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Sacked for having a team in 8th spot go 4 wins, 4 losses and 2 draws in their last 10 games. I'd take a punt on him, but I'd be surprised if he doesn't get a few good offers from down south.

If it ever gets to the stage where we have an online poll to sack/keep a manager, I am leaving the Society. That is no way to run a club. We need people on the Board who can address these issues, not mob rule. Of course there should be consultation on some issues, but we need to be careful we don't turn it into The X-Factor.

Robbery. They offered me 112358/1.

I doubt even playing 2 keepers will prevent a defeat, but I like your thinking.

Pro Tip: In Firefox, just cut and past the URL into a Private Window (Ctrl+Shift+P to open one, or select it from the File menu). You can open any Herald link that way, I expect it works in other browsers too such as Incognito Mode in Chrome.

The thing is, you need the experienced players in the team to help blood the youngsters. I think we are moving in a positive direction in that regard, however, and the new manager will need to continue that progress.

Whether you like Hughes or not, he has a pretty decent track record with various Scottish clubs. People tend to judge him by the way he comes across in the media rather than his results on the park.

Flo's statement had zero information content - which is exactly what I'd expect at this stage of the process. Basically, we'll take a look at who's applied and if any of them are the best option, we'll employ them.

They're going on about it because we were pretty vocal in the media about inconsistent refereeing, how we felt hard done by, and requesting a visit to explain the rules. So any time we get away with one, it will be highlighted. I'm not saying we were wrong to raise the issue, just that it's the inevitable consequence.

For our vacancy or the Rangers one?

I was a fan of the short term Brown appointment, but said at the time we shouldn't have renewed his contract after that. I hope we don't make the same mistake this time.

TBF, all of our appointments have had mixed success. Including guys like Tommy McLean whose first few seasons were on a par, or worse, than this current one. I'd rather we had a stranger to the Scottish game like Baraclough than someone familiar to the Scottish game like Jock Wallace. Although, neither, would be preferable.

EDIT: I was miles oot with my stats:- In the same 14 game stretch, we went 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses - still not too bad for a struggling team.

It wasn't quite 13 in a row, but in their last 14 they won 10, drew 2 and lost 2. In their previous 12, they had won zero, drawn 4 and lost 8. So it was an impressive turnaround.

His name has been popping up all over the place recently - most recently in all the "perfect for/not ready for Rangers" stories. So I'm not surprised his name is popping into people's heads. It just makes no sense to mortgage the future of your club on a failure at Clyde.

From a purely business perspective, I'd be amazed if it's anything other than a "safe pair of hands" at least until the end of the season. After that, they might go for something a little more creative, but I'd be surprised if that involved a Ferguson (Barry or Alex).

Who from? I don't remember any Motherwell manager chat being accurate in the last 20+ years, so don't pay much attention to anything outside of club statements.

Not ideal if Moult misses this game, but at least Bowman has some decent form now.

He didn't cost us anything, so it was zero risk on our part. Again, however, that is nothing to do with the fact that this highly rated EPL starlet wasn't good enough for an U20 starting spot.

Even if you believe League One isn't any better than our league (which was kind of my point), I'll bet any one of the clubs mentioned pays at least double the fee we received based purely on the fact he's playing in England now. A fee they could have paid us directly for him when he was playing just as well and at a similar level of competition. (Based on the English Championship games I watch most weeks, however, I'd say the the bottom half of that league is about SPFL level). As for Belic, West Ham (I'm told) thought Belic would be a first team contender based on the fact that they thought SPFL football was a doddle. As it turned out, he wasn't even good enough to get a game for our U20s.

Would be great if we get a few extra quid for the club if he moves on. Will still be annoying, however, that English clubs waited until they had seen him at Oxford for half a season given that his performances there haven't been any better than they were at Fir Park - and he's not playing at a higher level. Just another example of how little most clubs down south think of our game (aye, West Ham and Belic, I'm looking at you).

Steve might be hoping we have a new gaffer in by then.

Jules and Frear are like twins, so I can understand the media's confusion.

Just finished watching the game on Alba and 3 things sprang to mind: Our fans, and the Well Bois in particular, were much more vocal than the Kille fans - so kudos there. I really like the coverage Alba is giving to the non-OF and Championship teams. I still hate plastic pitches with a passion. Throw-ins that bounce back up to head height and players continually trying to kick balls that have bounced to waist height have no place in the game. It's fine for short passes along the deck, but outside of that it can be painful to watch.

We need some of those U20s with 5 A Highers in the team.