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I think he goes by @FabrizioRomano on Twitter now.

Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee Utd all pay multiples of what we do, and it doesn't always work. We also tried it, and nearly died.

At this point, we don't need just numbers. Squad players aren't going to move the needle, so if we're unable to get guys that are capable of kicking current first teamers onto the bench, then we shouldn't panic and just work with what we have.

It hopefully comes as no shock to anyone that very few players are sitting around holding out for motherwell to come in for them. Football is a job, if anyone's agent is telling them to take the first offer from us and not weigh their options, they should be fired. I'd rather we be creative and try and get players we might not otherwise, with the risk of failing a few times, than loading up our team with Manzingas.

Knowing this, and that the slope of the pitch can affect VAR, I now see that there was a lot more to the pitch renovations than I thought.

If that was collum, he would have taken a look and then sent someone else off with him. His brain is working overtime right now to find ways of making the introduction of var as much about him as possible.

VAR will still be run by the same incompetents we have now. It will be used to benefit the OF more. With 40k seething mutants screaming about every decision and demanding var, and the constant media pressure in the uglies favour, the VAR folk will go out of their way to appease the masses. It's not going to be the leveller some are hoping for. They'll have a work experience student looking at motherwell v livi games, since there's nothing at stake for them.

That was the first clean sheet in a long time that actually felt deserved. Usually we rely on a save or two, and usually the opposition failing to take a chance, but other than the snap shot from Goncalves late on, they had nothing. We did a great job of not conceding silly fouls in our third, and we handled their physicality like it wasn't a thing.

Difficult one. There were no standouts in an attacking sense. Our midfield 3 and back 4 were solid all game, and it was one of Sol's best games. I went with O'Donnell though. His forward runs and pressing really make a difference, and he didn't put a foot wrong defensively.

Based on recent experience, now that we're in third every other team will conspire to keep us there.

Pretty flat from both teams. Battle of the half time team talks now.

As marginally better as lamie is over mugabi and sol, I don't think he should walk right back into the team considering he nearly sold the jerseys with the tackle that led to the suspension. I'd prob go with the team that started last week, as I don't think anyone made a case for being dropped.

Allan looks to have played 2 full seasons in about 12 years, one of which was in the championship. I think he benefits from having friends in the media, because the hype around him is unwarranted.

It didn't seem to be that bad before, either it's a symptom of long COVID, or maybe my old Twitter account had the right level of mute/block-age.

That is actually the only thing that's worse.

The reports were that he was doing his medical, so theres all that and the other paperwork, plus we like to wait on clearance before making official announcements. On the subject of announcements, people who reply to any and every motherwell tweet with "announce x" are cringey as fuck. Also saw someone tag in the official account in a tweet from one of the tabloids asking for confirmation. Weird.

Winger as far as I'm aware

Was really hoping he was going to greet at the end. They really drill the delusion into Aberdeen fans at an early age. There aren't many perks of being a Motherwell fan, but it's nice that, regardless of our form and league placing, losing to us really causes opposing fans to have an existential crisis. We could be bought by Elon Musk tomorrow, rebuild the galacticos, and still get the "no disrespect, but teams like motherwell" chat. Love it.

Nah, we should move on, he can be another 10 clubs problem.

Without even taking into account the health issues, he barely played last year, then didn't have a pre season, and he says himself that he needs six games to get up to speed. He's probably a luxury player when fully fit, so carrying him in the first team until he is fit seems like a big risk Someone may benefit from signing him, but I'd be surprised if it was us since we're trying to address immediate issues.

"We are Aberdeen. A big rich city, with history. We do not lose to tower-block minks from scumville. Simple" But they kind of do, and quite often. Also, "history" doesn't mean what he thinks it means. We all have our roasters, but he's prime roaster.

If I had to choose between a winger and a CB, I'd go with the former. We desperately need pace. Sheilds and efford have a fair bit of pace and power, but having someone who can really threaten on the break would make a huge difference. We may just have to see if we can build a partnership out of the center backs we have. All off them have had good spells and shown glimpses of being good, but are too prone to mistakes. Having a functional midfield will be huge for them, as this should hopefully give them more options to get rid of the ball. O'Donnell was fine at left back, but with the other two injured for a while, we still need someone there. We're hosed if we ever need to rely on Lamie there.

Neilsen said that the reports of ginelly being free to go we're bollocks.

During Alexanders tenure every game was so stressfull to watch, as the only thing we could cling on to was a potential result, because the football itself is shite. You can forgive a lot when the team plays like that, with attacking intent and maximum effort. As shite as our inevitable losses are going to be, you can take it as part of the process, and be annoyed at the result without the feeling of futility you got with the previous guy. I reserve the right to take this back if we lose to livi :-)

In his interview yesterday he was coy when asked if signings we're imminent, he probably thought at the time he had a wee surprise up his sleeve, like Aberdeen with Clarkson last week.