Lobey_Dosser

Butcher combined with fan ownership. Just get on the phone to Bryan Jackson the now...

Regardless of my concerns around the Well Society being a sustainable model, the current predicament doesn't sit well with me. Taking over the club with a loan, primarily to address current shortcomings on and off the park, is not financially astute and is inevitably going to lead to some very tight years ahead - at best. I appreciate there isn't many alternatives, if any, out there for fresh investment but I'm distressed by how we have seemingly been driven to the brink by Dempster & her sheep.

Repeat of last year. 0-5. Do not want to go.

Reading between the lines I suspect the WS have done what's required.

If Ojamaa goes, without being adequately replaced, we will be relegated. He deserves to be playing with much better players though.

Seen it suggested a few times that Clarkson was offered buttons. If that's the case, McCall should have came out and told the truth.

Regarding attendances, the message in the summer was that we have a small core support and there was no option but to fleece us on order to preserve a high quality squad. Hence the ST increase and ridiculous prices for the Icelandic mob. Then after that particular defeat the club go into hiding for a month with no attempt whatsoever to cajole a wavering support. The repetitive gloomy rhetoric from the Board over the last 3/4 years has driven us to our lowest support in my lifetime. Fingers crossed for an external takeover next week and sweeping changes. The club is currently riddled by incompetence.

Depressing watching the highlights with so many spaces in the east and cooper. Certainty not a picture to suggest that the club could survive fan ownership. On the game, how many times are we conceding a goal from Sutton losing his man? If it wasn't for his track record against Celtic, I'd be dropping him next week.

Outstanding performance from Twardzik. Good first half from ZFA and Vigurs while Ojamaa was a menace throughout.

Really good first half. Poor second half. Twardzik fast becoming my favourite player. Team gave it their all but we've been left with a team that is not good enough to compete with the better teams in this league. Sad to see Lawson go off injured after his best 45 minutes for Motherwell. Most alarming stat of the day was the attendance. 2,800 Motherwell fans at FP for a Scottish Cup game. Time those remaining in the Motherwell hierarchy, Society included, take some responsibility for running the club into the ground.

A season ticket which would have previously got you in for free tomorrow. Not this year though, fans had to up their game in order to maintain budget and calibre of player...

Pretty grim if true but it questions the merit of the scaremongering tone that accompanied the £10k loan letter.

So the confidentiality is down to the potential backer of the 'Well Society. Fair enough. Does the 'Well Society know the detail of competing takeover bids?

Not the same since they moved it from January. Armstrong looked to be back on form last week and I can't see us riding our luck again. 0-4 despite Ciftci being suspended.

Cheers for the update Steelboy. So is the Society goal the original £800k or the additional £1mil?

If it wasn't for the society, maybe we'd have cut our cloth accordingly a couple of years ago as opposed to providing a safety net for wreckless budgeting and boosting Dempster's profile.

It seems fans will be informed of fan ownership after a deal has been concluded.

So for legal reasons in these delicate times, there will be no update on Motherwell's ownership at tomorrow's Well Society meeting. I don't mind being patient during such critical times but with McCall jumping ship, time is of the essence.

So, not the first time we've been well beaten by a John Hughes team. For all his critics, he is capable of getting a well drilled team on the park playing good football. The results just don't seem to be sustainable over a season. Black's comments post match were in stark contrast to what we've came accustomed to during the McCall years. Rarely has the player's dedication and desire been called into question.

I think Erwin, Moore, Cadden and Thomas provide scope for optimism should they be given the chance, however they need better quality and experience around them. When you've got boys like Kerr and Reid at fullback who struggle to control a ball, complimented by no steel or creativity in midfield, we don't have a squad capable of providing a platform for the young ones to flourish. Here's hoping for sweeping changes on and off the park in the coming months that focuses on providing an environment for young talent to develop.

No surprise with result and reported performance.

No idea of their origin but there is clearly other parties looking to take us over this month. Lasley and Black were relatively open about the uncertainty in yesterday's press conference.

Hard for fans to prevent if we continue to be kept in the dark.

Think it was initially mentioned that he would be out for 5/6 weeks. Years of playing through niggles maybe catching up with him.

Usually the section that resides in Motherwell. In saying that, admin isn't far fetched when you think how John Boyle soft loans have kept us afloat in recent years. You wonder what would happen if a takeover wasn't to come to fruition this month.