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Hammell's dedication to giving youth players their debut is something else.

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Maybe he's one of the two we reportedly nearly signed before Saturdays game.

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Was the Albanian playing?

Not this time, son.

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Apart from death and taxes the one sure thing in life is that Motherwell will be be cheating time wasting  c***s. 
The sooner they disappear like morton the better.
Surely the spl can find a better source for refs than the clown school

Death, taxes, and so called big teams expecting the likes of us to lie down to them, then spitting the dummy when we don't oblige.

We gave you six extra minutes to score a goal, and we ended up having more chances than you, maybe ask St Johnstone how it's done.

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I'll settle for winning every second game, as long as we can fit cup ties into that pattern.

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Van Veen looked fucked at the end, but that's been 5 games in a row for him, so he might need a break.

Have to give a shout out to SOD for having a decent game at left back. Him sprinting across to put the fear of God into the guy who was 1on1 after Sol slipped was beautiful. He was never getting there, but the guy fluffed his shot because he shat himself.

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Welcome back.

Don't want to get ahead of myself, but we should start selling apples at the kiosk.

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The ref added the time on. It's not Kelly's fault that he can't run fast.

The best bit was the seethe when we took our time the the Tierney sub, then aberdeen slowed it down further by adding one of their own right after it.

Every team does it, and the fans cheer it, but then greet about it when it happens to them.

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I didin't expect any of that, other than KVV scoring, that was a given. Hammell's innovative strategy of "passing the ball forward" really changed the game.

I like the look of Stewart for Aberdeen, he looks like a good signing. I also like Liam Scales bouncy hairdo. The keeper isn't good enough to have his own chant imo.

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So, either a 442 or Spittal playing further forward.

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They paid good money for their woodshedding. I hope they enjoyed it.

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Can't believe he's no signed anyone

I feel like the club missed a trick here. They could have secretly gave him the job last week, then lined up the singings to parade at the end of his first day. He could have done his wee intro interview then ended it with, "right, I need a phone and a tractor, let's go"

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Lasley is a compliment sandwich kind of guy, Hammell is going to dismantle you with a sentence then look you out of his office.

I don't understand the voodoo reference.

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Hammell looks like he could stare someone to death, Las look like everyone's pal.

I think the problem Lasley had last time was that he was the assistant when everything was going wrong for Robbo, so he had some of that still attached to him.

Hammell has been hands on with the academy for a while, so insulated from the first team stuff, so it feels like the best of both worlds, with someone who knows us inside out but still brings a freshness.

An experienced manager (that we can legitimately get) brings their own risks, they might take time to assess the squad and adjust to the league, etc. They'd also be ripe for criticism from us due to the failures they likely had that brought them into our candidate pool.

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See Josh Ginnelly is being shown the door, there's your first bit of business right there.
 

He's fast, right?

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I'm happy for Hammell, and I'm glad we went through the proper process rather than just handing it to him, as we've seen with lasley before, no one is guaranteed the job. I think the majority of us will be desperate for him to succeed, and I get more of a manager vibe from him than Las ever had (prob doesn't mean anything).

As intriguing as Simo was, as far as former players go, Hammell eclipses him in what he's done for the club, he just happens to still be here so isn't as shiny. I think we've probably seen the last of Simo applying though.

I can understand why some may see this as a less than exciting appointment, which I get since half the fun of football is new players and managers, but there's also a section of our support that would have been ragin either way.

I think this is a good appointment in the short term, since he's already done his homework on what we need, and knows our league. The risk of outsiders is you can end up with Baraclough types that just don't know the league, and they sign the wrong players. Long term could be interesting.

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I don't know the northern Ireland league much, but is Linfield not rich compared to the other teams?

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Mitch was the player to be named later in the Goram deal.

Wee baseball reference there.

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Has Rab McKinnon announced the new guy on FB yet?

Talking of socials, are there just more miserable c***s on the socials thesedays, or is it just our fans?

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So what do we think the floor and ceiling of Mr E Box are?

Floor - some rangers or Celtic youth coach
Ceiling - some Steve Clark like experienced assistant that wants a manager gig

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I'm tempted to go for the man in the box, but it could be Robbo. Although I assume we'd need to make an approach to St. Mirren first? So it can't be him, right?

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What was Simo like as a player? 4 years, 30 odd caps and off to Premiership team suggests he's a few levels above anyone we could attract right now.

I can't remember. I probably saw every one of his games in the flesh, but was mainly looking at Tommy Coyne.

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So, according to our Finnish news source, it's Simo, hammell, and another contracted coach in the running

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Johnston hasn't been in squads of late, is he injured?

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Next club statement:

"After consulting our Twitter replies we have decided to sign a new manager and players, and stop being shite. We value the feedback from our fans but wish someone had said something earlier."