Former Motherwell Fc Players Thread

[Spiderpig]

56 minutes ago, Big Stall said:

Is that not a banter/comedy page?

I never looked that closely tbh, but i agree it does have a definite whiff of a piss take about it, but given the shambles Rangers are in nothing would surprise me.

[weeyin]

I thought you had to throw them a few million quid every 6 months before they let you join the Board there.

[Brazilian]

Scott Leitch and Shaun ‘fingers’ Fagan joining new boss Darian Mackinnons 1st team coaching staff at Accies after John Rankins departure 

[fizoxy]

4 minutes ago, Brazilian said:

Scott Leitch and Shaun ‘fingers’ Fagan joining new boss Darian Mackinnons 1st team coaching staff at Accies after John Rankins departure 

I'm guessing they dont care that much about getting paid.

[weeyin]

3 hours ago, Brazilian said:

Scott Leitch and Shaun ‘fingers’ Fagan joining new boss Darian Mackinnons 1st team coaching staff at Accies after John Rankins departure 

I fear they are, at best, heading into administration, and at worst, liquidating.

It's been obvious for years now there has been some dodgy financial dealings going on there and, as always, it's the fans that get screwed over.

[grumpy]

9 hours ago, weeyin said:

I fear they are, at best, heading into administration, and at worst, liquidating.

It's been obvious for years now there has been some dodgy financial dealings going on there and, as always, it's the fans that get screwed over.

I play golf with a die hard Accies fan and he predicted in September they only had about a month till they would go bust. His timeline was a bit out but not by much. He only attends away games now, the move to Cumbernauld was a final straw for him and quite a few others. 

Hopefully it is administration and they can recover in some form.

[mio]

What an absolute shambles at Accies, it’s been mismanaged for years and I really feel for them. For them to be punted out of Hamilton and playing in Cumbernauld and Clyde to be playing in Hamilton is an absolute sh1t show. 
I’ve never had any issue with Accies even though I know they don’t particularly like us. I hope they pull through this but it does not look good.

[joewarkfanclub]

43 minutes ago, mio said:

What an absolute shambles at Accies, it’s been mismanaged for years and I really feel for them. For them to be punted out of Hamilton and playing in Cumbernauld and Clyde to be playing in Hamilton is an absolute sh1t show. 
I’ve never had any issue with Accies even though I know they don’t particularly like us. I hope they pull through this but it does not look good.

Out of likes.

But I concur!

[fizoxy]

It's scary how this situation could materialize at just about any club, where a dodgy owner loses the run of themselves, or internal politics strangle a club. Even owners/execs with best of intentions can royally screw things up. 

What has happened at Accies over the last few years is just a whole other level though. How it took until now to deem their owner and chief execs as not fit and proper to run a football club beats me.

[joewarkfanclub]

3 hours ago, fizoxy said:

It's scary how this situation could materialize at just about any club, where a dodgy owner loses the run of themselves, or internal politics strangle a club. Even owners/execs with best of intentions can royally screw things up. 

What has happened at Accies over the last few years is just a whole other level though. How it took until now to deem their owner and chief execs as not fit and proper to run a football club beats me.

Wild Sheep Enterprises anyone?

[fizoxy]

4 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Wild Sheep Enterprises anyone?

Yep. Total sliding doors moment that one, and ill never get over the "but he's American" of it all. 

Right now we could all be talking about the finale of an epic Netflix series titled "Steelmen: Stuart Kettlewell's initial remarks, pt 22"

[weeyin]

Forget the sheep, tame or wild. John Boyle nearly finished us off,  and he was on our side. 

[Spiderpig]

16 minutes ago, weeyin said:

Forget the sheep, tame or wild. John Boyle nearly finished us off,  and he was on our side. 

I dont think any of Boyles actions, decisions etc were made with any malicious or fradulent intent, for me it was just naievety and a lack of understanding of the particular environment re football in west central scotland.

Spending money we could not afford in chasing a dream we were never going to realise.

[weeyin]

6 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

I dont think any of Boyles actions, decisions etc were made with any malicious or fradulent intent, for me it was just naievety and a lack of understanding of the particular environment re football in west central scotland.

Spending money we could not afford in chasing a dream we were never going to realise.

Absolutely agree. 

Malice or incompetence in the single-owner model can be equally disastrous, though, which is why I am more comfortable with the current setup, even with all its challenges. 

[AllyMax]

6 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

I dont think any of Boyles actions, decisions etc were made with any malicious or fradulent intent, for me it was just naievety and a lack of understanding of the particular environment re football in west central scotland.

Spending money we could not afford in chasing a dream we were never going to realise.

Maybe getting a guy with an arts degree to run his business wasn't a good idea either. I ended up interconnected with another 'boyle enterprise' and believe me, he's fucked up a lot more than just Motherwell and Zoom airlines. Well meaning maybe, no very good at stuff, definitely. (Obviously caveated by the fact that he made a fortune with direct holidays, but his brother was in the driving seat for that one).

[grizzlyg]

7 hours ago, mio said:

What an absolute shambles at Accies, it’s been mismanaged for years and I really feel for them. For them to be punted out of Hamilton and playing in Cumbernauld and Clyde to be playing in Hamilton is an absolute sh1t show. 
I’ve never had any issue with Accies even though I know they don’t particularly like us. I hope they pull through this but it does not look good.

Yup i hope they survive.  I am a Hamilton lad and lived there until Mrs grizzly and I moved in together ( still a sore subject for her 🤣🤣).

Got a few mates that are accies fans and they aren't hopeful, club being run terribly 

[fizoxy]

Maybe Caledonian Braves can clydebank them with all that money they scammed off of Americans. 

[0Neils40yarder]

10 hours ago, fizoxy said:

Maybe Caledonian Braves can clydebank them with all that money they scammed off of Americans. 

That had crossed my mind, but I don't think the SFA would allow such an event to occur this time around...hopefully anyway, given the Caley Braves project is one big pile of nonsense.

On Accies, unfortunately, they are completely and utterly fucked...they own nothing, other than a membership for the SPFL, they have debt coming out their ears, they just managed to scrape together the wages for November, they've an owner who doesn't want them and cannae afford them, their stadium is owned by a crook...and the worst bit of all, is that their fanbase dwindles by the day.

The accies supporters association should be putting their efforts into starting up some sort of phoenix organisation.

[weeyin]

Not to mention there is a fraud investigation in progress, and they are likely to receive another points deduction in the near future.

Looking over at P&B, there seems to be infighting amongst the remaining fans too, which won't help their cause if they do go down the phoenix club route.

[ropy]

14 hours ago, fizoxy said:

Maybe Caledonian Braves can clydebank them with all that money they scammed off of Americans. 

Maybe some sort of merger with Clyde as there are similarities.  Clyde Hamilton Academical.