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  1. Because we are a great wee club? All part of the rollercoaster.
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  2. On the back of an article posted in the i newspaper titled: "Motherwell and their free season tickets: A community club like no other", Alan Burrows has taken to twitter to post the following: "Motherwell cannot promise to compete for trophies every season, to break Scottish football’s duopoly or to make extravagant signings; nor do they wish to. They cannot ever be a replacement for lost income and lost opportunity.... "But if Fir Park can be a sanctuary, an inclusive enclave for every person in the town who wishes to depend on them, they will have done their job" Whilst I fully appreciate that these words were not written by Burrows, his re-tweeting is an endorsement of the sentiment and quite frankly, it is fucking dreadful. I, like many on here contributed to the low income season ticket scheme - it's an excellent initiative and should be celebrated; together with many of the actions by the club. However, I, like many on here, also contribute to the well society. To be completely transparent, I have never seen the money leave my account every month and thought, how great, we will feed an under privileged family in North Lanarkshire, I have more thought, as I'm sure many have - I hope that it funds youth development and bringing through the next batch of talent for us to enjoy in claret and amber. I am ever more aware that under the tone of social media output and the sentimentality surrounding it and now with this latest twitter statement that we seem to have changed our mission statement as a club - we no longer seem to want to compete but are rather acting as a community centre. I also regularly donate to food banks in the area (which should not exist, however 55% voted no, so they still do) but that is separate from football and football club exists for a reason - to compete, challenge and win trophies. We have gone through a barren 30 years whereby those around us have won honours (and been relegated) and that is part of football. We have begun a season after seeing numerous talents leave the club over the past 12/18 months - bringing in high revenue - yet as a product, we have an under developed squad which shows little sign of competing for anything again this season other than trying to avoid the playoffs. We, as a club, are in danger of disappearing up our own arse in a sea of "great wee club" feelings. Motherwell football should exist to improve peoples lives, but not as a community outreach program, but rather as a competitive side that carries its own weight as the 8th largest club in the country. Success on the pitch must be the ultimate and sole aim for any football, us included. Community outreach is important and part of the fan ownership model however the tone of utter resignation which Burrows has retweeted and the apathy it projects is utterly appalling for any supporter to hear and better yet, contribute more. Investment in our area must start with investment on the pitch, which we are not seeing, breeding success and a desire for people to want to attend matches and form a bond with the club. Free season tickets or not, struggling sides are unattractive for supporters and sponsors alike. I am proud of what we do as a club but success on the field is absolutely primary and a CEO who isn't constantly driving that message is unmistakably in the wrong role.
    1 point
  3. Think at our peak we had a 7k average, it drops when you only play the OF 3 times at home instead of 4. I can't ever remember us having crowds like Hibs tbh
    1 point
  4. We have a football club and we have a community trust. Related, but separate entities. No reason both can't be successful. I don't see any apathy being projected anywhere, however, and a lot of this just comes across as an early season rant.
    1 point
  5. Interesting read in the New York Times on the implications of Brexit on UK football, with us signing Ojala the centre story. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/sports/soccer/scotland-football-brexit.html
    1 point
  6. Exactly - give it 10 years, Hibs will have been relegated again........we on the other had... We'll be, mid-to-low table, complaining how we've missed on targets going to our direct competitors as we head into season 2031/32...!
    1 point
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