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Every one a 'Well fan, I believe 🤣........ The original with the guys rocking through Melbourne was pretty good too.

A tremendous piece of work: thanks for all that effort. Wot, no Bob Malcolm 🤣?

This Motherwell's Greatest is a great piece of fun, as we know it can never be definitive. Personally, I would have to include anyone who played in the league and cup-winning teams (including LC) because they proved they achieved at the top level in their era. There can't be anyone still alive who saw the league champions, although I worked with an old guy who had. Stevenson and Ferrier were sought after by several English clubs in a blank-cheque fashion (notably Arsenal) and Willie McFadyen scored an unsurpassed record 52 goals when we won the league. My Dear Old Dad would tease me by saying John McMenemy was a haddie who missed more than he scored, but then my father was an Accies fan who I don't think grasped JM's main function, which, as an IR, was to put it on a plate for WMcF. He also boasted he was the happiest man in Motherwell as he worked an extra time-and-a-half shift as a mechanic in Taggart's garage next to FP as Clyde crushed us 0-4 in the 1939 Cup Final. If we include all the trophy-winning teams, it would be all down to the personal opinion of supporters who have seen the younger generations of MFC players, which is where the fun comes in. Faîtes vos jeux and Tongs ya bass!

Raskin isn't worth 20 million joob joobs. Even Rangers fans I know are not impressed.

That's an excellent example but the SFA censuring The Untouchable McGregor? It's never going to happen, which is the problem in a nutshell.

It's not clear yet whether this is an ill-judged panic measure by the SFA or their usual vindictiveness when challenged. Either way the clubs, as constituent members of the association, should be instituting a complete overhaul of the refereeing system (including VAR) in Scotland to ensure its proper transparency and accountability. Why is the kowtowing to Celtic so blatant when they are only one club? Unfortunately, the clubs seem feeble and self-serving generally and reluctant to combine to stand up for themselves, so any reform is unlikely to happen and the Scottish game will descend in to further farce and loss of credibilty in the "authorities".

I'm beginning to think that, even if Just were Scottish, he wouldn't be getting a call-up from Mr Clarke, hat-trick or not.

He scored record number of goals for the club and had a tragic end probably resulting from an undiscovered brain condition: a legend in Cardiff as well.

Bobby Graham and Gary McAllister too could be on both lists. The two Old Timers beside me in the POD still think Andy Paton was they greatest 'Well player they ever saw.

His English seemed pretty good to me. Askou played for Norwich and Millwall, so you would expect his English to be as fluent as it was, although I expect his swearing in English to have been pretty effective too. I get the impression Unai Emery's English is quite limited but it doesn't seem to affect his ability as a manager. Every manager is different and we'll just have to see how the dynamics work out. Does anyone know if the AJ has children? That can be a factor in a manager "settling down" successfully, although JBA's wife and children stayed at home and he did fine. 🤞🤞🤞

23 July at home and 30 July in The Faroes, if you can believe the BBC .

And he got a four-year contract BEFORE the WC. You'd almost think the SFA were trying to destroy Scottish football and its reputation, innit? Mrs Dosser, after just about getting over losing "Lovely Jens", said we should have sacked Clarke and given JBA the Scotland job, given what he had achieved in transforming MFC with a squad without "star" players. Some hope! #DinosaurBlazers

Yes, his approach was a revelation last season mainly because we are in the Dark Ages in Scotland. He has Max to fill in the gaps in local knowledge and the club structure seems stable, so I'm hopeful of continuity. I'd rather have had our season than St Mirren's, LC or not. I've had my fill of hoofball to last me a lifetime and the sight of our team imposing their will on other teams and passing their way through them was a joy. Long may it continue........

Reassured and excited by that interview and Richie's excellent tactical card-marking up-thread. It's all theoretical at this stage but I'm relieved we haven't employed any of the usual re-treads and seem to be sticking to a more progressive approach. 🙏🙏🙏

Spot on: he reminded me of him too, the Knowtap Nijinsky 🤣. What an elegant and dangerous player he was. He died fairly recently so it's a pity he didn't live to see Eli.