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  1. In the last 30 years.... Finished 2nd four times. Finished 3rd three times Top 6 fourteen times. Champions League once. Europa League five times. UEFA Cup three times. Cup Winners Cup once. Scottish Cup winners once. Top League Scorer twice. One of only three clubs to not be relegated. One of only four clubs (inc Old Firm) to play in Champions League. One of only four clubs to play in all four European competitions. One of only four clubs to split the Old Firm which we've done twice. Came within 5 points of winning the league. Aberdeen have also never been relegated, have four 2nd place finishes and have split the OF, but they have never played in the Champions League. Hearts have played in the Champions League and all four European Competitions, have split the Old Firm but only have two 2nd place finishes, and have been Relegated twice. Hibs have split the old firm but have never finished 2nd, have never played in the Champions League and have been relegated twice. Rangers, well....that could be debated in a hundred aspects til the cows come home. 30 years is just to give us a larger sample size and discount any "flash in the pan" or purple patch. In fact most of that was done in the last 10/12 years so it's not even as if anyone can point to "current wee team harking back to past glories". Anyone that thinks we should be aiming to stay up and anything else is a bonus, or who lumps us in with the Killies, Livi's, St Johnstone's of the world are absolutely bananas. There literally isn't a club other than Celtic who can clean sweep us across the board, and no other non-city club that's even in the discussion.
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  2. Facts like this have no place on this forum , thank you very much.
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  3. Really? Grimshaw only just returned to light running after a long period of illness. if I mention the other, there’s a few on here get all excited.
    2 points
  4. Some of watts best moments last season came when he was in a central position,his through ball for campbell's goal at kilmarnock and then a similar pass for roberts at easter road were both outstanding,he's wasted drifting out to the left,he's got a good footballing brain that can do damage if in the right areas,watt in behind woolery and van veen could be really interesting for us.
    2 points
  5. The budget to stay in the league patter does my nut in. The reality is we are historically 6th best over league football history in Scotland I believe. We should be setting a target of 7th every year I believe. For the club to be relegated I consider that to be a sackable offence on the managers part as we more than have the budget to stay in the division. The "stay in the league and anything else is a bonus" ethos is not ambitious enough - in which case, it leaves me asking what's the point? For example...Accies sole goal each year was to stay up, look across at what a miserable existence their supporters must have where the one highlight they get is staying up or beating us every year. (Now they don't have that). The club has no atmosphere, ambition or culture on show. That is pretty much what we are putting ourselves on a par with if our goal is to merely stay in the league. We are so much more than that.
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  6. O'Donnell's profile went sky high after the Wembley game and there is definitely a benefit to having a captain with a bit of a media presence. Lasley and Craigan used it well and obviously guys like Scott Brown, Davie Weir and Berra have all got away with murder due to their seniority over the years. On the other hand we had McHugh as captain who referees seemed to loathe and it definitely worked against us.
    1 point
  7. I can see several reasons to make him captain - he's not a Hartley type but he's a Scottish international model pro who works his socks off He has a level head - ideal person to speak to a ref during a game. help push his value up give him another reason to stick around.
    1 point
  8. I’m not sure sure I would want Watt as captain, nothing against the guy as a player but I don’t see him as captain material.
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  9. Ceremonial role and Alexamder has said as much previously in that he wants several leaders in the team. Given the captain is supposed to be the only player allowed to approach the ref, it might not be the worst idea in the world ro have a Scottish international doing it....
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  10. But we're not a wee club, that's the point everyone is trying to make. Mid table mediocrity isn't good enough for a club like Motherwell. We're never gonna win the league, but we should be regularly competing for top 6 and winning the odd cup, PARTICULARLY now that we are on very sound financial footing. Some posters may be quick to point out that my mentality of getting beat by Airdrie was that it wasn't so bad, but purely because we would always go through to the next round. Had it been mid season and knocked out of the cup, I would have been absolutely seething also!
    1 point
  11. Stephen O’Donnell confirmed as club captain.
    1 point
  12. You almost scored a ‘great wee mighty rollercoaster’ hat-trick in the one post there
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  13. I thought O'Hara was forced to isolate due to Covid but was making up my own conclusion. I rate him , felt he was better first season when he didn't have to swap position every week.
    1 point
  14. Hear! Hear! Far too many of our support and indeed some inside the club itself but into the “we’re only a wee club punching way above our weight” guff. You may argue that it doesn’t matter if some have that outlook but I have to disagree. That attitude of “we’re only little Motherwell” rubs off on players, coaches and managers and is why, in my opinion, the likes of Mark McGhee felt so comfortable disrespecting us as a club on both spells he managed us. It’s also why Stuart McCall had such a shocking record in Cup games and big games, because he came to us viewing us as this little tinpot outfit and during his time here no one inside the club seriously attempted to persuade him otherwise. When there is a mindset of “as long as we stay in the league it doesn’t matter if we lose Cup games” then it gives a ready made excuse for failure right from the off. You can also attribute our dreadful record against Rangers over the past twenty years to that mindset as well. It’s why we also have over the past couple of seasons assembled a squad of players whom many of don’t appear to give a fuck about the club and don’t appear to be striving to go the extra mile. It’s just a job to them and one that takes them on coffee outings for social media likes. That’s all of course after the same social media platforms have been full of fans queuing up to welcome them to “our great wee club”.
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  15. Watt in the hole....been screaming out for that for long enough
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  16. for the first time in a while I believe we've made some pretty solid signings. Players who when fit and ready will go straight into first pick. We have 25 in a first team squad - we should have enough. I don't believe we need a create midfielder -I'd be happy for players who can pass to one another and do simple things well. We have Donnelly, O'Hara, Maguire, Slatterly who can all do a decent job. With Crawford, Grimmie, Parker all able to cover as/when we draft in extra players. Play 3 of them together with Watt in the hole and I reckon we'll be fine.
    1 point
  17. Not nearly as nauseating as 'welcome to the mighty' Boak
    1 point
  18. Nah Larkhall hands definitely only have 5 fingers
    1 point
  19. “Welcome to our great wee club”.
    1 point
  20. The away goals rule was a nonsense anyway should have been scrapped years ago, now teams need to go for it, should make for better games.
    1 point
  21. Because that’s how I feel hearing that news. O’Donnell is never a captain in a million years.
    0 points
  22. This is what makes us a great wee club! No problem with people using that phrase. You can read whatever you want into that phrase but no reason for a great wee club to have wee ambitions. We should definitely be aiming for top 6 finish every year. I’d go as far as saying we should be aiming for third every year. However, what you aim for and what you budget for are 2 totally different things. It’s got to be very difficult on the budget side with so little between all the non old firm teams. You could end up anywhere from 3 rd to last. But that’s what makes it such a rollercoaster ride.
    0 points
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