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And the job in the US he left us for fell through didn't it? I seem to recall Wallace pushing Willie Irvine out the door because he didn't like his attitude - so he took his attitude to Hibs and became the SPL top scorer.

As long as we don't turn in the levels of performance as the throwback team that wore it, I'll be happy. Those Jock Wallace/Bobby Watson seasons were not our finest,

Thought wee Al was going to get a debut goal there.

The streaming to UK was a special arrangement that the TV companies allowed during shutdown when nobody could attend live games. In normal circumstances I believe it's still the league (and UEFA) rules that don't allow live streaming of games within the UK - and more importantly, the TV companies won't want to lose more revenue.

To be fair to Clarke he took over a team, a bunch of players and an organization that was beyond shambolic. He brought some organization and stability to the squad that settled things down and even had us qualifies for the Euros. That organization, along with his loyalty to players and reluctance to chop and change has always been the way he operated and was what the Scotland set-up needed at the time. Whether he's the man to move us further forward will be determined in the next few games I suspect, but I agree that the time for guys like Turnbull getting a start is long overdue. We definitely need something more progressive to be put in place now.

A 520 is a general error usually means there is something wrong with the host of the website you are trying to access. Depending on what the root cause of the actual problem is, switching browsers or using a VPN might help work around it, but there's not much else you can do except sit tight and wait until it's fixed.

I'm pretty sure that by now, every journo's spellchecker auto-corrects "Motherwell" to "Motherwell and St. Mirren".

I liked that strip (although not as much as its Adidas predecessor.) The football we produced in it, though, was not as likeable.

They currently have: Joe "he doesn't usually make mistakes like that" Lewis in goal. Jack MacKenzie Declan Gallgher David Bates Calvin Ramsay listed as first team defenders Ramsay is the best player in that list, but he is much more of an attacking wing-back option than solid defender (and likely to be gone in the summer). You could argue that McRorie was a decent fill-in in defence (although he was a bit ropey when I saw him play), but he should have been playing in the midfield.

Absolutely. But it must still be strange knowing he has almost zero chance starting a league game for West Ham. Same for Gillespie at Newcastle. Most outfield players can count on picking up a few starts when they join a new team, but when you're 3rd choice keeper it's usually a case of having to "be ready".

It's a strange life being a keeper. Limited opportunities, but if you're decent, able to make a good living while being nowhere near the first team. At least Randolph managed to chalk up a good number of appearances before he took his retirement fund boosting job at West Ham. It must be a strange situation as a professional player, even with all the cash rolling into the bank, to be training hard every week knowing there is zero game time on the horizon.

If Dunne stays fit I think he's exactly what Aberdeen need. An old school defender who focuses on tackling and clearing instead of trying to be a winger or make Hollywood passes. I always liked the fact his priority was defending first, and enjoyed it when he gave players a 10 yard start and then just strolled past them to take the ball. Aberdeen's defence was woeful last season, so it won't take much to improve it. Of course, the staying fit part is the key and his track record on that is pretty poor. It's why we were able to pick him up for free in the first place. And I wouldn't pay £350k for him.

He's apparently on just over 15 million a year basic, so if we made him one of our top earners an MFC annual salary would cover him for about 2 days.

If you've seen that Forest one live, its fluorescence makes 1980s Nevica look Goth.

I like the C&A training top, but the design on the sleeves gives me the fear that we'll see a first team shirt with "that" template

Spittal is a better attacking mid option than any of the players we released.

They rated Ross Stewart highly too and he's just had a 24 goal season and led Sunderland to the Championship.

Robinson might as well set up his office under our main stand.

I collated the MOTM results and, using a pretty simple formula (3pts for winning, 1pt for coming second in each game), the results are in: Fourth: Bevis Mugabi (16 points) Joint Second: Tony Watt (20 points) Kevin van Veen (20 points) Player of the Year: Liam Kelly (30 points)

It's a good plan when it works. When it doesn't work, we end up with 9 fit players in December and Lamie playing at left wing-back. A fine balancing act for a club with our relatively limited resources.

TBF the fairness and accuracy of the MOTM polls on here are skewed by people who think Maguire is mince, O'Donnell is useless and Slattery is never a player.

Andy Ritchie is still probably the best free kick taker I've seen at Fir Park. Just edging out Cooper. The 2 step run up to the ball was the biggest distance he covered in a game, right enough.

You have to hope Ojala was carrying an injury in 2022, because I can't remember seeing another player who was that slow.

Maybe I'm over optimistic, but I expect to see that style change next season. I remember GA saying he originally tried to implement a style that was playing out short passes from the back and transitioning through the thirds - (aye, I said "transitioning through the thirds") - but had to give up in that because the players couldn't handle it. Of course, I think he overcompensated and started to rely on Kelly's long ball distribution and we ended up at the other extreme. Now he knows who can handle the tactics he wants to play and who couldn't cut it I'm hoping we see a marked difference. As for Maguire, he's an academy trained, 2 footed midfielder that can pick a pass, tackle and has a decent shot. He's suffered a bit during Covid due to lack of U20/Reserve games when he's not been in the team, but I still think he's a player. In fact when we play 3 in mid, I still think Slattery, Goss and Maguire give us the best balance in there.

Give St Mirren's current transfer policy it's more likely the Daily Mail heard Robinson was interested in Davis just assumed that meant we must be interested too. I'd be more interested in McAlear, tbh, but of course it all depends on who else will be joining/leaving and who's available.