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What the fuck is it with you folk, 'what return are we getting' 'paying for faddy from their own pocket isn't impressive' 'knocking back six figure offers' 1. The return we get is putting a succesful team on the park, not getting into debt via banks and having financially prudent people on the board, ensuring the survuval of the club. I think the 'return' since administration has been pretty bloody good. 2. The signing of Faddy I feel was crucial in us gaining momentum at a sticky point in the league and secured 2nd place. Those people paid out a fair whack of their own money for NO RETURN, are they moaning online about a 'return'..? 3. The bid for Ojamma was quite rightly kicked out as he is under contract and did not meet the valuation of the player by the club. Almost universally on here the bid was regarded as a joke. It is very easy for clubs to make a low bid but with big add ons in the full knowledge they will never pay the add ons as they either sell the player before the add ons kick in or just don't play them. 4. 'Using other people money to fund the losses', I think you will find that everyone who invested in the club via the society were not forced to part with their cash and could make their own decisions. The way you paint it they are running up horrendous losses. If the 2nd place cash was still in place the club would have made a tidy profit. 5. I would rather the club which as far as I can see are being as open as possible about what they are doing with the money, which at this point is bugger all and its gathering interest in an account. So the society hasn't funded any losses. They are damned if the provide information and damned when they don't. The club cannot win in your eyes. Every single year your criticise the players we sign, the board for releasing information or not releasing information, How the club runs itself, How we sell players and how much we should accept. You should try for a seat on the board but I can almost guarantee that if you were in charge the club we would be defunct within a year. Give the club a break, Also the idea that a person voted onto the board by well society members is a stooge is a complete and utter joke. IF you were that concerned why didn't you put yourself forward. No, because its easier to criticise those standing up and making a difference than actually going out and trying to do it yourself. I despair at some of you..The most pessimistic, paranoid and self defeatist people I have the misfortune to listen too. If its not doom and gloom then its conspiracy. Get a life. The club is doing pretty well for a club its size and they are looking to us to renew season tickets so lets get it done and look forward to another great season supporting the Well. We have secured a number of current sponsors for another year or so and we are increasing our footprint in the community with all the partnership stuff so we are heading in the right direction.

You are one of those on here who has to moan at everything the club does. Seriously, you accuse the Society of 'giving' away money..?? That money is invested in the club pure and simple. It is still there and hasn't been used, whats the problem. The Society have two board members who can see quite clearly where and how the money will be used. If I could afford more the club would get it because I know they value every penny raised. Get a fucking grip, stop seeing problems when there are none. There are no Craig Whyte characters here and stop making out there are. The club have posted profits recently unless you just want to ignore that to justify your small minded argument. I don't care about someone buying the club anyway, we are doing quite well as it is. I just need to look at Hearts to see what happens when someone owns the club, No Thanks. So No one wants to buy...Brilliant...making a profit, yes we have and will continue to do so, some years we make a loss others we will make a small profit. As long as that profit when its made is invested in the club and not paying off interest on Bank Loans I will much prefer having the club the way it is, run prudently. I suppose your idea of fan ownership is 30 punters from Jack Daniels making the decisions, well lets see how quickly the club lasts then.

No debt and a small loss. No bank loans. As far as I can see the Board have done a great job juggling all the finances. To tell you the truth I am amazed at how well this club is run, the manager we have the position we have held in the league and the amount of European football we have been playing in recent years. Considering the size of the club and its support we have had an amazing run. When we look at the massive upheaval in the league, lack of sponsors for the league, low TV money I think we should be giving the board medals for all they have achieved and think it is pretty unfair on those folk on here who have a dig re how the figures supposedly don't add up. Remember we lost a shit load of money when the figures were readjusted for 2nd placed prize money. When directors pay for players out their own pocket then I will applaud them, this is their own money and they didn't need to do it and they wouldn't have been criticised. Best thing as a support we can do is hear the call for season ticket renewals and those swithering whether to take a season ticket if they haven't had one for a while and continue to pay their season tickets and support the club. I think its not hard to work out that the club will probably base a lot of what they can afford for players contracts on season ticket money each season. So its imperative we renew season tickets asap so we can get the players we need to rebuild the squad. The fans have done brilliantly by raising a phenomenal amount of money through the Well society and I hope it continues to grow. We have 2 directors on the board and I don't see any hidden agenda regarding where that money goes whether it is gifted or used to purchase shares as long as the money goes to the club. Remember, they haven't touched that £150k, it's still in the bank and its ring fenced so I don't see any issues. We are a well run club with astute people running it and well ahead of most clubs in the SPL so I don't see the need for the paranoia and concern on here. I am glad the club keep us informed and we should continue to support that too. So stop being so negative and look forward to another good season supporting the Well. There are steady hands at the helm of the Ark.

http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2013/06/04/humphrey-departs-to-join-preston. Official, Humphrey has gone. Best of luck Chris

Dodgy knee, no..?? Injured against us and out for 9 months or something IIRC..Mind you.... Danny Grainger ‏@Dannyg319861 JunAnother great phonecall just b4 the wee mans christening is making me smile even more #happytimes maybe he found a club..!!

Agree, none of those players fills me with any confidence of maintaining a top six finish next season and I hope the club and McCall continue to surprise us with unknown signings from down south or decent loan signings from some bigger clubs.

Hope to god we don't leave all our signings to the last minute in the hope of getting bargains and leaving our European preparations in tatters. I am hopeful that Stuart McCall has a list of targets and negotiations are ongoing. I like the fact we don't announce possible signing so we don't get Aberdeen and the likes trying their usual pish but it fair leaves you nervous when you don't hear anything at all.

I am really struggling to find what, if anything Paddy McCourt would bring to our team other than raising the average age of the squad. A huge backwards step if he is signed.

Peter Leven compilation

Yeah, I posted that up on the shoutbox this morning only to find contradictory headlines from the other newspapers

Yeah its getting pretty repetitive...Why did he go to Rangers rather than down South.?,Lack of ambition.! anybody but them..!! blah blah blah....Get over it..move on..

FFS move on...He is a Rangers/Sevco player now....He gave us two good years, he has signed for another club as many have before and will in the future, get over it.

My F5 button has broken...

Where's Carluke Murray, tell him to get in touch with his last contact...

Not sure he would have any sway as he doesn't have a seat on the board..What difference does it make..??

The board of Directors have been pretty good in selecting the last few managers who have, despite a few personal lapses from the managers themselves, been good for the club. I will trust the same directors to keep this trend going and will pick the right man for the job. I for one have faith in our board as I believe they have done a sterling job in the last few years despite some barracking on here from some. Keep up the good work in difficult financial times. Although it's crucial to have the right manager I think it is just as important to have the right directors steering the club in these troubled days and they have acquitted themselves well.

I could say the same for the roasters on the 'Better Together' scaremongering forums

McGhee is a no for me..although he handled himself impeccably during our darkest period, him constantly whoring himself to any team that would take him put me right off him. I only want someone who can at the least commit for a couple of years and not constantly fawn over anything Old Firm related. Edit - Inthebasement beat me to it

No Thanks...Foran is past it now and is also under contract to 2014 and Butcher had his chance.

http://www.football365.com/motherwell/8711367/Motherwell-chief-executive-Leeann-Dempster-hopeful-on-league-reconstruction Our Chief Executive, On transfers, League reconstruction etc..

Good shouts both of them.!!

Seriously, Yes, I expect us as a club to achieve top six. I think that is a realistic expectation for our club. I remember the old days as well. However I am quite optimistic that despite our low wage budget there is a desire for players to come and ply their trade here. Over the years we have gave players who were going nowhere a chance to play first team football and they have went on to play in big clubs down south. So I don't think my expectations are set too highly, some folk need to stop being so damn pessimistic. We all know what out attendances have been and we have to cut our cloth to adjust. However so many other clubs in this league are in a far worse position and I don't see anything extraordinary about maintaining our high standard of attacking play. We have lost big players before and survived and even improved, so it's not impossible to maintain out standards.

McCall is a good manager, but every manager has good and bad signings..Daley for me has been a disaster. So I won't go with the McCall we trust shout. With our ever decreasing budget we need to keep bringing in the players who can either maintain our standing in the league or improve it and I personally feel this guy is a huge step backwards. No sign that we could sell him on as he will be the wrong side of 30 and at that age your sell on value usually plummets. He hasn't exactly stood out at St. Mirren and his shot stopping is questionable by his own fans, which as a goalkeeper is your main job. I will, of course, support any player who wears the claret and amber but I don't see him as being a replacement for Hollis never mind Randolph.

Yep, gonna enjoy it just now, revel in the glory..Well done to everyone at Motherwell FC..Players, staff, coaches and manager and all the guys behind the scenes who don't normally get any credit. Thanks to those directors who financed the Faddy deal, came at exactly the right time for our push for 2nd.