Happy Dosser

Impossible to compare players from different eras, but Willie's record speaks for itself. My Dear Old Dad, an incorrigible Accies fan, grudgingly told me he missed as many as he scored but an old work colleague from the 80s who saw 'Well win the league said he was a brave and irrepressible forward. Just look at the stats.....

Let me take us all back to The Days of Sinjy (aka Ian St John) via my brother. Ian could miss a chance or two from a few yards and then score a hat trick in no time. Forget about the misses and think of the chances created. Van Veen will (just) score more than he will miss over a long season. Is it all just a false memory or do I remember Andy Harrow and Andy Walker as our striking partnership? Gruesome at times but we grew from there. At least growth under Stevie Hammell looks like a philosophy we can embrace.

Bliss indeed! Remember it from the first time around when I was winching Fay Wray .

Lock-ins are great but I'm more of an Ovaltine and slippers kinda guy now. Oh, here's nurse with ma pills......

No, and I don't know why we bother either since we are unlikely to appear in the later stages of any European tournament .

Really like the white strip. I noticed Stuttgart playing in a jersey with a full hoop this season. I thought we used to be told UEFA had rules which made ours problematical (although Sampdoria don't seem to have had these problems in the past)?

Or drowning fat-deep in a Killie pie? Clearly a 0-2 result. Utter fantasy w/o any supporting evidence bt Hammy has inspired me

I'm the last man to defend The Hens but Lundstrum's foul was the same as the the Hibs' yellow: a cynical trip to prevent a counter-attack. Collum is the original fan-dancing, egotistical referee. Look at me! Look at me! Having said that our "penalty" was embarrassing. We'll be in danger of becoming the St Mirren of All Penalties if this carries on .

If he carries on like that he'll turn into one of these if he's not careful: One of the few things I've learned in life is that "No offence" and "No disrespect" are always followed by offence and disrespect.

Greetings to you, fellow EK-Busite. Thunder and lightning all last night with very heavy rain but don't care 'cos I'm still smiling from Saturday's victory.

Thinking of changing my handle to Tower-Block Mink from Scumville. John Swinburne told me that after Kirky's shot gave us a cup win at Pittodrie in 1991, a fur-coated "lady" in the main stand told him she hoped that they shut Ravenscraig on Monday. Always remember Pittodrie means "farm of the dung-heap" in the Gaelic. IIRC Aberdeen fans were even banned from the Social Club in Edward Street for offensive behaviour.

I think that's why I got so down about Alexander's soul-less approach, and I mean really down. A few posters were talking about Motherwell fan "romantics" up-thread, I think, so I'm certainly one of those and frankly I've been deeply embarrassed by our performances since the New Year, the worst in my view since Tommy McLean's first season, when he was struggling with almost no money and a limited squad. Actually, I'm less worried about our squad than I was even a week ago: amazing what happens when you play players in their natural positions, try some pass and move combinations and go forward whenever the opportunity arises. If we can nail down a serviceable LB and a forward to assist/push KVV, things might be better than we thought in that area. Listening to SH's pre-and post- match comments has restored my faith in our club and football generally. Blood and snotters next week against Livi so a different kind of game for Stevie to plan for. And so we go on.....

Delighted for Hammy, and the players who responded so well to his complete change of philosophy. He has given us some pride back. It's always great to see a team fight back from being behind too: shows the new spirit in the team I hope.

Or Paul Gallico: The Poseidon Adventure? Hoping Stevie can flip us up.

Also the club could build up a wad of cash for the January window from his swear box (apparently).

Yes, I'm pretty sure The Return of Robinson story began here as a joke but was then regurgitated by that other long-running joke, The Daily Record. Curiously, my wife's hairdresser's son's pal saw Ancelloti having a roll and sausage in Tim Horton's (Windmillhill St branch) yesterday.

If he's still here on Sunday and the 'Well Rejects XI beat us I can only imagine the scenes. This humiliation will live long in the memory.

Maybe it's an EK Branch (Jim Henderson bus) thing. IIRC you were a fellow traveller at one time with the inimitable Blyth at the wheel of the Letham's coach. Now it's the manager driving me round the bend .

Other expressions might score more points but would also attract the ire of the moderators. In any case, I feel your pain .

Pretty much my feelings but more articulately put than I can possibly muster in my present state of utter pissedoffidity. My first 'Well game was in 1962 but I can't remember feeling so low and frankly embarrassed about our performances in all those years. Perhaps age gives you a different perspective but my God I can't bear to hear the manager's post-match crapola any longer. Our squad looks even weaker than last season if anything and there has been no move so far to address the most obvious weaknesses at CH and striker. It's not as if GA has just arrived in post either : he's had plenty of time to analyse weaknesses and attempt to address them. There's a feeling of drift and powerlessness in this situation from a supporter's perspective which I find genuinely alarming.

Yep, the 3-1 victory against a full-strength Spurs side (Pat Jennings, Alan Mullery, Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean et al) in the Texaco Cup was a wonderful night, particularly since the Londoners scored early on at Fir Park to take a two goal lead on aggregate before Heron, Donnelly and Watson turned the tie around in a thrilling comeback. And then Peters made a complete graceless prat of himself by whining that 'Well were "all muck and nettles". The thought of us facing a full strength Tottenham Hotspur team now makes the blood run cold, mind you.

You forgot some of Baldy Shaw's opposite numbers over the years .

I think that all that Rangers' tosh dates back to this incident. I should archive it but can't be bothered: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/2839697/ryan-jack-cedric-kipre-rangers-motherwell-tackle-blast-wreck-career/ Oh, the irony of that wee stumer complaining about a bad tackle! Big Ced was hard but fair and is far too good for The Hens. It seems to be A Thing with their fans, though: I even got chinned about it at a Burns Supper once a random True Blue discovered that I supported MFC. Admittedly, I made things worse by saying I didn't even know who Ryan Jack was but Kipre was already a legend. Cue much gnashing of teeth. They're a strange bunch, soantheyare...

Yes, I was forced to agree with Simon Jordan yesterday when he said the game had zero morality or integrity as a business. It certainly looks like it the way the "elite" clubs continue to try to bend the rules to increase their wealth and influence at the expense of the rest.

Exactly so: those who think VAR will automatically reduce the number of decisions favouring the Old Firm will probably be disappointed. England has had the system for a while and there is no shortage of controversy about decisions made following a VAR review, some of which to me seem inexplicable, despite all the technology and time taken to analyse the incidents. It's still a human making the final call, not a computer. It's not a panacea unfortunately and some may conclude that Messrs Collum, Madden, Dallas etc, however flawed as referees, are at least relatively cheap alternatives.