bobbybingo

It's a no strings attached contract.

It's also embarrassing that even after they released this statement online, you have fans commenting on why they extended his contract last night. Don't know, don't want to know.

Jeez o, I thought he'd popped his cloggs there.

Unless he's fell out with Bair, jesus wept.

So, if it turns out Stuart Kettlewell's contract runs till May 2025....

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Wait till the post about Kettlewell's contract running till May 2025 hits....

Like you say, they both have 2 feet.

Biereth and Spencer both played most games and contributed during their time here. Their parent clubs saw enough improvement to recall them, so it seems everyone got something positive out of it. The problem of successful 'season long' loans being ended early is another issue that needs to be looked at, but it's certainly not one specific to Motherwell. Gent surely has to be seen as a success. Vale and Devine have started well enough to suggest they've been worthwhile signings. Halliday will become permanent in the summer, so he isn't a loanee in the true sense. Montgomery's injury was very unfortunate for him and us, but the same thing could've happened if we'd signed him on a 5 year deal. Shaw has certainly been a poor signing up till now and that may very well continue. Buyabu coming here has been a waste of time for all parties. Overall, I'd say our loan signings have generally worked out ok.

They generally have two feet and wear shorts a lot.

And that sends out a warning to potential loan signings in your opinion?

Exactly. Whatever it is, we don't know and possibly shouldn't know.

A professional footballer wouldn't.

Biereth and Spencer don't send out positive messages to potential targets? Loans are like any other signing, some work, some don't. What were this guy's personal reasons?

Reid 'em and weep.

I'm not sure anyone can have a worse winless record than 'never won'. If you want to count every league game they've ever played against Rangers, surely the fair comparison would be every league game we've ever played against them.

Or just stand McGregor next to Gregor. That would be enough to scare anyone.

In a parallel universe it would be nice to have McVie, McLaren and Millar available on Sunday. Unfortunately, two are serving life bans and the other one's in the clink.

I don't see what potential we offer foreign investors, so I'd be very cautious about any approach re ownership. Same as St Johnstone must be. 'Brown admitted the sale was tricky due to the vast land value of the stadium footprint, a 22-acre plot valued at up to £20million. A key part of his final deal is likely to be extracting cast-iron assurances about the long-term plan for his hometown club.'

I realise how unlikely it is we'll beat either of them these days, but that will never stop me hoping/believing the next time will be the time it happens, no matter how often I'm let down. So, as naive as it may appear, I'm looking for positives and reasons as to why we'll win on Sunday. Finding reasons we'll get scudded is far easier. I can't accept that the club, from boardroom to pitch, have gone into these games accepting defeat for the best part of 30 years. I think every SPL club has suffered a gradual decline in the quality of player they can attract over that time, but ours is more marked than the Old Firm. Oh, for the days of wine and Hovis, when we were able to count on at least one win a season against the uglies, and almost invariably had one or two of their exs in our team when it came. Decent - or much more than that - players who had been part of league or cup winning sides, not the never made it scraps we just might pick up now. Having a Russell, Cooper or Coyne in the dressing room had to change the mentality, never mind what they brought on the park. McManus, McDonald and Pearson might've been a few steps down, but they clearly weren't wearing nappies or waving white flags when they ran out at Ibrox that night. Our guys have never played or won anything at that level, so it has to have an affect on your midset, if not going in, then when the going gets tough. Mibbe, just mibbe, the pressure of having to chase Rangers for the first time won't elicit the positive reaction from some Celtic players their fans will demand. I still enjoy clutching at straws.

I think it's pretty certain that a Rangers man would understand the respective histories (and therefore, expectations) of both teams perfectly well, and, having been assistant manager to Baraclough, there's no way he wouldn't have grasped the gulf between them in every respect. Who exactly is it you're saying has informed numerous managers and hundreds of players results against the Old Firm don't really matter to Motherwell?

Eh, Robinson wasn't an outsider to us or Scottish football in 2017. And are you seriously suggesting a football guy from Northern Ireland didn't realise Motherwell aren't supposed to beat Rangers?

I could mention the League Cup semi in 2017, but no doubt there would be a reason why that doesn't count.

If you believe they have too much quality for us, regardless of how they're playing, sounds like you're accepting they will beat us - albeit, not merrily.

Celtic have been complaining about their hybrid pitch, which was installed by the same company, so it is possible there are some problems. Tynecastle looked better yesterday.