Pepper

Speculation that could be easily put to bed by the Club!

Agreed

The boo boys are a necessary part of football. End of. I don't agree with them and most of the time what comes out of their mouths is utter pish but it wouldn't be half as much fun without them. Fir Park would be a very boring place indeed!

The pitch is in bad condition just now for one reason and one reason only... money. If we had made the investment and done the work that was promised by Boyle last winter then we wouldn't find ourselves in the exact same farcical position we were in a year ago. Thats why people are short on patience and sceptical about promises made with regards to the pitch, and you can hardly blame them.

Totally agree. All the excuses people (not only the club) come up with don't cut the mustard.

There's always usually one or two players in a squad that the fans don't take to and come in for criticism when the team's not playing well. But it's not unique to Motherwell fans. Shaun McSkimming is the example that always springs to mind. It didn't matter what he did he was always the first to get it. It's just the way it is and I don't think it will ever change.

Oi, there's no place for logical well thought out answers on here my friend!

Just another example of how amateurishly the Club is run. But we're not allowed to say things like that of course.

If the game were to be moved from their ground then I definately wouldn't want it anywhere near Fir Park, cos I wouldn't trust that our pitch would be fit either!

I seem to remember the Club getting a lot of criticism for letting prisoners work in the ground on a day release scheme. It made the front page of The Sun. I think they were convicted murderers if I remember correctly. The Motherwell brand took a bit of stick for it but I saw it as a positive thing for us to be doing. I know the players and manager are always doing hospital visits and charity stuff, they're never out the Wishaw Press. If you search on this site I think the Club were praised for their involvment with a fan who recently passed away from cancer, they had his memorial service at Fir Park. I think that is an important role that the Club plays. We got a bit of good press a few years ago when a wee boy wrote to all the SPL clubs saying he was looking for a team to support and we sent him free tickets so he became a Well fan. As far as fan loyalty goes I think Community Work is very important, the Club have to be out there contributing to the community who in turn hopefully support the team. Its important especially in Scotland that the Club get the attention of the kids as early as possible so the Old Firm don't get their nasty claws into them.

I would imagine Forest would want him now given their current predicament. Should free up some substancial wages for a replacement.

Was John Boyle's wedding a sham?

Along the same lines, when was the last time we won after one of our players appeared in the paper the day before saying the players are all up for it? It always seems to come back and bite us on the bum!

Exactly what I was thinking. credit where credits due they're obviously listening.

As per the thread title the Fir Park Ticket Office is open tomorrow from 9 till 11.

The Ticket Office at Fir Park is open 9 till 11 tomorrow morning, as per the Official Site!

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my observations Flow. I, like the majority of fans appreciate it and understand it is a time consuming and at times tedious job. I must admit tho I was a little confused when you mentioned the press release regarding the pricing scheme, I must have totally missed this and I am a daily vistor to the Official Site. However, I must admit that if it's not one of the revolving news articles under the Latest News banner on the home page then I often miss things.

I would try and make sure the contact details you have for season ticket holders are as up to date as possible. It appears that quite a few folk don't get a season ticket renewal letter or letters such as the "Dear Supporter" letter re the new pricing scheme. Don't set and subsequently miss your own deadlines without any update for the Fans on the website. If you say for example a list of names is going to be up on the site for Friday it should be, otherwise an update should be issued so we aren't left in the dark.

As has been said before, I think out Club's problems run far deeper than the Admin Staff, and again like many have said before they do a great job under the circumstances. That's not even an issue for me. It's the decision makers that I have a problem with, we are like a rudderless ship at the minute and the ridiculous pricing scheme recently implemented can only be described as baffling. I think we are the only club in Britain who could manage to alienate its fans and those of the majority of other clubs in the league whilst actually cutting prices! I don't blame anyone for running out of patience with the Club. The point I was making before was that these problems have been steadily getting worse over the last few years and have been masked by the team's success on the pitch. Now that's gone what is there to attract us to Fir Park on a cold wet Monday night?

I have to disagree. Well fans have put up with far more than most over the years. The rediculously amateurish way the Club is run is nothing short of embarrassing. We put up with it becuase the team was punching above it's weight but now they're under performing fans aren't as willing to turn a blind eye any longer. It's as simple as that.

I am seriously worried about the rest of our season. Utter pish