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But we are the Motherwell FC. We hate the Hearts AND we hate Dundee!!

There's a rumour we are keen to sign him However, that linked article also reports that St Mirren, Dundee and Ross County are in the hunt.

I think SK might be aware, but after losing Slattery and Spencer, we also needed to fill those spots.

Just tell them you're a new signing and you'll get a seat on the bench.

A statistician, Dr Ian Graham, made the claim that, statistically speaking, over 50% of ‘big transfers’—defined in this case as those over £10m in terms of fee—fail. I'd bet that in our market that number is even higher.

A few posters on here need some lessons on reverse image searching.

Would be the most boring cup in football if lower league teams never beat higher league opposition. In England, the FA Cup throws up those kind of results every season. Even teams like Man City have suffered that fate in recent times.

My prediction for this game is that it will rain.

Yir either too young to be drinking or too auld to be reading The Beano...

After Owen Beck's successful stint at Dundee I heard Jurgen Klopp today saying "Scotland is a good country for us to give players on loan". I hope we have his phone number.

The only omen I take seriously about winning the cup is winning a cup final. That's a safe indicator.

He wasn't a rookie when he took over at Fir Park. He was a rookie when he took over at Ross County.

Hibs were very lucky to beat Forfar. Ross County were gubbed by Thistle. Hearts needed a late goal to beat Spartans. St Johnstone lost to Airdrie. St Mirren struggled to a one nil one win at home over League One opposition. These cup games immediately after the break are often tight or throw up shocks. Partly because it's cup of course, but mostly because the lower league teams don't get a break and have an edge on match fitness.

Although not sad for our bank balance.

It must be bad if that pair of egos are struggling.

A few good performances today, although I wasn't exactly overjoyed to see our defence ship another soft one today. I went with Davor this time. Tidy performance and rarely put a foot wrong. Hopeful he will establish a good partnership with Miller. Delighted to see Gent get his goal though. Just hope he's not performing at a level that sees another parent club recall.

He's lucky Scottish football is such a poor standard or Thistle would have really gubbed them.

Team performance against The Wasps? Bee minus Now pick your man of the match...

Percentage of wages paid for young players on loan is also something that can help out with their Financial Fair Play regulations. Given the ongoing Man City investigation, and the recent charges against Everton and Forest, I can imagine every EPL club is going over their balance sheet with a fine tooth comb. The good news is nobody had a clue who he was before he joined us, and there are likely more players like him we might be able to bring in.

Zero chance we ditch him, regardless of results on Saturday. I'm glad to hear you have new found confidence in the recruitment plans though after a few seasons of posting they are all incompetent.

I thought it was only part of the plan that also included things like developing players from the academy (and ones we signed) and selling them on. Regardless, the other options at the time were selling the club to a dodgy property developer or the infamous South American investors. I think Weir is spot on when it comes to UEFA development fees. If those were correctly adjusted to reflect current transfer market rates we'd be in a much stronger financial position now with the youngsters that moved on.

I can't imagine, because I listen to literally nothing that Celtic fans say.

At least he'll have parking at Morrisons.

Was Butcher not the player everyone said transformed last season and couldn't wait to see him return to his "proper" position in midfield this season?

We're the 4th highest scorers in the league right now. We've conceded the most goals in the league. I'm no statto genius, but if I had money to spend on the team my first focus would be to address the goals conceded. Now that we have replaced Spencer, we also need to be looking to replace Slattery. Maybe then we can think about a striker, but I imagine Biereth, Obika and Bair are going to be ahead of him. As for KVV, I'm also one of the people who think we cashed in at a great time and don't really want to see him back. Loved him last season, but the timing of his move was perfect. The "next season" stats for all the strikers who have great seasons and move on make for poor reading. I won't repost them, but if you're interested, check out Coyne, Moult, Sutton etc. (and of course Kev himself) to see. I think Higdon is the only one that ever managed double figures the season after he moved on. Of course there's a chance he might recapture some of his form, but Kev being Kev, there's as good a chance he reverts to his more typical form of 7 or 8 goals a season. If we're looking for a loan, I'd rather we bring in another young Biereth type.