numpty

It wasn't all "years ago" though, was it. The only reason he was free to join Motherwell in the first place is because Derby County dismissed him for getting pissed and parking his car on the middle lane of a motorway, which could have had all sorts of unthinkable consequences. He's just a complete muppet.

There are three kiwis in each set of three circles though, so technically 18 is indeed the correct kiwi headcount

White, if the previews are to be believed.

What a steaming pile of mince. McGhee he has absolutely nothing to dither about. If he'd been made an offer and had been thinking it over for a week or two, *that* would be dithering, but nobody's even asked to speak to him so far. Are AFC expecting him to phone up Pittodrie and demand the job or something?

Meanwhile, in today's Herald...

From Day 7 Update: Didn't know big Dirk was back helping out!

My dad and my brother tried for about a fortnight, failed in different ways pretty much every time from what I heard...

He's kidding himself if he thinks he's not going to get just the same treatment from all the ex-pat Old Firm neds in Oz, though! Bed made -> lie on it, I'm afraid...

http://sport.scotsman.com/spl/Fitzpatrick-...l39s.5304582.jp

I can't really see us attracting any higher calibre of player just because they might get to play in two or three qualifying rounds of the Europa League... they weren't exactly knocking down our door when we were straight into the first round proper last year.

Jeez-oh, I must have been feeling flush that day

Probably just phoned a bookie, expect they've been working on the odds since Saturday afternoon!

"Motherwell's Mark McGhee, Burnley's Owen Coyle, West Bromwich Albion's Tony Mowbray and Dundee United's Craig Levein are the early frontrunners to step into the hotseat."

Hope everyone's stayed off that pitch! Inversneckie Thistle relegated.

1-1, Sheridan.

"Inverness boss Terry Butcher looks stunned. He's peering out from under that blue baseball cap; chatting to first-team coach Maurice Malpas about what to do next."

HT 0-1. No idea what else is happening though, as my internet's too buggered to stream the commentary today.

Killie 1-0 up (Invincible)...

Teams: Motherwell: Krysiak, Quinn, Craigan, McLean, Hammell, Klimpl, O'Brien, Hughes, Clarkson, Sheridan, Sutton. Subs: Graeme Smith, Malcolm, Darren Smith, Murphy, McGarry, Meechan, Hutchinson. Kilmarnock: Bell, Clancy, Lilley, Ford, Murray, Hamill, Pascali, Flannigan, Invincibile, Fernandez, Taouil. Subs: Combe, Fowler, Gibson, Skelton, O'Leary, Sammon, Nolan.

Are there any plans to publicise this plea in the press? I'd guess the majority of numpties who are likely to jump on the pitch aren't going to be reading this forum, but at least if it's printed in the Rancid or something, a helpful family member might point it out to them before the game

Could be a while before we see him in the first team, mind you...

I just told you what I suggest they do Having lived in Ireland and England for the past umpteen years, I've lost count of the number of people I've had to explain it to... mainly because there's nothing in the printed SPL table in most papers that suggests it's anything other than a regular league table, so folk just naturally assume it's a mis-print when 7th has more points than 6th.

While this doesn't bother me in the slightest, it does seem to confuse a lot of folk who don't know how it works-- if the split is going to happen, I dunno why they don't just properly split things into two groups, rather than pretending everyone is still playing in the same league.

Does online renewal work yet? My dad and my brother have both tried a few times over the past week or so, and the website just fell flat on its arse in various different ways each time.

I don't know, you don't know, neither does the coo. (As my grandfather used to say...) Pretty much a lottery at this stage.