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You'd have to think if Stark wants it he will get it. Exactly. If we have a vacancy, you can guarantee there will be plenty of applications received. There are always more managers than jobs at the top level.

Well he did say Motherwell would be his last job, but to be honest if he goes, he goes. He did what needed to be done at Fir Park i.e. brought some stability, and if he feels the need to step aside then so be it. I think he would be an idiot to take on Aberdeen at this stage in his career, but on the other hand, it's not going to affect his future prospects

Good critique of Mr. Kearney and his Dallas outbursts here.

The wildlife and pensioners will be happier though.

That might have been part of the problem. Most good managers want to bring in their own assistant, not get lumbered with whoever happens to be at the club.

Encouraging your local club to use it is different from turfing (no pun intended) out your regular customers out with zero notice.

Bring back the winter break.

You certainly didn't manage to read what I wrote. I was parsing the article, not giving an assessment on Gannon's veracity.

Did you actually read what Dallas said in that interview? It supports Gannon's claims that his correspondence (or, at least, a significant portion of his correspondence) was ignored. Dallas just passes the blame onto the Post Office delivering it late - no wonder he switched to email, eh?

If the police had said that, perhaps. But if the reason they put off the game was because the surrounding roads weren't safe, then presumably they are just as dangerous if you drive to The Fort as to Fir Park.

So, John Reid, who refused to resign over lying to the UK electorate over the reasons for invading Iraq, forces a ref to resign over lying over the reasons he made a correct decision? You couldn't make this up. The sooner the OF and all their delusional supporters take their bigoted paranoia to the EPL (or Championship, or Atlantic League) the sooner we can drag our game into the 21st century.

They should be out there clearing the roads for everyone. And they should have been out there gritting/salting the roads before the snow started falling. When I lived in England we used to laugh at how useless they were at dealing with snow compared to Scotland. As the years have passed, it seems like the English approach to snow clearing has taken hold of the majority local authorities in Scotland.

He was due to be the 4th official at Fir Park today.

I'm glad you don't look after snow removal where I live - we'd be waiting until April before you sent out the gritters.

It's not exactly the first year this has happened, though. They just have an excuse this year.

You'd think with the money from ESPN we could (literally) buy ourselves an Italian ref.

It's a two-way street. How many players have come to Fir Park as a 'step-up' and failed miserably - a pretty big list. Football is pretty fickle at the best of times and the odds of being a success at any level are pretty slim. As for those that have moved elsewhere, guys like Lambert, McAllister, McLair, Boyd and McCulloch managed to eke out a meagre living away from Fir Park.

If you don't think it has anything to do with Celtic then you need to catch up with the media frenzy Lennon and Reid have been stirring up. That is one of the reasons Craven quit.

The American system works (to some extent) because it's conducive to the structure of the game (i.e. punctuated by a succession of stops and commerical breaks). It also works because managing timeouts are a key part of game strategy, and coaches don't want to risk losing them. Most importantly, however, it works because *every* professional game that is played is covered about 20 cameras that cover every possible angle of every play Even then, this is the second time around for instant replays in the NFL - the coaches hated it so much the first time around that they scrapped it. This time around they severely restricted it. And for all that, just watch any random game on a Sunday afternoon and I guarantee you will see the commentators point out at least half a dozen bad calls made by the squad of officials - often ones that can have a big impact on the game. Case in point yesterday, the Cowboys punt returner that stepped out of bounds on his way to 97 yard touchdown run.

St. Mirren have scored more goals at home this season than Accies, St. Johnstone, Hibs, Dundee Utd and the same number of goals as ICT. So, I think we are kidding ourselves if we think they can't find the back of the net (at least in Paisley). Agree with the rest of what you said though.

We still contribute to the club's bank balance, so I think we count. Once I get my season pass for Motherwell TV, I'll feel more involved again, right enough.

In the Evening Times he says: “But if he did go, it would give the likes of Esteban Casagolda a chance. There are always other players out there that we can look at.”

That's exactly what he did, though. His comment about the offside goal was "I don’t want to say anything about that but you will all see it and you can judge for yourself". Measured and diplomatic.

Speak out? Or speak to the appropriate people? Venting to the media might make you feel better, but it doesn't achieve much. Brown is part of the fabric of Scottish football and who knows what he says to his many connections to officialdom behind the scenes.