Archie McSquackle

Lewis Grabban scoring the winner for Forest against Arsenal. I felt ancient when they called him the veteran who will be 34 on Wednesday. I certainly wouldn't have predicted his career from his handful of appearances for us.

Is that Morton hitting form right on time for playing us or are Dunfermline just absolutely honking?

To be fair, Eddie Nolan had a good pedigree and I expected him to get a few games and do OK. I see he's playing for Waterford now.

Eh? He didn't go to 'Well. He was a Motherwell player who had a loan spell at Arbroath. He has had an underwhelming career. Looked very promising as a youngster but unfortunately hasn't progressed as well as expected.

He seemed to be highly rated at Wednesday so should be a good addition to our midfield.That probably also means he'll be well outside our wage range so he won't be staying permanently.

Not that I think there's any chance of any of them being involved but surely if you see Motherwell as best value at 250/1 you'd be better with Aberdeen or Hibs? Both listed at 500/1 and both below us in the league table.

Does he annoy? Aye!

Hope you're having a good night. Happy New Year to you all, it's 3am and I'm off to bed after a good few Fyne Ales and Hazy Janes. OK, a few whiskies as well - cheers!

Family whisky tasting tonight. Blind taste and try to identify which is which and then rate them in order of preference. Spectacularly wrong as every year. My favourites were the two Caoil Ila's (James Eadie and First Cask) but what surprised me was that I really like the Ben Bracken 18yo but all three of us put it in last place.

That's pretty honest and decent from him. I expected him to be much more critical.

Tried some of my dad's Glenmorangie 10yo tonight. Really smooth, lovely stuff.

Had a Hurricane Jack with my dinner, now onto a bottle of Avalanche - not as strong a flavour, should probably have started with it.

I'm away to Argyll for a few days so starting off with a pre-dinner Vital Spark from Fyne Ales. Lovely and rich. Hitting the spot, just need to get the fire lit now.

I've heard so many good things about Overtone I thought I'd treat myself. Having a can of Weegie, a pretty good Neipa but not convinced it's worth £4.50 compared to other similar beers available.

Wow, 10.5%! Careful now. I'm starting the evening with a much safer Brooklyn Lager.

It was just putting a name to a Club X in a hypothetical scenario. I don't think anyone expected the resulting discussion to become so involved - it wouldn't surprise me now if it comes up as a suggestion on Kilmarnock's thread! You could have suggested Falkirk (ignoring the two division drop) - their fans seem more likely to get worked up about a possibility. [emoji16]

Am I right in saying that technically he has only agreed with Utd to sign a PCA as he can't sign it until January? Anyway, I assume we can't send him out on loan without his agreement even if we were allowed to. And Happy Birthday Tony [emoji3060]

I've never really tried much Campbeltown whisky despite being a regular visitor to that general area but I've heard great things. The Springbank Hazelburn hasn't let me down - wonderfully smooth.

Decided to start on my Christmas haul tonight. 10yo Hazelburn from Springbank stands out but I've started on the Tullibardine Sovereign - better than I expected, quite sweet and smooth. Eta: seeing as I'm a part owner of the club and Tullibardine are Motherwell's official whisky supplier, I feel contractually obliged to say this is wonderful, like all their whisky.

I've really taken to Hazy Jane recently.

I went out a few days ago onto the road leading to the main road. I caught up with someone who I thought was going really slowly but it was because the guy in front of him was driving erratically - slowly and weaving across the middle of the road. The guy in front of me overtook him (was lucky as he swerved across the middle of the road) but I held back as was a liability. He must have been steaming (it was midmorning) or taking a bad turn (giving him the benefit of the doubt), drove in to the kerb at the side of the road when he got to the T-junction. Fortunately I was going in the other direction.

Watched Daddy's Home 2 last night - a great Christmas romp. Encanto tonight was fine, fairly average Disney fayre.

No-one else drinking tonight? I'm now on Paulaner Oktoberfest, actually tastes very similar to Tyskie.

Starting tonight with a Tyskie - lovely.

This thread too a strange turn [emoji53]. Who was that? Does he regularly light up the Livi forum with his insight?