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Mad televised rants against the Old Firm were classics. I suppose the one match I most 'connect' to John Boyle was the 2-1 win against Rangers at Fir Park when John Spencer scored the winner on his debut. Seemed like a new era of success and big name signings was coming...

Yeah, you get a sort perverse pleasure watching the celebrations of the other teamsafe in the knowledge that we come back, like 'Ha! 3-0 you think your going to win don't you?'

Strangely we've not had Willie Collum in a league match all season until now. He did ref the League Cup Quarter and Semi finals though against Dundee Utd and Rangers. Here's our Ref Record! (wins this season) McLean (4) out of 4! Cup final ref please! Tumilty (3) Brines (3) Allan (2) Muir (1) Norris (1) O'Reilly (1) Collum (1) Conroy (1) Richmond (1) Murray (1) Thomson (0) McDonald (0) Finnie (0) Conroy (0) Does anyone know if any penalty points picked up by players in the league run in can effect their availability in the Cup Final?

Semih Aydilek! Might as well but Nessie, Sasquatch and Chupacabras on the list!

Obviously we are not the favourites but it's a final, it's a one off game and we can definitely win it and I hope our supporters and club staff and players have that attitude. Celtic are beatable, we have already beaten them and our defeats have been close ones. One game away from glory, one great performance from lifting the cup. Celtic will be there next season or the season after that but it might be another 20 years or longer before we get this chance again so when the chance of victory is rare you better take it. The fans should give the team 100% backing and hopefully the players give us 100% on the field. If they do we have a chance of having the greatest day in the history of the club. 'MON THE WELL!

The 5-1 humping would have been under Labour/Blair. Might start voting Tory now!

Lot of the old casuals out yesterday but didn't personally see any trouble I wasn't down Battlefield Road though. Fans seemed to be mingling with no problems. Was annoyed to see a few of the 'Sieg Heil Motherwell' types though as I personally cannot stand that but there was only a handful of them all jaked on Buckie and they looked more likely to fight among themselves than other people. What a rabble!

(Wilson) Humphries scored the third goal for the winning team in the 1952 final... maybe.... (Chris) Humphrey scores the third goal for the winning team in the 2011 final....

Maybe it will be third time lucky at Hampden for Humphrey but he's not kicked a ball in either semi final. I don't think he is anywhere near being a Premiership player never mind Liverpool class.

Goalkeeper and the two centre halves did well but I give my vote to....Jamie Murphy.

Well, 15 actually. Hopefully he get the other 5 in the final.

Reckon we'll take 6,000 - 7,000. I think we took about 8,000 the last time but the kick off time, tv and economic climate will probably mean we don't take as many. Total attendance of approx. 10,000-11,000. Better get up now!

This is quite a few years back mind, but I was in a pub in Glasgow and Chic Charnley was at the next table. He starts talking to another footballer (I've forgotten who it was now) and he was saying that Buff Martin was making a fortune from running an off-license.

In a semi final you play your most experienced team - no blooding youngsters. I think Steven Saunders has really come on this season but I'd play Ross in front of him for this game and the same with the Craigan/Gunning.

This sort of thing makes me cross. Qualifying for Europe is just a 'bonus'? So what is winning what for us would be a meaningless game? Going on this season's attendances alone, those three European matches were worth about 5 home SPL gates, quite a bit of money for a club like others. More than a 'bonus'. It also raises the clubs profile, attracts better players, gives great experience to the young players and lots more benefits. If let's say no trying to hard in this game gets us this 'bonus' that's exactly what we should do. Not for Rangers, not for Celtic but for Motherwell. Nobody looks after you, you have to look after yourself. Motherwell should do or not do whatever they need to ensure qualification.

Well said. Craigan isn't the greatest defender we've ever had at the club but there have been a lot more worse ones than better ones. I remember Kevin Christie! Guys like Craigan, Hammell, Lasley and Reynolds are or were the spine of probably the most consistantly successful Motherwell team since the 1950's. You can't give them enough praise as far as I'm concerned. He is getting older but I do think he probably still has a least another year in him. However if he goes to get one last pay day good luck to the guy. A great servant to the club.

Unless I'm missing something I don't see how the timing of the fixture really changes anything. We have next to no chance of finishing Top Four so we basically want Celtic to win the league to have any chance. That doesn't change if we play them first game after the split, in the middle or last.

In that case let him be a 'Tom Boyd' with his last sighting in a 'Well strip holding the Scottish Cup!

A little worrying that we have a few players on yellows. Surprisingly Hutchinson only has two yellows in 15 matches this season so hopefully he keeps it at two! I'm trying not to get carried away. I've not actually seen St. Johnstone this season as it was two away matches and I missed the midweek home match so they are a bit of an unknown quantity for me. I'm pretty sure I'll spend most of the match day afternoon in a terrified state though!

I guarantee you that if we lose next week the first McCall must go post on the site will be up within 5 minutes of the final whistle!

Excellent result without some important players. Hopefully finishing in the Top Six will see McCall get a little extra money during the close season, even if it is only a players wage. By the way that's only 3 defeats in McCall's last 11 games, P11 W6 D2 L3

Funnily enough I kinda feel that doing that isn't a good idea. You don't want players resting up and not being 'on' for a match. Sure switch things around a bit and bring people off the bench but making a wholesale change one week and then the next I tend to think actually backfires a bit because the team get a little rusty even with only one game out. I don't know how many times teams in World Cups and European Championships have looked like potential winners, romped the first two matches, rested a whole team for the 'meaningless' third match, brought in the first team again for the next match and then gone out.

Think you are a bit carried away tonight!

Oh man, the scoreboard was at 87 FOREVER. Anyone know when we last won 4 home matches in a row? Didn't manage it last season under the good run under Brown or under McGhee so I imagine it's been a wee while since the last time.

Poor Hutchy, always my second pick! Got to give it to Randolph, outstanding display and without him we'd only have got a point at best.