But one player the Motherwell manager does not want to see leaving Fir Park is the SPL's young player of the month.

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Environmentalists will be thrilled that the Roundhouse's frame will consist not of old-growth Douglas fir but of recycled steel.

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The Motherwell boss is aware that if Everton's manager demands a transfer fee for the pair then the Fir Park club would not be able to afford them.

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The undecorated fir tree in the dining room told me that Christmas had not yet arrived.

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But the vastly experienced Brown is not getting carried away, pointing to the lack of depth in his Fir Park squad.

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