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Time will tell. Gannon has a good reputation for bringing through youngsters as well, but right now we need a few players who can slot in right away.

Setanta had the rights to show the Scottish clubs' Europa games IIRC, so I doubt it'll be on anywhere now unless somebody else steps in before then.

Partly, I presume, for the people on here who asked for as many updates as possible to prove we were really doing it properly this time. Yes, they really did.

And going by the "I haven't ruled out staying at Fir Park" patter, I'd say it's Hearts. Can't remember the last time anyone said they hadn't ruled out staying <anywhere>, and then actually stayed...

There was a message on here in the past couple of weeks encouraging people to buy the last few Uncle Phil DVDs because fundraising was in its final stages. So I guess we'll hear more soon enough.

For me, it's time to move on and give it to whoever. Otherwise, where do you draw the line? Was Phil O'Donnell a better player or servant to the club than any of the other Motherwell greats whose numbers we haven't retired, just because he was unfortunate enough to collapse on the pitch?

I believe we're still allowed to add one player to the squad for the first round if somebody was to come in, with similar additions allowed for subsequent rounds.

But presumably, if the rumours are correct, not quite "Motherwell thru and thru" enough that he wants to stay at Motherwell...

He could have tried, but how many agents let their players sign long term deals these days? More likely we'd have ended up losing them sooner.

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Personally, I'd be a little disappointed if the other coaching and scouting staff at the club weren't at least canvassed for some input after the interviews. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if that wasn't the case, though.

Yep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlorë

There's a KF Flamurtari and an KS Flamurtari Vlorë... presume it's KF that's in the draw? KF_Flamurtari KS_Flamurtari_Vlorë EDIT: Ignore that, KF are in Kosovo, not Albania...

It's 18 according to http://www.uefa.com/live/competitions/uefa...draw_basic.html ... EDIT: Oh, no it's not, their numbers don't line up. 17 it is.

Just typical of course that I'm away from the 2nd-9th July, so I'll miss both games... so St. Pat's or Derry City in the second round please!

And it's Motherwell vs Llanelli!

Aye, changed days though... back in the 80's there were are at least a couple of shops in Hamilton (Viking Sports and the Sportsman's Emporium, and the InterSport beside FineFare/Gateway as well come to think of it) where you could usually find whatever Motherwell gear you were after. There was a lot less of it in those days of course-- strips and scarves, and not a great deal else.

I wouldn't ... costs me an extra 20 quid a month (i.e. doubles my cable subscription fee) to get Sky Sports here compared to the package that includes Setanta, and there's no way I'm paying them that just to watch us get humped by Rangers or Celtic once every couple of months!

Surely we'd only be hiring something like that, rather than paying a fortune for something we'd only be using once...?

To be honest, I think most folk just need something different to moan about while there's no games going on As soon as the players get back for pre-season and the build-up to Europe begins proper, we'll likely all be lapping it up again!

However, his experience is mostly of the "being crap at it" variety. The only reason people here don't hate him for Ireland's shocking displays when he was in charge is that they all thought he was a terrible appointment in the first place, for which they lay the blame squarely at the FAI's door...

Not that daft from his perspective, really... Bohemians are regular challengers for the domestic league and cups, and often qualify for Europe. Come and manage most of the teams and the SPL, and you're battling for mid-table mediocrity and the occasional lucky cup run most years, albeit in front of an extra couple of thousand people a week.

Haven't we already established that any "talks" wouldn't be happening at Fir Park anyway...?

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