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Reading the above couple of posts my views slightly different on a couple of things, firstly, yes we’re a fan owned club but the society doesn’t run the club - that’s the job for the Motherwell board and if they got involved with everything folk on here wanted them to it would be bedlam and the club would suffer. secondly, just because the board had a feasibility study done they don’t have to make it public. No doubt it involves costs for rebuilding Fir Park against building a new stadium but the board, in my opinion , should have to weigh up the pro’s and cons of that, look at financing both options (if both are still viable) and then arrange for the financing of both before they make any public statement on them. At that point I’d expect the Well society to then ask for input from the members - but not an immediate vote on what opinion to go forward with, more a soft survey on members preferred opinions and willingness to help financially if required, as I believe both the board and the society need to be in step with this or we could end up financially screwed. The same thing goes for the seats, we’d need to know the costs involved not just in capacity reduction and financial layout to change them but for fan safety. I’d like for an independent safety risk check done which might advise removing them or stop selling hot beverages in the POD to mitigate the risks or something else entirely like removing seats to allow for extra walkways which would obviously reduce capacity as well.

Like how Alfred explained the situation with Olly Whyte and, whilst if he didn't go on loan, he would still get opportunities with us it perhaps wouldn't be the amount of minutes he needs for the stage he is currently at and how he contrasted that with Mikey Booth who is a bit earlier in his development and might benefit more from being around the first team rather than going out on loan just now. As for the game, they seem to improved a bit recently but very quietly confident, with a fair wind, we can get some kind of positive results to take us into the break before the Aberdeen game.

Sadly, true. And I have little confidence about the refereeing tomorrow. i meant centre circle btw: sausage fingers.

Not unbelievable if you remember who the ref was.

They can have 38 if they want . We dont need them.

We’ll both get into trouble from the site Puritans……..

Apparently 6-1 to win at some bookies. Seems disrespectful given we've beaten them three times in four at The Place but if I were a betting man..........

Yes, they have smoked us a couple of times in my experience........ Sorry, I'll leave the building.

That was ridiculous given the conditions (even an Aberdeen player asked the ref. not to send Oscar off and fair play to him) but the referee surpassed himself by sending off Gordon for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity on the central circle with two covering 'Well players plus GK between the Dons player and the goal. Unbelievable, but that's Scottish refereeing for you.

The biggest problem with any change of league structure is the tv deal. Sky want 4 × The Rangers v Celtic games a season, end of. We can advocate for bigger leagues and we all know it would help youth development and reduce the issues that come with familiarity, but if Sky say no, and no one else will pay, its dead in the water.

Well, now another team can share in the disappointment ‘cause it has happened to us on several occasions. Preistman’s red V Aberdeen in the cup would be one of more recent ones I can think of.

Ha! Ha! Fairy Nuff. I will thrash myself with birch twigs 🤣 😁😆.

Far too fair . No room for fairness on here, thank you very much.

Yes, that would be the thinking, but it’s only an option. We would need to be confident of 18 strong teams and that the second league wasn’t too weak.

A well thought out and balanced post Denny and I agree with it in full. From Brian's message, it appears there are ongoing maintenance problems with the McLean Stand also. What the club has done has been to put in place a short term solution, if it can be called that, for the POD. I understand the need for that, although I'm not impressed with the actual solution that was implemented. What is now badly lacking is an indication of the club's preferred solution for the way ahead i.e. replace the POD or move to a new stadium. I read on P & B earlier today that the Club Directors received the Feasibility Study back in February. Now its understandable that they would want to consider the findings and conclusions carefully and not to rush into making any rash decision. However, we are now 7 months further on and we haven't heard anything; not a single thing. Thats not consistent with us being a fan owned club. I agree with your comment on the Society and its passive role as a gatekeeper over the POD seating issue. Like you, I assume that it does not wish to get involved in the seating issue. Thats strange, given all the other consultations that it has launched. I still don't know if the Society Board has even discussed the issue, despite asking. As you say, we shouldn't be having this discussion. But we are where we are. On the field of play, we have made great progress as a club and the Board and management deserve great credit for that, especially in light of the upheavals over the summer. It was right of Brian to call out Celtic and their hordes and that needs addressed. A pity therefore that the club and Society has let the fans down in one specific area.

Never realized how many passes led up to that goal. 21 I counted. Amazing stuff from us.

If it was sellik player imagine the uproar 🤪🤪

I’m

Hibs quarter final in 2022 maybe, 1st min.

Are you MJC....Are you MJ.................sorry folks 🤣🤣

I've seen Arbroath beat us more than once when we were supposedly the superior side.

Have to say, when I saw it on the pitch I thought it was a bit harsh. A yellow, certainly, but I would have been disappointed had it happened to a 'Well player in those circumstances. Am I being too fair? 🤣

I remember Bevis getting a red very early on, in cup game I think it was, for less.

As an aside, Emmanuel Agyei's red card was upheld today at an appeal. What a surprise!