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Im sure if you read match reports on every celtic or rangers game there is mistakes made on their players, lazy as it is, if you want quality buy a quality newspaper. And Jamie Pollock is 17, nearly 18. The comment about the journalist "being one of them so he has to be biased" is stupid. So motherwell fans can't admit celtic were the better team yesterday, simply because they support motherwell? I don't think so. I think this thread is just about nit picking and having a moan, nothing wrong with that but it just makes you look slightly bitter.

False, false. And false again. He has an agent. And how could you possibly know what his Dad advises him? And pushed into a move to celtic? Does he not have a brain of his own to decide either way, nobody will push him to sign for either club, he isn't 5. Maybe people should stop making up absolute shite.

Pathetic post. Maybe if he could walk he would sign.

Where shite like that comes from baffles me! And even if that wasn't absolutely made up, he's 17 not 7, the boy has a mind of his own.

MMcG=Absolute wanker.

Im not saying the deal wasn't done. Im saying, paul had NOTHING to do with it. IF it was done, it was motherwell who done it.

100% false. HE never had any inclination to go to celtic. If the deal was done, it was on motherwells part.

Not on a U19 contract !

Or not !!

Nope sorry

Maybe if mwell treated him better last year he would already have. And there is one year left of his contract.

Lots of good performances obviously. Slane's being the best imo, he got my vote!

Anybody hear who got the official man of the match at the game?

Ross Forbes is 20. Murphy is 20 next month!

Fraser Hutchinson - Craigan - Reynolds - O'Brien Slane - Forbes - Jennings - Humphreys Sutton - Murphy

Good interview with Hammel in todays record: Hammell backs Motherwell rookies to secure Europa League win Jul 16 2009 Neil Cameron STEVIE Hammell walked into the Fir Park dressing room on the first day of pre-season training and wondered where everybody was. Half the team had been sold in the summer. Most of his mates were gone. They would even have struggled to hold a game of five-a-sides. With no manager at the club after the departure of Mark McGhee and a European campaign just a few weeks away, Hammell would have been forgiven for fearing where exactly Motherwell were headed. Then Jim Gannon arrived and his first action was to invite the young players to swap their away dressing room and join the senior players instead. It was then Hammell felt Motherwell were in safe hands and had a bright future. For the 27-year-old left-back can remember a time when he broke through the ranks at Fir Park just ahead of the likes of James McFadden and Stephen Pearson. And the defender has been impressed by the latest crop of kids who shone brightly in the two Euro ties against Llanelli. Hammell said: "The boys who've come in performed brilliantly. "They h a v e n't looked out of place at all. Steven Saunders, Ross Forbes and Paul Slane were excellent for us at Llanelli. "Young Slaney came with us last season for pre-season training, but for one reason or another he never got his chance. "The new manager likes to give young players the opportunity to play. He will give them a chance and they certainly haven't let the gaffer down as they've been excellent up until now. "They'll have a big part to play for us this season. Other players will hopefully be coming in, but if they continue to do well then they will be a big part of things. "Slaney was one of our most creative players down in Wales and was probably a big difference between the way we performed in the first leg when we lost 1-0 and winning the return 3-0. "We can't expect them to win games for us every week, but they have come in and are doing a job for us just now. "We really need the youngsters to step up to the plate as when we reported back for pre-season the home dressing room was empty. "There were only nine or 10 senior players there but some of the young lads have now joined us from the away dressing room which is where the youth players get changed. "Every season there is always one or two who come through at Motherwell. "This year we've more than that because as well as the guys I've mentioned there are a couple of young defenders, Shaun Hutchison and Jonathan Page, who are also impressing. "It's up to the guys who have been here for a while to pass on advice to the younger players. "The lads here aren't big-time Charlies so they take on board what you are saying to them. "But you don't want to help them too much though in case they end up keeping us out the team! "The fans here love seeing a young player coming through the ranks.You can feel them willing the younger players to come in and do well and hopefully they all continue to progress and can play a big part in our season." Hammell, in his second spell at Fir Park following his two-year stint at Southend, could tell you everything about the SPL players he's faced over the years. But he doesn't know a thing about tonight's Europa League opponents FK Flamurtari. Not one of their players rings a bell. And that's just the way he likes it. Hammell said: "I prefer going up against someone you know nothing about. You suss out your opponent yourself, you see what they are capable of and you take it from there. "As a team, we have to find out as quickly as possibly on the night what they are like and then play our game and concentrate on the things the gaffer has been working on with us since he came in." As a football club, Motherwell have much more on their mind than just European football. With so much change going on over the summer, SPL survival must be their priority as Gannon builds his own team. But that doesn't mean they don't want to hang around the Europa League for a few more rounds yet, especially as there are some big names such as Hamburg and Roma in the next draw. Hammell said: "We definitely want to enjoy a good run in the Europa League.We are in it now so we want to go as far as possible. "It's difficult to say how far we have to go in Europe before we face a top-quality side as we really don't know a thing about the team we are playing tonight. "We don't know what standard of players they will have or what to expect from them at all. "If we get through this round then we would have to progress beyond another two qualifying rounds to reach the group stage. "If we could get that far then that would be brilliant but it's impossible to look that far ahead, especially as we don't know anything about Flamurtari." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/...86908-21523469/

Not a live stream but the game is on radio scotland MW. Heard it today!

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What does it matter that he is a nice guy? He has very little ability IMO and Im talking about even in reserve games he doesn't look good enough. The fact he was in the stand in Llanelli and hasn't even travelled to albania says it all. Think he should look for a new club for his own good as much as anything. Good luck to him.

Agree with much of what your saying but Murphy is 20 next month. He was too old to play for U19's last season never mind this season.

Do you know him, aye? Bet you've never even spoke to him.

Sorry, but James McCarthy was born on November 12th 1990 in Glasgow. What part of Ireland is Glasgow in again? I forget. So you think where your born is what makes you? So if your born in London your english? If your born in Paris your French? Well I actually feel James McCarthy is Scottish. BUT many people don't have the belief; I know many people who have Italian heritage but were born in bread in the same Glasgow as James McCarhthy who class themselves as Italian. Now, personally, I think McCarthy, Aiden McGeady, & Jim O'Brien are Scottish. BUT they don't. And this is the point Im making, it is not up to me, you or anybody else to judge what country they feel loyal to. And so when people take it upon themselves to shout abuse at them, Im saying it is because they can't accept these players have chose Ireland over Scotland. Whether I think they are right or not, I don't have the right to pick for them and so I should let them get on with the football. I also think if it was Australia rather than Ireland they chose, their would be little or probably no criticisim.

Anyone who pretends they boo McCarthy for his ability should admit it has nothing to do with it IMO. He is a good player but one who I definately don't think is such a stand out he would be booed if he didn't pull on an Ireland top instead of a Scotland one. I think people who waste their time abusing wee boys because of their nationality are really just pathetic. Your at a game of football, enjoy it & go home. And if you do shout and ball at a 17 year old player, at least admit its because you can't accept what country he is from. Rant over.

Will be good to see some of the younger players, as a lot of them have been in and around the first team squad but don't seem to get a chance. What about Paul Slane who McGhee was raving about at the start of the season? Or robert McHugh? Theres been a few others too. Should be a good game, shame bout the pitch.

Pish poor again. Starting with no wingers is causing problems and McGhee obviously doesn't have much faith in DS or Jim O'Brien. Jamie Murphy is a striker not a winger so playing him on the wing isn't going to get the best out of him either. Why does he continue to play so many players out of position? The whole team could do with a boot up the arse. Lets hope the tide truns and soon.