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3 points and a clean sheet, exactly what was ordered. And the teams below us all lost.

Hartley confirmed for commentary btw.

There are always going to be players that the manager sees something in but we dont, and for some reason they tend to be midfielders. It will be interesting to see who starts when everyone is fit, but Rose has had enough appearances this season to suggest that the manager wants him in there, as opposed to him playing because hes the only option. What exactly it is the manager likes, Im not sure, but my guess is that hes big and works hard.

Bowman was injured in training on Friday, they said so on commentary. Hartley also said that bowman had raised his game in training since the new guys came in.

He also mentioned that bowman was flying in training, but got injured yesterday. Hope its not a bad one. Great to see Tanner really grabbing his opportunity and become a key player.

Weve had players on commentary before (moult I think) but hartley has really taken to this and hes giving us a lot of insight into the team and is really into it. He doesnt like accies either.

2-0 tanner pen

Rose is right wing Back, Tait on the left FYI.

Accies og, and hartley loved it, 1-0 to the good guys.

Sounds like hartley on commentary on mixlr, should be fun.

Looks like a back 4 to me.

Mixlr always works well for me, and is fine as long as the referee doesnt do anything at all and all throw ins are taken properly from the correct location

Listed as 2 first team matches as per the Sfa website (those that are just for league matches are specified as such) The next league game is going to be a bad one with him, Tait and mchugh all missing, along with whoever the ref sends off on Saturday. https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/2958/los26-4-january-2018-docx.pdf

Ciftci and main will be short of match practice, so Id be surprised if both started, but who knows. I do see the new defender starting since hartley is suspended.

Assigning individual stats to a player in a 100% team sport is always going to be difficult compared to sports like cricket and baseball where there is a clearer individual aspect. The problem with assists as a statistic is that youre relying on the person youre assisting to actually finish. You could be putting in perfect passes and crosses but have nothing to show for it because the striker is a diddy. Or you could be putting half decent balls in a general area for an excellent striker to convert. All assists arent equal. If you take Caddens assist for Moults goal against Aberdeen, any other striker and that probably isnt a goal. Goals as a stat also has a bunch of factors which can skew its usefulness too, how many chances did the player have to score? Does he take penalties or free kicks, is he being played in a position where it is expected to get into goalscorimg positions, etc. Overall, I think the eye test works best. Ive looked at the advanced stats out there and they are interesting, but i still think there is a long way to go as there are too many intangibles in football compared to some of the more stat friendly sports.

Clarkson back to work in the academy http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2018/01/17/david-clarkson-joins-well-academy/

He loves being the center of attention, so no doubt hell do something dumb to make sure hes the one being talked about after the game. Is it possible to send someone off for diving and give a penalty at the same time? Rangers had a bid rejected for Docherty, and Im guessing accies werent up for the choice between loan with option to buy or monopoly money up front. Is the game in doubt due to weather?

Weve done well out of the last defender blackpool didnt want, so worth a go

Hartley is on loan until the end of the season, so dont see what the rush is.

To be fair, I think he said that if a player is currently playing/scoring goals regularly then we probably cant afford him. But that doesnt necessarily mean he cant score regularly for us. Teams pay money for guaranteed goalscorers, we have to try and be clever and find players whos stock has dropped recently and figure out how we can turn them around.

Is it not the head of recruitment that identifies targets along with the manager?

If he sees this as a chance to put himself in the shop window for a permanent move somewhere to kick start his career, and applies himself as such, then he could be a great signing. However, he hasnt done that in his last few loan stints and is a head case, so that might not happen.

Were signing Austin powers too? Awesome, I love this game.

Id wager they copied it from here. The Dundee Utd version would be great, but Im not sure if he exists anymore.

Thats that conspiracy theory dead then, now were just left with bigis mysterious disease.