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Obviously really pleased he's signed but canny help thinking that we're maybe wanking all over his dish a bit too much here.
If he can keep up the performances then brilliant but we canny expect what we've seen so far every week.
Can't disagree with that. Happy we signed him up, but new players often make an instant impact. Once the SPL teams have had a wee while to work him out, they are going to adjust defensively and make him work a lot harder for his goals.
I think he'll be a good foil for Higgy, though, and definitely a welcome addition to the squad at a time when it looked like no new signings were on the cards.
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Maybe I'm being mean, lack community spirit, or don't really care about my club??
I think the money I spend at the gate, in the club shop, at away games in the cup is more than enough.
I'm maybe more of the opinion...
ask not what I can do for Motherwell,
but what Motherwell have done for me..
I could make sacrifices and give Motherwell another £300, but what would it be spent on? Paying £100k a year to journeymen from the English lower leagues? Maintaining a crumbling stadium that was neglected when paying £400k a year to a slightly higher calibre of journeyman?
Charity begins at home, and as much as I live following Motherwell, it's an easy decision to be selfish on this one. Football clubs have got themselves in this mess while fleecing the paying punter, so why should the paying punter now bail them out???
I don't think you're being selfish - this is a purely voluntary scheme giving people who want to, the chance to buy into the club and have somewhat of a say (however small or indirect) in the club's running.
I disagree, however, that we are in a mess. We continue to run as a breakeven club, and this scheme removes our dependency on the banks, or worse, some money man, who might not have our best interests at heart.
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Seems strange to me. He must think he's better than a top class championship side?? Maybe he's been on a stag weekend and cannae go back.
Despite being a youngster, he's been around enough players domestically and internationally that have made bad career moves. Maybe he's one of the smart ones that, after speaking to the target club, realised it wasn't the best option for him.
Or maybe he just enjoys playing at a club that has offered him regular European football and wants to add to his record goal tally before he leaves.
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Look at the business Falkirk did yesterday. One youngster left for Huddersfield for a "six figure fee" and another went for £300k rising to £700k.
Aye, but we're 11 places and 1 division above Falkirk.
It's a difficult balancing act between finding the perfect time to sell off players for the best price and keeping players that will contribute to higher league placings (and hence more income for the club).
Right now, we have a decent squad, balanced books and are gunning for 3rd place. I'd rather have that than be trying to win promotion from the First Division.
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that sums it up for me.
goodwillie's a good player but not a great player. his value increased because he was scoring on a regular basis even although a lot of his goals were tap ins, deflections and pens and because united and their media contacts were consistenly hyping him up.
Undoubtedly that is part of the equation. However, other factors such as being an international, and being on a bigger salary factor into it. Most importantly, however, is the fact that more than one team was interested in buying him.
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Got a very bad feeling about this one. We've won our last two on the trot and we're strongly expected to get through this one comfortably given that we're at home against a lower league side. But we've seen many a Motherwell side come a cropper in games like this down the years and I've a feeling Saturday will be the same unfortunately. As always though I hope to be proved wrong.
1-0 Morton
Might be worth a shot.
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Heard from a reliable source [and I'm not telling who] that Randolph is away in January £600,000 .Done deal and all that ,just have to wait and see.
Soon see if my source is reliable ,the time has arrived and all that .
Naw.
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Rangers were ~£80M in debt at one point. Failure to address that early enough plus tax case has scunnered them.
Murray basically made Boyle's mistakes, but on a much grander scale (and with too much ego to recognize it).
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Im probably not as far off your age as you think!
I'm sure you got the whimsical, light-hearted joke I was making though.
I did, yes. But when you do finally catch up to my age you'll also inherit the "pedantic moaning auld git" privleges! Use them wisely, my friend
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There must be mate, I can't think of a reason why no-one would have had their camera phones there with them in the 80's.
We had moving pictures of games before camera phones were invented, young'un.
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I think their scouting team is taking the piss.
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Blame the manager for calling youse 'the choir' it's in his programme notes so it must be just so.
Was it not "the choir" back in the days of The Shed? I'd take that as a compliment.
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Aye I had feared that about Ojamaa too. I can see it now - just as we decide he looks the business, hearts, hibs, aberdeen etc etc do too!
And if we had offered him 2 or 3 years and he was a donkey, the "McCall Must Go" thread would be in meltdown.
It's a fine line which the club has managed reasonably well recently, but tying up even one salary to a non-contributor makes a huge impact when you have such a small squad.
And even if he was a free agent, he might still have only wanted a short term deal to see what develops over the summer.
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i'd have scored at least 2 of the 5 chances he had today.
Playing FIFA 2012 doesn't count.
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A really good signing in this window and we will be fine.
In mcall we trust!
McCall is on the record saying there will be no new signings due to budgetary constraints.
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If both fully fit, there is nae comparison. If you could get a fully fit Faddy or a fully fit Rossco, its a very easy decision for me.
Faddy shone in what was a fairly average (to be generous) 'Well team. Rossco shone in one of the best squads we have had in recent memory.
Probably in the minority, but even if both were fully fit, I'd be taking McCormack.
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I'd have MCormack back long before McFadden. McDonald too probably.
This, plus Porter.
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'pathological dislike'
maybe it's just that i've seen them play and know their strengths and weaknesses?
I don't recall a single post where you discussed their strengths.
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McCall will need to get some wheeling and dealing done during this window or our season goes down the toilet and we finish 10th and out both cups.
Prepare to be disappointed...
McCall has added striker Henrik Ojamaa to his squad but admits he will not be able to further bolster numbers during the January window.But the Steelmen gaffer remains adamant the squad at his disposal is more than good enough to reverse the current downward trend.
Motherwell have won just once in their last six SPL outings, and that came on December 10, when they beat St Johnstone 3-0 at McDiarmid Park.
McCall said: “We have got what we have got and I believe it is good enough. What must be remembered is the margins between success and failure in the SPL are very slim. I believe we will get back on track and these players will do that.”
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to get back into the rhythm of playing football, formations, tactics, movement etc.
forbes obviously needs that as well but he clearly has problems with his basic fitness levels that he should be able to improve with through training (and if he is incapable he has no future as pro player). there were part time amatuer players in the queens park who looked in better condition than him the other week, how do you explain that?
That, as for Higdon, you have a pathological dislike of Forbes and nothing he does will change your mind.
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surely he could be fiiter than he is?
a couple of seasons ago we had a corner at celtic park. they broke up the field and forbes was chasing back, the next thing you know craigan ran by him like he was usain bolt. for a young guy to be so bad at running is unexcusable.
Slow, however, is not the same as unfit. There are plenty of decent players that aren't speedy. Chris Porter is one that springs to mind right off the bat.
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In fact he's worse than John Rielly
That's John "The Rile" Reilly and John "The Cat" Gardiner mentioned on here in recent posts.
I think I need to go and lie down now.
Ojamaa
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I don't remember *any* 'Well player playing like Beckenbauer when Hynd took over, far less Millar! I do remember a lot of draws.