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David

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  1. The thing is, he's shown that he's got something about him as a coach. He's certainly done more with the likes of Bair than I ever thought possible, and when an individual (or coaching team) can coach a player to the point where he's defying the analytics and numbers, he's definitely got something about him.
  2. As I said, I'm fairly sure they're using analytics to some degree. I certainly don't believe they're still operating like they were in the 90's. But I just can't see a way in which they're being used correctly. Or to its potential. When it comes to analytics, you can usually tell if they're being used due to patterns and trends that are visible in the actions of the companies using them after a period of time. I've looked long and hard, and for the life of me, I can't see anything from our transfer business that would suggest they're implementing them. This is why I've long believed that any issues we have at the moment most likely sit with the recruitment department more than anything else. As you say, the people running the club aren't idiots. They're certainly not amateurs. And the club is in a reasonably healthy position financially. Kettlewell has proven that he's got something about him as a coach as well. Which leaves one particular area. In my opinion anyway.
  3. The only fear I have is that we get rid of said millstone only to continue with our haphazard approach to transfers, except with more money to burn.
  4. Don't mention Brighton 😂 I did that and was quickly told that they have a billion dollars to spend on analytics so it doesn't compare. You're right, though. There's a lot we can take from their approach that can be adjusted to fit with what we're capable of doing. Our approach at the moment seems so far off the mark that it's not even funny.
  5. Harking back to my post about data analytics in November, I honestly still believe that a club our size has to box clever, otherwise we will come undone at some point. And that point could very well be now. We cannot continue the process of throwing shite against the wall every summer and winter and hoping some of it sticks. That's not sustainable. I said in November that I didn't know if the club were already using data analytics to its advantage, but quite honestly, I've seen very little evidence of this being the case. We could be way better in this area. And we don't need to spend a fortune to get there. As I said back then, if we put the initial framework in place ahead of a summer window, we'd save a lot on the money we seem to spend during the January window.
  6. I don't know if sacking another backroom staff and manager is the answer. What we've seen during this window is partly due to the fact we've been handing payouts to entire backroom teams like nobody's business. Also, if the club is being run according to what people say on internet forums, we're in more considerable trouble than anyone could imagine. Truth is, if we can maintain 9th spot, or even 10th, it's job done. Come the summer, it could be time for a discussion about the manager, but I can't see it being before then unless we hit a significant tailspin.
  7. He's 43 now, and last played for Accrington Stanley over ten years ago. Might be within our budget, actually.
  8. That's all just conjecture though really. Factors that can't be proven with data. All we know for sure is that when you rank all three towns on population, Motherwell comes in at the bottom.
  9. Well, we don't know that, do we? You'd need to look at the different sizes of the towns. Paisley has a population twice the size of Motherwell, and while Kilmarnock isn't quite as big, it still has a more significant population than Motherwell. So, as a percentage of "stay away" fans it could be that they have more than we do?
  10. If we're brutally honest, is Scottish football really worth the entry cost? £20-£20 to sit in the pissing rain and cold to watch football? The facilities are shocking, the food and drink on offer is a joke. I don't blame anyone for spending their hard earned elsewhere.
  11. Agreed. It should be very rare when we give a manager anything longer than a 12 month rolling contract, in my opinion.
  12. Imagine how much more f*cked we'd be financially if we'd binned off Kettlewell and his backroom team earlier this season as well?
  13. Every chance we will eventually be relegated. Virtually every other club around us has been in recent times, so it could just be our turn. Hasn't kicked a ball since November. Take from that what you will.
  14. But how are they able to do that? Aren't St Mirren fan owned? Just like us?
  15. Aren't St Mirren fan-owned? Just like us? Where are they getting the money?
  16. You telling me you think Forrest has a chance of making the Scotland team by coming to Motherwell? Or any other Scottish club for that matter?
  17. If he knows anything about Steve Clarke and the criteria he has for picking players, he'd be asking his agent to find him a move to an English Championship team then.
  18. Not only that, but he signed a deal with them until 2026. There's no way we can match the salary he's getting there, so if he's leaving permanently then he'll surely be looking for more than we can give him? A loan would be different, of course, because he'd still be getting the salary he agreed with Groningen, with us contributing.
  19. It's worth bearing in mind that if his goalscoring record was impressive, we'd be nowhere near him.
  20. I could be wrong, but didn't Wilkinson want away? It's not quite the case that we moved him on entirely of our own choice, is it?
  21. That last sentence sums up why I'm not too fond of that kind of situation. No one actually knows. Clubs in Scotland, like Dundee United, have shown they are happy to get a few dollars thrown at them. Taking the money and asking questions later seems to be the order of the day.
  22. I'm certainly not saying he's shifty or has ulterior motives, but again, guys like him don't make their fortune by throwing it away on silly projects. His Vegas ice hockey team winning the Stanley Cup wasn't really "the impossible." The way US sports are set up, many teams have a good chance of winning their major trophy, especially if they can get into the playoffs and so on. Plus, the Knights are running at $200 million in annual revenue, which is a profit of just over $50 million. Plus, there's a lot to be gained from owning an NHL franchise. His aim of buying into that exclusive group makes perfect sense. A Scottish football club, though? I don't see him winning any titles any time soon, and the avenues for generating real funds aren't really there in our game. This suggests to me that the positives and gains to be made by him aren't entirely financial. He's also not for telling either.
  23. Considering that even if we sign Brophy and A.N Other we'd have three fit strikers available. There's a good chance that youth will get a look in.
  24. Again, what does he get out of this? That's all I want to know. Why doesn't he lay out exactly what he gets from this? Beyond the warm fuzzies of being a good egg and all that, of course. Again, the same question applies here. If, in theory, a bigger club wants to "affiliate" with a club like ours, the question is why? They obviously don't need us, so why are they doing it? And it's not so much getting screwed over that doesn't sit right with me. It's the fact that such relationships often change the club at its very core. It's extremely rare that extremely wealthy people or organisations part with their money without wanting something in return. If they were the type of people to do that, they wouldn't be where they are in life.
  25. It depends on what you mean by a "big gun." An individual with money? Someone like Bill Foley, who fancies losing a few million for a laugh by "investing" in a Scottish football team? Or the ownership group of an already established English club that sees us as a feeder or "B team" of sorts?
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