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Robinson announces that Donnelly will not be available until 2021 Carrol and Dunne progressing whatever that means!! McGinley available for selection on Saturday scott Fox to get operation but will be out for the season so who will be the next player to be out long term?

Unfortunately I cannot see us getting any size of a crowd this Side of Xmas, even in England the test crowds have been capped at 1000 now and with the threat of another lockdown looming the future does not look bright. If this is the case I can see a few teams not surviving especially the full time teams in the Championship which will be the the most affected I suspect.

I see Hearts managed to beat St Mirren in a friendly today, has anyone any idea if we have any friendlies fixed with lower SPFL sides as they are in pre season and would make sense to see some of our younger players or possibly players coming back from injuries getting a game?

Yes this is what SR did say but he has been very quiet which indicates to me he is still not ready and with no reserve league this season, I would imagine he would need to organise a friendly to get some match practice for him unless he is happy enough to throw him straight into the first team?

I am sorry if I started this debate about SR with my post comparing us against Hearts , I will be the first to stand up and admit I was wrong if he turns things around. My main gripe is Robinson’s pre and post match comments which seems to be genuine and honest, he keeps on about a reaction after a defeat, well I am sorry the reaction in my opinion is not what anyone wants to see as you can tell by the results. I think every so called Scottish football experts were forecasting us to have a better season than last season based on our new signings as I was as well, it appears to me that we have been let down by our players, but also we are playing players out of position due to injuries as we had last season as well, you might have thought SR would have learned from that but not many would have thought that 3 left wing backs would have been injured long term, so maybe my criticism is a bit over the top, but I would like us to give the old firm a game of it rather than just throw the towel in as happened on Sunday.

Taxi for Robinson/Lapsley for me, have we improved in the last year.....a very simple answer is a big NO, we are going to do a Hearts this season where everyone thought that Hearts would easily would climb the league last season. i will give them that they have had some injuries mostly in training as Hearts had last season, but the players that we are left with, I am sorry they are NOT performing as a team. The games that I have watched ok they had a lot of possession but without creating any genuine goal chances. Against Celtic it looked embarrassing for Scottish football to see it was supposed to be a competitive game when one side never got into first gear beat us easily. I hope I am proven wrong but I think we are definitely relegation material and think it’s time to look for new ideas from a new management team!

I think unless we have some millionaires who are willing to plough money for a new stadium we will be at Fir Park for the foreseeable future. I think it’s common knowledge that SR has stated that the priority for him should be a training ground and is hoping that the DT money will help towards that cause, but when you see Aberdeen spent 13 million for their training ground don’t see us getting much of one if relying on the DT money!!

I do wish him all the best but I still think Celtic have got him for a bargain price, but for football reasons I still think he would have been better Playing his football down South either in Championship or even Premier league. i would love to see Jamie Murphy back with us now?

I think it’s inevitable that we will loose Turnbull, but I would prefer him to go down South as I am sure he could be sold on for a lot more money than we will get if sold now, obviously Celtic don’t want him cup tied with us for European games so hence the urgency of the possible transfer. Personally I think he is worth more than the 3 million that is being quoted, but there again the money would be handy as I still would like to see Jamie Murphy back with us, but also remember where Dundee United went when selling their best players!!

I hope he takes a look at his record for all of 2020 we have played 17 competitive games including Scottish cup games and we have managed THREE victory’s, I am sorry to say that’s not good enough SR.

I would think that Robinson will be under a lot of pressure as a result to the start of the season, let’s remember two months ago we were all pleading for him not to take the NI job, I am semi confident he will turn things around and I cannot see Burrows sacking him, so everyone jump on Motherwell rollercoaster!!

I would think so as nothing against P J Morrison but he is still a very young untested goalkeeper and we would be in big trouble if anything happens to Carson, but on saying that Gillespie managed to stay in goals for the whole of last season (albeit being restricted), so maybe SR will take a chance by just keeping Morrison as stand by keeper!!

I totally agree with your points especially the point about our so called wingers Hastie/Hylton/Seedorf they are our weaknesses in my opinion, I know to get a decent one it would cost a lot of money so we have to live with them, so let’s hope SR can improve their performances!!

Hopefully we will get Gillespie back on loan?

I think Burrows has said there will be a minutes silence at the Hamilton game In memory of Pat Quinn, Willie Hunter and Tam Forsyth RIP

What’s the score about Scott Fox’s injury rumour?

That’s now our 4th or 5th player crocked for a few months, It will be interesting to see if we dip into the transfer market again? any updates on Carrol or Dunne?

I am now at a panic stage nowadays are there any indications when Carrol/Dunne will be returning to first team duties?

Have we worked out who is the player in isolation?

Where did that information come from?

I think the warning signs were there in pre season games, I am sure SR will turn around things fingers crossed but it’s certainly not a good start.

Listening to talk sport the administrator of Wigan said that they have sold a couple of youngsters in the last couple of days plus one more which will go through in the next couple of days which will help to pay for the wages of the first team, read into what you think but I suspect Lang is on his way to Fir Park?

Based on our pre season games, the team haven’t filled me with confidence for the season ahead, I realise that they are “friendlies” and these games are used to get match fitness for the squad, but the way we are leaking goals is a worry, as the late great Brian Clough said if you want to win games you start by not letting In goals, in other words a good solid defence, which we appear not to have as we are making basic simple mistakes plus I think some of the players in the defence are either not listening to our coaching staff as they seem to be a bit disorganised, this is only based on a few video clips and match reports that I have seen which to be fair doesn’t make me qualify to mention these negatives rather than criticism , I am confident that SR will have the defence sorted out eventually, but very important that we can take something from our game in Dingwall on Monday night.

Based on your calculations Hamilton should be getting beaten 6 or 7 nil, but they managed a victory at Ibrox This year more than we can achieve!

Just watched Donnelly’s interview which didn’t fill me the confidence, reminded me of Rev I.M. Jolly, come on it was just a friendly and it just tells us the gap between Old Firm and the rest of the teams in the league is getting bigger.