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The likelihood is that there would have been a gentleman’s agreement on an acceptable transfer fee when we prevented Turnbull doing a Hastie. The club have played fair by the most talented player to come through the system in decades. It’s the way we have to be if we want to continue enticing the best young kids to sign for us. Regarding timing, there was absolutely no way a player of David’s ability was going to stay at Motherwell beyond this summer. He is just too good for us. So surely, it’s better a deal is a agreed now than transfer deadline day? From the outside, all parties appear to have conducted themselves impeccably. The challenge now is to invest the money wisely in the coming years by identifying and developing the next Marvin, Moult, Kipre, Turnbull etc.

When Turnbull signed his new contract, a release clause was obviously agreed. Motherwell have since been fairly public on our strategy. Credit to Celtic, they’ve obviously learned from the McGinn saga and have offered the requested amount without messing us about. It remains to be seen if David actually signs for Celtic. Personally, I think his development would be better suited to a Bournemouth/Southampton and that would obviously benefit Motherwell with regards future sell on value. Nevertheless, I wish him all the best whatever he chooses and I can’t wait to see him starring for the national team.

Bournemouth now getting linked. This is more like it. Manager that likes to play good football and has transformed Ryan Fraser into one of the best wingers around. Nice part of the country too.

£3 million and a decent sell-on clause to an English team would be excellent business. Hopefully a number of clubs meet the requested fee, allowing Turnbull to decide what option is best for him. Id normally be gutted at Motherwell losing such a talent but he is so good, I just want to watch him perform at the highest level possible.

And so it begins with Celtic not learning anything from the McGinn embarrassment last summer, when they failed to pay £3m for a boy that is now worth £25m. We need to get Turnbull down to England so we can max out on sell-on clauses. It’s also the best place for his development.

After refusing to play on the Kazakhstan plastic, he started upfront on the San Marino grass and did his ankle. Out for the season.

I’m no sure I’ll ever enjoy a goal more than Lionel’s. Pearsons piercing run and the off the ball movement was a thing of beauty. I can still hear the noise of the ball hitting the net. Never have I felt so feart going to a game but it proved to be one of the best nights ever.

I quite liked this at the beginning but as Andy says, the regionalisation takes away the freshness. The last two names in the heart were Clyde and Dumbarton so I’m glad we could the latter for a wee bit of a change. Will be interesting to see if this format is maintained once the tv deal is up.

Tad surprised and really disappointed he hasn’t made the squad. Midfield is where we have depth but his ability to ping one from distance would have came in handy.

Cannot wait to see David in a Scotland short, think he’s done enough to get his chance next month.

Derby, Cardiff and Bristol City linked with Turnbull today. Having watched a fair bit of Derby recently, I think this would be the perfect move for him at this stage in his development. He’d fit nicely into Lampard’s style of play.

Wigan secured championship survival with a win over Preston, I wonder if there are any related add-ons in the Kipre deal. Moult came on as a late sub.

Good luck to Hastie at Rangers, should that be his chosen destination. It’s disappointing to lose him at this stage but you can’t blame any talented youngster moving to a bigger club if they have a genuine shot at first team action. I’m now more interested in seeing who will be the next youth product to nail their spot in the first team as I don’t envisage Scott, Maguire and Livingston being regulars. I’ve only seen Semple for Scotland youth teams and that was some time ago, is he the hottest prospect for 2019/20?

Dom Thomas scores his 15th of the season.

Not for the first time, we are being linked with Liam Polworth. Scott Burns the source, indicating St Johnstone and Hamilton are also interested. I didn’t see the semi at the weekend but generally whenever I see Inverness on the tv, Polworth catches the eye. Suspect he would be a replacement for Cadden.

There is a real chance of Turnbull generating a record transfer fee for Motherwell. In order for this to materialise however, he needs to stay with us until at least Dec 19 and prove his ability against the bigger teams. Sadly though, I can see numerous clubs making offers in the summer that may prove too tempting for player and club. As an aside, if he’s determined to have a strong end to the season, he may have an outside chance of making the Scotland squad for Cyprus/Belgium double header in June given the inevitable calls offs.

Slightly surprised we haven’t heard anything yet. There must be reasoning for it. Do we have any suspended penalties hanging over us following the Rangers playoff?

Glad I stayed in the house as the players have been content to go through the motions today. Hopefully it’s a wake up call for those that want to move onto bigger and better things. Two or three are talented enough to do so but they’ve failed to perform in front of the cameras today. The three goals so far have been absolute gifts from us trying to play football. Important we learn from today and strike the right balance going forward.

We’ll have offered Cadden better terms then he is already on to secure compensation. In terms of form and career progression, his injury can’t at a real unfortunate time. It will be interesting to see what his options are, will an English club be willing to pay the previously reported £600k? I was previously of the view that he had to move for his own career development. Given how Robinson has transferred the team since Christmas though, the prospect of Cadden playing in an attacking role alongside Campbell and Turnbull is an enticing one. Would be nice to have the three of them together for a year, unlikely though.

Good luck to Hastie, I think it’s a good move for a young exciting talent that has the natural attributes to develop quickly. Now is not the right time in his development for moving south as he’d be in the reserves so Ibrox is a sensible destination. Rangers attaching options other than Morelos are far from brilliant so he has a good chance of getting in the team on a fairly regular basis. With a bit of luck, he’ll have a good season and make his way into the Scotland squad. Talk of £14k a week though? Surely not. Either way, I hope Rangers are dignified enough to pay the statutory compensation without a need for a tribunal.

Not in my opinion. His memory has been all over the place for some time sadly.

McLeish and McFadden must both be sacked this weekend. One has clearly been unwell for some time while the other is not sufficiently qualified as a coach.

Aldred and Turnbull.

Ewan Henderson starting makes me nervous. I’ve said before, the latest Celtic kid on the block has a tendency to score against us with Mickey Johnson the most recent examples. Fingers crossed, Turnbull, Campbell, Hastie and Scott shine for us on the big stage. When you add in Tierney, Forrest and Christie, today could be a great advert for the future of the national team. Hope we can make a game of it.

Just watched the highlights. Brilliant goals, an unbelievable strike from Hastie and a well executed move for the 2nd. Great to see our young ones click. If they continue at this rate, all three will go on to have excellent careers. Just a shame we don’t have a cup run to get excited about.