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Keef

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  1. Stating the blindingly obvious, I know, but if you look at the team list on the club site, the manager has not allocated the number 2, 9, and 10 shirts yet, which is as clear as you can get that he is lining up a right back and two strikers.

     

     

    It's possible, though I don't know this for certain, that the number 10 shirt will not be reallocated.

  2. Are you counting his goal against Rhyl? He has scored three in competitive games. Two against Flamurtari and one today. One of the goals against the Albanians was a penalty. A good goal.....but not a screamer.

     

     

    His volley against Steaua Bucharest wasn't too bad though, was it?

  3. For everyone that moans on here we've had a pretty successful few years. We've had 6 seasons when relegation was only really a concern once, a cup final, a couple of very unlucky semi final defeats, 3 top six finishes and 2 European qualifications.

     

    You probably have to go back to the 1950's and early 1960's to get a comparable period of success for Motherwell.

     

     

    100% correct. Whilst there's always a feeling that we 'could do better' at times, our recent history easily stands comparison with most other periods in the last 123 years.

  4. We've been over-reliant on forwards (albeit some very good ones, who have delivered the goods) for some time. By nature, most of their goals - the occasional screamer aside - will be from inside the box. Goals from midfield have been rare in recent years, but Ross Forbes has already scored more goals this season than Stephen Hughes (for instance) managed in two years, and three of these have been absolutely stunning long range efforts.

  5. Probably this. Did they not score both before 10 mins? Think something like 8 mins gone.

     

     

    Yes, 7 or 8 minutes. Some, though not many, fans left at that point.

     

    Jim Duffy was sacked by Hibs in the wake of this result which paved the way for Alex McLeish to replace him.

  6. for me i went to wales and romania had a great time, met some decent people in both places and managed not cause any international incidents. i don't need or want a pull out in the daily record because of nor am i going to start a campaign to be awarded a fifa fair play award.

     

     

    I agree. I'm always slightly bewildered by fans who boast that they travelled abroad and didn't get arrested or that they got on with people from another country. Isn't that how you're meant to behave?

     

    You're right, some supporters have such a sense of entitlement that they think simply behaving like reasonable human beings is an achievement worthy of admiration.

  7. I admit that when I heard the news my initial thought was something along the lines of "not again". Very sad to hear this. Mowgli was one of my favourites from the Motherwell side I watched as a teenager. I had the pleasure of watching him tear Cumnock apart in the Scottish Junior Cup final last year as well - he didn't look any older than when he played for us.

     

    Just very sad news.

  8. Suspect Device - yeah, a lot of John Peel's appeal was how ordinary he was. I spent much of my teenage years listening to his show and loved the fact he was able to just play something because he happened to like it. He kind of wanted you to like it too, but wouldn't have been offended if you didn't. It was a welcome break from most other radio presenters who would plug certain songs to death and attempt to play the role of arbiter of what was good and what wasn't.

     

    I'm definitely drawn towards people who have simple passions the way Peel did; people who know their stuff but don't bore you with it. The fact he appears to have had a soft spot for Motherwell just makes him more of a legend in my eyes!

  9. I think part of the excitement of European games for me is the fact we don't know as much about our opponents. We all know exactly what we're going to get when we play St Mirren or Kilmarnock but this is all new and refreshing.

     

     

    Spot on. I find the SPL dull beyond words and without my attachment to Motherwell, I'd have no interest in it whatsoever. Despite having Setanta last season, I can't think of a single occasion when I sat and watched a live game on TV. We play the same teams so often that we almost know as much about them as we do about Motherwell. For that reason, I like pre-season friendlies, even if the quality of football is sometimes dubious, simply because they involve teams, players and venues that are usually unfamiliar. The same applies to those rare occasions when we draw an unfamliar side in one of the cups - being drawn against Inverurie Locos created a lot more excitement than St Mirren would have, for instance. To have European football, playing three clubs none of us knew much about, at this time of the year is wonderful.

  10. I don't know if this has been postede elswhere but apparently Celtic are after Paul Slane!

     

     

    ...and about 50% of currently active footballers since Tony Mowbray took the Celtic job, if the press are to be believed.

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