El Grew

The longer the delay does anyone else think there is a possibility that Leitch is coming back in?

Please excuse me if I missed it somewhere along the way but has Stuart McCall appointed an assistant yet?

We have a very thin squad which on current evidence looks as though it may stay that way for the remainder of the season. We have no money for transfers or for improving wages and again that's not something that's likely to be changing anytime in the future. People need to face the plain simple truth - we have too many players that turn in a good performance once in a while but then it turns into a guessing game as to when they are likely to repeat it. Its no good screaming and yelling at them for not being any good because they are what they are for better for worse. Thats why they are plying their trade in the SPL with us. Other SPL teams suffer from the same problem - that's why there is no real form in the SPL (outwith maybe Rangers, Celtic and Hearts) because it depends very much on which players in which teams have a good game.

Just hope we will all be just as pleased the game went ahead afterwards!

Have rarely missed our annual away tie in the Cup, but current form, journey time, costs, Sunday, early kick-off, live on TV = Stay home.

Yes he has been a good and loyal club servant but lets be honest he's been on the wane for the past couple of seasons. I was a fan of Jim Gannon not least for his having the knowledge and guts to tell certain 'first team certain picks' that they would not do. Craigan was one. IMO Gannon was spot on.

This may well have been posted on here previously but I was just looking forward to the Scottish Cup on Saturday and our now annual away tie in the first round (for the big clubs ) This year's outing is to Dens Park, Dundee where our last Scottish Cup visit ended in an abject 2-0 surrender at the same stage in February 1988. From memory, I think we were 2-0 down at half-time and never in the game at any time. It was a long journey back. Its interesting to note that since we beat them in the Scottish Cup Final in 1952 we've not beaten them in the Scottish Cup since.

Thanks pettywulliegrew. I said this without checking however having just checked the site it seems to confirms what I said - on current form we are 11th out of 12.

Whilst I appreciate the feelings and sentiment expressed on this topic, we must be honest with ourselves about it. We are just going to have to resign ourselves to playing at FP for some considerable time and perhaps with some sections of the ground closed off for spectator access.

I did.

We've probably just about done enough to ensure we won't end up in the drop zone this season, but, if our current form continues it might be damned close. Probably lose to Dundee in the cup, miss Europe and finish 10th. I think one of the minus points about a new manager coming in at this stage of the season is that it is extremely unlikely that there will be any new faces coming in during the January transfer window as the new manager will need to take time to assess the playing resources he has inherited and decide who he likes, dislikes etc.

How you could pick anyone from this debacle as MOTM is beyond me.

Aye but do the players (tick every box)?

No wins in 6 games and unable to beat the worst team in the SPL now in two games. I think on form we must be about second bottom of the SPL at present. However more worrying in the greater scheme of things is that people are expected to stump up £20 to sit in the freezing cold and watch something that two junior teams could serve up. How can clubs expect to attract people to football when dross like this is being delivered and judging by the radio comments on the other two games they weren't much better. Scottish football is haemorrhaging supporters and this kind of drivel at the prices being asked is not going to staunch things.

Reports of strange and unusual betting patterns emerging from bookmakers in the Motherwell area. Large sums of money placed on who the next Motherwell manager will be.

Maybe this is the players way of letting us know what they they think of the pending new managerial appointment!

A couple of questions come to mind. 1. Why are Blackman and Sutton warming their arses on the bench when they account for nearly all of our goals this season? 2. Why is Fitzpatrick playing and what is his role suposed to be?

This lot lack spine. First task for new manager = new back 4.

Game over.

One forward up front - Gow - so Celtic know they will be under no pressure in this game. Better to go and have a go against a highly suspect defence than sit back as we are and wait for them to score. As soon as they get the first it's game over.

Goal for Celtic - offside thankfully. Defence ball watching. Craigan beaten in the air by - McCourt! FFS McCall's maybe thanking his lucky stars he's not signed anything yet.

Defence a bombscare already.

The one saving grace here (if true) would be Tommy Craig as a number 2.

Totally underwhelmed.

Its beginning to look as though the market we are trying to tap into for a manager is drying up fast as identified candidates drop out of contention fast. If that's the case I hope the club has a plan B.