Ya Bezzer!

My view on the appointment. Well first of all I'm working off very little information. First things first, three kids in Denmark! I mean, that's only a semi serious point cos Wimmer definitely didn't leave because of his kids. On the face of it his managerial record is a bit meh but probably within the range you'd expect a Motherwell manager to be in. Most of his 'good' spells have been at pretty low levels of football and it's noticeable that Goteborg got worse when he was there and better when he left. The thing that jumps out at me though is his terms as manager have been pretty short (albeit not as short as Wimmer!). A year at Vendsyssel, a year at Goteborg, a year and a half at Horsens. Also the fact that he's given up manager positions to become assistant manager else where strikes me as a bit odd. He does seem to have a track record of developing youth but that might just be other leagues and other countries develop youth much better than Scotland, which is one of the worst in Europe. Anyway, I'm £500 in next season, so hopefully he does well but as I've said previously I think the whole Wimmer situation has kinda sabotaged our close season and prep for the upcoming season. Factor in the current squad, our best player almost certainly leaving and the fact that Livingston and ourselves will be the two smallest clubs in the division next season (two smallest clubs got relegated last term) and maybe it's a case of looking at next season, taking a deep breath and adopting a grim countenance. We've yet to see a ball kicked and there is still a lot of close season to pass but I'd be very cautious right now about any hopes and aspirations.

I'd put that gurning fizzer to the back of my mind. Some memories should stay repressed.

You'd probably have to give mom to Adams for scoring a hat trick but Lennon Miller was every bit as good as anyone else in the team.....and totally outshone Lewis Ferguson.

Let's be totally frank about this. He left for a better job/pay/budget.

It'd probably be better if next season's manager was dealing with contracts and player releases instead of someone else doing it. As I understand it player contracts expire next week. It usually takes about 3 weeks to appoint a manager, who ever is manager is going to lose 3 weeks of close season to sort the team out. That gives them about a month before the League Cup rolls round. We have something like 17 players out of contract or returning to parent clubs. The summer close season is probably the most important time of the year for a football club and we are going into one with no one at the helm. That'd be bad enough anyway but this is a club that badly needs strong leadership. Wimmer has let us down badly.

It depends on who wants the job. I've got the impression, simply by who we've appointed, that the position is not a great draw for managerial talent. And that is compounded by the fact that Kilmarnock and Dundee are also looking and can probably offer better terms than we can.

Brown and lemon. The only way this could be worse is if it had harlequin shorts.

They still make mistakes they just take longer doing it. I'm fine with goal line technology, even automatic offsides but let the referee referee the match. Checking every goal for the slightest infringement in the same phase of play is virtually anti football in sentiment.

The BBC article says he informed the club "earlier this week''. Obviously you don't get a job in a couple of days.

No one of note has wanted this job since Alexander and there are three bigger jobs in the same division that are open. Hope the club has got a great pitch lined up.

Maybe, maybe not. Didn't stop him going straight into another job in Germany.

Kinda embarrassing for everyone involved.

You honestly wonder what some fans expect. This season was a very 'average' season but the thing these days is that everything has to be 'the worst ever' or 'the best ever'.

Career has gone down a major dip but I kind of agree. He had a kind of off season with us before he left and you'd still kind of feel he was still better than a lot of the guys we've had there.....or at least not worse but with more potential. Might not be possible due to wages and he might not want to come back here at this stage in his career but I'd be inclined to take the risk if it was possible. Of course you'd need to sit down and work out what kind of shape you want and where he fits in and that's where the manager would come in.

I noticed there is a footballer called Liam Motherwell who is currently without club. Come on, give him a contract!

Amazing how much better we got when players that should have started got on the pitch.

With all the good will in the world I do not understand Wimmer’s line ups. We have no width, no offensive threat at all. There was a point where Paton won the ball in midfield, ran forward, looked up and was our furthest forward player by about 15 yards.

If you exclude Celtic, we've only lost 3 home league matches this season which isn't bad at all. A few draws in there but decent form over all. Kilmarnock are on a good run of form but their away form is exceptionally bad, 1 win and 9 defeats in their last 12. Should be looking for a home win but at this stage in the season you never know how switched on players are going to be.

We played some good football during the McCall/Brown era but lost massive amounts of money. It's simply not an option as a club model in the modern day.

Getting paid at Scottish Premiership wage levels over a career probably still makes you richer than one big move at 18 and then disappearing into a big club youth system never to be seen again. The key is giving youth players first team opportunities and the chance to actually develop a professional career. If we do that we will retain quality youth players, perhaps not all of them but some of them and maybe even most of them. With increasing costs and dwindling support there is basically no long term future without youth development. It should be central in our medium to long term planning at the club.

If we win against Kilmarnock it would be our most league wins in a season since 2018-19. Maybe you just need to find a new team during the close season. If you actually look objectively at our performances over a five season period, under multiple managers and squads, there is very little variance on any metric - wins, loses, goals, goals against, points. It's almost as if what you pay in wages is what you get on the pitch, at least in terms of ceiling. Absolutely nothing to suggest next season we won't win between 10-14 matches, lose 15-17 matches and get 45-50 points just like every other season in recent history.

Well I think the current model of massive player and management turn over every season is a bit broken for a club with our finances. I don't know if we pay loan fees or how much salary we pay to loan players but as an example is bringing in Dom Thompson to play in Ewan Wilson's position really a great financial decision? Or wasteful and failing to develop our own player? Just one example were I think we are basically spending money that doesn't need to be spent and doesn't really show a joined up and long term view. I mean how many on loan full backs have we had in the past few seasons?

I'll renew but I think the club really needs to keep a careful look at the prices. Going over £400 may be a red line for some people. At £22 per game assuming 18 matches I think it's still reasonable value but at this stage it's more about convenience than cost. And while not in the immediate short term future if the cheapest non concession season tickets start going over £450 in the next 1-3 years then I do think a lot more people are going to pause to think if that's a lump sum they can afford. I mean I've been to hundreds of gigs down the years, I just don't go any more because of the pricing. Same with the cinema, haven't been in years. Football needs to be very careful about it's pricing because I do believe we are getting close to levels of expenditure that will turn people away.

I was at the game yesterday but I was feeling ill and for most of the match just wanted to come home and I went straight to bed. Dunno if that was the quality of football, how I was feeling or a combination of both! I know we've had horrendous injury problems all season but to have two weeks prep and then put out the starting line up, formation and tactics just showed to me that Wimmer is miles off knowing what he's doing. Fair play to him he changed the shape during the match but you kinda felt any supporter could have told him that starting XI wasn't going to work. The first half was dismal until St Johnstone had their mad minute. After that you could see us playing with a bit more confidence but it's obvious this team's confidence has been shattered and is still very fragile. It's clear we need the season to end and re-set, get the injured guys back and get rid of the dead wood. Unfortunately there are four games left and with that win almost certainly securing our place in the league you wonder what kind of levels we are going to display, they've not been good enough during competitive matches. Therefore I see the immediate future as a bit of a distraction until the bigger questions are tackled close season. Still I'd be nice if we could get another victory or two before the end of the season.

Well I am entertaining the possibility that we lose all 5 games so it's a weird kind of positivity. 🤣