grizzlyg Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 1 hour ago, mio said: 100% ….what a move and to a place considerably more appealing than North lanarkshire. If we get this for him kudos to SK as the lad was going nowhere and a punt for us a year ago. SK has won a watch if this happens, yes could have went other way and bair done nowt but thank feck we got him on 2yr deal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 Strangely enough I heard he was heading to Germany and heading to a championship team today - a load of different rumours doing the round, any or none of which could be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron_Mcd Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 Bringing a guy in on a free that absolutely no one else wanted on a 2 year deal and having everyone laughing at us for it just to get over a million quid for him, in my eyes up there with the very best business we've ever done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 So 1.1 million was the Bair minimum? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 3 hours ago, mio said: Theo Bair to Auxerre rumours? £1.1m with £400k add ons? Outstanding business if true. Chuffed for Bair, thats a really good move for him and keeps the wolf from the door for another season. Does that mean we arent in financial danger until 2026? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 More back peddling than the Tour De France stuck in reverse. Twelve months ago SK was clueless for signing a useless St Johnstone reject , that would never amount to anything If that was the level of player we were signing we were doomed. Thank goodness everyone exept SK was talking shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 1 minute ago, stv said: Thank goodness everyone exept SK was talking shite To be fair, most of us have held our hands up, but SK still talks a lot of shite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted July 13, 2024 Report Share Posted July 13, 2024 1 hour ago, stv said: More back peddling than the Tour De France stuck in reverse. Twelve months ago SK was clueless for signing a useless St Johnstone reject , that would never amount to anything If that was the level of player we were signing we were doomed. Thank goodness everyone exept SK was talking shite 🙄🙄🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 According to the scum: Auxerre have made an offer of around 1.5million Euros, which equates to just over £1.26million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 Excellent business if we get over 1m for Theo Bair when you consider he had his doubters earlier in the season , myself included 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 55 minutes ago, wellfan said: According to the scum: Auxerre have made an offer of around 1.5million Euros, which equates to just over £1.26million. Hopefully, thats all in instalments and not inclusive of add ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 14 hours ago, stv said: More back peddling than the Tour De France stuck in reverse. Twelve months ago SK was clueless for signing a useless St Johnstone reject , that would never amount to anything If that was the level of player we were signing we were doomed. Thank goodness everyone exept SK was talking shite I think there was genuine concern when he was first signed especially the 2yr contract. I also don't think SK helped by playing him out wide. However bizarrely Biereth leaving was the turning point as The Bair played in the central role and we all know what happened then. If he goes it is an unbelievable bit of business and I wish Theo all the best 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/13152906/motherwell-theo-bair-auxerre-transfer-canada/?utm_campaign=native_share&utm_source=sharebar_native&utm_medium=sharebar_native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelboy Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 That's a great fee for Bair. Hopefully it helps us get a bit of quality in for the final third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 17 hours ago, stv said: More back peddling than the Tour De France stuck in reverse. Twelve months ago SK was clueless for signing a useless St Johnstone reject , that would never amount to anything If that was the level of player we were signing we were doomed. Thank goodness everyone exept SK was talking shite It's possible for opinion to evolve, you don't have to take a fundamentalist position, especially in an ever changing landscape like football. Bair was rubbish at St Johnstone. When we signed him, Kettlewell obviously saw something in him, but he had no track record as a player and I don't think the fan reaction was unjustified. He was better at Motherwell and I think almost all were happy enough to judge him on his form in claret and amber. I think it will be interesting to watch his career because he's a difficult player to really judge. I'd compare him to someone like Cedric Kipre, he has an athleticism and physique that puts him above our level, but he's very raw and you wonder if he has the technique or game intelligence to really go to the top of the game. Good luck to him and hopefully we get to invest some of the fee in the team. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 1 hour ago, Ya Bezzer! said: It's possible for opinion to evolve, you don't have to take a fundamentalist position, especially in an ever changing landscape like football. You'd hope so. Yet every transfer window we hear the absolute judgements in every player who is "shite", " too slow", "can't pass", " can"t tackle", "can't shoot", " wage thief" etc. Same as the absolute judgements that are tossed out during the League Cup groups when new players are playing together competively for the first time. Maybe, having seen so many examples of players developing at Fir Park, fans would sit back and enjoy watching players evolve. It's certainly a big part of the experience for me. However, if fans are happy to cast instant judgement on players saying how terrible they are, I don't think it's unfair for others to point out how wrong they were. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterwood Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 Glad he's not off to arse cheek fc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 Is Bair our 4th record transfer sale? turnbull mcfadden odonnell then Bair? If so that’s amazing. Considering the cries of outrage 6 months ago when Biereth left and we were “stuck” with Bair up front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 22 minutes ago, mio said: Is Bair our 4th record transfer sale? turnbull mcfadden odonnell then Bair? If so that’s amazing. Considering the cries of outrage 6 months ago when Biereth left and we were “stuck” with Bair up front How much did we get for James Scott? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 Kipre went for a good few quid as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted July 14, 2024 Report Share Posted July 14, 2024 5 minutes ago, MelvinBragg said: How much did we get for James Scott? £1.2 I think....kipre was £1 million 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellfan91 Posted July 15, 2024 Report Share Posted July 15, 2024 We signed Bair following a friendly match vs St Johnstone in December 2022 when the World Cup break was on - Kettlewell in his post as Reserves Manager was at the game and Bair scored 3 against us as well as ragdolling the defence for the remainder of the game, that's where SK saw the potential. Great business for us given he could go onto having another "off" season, wish him all the best! An absolute grafter! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 15, 2024 Report Share Posted July 15, 2024 Kettlewell suggesting in a presser that the transfer fees being banded about are understated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spit_It_Out Posted July 15, 2024 Report Share Posted July 15, 2024 I just hope the funds are used on the squad no excuses and not to fix seats or fix a wall or any other shite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 15, 2024 Report Share Posted July 15, 2024 22 minutes ago, Spit_It_Out said: I just hope the funds are used on the squad no excuses and not to fix seats or fix a wall or any other shite. SK has already said he's planning to bring in 2 or 3 more players. Zero chance, however, we spend an extra million on new faces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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