David

There have been discussions about a march/protest, but most fans see it simply as Celtic organising a march/protest, and refuse to take part. A bit like the protest against the SNP football bill a while back in George Square. It was open to all football fans but because the wheels were set in motion by Celtic no one else showed up, so it became a Celtic fans against the bill protest.

Remember the days when both Rangers and Celtic were talking about leaving us behind and moving on to the Atlantic League or the EPL or wherever? Remember those days? Where was the talk of Scottish football dying, television deals being retracted and general doomsday shenanigans then? I seem to remember the likes of Walter Smith, and many in the media, saying that such a thing is exactly what Scottish football needed. It would flourish without the Old Firm holding it back and so on. That was us looking at losing both sides of the Old Firm, making the SPL less appealing to television companies than it would be without only Rangers. Now things are different. Why? I'll hazzard a guess here, and say that the reason the media have changed their tune is because the exit of Rangers from the SPL isn't going to provide them with nice trips to high profile grounds in the EPL or in Europe as it would have with the Atlantic league. There's no free lunches and paid holidays for the media where Rangers are going. As for the likes of Walter Smith and other Rangers apologists, they've changed their tune simply because they're not going somewhere more attractive than the SPL. The whole thing reeks of bullshit, all of it being thrown around by the exact same people who were championing an old firm exit to pastures new not that long ago.

Good point!

Quite a few have it would appear.

I'd certainly hope (and believe) that something can be organised for the fans meeting. Something a bit more than us just sitting in our seats and answering questions when asked (if we're asked) and listening to why our club will be voting in favour of a NEWCO. Considering it may very well be the last time I'm at Fir Park I'd certainly be open to any suggestions.

Or perhaps they should stand aside and allow others with the clubs interests at heart to take their place? I know this is supposed to happen under the control of the Well Society, but I certainly believe that a 'yes' vote from the board on this issue would generate a vote of no confidence.

A bit late in the day I suppose, but what would the general feeling on an actual protest against this happening be? Would those who have spoken out against it be up for helping put something together? I've seen various talk from other clubs regarding a protest against this, and honestly I believe that we should be involved in anything that takes place. Thoughts? Opinions?

Not wanting to highlight you in particular, but this is exactly the kind of viewpoint that the club is looking for, and which ensures that fans continue to get treated poorly in the future. Unless we make it clear to the custodians of our club that we simply won't stand for it any longer nothing will change. If our club vote in favour of a NEWCO those fans who just blindly continue to throw their hard earned down deserve to get shafted.

This is the part that stood out to me the most; When the statement makes reference to it's "main income streams" I'm assuming it's talking about TV money & money from tickets sales and so forth. It then goes on to say that it must decide on which is the least worst option, which is basically the choice of losing some TV money or losing some fans. If the club votes in favour of losing some fans over some TV money then the current board simply don't deserve to represent us or our football club.

I'd still be thoroughly disillusioned in my club for going after the money rather than listening to their fans and maintaining sporting integrity. My season ticket & Well Society membership money would remain firmly in my pocket.

Not too sure about him to be honest. He's nearly thirty, and has had a pretty erratic career for the past three years or so, seeing five clubs in that period. I'd prefer we went for someone a bit younger that may provide some sell-on value down the line.

Get a grip, no one wants to see Motherwell lose any game, but the chances are that we'll end up playing Europa League football this season, hopefully more than one tie right enough! It's simple, if you don't want to discuss it then why not just not post in the thread?

Decent effort. I'd probably buy that.

I'd take young Ness at Fir Park in a heartbeat. He looks like a decent player.

Don't mention that

How much does that come in at?

A club the size of ours simply needs to be bringing through talented youngsters that can do the business for us over a few seasons and then be moved on for a decent chunk of change. Anything that the club are looking to do that will improve that system can only be a good thing in my opinion.

Can't we be consulted and then also be told which way the board eventually decides to vote?

I'd like to think that McCall can convince a decent player or two to come to us for six months on loan with the promise of Champions League/Europa League football.

No. I like the sound of that!

We could end up with a right cracker of a tie then!

Right, the chances of us doing anything in the Champions League qualifiers is pretty slim, which means we'll be more than likely dropping down into the Europa League. We'll drop into the play-off round, meaning we're two games away from making the group stages proper, which would be fucking huge in my book. As it stands the following clubs have qualified for the play-off round; Sporting CP CSKA Moscow PSV Eindhoven Bordeaux Stuttgart Metalist Kharkiv AZ Hapoel Tel Aviv Lazio Trabzonspor Newcastle United Levante Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dinamo București Atromitos Heart of Midlothian Lokeren Midtjylland Luzern Not to mention that we'll possibly see the following clubs coming through the other qualifying rounds of this tournament; Twente Rosenborg Inter Milan Liverpool Marseille Athletic Bilbao I'm not sure if we'll be seeded in the play-off stage? Anyone care to enlighten me?

Yeah, that's great, but you'd like to think that with our club going into the Champions League qualifiers for the first time in our history we'd be looking to bring in a few players that may allow us to possibly do something in the Europa League?

So far our pre-season looks like this; Ayr United vs Motherwell - Saturday, July 14th Raith Rovers vs Motherwell - Tuesday, July 17th Motherwell vs Everton - Saturday, July 21st Hamilton vs Motherwell - Tuesday, July 24th With the 1st leg of our Champions League qualifier ( ) coming up on the Tuesday or Wednesday following the Accies game let's hope they don't boot fuck out of us too much.

Just over two weeks until the team are back for training, and as yet there's been no word on Jennings contract situation, and no new signings to speak of