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Mcinnes has proven himself. Doing well with both StJohonstone and the 8 years with Abderdeen. He must be kicking himself not to have taken the bigger jobs when they came up. Now he's back at the level he was 14 years ago when starting out as a manager. Having to make do with a much lower budget. Difficult to call who'll do well and who'll sink. Suspect it will be another tight league from pos 5-12.

I’m with spudmfc / Tierney is a cracking talent and be a very decent no10. also agree that shields needs some slack and be good as a forward pair . what was obvious last year and is still obvious is ditch the front 3 rotation . Appreciate it makes as narrow but also create space for wingbacks to get forward .

Looking good home and away - let’s hope our play can match the quality of these kits . wouldn’t mind slotting this striker into our team

Looks like he was decent enough in League 2 as a winger but struggled to do well in League 1. Rule of thumb for me is league 1 generally a step up on salaries etc that we pay. Many league 1 players would step right into our team. League 2. It's more of a lucky bag, few make a positive impact. Many don't KVV & Woolery pivoted from both Lg1 to 2.. Suspect it's that type of level. Higher pedigree than likes of Amaluzor . Personally I'd be happy to scrap the search for wingers , rely on wingbacks for forward play and give more game time to the likes of Tierney. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gnahoua

Good old ST Motherwell. Will be changing their colours before long . it’s doesn’t say much for Robinson’s depth of scouting system .

Nice work - if this is the calibre we bring in then spot on.

It's a reasonable assumption that clubs with fanbases x2 what we have will have finances and the clout to improve and be beyond what we can do. Historically Aberdeen and Hibs have been ahead of us, think it's reasonable to expect them to get their shit together. Overall all things being equal our most likely position Im guessing is 7th with Old/New Firm Hibs/Hearts all ahead of us. If we squeeze in front of any of them then kudos to the club.

As long as players we bring in are better than we have I don’t mind it only being 2-3 or 4 players no more squad players thanks

I’m with you Mio, this was my first strip and I god damn loved it . it’s a belter and delighted to have something a bit different from the norm .

agreed - S'OD should have been told to enjoy his hols. he gave his all during last years tourney - came back fecked as no rest/no pre season. He needs a proper break.

Pretty decent signing. In his mid 20's, proven at this level. A midfielder who can chip in with goals. Hard to know what's not to like.

he's been terrific. A real handful and knows exactly where the goals are.

We had c30 first team players last season. Boiling it down to closer to 20 makes sense + have a look at the youngsters coming through. I don't believe we need many signings. if we bring in 4 -5 who are better than we have I'll be happy.

worth noting that Cooper was 33 when he arrived. Quite different to the 37 years old when he left - was used sparingly. Davis I suspect won't last a full season but completely agree he'd be a great influence.

decent news on Lamie - as expected really and happy to have him. Maguire I'm personally not sold but I do like having players coming through the ranks and no question he works his arse off. A very decent squad player who can at least fill in.

That’s one of my favourite chants of all time . only trumped by ’theres only one joe McLeod ……….fan”

This may be a little brutal, I don't believe Maguire is good enough. He's now 24 and played 50 games. Personal view is he's limited. Not sold we should have renewed his contract. Think he'll end up being a decent championship player similar to many young well starlets who didn't quite hit the mark. Dean though has a chance of making it. 21 and learning all the time, good prospect of becoming a decent player and for sure would benefit from someone like Davis talking him through games.

Agree - Lamie has too many brain farts during games. 90% solid but too often very lax and causes problems. I'd much rather bring in someone like McCart from StJohnstone who's out of contract. Prob the type of player we can afford and has proven to be decent.

signings are difficult - most of the time it's an underwhelming feeling - would really need to see a list of players we can afford - albeit that could be depressing. Unless able to bring back one of our previous hero's it's often likely to feel shit. Our best chance of having quality is brining them up through the youth system,

every defender in the team has deserved some criticism. It can't help to chop and change as often as we do. Get a settled back 4/5 in place. We need at least a very decent left back and ideally one very good central defender.

out of all the players leaving he's the one I've got a soft spot for. Appreciate he needs to move on and not the best player we've ever had but his attitude and effort was immense.

really good update , glad we're not offering extended contracts to the many of who've been around and not been quite good enough for a first team spot. I think Lamie has proven to be better than the other central defenders (not saying much). Also hope we help some of the others find new clubs eg. Carrol/Mcginley/Ojala/Solhom. Maybe even Woolery/Efford. I've seen enough of them all to wish them a happy start elsewhere

I agree we need a new spine right the way through- equally I'd like to see us look beyond the 4-3-3 formation and play to individual strengths. S'OD and Carrol for example both struggle to defend but both are blooming decent in the final 1/3. Tierney is a dangerous player but he isn't a striker nor defender - play him in the hole just behind. Overall yes we need to improve and bring in better than what we have.

Odds were never in our favour today . a decent Motherwell team often gets thumped by the old form . a team coming out of their sick bed was always going to struggle . a day for. 5-5-0 formation . happy to be 5th and somehow get into Europe

Some players make it easy to warm to them . Grimmie has a brilliant attitude and gave 100%. The few games that he did come in generated so much energy, he was a breath fresh air and could see his delight when he scored at Livi. Appreciate why he needs to move on, hope he gets a game time and finds a club that works for him.