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76 semi was one of the worst along with the Rangers CIS final. But going back a bit the 1-0 defeat to Airdrie in the cup after beating Ranngers 5-2 at Ibrox in a replay takes the biscuit for me. I think Airdrie had one shot on goal the whole game and scored. We did everything but get the ball past Lawrie Reilly ( I think??) who had a stormer of a game for them. Anybody else on here old enough to remember it ??? Mon the Dossers

FFS according to half the folk on here we would be as well no turning up at Hampden. Its a one off. Ninety minutes eleven against eleven. What happened at Ibrox or more especially the last time at Hampden doesn't come into the equation. Granpa Broon and Erchie will have the team up for it. WE need to get behind them at Hampden and who knows what might happen. We were supposed to get humped against Celtic at Hampden in the semi when we won the Scottish Cup so lets get behind the team. Mon the semi final Dossers.

To be honest all thats happened is the board have appointed a new Vice chairman and everybody seems to be jumping onto the fact we will be moving to Ravenscraig. It doesn't say that anywhere that I can see. Everybody seems to think we will be stuck with " A BARR Flatpack stadium" and are saying that they want a nice wee oval stadium with no empty spaces in the corners etc. When and if we move to the Craig site I think it will be in a joint venture with North Lanarkshire and we will have some sort of 100 year lease on the stadium or some such idea. Onwards and upwards Mon the Dossers

Jam 20 there was an announcement at half time on Saturday which as usual nobody could hear. I said to the guys beside me " did you not hear the announcement to evacuate the East Stand " That's where we're coming from.

Yer right Richie. Thanks for that.

How many people in the East stand on Saturday heard the announcement at half time that the East Stand had to be evacuated immediately ??

Watched the end of the Barca/Mallorca game last night and they were slaughtering Barca for the state of the Nou Camp. Apparently they have just relayed the surface and it was cutting up something awful. One of the Barca players ( can't remember who) did his hamstring and the commemtators were attributing it to the pitch. Only good point is that he's one of the Spanish side who looks like he won't be playing against Scotland next week. If a wee diddy team like Barca canny get their pitch right what chance have the Dossers ???

Congratulations to Chris, his partner and all connected to their families. Mon the wee Dosser

Lasley for me. 100% effort as usual. I know he's not the most gifted of players but he sure puts in a shift for the team, but we desperately need a bit of creativity in the middle of the park. Could Gow be the answer ?? On the strength of his cameo role yesterday the answer might just be yes. The only bit of creativity was when he sold the defence a dummy by looking to pass out to Humphrey then turned inside and fired in a cross which might just have got us the winner. Humphrey for me is a bit of an enigma. Sure he has loads of pace but there is very seldom an end product. His awareness is lacking as far as I'm concerned. Every time the player behind him gets the ball instead of getting on his bike and making a forward run for the ball to be played to him he stands and waits for a ball to feet. On the occasions he does get a ball in front of him he seems to run past his marker and then turns back on himself instead of whipping a ball into the box. I'm not having a go at him but I feel there is something lacking although it's not all his fault; the number of times the ball goes down the left hand side of the park and nobody ever seems to look up and try switching it to the right where he is invariably standing in acres of space waiting for a ball to run onto. Oh aye and yesterday proved one thing to me Hateley will never be a left back.

I know that if we had got through the draw would have been completely different but can't help thinking that if we had got through and were given the group that Odense got we might actually have had a right good chance of making it a season to remember. look at Fulham last year/ Mon the Dossers

Jimmo another option would be as follows If the train gets into Queen St at 23:29 it gives you plenty of time to get down to the low level and catch the 00:06 train to Airdrie. When you get to Coatbridge phone Penny Cars (private hire company) and get them to meet you at the station to get you over to Motherwell. They always give you a decent rate and are really reliable Mon the Dossers.

We definately need somebody in the midfield who will make runs to back up the front players. I though the big difference between us and Odense last week was the ability they had to play a ball up to their front man who basically trapped it and played it back into the path of their midfield who were always willing to get forward to support them. On the other hand when we played a ball up top if we manged to get it under control there was never anybody backing up the front players and Blackman and Murphy were left looking for some way to get past the defence on their own.

Apart from the usual Irish folk songs coming from the South Stand why the F**k were the "Green Brigade" allowed to stand for the whole game and not just stand but stand in the passageways that are supposed to be used in the event of an emergency. Anyway shite game; shite ref. If the penalty hadn't been given we could still have been playing now waiting for a goal. Whether it was a penalty or not is debateable but there is no way McDonald's position on the halfway line gave him a view to make the call and deem it a red card. (Reynold or Craigans nearness doesn't have any bearing on the decision. All the talk about last man is bullshit. The rule is if a player is denied a goalscoring opportunity its a penalty.) Onwards & upwards. Mon the Dossers

Don't think you can accuse Lsley of hiding today . I thought he put in a really good shift but was over-run by the Celtic midfield.

Why do we think Motherwell will be getting money for this ?? Real Radio can do the show from the back of a van so why will they pay Motherwell ?? If it is broadcast from the Cooper Suite or Centenery Suite then we might be getting some cash but I don't think we'll be buying Lionel Messi on the strength of it. Don't really have a problem with it but I don't think Real Radio are broadcasting it for any other reason than to jump on the Europa League bandwagon. Look forward to hearing them on Friday if we don't get the result we want on Thursday. Mon the Dossers

Mark Reynolds for me I thought he did really well at the back marshalling a very inexperienced back four. Also mentions for Jennings in midfield and young Blackman up front. The goal apart he was always making runs and pulling their defence about (well when he managed to escape big Sudoko blatently blocking him ) Good team performance to get a result whilst playing ugly.

You all thought there would be pictures here didn't you ?

Where's decorator when you need him ??

O.K. Bill so what should Boyle have done ??? Let Motherwell finish up like Gretna ?? 19 people lost their jobs to save how many others ??? I think you will find that all of them have managed to find some other employment in the intervening years. Nobody is happy about what happened but it was done for a reason.

Some good footage on the bbc /sport/football site at Glasgow airport with Paw Broon, Randolph and Sutton being interviewed before flying out to Denmark. P.S. if you go to the Welsh football page there is an article about the FA needing assurances from Cardiff about their finances before they will allow Bellamy to be registered with them. Mibees JB's rant has woken some people up down south, Mon the Dossers

Forrest should realise that had Motherwell not gone into administration THERE WOULD BE NO MOTHERWELL. If that scenario had happened How much money would he have got then ?? Nobody can be happy about what happened then but it was the option available to save the club. Forrest says if he had been told in the January he would have been able to find another club then. O.K. he would have gone to Berwick 3 months earlier than he did for he sure as hell wasn't going anywhere else. Some of the other players who were so far out of the picture at Fir Park that they were told they could move on decided that hey no we will just stay at Fir Park and pick up our money for nothing. There are players who of course deserve sympathy for what happened but there were others at Fir Park who were bleeding Motherwell dry and lining their own pockets whilst doing nothing for the club. Anyway Motherwell did everythng legally back then and what Cardiff are doing now is a totally different thing entirely. They are trading as a company and therefore should be made to pay debts which are outstanding. Now this morning they are saying they are signing Lee Naylor on a free. O.K. they don't pay a trasnsfer fee but where do they get the money for a signing on fee and wages for him ?? We all know they get it from the money they should be paying to the people they owe. By the way they are now offering to let McCormick go on loan. Maybe JB should include him in the settlement figure. Rant over Mon the Dossers in Denmark

Agree with DC'd that Myrie-Williams looks good going forward but has no end product and is always looking to go down to get a free kick. Sandaza I'm sure is on trial down south with a Championship club ( ?SSN) and has never really impressed me when I've seen him play. Cadamateri is still earning a crust based on his burst onto the scene with Everton about 10 years ago. Since then ---- nothing apart from injuries. I don't think any of these three offer anything to us that we need right now.

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Congratulations to you both. I suppose that's someone for you to hand down your claret & amber checked suit to when they are a bit older.