Well-Made

He turns 35 in February, so why would we want to give a wage to a player that is likely only to want a maximum of 6 months? I'd rather see someone sign that wants to be here past the end of the season or how about this for a revolutionary idea, give Carswell more game time and develop the lad so he's ready for next season?

Where is this nonsense coming from about Ferguson? If we're getting rid of players of the calibre of Murphy and OJ just to bring in Ferguson I'll not be happy. Barry "the crab" Ferguson isn't what this team needs. We need someone that's interested in actually playing football and is able to pass the ball forwards not sideways or back. I'd imagine if Ferguson is coming in, it would only be until the end of the season so he can join Sevco in September.

If Motherwell have allowed this, they must be confident an agrrement on the fee can be reached.

Normally I'd agree but looking at the Sheffield forums this was first reported in the Sunday People and has been followed up by the Star. Maybe not papers we should neccesarily rely on to be right but are English based, so don't care about the Sev and Tic. So there may be more to it than just being a space filler. From The Star Full Story here

Sheffield United are lining up a £200,000 January offer for Motherwell forward Jamie Murphy and may offer young players on loan as part of the deal. (Daily Record) The Blades will only offer £60,000 for Murphy, while Millwall are keen on Fir Park defender Shaun Hutchinson. (Daily Express) For once I want to believe the Record more than the Express.

Think Stuart McCall has just had his say on this thread.

Can we afford not to? Wee Yin, I can't argue with that.

Before we offer players contracts we need to sort out McCall's situation. Once that's done we can move onto the players. If McCall signs on we may see that some of the players are willing to stay. Law for example seems to enjoy playing under McCall. If he doesn't sign on then we could see a mass exodus as players will want to know that they'll get a game under a new manager. We've already seen one come in and try to do away with the old guard.

From the Official SIte Cup Prices confirmed. Thought we'd have seen them coming in at about £15 to try and attract a decent support from both sides.

Won't make it tonight due to work but would like to think we'll get something from tonight, even if it's just entertainment. My line up would be Randolph Hateley, Ramsden, Cummings, Hammell Murphy, Lasley, Carswell, Law OJ, Higdon Score wise could be hard to predict bearing in mind some of the last scores at FIr Park. I'll go for 3-2 to who I couldn't say.

Someone tell McCall there's still time. From the BBC

It's on the Scottish Football Gossip page. Apparently being reported in The People, can't see it online yet.

My main problem is the message that McCall is giving out is that we cannot beat either of the gruesome twosome, no matter their state. Makes you then wonder how we are supposed to win any silverware. It's well known that to win a cup they both have to be knocked out or one of them to lose the Cup Final. Which means no matter how well we do to get to this years Scottish Cup Final, we shouldn't turn up at Hampden if the opposition is one of those two, as we have no chance of winning it. After all why should we pay good money to watch us lose before a ball is kicked. The same then goes for Celtic visiting Fir Park, this at a time that Club need more of us to turn up to games help with the loss of Sevco. This at a time that McCall has come out and said he's disappointed with the attendances at Fir Park for a team sitting in 1st place. Honestly though why should we turn up if the Manager and players believe we're beaten before a ball is kicked?

I would rather have Page available for Saturday than on loan. Gives us another option at centre half. However lets hope the game time he gets at Accies stands us in good stead when he gets back.

I can't believe that I think he might be right for once.

I'm guessing we were done by the butterfly effect. In South East Asia a butterfly flaps it's wings and we are drawn against Sevco. In In Australia a butterfly flaps it's wings and Motherwell fans get hopeful In Africa a Butterfly flaps it's wings and Templeton is injured. In South America a butterfly flaps it's wings and Motherwell fans get more hopeful. In North America a Butterfly flaps it's wings and Black is suffering from an injury. In Southern Europe a Butterfly flaps it's wing and Motherwell fans get confident. In Eastern Europe a Butterfly flaps it's wings and the game starts. In Scandanavia a Butterfly flaps it's wing and Law cannae take the ball around Alexander. In the UK a Butterfly flaps it's wings and it's halftime In Scotland a Butterfly flaps it's wings and we cannae defend a short corner, cue McCulloch In Glasgow a Butterfly flaps it's wings and Hammell stops playing, cue Shiels. In Govan a Butterfly flaps it's wings and the game is over, with the hordes laughing at beating the top of the SPL. In Motherwell a Butterfly flaps it's wings and we realise once again that our team failed to turn up against the team formerly known as Glasgow Rangers. Outside Fir Park a Butterfly flapped it's wings, oh wait the team coach ran over it first. Gutted and disappointed this morning but somewhere inside I knew it was to be expected.

Didn't Paw Broon say that?

That was good. Absolute belter from Higgy.

Sorry Jay but we do........... Can't have Pa Broon thinking he's got one over on us.

Talking about McGhee and his German contacts. It looks like he does have them and they are happy for them to play in League 2. As Felix Magath recommneded a young striker he has taken on loan. Scored their 2nd at the weekend. After Clarky got the 1st. So does that mean that the Germans didn't think the SPL was good enough even with Sevco in it?

The Sun reporting that Huddersfield are interested in Faddy. Think we can now say goodbye to this one.

Remember though that was when played Glasgow Rangers, not Sevco or to give their rightful name, The Rangers Memorial Team.

From the BBC Rumours From the Herald, the Full story

I know, just hate the way the story makes it seem we're desperate to sell. After all this is the same player that Liverpool and other top EPL clubs have looked at and been rumoured to be bidding for. So should we really be selling so cheaply to one of our rivals?

Just seen that and if we have said we're only looking for £200K someone needs to be seriously booted out of the negotiations. We shouldn't be telling anyone what we are looking for, the buying club should be left in the dark as much as possible and lets see what their bid is, then try and up it from there as much as possible not putting a limit on it.