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Sounds like hartley on commentary on mixlr, should be fun.

Looks like a back 4 to me.

Mixlr always works well for me, and is fine as long as the referee doesnt do anything at all and all throw ins are taken properly from the correct location

Listed as 2 first team matches as per the Sfa website (those that are just for league matches are specified as such) The next league game is going to be a bad one with him, Tait and mchugh all missing, along with whoever the ref sends off on Saturday. https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/media/2958/los26-4-january-2018-docx.pdf

Ciftci and main will be short of match practice, so Id be surprised if both started, but who knows. I do see the new defender starting since hartley is suspended.

Assigning individual stats to a player in a 100% team sport is always going to be difficult compared to sports like cricket and baseball where there is a clearer individual aspect. The problem with assists as a statistic is that youre relying on the person youre assisting to actually finish. You could be putting in perfect passes and crosses but have nothing to show for it because the striker is a diddy. Or you could be putting half decent balls in a general area for an excellent striker to convert. All assists arent equal. If you take Caddens assist for Moults goal against Aberdeen, any other striker and that probably isnt a goal. Goals as a stat also has a bunch of factors which can skew its usefulness too, how many chances did the player have to score? Does he take penalties or free kicks, is he being played in a position where it is expected to get into goalscorimg positions, etc. Overall, I think the eye test works best. Ive looked at the advanced stats out there and they are interesting, but i still think there is a long way to go as there are too many intangibles in football compared to some of the more stat friendly sports.

Clarkson back to work in the academy http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2018/01/17/david-clarkson-joins-well-academy/

He loves being the center of attention, so no doubt hell do something dumb to make sure hes the one being talked about after the game. Is it possible to send someone off for diving and give a penalty at the same time? Rangers had a bid rejected for Docherty, and Im guessing accies werent up for the choice between loan with option to buy or monopoly money up front. Is the game in doubt due to weather?

Weve done well out of the last defender blackpool didnt want, so worth a go

Hartley is on loan until the end of the season, so dont see what the rush is.

To be fair, I think he said that if a player is currently playing/scoring goals regularly then we probably cant afford him. But that doesnt necessarily mean he cant score regularly for us. Teams pay money for guaranteed goalscorers, we have to try and be clever and find players whos stock has dropped recently and figure out how we can turn them around.

Is it not the head of recruitment that identifies targets along with the manager?

If he sees this as a chance to put himself in the shop window for a permanent move somewhere to kick start his career, and applies himself as such, then he could be a great signing. However, he hasnt done that in his last few loan stints and is a head case, so that might not happen.

Were signing Austin powers too? Awesome, I love this game.

Id wager they copied it from here. The Dundee Utd version would be great, but Im not sure if he exists anymore.

Thats that conspiracy theory dead then, now were just left with bigis mysterious disease.

Scotland u21s?

Our squad is relatively small, and as said above three signings will only see the squad size increase by one from a week ago. Moult and Hammell were probably relatively well paid, so their wages combined maybe lets us get in more than two players. I dont see us getting through January without a bid coming in for someone through. Were also not getting through the season without more injuries.

Do the boys have coachng qualifications? Is familiarity with the club and the respect from everyone who works there not a plus when hiring someone? Are promotions not a thing in other lines of work?

Looking at past stats isnt always helpful when were signing guys from other leagues/levels, especially younger players. Mains record is very similar to Ojamaas before he joined us (there is only one goal between the two over their whole careers to date) but we know how good a player Henrik was for us. On the flip side, you have bowman who scored a fair few before joining us and hasnt been prolific. We also have fisher who looked great against us (as did Kemas and Tarrant in years gone by) but hasnt been good for us. Is fisher the last known player that weve signed? These are the kind of signings we make now, and we just need to hope the Moults and Kipres outweigh the Fletchers and Blyths The manager sees something in this guy, and were going to have to see him in a game or two before passing judgement.

Either Curtis Main has broken the club website, or Trump doesnt want America to know about the dossers latest signing.

Heres a YouTube of him scoring goals (hartleys is better)

Maybe were going to go down the baraclough route and sign a bunch of them. He is statistically a better manager, so we should probably follow his methods.

I guess my autocorrect didnt like the special characters, Ill leave it in, at 63 he might just be streetwise enough for our league.

Deivydas Matulevičius (Ma-Choo-Le-Vee-Chis) Hes 63 so would go with my prediction that wed sign someone big.