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40 minutes ago, David said:
Maybe he will, maybe he won't. I'm just offering the reasons why he may choose to remain in Scotland, that's all.
It's not a decision he'll make based entirely on football is my main point. There's other factors such as the ones I mentioned that will come into his thought process.
In most cases the first port of call for an interested club will be the players agent, and if Campbell has told his agent that he fancies remaining in Scotland for the time being, for whatever reason, then why would the English club pursue the player?
As for guarantees about the football population, you can't make any kind of claim to that end. The truth is, neither you nor I knows what goes through any individual players mind before they make a move. What I've provided above is some of the factors that, for many players, will be a factor.
If you honestly think that a footballer won't take into account the circumstances and preferences of their significant others and family then I don't know what to tell you.
My main point is that just because a potential move to Hibs, for example, may be seen as a "sideways move" by some fans in a footballing sense, it doesn't mean he's not going to entertain the idea based on factors outside of football.
If a club wanted a player at our level, they wouldn't just stop at the agent, theyd be speaking to our club and theyd pester the agent and player...if they really wanted them.
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23 hours ago, David said:
Personally, I think he'll leave at the end of the season for compensation and end up at a club like Hibs or Aberdeen. Not every young lad wants to bugger off down south away from friends and family, and I think if he fancied that we'd be hearing about more clubs down there keeping an eye on him and maybe even putting in some bids in the window just past.
Aberdeen or Hibs is a decent step up if he's wanting to stay in Scotland. He could go to either and have a very good career at a decent level on decent dough.
I'm struggling with your train of thought here...do you honestly think clubs down South would be put off pursuing Allan Campbell, because 'he might not fancy moving'?
It's a short career and I'll guarantee you that unless Celtic or Rangers are interested in a player up here, then 99.9% of the footballing population wouldn't think twice about moving South for the riches that are down there in comparison to here.
If Campbell ends up at Hibs or Aberdeen, it's purely because nobody else showed an interest.
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2 hours ago, Shaka said:
I thought McBurnie was decent! And Im not a fan, but he chased well, won everything in the air and was forced to live off scraps. Dykes was almost the exact same but I think he got involved a bit more. We just cant play Dykes & McBurnie together as they both flick headers on to nobody. As we dont really have anyone nippy, Id try Fraser up front wi Dykes on sunday
SOD was absolute murder for 60 minutes, but finished strongly and deserves credit for the clean sheet. Gallagher was the best Scotland player...... and it wasnt even close
The 'tartan army' have made a decision on McBurnie...and they made it long ago.
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10 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:
Feck knows, mate he would be doing the team a favour by telling Clarke not to consider him in the future, but he seems to think he is a Billy big baws international star, but for that you need a great attitude and above average ability, he has neither.
I can handle folk thinking he is shite, I cannae really get my head around folk saying he doesnt want to be there when it is pretty much voluntary work
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4 hours ago, Spiderpig said:
McBurnie has made it clear on numerous occasions he is not really interested in playing for Scotland, that combined with the fact that he is brutal should mean he should get nowhere near the team, but Clarke selects him every squad., for me I would never select him again.
If he wasn't interested, then why does he turn up?
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2 hours ago, Great Balls of Shire said:
outdoor contact sports also stopped , is there evidence that there have been any transmission from this , genuine question??
Someone better tell my laddies fitba team, before they play their game on Saturday...
...as for unabated house parties, do the polis not raid parties every single weekend?
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1 hour ago, weeyin said:
I think they are at least decent backup options, and that Gallagher would have done better than McTominay in the last two Scotland games. He certainly did OK in the appearances he's made already.
I also think Gallagher has been at least as good as McKenna in the past 12 months.
We're not overburdened with choices in defence at the international level, however, especially with the current injuries. So I have no issues with either one of our players being selected. It also reflects well on the club to have someone like Dec get international recognition only after joining us.
If you want to go on recent form, Robertson shouldn't even be in the squad tonight, but I imagine he'll be captain and play OK.
Playing poorly at the top level is a mile away from playing poorly at spfl level
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1 hour ago, Winning by Name said:
As opposed to who in the squad?
I'd actually think that with Paterson, Jack and Palmer called up, who can all play right back that there was no need for another one...
....as for centre back, if Gallagher on current form is one of our best 4 then we are Donald ducked as he has been honking this season
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1 hour ago, weeyin said:
I just love the fact that, after years of complaining about the bias shown when overlooking our players for international duty, we've reached the point where the same fans are complaining the ones that are selected don't deserve it.
Do you think either deserve a call up, let alone actual game time?
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32 minutes ago, Lobey_Dosser said:
Declan must be in with a shout of starting tonight. With Tierney and McKenna out, the other centre half options tonight are Cooper, Porteous and er, McTominay...
Not much competition for O’Donnell either with Palmer and Forrest out.
I generally love seeing Motherwell players get international recognition but neither of them are playing well enough at the moment
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Just now, santheman said:
Because going for your messages is an essential journey, going to a football match isn’t
Well done that man
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I'm honestly amazed at how many folk are struggling with this...'I can sit on the bus to go an get my messages' so 'how can I not sit on a bus to a midweek cup game in Dundee'
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4 hours ago, weeyin said:
I doubt that League One and League Two clubs are in a better financial position than pubs.
What sort of overheads does a club like Albion Rovers or Brechin City have?
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4 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said:
But how come you can do this and that but not go to the football...blah...blah...blah.
It's called risk management.
Football has TV revenue and other revenues that allows it to operate. Pubs, cinemas and shops don't and won't exist if they don't open. So what you going to do?
The government has to make very difficult choices right now. It knows people going to the pub will catch Covid but it has to weight that against the entire hospitality industry collapsing. It knows people will catch Covid from school kids but it has to weight that against the effect of suspending education and of school closures. It knows university students will catch Covid but again it has to weight up the possibilities of universities going bust.
Has it always made the right decisions? Probably not but this is an unprecedented situation and maybe alternative decisions produce other or even more serious problems.
Opening up football stadiums right now simply doesn't add up in terms of risk and if football thinks it's being hard done by it needs to take a look at other sectors of the economy.
This season was always going to be a write off for fans. Honestly I'm kind sick of people in football moaning about it.
Everyone knows that this winter is potentially the worst the virus is going to get, so buckle in cos this thing could well get worse. What the football authorities should be concentrating on is getting this season completed, no getting fans into stadiums.
I very often disagree with your posts, but you have absolutely nailed it here.
Regardless of your political persuasions, both the Westminster and Holyrood governments have a helluva job right now, and they are damned if they do, and damned if they don't. The constant moaning and sniping from the sidelines, at every single decision, is really tiresome.
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I'm hoping that hes Sussed, some of our most turgid shite, out and that we may even see a few more oot the door
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24 minutes ago, decorator said:
im glad i seen us playing in this seasons europa league
Photos or it didnae happen
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23 hours ago, Kmac said:
If that means we never sign another ‘ build me up dud’ like Lamie or Mcginley, then the answer is firmly yes, please
I think there are some people being very harsh on McGinley
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8 hours ago, David said:
Then don't watch. If you want entertainment, watch the English games on Sky, or the Spanish games.
In reality I've been entertained in the traditional sense very little in my time as a Motherwell fan, which is to be expected considering the level we're operating at in the transfer market, but entertainment isn't the be-all and end-all for me. It's the team I support, I have an emotional investment in the club, and as such the money we have in the bank, and how sound a footing we are on is very much a priority.
Honestly, I don't know a proper fan of any club who doesn't care about those things? Who just want to sit down, watch some exciting football, then fuck off home again. If you don't want to bother yourself with the details of supporting a club like Motherwell and you're just after pure entertainment, you're probably in the wrong place. Pick another team for that.
Every Motherwell game is "entertaining" to me in the sense that I'm gripped by the action from start to finish. I kick every ball, I shit myself when the opposition gets through on our goal, and I leap from my couch when we squander a sure chance to score.
To a neutral many of our games would be absolute dross, in the same way as I rarely find myself watching, for example, Accies play St Johnstone. To me that game would be boring. But to an actual fan of either club, it's their weekend.
Again, if I felt about the club the way you seem to, which is not giving a fuck about the financial stability or how sound a footing we're on and only caring about being entertained during the 90 minutes, I'd probably watch another team. If it's entertainment you're after, there's certainly better out there.
Agree to an extent...I dont think I've ever been to a Motherwell match and not been entertained to some degree, even taking a pumping off the OF or whatever, I generally come away from a game feeling it was value for money. As you said, it's a 'my team' and I'm kicking every ball with them.
On the flip side though, and maybe it's just me, but despite having followed them for 30odd years, I still feel that I'm a supporter of the team, rather than the club. I've little interest in the money we have in the bank or the names of the folk on the board, my sole interest is what is happening on the park.
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51 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:
For 1 player not their whole budget. Surely not out of the question. And how long would it be for? Most likely not long term.
That's not how these things work though generally...we could burst our wage budget out the park (and that's what it would be if we wanted to go toe-to-toe with Aberdeen over a player), he could go out the next week and get injured, we'd grab have a player on a contract that we probably couldn't afford and we would have an unhappy squad watching one player getting multiple times what the rest are getting
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Just now, texanwellfan said:
I’d like to think we could match them on wages to keep Campbell with understanding that we would let him go for reasonable fee to someone outside of SPFL.
You're living in cloud cuckoo land if you think that we can match Hibs or Aberdeens wages...
...our best hope is that Campbell has known options down South
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I dont think there is football manager anywhere on the planet who doesnt have his faults and doesnt get them picked apart by some of the clubs ultra-critical fans...
...certain things annoy me about the manager, and quite often I differ on my views of the same game that he is watching but surely folk arent serious when they think we should be sacking the guy at this early stage of the season after finishing 3rd (aye, that's where we finished Yodo) last time out?
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