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We don't really have a playmaker so I'd love a Law type player to run the midfield. Tansey seemingly heading to Aberdeen for £200k. They do a decent job of recruiting the best players in Scotland.

If Law is to leave Rangers, I expect us to have made enquiries. Doesnt look like he is available on a free though.

Rare occasion where I want the game off. Full week should be focused on cup.

Kilmarnock getting rid of Locke could be the best bit of business this window, particularly if they get Billy Davies in. Motherwell are good at keeping business under wraps but the absence of any rumours this month is a tad strange. Maybe journalists are just not interested now.

A draw is a decent result at Dens and sets us up well for a big week. Hopefully the sense of injustice drives us on at Firhill. Happy for our luck to wait until next Saturday. Judging by McGhee's post match interview, we could have a good few additions to the squad by then.

Sore one after leading for so long. Pleased to see Cadden get his 1st goal though.

Haven't seen him since he left Cardiff but that is a decent shout. I do think that McGhee will do down the experienced route if possible this month. Edit - he's seemingly set for Aberdeen.

If true, suspect this would be a pre-contract. Very much doubt Thistle would let their captain joins us just now.

Hopefully 2 arrivals only. The massive squad has done us no favours on and off the park over the last year.

The dummy is amazing.

John brought it up immediately. I was just a toddler at the time but I was completely oblivious of this semi until last night. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLk0MGeH9XQ

Clarkson should never have been resigned in the first place. Wish him well but he looks done.

Brilliant listen. Brilliant memories, frightening how quickly the years fly by from Katowice to getting pumped out the cup by Airdrie. What was the script with Pyscho getting in the bench for the final? Pure sentiment?

When did we last win at Dens? John Brown days when we were flying with Higdon, Law and co?

Imagine that's a half decent wage that we're saving now. Good luck to the boy, will always have a soft spot for him due to his influence during his loan spell.

Indeed.

Is our record without Pearson in the team not ridiculously poor? I've campaigned for Cadden to get in the team for a long time but I suspect he'll need a good number of games under his belt on the right before you could consider him stepping in for Pearson in the middle of the park. Ideally our new midfielder will have a bit of dig as well as composure on the ball.

Hopefully Kennedy turns things around. He might not be operating to McGhee's standards in training but he certainly doesn't lack effort when he's playing. Sounds like we've got a few not applying themselves properly. No sign of Thomas or Watt on bench today.

Skippy yet again, by some distance. Deserves to be playing with better players.

Weird day. A trait of McGhee's Motherwell teams is that we come flying out the blocks. Today was the opposite, the players seemed to be suffering from a Tynecastle hangover in front of an eerily flat support. From 25-30 minutes on however, we dominated for large spells and the game was in the balance at 1-0. Had we equalised, I think we'd have scored 1 or 2 more. At the same time, Ross County always looked capable of scoring on the break and so it proved. No coincidence that the goal came after Chalmers arrived on the scene. Pleased Cadden got his 1st start, I thought he done reasonably well but there is much more to come from him and he'll benefit from playing against grown men every week. What we desperately need just now is a midfielder who can dictate the play with the ball at his feet and compliment the running power of Pearson, Johnson, Cadden and Ainsworth. Two difficult away games coming up before the visit of Inverness in the cup. Vital we pick up some point here or we are in bother. In order to do so, we need to improve defensively. The other week McGhee commented that our training is very much geared to attacking play and scoring goals. That's all good and well but we need to be far more professional in how we do the basics in defence.

Scotsman rumour page. Mail remains the primary source.

I found it a little strange. While it was welcoming to hear him take the blame for his subs versus Accies, he opted to elaborate on a game 3 weeks ago rather than hold his hands up for the Hearts debacle. As folk say though, press conferences should be taken with a pinch of salt, particularly with a character like McGhee.

I was thinking Motherwell sources leaked the 'story' given its the Daily Mail. i think the message has been clear since McGhee came in that we have an asset in Marvin who was in danger of going wayward. We must therefore look to maximise his value in the relative short term. In the meantime Ainsworth is shunned to the side despite sharing similar weaknesses to Johnson.

Jack played and scored as a trialist for us against Morecambe. I think he was with us at a younger age, he's certainly friends with a good few of our players. Fraser Johnstone who came off the bench for EK is ex Motherwell. IIRC, he played against Cowdenbeath on the day of the Morecambe friendly.

Couldn't agree more with the views of John Hughes: http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35368472