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Much from Forbes last night? According to the official, he was playing behind Gow in a 4231 formation. Delighted to see he is getting the opportunity to play behind a striker albeit Gow is never a lone striker. If anything I think him and Forbes should be battling it out for the same position...

Fully back the idea to rest Murphy tonight. Slightly surprised that Humphrey hasn't been rested as well. Could really do with Gow and Forbes putting on a show tonight.

Writing has been on the wall for me since the final 60 minutes of the game against that Norwegian mob. Plenty of effort, commitment and well organised when we don't have the ball but we don't possess any craft or guile to make us a decent team to watch. Unless Gow or Forbes gets the opportunity to make an impact there won't be many good games at FP this season. We have good direct players with plenty of pace in Blackman, Murphy and Humphrey but we have nobody to pull the strings and play these guys in. On the plus side we are more suited to counter attacking football and I think we may pick up more points on the road this season that we do at FP. Also think that while we may struggle to break teams in a run of the mill game at home I think we have the attributes to maybe upset the OF once or twice this season and go on a cup run.

£22 for an adult and 3 kids this weekend. Tremendous value. I hope the message is communicated well to families and schools throughout the area. Quite looking forward to the game, reckon it may end in a 2-2 draw though. Hopefully Gow gets the opportunity to make an impression.

Our tactics aren't too different from Scotland's.

Craigan would never have got near the Scotland team and deservedly so imo. I'm amazed by what he has achieved with NI over the years given that they have had a decent centre half or two from time to time.

Leave Murphy up front for 90 minutes and he will be fine. The boy is not a wide player and is only getting knackered because he has to constantly run back and plug gaps. He had no bother lasting the 90 minutes when we beat Hibs 1-0 in Feb/March. He never gave their defence a moments rest that day.

There is no other Scottish defencder on the same level as Davie Weir. If Broadfoot was playing for Motherwell, he would be a standout performer. I like Reynolds and think he may have an international future but it won't be at centre half. He needs to show that he is capble of playing left back or just in front of the defence. Think he would have benefited greatly if he had continued to work under a mentally stable Jim Gannon.

Dorrans must be a shoe-in for a start.

I'm a big fan of Hammell and feel he is generally underrated by Motherwell fans but he didn't kick on enough with his career to nail a Scotland call-up. To be honest I think he has been content playing at the level he has over the years. When he looks back on his career however, he may regret not pushing himself a wee bit further. He definately had the ability to make it at a higher level.

Talk of dropping Humphrey is madness. Humphrey is the type of player that will benefit from the intelligence of Gow. When everyone is fit, Gow will be in for Hateley or Lasley imo.

Delighted to have brought in a player with quality and pedigree. If we are going to success from him, he needs to play through the middle imo. Would have been nicer to get him on a longer contract but I'll settle for the fact that I believe we have a player that will make watching Motherwell a more pleasant experience.

Murphy will always be best at playing right up top. He is a clinical finisher and leads the line perfectly well for Scotland Under 21s.

Poor show from Motherwell. I'm sure we will bob up along just fine in the league under the stewardship of Brown & Knox but I'm depressed by the sheer lack of quality in the squad. Despite having some poor teams over the years, we have been blessed with some really good attacking options over the piece. Murphy apart, we don't appear to have much to get excited about at the moment. And my fear for him is that he is going to have to play out of position to cover the shortcoming so fthe squad. Really hope the likes of Forbes, Pollock, Page and hopefully Hutchison are given the opportuntiy to break through now.

Shite season on the horizon. I imagine a few clubs are maybe holding back with signings given the distinct possibility that there will be no relegation this season.

Fair do's. I only take an interest in Man United but given that they are bang on 25 I'm surprised with some of they figures.

I might be wrong but I don't think many Premierships teams will have squads over 25.

Aye, there is a replacement and a half for Juke.

Given that Hibs didn't make a massive profit from Stokes I can't see them offering £400k for Murphy. They are more likely to go for Clarkson on loan.

Wigan chat supposedly a mile oot.

Good old days.

We should finish around mid-table, I imagine we may well be squeezed out the top 6, not that it matters a great deal in the grand scheme of things. With regards any transfer activity by tomorrow, I'll be slightly perplexed if we sign anyone of noteable quality. Surely if the money was there, we would have got the players in prior to the most lucrative game in our history.

MDW and MFC, you two are taking the pish the night?

I agree with that to an extent but my point is that for the benefit of Motherwell, it would be better if our players were playing together week in week out.

Lasley has his weaknesses but he was head and shoulders above anyone today. Generally speaking mind you, he should only ever be playing a defensive role in midfield. I do agree with the senitiments of anti-football. We played better stuff under Malpas FFS. There is no willingness to keep the ball. No wonder the players are knackered as it's all kick and rush. I've heard a few folk saying that we don't get the break of the ball. I'm afraid that happens more often than not when you are hitting hopeful balls up the park.