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Hes probably just bored fielding the same banal shite from the media.

Rogers doing the press conference, was Alfred passing the buck? 🤪

The assistant gaffer said

I don't expect a lot of goals and would happily take 1-0. Aberdeen are utter pish but their objective will be to stop us playing. We are very lightweight up front and the St Mirren game AND the Rangers game showed some concerning defensive frailties. If Rangers had their shooting boots on they'd have pumped us. This game could go either way.

I’d give us pass marks at Ibrox for the first half, with one unfortunate blip which I don’t think we will seen again

In my defence i have been here 37 years, so a wee slip now and again is ok 😃

We were a bit off it, but a self-inflicted 1 - 0 defeat at Ibrox at the end of an 11 games in 37 days run, wasn't that poor.

Not a fan of them then? 🤣🤣

Nah not for me........3-0 or 4-0 would be lovely

Yer like the Tin Man. He didn't have a heart either! 🤣🤣

Let it goooooooo, let it goooooooo Whoops!!....wrong musical 🤣🤣

A game that gives me the chills, we are on the back of a really poor performance and we have a Robinson / Craigan team to play. All I want is a 1-0 win so I can give them both some verbals from the main stand.A Self important little ego maniac with a massive chip on his shoulder and his curly toed, own goal specialist, ping the ball out the park at every opportunity sidekick. please for the love of god… a 1-0 win please

It’s a relief to think I’ll not have to read any more on here about him being sh1t. good luck to him, I’m pretty sure he’ll get goals with McArthur Bulls? If that’s their name.

He was wicked , so he will be settled in Oz.

Definitely way overdue for the DSA. Ive always had it in my head that this is something we could do if the decision IS to remain at Fir Park and rebuild the POD. Whilst a full height stand cannot obviously go the full length of the pitch, an innovative elevated platform for the DSA could fill that space without blocking out light to the houses behind......

Good lad, would be worried if you predicted a draw or Well win 🤣

0-1 Aberdeen This is the kind of game we traditionally* come a cropper in. We aren’t clinical enough in the box and we know that Robinson will set them up to be physical and nullify us, so this could well be a struggle. *Note the use of the word ‘traditionally’ not ‘always’. For the benefit of the forum pedants (hiya weeyin 👋) the former means in accordance with customs or habits with room for exceptions whereas the latter means something happens 100% of the time with no exceptions whatsoever.

Cmon proper English please "Cheque" 😉😁

Ceetainly 2.5m is a more reaistic figure if you base it on inflation rates since 2011. Im led to believe that the WS currently raise approx 200k per year?? so in theory it would take 5 years to reach the updated figure of 2.5m so in 5 years would it then need to be 3.5/4m to keep pace with inflation?. The 1.5m reserve will therefore always be a moving figure. Im supportive of the plan in principle as its a nice straightforward way of building up the reserve whilst releasing monies for 1 off projects which might not otherwise get funded through general expenditure. The most obvious example of this for me personally would to see lifts in the Cooper and McLean stands and some form of elevated viewing position for our disabled fans which the DSA have been lobbying for the last 10 years.

Stama signs for Macarthur FC back in Oz. Good luck to him

Held to Account yes. 100%. Undoubtedly. However, the Club Board do have the expertise to operate like any other football club board. They have done that pretty well so far. Seating aside 😂. That responsibility surely includes managing infrastructure projects. The only difference is that they have ‘bosses’ to report to who can intervene if appropriate. In effect that arrangement should provide extra security for us fans. My question is whether the Society Board are strong enough to disagree with the Club Board/Brian and say NO. That has not always been the case in the past. They certainly appear to have sidestepped the POD seating issue. But hopefully those days are behind us. The current proposal has some merit. But are we in a position to commit at this time? I guess that is the question folk have to answer for themselves.

Absolutely Denny. Personally, I'd like to know more about the projects that would be supported. As you say, I'd prefer to wait until our reserve fund is fully built up; certainly it should be set in excess of £1.5 m now. A blurring of responsibilities? Whilst the Society should not seek to involve itself in day to day matters, the club should be mindful of who its owners are. That should involve being held to account by the Society. The Society owns the club ; the club does not own the Society.

Hopefully they improve their communication as I emailed them 2 1/2 weeks ago and still not had a response.

A small follow-up on the Scottish Football History site, for anyone who has visited the Motherwell page. The wider record has now reached 120 published club histories, covering active and defunct clubs across the game. The site also now has a compare-clubs tool, a searchable On This Day record, an image archive with credits, an honours archive, a pyramid guide and a map of current and former grounds. The Motherwell page remains one I’m particularly keen to get right. If anything reads wrong, feels incomplete, or you have a source or local detail worth adding, please say so — corrections are checked, fixed and logged publicly. https://scottishfootballhistory.scot/clubs/motherwell/

Hopefully the valid points raised are clarified as we move forward. My belief is that the Society should operate as a separate entity and leave Brian and the Board to manage day to day operations. And it is also for the MFC Board to come up with plans to fund and time the major infrastructure projects we appear to need. That’s why they are in position. The WS Board should have input of course and seek fan approval if appropriate. MFC approaching the Society with requests for funding strikes me as questionable. I fear lines are again becoming a wee bit blurred and there is a danger of the Society being viewed as easy and cheap finance. As it was under previous Society/Club Boards which ended up with sizeable amounts being ‘donated’ rather than loaned. Subscription monies gone forever. I prefer not to see a total shift from what was originally the intent of the Society. I’m not saying that is the current intent but there is a shift being proposed. I do suspect this proposal will be sanctioned as it stands. Mainly because of the feel good factor it gives fans. Only time will tell if it is a clever move. No problem with the Society contributing as per Mrs Baillie’s but beyond that level of support I’m not so keen. Certainly not until the reserve fund is a lot more substantial and relates to the current day.