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Ive watched the podcast and read the document and I am certainly intrigued by the proposals. It would make sense that once the security reserve figure has been reached that we should be looking at other ways to use Society Funds. No point building a huge pot of money if its never going to be put to good use. Im unsure whether taking this step now, before we have met the reserve figure is the correct thing to do, but I think I could be persuaded. Making our money work for the benefit of the club certainly makes sense. A little investment here and there could generate further revenue for the club and that would be welcome. What I wouldnt be in favour of however, is the Society money going straight into the running costs of the club and being absorbed. Having seperation between the Well Society and the Club was done for a reason, and should be kept that way. The club should still be required to balance its books and the operational shortfall must be closed if we are going to be run sustainably. That figure cant include Well Society cash. Also, Id be wanting something in return for any money the Society puts into the club. Previous loans were attached to security on the stadium. So we are in a situation where no one can sell Fir Park from underneath us. That is a good thing. Ive seen it discussed elsewhere that future loans might be leveraged against increased shareholding for the Society, and something like that would be appealing. Hopefully all these discussions can take place during the consultation period, and I have put them forward in my response to the active investment document. It feels like the club and the Society are both in good health at present. The ideas being put forward appear positive and as long as we get the small print correct, I think we can move forward in good faith.

Alex Guiness Luke Skywalker Thats tenuous, even for you Grizzly! 😆😆😆

Listening to Sportsound, the comments from Killie and Aberdeen fans are hilarious and lovely to hear! "Big cross field diagonals, this game will get both managers sacked" 😆😆😆

Does his club play in red and we are going to scud them on Tuesday?

Sorry, I should have used some emojis! 😍😍😍

Looking at the information shared by Phil, it certainly would appear that building the new training ground does not fall under the criteria for a member vote if we do not require to borrow any money to finance it. However, given that we all know there is imminent work required on the stadium and that a feasibility study has been undertaken to look at options, I dont think its being churlish to suggest that one might impact the other, and that there could be a scenario where the money being used to finance the new training ground may be used more efficiently/effectively elsewhere. Now it might well be the case that a new stadium is years down the line and and the new training ground is needed now, or the feasibility study has indicated that re-developing Fir Park is by far the most cost effective option or the easiest to deliver. If this is the case a simple communication to members outlining the decision making / thought process would undoubtedly be welcomed and allay any concerns that may exist.

Im hoping all this extra time on the training ground will pay dividends. Id love to see us pass Aberdeen to death, totally dominate possession, reduce them to zero shots on target and score all 4 of ours. Passing with a purpose!

I totally get that Hodge will likely be the preferred starter given what we paid for him and the fact we will want to develop him into a future profit. Hiwever, the question was what do YOU think is our strongest 11. I think Oscar gives us more mobility and athleticism in the middle of the park, whilst not being a significant downgrade technically on Hodge. What a debate to be having though? Good player or other good player!

I dont think we are miles apart.

Our last home game? The one that happened midweek after 6 weeks of playing Thurs/Sunday and large numbers of our fans outlaying on travel to European games? Any chance those would be factors on the crowd being down? If you choose to think that a better option isnt possible, then there is nothing that can be done to persuade you. However, if the club put forward such an option for consideration, say, in the form of a response to a feasibility study, then maybe that would be harder to ignore?

We had regularly over 7,500 home fans in the second half of last season. So the point about the home end stands. Its currently at capacity most weeks with queues for toilets and food kiosks ridiculously long. We need/deserve better facilities. Whether thats a refurb or a relocation. Wouldnt you even like to hear what a proposal to relocate would look like, sound like and what the numbers would be before making a decision? I am by no means all in on a new stadium, but Id sure as hell like to have a look at it before deciding Fir Park is still the best option.

With everyone fit, I think our best 11 is this..... Paulsen Johnny K JKL Moorman Longelo Fadinger Priestman Lowry Maswanhise Seb Kanga Although Id have no issues whatsoever with Jake at RB or RCH, Williams at LB or Hodge in one of the sitting/pivot roles.

A lot of this makes absolute sense to me. Ambitious? Yes. But achievable? Certainly. I agree about the OF tickets though. We should always maintain majority share in our own stadium. Especially a brand new shiny one like we are proposing. Giving them 8k in an 18k stadium is fine for me. We just need to do everything we can to ensure we sell out our end. It would be quite something if we could grow our support to that level. In years gone past I would have said unachievable, however, we are currently at maximum portential in our current set up, so its not inconceivable.

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos will continue to divide debate within the Motherwell Support for evermore. There were those who had him pegged as a donkey early doors and that is a hill they will die on. There are those who will forever believe there was a player in there and "circumstances" were all that prevented him from showing his best. As always, the truth is probably somewhere in between. He has however now moved on. And so should we. That Callum Hendry is a dud. Lets get him out the door.......😉😉😉

Just for clarity, and before anyone else suggests it, Im 100% in support of fan ownership, and 100% accept that doesnt mean fan run. We do need to trust those elected to run the club on our behalf up to an extent. Day to day matters and actually delivering projects they should 100% be left to get on with once the decision is made. However, for such a major decision as " Where do Motherwell FC play their football". We should be consulted. The level of information required in advance of making this decision may vary from fan to fan. But bit should clearly lay out the costs/pro's/cons of each choice.

I wouldnt expect most fans to be abreast of all the information required to make a fully informed decision on whether to refurb Fir Park or rebuild elsewhere. Obviously there are emotions involved either way. Thats exactly why it is important to have the feasibility report published, together with a laymans summary of what it means for the club.

Regardless of your opinion on stay or go, this IS a major decision for the club, which lets remember, IS owned by the fans. I think the feasibility study requires to be published, if only for transparency purposes. The board should then put forward their preferred option and any alternative for the consideration of the clubs owners. Its not quite up there with the Barmack proposal in terms of importance, who owns the club will always top the list. But where we play our football is a close second.

I think this squad is about where last years squad was at the League Cup semi final. They have done a lot of good things. They have made a few mistakes and are struglling with the balance between possession based football and attack. If we ignore set pieces (which ironically we dealt with much better yesterday) we are giving up the majority of chances on the transition. Its something Jens took a bit of time to get on top of before we went on that insane run of clean sheets. Hoping the next 10 days on the training ground will allow Alfred to work on our rotations and allow us to firm up at the back.

Not sure what this team & manager needs to do to earn some leeway from some of our fans. I get folk being disappointed with the result, and everyone is entitled to give their opinion on the performance, particularly second half. But cheesy peeps, some of these takes are wild!

Cant bring myself to vote for Paulsen despite the saves he made to keep us in it. The mistake he made was too big and so unecessary. Thought Hodge was our best outfield player albeit he was far from perfect.

Played well first half, Paulsen's nosebleed aside. Penalty decision was a joke so pleased Rangers failed to convert. Controlled the first half, dominated possession, created some decent chances but couldnt take any of them. Second half we were miles off it. Way too many misplaced passes and bad decisions handed the momentum back to Rangers. Probably the worst 45 minutes Ive seen from us in a year. Disappointing to lose the game, but we go intona 10 day break now that will allow us to refresh and give the manager time on the training pitch with the players, as that second 45 cant happen again.

Maswanhise ran his arse off on Wednesday night. You might not like what he did on the ball (he did get 2 assists) but lets not criticise his work rate.

If we keep the ball and control the game (and the referre/VAR dont do our legs) we win. If we go to gung ho and leave ourselves open on the transition, we will undoubtedly conceed and that will make things significantly harder. Controlled aggression is the key.

The biggest problem with any change of league structure is the tv deal. Sky want 4 × The Rangers v Celtic games a season, end of. We can advocate for bigger leagues and we all know it would help youth development and reduce the issues that come with familiarity, but if Sky say no, and no one else will pay, its dead in the water.

Good to see some communication at last. I get that its a bit late, but appreciate that with the match schedule, sometimes these sit down interviews can be difficult to fit in. The only disappointing thing is that, despite acknowledging the POD refit is far from ideal, there was no mention of plans to sit down with season ticket holders to try and mitigate the problems. That should be a priority.