matches. We were generally poor against them up until the split though.

Ojamaa was funded by a director so it's not guaranteed that he'll free up a wage. All the best to him if he goes back to Poland. Really good player but the current Motherwell setup is not good for his development and the frustration is there for all to see.

We weren't hard to beat against some of the better teams last season to be fair. We were however unbelievably consistent against the bottom six. I suspect the generous bonus structure played a part in such consistency. I wonder if it's still in place?

We were pish last year and rode our luck, epitomised by our performance at Pittodrie in May. We then lost 3 of our best players.

Worst premier league in my lifetime and we've conceded 16 goals in 4 games to the 2 teams promoted. And in the 3 I've seen, the score line flattered us.

Spot on. Dempster being replaced by Burrows was just about the final straw in my book.

Has the Hutchison deal even been finalised yet? 30 days just about up.

Was the length of contract ever announced?

As poor as the squad is in my opinion, any competent manager should have our team competitive in a piss poor league.

Plastic pitch would turn more fans away. Alloa's pitch is supposedly brutal by the way.

Wish Watt well, like any young one, but it's a fair jump for a boy that hasn't played too often for the under 20s. He's also right footed so not entirely sure he is a left back!? Right or left, we need a quality fullback that can get forward.

Yeah, I think he'd have been ideal for us. Even with Hammell was fit we lack a fullback that can get up and down the park with a bit of pace.

Quite happy with O'Brien staying. If he can stay fit, he has the makings of a decent no-nonsense defender. Hopefully we can get one of the lesser defenders off the books though.

Certainly something that needs to be addressed. Personally don't mind go through a rough patch. Last season we papered over the cracks in tremendous fashion, cracks that are hopefully now being dealt with.

Dom Thomas. Far more composure on the ball than any of his experienced colleagues. It was a rare sight seeing a Motherwell left sided winger willing to take a man on.