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A year on from the big board room coup, I think a lot of things have become evident. 1. Getting "real control" of the club was paramount to everything that has happened in the last year! 2. We now have a young, innovative chairman in place and a much younger board with fresh modern ideas. We also have a CEO who is aligned to these principles. 3. Many fans talked about the need for investement, and that may still come. But the chairman talked about some "easy wins" whereby we could actually grow the club and make it more attractive to investors. 4. Getting in a young modern manager who wants to play attractive attacking football has already seen attendances rise. If that continues to improve, so will stadium revenue. 5. Signing policy is much more forward thinking. Younger, fitter players who are able to play an expansive game and tied down on contracts that give them a residual value. This should see us grow our transfer revenue as players move on to bigger and better things. This in itself will make us more attractive for future signings as they will see us as a good club to facilitate their development. 6. Improvements to communication and in other areas of the club and around the stadium give the impression of a club that knows its identity and is constantly looking to improve. This and the continuing emphasis on community work will make us more attractive to sponsors and in theory should also allow us to grow that revenue stream as well. There is still a lot of room for improvement, and some mistakes have been made along the way. But I dont think Ive been this excited and genuinely delighted to be a Motherwell fan in a very long time. Erik Barmack anyone?

Not long till transfer window closes and I’m really hoping we are in the process of getting a center back signed up that is better than anyone we have. Not a slight on the players we have but obviously if you’re trying to strengthen the team you want better than what you have. I’m ok with our two keepers, I think we have good numbers and decent back up for our midfield and forward positions but centre back position is where we need to strengthen. I think we will be hard to beat if we can find that player. Combine hard to beat with the football we are playing and it could be the most enjoyable season for a long long time. Added to that is the excitement of the fans. Already more people coming to the games with positive encouragement for the players and creating a much more vibrant atmosphere. Even people talking of bringing their friends to watch us and people who have been scunnered over the years talking of coming back to Fir Park. It’s quite a while since there has been such an optimistic feel like this around Fir Park and getting a strong imposing footballing centre half will help immensely to keep that going. C’mon Motherwell, one more Rabbit out of the hat!!

Because Motherwell were generally equally as shite. I think Motherwell have taken a big step forward under JBA and I think they will have enough on Saturday but it will not be easy because Kettlewell was not nearly as shite as he was made out to be and Kilmarnock will be motivated and well organised. Loses to shite teams with shite managers is not just simply down to the whims of chance.

Just wanted to say "Liam Kelly" so I can mention the absolute destruction of his mob in the first half. That American investment has been great value.

Amaluzor baby…. So why don’t you kill me. we really had a ready made song for that guy.

Great post pal

Excellent post and pretty much summarises the last 12 months . Ive got to be honest I personally didn't think we would have made the strides we have in such a relatively short period of time . Although this topic is addressed at the Chairman I'm also delighted with the efforts of the CEO who seems to go about his work in a pragmatic and dilligent manner working it seems tirelessly behind the scenes . And of course the fellow directors and WS who seems to be sailing in the same direction . What a refreshing change

There seemed to be a consensus on here in the end that Kettlewell was an imposter as a manager. If the people that were confident in that opinion have the courage of their convictions they will feel very confident about this coming weekend.

I see JBA has a 19yr old son who is a centre half for Odense. Julius BA hes been capped for Denmark u19s a centre half…… he’s a centre half 🙏 🤣

I like Ward. You can see he's vocal and an organiser of the defense and he's also comfortable with the ball at his feet. My only issue is he reminds me very much of Kelly. Not the tallest, weak at cross balls and generally reluctant to come off his line. Ox was flying before his last injury. I'd be more than happy to see him back between sticks.

I don't think we'll be looking for another goalie tbh. We would recall Matty if we wanted another option surely? Also think for all the errors on Saturday Ward made a couple of very decent saves to keep us from losing

My fear too, its the Motherwell way 😂