2025/26 Ins & Outs Discussion

[texanwellfan]

29 minutes ago, weeyin said:

According to The Record:

"Sunderland 'preparing' £10m Lennon Miller bid as Black Cats 'quietly confident' of landing Motherwell ace"

Great money, but not the team for Lennon if he wants to play Champions League football. More likely to be struggling to avoid relegation.

But is it a stepping stone for him with add ons coming our way in the future? Maybe, Maybe not or probably not. 

[Spiderpig]

28 minutes ago, weeyin said:

According to The Record:

"Sunderland 'preparing' £10m Lennon Miller bid as Black Cats 'quietly confident' of landing Motherwell ace"

Great money, but not the team for Lennon if he wants to play Champions League football. More likely to be struggling to avoid relegation.

Playing in the English premiership might be something he wants, not that many homegrown Scottish players get the chance these days.

[weeyin]

It can certainly be a stepping stone - Liam Delap just got a big move from Ipswich to Chelsea after their recent insta-relegation.

I just saw him going to a title contender in a European league. Although Sunderland has the potential to be successful if they can make it past the first season in the top flight.

10mill would be some fee though.

[Mad Dog]

Ideally, we'd like him to go somewhere where he'll get sold on fairly quickly for a profit, so that we cash in twice. 

[weeyin]

1 hour ago, Mad Dog said:

Ideally, we'd like him to go somewhere where he'll get sold on fairly quickly for a profit, so that we cash in twice. 

An agent's dream.

[wellgirl]

We are apparently in talks with Mo Sylla according to Scott Burns 

[thewelllfan]

33 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

We are apparently in talks with Mo Sylla according to Scott Burns 

I'd take him been crying out for a proper holding midfielder for years.

[stv]

35 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

We are apparently in talks with Mo Sylla according to Scott Burns 

Thought he resigned with Liverpool recently.

[Kmcalpin]

43 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

We are apparently in talks with Mo Sylla according to Scott Burns 

A good defensive midfielder who puts himself about. Popular in Dundee. Not everyone's Cup of tea though. 

[mfc]

That sylla would be a definite upgrade on davor.

[weeyin]

So our new gaffer is French?

[Mad Dog]

23 hours ago, mfc said:

That sylla would be a definite upgrade on davor.

Where's Oor Graeme for a quick reminder, so that we can compare the two?

[El Grew]

It’s well seen it’s the close season because I’ve never read so much sh*te about players we are ‘rumoured to be talking to’ and which of the two OF Lennon Miller will end up with.

[fizoxy]

To be fair, we've been linked to 3 players so far (unless im missing someone), and 2 have signed already.

Scott Burns broke the sylla story, and he's usually spot on. Still, it's only just talks so that doesn't mean he'll sign.

As for the Miller to to OF stories, utter made up shite.

[wellfan]

Out:

Bob Park

In:

Common sense 

[grizzlyg]

14 hours ago, mfc said:

That sylla would be a definite upgrade on davor.

If we signed Sylla it would be a surprise surprise 🤪

[grizzlyg]

14 hours ago, stv said:

Thought he resigned with Liverpool recently.

Ba boom 👏👏

[texanwellfan]

I’m assuming that Miller will be off soon, so I’m looking forward to us getting a nice hefty sum up front and the chance of some future add ons. I’m hoping we don’t squander any money on transfers but rather use it to be a bit more competitive on the salary front and enable us to better compete for some higher quality players. 
  To be honest if we can replace Miller with two or three better quality players than we currently have in our squad we won’t miss him that much. With the team and tactics we’ve had the last few years we have not got the best out of him. We basically restricted his ability to play to his full potential by the way we played and the “support” we provided around him.
        So my comment about not missing him that much is a reflection on Motherwell FC and not on Miller. His talent and ability is there for everyone to to see but we were just never able to take full advantage of it. 

[Stuwell2]

2 hours ago, texanwellfan said:

….. I’m hoping we don’t squander any money on transfers but rather use it to be a bit more competitive on the salary front and enable us to better compete for some higher quality players. 
  To be honest if we can replace Miller with two or three better quality players than we currently have in our squad we won’t miss him that much. With the team and tactics we’ve had the last few years we have not got the best out of him. We basically restricted his ability to play to his full potential by the way we played and the “support” we provided around him.
        So my comment about not missing him that much is a reflection on Motherwell FC and not on Miller. His talent and ability is there for everyone to to see but we were just never able to take full advantage of it. 

I suspect that a lot of the money will go on a new training facility as previous managers have said that what we use at the moment is inadequate and has made it difficult for us to sign some players 

[wellgirl]

3 hours ago, Stuwell2 said:

I suspect that a lot of the money will go on a new training facility as previous managers have said that what we use at the moment is inadequate and has made it difficult for us to sign some players 

I would very much doubt that. If the club have been happy where we are training and have been for the last few years I don't see them changing that. 

[Stuwell2]

9 hours ago, wellgirl said:

I would very much doubt that. If the club have been happy where we are training and have been for the last few years I don't see them changing that. 

Wrong, even going back to when Alan Burrows was CEO there has been talk of getting our own training facilities rather than having to change at FP, bus the players up to Dalziel park for training then bus them back to change/do technical analysis etc. 

[wellup83]

On 6/11/2025 at 6:53 PM, wellgirl said:

We are apparently in talks with Mo Sylla according to Scott Burns 

Surprise suprise

[wellgirl]

Just now, wellup83 said:

Surprise suprise

Think someone beat you to that one 

[Kmcalpin]

14 hours ago, wellgirl said:

I would very much doubt that. If the club have been happy where we are training and have been for the last few years I don't see them changing that. 

They are unhhappy I believe. Players have their lunch at Fir Park, for example,  and that limits hospitality income. Ideally catering and other facilities would be available at our training facilities. There are complications though. 

[weeyin]

I don't know what it's like now, but when I was at school we sometimes played there and I don't think it's unfair to say it had seen better days even then. Catering was tea from an urn and a sausage roll.