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Great. Just in time for him to debut against us at Fir Park on Saturday then.

He did. But where do we stand as a club?

Noted. But it’s still pretty galling for us to be ‘gazumped’ by them by double and brings us back to the issue we face that fan ownership isn’t feasible for us as a club. This is just my opinion but I don’t see how we can sustain ourselves as a top flight and full time club on our current structure and as I’ve said before if and when we are relegated then part time football is inevitable for us.

Unless we genuinely are in financial trouble and are struggling to tick over day to day? As I said a few weeks back, there are worrying signs for the club and with that video and now apparently we can’t even offer half the wages that St.Mirren do then you have to wonder. Either we are up shit creek financially or there is a huge amount of lying and penny pinching going on at Fir Park? I honestly don’t know the answer to that but whatever it is it does not bode well for us as a club going forward.

It would certainly feel like a boot in the balls if either or both happen. Even if there is nothing in the Vale rumour the fact that a player held in such high regard whom we were linked with bringing back ends up going to St.Mirren as they can apparently offer twice the amount as we can whilst we continue trying to secure another bottom feeding loan from the lower English leagues is utterly fucking scunnering. Even just a quick read through the comments on X is enough to show that a lot of fans are fed up too and I think seeing KvV join St.Mirren whilst we’ll be lucky to bring in another loan would be a gut wrencher for many.

I knew that Killie & St.Mirren would be able to offer more money but double? Seriously? If that’s the case then we are well and truly fucked as a top flight club to be honest. And if (I stress IF) the rumours about Vale are true then it would be the most horrendous twist yet in this awful season for us. If KvV signs for fucking St.Mirren on the same night that our latest uninspiring loan recruit goes elsewhere without kicking a ball for us then it would be an absolute embarrassment for us as well as a massive boot in the balls. Seriously, get this season in the fucking bin!

19 years today since Marc Fitzpatrick fired scored a last minute extra time winner against Hearts in the League Cup at Easter Road. One of the greatest nights I’ve had following Motherwell.

They can I’m afraid. Whether they will or not remains to be seen but if it comes down to us or St.Mirren for KvV then he will go there for the simple reason that they would be able to offer him more money than we could.

It didn’t stop them going for old Broon after McGhee had flopped. Robinson would probably be a good shout for them but no manager will ever be able to match the demands of their deluded followers. Derek McInnes was their best manager in recent times but even he was hounded out eventually and they’ve not come close to getting anyone to replicate his success since.

Which would suggest that he couldn’t cut it at first team level, or that’s what it looks like on paper anyway. Its uninspiring and to be honest I would have kept Wilkinson rather than sign this player but it is what it is and he’ll get my support.

Jack Vale confirmed. A forward, which we need but his goal scoring record is unimpressive, to say the very least.

We need someone in, we can’t just go with what we’ve got. And the social media team aren’t doing themselves any favours today by posting pointless guff when they know fans are waiting job signing being announced. They’ve not gone “coffee and a chat with x, y or z” quite yet but they would be as well not posting anything until they’ve got something to announce.

A horrible club from a club from a horrible city supported by horrible people. Aberdeen deserve all the misery they get.

I’m not fussed to be honest. As long as someone likes us and is giving us good fortune this season. It can be someone up Donald Trump’s armpit for all I care but if it helps us stay up then I’ll not be complaining.

We couldn’t have asked for better tonight. Now if we could just start turning some of these tedious draws into wins…

Full time 2-2 with Livi and Ross County. I’m starting to think someone up there likes us!

Kampman was a ‘strange’one. He wasn’t the worst but certainly wasn’t the best either. He was brought in on the back of McLeish bailing on us out of the blue and oversaw an entire clear out that summer. I’m sure Brian Martin, one of the players let go, was quite scathing of him after his departure, perhaps understandably, but was angry about how Kampman handled telling him that he wasn’t being kept on. He signed a lot of players in the summer of 98 and very few lasted the season but that also coincided with John Boyle coming in with Nevin as has already been said. It wasn’t a surprise when he left in the October of that season as it was clear that Boyle had his own ideas and vision for where he wanted the club to go and certainly came across ‘full on’ looking back. That a relatively unknown foreign manager who’d only been here a few months left pretty quickly wasn’t a huge shock, in my opinion. Plus the football we had been playing from the start of the season until Kampman’s departure was pretty awful and there were certainly doubts about where we were headed as a team.

This thread precedes many a worthy candidate, both players and managers! Hammell unfortunately would be up there, club legend or not. Baraclough too, playoffs apart. And McGhee second time around was just not a pleasant experience, top six finish or not. 0-6 v Hearts, 0-7 & 0-5 v Celtic, 2-7 v Aberdeen and 1-5 at home against Dundee. Plus McGhee being his odious, obnoxious self throughout. Player-wise we’ve had Anthony Straker, Zak Jules, Conor Sammon, Jacob Blyth, Sherwin Seedorf, Jermaine Hylton, Craig Samson and many more.

Depressing but not surprising.

We will sign a striker, I’d be surprised if we didn’t. Whether he’s fit and able to deliver for us from the get-go is another matter.

We need to win. Feel like a broken record saying that but we need to start winning football matches. Hopefully we will have another striker option on board by the time this game comes around. I can see it being another draw though unfortunately.

Good. Just remember that the next time you’re tempted to have a wee whinge about what I post. Bye for now. X

Calling someone a troll is a "get out" for people who have lost an argument and can't come back with anything constructive. They most probably don't actually know what the word itself means. I for one succesfully trolled the Rangers obsessed moonhowlers on Pie & Bovril for about four years and was eventually banned for it. But I did a pretty good job of it while it lasted. I knew exactly what to say and when to say it, all it took most of the time was a "Good luck Rangers, YATP" and that was enough. On here though I'm only interested in discussing Motherwell and our club and always try and be as constructive as possible.

I’m split on SK to be honest. On one hand I don’t like the idea of us changing yet another manager in the middle of a season and believe we do need some continuity. But on the other hand we have won one league match in eighteen and only scraped a win against lower league Alloa in the Cup. The football we are playing is dismal and we look poorly coached and managed. Either way something has to give.

But we didn’t win either, and we should have. That’s what is so frustrating. “If” and “perhaps”. We’ve been saying this for nearly five months now. We need to start winning games and putting points on the board especially in games against our peer sides like St.Johnstone, Ross County and Dundee. Scraping draws with the last kick of the ball or only drawing games we have dominated just isn’t good enough.