MJC

I don’t think it was simply down to the fact that he never smiled that got supporters backs up. It was more that he wasn’t contributing as much as he potentially could in games while his face was tripping him that riled people. As I said he was a decent player but just didn’t show it enough and wasn’t nearly good enough to get away with such an attitude. To draw a comparison, Scott McDonald was often a torn faced, whinging arse on the park and he frequently took the huff, but he compensated for it by working his arse off and being a quality player who was excellent in both spells for us. Thus while it was frustrating watching him throw his hands up and growl about the park, you knew that while he was on there he was always likely to contribute to the team.

Decent player, has a ability but unfortunately also has a stinking attitude.

Exactly, there is absolutely no point in comparing the two signings. Vardy was a proven goalscorer, albeit in the conference league and scored 34 goals in 42 appearances for Fleetwood when Leicester signed him. We appear to have signed another - ANOTHER - forward/winger who can no doubt “play anywhere across the front three” and doesn’t boast a good track record of goal scoring. That’s what we’ve been crying out for for nearly four years now(a goalscorer that is). While I fully accept that going out and signing such a player is easier said than done, especially on our budget, what I cannot understand is why we seem to keep signing the same type of player when it’s patently obvious that that’s not what we need and it hasn’t exactly worked out for us in recent times with the several similar type of players that we’ve brought in. Hylton, Seedorf, Aarons spring to mind. Considering we’re forever being reminded how meagre our budget is then it’s highly important that we use it wisely.

Another forward/winger from the arse end of the English leagues. I had hoped we’d moved away from this type of signing now that Robinson is away but it would appear not. Thoroughly uninspiring signing. That said, best of luck to the boy and hopefully I’ll be eating my words.

Painfully so unfortunately.

It was a great strike, so I think a bit unfair to blame him. As I said you can make a case for the ‘defending’ in the run up to it, and Jack Hendry(?) has to take a lot more blame for that than Marshall.

Well that’s that for this tournament for Scotland I’m afraid. Far too negative a line up there and got what they deserved. If anything they’ve got Marshall to thank for keeping the score line respectable with some really good saves. Can’t blame him for either goals either, you can question the defending in the build up but both cracking finishes. On a side note, James McFadden’s commentary was horrific. Ten minutes to go, 0-2 down and he’s like a wee boy at his first ever football match all bright eyed and innocent giving it “all we need is a goal here da’ we can still do it”. Dismal stuff.

I can’t believe I’m reading this. He was always a reasonable and very knowledgeable guy especially when it came to Motherwell FC and although I never met him in person I always hugely respected his views on here, even if we didn’t always agree on matters. As has already been said, he was ‘the voice of reason’ on these forums.

Each to their own but in my view a Motherwell home kit should always have claret shorts. Our colours are Claret & Amber, I don’t see the need for white myself but I know that it’s popular with plenty. Hopefully there’ll be a sponsor free version available to buy.

Claret shorts and a proper band/hoop! That is what I call a proper Motherwell FC home kit. The only thing I’m not so keen on is the white trimmings but apart from that that is a very nice kit.

Absolutely, it’s been a massive game changer for players of all clubs not having supporters to play in front of. I find it hard/awkward enough just watching a game on TV or stream with no crowd there, so god knows what it’s like for the players. Sadly it’s something we’ll all need to get used to as I don’t see fans returning to grounds up here any time soon, certainly not in this calendar year.

I know not everyone agrees, but if there is any possibility of signing Lafferty we should be snapping him up. Likewise Tshibola and Mulumbu.

There is little to no chance of fans being back inside stadiums by July, Covid cases are rising sharply again. But that aside at would be good to play Airdrie again, as long as we beat them.

I don't see us signing him as I suspect we'd struggle to meet his wage demands, but he's definitely a player that would be worth taking a gamble on if it was possible. We've been needing a goalscorer since Moult left almost four years ago now.

Killie down, perhaps Lafferty will be looking to stay in the top flight right enough? On a side note it will be strange not having Kilmarnock in the top flight next season. They've not been in the top league quite as long as us but with them being a similar sized club you always kind of took for granted that they'd be there.

He’s the type of player you hate when he plays against you but love to have in your side, a bit like Scott McDonald. He is a proven goal scorer at our level and a bit of gamesmanship can often work in your favour. I’d take him in a heartbeat.

I don’t know if I’d agree with that but I can see the argument for that. The 94/95 team that finished 2nd was pretty special and had some top quality players, but so did the ‘91 team. You think about Arnott, Kirk, Paterson, McCart and Maxwell who were really good solid players at the level they were at plus Cooper - who was genuine quality- plus Phil O’Donnell who was still breaking through but was already well on the way to be a top class player, which he would have been had it not been for injuries. Not to mention Nijholt (an excellent player) and Colin O’Neill (a Motherwell cult hero) and even Tom Boyd (a seriously good player even if he’s since shown himself to be a complete Celtic wank, the type of you’d expect to encounter in the Railway Tavern). That was a seriously good team.

As frustrating and sad that it’s now 30 years since we lifted the Scottish Cup, I will be forever grateful that it happened in my lifetime. Some absolute all time Motherwell FC legends in that team.

It’s happened plenty of times when Vigurs has played and scored against us at Fir Park since he left us.

Sums up our season to be truthful. Rotten stuff. And yes, Lawless will never cut it at this level.

There’s one upside to no fans being allowed in, as the usual mugs in our support would be applauding that chancer Vigurs for scoring against us.

To be honest I'd agree with that, as as much as I dislike Accies I do enjoy the Derby and it certainly feels like we have a 'score to settle' especially after the way the games have gone this season.

Well no one is forcing you to read it if it bothers/bores you that much. Regardless of how tonight ended up, concerns about the quality of players in the team and what next season holds are entirely valid. That’s fairly normal for football fans of any club to be concerned about and want to discuss. Though I don’t think anyone actually said that “relegation is a certainty next season”.

Never doubted us.

Long gets one back...