A couple of days ago we'd heard very little from McGhee regarding the whole situation. This led me to believe that he would be staying on at Fir Park for at least another season. Seeing the quotes in the Sunday Herald have resigned me to the fact that he is leaving.
I've got mixed emotions on him moving on; on one hand, he took us to third place, made us play some cracking football and led us through some difficult times. On the other hand, we had his ridiculous team selections in big games, his contraversial talking to the media ("like I give a monkeys what they think" / "this is the best football the fans have seen in 40 years") and the worst part of his reign at FP for me was when we'd just been beaten by Celtic and he went up and started hugging and laughing with one of the guys on the Celtic coaching team. I know they'd had a wee argument a few minutes before, and that they were old friends, but still not very good after just being beaten.
From a footballing point of view, it will be disappointing to see him leave. I thought I would actually be quite gutted to see him go. I've realised that, however, we will inevitably move on from this. We'll appoint a new manager, and whoever he may be, he will come in with his own new methods, tactics, contacts and managerial style. It's important we get somebody in sharpish, but at the same time it's important we don't rush into anything. Hopefully Mr Boyle can give us a decent appointment, and Motherwell FC can move on from here.
Mon the 'Well.
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