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I was at that Jules game. Felt a bit sorry for him, as he was parachuted in to a terrible defence (69 goals conceded according to wikipedia), but it was a real howler.

It's tough. John McGinn has been one of the more successful Scottish exports, but his trophy wins are with St Mirren and Hibs. I suspect he's enjoying himself at Villa more than he would have enjoyed himself at Celtic, but only he can say for sure if that's true.

Ultimately, it's down to what motivates individual players - and even that might change at different stages of a career. If I had the talent, I'd be very much in the Lewis Ferguson camp, getting as much as I could from living and playing in Italy. I can see, however, how a diehard Celtic fan would be attracted to playing for them early in their career and winning leagues or trophies with their boyhood heroes. It's been great to see Scottish players thrive abroad in recent times. For a long time, many were following the "big move south - quiet move back north" career development plan.

That was v Dundee wasn't it? We'd just signed him from Falkirk.

It's no coincidence that Max and Lennon have dads that were also pros. I'm sure it makes a huge difference to get advice from immediate family who know the business, rather than immediate family that want to you play for the OF team they support.

If the offers are there, that has to be the way to go. I reckon Turnbull should have gone that direction too.

Another year goes by where the lucky ones amongst us can continue to say "We were at Hampden the last time we won the cup" (and you just know we'll get the win in Perth next week) Meanwhile, take your pick...

Blaney + Casey = soft goals conceded. Your Motherwell Guarantee.

We'd crock him in under cinq jours. EDIT: Gutted, I missed the obvious croque monsieur joke there.

It's just a shame that Charles "not that kind of player" Dunne reduced the number of games we got to see him play.

He was OK, but got skinned for Leeds first goal.

I think we'll become more entertaining as guys like Kaleta and Maswanhise continue to adapt in the Scottish game, and guys like Slattery and Miller ar re-established as starters. It won't always be easy, though, because some teams in the Premiership intentionally set up to wreck any attempts to play football and you need to find a different way to win. And if we play wide open, entertaining football where we won a third of our games 4 - 1, and lost two thirds 3-2, our fans would be screaming for changes.

328th detailed review of our training and injury protocols, incoming. Meanwhile, take your pick...

The last thing we need is a hulking target man. That is a recipe for 90 minutes of long punts from defence to "attack".

Waiting for an entertaining game played on plastic since 2014. Take your pick...

I believe the official term is "on the tractor" https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2025/01/07/kai-andrews-is-our-first-2025-arrival/

If yelling at players mean you didn't prepare properly or picked the wrong players, managers like Klopp and Mourinho must be useless.

Maswanhise for me. With Miller out the team, I think Halliday enjoyed the playmaker role and was also one of our better performers. Was happy to see Slattery get his 10 minutes too, and no yellow cards!

We have an OK record at Killie and Livi but that doesn't mean the games won't make your eyes bleed. It's not about excuses, it's about the astro making games unwatchable even when you win. I'd struggle to think of 3 great games I have ever seen on plastic.

The challenge is they need the game time in matches where making 17 mistakes in 30 minutes due to lack of game-speed practice won't cost us any points.

He's another one of many that needs a lot more game time. Not having a reserve league and not being able to play bounce games as much as we'd like is a big challenge to getting the long term injured up to match speed.

I think there's a bit of revisionism going on because during his first loan spell, and during his early performances after we signed him, he was an excellent performer (and even won the players' Player of the Year). He was certainly poor when everyone else in the team was poor too, but his overall contribution to the team during his spell was a net positive. I was never a fan of having him as a captain, and I always felt his form dipped after that. I've seen plenty of good keepers over the years that don't do crosses - it wasn't a problem for them, because they had central defenders that took care of them. Jim Leighton made a career out of never leaving his 6 yard box, but had guys like Big Eck to mop up.

Butland did Kelly things against us too - just had the Rangers VAR to save him.

Needed the win after the Hearts underperformance. Excellent 3 points against a team above us in the league, albeit on the slide.

Our 100% home record in 2025 continues. Take you your pick...