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Wonder if McInnes will be called up by SFA for bringing the game into disrepute for criticising the refereee about Hutchinson's tackle?

Couple of decent assists and we'll all be dancing on the ceiling

According to BBC website, Scott McDonald has agreed a severance package to leave Middlesborough a year early.

I don't see the former Morton guy we had on trial in Spain in either squad?

Bombscare in what way?

For some reason, I seem to remember Leann saying that the voting requirements would change and required a certain percentage of the top league to agree and a percentage of the rest to agree for any major decisions. This would stop "the tail wagging the dog". But it was a while ago so I might have imagined (hoped) for this. As for the current 11 - 1, that will never change without a radical overhaul of all aspects of Scottish football as certain teams, for whatever reason(s), are allying themselves with Celtic and in other cases look as if they are preparing for the return of the other half of the Old Firm and wanting to be seen as their "friend". The rationale given for the 3 years without change was to introduce stability and make it attractive to sponsors etc. It all boils down to the fact that Doncaster et al have been pitiful with regards PR, they should have been making the information available regularly in a clear, concise manner ensuring that when an incorrect/misleading comment appeared in the Press that the correct facts were issued to ensure the fans were advised. That to me has been the biggest failing of this whole sorry escapade.

The reason it was all or nothing, as was pointed out at the Well Society meeting, was that the Clubs were prepared to make concessions on the bits they liked less in order to get the bits they did like agreed to. Ok, so what's proposed isn't perfect but it delivers a number of the changes we are looking for eg voting, financial distribution, one league body. To effectively "cherry pick" the good points is unlikely to happen. as certain Clubs will continue to block progress unless it's on their terms.

Also it means they would be eligible to play in the League and/or Scottish Cups so they could enter a "stronger" team for these competitions. Basically they get have their cake and eat it!!

According to the Aberdeen sites, the game is all ticket. Has anyone else heard that? Seems a bit strange as hardly likely to be a sell-out and will discourage people turning up on the day.

Unless there is a sudden sutained increase in our gates, or a fairer distribution of money in the SPL, then there will be no additional funds to use on purchasing players and that will be no different from the vast majority of SPL clubs. Even if there is a "saleable" asset the days of £1M+ deals are gone. We've been down the "throw money at big names" route and we're lucky still to be here. As weesacs pointed out we will be up against League 2 and Conference Leagues trying to get players and depending on their personal circumstances they might not want to uproot their families and move. I can see a year (or possibly more) of pain whilst we "blood" youngsters with perhaps the odd journeyman to provide experience and in one way that might benefit us in the longer term. McCall is on a hiding to nothing, the team he puts out is basically our strongest 11 with nobody on the bench that offers anything to change a match.

Where do we go from here ........ we pick ourselves up, we dust ourselves down and we get on with it!

The best bit for me was the fact that as the smoke started billowing across the field, the announcement over the PA was to remind fans that no smoking is allowed within Fir Park. Perfect timing ....

Has there been a change to the site? I can no longer view any of the topics without now having to sign in. It's not a major problem but was always handy at work just to click on and see if there's anything new.

I would have thought if you have a Season Ticket you should get into the U20 games for free.

Phoned the Club this morning also will need passports when buying.

The club say it will be Wednesday before they go on sale

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts .....

The Board of Motherwell FC asked members of the ‘Well Society and shareholders to vote on the question of whether Motherwell should vote to allow a ‘Newco Rangers’ to remain in the SPL in 2012/13 season. The results of the ballots returned were are as follows: Yes: 119 (18%) No: 542 (82 %) Votes not returned: 247 According to the earlier post earlier Motherwell FC had not issued the results as they were preparing a statement and Leann D was out of the office. So where is the statement? Also the count took a long time supposedly due to the large number of votes cast, according to this there were 671. Not exactly a massive amount that it took 3 days to count. Western Isles and Argyll and Bute can count the electoral votes covering a wide geographic area quicker than it took the Club. So do the Club think we are mushrooms and happy to live in the dark and be fed ....

Wonder whether in all their budgetting the Club has allowed for refunds of season tickets and Well Society money? Or do they think fans are bluffing?

Have to say I like the statement from Aberdeen's Board. At least one Board is prepared to listen to their fans and make their position clear.

Basically SFA has decided Rangers are going into Division 1, no matter what anyone thinks ... Rangers newco: Plans for club to enter Scottish Division One BBC Scotland has learned of plans being put in place that would allow Rangers to move directly into Scottish Division One in the coming season. Rangers FC plc are soon to be liquidated and Charles Green's consortium are reforming the club. But Green's Rangers newco has not gained support to replace the old club in the Scottish Premier League. And senior Scottish football figures are proposing that Rangers start season 2012/13 in the second tier. There are also plans for the SPL and Scottish Football League bodies to be merged into a new organisation called 'The Scottish Professional Football League' in 12 months' time. The main points of the propsals are: · Rangers are to be relegated with immediate effect and be replaced in the SPL by Dundee. · Television rights for Rangers matches in Scottish Football League Division One are to be bought by the SPL for £1m. · The SPL and SFL will merge into one body at the start of season 2013/14. · Play-offs between the top two divisions will be introduced in time for the coming season with one team from the top flight and three from the second tier competing for a place in the following season's SPL. · There will be an increase in the parachute payments made to clubs relegated from the SPL. · Changes will be made to the distribution model for clubs in the top two tiers with teams in the lower leagues earning a similar amount to the current set-up. · A new pyramid system will become effective from season 2014/15 that will allow a potential place in the new league format for a team from either the Highland league or newly-created 'Lowland League'. · Rangers newco acceptance into the Scottish FA would only be approved if they accept responsibility for the football debts and fines incurred by the previous club along with their waiving of rights to a legal challenge. It is understood Rangers chief executive Green has been "briefed" by Hibernian chairman Rod Petrie on the plans to gain their approval. All these changes have to be approved by SPL and SFL clubs over the next few days.

Have heard that Club 12 has announced their strip for next season - you only get it in red and has a brass neck.

The money is split , based on league finish, as follows, so it shows how heavily it is biased in favour of the OF: 1 – 4% + 13% = 17% 2 – 4% + 11% = 15% 3 – 4% + 5.5% = 9.5% 4 – 4% + 4.5% = 8.5% 5 – 4% + 4.0% = 8.0% 6 – 4% + 3.5% = 7.5% 7 – 4% + 3.0% = 7.0% 8 – 4% + 2.5% = 6.5% 9 – 4% + 2.0% = 6.0% 10 – 4% + 1.5% = 5.5% 11 – 4% + 1.0% = 5.0% 12 – 4% + 0.5% = 4.5%

If at the end of all the debates/discussions or whatever you want to call it, should the SPL representatives allow Rangers to participate in the SPL and do not ensure a fairer distribution of the income available, then I never want to hear another Chairman/Chief Executive/Manager complain/moan about the lack of resources available or the inequality of the funding split because they had the opportunity to deal with it and chose not to. It is bad enough when you can't do anything about a situation but a 100 times worse when you have the opportunity to deal with it and don't!

Totally agree, reckon he was one of the most skillfull footballers at Fir Park, unfortunately he didn't deliver on his ability. Also the fact a lot of fans got on his back wouldn't have helped his confidence.