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  1. I don't even consider it a six-pointer to be honest, at least in the classic sense... to me that's when there are three points between the teams to start with, so at the end of the day you could either be level on points or two wins ahead. (But I know Wikipedia disagrees...)
  2. Fisher Twitter said he "looked to be struggling with an injury" when he came off, so who knows.
  3. If he's any good, all he needs to do is teach our existing goalkeepers to be better at goalkeeping. Problem solved
  4. I'm confused. Didn't McGhee only get the job because Burrows wanted his old pal back at the club in the first place?
  5. Nothing is ever as dramatic as our MFC radio commentators suggest.
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    Boycott ?

    Ach, let's just boycott the new one anyway. He's bound to be too arrogant / too nice / the cheap option / waste of a big wage / living too far away / living too close, and I for one won't be back until he's gone.
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    Boycott ?

    I've still got a bit to go before I'm 60, but even at my age I've seen plenty of horrendous spells of form and managerial crises before, and for better or for worse we're still ticking along much the same as always. As they get older, a lot of folk also just have more important things in life to be passionate and/or upset about than how their football team's doing, especially these days. (Though I'm sure I also feel it less because I rarely get to any games any more.) For some younger fans, how they feel about the current string of debacles will probably be on a par with the most frustrated/disgusted/angriest they've ever felt about anything, and that's absolutely fine... it would probably have made my blood boil 20 years ago too. But now I'm just too old for that sort of thing
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    Mcghee Out?

    Legally, a board of directors is a single entity, so all decisions are made by the board as a whole, not by any individuals. In practice, I'd guess the chairman would get the casting vote if need be, but whatever he decided would still be the decision of "the board".
  9. A playing career that anyone would be proud of, too... Cup Winners' Cup Final appearance for Rangers against Bayern Munich, and an inductee to the Birmingham City hall of fame. Relatively recent article about him here, on the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice website, where he was a day service patient: https://www.princeandprincessofwaleshospice.org.uk/the-charity/hospice-stories/roger-hynd
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    Injuries

    I blame the pitch. Let's go back to playing on a coo field.
  11. numpty

    Mcghee Out?

    To be fair, that was mentioned many times when people were moaning about him getting the job for the second time, and I doubt even the most anti-McGhee crowd would disagree with you. But the cold reality is that you ultimately have to assess football managers based on things like results, leadership qualities and working with the club on a clear plan for the future, not on how well they might handle one of the most awful and unlikely things that could ever happen.
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    Mcghee Out?

    One of his jobs is to keep an eye on what the ref can't see and keep separate records to make sure the ref doesn't do something like cautioning the wrong player. So at least that never happens any more...
  13. Well, not in the way it used to be. You can make one-off payments any time you like now instead, whether or not you've signed up for monthly payments.
  14. Though if we throw away a 2-0 lead with 5 minutes left of the 90 this time, everyone will probably be a bit upset...
  15. 'On the other hand, for lack of confirmation too, it seems that Nadir Çiftçi has not signed with #Motherwell."
  16. Some would say we've been requiring one for quite some time...
  17. He's just scored though, so that's always something.
  18. Whether we get him or not, nice to se us taking the 'unsettling transfer talk before a big game' initiative for once http://bbc.in/2jflwi
  19. For better or for worse, there's far less at stake for us this weekend than there was in the playoff. Our recent cup record and the live TV coverage is hardly likely to encourage any fair weather fans along either.
  20. FIFA's definition of simulation includes "feigning injury", so in theory it's possible to be legitimately fouled and still get booked for simulation. Unfortunately, if the single camera the BBC had at the game is the only evidence available, there's probably no point... you can see hee haw on that.
  21. I don't think any of us are asking him to be neutral... just to remember in the heat of the moment that it's his job to tell us what's happening, rather than us having to figure it out from how loud he's shouting. I'm also very glad that somebody does it at all, but unfortunately he hasn't really improved much over the years.
  22. Plus, of course, computers only do what folk tell them to. No reason it couldn't be told to have a swatch at Google Maps and come up with some better suggestions in the first place.
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