bobbybingo

I have my doubts about every signing we make, but at least we know he was a good player - only question is, can he still produce it.

Yeah, as great as he was for Motherwell, a loan move that would basically provide a chance for Moult to prove his match fitness to Burton - or others - is no use to us. If he'd been released and this was his last throw of the dice, I'd have been happy to give him an opportunity, with wages reflecting his situation. Hopefully, he's not at that stage.

Not saying the result would be the same, but Phil O'Donnell looked pretty much finished by injuries when he came back here. Probably just the romantic idea Moult would pull on a Motherwell shirt and amazingly prove us all wrong.

Of course Celtic are gonnae put us out. Unless we put them out.

Looks like the £200,000 was money we got for him making it into the Scotland Euros squad, rather than anything from Aberdeen.

That's no fair, given the accident.

Liam Scales reminded me of a young McLeish. Think it was the red hair.

Every season, somebody's right. Luckily, our fans have been proved clueless for a long time.

On the plus side, looks like van der Gaag' gonnae be available soon.

That's what I want more than anything else - to be proud of the team, whatever the result.

Look at him, desperately trying no to burst out laughing during that interview. Brilliant to see. Feels like a huge weight's been lifted from the whole place. By mutual consent.

Fantastic result, and the first one I've really been excited about in a long time.

They surely had to at least see who was available before appointing Hammell - given his lack of experience - so I'd cut them some slack on that. I hope he wasn't given the job out of necessity, but either way, we needed a manager sooner rather than later, as you say. And either way, we all support him and hope it works out, because it's obvious he cares about the club as well as his own career.

If no one decent was interested in the job, it's not really a risk, it's a necessity. Unless they deliberately ignored someone they considered more capable.

Might be nothing earth shattering or new, but it doesn't seem to be the way Alexander was running things. He got results - for a while - but there appears to have been little thought for where the club was going after he inevitably left. That's how we've ended up with this shit show Hammell's inherited. The fact he understands it can't continue, and wants to change how the club moves forward, is surely a positive. Whether he succeeds or not, we're all about to find out. Personally, I'm not really interested in hearing the club's views on the appointment. Every board tells you they have the right guy, every time they hire a new manager, so what more would you expect to hear, beyond the statement they issued?

You don't need to hold your breath, it was explained on the previous page, and Hammell spoke about it in his interview. As for him not being 'forceful or confident enough' to press the case for his youngsters with the previous regime, how do you know he didn't? Alexander picked the first team, not Hammell.

It's Brian Kerr.

You don't exactly need to read between the lines to see it wasn't just the support who wanted Alexander out of the club.

Feels like a jobs for the boys appointment, but he'll obviously get plenty of support to begin with. Kerr was making the right noises about going forward (in both senses) the other night. Gonnae be a huge job actually achieving it, though.

Brian Kerr talking about the B team's performance tonight - "we, as a club" want to see "attack minded, fast flowing football". Hopefully, that's coming from above too, though it'll be a miracle if the next guy can get that from the first team squad as it stands.

On the bright side, if we can get a new manager and a new team there's every chance we might be ok. Or maybe not.

Is that 2 shots on target in 3 halfs of football, one of them the penalty kick?

The official site said there would be no PPV for the league this season, for any of the teams. Didn't say why, but it's a pisser.

Craig Brown can bugger off.

Every manager does. Question is, how many?