MelvinBragg

Curiosity got the better of me, had a check of Louis Moult's stats for us. 55 starts, 31 goals. Obscenely good...

Bit of a shame for the guy. Had some games when he looked like he had all the tools and just needed the right coaching. Hope he manages to find a club and get his career going again. Always gave 100% when he played...

I agree. Do we need the point scoring every week? The thread's called "McGhee Out?". If you think it's a ridiculous idea, avoid the thread for the most part. If you think he's a shovelfaced charlatan, you don't need to bump this thread every time we lose a game...

If we have Moult, McDonald and Ciftci, I'd be pretty confident of getting enough goals to stay up...

Are Rangers not the only team he's lost against with us?

Hammell off for Jules and Clay on for Lucas suggests a slightly more defensive approach...

Where would we be this season without him? *shudders*

I'd heard he'd just come back from Holland where he was dealing with a personal issue...

I know we won't. Concern would be that £750k would see us the richest club in the second tier. Without his goals, we're toast...

Thanks but no thanks. Not a like for like replacement and no time to find one...

Again, like the Northern Irish midfielder who apparently signed the other day, one for the U20s...

Only thing I would say is that it would tend to play pretty narrow that midfield...

So if we can get Ciftci, we let McDonald leave? I'm quite surprised that Pearson is coming back. Just had a feeling that he'd fancy trying something new. Did Burrows give any indication as to why the Pearson deal is taking its time?

It's an interesting one. He seems to have fallen so far down the pecking order that it's difficult to see a way back for him at Fir Park. Yet a lot of people who watch the U20s say he stands out. There's a part of me that thinks as long as his alleged attitude problems don't affect his fitness or ability, is it something we tolerate or would that damage team spirit?

At 18, I reckon he's been signed with a view to going into the U20s initially...

Actually thought that McHugh was our best player...

While I appreciate some of them will not be on huge salaries, we'd still be paying wages to a couple of established professionals (as opposed to the likes of Allan Campbell or Jake Hastie) who'll be nowhere near the starting lineup. If true that Bowman and Blyth are both surplus to requirements, then it reflects really badly on McGhee's performance in the summer market. If you add those two to Belic and Brill, that's four signings that after less than six months have been exposed as not good enough. I make it five other signings in the summer with varying degrees of success. McHugh looks a player but has been unlucky. Heneghan has been good (although maybe not as good as some are making out). Tait will do a job, steady Eddie. Clay and Lucas, have been okay to solid which would be fine if we had a creative midfielder alongside them. So nine summer signings. Potentially four already moving on or surplus to requirements. Two or three decent signings and a couple who the support are unconvinced by. Am I the only one terrified at the thought of McGhee trying to replace Moult, McDonald and Cadden in the summer. His record in the transfer market is patchy at best...

If we sign Pearson, it makes extending Lee Lucas' deal bizarre similar to when we extended Mark O'Brien's loan and then brought in Laing a couple of days later. Pearson returning would give us himself, Clay, McHugh, Lasley, Lucas and Cadden all, I would assume, on a first team wage. At a time when we're trying to balance the books, seems excessive...

I thought he'd said that he had three targets but it was looking like we were going to bring in four players suggesting that one wasn't a player he had targeted for a long time. Given we've looked at a couple of keepers in training, I'd suggest Griffiths maybe wasn't someone we were looking at...

When is Mackin's contract up? Obviously behind Bowman in the pecking order given he's been allowed to leave on loan but would hope that a loan spell away if he applies himself could see him come back and make a Cadden or Erwin style impact...

I'd be more surprised that we'd be paying a fee for a backup goalkeeper as I don't imagine Dunfermline would be letting him go for nothing...

Left winger signed. Will be interesting to see which other positions we look to strengthen. Striker or central midfield would be strange and almost an admission that summer signings haven't worked out. Central defence? Would speak to a lack of faith in Kennedy and Ferguson. Left back? Given Hammell, Chalmers and McMillan can all play there, irrespective of what you think of their abilities, a fourth player in that position would seem to be an unwise use of resources. Maybe if we can move one of them on. Obviously looking at a replacement for Brill as well. Be interesting to see what else we do...

Cue a load of Well fans trawling through Everton U20s squad list trying to work out who we're going to sign on loan...

I'd need to watch it again but seem to recall him saying we'd like him to stay. Which is slightly different...

Interesting that McGhee says maybe four new signings when we were only looking at three. Taking into account his fondness for saying stuff that doesn't pan out, could the fourth be a replacement for McDonald....?