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  1. 2 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:

    Brodie Spencer had a very good game for N.Ireland last night at LWB!

    Imagine playing him in that position! 😆

    Spencer was very good last night.

    I think the situation is such that he's good enough to be a starter for NI, but he isn't good enough to start in RWB ahead of Conor Bradley. I'm sure he's aware of that and is delighted to start at LWB instead. 

  2. 2 minutes ago, Mad Dog said:

    Looks as though he was able to introduce safe standing a Shrewsbury. That could be of interest.

    His first task should be to boot Bob Park into the sun. 

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  3. 9 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

    Good to get someone in post 

    Hopefully he has the necessary skills and experience to be a success.

    It also hopefully means that the Well Society has exerted some control/authority over the investment opportunities and we will take our time to find the right one for the club rather than just dropping our drawers at the first offer.

    Having a permanent CEO, instead of a departing Chairman and interim CEO, should put us on a more stable footing in terms of accepting potential incoming investment as their new job is on the line. This scenario probably reduces the pool of potential investors, but I don't think that is a bad thing. The next few months leading up to the summer will be even more interesting now. 

  4. I've been downbeat about the lack of a permanent CEO and moaned about the issues that this has appeared to have caused. A consequence of this saga is that it has had me worried that the current Board would panic and appoint a balloon. However, Caldwell looks like an excellent appointment. Onwards we go. 

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  5. 2 minutes ago, Coatsy said:

    This is absolute rubbish, someone has reviewed this and came up with a statment like that. What should have come back is sorry we made a complete mess these decisions the refereeing team will be reviewed and sanctions placed on the VAR official who will have no more VAR duties until retraining has taken place all fees to be withheld

    It wasn't just the VAR who made a mistake at our goal. The referee was called to the monitor by the VAR, and they agreed with the VAR following their review of the footage. 

  6. 7 minutes ago, dennyc said:

    We will not even get the worthless apology is my guess. Wagons have been circled.

    I think there will come a point, be it this season or next if things don't change, where the 12 SPL clubs should circle their wagons around the SFA on the issue of VAR. 

    Fan pressure on their own clubs will reach a boiling point soon enough to force the collective hand of the clubs to act in unity before fans walk away en masse. 

  7. 11 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

    So, our goal was ruled out for deliberate handball! What a farcical decision. 

    This is them covering the tracks of their mistake with a lesser mistake.

    Nothing will improve until accountability and transparency are introduced. 

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  8. 39 minutes ago, steelboy said:

    It's jobs for the boys at the SFA with Gemmill and Stark presumably because it's important to them that the Youth coaches came through their own coaching pathway. Making sure the best young Scottish players get up to date modern coaching doesn't seem to be a priority. 

    The backslapping circle-jerk of a lads club we all know too well, unfortunately. 

  9. 14 minutes ago, weeyin said:

    Disliked him as a player, dislike him as a coach. The Scotland setup has employed some pretty poor people over the years to develop our talent.

    It may just be me, but I often find that most of the talent tends to be players who bypass the U19/21 squads and go straight into the A squad. Whereas most players who feature consistently for the U19/21s never seem to develop further or make it into the A squad.

    I'm not sure how good a job Stark and Gemmill are doing or if they even bother to set their players up to develop into Clarke's system. Probably not. These squads seem like little fiefdoms rather than a proper conveyor belt for the A squad. Perhaps I am wrong, and it's just that we're so devoid of swathes of noticeable talent at the youth level these days, or it's going unnoticed or is being mismanaged.

  10. 4 hours ago, dennyc said:

    I know we have had our differences on a few things but I think this is so spot on. For a good while my concern has been that our long term strategy is largely based on substantial income from player sales. That is just not sustainable and so full of risk....Admittedly Covid interrupting youth development did not help. We are now seeing exactly what happens when lack of a major sale coincides with poor on field performance. The current "get out of jail" card is clearly Lennon Miller who, but for injury, would likely have been sold by now. How that would have affected our fight for league survival nobody knows. And let's not forget that we have actually benefited from players sales in this time, KVV as an example. It is just not enough.

    in my opinion the Club's entire operating strategy needs reviewed and one positive of the forthcoming Board changes is that such a complete Club review should happen. Time for new blood and fresh ideas. My sense is that our departing Board members have simply run out of ideas. Hopefully whoever constitutes the new Board can come up with a solution that enables us to at least break even each season. 

    Also, and this understandably will not go down too well with many, there has been too much reliance on Well Society funds. What was intended as a back up facility appears to me to have become the go to option when it comes to "projects" the Club and others wish to undertake but cannot afford. A Piggy Bank to be raided.  Couple that approach with the dilution of Society monies to appease Les Hutchison and it explains why Society monies are over £1m down on where they could have been. Thankfully, from Jay's comments, that is a situation that should not continue. Hopefully all Society Board Members, new and old,  will now adopt the same approach.

    I hope the WS continues to grow and can become the asset that was originally proposed. But if the Club is to thrive at our current level then I believe that outside investment is required to fund the year on year football operations. As discussed previously, that Investment must come with legally binding guarantees that protect the Club, and from investors that recognise the true purpose of the WS and are prepared to work side by side on that basis. Not an easy find.

    Not related to Motherwell. so apologies if not thought relevant to MFC. . I was talking to a Hibs fan yesterday who informed me that their American investor (Foley) is actually introducing £6m per year for each of the next 5 years. I had not appreciated that the deal involved such an annual input. Also, a colleague of Foley is in discussion regards the input of a "one off" £10m. Only time will tell, but the terms they have negotiated don't appear to threaten the assets the Club owns or intrude massively in day to day operations. Fans will talk about "feeder" clubs  but there is no evidence as yet to support that, and even if it is the case, where is the harm in players switching Clubs given that rules exist re value for money. As we have seen, non affiliated loan deals can cause bigger issues.

     

     

    This we can agree on. 

  11. 4 hours ago, wellgirl said:

    There were only a few people interviewed for the vacant position if I'm right.

    Holloway I believe and possibly Valakari. Its not as if Kettlewell was competing with a host of big names and got the job ahead of them. Surely it also has to come down to who actually applies for the vacancy. 

    Fair point. February is a strange time to be looking for a new manager. I guess we’ll never know if there were more than 3 candidates unless someone here knows?!

  12. 1 hour ago, santheman said:

    As much as the inconsistencies in interpreting the rules annoys me it's the time it takes that really boils my piss.

    If it takes longer than 30 seconds to identify a clear and obvious error via VAR, then it's not a clear and obvious error and play should continue. It's that simple, but the twats in the video booth are intent on re-refereeing games to justify their stolen wage and fuel their self-important incompetence. 

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  13. 11 minutes ago, witchfindergeneral said:

    Would love to hear your nominations for this one. 

    Dick Campbell? Jim Goodwin? James McPake? Ian Murray? Paul Hartley? Ian McCall? Airdrie player/manager Rhys McCabe?

    Not exactly inspiring names

    See my above comments. Furthermore, 13 months ago, you could've added Stuart Kettlewell to that list of uninspiring names.

  14. 27 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

    I personally don't understand why Motherwell appointing Kettlewell suggests a lack of ambition.

    That's completely fine to have that view, but I think it shows the opposite for the reasons I've outlined. We took the cheap and/or easy option. 

    29 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

    There are zero guarantees that if Motherwell appointed a bigger name we would automatically do better.

    There are also zero guarantees that promoting from within would lead to us doing better, but we still went for that option.

    I've avoided suggesting or discounting any names on this topic, but my view is that being more ambitious doesn't have to mean seeking a ‘bigger name’, such as Goodwin or Lennon, but that we could've looked beyond our own ranks for someone with more first-team managerial experience, demonstrable tactical nous, and some relative success.

    For example, a lower league experienced manager who's shown they're capable of stepping up. Instead, we’ve got someone learning on the job, albeit he kept us up last season, but the learning curve has proven costly this season in terms of the lack of cup progression and league position.

    He has a massive (third) transfer window ahead of him, otherwise, next season will likely be more of the same. 

  15. The KVV ship has sailed, unfortunately. And in line with my views on the club having ambition, throwing thousands at KVV would be a bridge too far.

    We should focus on Theo and Moses, sign another striker, secure another Vale or Biereth to support them, and get the young lads either out on loan (eg. Ferrie) or onto the bench (eg. Ross) if ready after the summer. 

  16. 11 hours ago, grizzlyg said:

    He would have got stuck in when he heard the starting line up on Saturday,  bonkers to drop him in my opinion.  Does all the dirty work in midfield that doesnt get noticed.  Plus love his passion and attitude...and he is same height as me!! 🤣🤣( Well , he might be an inch taller)

    He would’ve been a nailed-on starter for me against Aberdeen, but for some reason he wasn't picked. I think he was either carrying a knock and being rested for international duty, or it was another tactical masterclass from the manager. 

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