Big Stall

Im actually more upbeat than I was last season. Before last season had even begun we lost 7 first team players, basically one of the best attacking Motherwell teams a good number of us have seen. Last season for the first few months we couldn’t link midfield and attack, the only way we looked like scoring was a long ball with Anier breaking the offside trap. After a few months they learned to play and we took second but I really thought last season was the time the bubble was going to burst. Contrast that with this season, we’ve only lost 3 first team players. We seem to know the way to goal and aside from Aberdeen, no one else has really strengthened. On paper, we should still be looking at top 4. Things don’t always go that way, but with our current team and with Leitch, Moore, Thomas hopefully ready to step up, we shouldn’t be too far away. A second striker and a commanding centre back wouldn’t go amiss however although we probably don’t have the budget.

Do you really believe we would have made Europe 6 out of the last 7 years if everything off the park was as bad?? You have never hidden your dislike of McCall, with your 'wee ranger' posts, your need to set up a double account to say the same thing from two posters, etc etc. Don't rate McCall, thats all fine, opinions are like arseholes as the saying goes, but some of your and other posters reactionism on here is cringe worthy. Am I happy about the performance and result against the Icelandic mob? Of course not, it's a fucking shambles. But jumping the gun saying one of our best managers we have ever had is not up to the task and off-field we are a disaster is so way off the mark it's unreal. Someone else posted the league decline had to come at some point and now its come. Really? We haven't even started the campaign yet! From what I saw last week, I thought (first 30 minutes) we looked far more dangerous than we did for the first 3 months of last season. Obviously the fitness failings and the poor defence kicked in after that, but honestly, I was more upbeat last week than I was in the early part of last season. We at least look like we can score goals going forward, something we didn't look like doing early doors last year.

Higdon set up a twitter, and has said some nice words about us. Any chance he's angling for another shot at the 'well?

If we did, it wasn't on the clubs website fixture section last week.

I remember maybe about 6-8 weeks left in the season, when Aberdeen were still in the Scottish cup, I was listening to one of the broadcasts before Aberdeen played Hearts. Richard Gordon, Willie Miller and Tom English had a big discussion on winning an 'Aberdeen treble'. Two cup wins, and 2nd in the league. I think we can all recognise that it would be a fantastic achievement, but the audacity to be discussing that on national radio long before any prizes were due to be dished out, blew me away. Had they not learned anything from the Celtic fans who had planned to win 3 trebles when Rangers were on their lower league tour.

To be honest i think the club could be doing more to raise awareness if the game and market it. We have known for a month or so we would get the winner of Bangor or this mob, but not until last Thursday did we get to find out when the home game would be. Was there any official announcement and rallying call? Im as big a motherwell fan as the next guy, but i hadn't even looked at the possible dates until Monday and was caught off guard to see the home game was this week. Got my ticket yesterday right enough

Not to mention the cooper suite club badge going out on tour.......

Which would probably make him a better than average SPFL player

I still reckon this Steelmenonline Chris Burke rumour is complete shite. Would like it to be true though

If you have Sutton and Boyd, who do you have to run the channels, get in behind defenders, create things, take men on? IMO Boyd and Sutton need a foil which then allows them to play off the shoulder of the last defender. No foil means opposition defenders will have them in their back pockets every day of the week.

Dundee United always go with the undisclosed fee route. Their fans have a chug over selling someone for £1.5mill then find out a year later it was close to £450k

Henriks just won the Polish league. I really can't see him coming back to Fir Park

Talking pish! Birmingham manager said the other day that they offered him a new contract but a host of championship clubs wanted him. If thats true, and why would the Birmingham manager make it up, then would he really have any interest in the 'well??

And hes just won the league. Not sure battling it out for 2nd in the SPL will be too much of a pull

Aye but melvin, we have to take what you say with a pinch of salt. Remember you would rather have Boab in the team than Ojamma.......

Think your forgetting an almost ever present at the centre of defence

Bit surprised about Lasley and Leitch to be honest. Ainsworth i suppose is entitled now to look for the best deal, and Hutchies agent is hooring him to every team in the championship, which again, is fair enough.

I look forward to reading the pre-match emails. I'll bite. "Motherwell have won 3 of the last 4 meetings against (add team) however we are really going to get turned over here. Come along to watch by all means but McCall has no clue how to play against this team he has beaten 3 times last season.

Is mcgowan the one who's been done for fighting with the police TWICE?

If we were fucked, the budget for next season would not be the same as this season, but slashed. The garden is not rosy, but I don't imagine we are ready to call in the administrators. Not just yet anyway. It probably shows another reason for Dempsters departure and the inability to offer a contract to Faddy.

A real business decision there. Probably for the best sadly.

So who dumped who? Press release to me reads as if we said thanks but your free to go??

You might see that start of it in a year or so. SKY are losing Champions League football, I don't see how they will be able to justify maintaining prices without that major product.

Come to think of it, did Decorator go to Pittodrie on Sunday? I haven't seen any of his pics........

I was told that Gunnars house is up for sale. Take from that what you want.