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But aye, Lionel goes with my best wishes. No one remembers the steady, unremarkable types (in fact our support particularly dislikes them) and his playoff performances will always be up there.

McCormack and Brian Kerr both had some belters, and Rob McKinnon had a few, but can't think of anyone who has more than a couple other than Lionel. We've had some screamers though, going back to Kirk, O'Neil, then Van Der Gaag in my time. I've seen some decent ones in the dvd's I have from the 80s, Brian McLaughlin maybe, but it was harder back then cos the balls were made of concrete and we played on swamps. Maybe a top 5 goals thingwy can pass the time in the summer.

I may have exaggerated, but a few of the early group worked for/at the club in some capacity since, which is why I'm disappointed I haven't been the manager yet.

Sums up the complaints about the guy that he's still referred to by his message board handle. I'll admit that I'm kind of disappointed that as a member of the founding group of this board, that I seem to be the only one who doesn't work for the club now. I don't know his remit, and I don't care to be honest. I don't know if he'd make my top 5 motherwell GMs/COOs, with some of the illustrious names we've had in there, but I assume he's done a good enough job for multiple bosses to keep him and promote him. I don't think it's his job to make us better at throw ins. As for the groundsman, he and his team have done an excellent job, and obviously the club has made the investment to hire him and support him so fair play to them.

If lasley wants to continue playing, I think he could have a few more seasons at a lower level. Otherwise, I could see the situation mentioned above where craigan moves up to assistant, and lasley takes over the 20s. Is it possible he could combine that with playing part time elsewhere?

He'll no doubt continue in a coaching capacity, assuming a better job doesn't come up.

Lionel because I love him. And if you love something you let it go, and replace it with something more dependable on cheaper wages.

Is Dylan Mackin on loan at alloa?

Spiers is a wank in the Andy walker mould, says any old shite to get a reaction.

Yep, sympathy signings and nostalgia signings need to stop. Not every ex player has to come back.

Our best chance of doing well is to cobble together a decent first 11, hope they don't get injured or suspended, and supplement them with a bench of almost ready youngsters and "can do a job" types. This season we lost mchugh, McManus, Pearson, tait and hammell from the settled first 11 for large periods and as such have been totally shite. Robinson then took over with no scope to change the squad. So I'd say that between oldham and ourselves, Robbinson hasn't had the best circumstances to work with. He should be in a decent position to know who we need to recruit based on his overall time at the club, rather than someone who doesn't know the league recruiting 10 players over the summer to find out they can't cut it (a la Kampmann).

He had a few games in the u20s, but if our previous model is anything to go by, the new goalie coach will be largely responsible for recruiting the new guy, and I doubt he's been here long enough to make an evaluation. I think our best route is probably loaning in a keeper again, and if that's the case it will probably be one of our last appointments of the summer since that seems to be how loans go.

I don't think the length of his contract was announced. Someone on here mentioned 18 months. When he came up to help McGhee he said he had some opportunities lined up in the summer, but I don't know if the full time manager gig changed that or not.

Personally, I'll be at ease once I find out his favourite dinosaur. It would be nice if he sent me an email or two as well. Unless this was a mutual short term deal, he'll be here next season assuming we stay up.

Many of the friends will be people who would have paid in anyway, but hopefully the initiative brings in a few extra. We've beaten them twice, and they don't have much to play for, but I doubt that makes a huge difference the second the whistle blows as far as Killie's effort goes, but If we can nick the first goal I think we'll do what we need to do to hold on.

I think we may try to move Blyth on somehow, but bowman has as least shown some glimpses of usefulness. Does McManus have another year?

He's probably available now

By no means safe, but a home game against a safe killie side is about as kind as the fixtures can get.

Nerves got to the commentator there, had to make a sharp exit! Can feel his pain, that was tense.

What is to suggest that they are anything but completely made up?

This is what bothers me, why are we looking at the English non-league as the only place we can buy players and sell them on? Surely we could keep these nominal fees in the Scottish game and develop Scottish players to sell on just the same? Are the likes of moult and bowman cheaper? Or are English clubs just not interested in Scottish players?

Bold statement considering our last 3 manager searches!

McManus was in the dugout because faddy was in the squad. Pretty sure he's been involved in coaching in some capacity for a while. We're already paying him so might as well give him something to do while he's injured.

Says a lot about our league that as terrible as we've been over a long period, our survival is currently in our (albeit inept) hands. The hamilton game is going to be a total shit show.

Who did the South American consortium end up buying?