Spiderpig

Yes it did for me.

The whole team played OK but only 1 standout contender for MOTM, KVV he is looking like a very good bit of business he had a great game.

This....For all Hibs possession and play, Kelly has only had 1 real save to make, our defending for the 1st 2 Hibs goals was poor but, we were a threat , a draw would have been a fair result

Ffs jake Carroll that was a penalty for me, we got away with one there

Just to get you all in the mood the Hibs 6-6 game is on sky 403 just now....wow oh wow lucas Jutkewicz

The players should know what to do on the field that's what GA's job is. I will give you some of the younger or less experienced might need a word now and then, but the club captain is the public face of the players, media duties etc so an experienced pro is an excellent choice, and for me SOD meets the requirements.

Why what are the requirements for being the club captain that you seem to think O'Donnell does not have ?

Nah Larkhall hands definitely only have 5 fingers

The away goals rule was a nonsense anyway should have been scrapped years ago, now teams need to go for it, should make for better games.

Don't see why £500k is unrealistic, he's an established international player, good recent form 2 years to go on his contract, if that was a transfer from another English team you would be talking 7 figures, we should start the negotiations at £1m after all we don't need to sell him, that will see how serious the interest is.

For a club of our size, fan base annual turnover etc we have done well over the years, we have been in 4 cup finals since 91 and been unlucky to end up playing the best team in the country in all of them. There have been three 2nd place finishes, numerous European adventures, and a champions league qualification to enjoy, yes we were having a laugh with that one. Every other team in the country apart from the ugly sisters would love a record like that, along with continual premiership status for over 35 years now I think. So taking everything into account I think we have been and still are one of the best run, if not the best in the country, so if all that meets the description of punching above our weight then I'm happy with that.

A very good article on sky sports about the involvement of the club in the local community we should be proud of what being achieved, a fan owned club for the benefit of all the fans. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11796/12366284/motherwell-chief-executive-alan-burrows-on-well-in-scheme-that-puts-community-at-the-heart-of-the-club

Fair enough I assumed he might have been one of the players that had been training with us for a few weeks while we evaluated them.

The been with us a while part or the reasonably fit part or both?

I think Slattery has been training with us for a while now so he should be reasonably fit, maybe not 90 mins match fit, but I can see him starting.

We have had enough issues with players out injured in recent seasons, the last thing we need is a player who averages more time on the treatment table than on the park, the money could be better spent elsewhere.

That was a training game today 2-0 probably should have scored at least another 2, Annan offered feck all the whole game, the result was never in any doubt, we have won the group to progress, and you are still feckin moaning get a grip ffs

Is it just me that thinks the ppv commentary team are brutal ?

By definition experienced players and leaders will be playing at a good level, well established and regular starters for their teams so tend not to be either released by their clubs or made available for transfer, and if they were we could not afford them anyway. The only way an " unknown young prospect" as you put it gets experience is by clubs like us giving them a chance , we've done it for years not everyone was a success but that's the way it goes. Out of interest who would you have us go for with the 1. The qualities you want 2. Is available and wants to come to Fir Park 3. We can afford them transfer and wage wise?

Sounds a promising signing 3 year deals for some players seems to be our new policy, which for me is a good move to get rid of the annual clear out we seem to have had in recent seasons. Do we know if Slattery available to play today ?

Has it been announced or do you have a good source for the info ?

Brilliant is a strong word to use on this forum unless we are signing Ngolo Kante or someone similar, even then there would be doubters.

For a midfield of Maguire, Cornelius and Crawford that statement is correct the fans never see any commitment, positional sense, good hold up play, etc etc and we never understand why our midfield had been brutal for years. So is GA asking them to do these things and they are either not doing it or are unable to do it in which case why does he persit with them.

Went for O'connor thought he had a solid game, should have scored as well, think he could turn out to be a decent player.

Let's be honest here, Airdrie won with two wonder strikes that probably every keeper in the league would not have saved, were they preventable yes all goals are but sometimes a team needs a bit of a boost and the 1st goal gave that to Airdrie. Did they overrun us, constantly get in behind us, force Kelly into save after save , no they didn't so let's get a bit of context here. We had 2 maybe 3 really good chances to score, O'connor and Woolery should have done better and really should have scored had either of those gone in we would have won the game. That said the root of all our problems as it has been for several seasons now is midfield, and needs to be sorted ASAP that will take some pressure off the defence and hopefully provide decent service to the strikers. Yes we should be beating lower division sides but shocks happen and last night was one of those occasions. So a bad night at the office, hopefully we learn from it and move on.