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I think you are overestimating the role an assistant manager plays other than doing exactly what his boss tells him.

Of course he needs time to change the way we play - these things take a full pre-season plus a few months of actual game time. Moreoever, even if we had a team full of players able to implement it, when you are struggling and confidence is low, players typically revert to type and go back to their bad habits. It's a difficult cycle to break and won't disappear for some time yet.

If you judge fans who want our youngsters to play by how much slagging they do...

You have probably been slated because 'carthorse' normally implies lack of speed and Kerr isn't particularly amiss in that department.

It's not an insult, it's just poor management. If you aim for 10th and miss out by a point (or goal difference), then you are in the play-offs. If you aim for say, 7th, and you miss out by a point then it's not as serious, You might be OK with ultimately finishing 10th this season, but that is a different argument.

You weren't around when Queens Park paper us out the cup, or we lost at Fir Park to Berwick Rangers then?

MENTALL, surely.

I'm astonished that players go around telling everyone how much they make.

There's undoubtedly a mental barrier, but there is also a definite advantage to teams that play on artificial surfaces each week. Players instinctively weight passes and judge bounces etc. after years of playing on grass and to expect them to adjust 100% a couple of times a season is unrealistic.

As long as we train on cut up lino this week, we have a chance.

Somewhat true, but there is a difference between what you should expect from a seasoned pro and what you should expect from a youngster in the early stages of his first team career. If the fans want to see the boys given a chance (and I'm 100% behind that), then they need to be prepared for plenty of mistakes in the mix with the flashes of inspiration. Instilling an attitude of being afraid to make errors is not the way to develop players.

For a while he was scoring for fun in the U20s, but he's one of these guys who never quite seemed to bridge the gap to the first team.

That's the kind of support we need to give our youngsters.

And Lawless still hasn't "come back to haunt us".

No - just that if he resigned he'd not be getting a wage anymore.

Did you even listen to his press conference? He picked his team based on how they players preformed in training for him this past week and, like all new managers, gave them all a clean slate.

Anier and Ojamaa were pretty good recruits that we signed for nowt, paid peanuts in wages and sold on for a nice wee profit - so it can be done, But it's not always as easy as that as Randolph demonstrated - quality keeper and zero bids for him.

Black was in the press (Evening Time, I think) a couple of weeks ago hinting that he will be teaming back up with McCall when he finds a new post.

There's a 30 day cooling off period that means, amongst other things, the details of the deal can't be discussed.

I just use: wellsociety@motherwellfc.co.uk When Alison was there, she used to respond within a day or so. Katie McCrossan took over from Alison I believe, but I have no reason to doubt she will be just as quick.

I'm still amazed that the critics don't understand how the WS has provided much needed finance to the club each year since its inception. If nothing else, that has made it invaluable.

That plus McGhee's attacking flair and Broon's defensive nous.

I agree they shouldn't be responding to every individual question on a daily basis, but if it's true, for example, that our new benefactor is choosing who to put on the WS Board, the members should be given the chance to review, comment and if they want to, vote against that option. I wouldn't expect many to object, but if the WS ends up doing things behind our backs without any consultation and without requiring consent of the members then we might as well just scrap members' voting rights. I'd at least expect something along the lines of "Here's the conditions of the loan, it's our only realistic opportunity to buy the shares for the society, the vote to approve will take place on Friday" - or whatever. I'm sure I'd vote yes, but I'd like the right to vote. It's bad enough that the Society excludes non-local members from participating the their meetings - we should at least be participating in something as significant as this.

No, I was just pointing out the flaw in your logic that somehow he must take the blame for failure, but not get any credit for success. (and the "stalker" comment is just bizarre).

Aye, I remember all your posts last season praising Black for his contribution to our 2nd place finish. Or was he not as culpable as anyone for that?