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They are in some leagues. The markets where we picked up Priestman, Watt and Just, not so much. I'm sure if we can get more, we will do that. The fact they still have long-ish contracts increases their value too.

It's like Bargain Hunt. Need two or more interested buyers to start a bidding war. Ultimately, as David says, it's about what the market will pay. Many factors are in play there from the cost of comparable players to resale value. The World Cup helps raise profiles and interest which is why, if we are selling, we should take advantage of the uptick in publicity. Plus it's another success story we can point to when trying to sign new players. While 3 or 4 million might feel low, it's a pretty good return on investment financially and for what has done for us on the pitch. I'm sure the Board will have run the numbers and figured out what is reasonable. I remember Caldwell quoting all the stats for Miller comparing him to similar players in his age group, and I'm sure they will be doing the same for all or potential transfers out.

Wood has a much better track record than Just and played at a consistently higher level. When we signed him, Just had been on a season long loan to a 2nd division Austrian team. Which goes to show what great scouting combined with great coaching can do.

I didn't mean that literally every youngster that moves goes to their boyhood club, but it does happen.

TBF it takes a lot more courage to leave home as a teenager and move down to England or to a foreign country than it does to stay with your parents and drive into Glasgow.

I don't grudge them either and I'm not sure what gave you that idea. Much the same as Hastie, I have no issues with youngsters moving to their boyhood (or parent's boyhood) clubs for more money. The sensible career advice is to look at what happened to every other one of our youngsters that left with no first team appearances, but I understand why they still want to move. It's a brave or confident 18 year old that chooses 50 appearances for Motherwell over Old Firm or EPL academy money, but the history books show those are the ones with a higher chance of better things.

They were "rescued" as the media loves to say when a new consortium took them over in May.

Short term, no doubt, but I imagine Lennon Miller will be earning more over his career.

Aye, if he stayed with us he'd likely have 50+ first team appearances and ready for a move to a team that want hom as a starter.

More likely to get a game there than displace Fadinger. I'm hoping, however, we're looking for permanent signings rather than loans.

I thought the chairman said Nick Daws and team and been working and to expect a couple of signings in the next few days. He also said he wanted to give the new man "space to bring in his own signings". I'm pretty sure professional managers and coaches whose livelihoods depend on winning games are well aware of positions that need strengthening. As always, finding the right players for the right price who want to play in Motherwell is what takes time.

It means absolutely nothing of course in the grand scheme of things, but he's professional enough to at least make it sound like his thoughts are on our Euro campaign.

I don't think any of our youngsters who left for England with zero first team games had any luck down there. The ones that stuck around to get 40 or 50+ games under their belt had more success.

I have completed a few surveys in the past couple of years, but haven't received anything recently. Maybe it was targeted at a specific audience?

Of course. And the point of these lists is, in part, to generate this kind of discussion. He was one of my favourite players, and he did make more appearances for us than Faddy. Would be very boring if we all had the same tastes in football.

No Marinello? Fix Excellent work, though.

Eli gets bigged up in The Guardian's "Five Breakout World Cup Stars". Must be worth a few extra quid. Eli Just (New Zealand, 26) His World Cup performances have captured a wider audience than he had last season in Scotland, where he delighted supporters of an improving Motherwell side with consistently high-quality displays. An intelligent middle-to-front forward, Just is a late developer. He previously played in Denmark and Austria after leaving New Zealand and is now showing a belief in his ability. Bigger defenders have been caught off balance by a quick body swerve as he moves with intent from the middle third into dangerous areas and at this tournament he has benefited from complementing the strength and hold-up play of Chris Wood. Just’s advantage over similar attacking midfielders is how quick he is to assess situations – he sees pictures. Twice against Iran he saw the space in which to receive from his target man and score with perfectly placed right-foot shots. He can score with his left too but needs to score more. Just is consistently a highly skilled performer at club level and shows a commendable humbleness and intelligence. If he continues his improvement he will be on a bigger club’s radar.

Not to mention the tariffs.

If there's some place in particular you'd like to visit, much safer just booking it for your next holiday.

Seeing as safe-standing is off the table for now, I have put an order in for one of these:

We need a McGinn replacement too, unfortunately, given his current injury prognosis.

Raskin's a better player for Belgium that he is for Sevco. Not worth 20 mill - although transfer markets aren't always logical - but I wouldn't judge him purely on his dysfunctional employers.

Nooooooo! The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Non-negotiable 🙂

Sometimes you need to separate the art from the artist. I watched Tom Boyd lift the Scottish Cup, and everyone involved in that campaign should be a candidate. I give zero stuffs what he did after that.

I imagine Roger Hunt will be number one on Liverpool's list, although recency bias can skew that type of list. I have no idea who would be number one for us. Of players I have actually seen, Joe Wark, Wullie Pettigrew, Bobby Graham, Peter Marinello, Garry McAllister, Bobby Russell and Davie Cooper would be up there. Players I never saw like Wilson Humphries, Ian St John, Johnny Aitkenhead etc would be on the list too. Technically I did see St John and Humphries play, but it was for the "Motherwell Old Boys" against the Radio Clyde DJs at Joe Wark's testimonial.