Martin Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Pretty disappointing seeing as he supposedly had the funds available to him. If anyone leaves I'll be a wee bit worried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAM Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Is SM the new Arsene - told he has money to spend but doesn't want to spend? Squad may be ok but surely if money is available we should be looking to bring in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Is SM the new Arsene - told he has money to spend but doesn't want to spend? Squad may be ok but surely if money is available we should be looking to bring in? Surely it's a sensible approach. If there's no one out there within our budget who would improve the squad then surely he'd be wasting our money. Better keeping money in the bank than bringing in someone for the sake of it, only for fans to label him a waste of a wage in a few weeks time... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 thats that then.no new faces. Did he not say at last year just before we signed Clancy? And he had said we couldn't sign anyone before we signed Ojamaa. And then, after we signed him he signed we couldn't afford to pay him more, just before we paid him more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Does nobody coming in mean nobody going out? And does nobody going out mean McCall will be forced to slash another £200K off next year's playing budget? Nobody wants to see players move on but we ARE a selling team and it worries me that we haven't been selling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Did he not say at last year just before we signed Clancy? And he had said we couldn't sign anyone before we signed Ojamaa. And then, after we signed him he signed we couldn't afford to pay him more, just before we paid him more. There is that possibility. Maybe playing his cards close to his chest following what happened with Stevenson? But if we keep the squad we have, I'll be happy. I could even live with losing Hutchinson given defence is where we have most cover... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 All McCall's statement means is that we won't be getting any loans in. We wouldn't be paying a fee anyway so the transfer window doesn't really affect a club our size. In the next few weeks we may see some out of contract players lower their expectations if they still have no club and it's them we would be more likely to sign. Waiting for the McFadden rumours to start again now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Is SM the new Arsene - told he has money to spend but doesn't want to spend? Squad may be ok but surely if money is available we should be looking to bring in? I have no doubt we've been looking. But unbelievable as it may seem to us, not everybody wants to play for Motherwell, on Motherwell's terms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassinari Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Maybe waiting to see what the 'out of contract' options are, after the window closes. Still feel we lack in midfield and playing Law central is reducing the chances created up front. Someone who will take a pop at goal from distance would be welcome also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 None in, none out? Strong possibility. Was certain someone would be sold this window. Who can sign precontracts in January? Randolph, Murphy, Law? Humphrey perhaps. Hutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Surely it's a sensible approach. If there's no one out there within our budget who would improve the squad then surely he'd be wasting our money. Better keeping money in the bank than bringing in someone for the sake of it, only for fans to label him a waste of a wage in a few weeks time... Exactly correct. There's no point pishing money away just so that we can say we made a signing. There's every chance that we'd be able to pick up someone out of contract after the window has closed as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 None in, none out? Strong possibility. Was certain someone would be sold this window. Who can sign precontracts in January? Randolph, Murphy, Law? Humphrey perhaps. Hutch? Correct on all of those with the exception of Hutchinson who has two years left on his contract, I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Someone who will take a pop at goal from distance would be welcome also. If that's all that is required I can do that. Can't promise any goals though. That would cost the Club more money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 None in, none out? Strong possibility. Was certain someone would be sold this window. Who can sign precontracts in January? Randolph, Murphy, Law? Humphrey perhaps. Hutch? I think.. Humphrey, Hateley, Law, Higdon, Murphy, Randolph. No-one important.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Cheers guys. Forgot about Hateley and Higdon. Also deals for McHugh and Page would run out I think. What about Saunders? Major changes next season by the looks of it. Some of those players will be looking at a move South, I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I think.. Humphrey, Hateley, Law, Higdon, Murphy, Randolph. No-one important.. Hopefully by next summer we can replace at least two of those players from within the club. Hateley with Devlin and Law with Hetherington. If Hollis is still with us, he'll be fine for goalkeeper. Humphrey, Murphy and Higdon might be more problematic, but I wouldn't rule out Higdon re-signing. So maybe looking at replacing two players. So basically the same as this summer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 If nobody leaves then I can live with what we have. If what we have doesn't get us 3 points on Sunday then I may have to revise that though.... Certain players do have to start hitting a bit of form though as "going with what we have" is entirely dependant on that. Problem is, and as painful as it is, for the club to survive we need to sell someone and of the players that are likely to go all but Hutchinson will get us more money now rather than in January. It doesn't make good business sense for Murphy, Randolph etc to just run down their contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 If that's all that is required I can do that. Can't promise any goals though. That would cost the Club more money. Not gonna put bums on seats though! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Not gonna put bums on seats though! :-D Bums aff seats avoiding my shots at goal! Problem is with players in the last year of their contracts we won't be shifting anyone for cash, bar Hutch, in the January window. He really is the cash cow after tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassinari Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 If that's all that is required I can do that. Can't promise any goals though. That would cost the Club more money. You might be more entertaining that the tippy tappy walk the ball in keech that we're subjected to at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Oh, Daley will be out of contract as well, unless a bid comes in for him tonight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Always thought we'd want to cash in on Randolph at least. Always thought he could go for a million if we could get a good deal. Maybe some contract extensions in the works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkySuperSub Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 If the right player became available, who was within our budget and who would improve the overall quality of the team, then I agree we should try and make an attempt to sign them. I do also think though if that right player is not available, then we shouldn't go bringing in new faces for the sake of bringing new faces. I'd certainly not wish to see anymore Omar Daley or Steve Jones type, 30-something, English lower league journeyman coming in, purely and simply to boost the numbers, who'll no doubt keep the bench warm 80+% of the time. The youngsters have this season been presented with a golden opportunity to show what they can do and have now been challenged to try and stake a claim for a regular starting spot. And, as enough posters on here have stated in the past, why bring in the abovenamed type of players, denying our youngsters of first team experience? I think this season could be a good oportunity, both for the club to blood these young boys through, as well as the young guys themselves. Kinda reminds me of the famous quote - "You'll never win anything with kids" - Alan Hansen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 If the right player became available, who was within our budget and who would improve the overall quality of the team, then I agree we should try and make an attempt to sign them. I do also think though if that right player is not available, then we shouldn't go bringing in new faces for the sake of bringing new faces. I'd certainly not wish to see anymore Omar Daley or Steve Jones type, 30-something, English lower league journeyman coming in, purely and simply to boost the numbers, who'll no doubt keep the bench warm 80+% of the time. The youngsters have this season been presented with a golden opportunity to show what they can do and have now been challenged to try and stake a claim for a regular starting spot. And, as enough posters on here have stated in the past, why bring in the abovenamed type of players, denying our youngsters of first team experience? I think this season could be a good oportunity, both for the club to blood these young boys through, as well as the young guys themselves. Kinda reminds me of the famous quote - "You'll never win anything with kids" - Alan Hansen. Kind of what I was trying to say but put far more eloquently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell89 Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 been far more impressed by the "kids" so far this season than some of the first team players, though that said quite a lot of our first team players are also "kids" last nights performance missing lots of the regular players has calmed any worries about a poor season, think we'll do no bad and will put us in good stead for the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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