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Then the question is "Who are these players?" If they exist, and they want to play for Motherwell, I'm sure we would have snapped them up.

If you are professional enough to pull all the time wasting stunts, you should be professional enough to not be put off by them. The bottom line is that, regardless of the Odense antics, we gave away a soft goal and created enough opportunities to win the next 2 games. We need to address that, and trying to blame the opposition is the mentality of a losing team.

This is Motherwell. We could have brought in 3 new players against that team and still lost one-nil. You just can't mortgage the future of the club on something like that.

Does this mean you'll have enough spare dosh to fix your Shift key?

Unfortunately true. We should have been out of sight against Hibs too in the first half. We've been lacking an edge in front of goals.

I'm all for inspirational speeches, but playing against the Springboks pack is a wee bit more daunting than passing a ball about with some Danes. At this stage, the players should be so wound up and, hopefully well prepared, that I'd just be inclined to give them a quick "go out there an play your game" and let them get on with it.

Nah, that was the easy bit

I'm looking forward to it, but not nearly as nervous as I was when I was climbing up the steps at Hampden in 1991.

Didn't St. Mirren manage that against Hammerby? They drew 3 - 3 away from home and went 1 - 0 in the return leg. With about 3 minutes remaining, they managed to concede 2 goals (and have a 3rd disallowed) and lose the tie 5 - 4.

I think it's the latter part of that paragraph that should be of more concern (assuming it's accurate).

I know what you mean. I'm not sure whether I'd prefer us to score early, in which case Odense would have to open up a bit in the knowledge they needed another goal, or to keep at 0 - 0 and grab a goal in the last 5 minutes - by which time we'd all be basket cases.

Immediate problems, perhaps. Remember though that we only have Blackman on a 6 month loan and Casagolda on a 1 year deal. If we could secure a player like Gow on a 2 or 3 year deal it would give us longer term stability.

As was said in the "Ins & Outs" thread, he could be a creative midfield option. The way it is reported in the ET makes it sound more than a rumour.

Evening Times is reporting Motherwell are one of three clubs interested in Alan Gow who is holding talks with Craig Brown today.

Aye, excellent result for a game in the middle of a Euro tie - especially with a squad of our size. You just need to look at the Dundee Utd (or Aston Villa) result to see how easy it is to get stuffed in a match like this.

The direct YouTube link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z36VHwpuJC8...player_embedded That should work for you.

Thanks, my friend. Nice find.

All the other posters knew what decorator was talking about before your helpful comment. No need to spit the dummy because you had a 'whoosh' moment.

I'd love to see the economic parameters you factored in to generate your 'real terms', but regardless, I believe any friendly game involving Scotland has no value and wouldn't pay a quid to watch. I'm not attempting to justify anything (although I wouldn't be seeking your permission if I was). I'm saying that to me, a meaningful game involving the team I support is worth more than a sham of an international friendly. Moreover, a rare (for Motherwell) Euro tie that could see into the group stages is worth more to me than an SPL game against a St. Mirren or ICT. So, in comparative terms, I'd rather pay less for a more attractive game than extra for a less attractive game. In actual terms, of course I'd rather pay less, but unless the other clubs follow suit and the fans accept the negative impact of less revenue through the gates, it's not going to happen any time soon.

Is it an anagram? Pacify Kirk. Once a guru.

Evening Times reports that Rangers will not be pursuing Salim Kerkar or any of their other recent trialists.

"Next contestant, Mrs. Sybil Fawlty from Torquay. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious. "

Is that a crossword clue you're needing help with?

How do you know we didn't make him an offer? Just because a player doesn't sign for us doesn't mean we didn't try to bring them on board.

Did a little research on Hans Christian Andersen. He wrote a fairy tale called The Fir Tree. From the wiki article: Spooky