MelvinBragg

When is the signing deadline for the next round...?

We haven't been great but there have been spells in the second half where you could tell we're a better team than we've showed. Small passages of good possession, enough to show signs of promise...

I'm with Virgin and have had nae bother...

Jesus, that was close...

Link for those of us struggling to find it...?

One would hope he was getting seven bells (or bellies) knocked out of him...

Am I the only one to think "Aw, naw, I thought we had put this one to bed..". Now people will get their hopes built up again...

When I wrote that part I was actually trying to avoid saying "We won't go down" because that's just asking for trouble. And I'm not talking about it being close for us to go down (I think we'll survive easily), I just don't think it's going to be easy on the eye...

Hits the nail on the head for me. We've been very fortunate in that for the last few years we've normally had at least one player with that kind of exciting spark about them. Other teams have survived in the SPL without one but it's all been about hard work and grinding (Kilmarnock and St Mirren are two teams that spring to mind). Should we not replace Jim O'Brien, it's not certain we'll be relegated but survival will be a whole lot uglier...

Nope. Nowhere as good as he thinks he is...

Given that the good people of choose life have paid up to sponsor us for the two games against Breidablik, it would seem somewhat off to announce a new sponsorship deal before their agreed period is over. Let them have tonight as they've earned then we can announce it whenever we like...

Glad for Smith that he's found a club, and a decent one at that. Never gave anything less than 100% while playing for us...

Just strikes me that although a lot of fans rate Reynolds a lot higher than they did Quinn or Clarkson, we had no problem selling them going into the last year of their contracts. I know there is a recession but clubs weren't exactly awash with money last summer. What is it clubs are not seeing in Reynolds...?

While you could make an argument for Reynolds being more technically gifted than Quinn, Quinn has something that Reynolds does not. The willingness to kick his granny to get a result. This is a quality all top players have and Reynolds just strikes me as not ruthless enough on the field...

Away

Difference being that McFadden and Pearson actually feature for their clubs (have heard Pearson mentioned before when he was out of favour elsewhere, never McFadden), Porter has had problems establishing himself at Derby mainly due to injury. For what it's worth, I agree, probably a load of rubbish, but I can see the logic in the rumour. Brown has contacts at Derby, Porter knows Motherwell, needs a run of games, Motherwell need a striker. Of course, this is a case of 2+2+2=3167, but it's not the most ridiculous suggestion I've heard this summer. The Alan McCormack one is always a belter...

Hadn't really given this much thought til today. Don't get me wrong, the ticket is bought and the day off secured long ago. But I haven't had a sense of anticipation for it until about an hour ago. I reckon we'll have a hard game of it and fear we could see a re-run of Mypa 47. Only thing to say against this is the fact that Breidablik may not be as good as Mypa were. That and the fact that we have wily old Craig Brown rather than a young naive ginger manager in charge (whatever happened to that guy?). So many unknowns about tomorrow's game, the opponents, our line-up, how solid our keeper is, how conditions will affect things, I'm not even going to attempt to predict a scoreline. For what it's worth (never having seen Hollis or Randolph in action, I'll leave that one blank), I would go with.. _______ Saunders Craigan Hutchison Hammell Lasley Hateley Jennings Forbes Sutton Murphy Not Forbes' biggest fan but he can pass a football and perhaps a free role behind a front two, without the same defensive responsibilities as in a midfield three or requirement for pace if playing wide left. Could be a bit narrow as formations go, but when we have the ball Hateley can drop in making a back three allowing Saunders and particularly Hammell scope to bomb on. Not the team I expect to see, but it's how I'd go...

I agree with you 100% on that one. Thing you have to remember is that John Sutton seems to spend a lot of time playing left midfield since Craig Brown arrived. Don't ask me why, because I figure that Murphy has more of the "tools" to play there. I think we should be looking for someone who can play centre forward with John Sutton and compliment his style, maybe look for Jamie Murphy to fill the wide area/creative slot. So I don't reckon that a striker in the mould of Porter is what we should be looking at. Someone in the mould of a Clarkson who can run all day and can feed off the headers that Sutton wins...

There is also the fact that it seems pointless to me bringing him in til a winger or creative player is found. Sutton, Porter, doesn't matter who your strikers are unless you have someone that will get the ball to them...

No thanks. As great as he was when he was here, it seems that we saw the best of his career injurywise when he was here. Oldham fans said he was great but never 100%, and he's struggled with injury since going to Derby. I'd rather remember his performances from when he was.with us before. The cup game against Hearts is just one of a few great memories. Thanks, big man but no...

I think when they say coverage on the BBC website they're referring to live text commentary. I could be wrong though...

What was Mother Teresa....? EDIT I recall last season, it was the case that you had til 24 hours before kick-off, so technically we still have a couple of hours to wait to find out the answer is still nun...

Wish you had tried to resist, honestly...

Given our record in front of bumper crowds, I'm thinking that if it's true then it's bad news...