Kmcalpin

Like others I don't foresee many changes, unless we have more injuries or illnesses. I'd like to see a bit more of Harry Smith though , if only for the psychological effect it will have on United.

On the face of it you're right but how many midfielders and defenders will be fit to play in the coming weeks?

Possibly a factor in his poor form going back a couple of months?

Absolutely. This underlines our poor signings in the summer. We've been crying out for experience in the squad and we've now got some. Many of our acquisitions are on temporary deals - short term fixes if you like. As you say, GA will be able to rebuild in the summer and stamp his own signature on the squad.

I don't know Shaka. Yes, of course we needed a prolific scorer, but we also needed a main striker for others to play off and Smith fits that bill. We also needed a keeper and Kelly fits that bill. We needed 2 wingers and Lawless and Roberts (who can play on the right) fit those bills. We needed experience in the centre midfield and Foley fits that bill. Also a centre back and Nolan fits that bill. Now thats not to say they will all be successes because they won't of course. We do have a number of long term injuries and I just wonder when we'll see Donnelly again for example. I do however have 2 concerns. Firstly the squad is bloated, albeit our injury list is long. In the coming days we might well see some players go out on loan and/or some contracts paid up. Secondly I still want to see youth given a chance but that will depend of course on results. Many of the squad are on loan or are on short term contracts until the summer and that will give the new management team time to assess them or identify replacements.

I hope Aberden treated Curtis well, in terms of a pay off. He gave us some amazing memories in a Well shirt, although he was never a prolific scorer.

On paper our 2 signings tonight may seem underwhelming but some folks need to calm down and give them a chance. The time to judge will be in a few months time My only concern is Roberts' injury record but presumably our management has checked this. Most of our transfer window signings would seem to have been identified before GA arrived - no? What I would say is that the positions we've recruited for are the ones which most of us would have identified a few weeks ago.

I'm more than happy to give Jordan Roberts a chance but what concerns me is his injury record. He was suffering from a persistent groin problem as recently as December.

I agree in principle but picking young Scottish lower league players is a gamble. Just look at Faisal El Bakhtaoui for example.

Agree Allan. My point was more about the number of available bodies given that the window doesn't close for another 36 hours or so. I assume that O'Hara, Grimshaw and Lawless are all injured and that questionmarks hang over the availability of Hastie, Campbell, Gallagher and O'Donnell. Once the fog of confusion clears on Tuesday morning we'll have a clearer picture of squad availability for this game. We should be looking for 3 points.

Foley can play in Central defence too.

Will O'Donnell and Hastie still be with us?

St Mirren are playing very well just now and deservedly picking up points. That said they've enjoyed a lot of good luck and that won't last.

Even as a Society member I don't expect to be told commercial or confidential details of transfers, but this could have been worded better. If this wasn't possible, it would have been better to just say that an agreement had been reached with MLS / Columbus Crew.

Just received a Society email, as no doubt many of you did, which mentions, amongst other things, Chris Cadden's deal. According to the email "The club came to an agreement with MLS / Columbus Crew to settle the case with Chris Cadden that has allowed Motherwell FC to retain attractive on-going economic rights." Now I know what that says but what does it mean?

I have no inside knowledge, but going by Jake Carroll's recovery I'm not expecting Donnelly back any time soon. Add to that Crawford may leave as might Allan Campbell and the absences of O'Hara and Grimshaw mean that we could be caught short in midfield. Foley has only signed until the summer so he's low risk. He's experienced and that's what we need in the engine room right now. I genuinely want to see young guys like Dean Cornelius come through but it has to be in the right circumstances.

Robinson certainly had his achievements as you say OTF, and these shouldn't be underestimated. But, depending on how things pan out this season he may also be remembered for leaving us in a bit of a state; hopefully not. I agree 100% about throwing a young lad under a bus. We need to foster youth and give them their chance in the right games and at the right time. GA has made some changes but only modest ones so far and I sincerely hope he gives youth its opportunity. I do feel sorry for our young lads this season with no reserve team.

If they don't go up their fans are more likely to say that they should have forked out more for a better player.

Their fans won't be concerned about that. Simply not an issue.

Sorry to report that Ian Thomson passed away earlier this month. He was part of the first Well team I remember watching. RIP Ian.

Great to wake up this morning after a win. Hopefully we've turned the corner. Don't quite get the criticism of Gallagher. Yes, he could have handled Hylton better, as could Mugabi, but it was hardly a blunder. Kelly ought to have done better and Olly Shaw was all on his own for the tap in - where was Jake Carroll? Campbell was lax in losing the ball at the outset. No one player's fault but a combination of poor defending. Having said that Hylton won the ball and sped goalwards in a way that Willie P and King Louis would have been proud of - so credit to him. Is Allan Campbell burnt out - maybe, but there could be other reasons. To turn to the positives we did fight back from a goal down and the first goal was well worked from O'Donnell, through Long to Watt and Cole. For the second Mugabi times his run excellently and leapt like a sailfish to head home. Maguire had a decent game and I'd rather see him in the starting 11 before Crawford, on current form. Cole is hitting the net just now and long may that continue. Watt is putting in apower of work and thats telling. Thankfully we're not playing on Saturday as I suspect the treatment table will be busy after last night. When the chips are down, County can be quite ruthless and brutal as their recent crime counts show. Good to see John Hughes is bringing silky football to Easter Ross! GA's post match interview hints that more signings could be made in the next few days as money is available. A slight change from his earlier comments about not rushing and giving all players, including Jordan White no doubt, their chance.

Ross County also interested in Foley. They seem to be signing everyone in sight just now - not for the first time. I suspect that we've paid up part of White's contract if he's only signed with County until the end of the season. Still, good bit of business for us getting a player off the books who didn't fit in, and gives him a fresh start.

But when? Will we see much of him this season? We still need 2 or 3 bodies in but that depends on shifting some out. The next 5 days will be massive for us.

Great win tonight and the players did show some bottle. Got a few monkeys off our back as well. That should boost our confidence. As County picked up 5 yellow cards they must have taken big John's team talk to heart. Talking of St Mirren they scored from 2 very controversial penalties tonight. As our luck has been out their's has been very much in.

We would have been aware of this possibility for some months now and so I hope we would have contingency plans in place. O'Donnell hasn't set the heather on fire.