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We have a young manager who has moved his family to Scotland to commit fully to making a success of the Motherwell managers job. If it had been up to people like yourself he would have lost that job a few weeks ago and his life would have been in a form of turmoil. A comment like tick tock suggesting that his position was a ticking time bomb was in bad taste. If you are going to make the comment at least take ownership for it ( I know another shitty modern day phrase). The phrase shows a lack of any empathy or concern for the managers position. I don't think that is really open to any interpretation. It hasn't worked out for you this last few weeks. You may still get your wish but not quite yet.

The Aberdeen job would be a great fit for him. back home in six months.

I'd never put myself in the Happy Clappy camp not by any measure but honest tae fuck some of the comments about yesterday are just trying to maintain a point of view already settled in some folks heads. You look at any measure of the stats yesterday we gave as good as we got against a decent DU team. Home side XG 1.91 the Away team 1.75. In case anyone was unsure we were the away team and to go to Tannadice and and play as we did deserves credit. DU as the home side should in the vast majority of games edge it just as I'd expect us to do at Fir Park. Then everyone frustrated at missed chances, as I was. For fuck sake we are at least creating the chances, it would be a real worry if we weren't creating chances. If we keep creating them it will turn. I'm nearly always in the hyper critical mode but for fuck sake go onto the BBC site and look at the stats. DU could have scored a couple near the end but we could also have been 3-1 up by then. Hanging on?? My arse.

Good result today , would happily have taken the draw before a ball was kicked. From 6 defeats in a row to 3 unbeaten is a positive for me Hopefully AJ smashes that record too

That would be awesome......with mr Amy macdonald as his assistant

McGlynn is suited to Falkirk, he’s at home there and can do no wrong. Good luck to him as I think he’s improved as a manager and he’s one of the few who have adapted. I think he’d be a nutcase to leave where he is wanted to go to Aberdeen, their fans would rip him to shreds. as for AJ, for a few weeks, starting probably at the game at Ibrox, we really looked disjointed and all over the place, his selections seemed iffy to say the least (especially v Celtic) and a number of his substitutions in games have left me a bit bemused. But you’d need to be a blinkered idiot not to recognise we’ve played quite well in the past few games and have just missed that bit of clinical finishing (same as last year) I think things are turning around a bit and players are coming back from injury making the squad stronger. He’s got my full backing and I think most of the fans (who go to the games) agree.

Nonsense The main difference between a football manager and a football coach lies in their scope of responsibility. Managers handle both team tactics and administration, like transfers and contracts . While coaches focus on training players and developing tactics. Seeing as Falkirk have a CEO who deals with transfers and contracts the same as we do, McGlynn will do exactly the same role as AJ does for us. Jesus fuck the lengths some of you are going to defend an ingrained opinion is really quite sad. By all means dislike AJ if you want, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but for Christs sake spare us the mental acrobatics to justify your ingrained mindset. Fuck me we had the utter shite a few weeks back "has he lost the dressing room" after 7 games. I've said for sometime that I'm not convinced by AJ but I am open to the fact that he can change my opinion and those trying to infer there has been no improvement over the last 3/4 games are just being bloody minded to defend their over the top rhetoric. Like any manager AJ may turnout to be a dud , he may not but lets keep it to facts. How the fuck you know enough about what McGlynn does at Falkirk and what AJ does at Motherwell is a puzzler, cos to any even minded thinking its just pure speculation to reinforce an ingrained mindset.

And Dundee Utd have just one defeat in their last eight. Against us. Spooky.

Fair comment, will the "AJ out " supporters do the same then and realise that he is going nowhere, no clocks ticking etc and get back behind him and the team. Or does the agenda not suit that approach.

No.

I honestly think you're at it

You expected us to lose so surely a draw was a positive? And I dont think scraping a draw is accurate

Does rude health mean ye asked him how he was doing and he told ye to f**k off! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Given the 2 completely different contexts, yes.

Richard Foster is a fud.

Poorly thought out that there was no link to the voting process within the society App or on the web site. At least that I could find? As wellfan says it appears the only way to vote was by accessing a link contained in just one of numerous communications. So easy for dinosaurs like me to misplace or delete. In all the reminder EMails I wonder why no-one thought to include the link? In truth I just gave up. I suspect others did as well. No surprise that the motion passed given the low turnout and the effort that was put in to pushing the 'yes' agenda. I do hope Society funds don't disappear into the new training ground facility or some vanity project that brings little or no tangible return to the Club. As a sceptical Society Member I tend to agree with Spiderpig. I remain to be convinced that the whole change of approach was not driven by the Club Board as a means of accessing cheap finance. Essential that all funds redirected are secured by being added to the existing Loan amount and do not disappear by way of Donation. The Society's silence on issues that have affected fans this season as well as costing the Club thousands does little to convince me of their Independence.

This will be a real test of whether Alfred has learned any lessons from the Celtic game.

Some mad comments on here. Happy with the draw away against a decent team. Green shoots of progress.

Ship has certainly been steadied, which I couldn’t see coming after the Celtic game so huge credit to Alfred and the players for that. Let’s see if we can kick on in an incredibly tight league.

Get the half and half scarf looked out for that one

Gleeful is your interpretation of my post. I simply wrote “Tick tock”. But by all means, carry on twisting things to suit your own narrative.

Robinson is a useless arrogant tosser with no plan and failing at his 3rd SPL club. AJ is a forward thinking manager who knows how he wants his team to play, despite a few setbacks recently. Does that clear things up for you, i could do a tik tok video if you prefer pictures ?

With that strip we were due a break with a penalty

After a miserable 6 defeats in a row thats 3 unbeaten, and 5 points from 9 that really should have been 7 points. We are moving in the right direction, so the management team and players deserve a lot of credit. That said we can see where our problems lie so i hope the recruitment team have their targets identified to bring in during the January window to boost our goal threat and strengthen our defence.

MJC probably 🤣🤣

I disagree to be honest. I think he's put a good shift in so far.

Welcome aboard, always good to see or hear anyone taking an interest in our club As for Retro shirts I was in the shop last weekend, the 96-97 white away shirt is currently on sale. There was others in the last couple of years that look to have sold out. I find Ebay always good for the likes of this as well

Hey all. Thanks for the replies. It’s all been super helpful to us especially a e-mail from Dee above. we have been looking loads recently at all things Motherwell and we both can’t wait to go see the match.. luckily I asked him if it’s Hibs or Motherwell and he said Motherwell. 😂 Orbiston Road looks a good place for us to park and as a easy route back up the road past Ravenscraig to the m8.. we are looking forward to going to the Well shop getting a few things as “well” . He will probs be after a new shirt myself I would love a more retro one like the 94-96 away shirt… but doesn’t seem to be in stock from the well shop? Well online from what I can see.. does anybody know if they always get more in or will have to keep an eye out on ebay and such like? Thanks.

The road out of Fir Park is not paved with gold as many have discovered.

Or how excellent our recruitment process was.

Should have just said that at the time instead of trying to be snidey. Im sure you'll be back with a wordy response soon.

Wouldn’t surprise me if he ended up at Killie in the not too distant future.

Maybe. Maybe not. Too many intangibles that make players and managers a good fit even from year to year at the same club.

No matter who the manager is he is never going to be good enough in the eyes of our usual culprits and nothing said or done will change their minds. Pathetic really. Entitlement is off the scale.

Tick tok talk, surely

I know you werent mate just me still having a rant about some of the reactions to what was a very good DESERVED result Apologies if it came across wrong.

For me 'tick tock' and 'time is running out' have a different tone completely. The next time you are under pressure in your work life or Wellfan is under pressure in his and your job may be under threat and somebody comes along and says 'tick tock' it would be interesting to see how you (or he) would view that comment then. Maybe I am being too sensitive and those of you who call a spade a spade are made of sterner stuff. Generally Motherwell managers get sacked. It is a very difficult job. Motherwell have had 20 managers since the turn of the century. Three of them, McGhee, Brown, Askou moved on after a successful spell. The rest were sacked. When almost 90% of the managerial appointments end in failure then you are going to be more often right than wrong to argue each time that the current manager be sacked. On today's game, it was a very good result against a team that have been in form recently. Again Motherwell matched their opposition and showed that there is very little between the majority of the teams in the league.

Whether you agree with the term "tick tock" or not, I don't think its in bad taste. Wellfan could equally have phrased it like "time is running out" or similar. He calls a spade a spade and thats ok in my book. I'm not saying he is always 100% right, no one ever is, but his opinions generally merit serious consideration. He is more often right than wrong. AJ has gained some credit in the past 3 games, without doubt, but there are still unanswered questions. For me, the jury is still very much out. Some big games, winnable ones, coming up, and he will be put to the test. Its a results driven business, but I still have major doubts about our defence, midfield, and attack. Questions too about our style of play, although theres no doubt thats its far superior to Alexanderball and Kettleball.

Agree, his best performance for us in such a long time, wasn’t one that we carried today, appeared he was playing further up the park so more of the same from him please.

Is the tick tock patter aimed at the time for change posters 😂 if so you must be 12 year old 😂 if I’ve got the meaning of it wrong then I’ll my hold my hands up on the tick tock managed to catch the last 30 as just back, big priestman chance but they had a big chance that defensively we were miles out ( no idea how the boys missed that ) & we still look suspect from corners good point, said subbed again at the same sort of time as the st Johnstone game ( Im assuming we can bin that myth he was subbed coz of a yellow ) decent point that keeps the run going

Decent performance and 3 unbeaten on the trot. A draw probably a fair result.

Good point, unbeaten in 3.

A bit harsh on fuds 🤣

Brilliant pal,

The white Pony "floodlight" shirt is a belter. One of my all time favourites!

Would be great if he can start. Absolutely no question he improves us. I guess it depends on how Alfred sees the midfield going forward. Is there room for Fadinger, Hodge & Oscar in the engine room? Id like to see it given a go. Should make us more difficult to play through. I agree in that line up McGhee seems a natural replacement for Oscar. Kanga for Maswanhise later on unless he is on a hat-trick! 😍

Settled, not quite same temperatures as you though ya lucky sod 😎😎😎

Going to disagree, 1st few games I watched Just I thought there's no way we'll keep this lad

Bit of a mixed bag really. Turnbull was doing fine at Celtic until he got injured. He established himself at Cardiff then picked up another bad one and has struggled every since. Max Johnston won a national cup and two league titles after he left us. No idea why he chose the car crash that is Derby County after that, but was another one who was hampered by injury after he had become a regular starter. Miller has been picking up quite a few minutes and made a decent number of starts at Udinese, but the team as a whole has struggled this season. Welsh has been a standout at Swansea. I said last season I thought we had seen peak Watt and peak Just and while I'd have been delighted to keep them it was excellent business cashing in on the pair.

If you are going to be critical at least get the name right...........its calmer-folding! 🤣🤣