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90% of them are from Zimbabwe 😄

My band has a gig on Saturday at half eight in a right proper h*n pub. It's either going to be a brilliant night or a right sore one for me. Hopefully, we'll be kicking off the night with 'Twist & Shout'. I did that the night we beat them (when Kettlewell was manager) and instead of the usual.....good evening, welcome to the <whatever boozer>, I started with good evening, here we go.....if you know, you know !

If anyone can't figure out the way because the sign only says Beer Garden on it they shouldn't be near alcohol and probably shouldn't be allowed out unsupervised.

Thought i would pop on to give some context and feedback on some of the comments We are looking to have new signage in place for Kilmarnock for our Official opening for Mrs Baillies Bar around the stadium which will replace the current beer garden signage. Unfortunately the club can't obtain a licence for Rangers and Celtic games so these are the only games we foresee Mrs Baillie's bar being closed through the season. It is our hope with added planned cover in the Fan zone that fans will start to view the bar as an extension of our Hospitality offering regardless of the weather, thus increasing matchday revenue for the club. We used the Hertha game as a test case to try things out where we actually hoped we would find some areas we can make smoother ahead of the Killie game at home .All in all it was a great opportunity to do this given the attendance we had on the night. I should thank the club staff here as well who have been a fantastic support to me and Sean leading up to the installation and throughout the night at the Hertha game in particular. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the club on the night of the Hertha game , I hope we can continue the fantastic pre match attendance going forward and i hope the society can continue to fund aspects of fan engagement opportunities that enhance the match day experience and provide new revenue streams into the club. Thanks for your continued support Greg

Good to see you keep up to date with what's happening at your big team.

Where in Italy are you calling from? 😉

Oh, I remember that as if it was yesterday. Stuart Rennie and the 4 step rule. I never saw it applied until that night. Another day when the ref had it in for us.

I’m sitting watching the hearts v Sunderland game and I have to say the way we have played in the past 2 games is miles more entertaining than this muck. Hearts keep launching the ball up the park and into Channels and Sunderland aren’t much better although are trying to play a wee bit.(they will be relegated by Xmas) i think im becoming Askou-ized

Just heard JBA talking about the Ranger's game: "Next week we have some neighbours over for dinner. Let's hope we enjoy dinner the most" So maybe your chips will be fine.

It’s all ifs and buts just now. For what it’s worth, I didn’t rate Stama even before the transfer talk, so that’s definitely shaping my view that any profit is good profit. Either way, we need a new starting CF.

We are all well fans - c'mon.

I really hope so. We have been crying out for decent central defenders since Hartley & Aldred left us.

You did well to avoid the phrase 'if you don't like the circus, ignore the clowns' about the media..

It started when Airdrie papped us out in Scottish Cup semi replay in 1975 and I got hooked on painful glory hunting defeats.

Gloryhunter

Sign will be up by the official opening. Well society posted on Facebook to confirm this

Fuck it, who cares if we're seeded or not? lotta shite. I don't care who we draw.

There’s definitely a time for the long ball or taking the chance of getting the ball into the box but that’s what the players have to learn, making the right decision between retaining possession and taking a risk. Our normal over the past few years has involved no such decision making, it’s just been hoof the ball up and chase it.

Her words.

Im going to be my predictable self here and think we should keep Ap Stam He didn't spend all of last year on the treatment table. Yes he had injuries but the second one was a freak one. A ball hit off his arm in training and he broke his wrist. He made 16 appearances last season - a lot more than some other players who were injured did Who do we get to replace him? Do we really want to go into this season with no striker? And - I don't care whether he smiles a lot or if he has resting bitch face as long as he gets the job done I'll caveat that by saying I think we need another striker but I'm definitely on the side of keeping him

I don't go to Celtic or Rangers games at Fir Park - I always make sure someone gets my season through. I've actually sat watching the game in the pub before when someone has had my season to watch the game - last Motherwell Celtic game I saw at Fir Park was probably skippy Sunday. (apart from the ones I stewarded at). It is a lot to shell out for folk who don't have a season ticket

KVV has signed for FC Eindhoven

Yup, thats where I'll be

I think the 2025 version of Liam Gordon is every bit as bad as kofi balmer. Balmers arguably been better in the league cup games

100% spot on. The only thing is now that the governing bodies should be updating these arrangements to take account of current transfer market trends. There were no £160 MILLION transfers when these development fees were introduced. Current dev fees should reflect current transfer market fees.

I like Balmer as a person and always someone that has taken the club to heart. However if we can get money for him then I would definitely take it but we MUST get 2 centre halves in

Yes please. And it suggests JBA has replacements in mind. Quite honestly I think we don't have any central defenders ....by trade or makeshift...that merit a first team place. So I'm hoping we see more than one depart. To be replaced by at least two that are comfortable playing out as the Manager expects. Might save me a few 'moments'.

Think the issue was that we didn't have him tied to a longer contract with us

I would assume, when it comes down to it, that it will be Miller and not the club that who determines which bid is accepted. If the club doesn’t pick the one he prefers then it could develop into a messy situation with one or more parties loosing out.

Another year with us would be OK for Miller, but terrible for our finances.

But there wasnt 6000 like you in those 10,000 crowds. Fans will come out for a big game for every team then disappear like snow off a dyke. No one is criticising fans who are hundreds or even thousands of miles away but most in those 10,000 crowds will probably live withing 20 miles of Fir Park. On a slightly different note you look at social media like twitter (or X if you prefer) Motherwell have 63,000 followers, St Mirren have 43,000 followers, Kilmarnock have 56,000, Falkirk have 36,000 followers and every one of them will leave us standing in next years average attendance stakes. I know they wont all be Motherwell fans but there is obviously a connection there, we have many who are obviously interested in the club but have no desire to come to Fir Park. Our stagnant attendances whether we are good bad or indifferent is frustrating , even more so for the Well society I suspect.

We do though , we can get 10,000 for Cup semis and finals, we couldn't get 10,00 of our own fans in Fir Park for a league game if we paid them.

Enough of this Scottish football nonsense , c'mon the lionesses , aye right .sick of hearing about them .

If we draw Alloa at home you will still have us down for a 3-0 defeat 🤪🤪

Come on m8, you'll be claiming they rallied round to save their club next.....

The Bluenose must have forgotten that they qualified from the same group as us the first year they changed the format in the 2016/17 competition.

While it was brilliant to beat them at Ibrox I just think that beating them at Fir Park in front of the home crowd especially next Saturday first game of the season, lights on (probably) would be that bit better and more satisfying. Can’t see it happening though.

A good summing up. I'd rate Hertha as being somewhere between Hearts/Aberdeen and Celtic. They didn't look 100% match fit though as fans of German football on here will know. A draw was a reasonable outcome as we finished strongly after a slow start. We played some good football but too often the final ball wasn't quite right. That might come. Fadinger and McGinn were my MOTMs. Now onto lessons learned (again some might say). We lack physicality in midfield and up front. To me, Watt, Fadinger and Slattery are all a wee bit similar and we need a solid physical defensive midfielder in the battle zone to halt central midfield runners in their tracks. How will Just fare against the likes of the Gogics, O'Haras and Devlins of the Premiership world? Ap Stam ran his socks off but to no effect - he is a penalty box striker, possibly a good one, end of. We need a big target man up front. Tonight I thought our passing from midfield to set up attacks was a bit slow. All too often the chance to catch a retreating Hertha was lost due to dilatory decision making and execution. All that said we played not too badly. The new style will take time to implement. Hopefully speed comes later. Hertha had some decent players and I liked the look of Toni Leistner. I believe we only had 4 subs due to another team comprising young players, fringe players and trialists(?) playing Hertha's B team this afternoon. 0-0 draw from what I heard. A good workout and not your usual friendly.

Fads is going to be a big player for us.

Been saying that for ages, give him run in team and avoid injuries and he will get us goals

Penalty box striker with a goal. Give him decent service and he will score.

As long as its not lifted by 8 and in the cells till Monday sounds like a good night out.

Some folks are discussing Stama as if he’s the last striker on earth. He’s replaceable. And a profit for him, of any kind, would be a steal. We’re a player trading club after all. We should be looking to cash in and offer that money for Ronan Hale or similar. I’m confident JBA already has CF additions lined up.

How do you know that JBA hasn't already sourced one?Two weeks is a long time in football.

So where's the next striker lining up to sign for Motherwell? You tell me who you think we are going to sign before our first game of the season? In two weeks time Actually less than two weeks time - 9 days time. Who are we going to sign to replace Stam in the next 9 days?

I think AP is going to have a good season with us. If we have balls coming in the box from both sides I can see him grabbing a good amount of goals.

He reminds me of Chris Long , looks disinterested. I could be a mile out but he just gives me that same vibe.

AP Stama has been very good in the role despite what people think.