MelvinBragg

He didn't say he downed tools. He said he was getting the games out of the way. To me, that's him admitting that he was distracted by the transfer talk. Not the first player that's happened to. His form dipped but I wouldn't say he lacked effort in any game...

Isn't up for it or isn't up to scratch...?

Blyth described himself, as did McGhee, as a striker who could run in behind. Is Blyth already being discarded? Judging by McGhee's comments on Belic, we've signed Belic as the replacement for Johnson (can play up top or out wide). Not sure why we've signed another striker unless Moult is more seriously injured than we thought or we've decided that Blyth isn't up to it. If we're looking at free agents, midfield would be a priority...

Normally on Twitter we link to an article on the website. And frankly the Scottish media seem to have gone to bed...

Aye, that's all very well but some of us have work tomorrow and am too curious to go to bed...

Thought strikes me that we're maybe trying to get the website back up so we can announce it properly...

Cutting it fine as it's getting close to midnight. I blame Burrows. Ever since he's been involved, transfer deadline day has gone to the wire...

Nope. No luck in loading it at all...

What did it say the snag was? Given fee and contract were apparently agreed, hard to see what could pull the plug on it...

Aye, interesting. You suspect it's a player McGhee has really wanted if we're paying a fee. Maybe that's why he's been trying to sell Johnson all summer? Maybe he was told he'd need to raise some funds through selling someone..?

Burrows tweeted that fee and terms agreed for the new signing. Just getting the paperwork done. Fingers crossed obviously...

Given we're apparently trying to buy someone just now, does it not strike you as a good idea that the world thinks we only got £350k for Johnson? Just saying, like...

If we're trying to buy someone else, I'll happily believe we got £350k for Johnson...

Given we have got Johnson and Lucas off the wage bill, I'd hope for another. I'd also suspect that Belic is costing us less than Johnson in wages. So I'd hope for one more...

I'd be very surprised by this...

Guy outside West Ham on SSN just seemed to confirm the Belic story...

Damn my fat bastard fingers...

Makes me wonder if he would be Johnson's replacement or would he be taking Lucas' place on the wage bill?

Perhaps not, but it does suggest that he will need replaced as the manager and the players clearly think he was the best option...

Stroker who can also play as an attacking midfielder? Hmmmm. Is that what we need?

Aye, given our tactic all season has been "Give the ball to Marvin and see what he can do", to suggest that we won't miss him that much is nonsense...

Is he not a holding midfielder?

You have more faith in Motherwell supporters than I do...

Another question would be how will the fans react to Johnson should he still be playing for us after the window closes..?

Weeks of speculation...