GregyScotland
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21 minutes ago, steelboy said:
The January window killed us. Thank you Burrows.
The idea the window killed us is nonsense. I simply do not believe that James Scott could have prevented our implosion since Christmas.
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Well according to Alan Campbell the boys put a great effort tonight. I think anyone who parted with 24 quid tonight to watch that will beg to differ.
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Tonight was absolutely appalling. Our goal was not even remotely deserved. As for the dive...I would need to see it again but him going off made not a jot of difference. The winning goal...nothing less than they deserved.
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Centenary suite is excellent. Not sure how the cooper boxes are set up in terms of meals etc. I didnt even realise we still did them, was under the impression they had been converted for Community uses.
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I have seen Les taking a bit of stick now on a few places such as Twitter conversations and cannot get my head around why. He has helped modernise the club, ask the questions that needed asking and move the club onto a more stable footing rather than the cut throat approach we had become accustomed to. Also from what I can see helped Burrows clean up the mess that was left behind from LD's iron grip on club affairs. LD I was told by a few folk was an utter control freak and the club wasn't in great financial shape under her management yet I dont remember a great deal being said at the time.
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8 minutes ago, Well Well said:
We redo the pitch every year for a reason. There is shit drainage underneath the pitch. All the water runs into the main stand often causing flooding on really bad winters. If you ask anyone who has worked on our park we built this pitch on the foundations of the old pitch which still has old piping all over it. Therefore the groundsmen are fighting a losing battle and have to relay every year. Grass needs a good base level to seed the pitch properly,and we do not go far enough down to lay that base level with all the drainage, undersoil heating and sprinkler system competing for space with the old drainage and sprinkler system. It would cost a ridiculous amount of money to dig down and remove all that stuff and that wont just take a close season. The office space is old and dated. The whole stadium also needs to be ripped back to a shell and completely rewired. We have patched up almost everything we can. I have no doubt we all love our stadium but the costs will only continue to spiral until its not cost effective to live there anymore and I dare say we are reaching the tipping point.
I was under the impression we had finally nailed the pitch.
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11 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:
For me a move to a purpose built stadium with modern facilities, car parking etc, etc would not be the worst thing in the world, as long as it was a decent design, all enclosed like Almondvale only better.
As much as Fir park has character there is a lot wrong with it, so a new stadium would be no doubt cheaper to run and maintain. so I think the club has to look at a move as an option
The main stand is absolutely gubbed at the end of the day and needs replaced. We've all been on away days to St Mirren and McDiarmid which are out of town with all the car parking and they are bloody murder to try and get away from after a game never mind if your after a pre and post match swally. Fir Park empties well, the traffic moves reasonably well afterwards all things considered and two ends are fine. The atmosphere is also no the worst when it gets going. (and I emphasise the word when). I would rather we invested at home and stayed.
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Interesting piece on BBC today with comments from Burrows. Now the major challenge of the debt has been overcome it seems club infrastructure is back on the agenda. Just wondering if a complete move is necessary given the fairly large recent investments that have been made in Fir Park with the pitch, re-roofing the east stand etc. Starting to think we should continue on with making modest improvements as finance allows rather than going for something more ambitious.
Quote"Burrows has revealed one of the options that may now be explored is the possibility of moving away from the club's home at Fir Park.
The Lanarkshire club have resided on the site since 1895 but must consider the costs of maintaining a stadium that was largely redeveloped in the mid 1990s.
"I think everything has to be on the table," Burrows said. "We have got to look to always try our best to keep up with modern standards, both in terms of training ground and a stadium.
"From my own point of view, I have been working within the ground for a long period of time. We are now in 2019 and the stadium probably has to be a debate and a question that is put on the agenda quite high in the not too distant future. A training ground goes without saying."
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Carson back please. Seedorf just terminate his contract now.
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On 8/9/2019 at 6:00 PM, underboyleheating said:
Sign outside says... “Car park strictly for GP’s, health centre staff and patients only.” Is this rule enforced?
To be honest I have parked for years at the high flats/houses just as you come off the roundabout and go onto Shields Road and never struggled to get a space apart from on a very rare occasion when its a bigger game. Only a few minutes walking difference.
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6 hours ago, Shaka said:
There are also a lot of Well fans who buy tickets for their Rangers/Celtic supporting friends & family.
I can't get my head around this as never in a month of Sundays would I go out my way to buy tickets for anyone who supports those two regardless of whether they were friends or family. I assume most people would be the same.
I said this to someone earlier - Motherwell FC is obviously fan owned now through the Well Society. The club pay the stewarding company - Securior or Group 4 or whoever has the contract now for their matchday services I imagine a fairly handsome some on an annual basis. If these jobsworths (which alot of them are - not a braincell between some of them) aren't doing their jobs and are reported to the club - the club have to take action as the company are not fulfilling their contractual obligations. Would you pay a window cleaner who turns up at your house and just looks at the glass without doing anything? I suspect not.
The Well Society need to be straight with the club board on this and instruct the management to take action - and if the stewarding company don't buck up their ideas they need to lose the contract. I would suggest the club actually need to monitor more closely each stand on games.
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Can't blame Gillespie this time. That was criminal defending.
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Interesting article in the Daily Record on how young players need to be managed and his take on the Hastie and Turbull scenarios.
I do have to dispute his comments on Sevco however - they are hardly a "world class club" - don't even scratch the surface!
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Macron efforts have been okay in the past other than the daft collar design. I do wonder about getting a more trendy manufacturer though - Aberdeen manage it. I wonder if it boosts sales at all.
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2 hours ago, numpty said:
Other than leaving it empty again, another option might be to fill that bit with a lower stand, like they had to do with one end of the Aviva Stadium in Dublin for the same reason:
Hardly seems worth it for the number of extra seats we'd get in there, though.
Don't the club already own the houses on Fir Park Street that were objecting to full construction back in the day?
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2 hours ago, steelboy said:
Aye we are well positioned to benefit from the SFA performance school at Braidhurst.
How does that set up work? Is the club involved in the management of it?
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On 6/13/2019 at 9:17 PM, postiejim said:
Eventually the well will run dry ,sooner probably than later.
Aren't you just a ray of sunshine. I see no reason why this run won't continue.
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9 minutes ago, Ross said:
I could see a small part of the money from Turnbull being used to put safe standing in the east stand
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThe club have priced this before and the value for money it offers is pretty s#ite going given that the area you would install standing in the punters stand anyway.
Main stand investment is needed to secure the future of the club - facilities such as modern changing rooms, medical facilities, corporate suites and the full length of the pitch would make Fir Park every bit as enclosed as Tynecastle. Upgraded facilities could go a distance in encouraging more players in the door, local companies to use the facilities instead of the rotten mob and who knows, maybe new supporters. Obviously any new main stand would need a heated lazy river with an inclusive bar service as that is going to be bog standard moving forward in Scottish Stadia excellence.
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A new main stand is something that's going to need done sooner or later. If it was designed to mirror something similar to the Davie Cooper then Fir Park has the potential to be a decent, very enclosed ground as the South and Cooper stands are fine as is the park plus we don't want to end up in a soulless wee shoebox like St Mirren and Airdrie.
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1 hour ago, sbcmfc said:
They’ve been doing that for at least 3 seasons.
its also only £2 extra for me to take my wee boy on the PATG price.
The cost of bringing kids to Fir park is already negligible. (An adult and 2 kids in the east stand (£23) is cheaper than a single adult at most of our rivals!)
We should definitely publicise this more/better; particularly to visiting fans, it’s an easy market to crack, people who already go to football, getting them to go to an away game shouldn’t be too hard to sell. For me a good away support improves the atmosphere, which improves the “product”....
I agree. Unless it's the bigot brothers. They can GTF.
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Nice way to end the season and reasonably entertaining. The second half however I have to say wasn't impressive. Thought the two Livingston goals could have been avoided. A few people saying Livi were the better team...which is a fair comment for the second half but I thought we blew them away in the first half - we weren't great but capitalised on the opportunities (something we could have done more of) but I don't think Livingston could be described as anything but mediocre stock.
On the other hand it was though great to see 'Well fans on four sides of FP again. I wish we could replicate that more regularly. I for one am quite happy for the club to dish out free tickets for youngsters. We have 8 thousand empty seats most weeks and that's not making us any cash anyway so let's get erses on them more regular hopefully it will help the wee season on season growth we have had with attendances recently. It is disappointing out of the 4k tickets given out, about two thirds didn't seem to bother but it's a good start.
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Hibs are absolutely shite defensively, I think their European score lines against dross and record of conceding last season proves that. Elsewhere however this is a good hibs side but one who I feel do inherit the 'Bottle Merchant' mentality to a degree which has plagued Hibs for years. If we can get ourselves forward and not pull the trigger too early (which we are good at) I don't see why we aren't capable of producing decent chances. If we can capitalise on that, and probably on thehangover from their two European games our injury worries may not have as big an impact as some here are worrying about.
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Well this is a sare yin.
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Absolutely great finish. Again, moments like that put a shine on or season, glad I was there to see it.
As for the Motherwell attendance...I have never been as disappointed.
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After the first half we served up we really deserved nothing. I would say though that St Mirren were also pretty dire. Hartley in my opinion needs to consider his role as his stewardship is quite poor to be honest.
The comeback was impressive though but in the penalty shootout we were so poor. Goalkeepers frustrate the life out me with how often they seem to be on the flaming deck before the player has even hit the ball.
On a side note, does anyone know about the ruckus in the Fir Park club before game?