MelvinBragg

I don't imagine he'll sign but I'd certainly award McFadden legend status. Anyone who, as a teenager, has the hopes of a club put upon his shoulders and doesn't wilt under the pressure deserves it. Because let's be honest. In that first post administration season, everyone was looking to him to get us out of trouble. Which he eventually did by virtue of his transfer fee. After that season, McFadden or Butcher could wipe their arse with a Motherwell shirt in the centre circle of Fir Park and I still wouldn't boo them...

Tend to agree with Jay on this one, unless James McFadden has turned into a tough tackling midfielder, then we don't ned to sign him. As I said around the transfer deadline, I'm glad we didn't bring someone in for the sake of having another body. Money is tigh so let's not waste a wage on someone who won't improve the team. Could Mark Kerr have done a job? Possibly. Better than Carswell or Hetherington? Possibly, given his experience, he'd have performed on a more consistent level than them this season. But if these two young guys can come in and play a fair few games and we can survive this season, the long term benefits will outweigh the points having the likes of Mark Kerr in the squad would have won us this season...

What, you're not looking forward to being 2-0 down and hearing the home fans singing "SPL, you're having a laugh!"?

Haven't been to Ibrox since September 2001 when I was nearly thrown out before kick off for complaining about the fact that some scrote in the home end was waving a red hand of Ulster flag at us during the minute's silence for the victims of the September 11th attacks. Never been angrier than I was that day and frankly for my own health and sanity, it's probably best I don't go back there..

Players I have heard of who play for Rangers Alexander Wallace Black Templeton McCulloch Shiels Sandaza Kyle Little Don't know what the foreign guys at the back are like but definitely suggests they're stronger going forward than they are at the back...

Top scored in the first division? Two words. Richard Offiong...

Would this be the same Michael Higdon who scored against both Celtic and Hearts last season? And in more than one game against Dundee United? And a hattrick against Hibs?

Try telling that to the guy behind me at full time going on about how Humphrey wasn't good enough.. Don't think the East Stand linesman did him many favours but he kept plugging away. Certainly looked up for it today.. On a more general note, really good result today. Given the back four we had and ICT have been scoring plenty then it's a real achievement. I suspect that McCall played Law wide to offer Angol some protection today and Hateley was selected in midfield ahead of Carswell or Hetherington so that we had an experienced midfield in front of an inexperienced back four. It's a call he got right. Oh, and Higdon and McHugh look like the only true strike partnership we have. Murphy and Ojaama combine well with Higdon sometimes but today you saw the benefit of someone playing closer to him. Good day at the office...

Team is Randolph Kerr Page Cummins Angol Humphrey Lasley Hateley Law Higdon McHugh Ojaama, Murphy, Carswell and Hetherington among the subs..

I can see why some Scotland fans would want McFadden playing again so he can get back in the Scotland squad. Thing you Scotland fans have to remember is that with Levein in charge, he's got no chance...

Anyone picked up that guy Kevin McDonald from Burnley? Sure I read a while back he'd been released...

Thing is he's a free agent so he doesn't need to decide tonight. I wouldn't think up front is somewhere we'd be looking to strengthen though...

I'd rather go with Kerr, Cummins, Page and Murray. We have Ramsden and Hammell for experience in the back four...

You'd be more gutted if we wasted a wage on a rubbish signing...

Kind of what I was trying to say but put far more eloquently...

Hopefully by next summer we can replace at least two of those players from within the club. Hateley with Devlin and Law with Hetherington. If Hollis is still with us, he'll be fine for goalkeeper. Humphrey, Murphy and Higdon might be more problematic, but I wouldn't rule out Higdon re-signing. So maybe looking at replacing two players. So basically the same as this summer...

Correct on all of those with the exception of Hutchinson who has two years left on his contract, I think...

There is that possibility. Maybe playing his cards close to his chest following what happened with Stevenson? But if we keep the squad we have, I'll be happy. I could even live with losing Hutchinson given defence is where we have most cover...

Surely it's a sensible approach. If there's no one out there within our budget who would improve the squad then surely he'd be wasting our money. Better keeping money in the bank than bringing in someone for the sake of it, only for fans to label him a waste of a wage in a few weeks time...

You'd certainly hope so...

Good, we can all relax now...

Well, we already let Lawleff go...

Rumours on the BBC of Hateley to Rangers. I thought that rumour would come up given they're looking at the RB from Hearts...

Have a feeling that we might be waiting to see who is a free agent after the deadline closes. Having funds available for two or three players is one thing, but still shopping in the very cheap end of the market so it might be the idea to pick up players who aren't in that strong a bargaining position,,,

I could live with that..