fizoxy
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If we do go down, at least we have an almost clean slate of a squad without any terrible contracts, and I don't think the management team is under contract past the summer either.
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3 minutes ago, steelboy said:
I suggested signing Devine 3 weeks ago but I don't understand why we have brought him in when we have plenty of cover there and are apparently short of money.
So you're saying you like this signing then? 😃
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Mcginn is a RCB in a three, and maybe a right back in a 4, but we're not going to a 4 any time soon. He could definitely function as a wing back, but we are obviously looking for more pace there.
SOD looks like he's moving into that RCB role as well, and he fared a lot better out there, so I can see why we want cover at wing back, especially when we expect them to be all action, so having options on the bench is very useful. Also, someone is totally going to get injured.
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Aaron Chapman is probably the worst player I've seen. He looked genuinely surprised every time he managed to stop the ball, and looked like he was waiting for Al to tell him who's body he just leapt into.
McLean was manager when I started watching us, so based on that period onwards, I'd have to go with Hammell as our worst manager. He was just clueless, and having Kerr as assistant was even worse.
McLeish wasn't great, but that era had some great players and moments, so I can't put him in with the worst.
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18 minutes ago, wellgirl said:
For clarification I think steelboy will get that when i agree with him I agree with him but come on now. I think he can stand up for himself. I personally don't see anyone giving steelboy or mjc a hard time. They can give back as good as they get
I went to see my favourite band tonight at the hydro and some twat tripped me up on the way out ... And I now have a broken nose.. Motherwell could sign anyone tonight and I would not care
Hope the gig was worth it at least. Broken noses arent fun, but subsequent ones get easier.
As far as the back and forth goes, there's nothing wrong with arguing and getting heated sometimes, and it rarely gets too personal. Many of us have been on here for a couple of decades now (jeez-o) and the various shticks can get old, but at least we can agree that Oli Shaw is shite.
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Brophy is a goal every 4.7 games over 290 games.
Shaw is a goal every 3.9 games over 187 games.
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1 hour ago, weeyin said:
SK put one over on Robinson there. "Oh, eh, aye we were really really hoping he stayed. Hate to lose a player of that quality"
Close, but probably a couple of paragraphs short of being authentic SK.
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12 minutes ago, wellgirl said:
There's a list of all SPL players wages online. Not just Motherwell players
Theres lots of things posted online, none of it is guaranteed to be true. Clubs don't post the salaries of individual players, and players don't generally disclose their salaries. Unless you think that some guy just called up each club/player to get this information, and they just handed it over, where do you think the info comes from?
These salaries are just guesses, and im not even sure if they're educated ones, and the fact that the linked list is players from all clubs makes it even less likely that this is real.
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2 minutes ago, wellfan said:
There is a list online which suggests that Kelly is on £4K per week, and it also suggests that Oxborough is on £2.5K per week, which would make him our second highest-paid player currently. That seems unlikely and calls into question the accuracy of every other entry on the list.
That's just made up.
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Whether you think what companies pay their employees should be secret or not is irrelevant, it generally is. I'd be pissed if my company posted my salary for everyone to see, and they would be equally annoyed if I went around posting what I got paid.
Anything you see online in this respect is most likely someone's guess.
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Those lists online are unlikely to be real, probably copied from Football Manager or something like that. How would that information get into the public domain?
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The only link we have with nahmani is that his loan is ending at st Mirren, and some vague comment that his parent club could loan him somewhere else, including Scotland. We haven't been mentioned other than forum speculation.
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4 hours ago, David said:
So, after this weekend I have to say that I've officially been won over by Theo Bair.
As most of you know, I had very little hope of seeing him be a success at Motherwell, despite really hoping he would be. He's worked hard and has proved his doubters, including me, wrong. And I've never been happier to be wrong. We all love a "lad comes good" story, and this is one of them.
Let's hope it continues for him and he can even hit double figures!
I'm more than happy with Bair's contribution so far, although my expectations were similarly low. When we signed him I assumed we saw a big athlete and hoped we could teach him enough football to be useful, and that's kind of what we've done. I'd say that Bair has moved on a bit from being just a "project" but he would benefit from having a striker near him.
We are doing that thing that motherwell does. Bring in a player that no one else wanted, make him look good enough that another club will bite and give us money, then cancel the magic spell the minute the money hits the bank. Any questions? Ask Aberdeen.
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St J are below us in the league after the same number of games, and we're the worst team to ever play the game with a total diddy gobshite manager apparently, and haven't even bothered to sign three strikers. Every manager below us should be fired.
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Paul mcginn for me. Class act today.
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You have to take each game in isolation, and with that, a point there is never terrible, especially with the squad situation.
We were a shambles for their goal, and looked so brittle from set pieces. It looked miles offside to me, and the dodgy var image they showed was not convincing in the slightest. The ref was a fucking clown all game.
Outside of that we were the better team, but only managed to cut them open a couple of times, in each case with excellent, fast, passing moves. But we paid the price for having just one striker. Paton will get stick, but he and spittal were constantly trying to make something happen, and put in a power of work.
Butcher looked better, but has to cut out the nonchalance on the ball, as it nearly cost us dearly. Halliday was a calm presence, but we didn't get him involved enough, and Nicholson looks handy. Miller is a class act.
Shout out to Mcginn, he was excellent.
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- Track record of scoring goals
- No previous injuries
- Tries hard
- We can afford
- Wants to play for motherwell
- Motherwell fans know
- Motherwell fans like
Results:
Ha ha ha
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Not sure if we can cancel the deal, because that would put him out for the season since he's played for us and Fleetwood. I know 3 months is effectively the season, but there would still be games left.
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5 minutes ago, weeyin said:
We've got Gent, Halliday and Nicholson that can operate on the left side of the team in various full back/wing back combos. O'Donnell can play there at a push too.
So while it would be a blow, it's not as bad as if we ended the window with one striker.
On a related note, I heard the other day that hamstring injuries in the EPL are up around 47% this season. There is a theory that VAR is responsible to some degree. Partly, because players are having to stop for a few minutes multiple times per game and stand around without warming up again, and partly because games are being extended to 100+ minutes putting extra strain on tired muscles and ligaments.
I'm good with blaming var.
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Nicholson is mainly a winger.
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Tierney's legs are made of wet toilet paper tubes. Must be a name thing. It's a shame because I liked him.
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I think Wilkinson left prior to the Biereth recall. It's a tricky one as well, he wanted to move closer to home, and while playing out the season with us may have made sense, as soon as another club is interested it would have been difficult to say no and risk having an unsettled player going through the motions during a relegation fight.
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Nothing mind blowing there. It's a sellers market in January, and find me a team that doesn't want a striker.
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53 minutes ago, Wellfan91 said:
We are getting continuity from Daws - a continuity of 💩
Clean slate required in the summer given he's out of contract, SK to stay on for a year and bring in who he wants (with the oversight of the board) as HOR
Why would the manager appoint the head of recruitment? That should be the board/ceo's job with some input from the manager at best.
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We have 2 fit strikers (for the time being) so we are pretty much forced to play one up front, with one attacking option on the bench, and pray to God that no one gets injured or suspended, or that we have to make tactical changes during a game.
Not addressing that issue is a total failure on the part of those that's job it is to build our squad. They have had plenty of time to do something about beireth, shaw , and Wilkinson going, but we dragged it to the last minute and it bit us on the arse. They are also responsible for signing obika, Shaw and Wilkinson.
I'm fine with the other signings we've made, but we now have a bunch of full backs who might as well cross the ball to each other.