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Thankfully, there are never any moves of OF players to Motherwell, otherwise we'd look a little hypocritical.

Playing a Highland League team at home. We're on an unbeaten run. McGhee just picked up Manager of the Month. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG????

I see that happening with telly, and all the talentless people who become famous for being racist on 'reality' TV, but choose not to watch any of that. It's probably easier over here to avoid the endless stream of football gossip etc. about football, but I don't see as much of that aspect here. Of course, getting older contributes to those jaded feelings too.

Chipmunk crisps and Kia-Ora, and I'm in.

I see Nick Blackman has moved to Derby County for a reported 2.5 million.

Definitely not in the short term, but it wouldn't surprise me to see either or both feature more next season - especially if McGhee still fancies developing Laing as a midfielder. I think there is also a good chance Moult could be sold on in the summer or the next January window opening up a slot for another striker.

What plans do you have to "improve the product" that the club hasn't tried already?

Sounds good. When you see how Grimshaw has developed by playing some competitive games, hopefully these guys will see the same improvement.

That was certainly an unexpected bonus, but I still expect to see one of our decent in-contract players be sold this season. Guys like Johnson, Moult, Fletcher and Laing are part of our "develop and move on" strategy I'm sure. The key will be to continue finding more guys like that we can develop.

Aye, it's funny to hear about a 30 million transfer budget in one breath and watch them bring in players from League One in another. They are obviously trying to slash their wage bill, and guys like Law must be part of the problem. The only disappointing part is, after years of spewing around needless cash, this new strategy is probably the right one.

As per our business plan, we should be looking to sell one player on this season. Not saying that is Ainsworth, but someone of that profile makes sense i.e. something to offer and with decent period left on his contract.

TBF, in the last few games before Accies, we had done quite well at closing out a game. We just blew it on this occasion, but as you say - hopefully lessons learned.

Aye, that's true - I had forgotten about the free concession.

Is it not also PATG? If so, number of tickets sold won't mean much.

During the summer Baraclough said the club was already pinpointing targets for the next couple of windows. So it seems like we are planning ahead. Targeting and acquiring are 2 different things, of course.

The "unnatural" position of arms, should really be to prevent situations like a defender standing with arms outstretched in front of a free kick. Anything else is too subjective, and should revert to the "deliberate" rule.

2 and 3 both seem like deliberate to me.

Law's much more of a creative player than Pearson. His biggest issue is that he, not surprisingly, regressed after a few years in the lower divisions. I'd still take a chance on having him back though - we never managed to replace him after he left. Can't see it happening, though. If he is available, there will be bigger clubs than us wanting him.

If the ball hit Lasley's arm, there is no 'technically' about it. It's not a pen. It has to be deliberate.

The club needs to sell players to pay back the loan to Les. It makes more sense to sell someone who will command a decent fee than offload another on a free. Like I said in an earlier post, it's something we'll need to become accustomed (or reaccustomed) to over the next few seasons.

Exactly. Especially at this stage of the season where the game just falls into a regular weekend slot. Treat it like an SPFL game, put out the best team available and win.

That's not what I said, though.

You're certainly welcome in any of my poker games. "He was dealt 2 aces the last hand, the odds he as 2 aces this hand are ASTRONOMICAL!"

Financially, we do need to trim the budget. If we do stick to our model, we'll need to get used to seeing one or two good players being moved on every season. As long as our scouting system can continue to find players like Moult, it might not be a bad thing having fresh talent come in on a regular basis.

How will you cope when we offload Moult in the summer?