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Not really seen enough of McCart or Hendry to comment. Id have had either of their dads though! Rooney I would take all day long. Would definitely give us options on the right side either at full back or right midfield.

Drove up there for Stevie Hammells 500th appearance. Left at 5-0 and missed our goal. Never been back! Hoping for an absolute shitfest today and a 0-1 win!

No interest in having Gallagher back. Whether he could recreate the form of his first season is in itself questionable, but given the nature of his departure, it would create a more toxic atmosphere with the fans than there exists already. We need to identify fresh blood.

I like Slattery and I think he could have been out player of the year had he actually played the full season. The fact he didnt pushed me towards Kelly who will be a worthy winner.

Has to be Kelly. No one else has maintained his level of consistency over the whole season.

I believe if I am better informed there may be more validity to my posts, rendering me less open to ridicule!

I totally understand that debating openly on here could reveal a source and respect that it should be avoided. However, in many cases, those that who may deemed by you to be worthy of ridicule may have no idea there is no validity in their posts. Merely suggesting a more constructive approach might enlighten them. But then Im a bit of a happy clapper, so maybe Im just being too optomistic on that front.

Why ridicule someone elses opinion though? You could just point out it is wrong. Explain why it is wrong and maybe we would all have learned something?

If there was a post of the month award, I would be voting for this.

This is just such a shit argument. There is not a Motherwell fan anywhere who wouldnt take winning a cup over playing in in Europe. For one, winning the Scottish Cup you qualify for Europe anyway. And the way things are goung we are getting to the stage with the co-efficient, the League Cup might be back in with a shout. Its not an either / or. But in the absence of winning a cup (we have done it once in my lifetime and Im 53) then the next best thing is qualifying for Europe and the chance to dream about giving a big name a bloody nose and the potential for a nice away trip. Can we bin this thread. Its just stupid.

The whole waiting for a goal decision could interfere with the spontaneity of the game and crowd interaction, but offsides and penalty decisions could improve. Just have to wait and see how its implemented.

I concur. The Ross sacking made no sense. But neither does this only 4 months later. It will take the next guy at least the same amount of time to implement their philosophy.

A proper pre-season now consists of starting in July and getting beat of the likes of Airdrie in the League Cup. Im not sure I see the difference?

Best of luck to Las in his new venture. Been an absolute stalwart for our club and welcome back anytime. Altogether now...... Clap clap clap clap KEEF!

I thought Magliore started off looking poor, but after a run of games he looked better and did have a bit of pace. I dont think he is a massive step up from what we already have though, so Id be surprised if we were interested.

I dont think it needs to either or. Somewhere in between would be nice!

With van Veen out, Id like to see us play 4-2-3-1. Off course GA doesnt like to play through midfield so it wont happen, but with SOD and McGinley both out injured Id go with this..... Kelly Mugabi Sol Lamie Carroll Slattery Donnelly Woolery Tierney Efford Shields Cornelius / OHara could be interchangeable with Donnelly and Roberts maybe for Efford.

So let me get this right. Time wasting and feigning injury is ok. But trying to get on with the game isnt? I know the modern game has changed, but really? No way KVV should be getting a booking for that. You can day its getting needlessly involved, but he still hasnt done anything wrong.

This is exactly where I am at. Great post.

My point is you can usually make stats say whatever you want them to say. Im not arguing that GA should be sacked . I was very supportive of his appointment and although I have been teetering on the edge for quite some time, he got us over the line and met the target he was set by the club. For that he deserves the opportunity to build on and improve our current position. But lets not paper over the cracks. Balance works both ways.

Thats a good stat. But what about runs without a win?

Slattery all day long. He is our best midfielder by a mile. Even today, when the team were poor, he was the one still teying to make things happen. Great finish for his goal as well.

That was another tough watch today, particularly in the first half where we played literally zero football and restricted ourselves to one long range shot at goal all half. Folk can point to the pitch as an excuse, but Livvy seemed to manage to pass it around fine on it and were well worthy of their first half lead, albeit it came from another poor mistake from Carroll who got his body shape all wrong. Second half was a little better and at least we looked a little more dangerous until we gifted them their second by not closing down quick enough. Why it took GA until nearly 70 minutes to ring the changes, only he knows. But ultimately he did make them and the one pleasing thing about the day was the character the players showed to keep going and dig out the result. Absolutely delighted to get the point and make top 6. With only 1 point between ourselves, Ross County and United, a European spot has to be the target. It would also be nice if we could put in a few more performances like last week and much less like todays. Longer term, GA will now be our manager going forward whether we like it or not. Lets hope he has a development plan that will make us easier on the eye next season.

I presume SOD must have been one of those ill at the start of the week?

Woolery is always gonna be one of these guys who splits opinion, a bit like Chris Humphrey. Lightning quick but frustrating as hell. I think the disappointing thing was that we waited so long for him to fulfill what looked like potential and the minute he actually had a couple of good games he was back on the bench. I agree that Efford is probably a safer choice right now, but regardless of how Woolery plays, he does force the opposition to have to think a little differently as to how they are going to defend. If they push too high a line he has the pace to hurt them.