grizzlyg Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 8 minutes ago, twistandshout1983 said: Yep I read about that as well What sounded so much better though in the book beating the same team 3-0 at new year , then Celtic 2-1 very soon Apart from McClair at Man United scoring goals my only other memory of him was coming back to Harry's revolution 🤣 Ended up at Blackburn as assistant manager if I remember right the same season The 3-0 win over rangers was my 11th birthday, that and getting pac man for the atari made it a perfect day!! Ps. For those under 30....Atari was the x-box, PlayStation of its day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 10 hours ago, wellfan said: The ‘new Fadi’… Jesus Christ, the Scum is grim. Fadinger is mainly used as a central or attacking midfielder. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/lukas-fadinger/profil/spieler/394018 A newspaper not even worthy to use as toilet paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 38 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: The 3-0 win over rangers was my 11th birthday, that and getting pac man for the atari made it a perfect day!! Ps. For those under 30....Atari was the x-box, PlayStation of its day I take great pride in the fact my Dad knew Andy Ritchie who played roughly the same time He always spoke highly of him and said he was a Well diehard , they chatted in the Bookies regularly back in the day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Young Lennon wins Scottish writers young player of year, fantastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 23 minutes ago, twistandshout1983 said: I take great pride in the fact my Dad knew Andy Ritchie who played roughly the same time He always spoke highly of him and said he was a Well diehard , they chatted in the Bookies regularly back in the day One of the most naturally talented footballers I have ever seen. Incredible to think how good Morton were when he played for them. He played on his reputation of being fat and lazy, but worked a bit harder than he was given credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 4 hours ago, twistandshout1983 said: Good job there wasn't Facebook in the likes of 1995-1996 when we went something like 10 games without scoring under Big Eck, or in the last year of Billy Davies Going further back than that Tommy McLean would probably never have lasted up to 1991 either if the club hadn't seen what he had been trying to build I did read the one as well about Dougie Arnott at the weekend , legendary player he was but for anyone to suggest him as our new manager is ridiculous comment to make I've been involved online with MFC since early 96, the mailing list, then the yahoo group, chat room and here. It may have been down to who was online at the time but debates were sensible for the most part since it was mostly real names and probably the lack of teenage presence etc. Holy shit that's almost 30 years. I approached the club in May 96 about setting up a website, had a meeting with John Swineburn with grand ideas of what we have now, only to be told that the internet was a fad, that no one would want access to the club's history (Keith and Graham's book) instant news updates etc could be gotten on teletext, every idea or suggestion of use was shot down into flames. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 8 hours ago, Yabba's Turd said: I've been involved online with MFC since early 96, the mailing list, then the yahoo group, chat room and here. It may have been down to who was online at the time but debates were sensible for the most part since it was mostly real names and probably the lack of teenage presence etc. Eternal September just took a little longer to reach the world wide web. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 8 hours ago, Yabba's Turd said: I've been involved online with MFC since early 96, the mailing list, then the yahoo group, chat room and here. It may have been down to who was online at the time but debates were sensible for the most part since it was mostly real names and probably the lack of teenage presence etc. Holy shit that's almost 30 years. I approached the club in May 96 about setting up a website, had a meeting with John Swineburn with grand ideas of what we have now, only to be told that the internet was a fad, that no one would want access to the club's history (Keith and Graham's book) instant news updates etc could be gotten on teletext, every idea or suggestion of use was shot down into flames. I remember John Swinburne , proper old school guy Changed days indeed 30 years on where you can now get everything at the click of a button Remember back in the day I would buy the match programme , the Motherwell times, check teletext for any news that was happening Younger generations would laugh 😂 and think no way did that happen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 16 minutes ago, twistandshout1983 said: I remember John Swinburne , proper old school guy Changed days indeed 30 years on where you can now get everything at the click of a button Remember back in the day I would buy the match programme , the Motherwell times, check teletext for any news that was happening Younger generations would laugh 😂 and think no way did that happen Not to mention Club Call 🤦♂️ 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 4 minutes ago, Toxteth O'Grady said: Not to mention Club Call 🤦♂️ To this day my mum still doesn't know why her phone bill was through the roof some months 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 11 hours ago, Yabba's Turd said: I approached the club in May 96 about setting up a website, had a meeting with John Swineburn with grand ideas of what we have now, only to be told that the internet was a fad, that no one would want access to the club's history (Keith and Graham's book) instant news updates etc could be gotten on teletext, every idea or suggestion of use was shot down into flames. To be fair, he was in good company: "I see little commercial potential for the internet for the next 10 years" - Bill Gates, 1994 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 14 Author Report Share Posted May 14 17 hours ago, Onthefringes said: Na, not having that 😂 He was my guidance teacher at one point too. Jesus. I remember him as my PE teacher, which was brutal enough. I can just imagine him offering "guidance" to people as well 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 7 hours ago, twistandshout1983 said: I remember John Swinburne , proper old school guy Changed days indeed 30 years on where you can now get everything at the click of a button Remember back in the day I would buy the match programme , the Motherwell times, check teletext for any news that was happening Younger generations would laugh 😂 and think no way did that happen In 30 years time our grandkids/great grandkids will be saying "What were those old mobile phone thingies?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onthefringes Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 38 minutes ago, David said: Jesus. I remember him as my PE teacher, which was brutal enough. I can just imagine him offering "guidance" to people as well 😂 Hard, but fair in my opinion. Seen me alright. Then there was Jocky Whiteford and Frank Welsh for a spell. Simpler times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Kmcalpin said: In 30 years time our grandkids/great grandkids will be saying "What were those old mobile phone thingies?" In 30 years they will still be saying "why is grizzlyg still telling the same jokes.....cue........ba boom 🤪🤪" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 After tonights performance I'd be offering Armstrong a contract, Big strong target man, puts himself about etc and has scored a few goals exactly what we have missed all season, him up top with Stamatelopoulos might be a good pairing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 3 minutes ago, Spiderpig said: After tonights performance I'd be offering Armstrong a contract, Big strong target man, puts himself about etc and has scored a few goals exactly what we have missed all season, him up top with Stamatelopoulos might be a good pairing. I would like to see that happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Armstrong got some decent service for a change which helped. He offers something, but maybe there is better out there. Watt would be ok as a 10 or attacker wide left. But we have Maswanhise for that, tho does not work as hard as Watt. AP did score goals, but suffered from lack of service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 26 minutes ago, Spiderpig said: After tonights performance I'd be offering Armstrong a contract, Big strong target man, puts himself about etc and has scored a few goals exactly what we have missed all season, him up top with Stamatelopoulos might be a good pairing. I would be happy with Armstrong staying, he sounds like he is desperate to stay on also 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Spiderpig said: After tonights performance I'd be offering Armstrong a contract, Big strong target man, puts himself about etc and has scored a few goals exactly what we have missed all season, him up top with Stamatelopoulos might be a good pairing. He's a decent plan B. But we were up against ten men tonight, wouldn't base too much on that. What we should maybe take from tonight's game is that 352 is more effective than 3421 or whatever managers call it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Armstrong contracted till 2027 with Carlisle so imagine they would want a decent fee. Plenty of effort but I am not sure if it meant paying a big fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Don't know where else to put this so it's in here. Alexander = Mourinho Mourinho made more headlines when he was asked during a press conference why he had used a different starting XI in 31 games this season. “I have 25 coins, I throw the coins in the air. The ones that stay on the table are the ones that I play. The ones that go on the floor go on the bench. I do it just like this. During the week, I’m having fun," Mourinho said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 On 5/13/2025 at 3:14 PM, Ya Bezzer! said: Getting paid at Scottish Premiership wage levels over a career probably still makes you richer than one big move at 18 and then disappearing into a big club youth system never to be seen again. The key is giving youth players first team opportunities and the chance to actually develop a professional career. If we do that we will retain quality youth players, perhaps not all of them but some of them and maybe even most of them. With increasing costs and dwindling support there is basically no long term future without youth development. It should be central in our medium to long term planning at the club. On your first point I’d give three examples off the top of my head Jake Hastie - a one trick pony who done well out of his move to Rangers and wouldn’t have been a first team choice at may premier teams so his move was great for him. Robbie Leitch - left us for Burnley after scoring and making a goal in the youth cup final when coming on as a substitute to then disappear into the Scottish lower league’s. Bailey Rice - chose Rangers over us and the jury is still out on that move. one made the correct move the one didn’t and the third we will have to wait and see in my view. The club made money from one, nothing from one and we will see about the third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 6 hours ago, grizzlyg said: Armstrong contracted till 2027 with Carlisle so imagine they would want a decent fee. Plenty of effort but I am not sure if it meant paying a big fee Carlisle are now National League so I don't think they would be too difficult to deal with, I hope we would at least make an enquiry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 Armstrong has done well across his time with us and I certainly wouldn’t be upset if we were to sign him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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