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One thing that went unmentioned is that Stuart McCalls contract is also up at the end of the season,he cant really try to tie down the players on new contracts if the players dont know if he is staying or not.

If its true that the S.F.A want Jennings banned till this is sorted,have only seen the Express carrying the story so need to wait till offical announcement on it,then questions need to be asked.Gary O Connor charged with possessing coke,no action from S.F.A allowed to carry on playing,Ian Black charged with possessing coke,no action from S.F.A allowed to carry on playing,David Goodwillie charged with rape,no action from S.F.A allowed to carry on playing,Gary Thomson convicted of child sex charges,dont remember the S.F.A coming out and banning him from playing the next day,Steve Jennings arrested on suspected betting irregularities not charged or convicted but suspected yet the S.F.A want him banned till its sorted,something not quite right there.

According to Scott Burns in the Express the S.F.A have banned Jennings until this is resolved which could mean he is out till January at least. By Scott Burns MOTHERWELL will be blocked from fielding Stevie Jennings until the police and Gambling Commission complete their investigations into his Fir Park red card. The midfielder was arrested yesterday as police and betting chiefs continue their enquiries into the illegal betting frenzy that saw punters cash-in after he was sent off against Hearts in an SPL fixture back in December last year. The betting commission asked Motherwell not to play the 26 year old until they had closed the case but the club refused claiming there had been no evidence to suggest that the former Tranmere player was involved in any way. Now however the Scottish Football Association have stepped in to insist that Jennings isn’t involved in matches for the club until the matter is cleared up. The move could be a major blow to manager Stuart McCall if the issue is not resolved swiftly as Jennings has been a big player in helping Motherwell rise to second place in the SPL

Had a look on Pie And Bovril for Killie fans views on Clancy,turns out there is a strong rumour they will be using Clancys wages to bring Paul Quinn on loan from Cardiff!!!

Was wondering if this new French youngster is the same one we tried to sign a couple of weeks ago but couldnt because of certain clubs being due money for his development,might be the club have found a way of not having to pay any money by him being registered as an amateur.

If the injury is as bad as first feared its a disaster for the player and the club,only brightside is if you can call it that is because he got injured playing for Scotland the S.F.A. have to cough up compensation,might go some way to help bring a defender in short term.

I see the spl are up to their usual pish,who do you think they have put in charge of the game versus Hearts on sunday...................thats right Stevie O Reilly!!!!!! Should be interesting.Hope Jennings lamps him this time.

I actually think the timing of this will sway the board to keep Murphy,with the community ownership project due to be finalised in the next few months i think it will make the board think twice about selling Murphy in this transfer window,how many fans are they going to get to buy into it if they have just recently sold our best player,so given the timing i think Murphy will go now only if its for silly money.

Found this from this weeks Wishaw Press an interview with Derek Weir,looks like we are getting one more permanent signing then some loan deals, Law signing proves we got it right with Stuart McCall – Derek Weir Jul 6 2011 by Andrew Weston, Wishaw Press MOTHERWELL vice-chairman Derek Weir says the ability to lure hot prospects like Nicky Law north of the border shows the club were right to target Stuart McCall as manager. Law signed a two-year-deal last week after his contract at English League Two side Rotherham United expired. The midfielder rejected advances from a number of clubs down south to join up at Motherwell and when he signed his contract it was the first time he had set foot in Scotland. Despite many assuming McCall was not first choice to replace previous boss Craig Brown in January, Weir insists the former Rangers star was their top man and has been delighted how things have worked out over the past six months. He said: “When we were doing the interviews there were a lot of people interested in becoming manager. “One of the things that we did focus on were their connections in the lower leagues in England. “Jim Gannon did that and Craig Brown had a lot of contacts as well. “We spoke to a lot of people and were delighted with the applications we got and contrary to what was said in some quarters Stuart was our first choice. “With the way the weather was at the time the application process proved more complicated logistically but he was our preferred candidate. “The way last season finished, getting in the top six and reaching the cup final, we are delighted how things turned out.” He continued: “There is a lot of evidence that players tend to go to a club where they are very comfortable and familiar with the management team and the set-up. “Nicky (Law) and Stuart are well known to each other and he will know how Stuart likes to play his football and I am also sure he will realise that Motherwell were a successful club last season. “In terms of signings players that we can develop and bring on, the lower leagues are where we focus and that is where Stuart comes into his own.” With Steve Jennings also signed up for another year, Weir feels there will be room for one more new signing before they start to go down the route of securing loan deals, a tactic which has worked successfully at the club over the past couple of years. However the former Head of Barclays Corporate in Scotland and Ireland believes offers could come in for one of Motherwell’s ‘marquee’ players, including Jamie Murphy who has this week been linked with Premiership cracks Bolton and QPR. He said: “There is the possibility that someone will come in with an offer to buy one of our players and that potentially frees up money. “But there have been no offers made although it’s still early, especially for the teams down in England. “There were plenty of scouts who came here last season and we know there are plenty of players who attract interest. “However we have got a lot of good players under longer contracts which is important. “I know Stuart would like one more player and is speaking to players of a similar calibre to Nicky Law. “In terms of our full-time squad that would probably be it until we look at loans.”

Found this Bolton website spouting pish about Murphy,now who said the English were a bunch of arrogant t@@ts. Bolton Wanderers: 57 Varities? .....cause somewhere in the crowd there's you. Sorry. Morning. You caught me in the middle of my morning Abba rectical. Nothing quite a nice blast of Waterloo to clear the senses early doors I say. You know that July is reaching the peak of it's silly season when papers start linking you with players that you have never heard of. Fotwana Bangala, the Senegalese left back currently playing with Foggia? No? Then you obviously don't know your Italian football my friend. Sven Massivelob, currently controlling the middle of the park for Icelandic team Ragnar Sturlusson? You really need to get on Wikipedia more. Jamie Murphy, 21 year old striker for Motherwell. Are you having a lau...? No, actually, the third one actually does exist and The Daily Star, currently holding the high ground amongst the red tops, are saying that we are fighting Nutty Neil and the jet set crew at QPR for him. For a price of £700K he's yours. Knowing nothing about the lad, I went onto the aforementioned online encyclopedia and found that he has scored 22 goals in 135 appearances, although to be fair to him half of his appearances are from the bench. Hmmm......rough diamond? With that goals per games ratio, he'll fit right into our strike force. You would think he was talking about Barcelona not Bolton ffs. :wank:

Everybody keeps going on about us going into the new season not having a natural right back,well i havent seen many mention us going into the new season without a natural left sided centre half which is every bit as important,since Reynolds left Craigan has been playing out of position in there,people are saying Craigan is past it based on his recent performances,i put his shaky 2nd half of the season more down to playing out of position,if Reynolds does come back,who do you leave out,Craigan or Hutchinson?

Gordon "Night" Mair was one of the few players i can remember that when his name was read out in the team line up over the tannoy that caused a collective "oh naw" from the fans,as for Murray all he seemed to do was play the ball up the left wing to no one even when he had space to run into,and Gardiner he was that bad Stevie Woods was a £10m keeper in comparison.

With Tommy Mclean being the manager for 10 years you would have expected him to have signed some right duffers over the years and he did,off the top of my head i give you John Gardiner,Derek Murray,Gordon Mair,Crawford F@@@ing Baptie,JIm Clark,John Reilly,Dave Shanks and Mark Caughey,maybe Tommys memory is going if he didnt mention any of the players listed,just wish i could forget their time with us as easily.

Have a look at these two tweets from our new signing Zaine Francis-Angol @ZFA3Zaine Francis-Angol Loose my bank card, loose my blackberry, car battery runs flat won't start, have to walk for miles, starts working get flashed by a camera.. 20 Junvia web Then less than a week later....... @ZFA3Zaine Francis-Angol What a idiottttt how can I lock my key in my carr... Why is that even possiblee!! Shitty 26 Junvia UberSocial You wonder why footballers get a reputation for being a bit thick

I know Mcall says we would only be able to bring one more player,thing is though,this might be one more on a permanent deal,hopefully we have not given up on bringing in some loan players after all it has been a success over the last couple of seasons.

Right which one of you has been on that transfer rumour site,ive seen a few crackers on there but this one must top them all.Chris Humphrey to Aston Villa for wait for it ........................................................£3.5m

Check out the reply to the above on the transfer rumours site,wonder who posted that

Noticed this one on their Scottish teams pages,would make the rumour slighty more believable if they could actually spell the players name correctly. 20 Jun 2011 22:04:27 Swansea to sign motherwell keeper Darren Randolff.

Think you might have mixed them up player Swansea want is Max Gradel the player we were trying to get was Mike Grella.

This isnt the first time this has happened recently,this time its Kerr an ex Celtic player touting Randolph for a move there,towards the end of last season we had our assistant manager an ex Hearts player telling Sutton how great a move there would be for him,what next Mcall telling Hutchinson he should move to Ibrox to take over from Davie Weir?I cant remember too many other clubs employees in the papers touting their clubs players to go elsewhere,added to that the club will still be trying to sell season tickets,i am sure seeing these types of interviews in the papers is going to convince folk to buy one,not.

I posted the article from the Herald without making any comment on it,my first reaction to the article when i saw it was why the first details on probably the most important project for the club in decades were given in an interview with a newspaper,you would have thought these details might have gone up on say the official site first so that the people who are going to be asked to actually buy into this project were given the information first,or is it that no details have been finalised in which case why is a club offical giving an interview to a newspaper on the subject at all!

From todays Herald..... Alan Campbell 8 Jun 2011 CASE STUDY: MOTHERWELL HAVING espoused the “sugar daddy” model of ownership when John Boyle bought the club in 1997, Motherwell are poised to return to their roots and become a members’ club. Ironically it is Boyle himself who has made this possible. The travel company entrepreneur is gifting his 73% shareholding, and the freehold on Fir Park, to the club. Having received similar such share donations to take them up to the required 75%, Motherwell will now become an Industrial and Provident Society – which will mean significant changes to the way the club is run. “We’re going to create two, or three, levels of membership,” explains Leeann Dempster, the chief executive who was brought to the club by Boyle 30 months ago. “The first will be aimed at the regular punter, costing about £300. “There will also be corporate membership, and possibly a tier for wealthier individuals. We will start to publicise the scheme in the next few weeks – but regardless of whether you invest £300 or £5000 each member will get one vote. “The principle is one of democracy, and importantly a say in how the club is run, moves forward and develops. A supporter who invests more will get more overall benefits in terms of value, but this will not mean they have a bigger say than the regular supporters. This is a very important point.” According to Dempster, Motherwell have posted a profit in six of the last seven years. The hoped-for £750,000 raised by the membership scheme will be banked, and used as a facility when cash-flow is tight. It will not be used to fund player transfers, nor to help finance a proposed stadium move to the new Ravenscraig site at some point in the future. Under Dempster’s stewardship, and encouraged by Boyle, Motherwell have already made big strides towards becoming a community club. Fir Park is already the focal point for educational and fitness programmes, and once the members take control of the club, Dempster is hopeful that the links with the town will become even stronger. “Football is changing,” she says. “There aren’t too many John Boyles around any more. And the question you have to ask is, do you want a John Boyle again? He’s been great for the club but if he’d pulled his money out where would we have been? “He’s giving us a legacy and we decided not to go down the route of a one-off share issue because once you’ve done that there is pretty much nowhere else to go. We’re not just jumping on the community bandwagon. We’ve been a proper community club since I came in here. We want to be Scotland’s best community and family club, and we’re well on the way to achieving that. “Norwich is a club I look towards – over the last 10 years they have gone from 7000 season ticket holders to over 20,000. It’s very much a family-orientated club with a good match day experience. We can do something very similar here. Our season ticket sales were up 13% last season. “Furthermore, football clubs we’ve been to on the continent, especially Odense, put themselves at the heart of the business community, not just the wider community. That is also something we have to learn from.” Optimistic rhetoric is something Motherwell supporters also heard in 1997, yet some five years later the club was in administration. There are no easy solutions, but building the club up from the grassroots is the option which Dempster is determined to pursue.

See we were not alone in having bus trouble on saturday,from this weeks Hamilton Advertiser. Motherwell’s 1991 heroes left stranded at Hampden May 26 2011 by Leona Greenan, Hamilton Advertiser MOTHERWELL 1991 Scottish Cup-winning heroes suffered a double disappointment on Saturday. The team, who were guests of honour at Hampden Park for the 2011 final, first watched Celtic beat Stuart McCall’s Steelmen 3-0. Then they returned to the stadium car park, in pouring rain, to discover their bus had left without them. The ex-players had enjoyed hospitality at Hampden, tickets to the game, and they should have had return journey back to Motherwell aboard a coach supplied by West Lothian firm Browning’s. A post-match party back at Fir Park’s Centenary Suite was also promised. However, according to people travelling with the former ‘Well stars, the bus left five minutes before the arranged 6pm departure time – leaving them stranded at a soggy Hampden. One fan who travelled on the same hospitality coach, and did not wish to be named, said he was shocked the Motherwell Football Club heroes had been treated in such a way. He told the Advertiser: “We were on a specially-organised bus that was supposed to leave Hampden at 6pm on Saturday evening. “However at 5.54pm the driver took it upon himself to go – leaving 12 seats empty. Most of those seats had been occupied by ex-players who had been part of the Scottish Cup winning team of 1991. “Those of us on the bus were in disbelief. The driver was approached and asked to wait and he simply said if the other bus was leaving so was he!” The source continued: “It was pouring with rain and 12 people were stranded. “I was very angry when the bus drew out of the car park with the empty seats. It was a poor way to treat the Motherwell heroes of 20 years ago.” To add insult to injury, once the stranded passengers eventually did make it back by taxi to Motherwell’s Fir Park, they were then denied access to the club’s Centenary Suite. The source added: “There was a bit of a do going on in the Centenary Suite on Saturday night. “When those who were stranded did make it back to Fir Park they were told by a bouncer they could not enter the Centenary Suite as it was a private function. It turned out to be a very eventful cup final day for them!” Eric Browning, owner of coach firm Browning’s, based in Whitburn, said: “The situation was that my driver had practically a full bus load from about 5.15pm that evening. Other passengers asked him if he could leave at that point. “However, he explained that for some reason, possibly part of the hospitality package, he had to hold back until 6pm. “By two minutes to six the remaining passengers were nowhere to be seen. “At this point he decided to leave for the return journey.”

This,without a doubt has to be one of the most emotionally charged threads i have ever seen on this or any other forum and goes to show the difference between us and the old firm,we get to the scottish cup final on average once in a generation and when we are excited,exhilarated about being there,our first thoughts are for the loved ones we have lost since the last one,they on the other hand take getting to finals as a god given right,something to shove in the faces of the other half of the bigot brothers,i really hope tomorrow the Motherwell players on that pitch put in a performance that not only has Hampden rocking but heaven too.

It was the Radio Chunt phone in with mark Guidi and Andy Wanker.they also linked Murphy along with Hateley and Sutton with moves to the blue bigots,wouldnt take much notice with Wanker and Guidi being involved,they also linked Conway,Goodwillie,Eremenko,with them as well.