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Looking at the academy league in England is pretty intriguing. https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/leagues/9084/table/premier-league-2 Ordinarily I'd be more excited about an Aston Villa youth than a WBA youth in that area, but certainly doesn't seem to be the case.

Exactly - and whilst I disagreed with 5, 4 of them I have put not proven and in time that could be as high 8/9 that I agree with. All in, this is what I prefer in the forum. I felt that your post got skipped over without acknowledgement or debate as it was in this thread. Hopefully this triggers a few more comments rather than it was a meaningless friendly and we move on.

So irrespective of people saying no no no Wellfan it wasn't you - this is the post that instigated all the chat over it's just a friendly but the points made are much deeper and can be taken over a much longer time period. 1. Not Proven! Oxborough has shown enough to be a Motherwell first team player. But when he is injured there is some serious question marks over a suitable number 2. Ward didn't impress on his debut and over the next 5-6 games we can see exactly where he is. Balcombe was not good enough last season. The point of getting a good second keeper remains valid but maybe answered by Ward or not in the forthcoming games. 2. Guilty! Not based on last night but over a 6 month period. Wilson looks the back up and we need to sign a first team left back. 3. Guilty! over a long term we cannot afford a player who continually loses us sloppy goals - we cannot afford that over a season. 4. Guilty! Again we need a first team level central defender. 5. Not Proven! Too early to say on Elliot Watt his description is very much a Lennon Miller type player. Halliday as we know is not that. Again after 6-7 games we will know. 6. Not Proven! He was on fire playing in a wide position of a 3 when he first arrived. Now he's playing as a number ten. Play him as a winger and see if he can be what we need. I think he may be. 7. Not Guilty! Stama I rate highly but only in the right system - alongside a big number 9 and playing off him or with two wingers either side. Play to peoples strengths. Don't make him what he is not. 8. Guilty! Every foreign manager (see Valakari) tries this at first. They soon learn! 9. Not proven! Last nights evidence didn't tell us much - but a little - what he is trying to do we do not have the quality to do. So irrespective of Twente game or not - these points should be taken over the course & considering they have all got very valid aspects to them - this is the real discussion.

Forrest?

I actually thought the youngsters created 3 really good chances.

Yeh we should try and avoid the types like seddon that have had over 200 competitive appearances before joining us.

Mark McGhee Mark McGhee drinking bottles of whisky!

Damn - I've had two vinos let me edit! Thanks guys!

Ok for a bit of fun here is my 3-4-3 Positives - pace on either side of a striker who can get goals, the negatives is the two wide players cannot in any way for me tackle and retreat when not on the attack. That means we would need to have defensive minded midfielders. No Miller presumed here. Oxborough McGinn Gordon Balmer Sparrow McGhee Slattery Wilson Robinson/Fadinger Stama Maswahine Someone fix it for me if it's terrible and ignore the posts below!

I was interested in your previous last take on Stama - doubting ability, or the fact he wants to be here?

Disagree. based on talent Stama could be a great player for us. Unless you mean based around a probable common sense hunch he wants out of Fir Park

Called it.

Derek Adams - the Donald Trump of Scottish Fitba, Couldn't even sort a wall.

I’ve heard that the strip is kind of like a continual blend of our colours merging whatever the hell that means… maybe that’s like amber flowing gradually down into claret or the other way round sounds interesting anyway

Billy Davies would be awful imo

One other thing to add is that Wimmer has landed a likely higher salaried job. ChatGPT estimates their turnover at 15-20 million euros and were in the German championship albeit relegated. Maybe like Plymouth equivalent of Germany. But Motherwell can be a stepping stone especially in the UK.

I'd really be sounding out Ahmet now - to continue what we had started. Time would be on our side to get recruits in. Players know him and presuming they like him.

I'm surprised Tom Sparrow flies so below the radar - 31 appearances this season and busts a gut in every one He's popped up with a few goals too!

that's ma Grizzly!!!

Chilvers is an excellent player but badly injured.....fully fit he's top notch

I always check the forums of the teams when we sign players. Carlisle like us, usually, played one up top and Armstrong struggled. But they said he did much better on the times when they played two up. Queue - two goals up front last night as part of a two.

Yup you are correct. I changed from "relevant comments" to "all comments" and I can see what you are seeing. Even Facebook must know irrelevant comments and keep it off my feed Crazy stuff

Ah I see! I was wondering - I think I'll avoid that then! I wouldn't give it long before it crosses the stream to the official site anyways

where? I've read every single comment on Motherwell FC's Facebook for the last week and not one single person has said this. I mean some of the players don't fair well and there is grumbles - but there is no one calling for him to be sacked.

Great point and highly doubt it. Captain and a Vice Captain there. We can add Koutroumbis, Wilson, Balmer, Nicholson, Robinson to the back ups. I don't think anyone's "pant wetting" - but points like Melvin's are here to be discussed. That's likely to be a good bit of budget spent on these two as examples and it's clear Wimmer needs to bring in quality - as there isn't enough of it in our massive 34 man squad.