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Whilst Gannon is confident his side can make big strides this year, he pleaded for some realism after a summer of transition. “I have no illusions about us finishing third in the table as we are not quite strong enough yet,” he admitted. “It is not really my place to predict where we will finish in the table; all I am looking for is getting the best out of my players and seeing where this takes us at the end of the season. “There are other clubs who are better off financially and stronger who will compete for third, I am looking forward to working with my players, seeing our players improve and seeing where that takes us.”

Motherwell manager Jim Gannon: "I've spoken to a few managers who have had Hibs and they've felt that certain scores haven't been a fair reflection of the game. "It's like boxing - it's not about the number of punches, it's about the killer blows. "When you think of the reputation and the cost of those players, there is an expectation that they would have that touch more class and efficiency when it comes to finishing. "We've improved a lot of stuff over the last two and a half months. We've been concentrating on improving our attacking play and penetration. "Sometimes we have to be mindful what we've been doing the last six or seven games. Maybe we need to take a step back and make sure that that side is solid before we move on. "We know we have to work hard to be on the park with the teams that have that touch more quality."

Spot on Jay I dont know what to make of this guy .But blame Coke for the first two goals .

under 19,s lost 6-3 to dundee united today.

Ah well everything wrong but the score and that was said in jest, we were poor today as we were midweek ,up front we have nothing full stop ,set plays and Ross Forbes wonder strikes apart we are looking very poor. As another poster said pretty football but going nowhere.

Seems to be a bit of concern about Hibs from a few posters and although a decent team were better. Hibs goalkeepers are more than not crap. The defence is a disaster waiting to happen ,midfield at best mediocre ,the only good players are Stokes and Riordan but we have defenders to match there pace so we shouldn't be overly concerned. This is a game that if we go about it in the right way is in the bag. 1-3 to Hibs by the way.

Is Nish that big muppet that used to play with Killie ,if so whats to worry about.

Cant complain ,we will take a good support through to Paisley but more important the tie is there to be won .

It WILL be a defeat for us on Satuday ,myself and Doddy are never wrong Well 1 Hibs 3.

I think he lacks a wee bit off confidence, seems at times hesitant to take on the fullback and his crossing needs to be worked on, but I think hes a good player who will get better.

This guy came on in the under 19 match against killie a few weeks ago ,he looked o.k and he scored a goal .

Over the past 3 or 4 years we've had more defeats to lower league opposition than victories at firpark . We should win tomorrow night but I think big Terry will put one over on us so I go for a 1-2 defeat.

Quote from Jim Gannon.; We play football when we can, and we are resilient when we need to be. " Think Jim hits the nail on the head there ,its not always going to be pretty but we will do what has to be done to take something from a match.

Good interview with Jim on the BBC site, conducted by Jane Lewis celebrity well fan. Steelboy has kindly posted a link for us,cheers mate.

Outwith reducing the price of the match what could realistically be done about any of the other issues. The game being all ticket is to comply with the authorities so that cant be changed .Those same authorities [the police] wont do anything about intimidation .And the game being an early Saturday morning kick off is because like most other clubs we need the cash so we play when were told to play. Lowering the price might put a few more bums on seats but with so many other issues unresolved it wont be many.

Three tough games I don't think we will get a single point .

Rangers player[Whitakerr?] about two feet inside the box as JOB is just about to strike the ball.

Penalty on youtube hope this lik works.

Hit the nail firmly on the head mate the crowd today would have been about the same no matter who was in the Cooper stand, what the club has to do is look at ways of getting the supporters who don't go to old firm games for whatever reason to come along.

Thought it was a great shift from Motherwell ,so many good things that have already been said so I wont repeat them. My man of the match was young Saunders thought he was superb, has great pace and will out jump most players. The future is bright the future is Motherwell.

Don't know why were puzzled at such a poor home support a lot of well fans crap there pants when the old firm come to town and its always been the same.

According to the Aberdeen site Lawless scored for the Well.

Here is a statement from one of the Rangers forums, just the sort of arrogance you would expect.......... I don't see why we couldn't give Wilson his chance & rest Weir ahead of the CL game. Wilson wouldn't be out of his depth against a young M'well team . ..

When was the last time we beat Rangers at firpark, think it was a boxing day match 4 or 5 years ago .Don't think we've beat them since ,cant see that changing on Saturday, I think Rangers will win by a couple of goals.