Lobey_Dosser

Will be interesting to see who gets a run-out for the U20s tomorrow with a chance to impress for Saturday. Aberdeen have plenty quality about them but they have clearly went off the rails since McInnes had a wee outburst. We should be going there to frustrate and nick a result. Hopefully Ainsworth and Lasley are back in the team with Moult playing upfront. I also wouldn't be averse to Grimshaw playing at right back.

Pettigrew game was on Sportscene last night.

To be fair much of the negativity aired in these forums has been warranted over recent years. From Dempster overspending to McCall throwing the towel in, from the WS not being fit for purpose to Baraclough being out his depth, many concerns have been proven. Regarding McGhee, I think he is a poor appointment but he'll get the backing of most, including myself, if he can get us looking like a semi-competent football team again.

Cheers for info. Sounds like the Government have tried to tackle sectarianism in the wrong way. Bemused anyone can get into trouble for singing Fuck the 'Well.

What are the protests striving for? Revision of the current Act?

Not sure which of the 1st team regulars he'll turnaround but maybe some of the youth will prosper. Increased exposure for Thomas would fit in with McGhee's style of play in 2007/08. Going by McGhee's comments today, he's looking at a possible midfield three with plenty of energy. That might give Cadden a chance at last. And if we do go down the 433 route, we're going to need decent full backs. Whatever the script is with Watt, he's miles better than Law and Chalmers.

Am I right in saying there was less than 200 arrests under the Act last season? Stupid standing shoulder to shoulder with the Green Brigade regardless of the circumstances and cause.

Real struggle to pick anyone but Kennedy probably deserves it for looking a proper defender. Mention for Moult who put in some effort trying to help out the headless chicken at left back. Really hope he isn't going to be ruined on the left though.

Absolutely rotten to watch, although what McGhee said post match made partial sense. More often than not I'd be happy to try and contain Celtic but in order to do so, you need to move as a unit when you have the ball and we didn't. Moreover, today was a day to go with a front 2 against an accident prone Celtic defence. Going back to McGhee's post match though, we may look to continue with a 433/451 with Laing in midfield. A move that doesn't bode well for Lasley or our plethora of strikers.

Ma-Kalamby. It was probably the night that confirmed McCormack was something special.

The recent trip to Ibrox is right up there due to the fear beforehand. Thinking back to the McGhee era, I loved the league cup game at Easter Road. Sublime football that night.

Pearson was on stv tonight saying the players were given the day off.

I'm assuming WS members have no input to such decisions?

With the Well Society part funding his PhD, hopefully this boy will stay at FP a little longer.

According to his Daily Mail interview in August, he has no interest in owning the club and if 3 payments are missed at any point in time, the agreement is over. Nothing new there but it was a bold reminder.

We don't know who would be in control of the club as everything was bound to secrecy. Would John Boyle have sold the club to a South American consortium? Would a local businessman have came to our rescue hours before administration? Under the new regime, it looks like we are racking up debt to LH that the club, society and fans will be paying back for years to come. Now that is fair enough if we reap the rewards from LH investment in a new infrastructure. From the outside however, it looks like funds will be required to pay back investment in an over-inflated staff that is seemingly prone to a high turnover in the 1st year. The project is a 5 year one but the 1st year has not been good with threats from the owner pulling the plug and the WS making minimal progress. A lot has to change if we are going to become a self-sustainable club.

We got lucky with Les? Time will tell but far from convinced.

It's how it works aye but his performance and commitment deteriorated significantly.

One area I'd defend McGhee would be his development of McCormack, Quinn and Clarkson, which led to sizeable income. During his tenure we also knocked back an offer in excess of £700k for Reynolds iirc. So he has a pedigree at FP for developing our young players. Regarding McGhees departure however, seemingly walking away to save us cash. Did his challenging wage not stem from a rise post Hearts flirtation?

Leitch would appear to be the obvious choice although I have no idea how difficult or easy it would be to fill his Academy role. I think it's mutually beneficial to club and man for Craigan to continue with the u20s role.

Think it's fair to say we are here to talk about Motherwell. The press have had more than enough coverage of Strachan's uncertain future.

That's something I've wondered for a while.

Accounting for my obvious dislike of McGhee, I was still disappointed by the tone of the press conference. In addition, Motherwell should have ensured there were no questions about his 2nd job. My interest in Motherwell will now be restrained to the 90 mins on the park. Suspect Robinson is on his way out after guiding his country to he Euro's while we bring in someone who contributed to an 'embarrassing' failure for Scotland.

9-0 Celtic.

Scunnered to fuck despite banking a decent return from the bookies. Now we've got two arrogant arseholes running the show at our club.