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Or an exciting dash for their first 50/50 on Saturday

Faddy himself has said that he has no desire to play for either side of the old firm, despite growing up as a Celtic fan. However, if he only has one offer on the table, and it's from Celtic, then he's likely going to sign for Celtic. That said, just because Celtic have supposedly expressed an interest it doesn't automatically follow that a concrete offer will be made or that he'd accept it. Would be galling to see him line up for Celtic against Motherwell, but unlike Lee McCulloch he would genuinely be playing for his boyhood team at least.

McHugh and Smith would "run more"? Sometimes the best thing you can do as a striker is stand still and you'll create space for yourself rather than simply running into a crowded box. As for Humphrey, excellent point(s) about him being correct to hit the cross and put the onus on people making the correct runs, although perhaps taking a look at times. That said, whenever he does slow down to take a look he has half the support screaming at him for not taking his man on and hitting the byline, as by that point the full back has had a chance to get back at him.

No, he's shite because the players around him didn't contribute as many goals as he did - it's quite straightforward really. See the number of headers he does win, and none of his teammates actually react to is unbelievable... short of time travelling to get on the end of his own lay offs, there's not much more he can do. To my mind, he doesn't jump for a lot of balls because he takes up a position where the ball is going to drop and holds his ground, waiting for the ball to reach him at chest height and he can control it. As usual though, Motherwell fans make their mind up before a player has even kicked a ball and will not be shifted from that viewpoint regardless of performances. Folk round me the other night seemed genuinely annoyed that he had scored the second goal... cannot understand that.

Does Murder McLeod know the meaning of the word 'impartial'? Practically willing his beloved Celtic to take 4 or 5 here....

Faddy's fitness is obviously in question, and whether or not he'll be the same player when fit again remains to be seen, but he is proven at international level and for me there is no doubt that a fit Faddy would have made a difference yesterday. The other issue though, is that Levein doesn't seem to rate him or want to play any players with a bit of flair which will probably rule out Murphy as well.

Alan Hutton was the man putting in most of the crosses yesterday.... not saying that Humphrey should be in the squad, but to compare him to a central midfield player is just mental!!

Mike Grella released by Leeds.... www.leedsunited.com/news/20110831/grella-contract-cancelled_2247585_2437220

signed for the under 19's last week..... French boy on amateur terms.

Steven Howarth to Alloa, Ross McKinnon to Dumbarton - both one month loan deals according to Sky Sports News.... Edit: already posted!

Humphrey, oh Chrissy Humphrey..... tremendous turnaround from him, and he put in a few really good crosses.

The boy Little definitely is seen as someone who can play right back and striker.... Jon Daly and Chris Sutton are/were guys comfortable in defence and attack - and not just in a game chasing scenario.

Chris Humphrey in a central midfield three? As good as a man short in my opinion in there..... That 11 could work just fine but by playing people in their strongest positions....

Well, the man himself has said he intends to end his career at Fir Park.

Sorry, but in some cases his Celtic connection had everything to do with it - and the rear of the Cooper was very vocal about it at times. For what it's worth, I wasn't particularly happy at having a Celtic player on loan - but not because it was Celtic, I just don't think players should be allowed to be on loan within the same division. We could do a lot worse than Cillian Sheridan I'd say.

1 red card in 2 seasons hardly suggests that Jenno is prone to red cards

As stated above, the guy is not perfect but the positives outweigh the negatives for me. He has pace to burn, and showed in a spell around the Aberdeen game in March that he can use that to score goals. As also mentioned, his pace means that teams often double up on him and leave space for others to exploit - something I don't think we utilise fully. Crossing needs work, but I believe this is something that he is working on himself after training. Also, Premiership clubs are scouting him - I virtually read the notes of one scout up at Tannadice - so he cannot be as bad as is being made out here.

The club have nothing to do with selecting the opposition, indeed I'm sure they cannot have anything to do with his testimonial for tax reasons...

Nicky Law

Not necessarily - given your location it's conceivable that you would have contacts with Inverness or Ross County for example... not logical assumptions when you mention Motherwell fans and who they may have contacts with but conceivable no?

Ross says his time at Motherwell under McGhee was the "favourite time of his career" or such like. His fiancee also reckons he loved his time at Motherwell.... Basically, he speaks very fondly of his time at Fir Park so I see no reason for him to get pelters....

I overheard a couple of the youth coaches chatting at the Kilmarnock game about Mark Reynolds, one of whom obviously knew Mark's father very well. Anyway, the chat was that Aberdeen and Hibs had been in contact with Mark's agent regarding a move for him, but that he was not keen to move back up the road quite so soon after leaving. Never say never and all that, but contact looks to have been made and rebuked.

Not according to Stuart McCall who said that we had made him an offer prior to the semi-final in his post match interview at Tynecastle. So, someone's lying. Agree with the rest, cannot grudge him his move, it's just disappointing that he's moved to a rival team and had a swipe at the club on departing.

4 SPL clubs who no doubt are choosing to avoid going into heavy debt... meanwhile a club with no regard to debt carries on regardless.

He did indeed..... the tone of his conversation made it clear that he is no Rangers fan.