Former Motherwell Fc Players Thread

[weeyin]

8 minutes ago, Happy Dosser said:

David Turnball scores his first for Cardiff. His penalty was saved but he scored on the rebound.

Underrated by the commentator. He took the pen with his right foot and slotted home the rebound from 10 yards or so with his left foot.

[ropy]

He likes a two footed rebound goal

[weeyin]

10 minutes ago, ropy said:

He likes a two footed rebound goal

That's what I was thinking when I saw it!

[grizzlyg]

10 minutes ago, ropy said:

He likes a two footed rebound goal

Ahhh memories,  that was a classic goal

[mio]

Watched Cardiff quite a bit lately and Turnbull seems a different player since they got shot of their manager. He’s looked quite impressive but they play him very deep. I’d like to see him play further forward.

[weeyin]

7 minutes ago, mio said:

Watched Cardiff quite a bit lately and Turnbull seems a different player since they got shot of their manager. He’s looked quite impressive but they play him very deep. I’d like to see him play further forward.

He definitely looked more confident today. He's been a regular starter recently which obviously makes a huge difference to form.

[steelboy]

Dunfermline made a halftime sub of Joe Chalmers coming on for Craig Clay. I used to have nightmares about that. 

[wellsince75]

4 hours ago, mio said:

Watched Cardiff quite a bit lately and Turnbull seems a different player since they got shot of their manager. He’s looked quite impressive but they play him very deep. I’d like to see him play further forward.

I'd like to see him in a well strip

[grizzlyg]

2 hours ago, steelboy said:

Dunfermline made a halftime sub of Joe Chalmers coming on for Craig Clay. I used to have nightmares about that. 

FFS pal, Halloween was last week,  stop scaring us.......if Zak jules appeared it's ultimate tip over the edge

[Happy Dosser]

6 hours ago, weeyin said:

Underrated by the commentator. He took the pen with his right foot and slotted home the rebound from 10 yards or so with his left foot.

Hee hee! Wished I'd checked my spelling before I posted. Off to thrash myself with birch twigs.

[weeyin]

5 hours ago, steelboy said:

Dunfermline made a halftime sub of Joe Chalmers coming on for Craig Clay. I used to have nightmares about that. 

Didn't realise he had ended up at Dunfermline. Another one of the many that can't cut it in the top flight but manage to find a comfortable home in the Scottish lower leagues. 

Think the last time I saw him was in an FA Cup (or maybe league cup) tie for Sutton Utd. 

[Ya Bezzer!]

21 hours ago, steelboy said:

Dunfermline made a halftime sub of Joe Chalmers coming on for Craig Clay. I used to have nightmares about that. 

Had literally completely forgotten about Craig Clay.

I will never forget Joe Chalmers performance at Greenock though.  Jesus. 🤣

[texanwellfan]

SK doesn’t have a monopoly on signing bad players. It’s been going on for a long time. 

[weeyin]

Quite a few ex-Well and on-loan players in the East Kilbride vs Ayr game tonight, mostly for EK -but Hastie just coming on for Ayr.

[Richie]

Filip Steparovic scored another 2 for Morton today

[joewarkfanclub]

3 hours ago, Richie said:

Filip Steparovic scored another 2 for Morton today

Seems to be doing well.

Hopefully he can add something to the team in the second half of the season!

[StAndrew7]

15 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Seems to be doing well.

Hopefully he can add something to the team in the second half of the season!

Unless we get rid of a forward or two I doubt he'll be back in January, as it's a season long loan I think?

Better to have him playing regularly for Morton than warming our bench and getting the odd cameo, imho.

[Happy Dosser]

Attended an event at Motherwell library tonight with Pat Nevin talking about his time at MFC and other clubs. His new book was for sale also.

I had an older friend, sadly no longer with us,  who was very critical of PN during his time at the club so it was interesting to hear the latter's  version of things.

Whom to believe, eh?

[mio]

9 minutes ago, Happy Dosser said:

Attended an event at Motherwell library tonight with Pat Nevin talking about his time at MFC and other clubs. His new book was for sale also.

I had an older friend, sadly no longer with us,  who was very critical of PN during his time at the club so it was interesting to hear the latter's  version of things.

Whom to believe, eh?

I’d go with your old friend. 

if Pat Nevin was to tell you what day it was, I would always check the calendar after to be sure.

he lives in his own Par Nevin little world.

[Happy Dosser]

24 minutes ago, mio said:

I’d go with your old friend. 

if Pat Nevin was to tell you what day it was, I would always check the calendar after to be sure.

he lives in his own Par Nevin little world.

You're sounding like my old pal 😉.

[stv]

8 hours ago, Happy Dosser said:

You're sounding like my old pal 😉.

Did Pat sound as if he was in “his own little world” or did he actually talk some sense. What was your opinion after listening to him. Always thought he seemed genuine enough type of guy.

[Happy Dosser]

35 minutes ago, stv said:

Did Pat sound as if he was in “his own little world” or did he actually talk some sense. What was your opinion after listening to him. Always thought he seemed genuine enough type of guy.

It was mainly  an anecdotal night to showcase the book, as you would expect, so I wasn't expecting any great insights. I actually only went because a friend asked me to come along and we were going to the pub afterwards 🤣.

He seemed ok on the surface but it's hard to tell much  about a person in an hour of chat about things you didn't witness yourself. The one story I did find surprising was that the salary John Boyle offered him as CE (or whatever his title was) was too much and he would only take  half the amount offered because money wasn't very important to him and JB was always too generous when splashing the cash.

Since I had  already heard negative views  of his time at FP, it was frankly  difficult for me to come to a conclusion. In my experience , you only really get to know someone by working with them (or marrying them 😈) that's when you discover their true nature, for better or worse.

Edited November 19, 2024 by Happy Dosser
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[David]

I've always blamed Boyle more than Nevin for that whole period of time. He was the guy who hired someone who clearly wasn't qualified for that job.

[StAndrew7]

3 minutes ago, David said:

I've always blamed Boyle more than Nevin for that whole period of time. He was the guy who hired someone who clearly wasn't qualified for that job.

Aye, I'm also of that opinion. I believe Boyle was the one who was throwing the daft contracts about as much as Nevin was. He's said a few times that he had to talk Boyle down from splashing mental money at some players.

[weeyin]

2 hours ago, David said:

I've always blamed Boyle more than Nevin for that whole period of time. He was the guy who hired someone who clearly wasn't qualified for that job.

Same here. Boyle did a lot of (well-intentioned) damage to the club that almost drove us out of existence.

On the plus side, we'd likely never have moved to the fan owned model if it wasn't for that. He also did the right thing when it came to being repaid monies owed to him that otherwise could have made our financial situation even more dire.