Lobey_Dosser

On Tuesday, Craigan mentioned that the youth cup quarter final would probably be cancelled this weekend. I don't know if that has happened or what the reasoning is. It may be that McGhee plans to utilise one or two of the young ones... Think it's important we go back to 3 midfielders and a winger against a robust Ross County. Time for Cadden to start on the right with Kennedy or Laing maybe coming back into contention. 2-1 Motherwell, Skippy and Moult.

The good Christians of Bothwell will be praying for Les the philanthropist and his billionaire wife.

IIRC, the Daily Mail tend to be on the money with Motherwell stories, certainly since Les arrived. Given the billions of pounds that is about to flood the English Premier League, I'd except nothing less than a £1mil. Marvin was quick to sign a new contract though so wouldn't be surprised if there is a release clause.

Angol wasn't much of a footballer but he was a far better option than Chalmers.

I think this thread shows that we have intact produced a decent amount of talent over the last 20 years and few have slipped through the net. All while having a relatively successful first team. As the club have stated, we have to improve with regards to transfers fees and having 18 year olds ready to integrate with 1st team. As touched upon, there is a much wider issue at national level. When does the Wotte project start to bear fruit? Do we have a blurprint from Brian McClair yet? Are the SFA and clubs working together?

Inverness aren't going to win the cup back to back so their run might as well end with us. Think it will go to a replay though.

He's went on to be a solid premier league player. Not a world beater but good enough to be in a Motherwell squad. Thistle also rejected an £80k bid 6 months after we released him.

Can't remember the exact details but I think it related to the failure of the Murphy/Blackpool deal at the time of negotiation.

There's nothing better than seeing a youth product making his mark but we've also been guilty of hanging onto some for too long, McHugh being the prime example in recent times. In my mind, Lawless is the only one that's went on to prove Motherwell were wrong to let him go and from what we were told, this was purely due to finance.

I was convinced by Lasley from his debut at Ibrox. It quickly became evident that he wasn't scared to get tore in and was decent enough carrying the ball forward. He made big impressions in numerous games, playing his part in running the midfield against good Rangers and Celtic teams during his first spell. Think he'd have progressed even quicker at Motherwell if it wasn't for Butcher playing him out in the right. There's nothing wrong in developing youngsters that provide little more than adequate backup. Personally I don't think Leitch reaches that level from what I've seen, whether that's been due to injuries I don't know. Maybe he's someone that needs to go down the Craigan route and work his way back up.

He's just never looked up to it in my opinion. Forbes had quality on the ball, Carswell could get about the park but ultimately neither were capable of making it at this level. Not sure what Leitch offers, admittedly he's never had a long enough run to prove otherwise.

Based on a few visits to the u20s and watching the highlights each week, Cadden seems the obvious candidate to take on the Grimshaw role on the right of midfield. He's a good athlete with decent technique and vision. I can only assume the management team don't think he is ready for the intensity of first team football... Think it's safe to say Leitch has no future at the club, not surprising really.

And if we had a half decent keeper, we could possibly cut out another 33%...

Aye we've had the 6-1s to Hibs, Rangers and Dundee United iirc. Unless I've blocked something out, this is our biggest defeat since the Celtic 7-1. Hopefully we get a chance to make amends against Hearts in the Scottish Cup.

Aye, McGhee seems to rotate his bench. I thought Watt was going to get a chance after getting drafted on at Parkhead but it's not materialised. If McGhee fancied Law in midfield, Watt (or indeed Kennedy) seems like an obvious choice over Chalmers and the Hammell reshuffle.

Still struggling to comprehend how Chalmers got propelled into the team ahead of Cadden, Laing and Watt.

Utterly embarrassing result. The absence of Lasley and Grinshaw is not an excuse for losing 6-0 to a half decent Hearts team.

No like Mark to get carried away. At least his self-promoted 900th game didn't result in his biggest ever pumping.

The idea of putting our right back into centre midfield, our left back to right back and a guy from the cold to left back appears to be going against us. Move to Anfield just got further away.

The 4 defenders usually go through a drill.

Think that lineup has thrown as all, I assumed Chalmers played left back for the u20s ok Tues. No clearer on how we are going to lineup. Not Hammell in midfield surely...

Falkirk offers a fine springboard for young talent. Good luck to the boy, Louis Laing has never quite recovered from that night.

He could have earned decent money down south. And if successful, would now be on really good money.

If at all possible, Nicky Law would fit perfectly into the current setup. Terrific talent who made a bad decision in terms of career progression,

Do players out on loan still get to play for u20s? Never noticed that before. Regard midfield, 1st team football is some way off but I gather Allan Campbell is one that the coaching staff are keen on.