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Tait was the pick of the bunch for me. Shame MacLean picked up an injury though after an impressive first half.

Motherwell and Kilmarnock losing 4 and 5 goals in their last outing done the game no favours today as it would appear both teams focused on defending in training this week. Having said that, the overall standard of play was diabolical but that's where we are with Scottish football.

Cadden and Clay in the signing zone set off a few alarm bells. Should know soon enough.

For someone that comes across so composed and methodical on Motherwell TV, that was a proper heads gone moment from Craigan. His disrespectful reaction to the Cathro appointment this week has surprised me a little. Getting classed in the same bracket as Boyd and Fullarton won't do his reputation any favours.

It's not fully in the clubs' control though as we seen with Marvin. Moult and Cadden are terrific characters but if the right opportunity comes up for them and their agents view the offers as fair value, they'll more than likely move on with our best wishes.

Yeah, very good news about Ross MacLean, not too long ago there were rumours about him getting freed. Sounds like another couple of contract extensions are on the horizon too. I'd expect offers to come in for both Moult and Cadden and the ethos of the club is such we wouldn't want to stand in their way if good offers are made. However retaining our premiership status is imperative so hopefully one, most likely Cadden, can stay until the summer. Would be sad to see Ainsworth go, particularly if we end up in a relegation battle, but he deserves more game time and a number of clubs will be monitoring his situation.

At the start of the season, many neutrals expected Killie to be in for a tough campaign so they are slightly exceeding expectations. Too early in season to say this is a must win but a defeat would pile the pressure on in advance of an intensive set of tricky fixtures. With that in mind, I expect us to come flying out the traps and hopefully the quality of Moult and McDonald proves too much for Killie to handle.

Assuming the debt is interest free, I imagine such an offer of early repayment would result in the debt being somewhar discounted?

We seemingly had a number of targets ready to push the button on when it came to replacing Marvin. Evidently the timing of the transfer prevented an acquisition in August but hopefully one or two options remain open for January.

Did we find out last night what % of transfer fees goes to our creditors?

Armstrong is right, big Kolo was embarassing for the first 2 goals. Haven't heard Rodgers interview but the biggest compliment he could pay Motherwell was changing his team after half an hour. I expect Cadden to be very much on Celtc's radar from now on.

Thinks it's beyond doubt that Hammell and Lasley are no longer capable of being integral players at this level. Combine their ageing legs with the lack of quality from Clay, Samson and Tait (to a lesser extent) and we are always going to lose a shedload of goals. McGhee is doing a very decent job but he got a lot wrong in the summer.

Moult. That first goal is one of the best finishes you'll see from a Motherwell striker. He'll surely be gone in January.

Today is the first time I've seen us since September, albeit from the couch. Credit to Motherwell for running them so close. The quality of Skippy, Moult and Cadden gave us a great chance of an upset while the rest battled like fuck. Ultimately though, we are carrying too many inadequate players to see out a game. Rogic is some boy, best player to watch in Scottish football just now.

Priority has to be getting rid of the deadwood. The squad is too bloated for our budget. If we can then make room for Pearson and a Marvin replacement we should be ok for the remainder of the season, particularly if McHugh makes a return.

Hard to imagine Forrest, Rogic and Roberts not destroying us today.

Disappointing we didn't have a more suitable replacement lined up after trying to punt Marvin for months.

Good to hear Faddy in positive mood. Interesting that he has been fit but the management gig is his priority, surely he's worth a place on the bench. As an aside, I'm no sure anyone could have grievance with McGhee if he said Celtic were likely to win the treble. They are the best Scottish team we have seen in a long time.

Great draw assuming Rangers don't have the cup on their ST.

Celtic or Rangers away. Take the money.

1-0 or 5-0 Celtic depending what mood they are in. Will be interesting to see how McGhee shapes us up.

It's clear who the top 4 are going to be but on recent form, Hearts aren't on a different level. They've won 3 of their last 9 games against the bottom 8, 2 against us.

Our away form is dreadful.

Not been at the last few games but good to hear that Skippy, Moult and Cadden played well. The 3 of them on form is a menace for anyone in the league. Watching the highlights, Skippy's technique for the goal wasn't too dissimilar to Mata earlier in the day.

Filled it out. Imagine it will be used as an initial point of engagement as opppsed to drawing any robust conclusions. Would be happy to take a phonecall on the back of it.