Kmcalpin

Yes, but how much of the transfer income did the club, as opposed to third parties, actually see? The secretive deals were nowhere near as beneficial as many would have you believe.

Looking forward we do need continuity. In recent years we've witnessed a few radical changes of direction as new managers have come in, not all successfully. The club is changing direction with the prospect of fan ownership and more emphasis on youth. Good youth systems don't come cheap though. There's no doubt that at our level Mark McGhee is a good manager. He took over a dispirited, poor team at a difficult time with no money to splash out on new players. So, he has what it takes. He has never doubted his own ability and some didn't like the way he left last time around and I accept that. Personally, I had no trouble with him coming back, or in the way he and Scott Leitch left. As for his handling of players in recent months I can't see much wrong with that. The Lionel Ainsworth/Partick aftermatch - we just don't know what took place behind closed doors. My yardstick is "Has there been evidence of players downing tools and not playing for him?" That would indicate poor man management skills. I can see no basis for that. His knowledge of football is very impressive. In principle I would agree Al and I think your idea is worth pursuing to give us some stability but would he agree? He's 58 and may still feel he has other challenges but how much higher is he going to go in the game? I wouldn't hold it against him if he wanted another change but no harm in trying.

Do the tractormen not play their final pre split game against Killie at Rugby Park? Your point is well taken though.

Hopefully we'll only need to field 11 players at KO time, play Celtic as required by the SPFL and no more. A win would be nice though.

Yes, forget Europe just now. I'd be quite happy if Thistle and Dundee United drew - that would be sufficient to put Partick out of the running and ensure United remain firmly in 12th spot. United have annoyed me greatly this season for their ruffian like behaviour more suited to bar room brawling and they don't deserve to remain in the top league for that reason. By all accounts they beat up a very physical St Johnstone side yesterday. Still back to us and a draw or United win would serve our purposes.

In fairness he was returning from injury and the players had had a few days off.

A very important win yesterday for us although the performance wasn't that impressive. We were and still are due a bit of good luck and Inverness will rue missing their chances. Marvin's goal was fit to win any game and coming as it did at the death made it all the more enjoyable for those who travelled. I wasn't at the game but based on comments on this board and from those who did go it seems it we lacked creativity in the central midfield and that maybe wasn't surprising given the combination of Gomis & Lasley. We also seemed to allow Inverness a lot of freedom down our flanks. However the team won and credit should go to Mark McGhee and the management team and of course the players. Make no mistake it was a big result.

Mathematically we could. If we lost all our remaining games and Dundee United won all theirs they would finish 1 point above us. Extremely unlikely I admit. What a turnaround though!

You can just imagine an English Chamionship side saying..."Yes he has got potential but he's only played in the Scots Premiership which is below the standard of our second division.......Ok we'll push the boat out, take a risk and offer you £150,000 to be paid in 5 installments, and with add ons.".

It will be good to look at the play offs this season from above. It'll also help the club scout new players and be able to offer them early deals as opposed to having to wait until late May/early June to start hunting.

Quite a bit of publicity for the Society and fan ownership in general last night on STV tea time news and Scotland Tonight. Craig Hughes, Keith Lasley and Bryan Jackson all interviewed.

Certainly of our group of about a dozen, none live within 30 miles of Fir Park and most considerably further away.

I suspect that is true but then again I've never claimed them since year 1.

This. Members can indeed stop paying whenever they want. At some point in the future presumably the Society will have accrued a sufficient war chest to keep things going but I can't ever see a point when it says - no more contributions please.

Maybe not a good day to hold the event given the timing of the Scotland game.

A start would be for the Society to set up and maintain a register of skills. I'm sure with a membership of 1,800 there are a lot of useful skills already within the Society.

How much detail would you want on expenditure Gaag? Would an annual balance sheet suffice for example? Your other point is well made. Much more use needs to be made of members' time and expertise. This is a great untapped resource but on the other hand its notoriously difficult to get folk involved.

Thats about it for me. His first duty is to defend and that is his weakness. In turn thats putting additional and unwanted pressure on the central defenders and Ripley. All too often opponents are allowed to run unhindered into the right hand side of our box and have a crack at goal or fire over a cross.

Thats very encouraging.

I think he is destined to go elsewhere.

He'll never ever set the heather on fire as he's just not that kind of player. He's the kind of guy who cleans up, closes opponents down, tackles, protects his central defenders and values and appreciates his goalkeeper. He'll never be eyecatching but he's the kind of player every team needs.

I've not usually encountered any problems. Craig Hughes has responded to me promptly on several occasions. Try phoning the office. I know they were busy last week. Try emailing directly well.society@motherwellfc.co.uk - that always works for me.

I listened to his interview last and couldn't find much wrong with it. He didn't take personal credit for the win and as I recall didn't say "I" once. He continually used the word "we", which suggests a management team should take credit and not just him.

He is well thought of at Tynecastle and is now starting to settle in.

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