Ernie

I would like to agree with you weeyin but with my track record I have probably not understood what you are meaning

So sorry oh great and wise one that I am not wonderful enough to understand your meanings or the inner workings of rocket science like yourself, but you see the first thing they tell you when you are training to be a teacher is that if you have to explain what you mean it is not that your listeners are thick or stupid but that it is that the telling of the story or fact was so bad that even intelligent people don't get its meaning. The fact that they lost 4-0 the last time that they visited FP is obviously a good reason to slag off the comments of another poster who was making a reasonable enough suggestion regarding a potential charity match. You obviously felt that it was neccessary to mention that if one of McCalls teams can lose a goal to us in 11 seconds that he is utter pish as a manager. Or did you mean something else?

Okay, what was the point of the remark then? Explain please oh wise one

Not totally indiffernet but I am interested to see where this goes.

Who cares about the past he is in the 'Well dugout now so lets give him a chance to fail before we hang draw and quarter him. Welcome to Motherwell Stuart, if you didn't already know it you have some of the most demanding arseholes in the world to convince that you are good at your job.

Well said Colin, if we worried about who players played for we would not have seen the likes of Cooper or Coyne in C&A. On your last point Jimmy Calderwood said recently on radio Scotland that most of the foreign players that he brought in were as good as if not better than anyone available in Scotland he also said that they played for significantly less money which made them better value to the clubs. I would imagine that managers may be similar.

Nice to see the usual positivity on this forum. At least it looks like this one might be on a contract now surely that is at least a step forward?

I totally agree with this. He had his chance and then fucked off to what he thought was a better job. That shows exactly what his judgement is like.

No what I would like to see is a murity displayed by the fans and not descend into the petty hurling of abuse that Shovelface got which as I said is what the media are expecting and what they will only report no matter what the score. If they don't get that bit then they need to tell the story of the game.

To be honest I was not keen on him being at FP in the first place, when he took over last year I was in South Africa and thought a friend was taking the piss when he text me that Gannon was gone and Brown was in. It amazes me that 11 months on I am disappointed that he has gone but only because of the way it has happened and not because we have lost a fabulous manager. He will finish his career going the way of all the other idiots who have taken on the poisoned chalice of replacing Fergie while the 'Well will replace him and carry on in our own inimitable style by humping the sheepies on saturday in their own midden.

Sorry if someone has already posted this but I think the best protest would be to completely ignore them. The press will be on the lookout for any excuse to throw some more scandal into the mix. By ignoring them and letting the players make the protest by humping that bunch of thieving sheep shaggers will completely confuse the hacks that will have braved the trip to the frozen wastelands. Although I do like the 'We Are Only Here Out Of Common Courtesy' banner.

I would have to agree that both of them look to be good options, however I am not convinced that we would be keen to pay compen for either of them unless the sheep shaggers come up with some compen for traitorous bastards.

Alloa away for me because it is a 10 minute bus trip

I think Cooper was picked for the 90 World Cup squad but got an injury near the end of the season.

Well done that is how it should be I wish more parents were like that then maybe we wouldn't be an obese country relying on over priced talent from other countries to play footie for us.

This is one of the problems with football these days it is on TV too much, so kids don't get the buzz of going to a football game to see their heroes because their heroes play football for some foreign team miles away in a different country in a different world. I used to go and see the 'Well almost every week as did many others and was never ruled by who was or wasn't playing on telly. That is what I meant by we saw more football, crowds of 14 and 15 K for games against Aberdeen, Dundee, Hearts not struggling to make 10K for a game in Europe. As for Fitzpatrick versuses Forbes. Pettigrew could beat them both on most occassions but Bobby Graham would take them both anytime.

Okay maybe they didn't win any titles or any cups but that doesn't mean they were any worse than the team of today. By the way the 91 team are one of the best group of players I ever saw at Fir Park but they didn't have many who were outstanding although they did have a bit of class about them and incidentally they would have walked away with the Premier League if they had been up against the quality of this season. See the thing is that your modern player doesn't have the same ball skills as your old stager, yes they are faster but the likes of Pettigrew, Wark et cetera would adapt better to the modern day than vice versa. Some of the tackles that used to get thrown about would snap half of these prima donnas in two whilst Pettigrew et al bounced and got on with the game. The absolute bollocks by the way is that you can't comment on these players because you never saw them in the flesh and TV doesn't do them or their peers justice and that is not a comment through rose tinted glasses. So just take the opinion of an older generation and respect it the same way that we respect yours

Get tae, if anything we saw more football and it was better football. Joe Wark might not have had to face McDonald but go and look up referees like Bobby Valentine and Tiny Wharton they make Dougie McDonald look like what he is an utter pussy. st john - faddy - No where near as successful as the Saint was mcloy - admitedly we've not had many top keepers but big randy might be the one forsyth - mcculloch - Lee McCulloch???? Forsyth was a defender, McCulloch was a diver pettigrew - clarky - No chance wark - hammell will beat his record deans - mcdonald - Only thing they have in common they both went to Celtic Don't slag off the opinions of those who have seen all these players in the flesh and not heard or read about them.

Both won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1972 Don't know how to multi quote but in the 70's and 80's we were only relegated twice and in comparison Hearts and Hibs who most would regard to have had many more better players than us over the same period have both been down twice as well. I agree that some of the negativity is completely over the top but being an oldie too I can understand the frustration because there is no class player in this team. Loads of potential but at the moment no class.

We don't need a striker we nedd somebody who can create openings for them and back them up. We need somebody in the middle who has the class to put his foot on the ball and control play. Unfortunately we don't have the money to buy one.

As you pointed out to someone earlier in this thread your opinion is your opinion but in the opinion of the majority of people in this thread your opinion is total and utter drivel. So give us all a break and change the record.

I never liked Brown or Knox and I was disappointed when they got the job. However in the 8 months or so that they have been at FP I have totally changed my opinion. I have massive respect for what they have achieved so far and I now believe that the future is bright the future is Brown

I totally agree I think that Humphrey is the most improved player in the team over the last year. His crossing is not perfect 100% of the time but hey none of us is perfect at work all the time.

Nice to know that we now have the person to blame

A close run thing for me but I thought Saunders just shaded Murphy and the Humph. I agree with what has been said about Humph he always crosses to the back post but we never seem to have anyone attacking from that angle. Blackman was in two minds about whether to head or kick and never really made up his mind, a few palyers took too long to make up their minds last night and I see no reason to have a go at anyone in particular. As the game progressed I started getting to get the feeling that I had seen this movie before and that we wouldn't prosper as in the past. It was obvious that we don't have that bit of class that will allow us to progress in a tournament like this. However, I enjoyed another wee sojourn in Europe with the 'Well and I look forward to the next. Hopefully that will be next year but one thing is for sure the rollercoaster ride that is being a 'Well fan is once again in full swing. BTW we are the only Scottish team who got through a round in Europe this year and I can say that in the confidence that the h**s will probably be pointless in the Champions League.