There’s some fresh enthusiasm in Lanarkshire this morning with the appointment of Englishman Ian Baraclough as Motherwell manager. Baraclough had a couple of successful years with Sligo Rovers from 2012-14, winning their first title in decades, before things fell apart this year, but his role as a scout for Huddersfield over the last six months is likely to interest Motherwell as much.
Motherwell directors have had a long-term tradition when looking for a manager of saying they want someone ‘plugged into’ the scouting and agent network. This game is all about the right contacts, you don’t get to acquire a promising Blackburn Rovers reserve (as Motherwell once did), but this particular activity is also very competitive.
The small matter of how to deploy players is, of course, equally important, but if you’re Motherwell, Celtic or Barcelona, that call is a shot in the dark.
I watched newco Rangers for the first time last night, although I ended up watching a lot more Queen of the South than I expected. The latter, each of them journeymen, were excellent, the former were symptomatic of everything that’s wrong with comfortably well-off footballers. Newco’s medium-term future, if they have one, will be to spend the next few years building a self-sustaining lower league club, capable of winning promotion and remaining a top-flight football team thereafter.
Get along to Celtic Park early tomorrow, Davie Hay will be signing copies of Caesar & the Assassin in the Superstore. If you ask him nicely he’s promised to sign your CQN Annual too. Don’t forget your camera!
Also remember to look out for the Foundation bucketeers as you approach the ground or enter the turnstiles. My boys and me will be at the North Stand, turnstiles 1-13, say hello if you’re around.
Thanks to everyone who donated to Mary’s Meals yesterday, the response was overwhelming. Emails went out this morning to winners of the Magners’ tickets.
You can order your CQN Annual here, or get a special Annual-DVD bundle here.
As a special offer, everyone who buys an Annual, or bundle, before Christmas will be entered into a prize draw for a VIP Meal of 4 at a Celtic Park restaurant on a match day. One entry for each Annual bought; pile in.
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Final scores Bhoys.
Dundee Utd 0 – 2 Aberdeen
Hamilton 2 – 1 Dundee FC
Inverness 0 – 4 Partick
Kilmarnock 0 – 1 St. Johnstone
Motherwell 2 – 2 Ross County
Cowiebhoy
At the Govan “hate factory” 31
Anywhere else 21 is a good number but if your a 1st team regular any age :)))
Hope to see you Tomorrow but i’m bucketeering so dont know where they will cast me :))))
the_huddle
You missed the best of the lot, at 16
Paul McStay
Hail Hail
Lenny has made Bolton very hard to beat, scoreless home draw against high flying Ipswich today. He really has made a dramatic improvement since his arrival.
Ps
Just give the scouting job to Davie Hay :))))
Big Fraser concedes near post deflected shot in 1-0 loss to Burnley.
The bubble has burst.
Gordon
Lustig Denayer VVD Izzy
Brown Henderson Biton Johansen
Griffiths Guidetti
Commons,Scepovic, Ambrose, Mulgrew, Fisher
If everybody is fit; we wouldn’t lose 4 goals.
HH
Stokes on the bench too
HH
Roy Croppie, being on the same wavelength as CowieBhoy should be a source of great concern for you.
Roaster.
Roy C
Wouldn’t mind seeing that team :-)
Hail Hail
Missed the wee smiley thing there:-)
Bus is at 11am by the way.
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The Bear scores at Pittodrie
HH
Dumbarton 2 – 1 Raith
Hibernian 2 – 0 Alloa
Livingston 0 – 1 Falkirk
doc
Just give us 1 example of who is on same wavelength with regards Football as you
I’m heading out in an hour, so gives you time to try and twist CRC’s arm :-)
Not that’ll work
Hail Hail
No one is on the same football wavelength as me, I think you know that:-)
Doc
I’m on the PERONI :))
Yir mhan is talking sense
HH
Cowiebhoy
You missed the best of the lot, at 16
Paul McStay
Hail Hail
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Damn right mucker
Goodnight Timland.
Away to enjoy the rest of Saturday,if you can get yerself
up to CP the morra and watch Celtic go 6 clear at the top
of the league.
agonyauntCSC.
roy croppie
Good looking team…
Doc
Got Manflu, so if feeling better themorra, I will take car
Mass at 10, visit my auld Da and Maw
Leave about 11.45
Must have been a lot of Peroni Roy!
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95 Kerrydale Street
HH
I’ll see you at the corner when you get there then.
Hope you apfeel better, get H to look after you!
Doc Strong stuff that peroni :)
Starry we’d lose less goals and score a barrow-load in the SPFL imo HH
HH
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not an unusual occurrence in the Stein era
HH
Possession and getting a result.
Norwich had 61% possession and beat Huddersfield 5-0 today.
Reading had 65% possession against Birmingham today….and lost 6-1.
(BTW Gary Hooper played for 75 mins and didn’t score, although he set two goals up.
The sub who replaced him scored one minute after coming on.)
Gon the wee Rovers fae ML5
Gubbed Bawwwwwys Clyde away from home
If Sleekit ever leaves Bawwwwwy would be my pick to take over :))))
Till later all
Curry time with the Ladies in my life
roy croppie
Young Liam’s coach was in an article somewhere that someone posted on here(!!!!!) saying that he still has to mature a bit and his decision making has to improve I think was the just of it, he looks the part but I think Ronny and crew are bringing him on slowly esp as Calum has stalled in the first team and getting pelters from all sides.
Glad to see Biton getting a run and let’s see if he’s up to the job and then we don’t have to buy in January, interesting times if nothing else:))
Oh and Paul Caddis cored Birmingham’s first goal.
Ball winning defensive midfielder on my santa list to be delivered in Jan.
be good you lot.
leftclicktic
enjoy mhate similar dining experience here HH
starry
I really hope Henderson makes it; loads of potential for me. Biton is a player that just needs game time. YNWA
rwe
17:21 on 13 December, 2014
Oh and Paul Caddis cored Birmingham’s first goal.
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Was it a good dig :)
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No Gullane Sands for our Bhoys
HH
Players aren’t cattle. They’ll change clubs when it suits them and their family if they are of an age to have one.
Few quality players change clubs in January. Tends to be players who aren’t getting a game in their present club,
We may sign an unknown, to us, but someone RD has his eye on for the future but other than that I see no likelihood of money being spent.
A few empty seats at Arsenal, the cost of a season ticket would almost force you to turn up.
Always funny listening to commentators wet themselves over the Ronaldinho eyes one way pass the other move. As a player you were always told to watch the ball :O)
sipsini
Think he dug it out from under his feet. :o)
Just back from vale park 0-2 grrrrrr – we bossed the first half and should have had a pen – poor 2nd half, created nothing.
steven pressley looked dapper in his brown winklepickers (with a grey suit)