Gretna are stuck at the foot of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, managing only five points from 15 games, ten points in the rear of second to the last St. Mirren, and are gaping demotion straight at the face.

They yesterday announced that Manager Davie Irons will get rid of, either temporarily or permanently, 14 of their players at the end of this month.

During an interview with BBC, he said that they have to change things a bit since they want to generate attention and rouse movement among other clubs for some of their players. They will be using their saved money on wages to bring in some better players for the club. They will be bringing in one or two in exchange to three or four. He says they have to be creative.

Irons was not particular on who of the players are going to “move on” but merely said that “everyone was available at the right price”. The “moving” will depend on the performance of the players during the previous and future games. Irons said they have to prove their worth to help the club put scores on the board.

On a different note, Gretna is 11 points behind Kilmarnock but carried on a pitiable run of results of fall down to tenth spot. Both teams will be playing on Saturday and Kilmarock will be playing at home, so they will be expected to beat Gretna, which, on Iron’s words “will promise an interesting tie and will put a pressure on them”.

Although Gretna had built its foundations on the premise of a seemingly fairy tale club, built on self-style and eventually wanting to build an environment-friendly stadium, the important people who would make up the team remains on a low level. Although the Scottish government warrants financial support for the stadium, the low population of the playing members still makes things disappointing for Scottish football patrons.

Presently, Gretna had once again got its taste of defeat which unfortunately gave them their 12^th loss out of 15 games. This is not in any way a positive sign but rather a warning that the team may be beginning to be out of its league. March 2008 seems to be a much dreaded month now, as the team may then finally be led out of its misery. The team is yet to taste any consecutive winnings ever since they entered in January 2007.

Mark McGhee, manager of Motherwell, finds it rather hard to express and admit that the Gretna team found present conditions as extremely difficult. The game would eventually eliminate those teams who have not been up to par in performance and sadly though, it looks like the exit calls for team Gretna. However, McGhee still recognizes the fact that the possibility should not dampen the Gretna team spirit. They should still continue hoping for a break to make it through this season.

Motherwell continues to be on the optimistic side. All thanks to Chris Innes gut judgment; Steven McGarry has been intercepted from hitting straight home. Unfortunately for team Gretna, the team suffered a lot from not making too much goals though they have gained much possession of the ball and have shown amazing foreplay on the field.

The game had been on the fair side a lot of times for team Gretna but interceptions have always defeated their opportunities of a goal. The other team kept on guessing their every move that no matter how well executed each play went, the ball eventually turned against Gretna. McGhee was not even able to manage his own frustration as he screamed out during the play. People were startled to see such display of emotion even louder than that of the school kids from Lanarkshire Primary School who were granted free entrance at the match. Still, a stroke of luck came for Gretna. A breakthrough had finally been given unto them two minutes just before the interval.

To try to set things more on their side, Gretna decided to make lead during the second half of the game by bringing in Ryan McGuffie as a replacement for James Grady. Unfortunately, the absence of cutting edge play still made itself obvious for the team as the home side was still able to double its lead against them during the hour.

Despite all odds being seemingly against Gretna, the team still managed to put out their best effort and tried to win the game. However, Clarkson and Porter continued to make an advantage out of Gretna’s loss of eventually scoring and keeping goal.