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If Mugabi ends up at Dundee Utd his agent should win an award for the best con in history.

mathematically yes , ability and performance wise it was never happening, however its all about opinions if you think that squad would serve us well next season id just need to respectfully disagree.

that Motherwell team was never getting into the top 6 as it proved to be. When you defend like a pub team you dont get the rewards.

top 6 will only be a hope if we get shot of 75% of that squad. That squad will always keep us down amongst the dead men.

dont forget the utterly inept efforts in the Cups....

i really hope you are right

to be fair how can the manager legislate for some of our comedy gold that passes for defending. He cant so he needs to move on the regular culprits. Im relieved that will probably be Mugabis last ever game for us. As big a bomb scare now as he was when he first signed for us. My worry is , if rumours are true, we've recruited Obileye who on the basis of what Ive seen is worse.

correct if anything that should surely convince some that most of that squad need moved on. They will always keep us 9th/10th. SK has a real opportunity to clear the decks and rebuild. My fear is he offers contracts to most of them when he should be showing the door to more than half.

Nicholson and McGinn and give SOD something linked to the coaching side , for me the rest can all piss off. Oxburgh is an unknown but if the manager thinks hes a good replacement for Kelly then Yes. I actually think Kelly has only kept his place because the manager didnt want to ruin his chances of a place in the Euro squad.

100% correct some of our results do blind folk to the fact we are a pretty ordinary bordering on poor team. That squad will always fall to the kind of levels seen tonight.

you are right we can win them all but I dont care how anyone dresses it up that squad will always keep us fighting down at the wrong end of the table. Fundamental changes need to be made in the summer.

the media team have a thankless tasks , very often they have to sell an upbeat message of the back of utterly honking performances when fans dont want to hear it.

likewise

if im being honest i really dont know how we managed that. it was an outstanding result but the performance was not alot to shout about , however its a results business and we will gladly take it. Craigan saying on the radio he doesnt think theres any chance Bair will be with us next season.... wonder if thats a punt or he knows something

Fair point but I still believe there is a lot of room for improvement in the defence. Some of our defending this year has been brutal and teams didn't need to work hard to get goals off us. The amout of goals we lost from corners and set pieces was frankly laughable at times. Of course others are free to feel differently just how I see it.

"Our problem defensively this season has been losing a relatively small number of goals per game, but in almost every game" ... so does that not suggest we need to concede less goals thus getting more points from games that we narrowly lost or drew. I think it does. Sure you can argue if we score more the net improvement could be the same. However I think that's a seriously harder ask than cutting out some of the comedy gold goals we gave away.

You have a point but if we want to improve we need to look at being better defensively. The fact the number of goal we lose has been consistent doesnt make it good.

Completely agree, the current squad will occasionally raise their game but will invariably disappoint , particularly the defence and the Goalkeeper. The defence needs a complete revamp. Other than keeping McGinn, Gent I'm not fussed about any of the rest. Halliday has shown bugger all that should tempt us to make his move permanent. Oli Shae needs moved out , ditto Barry McGuire. Id like to see Bair and Moses play up front next year. However if he secures Vale again I think Bair and Vale will be our front pairing. I sincerely hope we dont try and sign KVV if we lose Vale. I think Kettlewell has a big job ahead but frankly I wouldn't be looking to replace him. He deserves a chance to improve things but if we have another season like this and totally ineffective in the cups Id make the next season his last.

Aberdeen were the same pile of shite they've been in every one of the games that they've taken 10 points off us. Losing 10 points to them tells you more about us than them.

thank fuck I dont pay Sky a penny.

Mugabi can go anytime, hasnt progressed one bit in his time with us. Still makes the same basic mistake he always did and too regularly as all players make mistakes. .

Cheers im gonna have a field day.

Is there I need to find it.

There are a number of thoroughly dislikeable folk on here , who cannot debate with anyone with resorting to abuse and insults because you may disagree with them. I just make it clear to these types I will not discuss anything with them and move on. I don't know if there is a block facility of this site but if not it could be worth getting..

The fee is immaterial. Neither Turnbull or Lennon needed to sign extended contracts but did so to make sure the club got a payment for their investment. They knew they were / are going and could have left for nothing but chose to help the club . As I said they are exceptions. Whatever Bair does it is extremely unlikely if he knows he's a wanted man and likely to be leaving that he'd sign an extended contract to ensure Motherwell were taken care of. He, like the vast majority, will when the time comes piss off without so much as a backward glance to the club. Football is full of guys like Chris Cadden..