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That Umbro kit is my all time favourite. I’m showing my age, it’s the one I wore whilst playing for motherwell boys club all those years ago. Is that Aztec retro legit trader?

On series planner................Nice one grizzlyg

Oh good god ...... make it stop!!!!! i blame you for this grizzlyg !!!!

This. Luton scored 90odd goals on the way to promotion last season and have taken league 1 by storm. Their fans have become accustomed to a high energy passing game. whoever they appoint is going to be critical and given that we’re in the window, they’ll want to do it quickly. I would wager that Robinson will not be appointed. Paul Hurst would be my punt.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrgh!!!!!!!!!

LOL I was in New York for a course last month and it got to the point where I was involuntarily silently screaming every time I heard “Awesome, great job”. Like nails on a blackboard

I wasn’t trolling Yodo. Thanks Supermarv. As it goes, I’d like to see that formation given a whirl too. I suppose the only question would be around whether we would have the players with the passing and game management attributes to play it.

With the alignment of the text going all wonky, I’m guessing what formation that is. Is it 4231?

Awesome !!!!

Is FFS in the Oxford Guide to English Usage and Fowler's?

I remember there being quite a bit of a buzz about this lad a few years back in league 1 and even as recently as last January, he was rumoured to be coming on loan to Charlton. Both of his loan moves last season were bad ones as both Northampton and MK Dons were utterly woeful. There’s no doubt the boy has talent but as said above, he’s had some injuries that have stunted progress whilst suffering from being in some pretty poor teams. I wonder if his an Ross Mac’s arrival will signal a 4231 formation for the remainder of the season?

Definitely. I was talking to a group of Plymouth fans when they came to the valley towards the end of last season and they were saying that Ainsworth had barely kicked a ball since the early part of the season. There were mixed views about him. Some believed he wasn’t good enough to get into (what was then) a winning team. Others had said they’d heard rumours that Adams had frozen him out and was looking to offload him last summer. In the same conversation, they were far from complimentary about Carl McHugh for the way he left them and Adams was like a Demi-God.

In a word.......NO!!!!

A bit harsh. It’s definitely been an excruciating wait. I’ve been clicking the news now refresh button today far more than a normal January day. I don’t think it’s fair to shoot the messenger though. All it serves to do is make those who do hear some inside news and willing to share it as they heard it, clam up.

Days old information for someone in the know or a top trump claim but someone who isn’t in the know but is loosely connected to someone in the know and likes to chat ‘cryptic pish’? I’ve got a black cat, what colour is yours?

Obviously, geography and population play a large factor but just a glance at the league 1 and 2 average attendances for last season tells all you need to know about the gulf in club sizes between the 2 divisions. Our only saviour is the old firm for the media coverage/revenue and coefficient they bring. Due to the nature of the Scottish league structure, there is little movement between the divisions and therefore a far diminished risk with fielding a poor team. By contrast, losing the big gates of a Sunderland or Pompey visit when falling to League 2 can hurt for years, particularly when you’re being outspent by non leaguers and can no longer entice the big clubs to loan their top youth to you. There isn’t much between the bottom and top 10s of leagues 1 and 2 and I believe it would be within this glut that all non old firm SPFL sides (including the city teams) would level out. For example, this current Motherwell team would be languishing at the very bottom of league 1 and would struggle to get anywhere near the league 2 playoffs.

Unfortunately, I think this could well be the dystopian future that awaits Scottish first team football. Someone commented the other day about Bowman perhaps getting a better goal to game ratio by taking a step down to League 2. League 2 is NOT a step down. If Project Brave does what it’s supposed to, then we will see many more young Scots getting cherry picked by bigger English clubs before playing many if any first team games. The standard of football in Scotland is turgid and there is limited development potential in playing a limited style of football against the same limited teams over and over again. By contrast, any young talent with a good attitude will grow far quicker by going to a bigger club with infinitely more resources and a highly competitive environment. England also has the league structure to loan out and expose young talent to a range of different levels of opposition. And whilst we and other Scottish clubs just like us cannot baulk at £400k, we are only affirming our allotted place in the talent development food chain.

That actually made me do a LOL ...... You’ve started a little earlier than normal Dewell. Is that the same logic as turning down a bunk up wi Gal Gadot because she might have a wiffy fufu?

I haven’t been this genuinely excited about a ‘Well signing since the first return of Faddy. I just hope he’s not done and a big disappointment.

What you describe is exactly what destroyed Scottish football from the late 80s into the 90s and onwards. It’s no coincidence that Scotlands national team has been weak during this period as well. This particular problem is not isolated to Motherwell and whilst your ideology is admirable for a long term vision (there needs to be wholesale systemic change), what do you suggest is done in the short term? The here and now. How is the gap between imported journeymen and homegrown high quality professional footballers bridged? It should be on that there should be discussion because I’m pretty fuckin tired of the same old qualificationless wingeing bastards coming on here slamming a manager (it’s not been exclusive to Robinson) for failing to flood the team with kids who may or may not be ready, and then still not being content when those same kids are either not up to it or are perceived to be flogged. Utterly utterly tiresome. So I challenge any one of the roasters...... If you want that gap bridged. What solution should be put in place for Motherwell and the Scottish coaching system to transform the game? And whilst you’re at it, you want rid of this manager. Who would be the manager you’d want to implement your plan?

If Brexit means Brexit.....does Robinson out mean Robinson out?

Sooooooo....... Taking his comments into consideration, who won’t be with us on the 1st of February?

Seeing as we were so shite last night, shall we just give the point back?

Makes today’s win even more important

On current form, wherever the fuck he likes