well fan for life

The hornet had me about ready to launch the Switch across the living room. It’s infuriating but it’s so addictive when you start to learn attack patterns and beat bosses.

Without falling in to the trap of signing a player off of YouTube he looks something like what we are missing. Honestly anyone willing to actually run at a defender and take them on is welcomed with open arms. Failing that, the last time we signed a "pacey wide player" it turned out he'd won his contract in the raffle at a race night so really anything is an improvement on yer man Demi.

Willing to admit that silly season isn’t as silly as I’d previously thought.

Is that “penalty specialist” Calvin Miller?

Even if Tanner gets back playing in March/April I'd expect this season is a total write off as that's him not played a game of football in over a year by that point.

True. I also reckon we'll loan in a keeper from a Championship team who will basically be tasked with warming up Gillespie and not getting splinters in his arse while he sits on the bench.

I can't fault Robinson's approach to January so far. It sounds like he's known for a while who he wants rid of and is just going through them now. I think from his post match at the weekend he's probably going to give Frear another shot so fair enough. Wouldn't be shocked if we then see Bigi, Sammon and Newell getting patched as well as if some lower league english jobbers offer us about £3 and a bag of Wotsits for Main. I've had a lot of time for Bigi but he's kind of sold the jerseys a few times when Robinson's given him a shot. Donnelly's a weird one because he seems to be absolutely competent but his legs come off when he's not playing for the Ireland U21s. I wouldn't expect we'll see much of him in the first team unless we're totally rooked. All in all if we get a fit McCormack + another first team striker as well as a centre midfielder I think we'll be fine.

All my dreams are a strike force of Ciftci & Ainsworth. Absolutely shite for 2 months but on the day it clicked we'd leather anybody about 10-0

Willing to start up a support group tbh.

I mind texting one of my pals who was in the Dons end saying the same thing at the time. God damn he was dreadful and he also seemed to be about 4 feet tall. A honking display and he just looked like he wanted to head down the tunnel.

This is pretty much it. The security on the way out is no better/worse than most other places. It's just you luck if you end up going through it when it's rammed. Coming back is a fucking piss take though. I flew back from Barcelona in August and got in at night. The queue for the passport control was absolutely ridiculous and out the door of the mid-refurb hall it's in. Now this would be fine if it was a/ a quick moving queue or b/ a lovely warm summers day. It took fucking ages and we had the pleasure of getting to stand in the pishing rain.

That St Johnstone game might be the best individual performance I've ever seen at Fir Park. Every time he touched the ball he was burning past 3-4 men and looking to create something. God I miss him.

Samson, McMillan, Jules, Heneghan and Chalmers. Jesus wept. Cannae believe we got cash for Heneghan. Also Craig Clay was in that team too. File him under “absolutely fucking pointless midfielder”.

There's so, so, so many absolute diddies have played for us in recent times. Jake Taylor - The invisible man. A midfielder who vanished whenever anyone looked for him. Deimantis Petravicius - The competition winner. He was signed because he was a pacey wide player but I'm honestly not entirely sure he'd ever kicked a ball in his life. An atrocious footballer. Jacob Blyth - Ankles made of chocolate and absolutely loved the gear. Zak Jules - His highlight reel for us is fucking spectacular. The number of goals we conceded singlehandedly down to him being totally inept is staggering.

For f**k sake man. Imagine having the bold Jake being the man you're following out the tunnel. I reckon you'd need to talk him out of the toilet cubicle first.

You'd need to find Jake Taylor first.

I can't fault Bowman's effort at all. He always put himself about regardless of form and I'd rather see a player like that than someone who just isn't arsed or someone being raging so much so that they elbow someone in the puss twice in about 10 seconds while the referee is looking at him. We can all definitely agree that he's just not good enough to merit staying though. From the sounds of things this season is a bit of a learning curve for Robinson and he's going to change the way we attack which is good to hear. We're toothless right now aside from when Johnson turns up (or Tom Aldred). If we are going to play with wingers then perhaps Frear isn't going to be totally frozen out. I've been super critical of him quite often but he was by far the best player on the park at Accies. If he can play like that and we get a striker who is vaguely competent then we'll be ok I reckon. On ATS as @capt_oats says it does sound like he is about to get his totties. He's a perfectly competent left back but we can't really carry a guy who has legs made out of wet cardboard and sellotape.

If Bowman ends up in the Championship scoring goals every week then the theory of it being the most glorified diddy league in the world is completely spot on.

The Robinson quotes aren't exactly glowing: “Ryan is a player who always gives you 100% every game,” ‘Well boss Stephen Robinson said. “He is industrious and unselfish and has been throughout his time at Motherwell. “However, with the current options we have in attack, it’s my view that we need to change it up for the second half of the season and that’s what we intend to do.” Which kind of reads as "he runs about a lot but he couldn't score in a brothel".

Fair play to Robinson because he's said that we don't have the quality up front. I also thought it was pretty telling that he publicly had a go at Main after his idiotic red card. It's been clear to see that Main's frustrated at not scoring but he's not exactly channeling that in a constructive manner. He did give us one of the most enjoyable moments of last year when he kicked Kari Arnasson and Scott McKenna around Hampden like an empty fag packet but I've kind of had enough now.

Well I'll be damned. Silly season may well be delayed.

Silly season is kicking off early.

Exactly this. The guy is comfortably one of the worst players we have in the squad. He’s had a couple of good games but in the main he’s totally rank rotten. His party piece of making every touch he takes in the final third aim towards a corner flag is grating on me big time. Not that I’m saying Sammon is good but I’d start him every day of the week ahead of Bowman.

Whoever negotiated that deal should honestly take on Brexit. Have it settled in no time.

I reckon if we get any offers even if it's a bus fare for the likes of Bowman, Main, Frear etc. they'll be gone. I'm amazed there is anyone out there interested in Bowman who I would say is one of the worst footballers at the club. At this point I'd be sound if Main fucked off and never came back. He's been shite for months, looks raging to be playing then capped it off with a spectacular display of stupidity today. Even last week against St Mirren he was screaming punching the ground when Bigirimana didn't play a quick free kick to him when he was out wide and marked by 2 folk. I'm not convinced by Johnson either. He's had a couple of good finishes but his all round game is lacking in every way. No hold up play, no strength, no passing. At best he's a bit part player. In January we should be looking at 2-3 strikers minimum and no more folk who are grafters and nothing else. We need quality which I understand is easier said than done.