David

The Well society isn't most businesses, though. Wouldn't I be right in saying that a lot of the places where these meetings are held don't even have internet connections available in them? What they should be doing though, is recording the meetings and providing all members with the opportunity to watch them online. That doesn't require an internet connection, as it can be uploaded later that evening if needed.

I can understand that overseas members would like to be kept informed of what is being said and happening at meetings, but is it really a good idea to have an interactive live feed running? I think it would result in chaos, with people complaining that their feed isn't working, technical issues, questions being sent and missed by whoever has to deal with them etc.

I'm more thinking about the recognition from the fans, as it seems like he was kind of robbed of that after the cup win, and then he left under a cloud.

I'm sure Maxwell said that most of the players were on the same kind of money and that he didn't want anything different.

He mentioned £300 per week on the podcast, and refutes the idea that he wanted to be the highest paid player at the club. He asked if anyone seriously believes he had a chance of being paid more than Davie Cooper. Regardless, it's all water under the bridge and I think a guy who played as big a part in us winning the cup and the games we did during that era deserves the recognition.

He claims he was at the club for 11 years, and seems quite pissed off at anyone suggesting it was any less.

I know he left the club over 20 years ago, but having listened to his interview on the Motherwell podcast, it's still a subject that bothers him by the sounds of it. On top of that, it doesn't sound as though he really got the chance to celebrate the cup final win properly due to his injury, and he's a real Motherwell fan by all accounts. Is it too late now to finally give him the recognition that he deserves? You tend to find that such recognition is usually eventually given when it's too late and the person is no longer here to accept it in person, which is kind of sad. I think the club could and should do something to recognise his service to the club, and to give him a chance to be recognised by more of the support than was able to this past week or so.

If they're accepting lesser deals and know their playing time is going to be shortened as well, then why get rid of them? If we ditch them we'd just need to go looking for experienced heads from outwith the club, wouldn't we?

There's every chance he could end up being our number one, with someone a bit younger coming in as back up. As far as Lasley, Hammell & Mick go, I'm happy to see them offered one year extensions.

That's good news if true.

How many games is Hammell going to be playing next season though? He seems to be suffering more & more with injury these days, so I could certainly see a competent replacement coming in, allowing Hammell to play now & then for the final year or so of his career.

Aye, works on both.

Mate, you don't need to convince me. I'm not the one who's saying anything will happen, I just made the point that considering I don't really enjoy attending games against the scum anyway, on top of the grief it causes my other half, it makes far more sense to just sit home and watch it on the telly.

I use this - http://www.sportsmania.eu/sites/view.php?pg=home It works via your web browser, and you'll also have access to Sky Sports etc as well for the duration. You can see the game marked in their schedule (calendar) section.

Aye, I see us making some moves in midfield this summer.

Right you are.

For anyone who's interested, the game is being streamed live on AberdeenTV International today.

It's fuck all to do with me, is it? I can't help how she reacts? I think the fact that her da got bottled for being in the wrong pub at the wrong time when one of them was playing is what get's her worried (and he's not even a football fan). And I've seen plenty of folk from different age groups get shit from fans on both sides of the bigot brothers.

I avoid all games against the scum, it's simply not worth the hassle, not to mention that the missus worries about me until I get home, so a season ticket isn't value for me at all. PATG it is.

Aye, but that theory would apply to anyone that we decide to offer a contract to, wouldn't it? In fact, it could be argued that at least with our own young players the manager has something of an idea of how good they are, whilst bringing in someone from down south is a risk. My main point here is that I don't see the point in letting Moore go if he wants to stay, only so we then have to go and find someone from outside the club to replace him as a backup striker. If there's already someone coming through the ranks below Moore that is ready for the opportunity, then fair enough. But if not, then I'd rather we kept someone who we know, and who's done the business this season, albeit at a lower level.

I'm not quite sure that's the case, to be honest. If someone comes through our youth system over the next few years who is good enough to make the jump into the first team, or who is even deemed to be better than Craig Moore by the management team then they'll simply leapfrog him, resulting in him either being content to slide down the pecking order and eventually released by the club, or he'll ask to be moved on. I'm not advocating giving Craig Moore a contract over one of our younger lads who are coming up behind him, I'm simply saying that the idea that we need to go out and trawl the lower reaches of the English game to find someone who can come up here and sit on the bench and perhaps push for a first team start when injuries and suspensions come into play is counterproductive to our supposed policy of bringing through youth. That youth can either be Moore or someone else from our system. I'm just using Moore as an example at the moment because he seems to have accomplished what we always want our younger players to do when they go out on loan. He's performed. We need to be smarter now with our signings, especially considering where our money is coming from. If someone isn't going to improve our regular first team (McDonald), or isn't a younger player with a whole lot of potential (Moult) then we don't need them, unless there's a shortage of youth players coming through. Sure, Moore may not make the cut long-term, but for the moment he's a decent backup and he deserves the chance to give it a go. We don't need another Wes Fletcher or Theo Robinson sitting around doing nothing except keeping our younger boys from coming through.

Yeah, if Moore wants to leave then that changes the entire dynamic of the point I was making, but the main crux of my argument is that just because he's not going to displace McDonald or Moult at the moment doesn't mean he should be let go. We need around 4 strikers for the 2 slots available, with the other 2 playing as & when required. Not to mention, there'll come a time when both McDonald and Moult are no longer at the club, and hopefully someone like Moore will be ready to make the step up by that point.

And a lot of people feel that way, but surely if we're looking to convince those fans who are on the fence to put their money into the club early on rather than throughout the season (when there's a chance they may end up not bothering at all) maybe we should be looking to give them a reason? A season ticket should provide something of a reward to those who put their cash into the club in a lump sum. If we continue to rely solely on the idea that buying one makes you a part of "the Motherwell family" then we won't see much progress, unfortunately.

And what happens in case of injury or suspension? It's a long season. Wouldn't it be good to have a young player who's just won a young player of the year award and has scored a goal every other game with Ayr ready and willing to step in and do a job? We need a squad of players for the coming season, not just a starting eleven.

Don't get me wrong, if Fletcher is deemed unsuitable or doesn't want to stay, then that changes things. I certainly believe that Moore has earned himself a crack at the club though.