FirParkCornerExile Posted yesterday at 09:05 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:05 PM 1 hour ago, mio said: Hearts will cave and will not win the league. (Bookmark this) celtic are awful, toxic atmosphere at the club and their players are the poorest I’ve seen since the early 90s Rangers in my view have the best chance to win it unfortunately. They seem to be better organised under Rohl. both rangers and celtic tho will drop points. we are just as good as the above and should have nothing to fear against any of them. Motherwell are the best team in the league, no one absolutely no one will convince we aren't. No team has dominated us in the league and no one has deserved to beat us. However sadly too many draws have killed us for the League title. Even the semi final I don't buy this pish it was a Robinson masterclass. St Mirren were just St Mirren they had 4 efforts on goal and scored all 4 we had 4 and scored with one. Even then we dominated possession and killed ourselves more than anything St Mirren did. We gifted them a 3rd that killed us otherwise they were sweating with 15 mins to go - inc extra time It could have been quite a landmark season but for a wee rub of the green. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted 14 hours ago Report Share Posted 14 hours ago I see its JBA's turn to be linked with the green ugly sisters, " on their Radar" apparently. https://www.footballinsider247.com/celtic-exclusive-jens-berthel-askou-ticks-a-lot-of-boxes-in-manager-hunt/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterwood Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago Any word on jba signings new contract with us yet? Or know length of contract he has? Agm is soon I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 17 minutes ago, robsterwood said: Any word on jba signings new contract with us yet? Or know length of contract he has? Agm is soon I think. There is nothing clear online. Best information I could find was that he had signed a 2 year deal with talks to be opened on extensions should he hit certain targets. But its all a bit woolly worded. We did have a policy of 1 year rolling contracts. No idea if that would still be the case, although from the above possibly not. Pretty sure the board will be aware of how well this is going though and an extension for the manager on improved terms would be a priority. Wether Jens would be minded to sign it or not is another matter. Depends how he views what he is building here and what his long term goals are. Ive no doubt he is incredibly ambitious, but he also has the Gothenberg experience and will understand how playing the longer game could be beneficial. If he did in fact turn down the Aberdeen job, it might be a sign that he is happy to wait for the right offer. Improving your terms while you do so would be a no brainer for him as long as he rrusts the club to do the right thing when the time comes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterwood Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 1 hour ago, joewarkfanclub said: There is nothing clear online. Best information I could find was that he had signed a 2 year deal with talks to be opened on extensions should he hit certain targets. But its all a bit woolly worded. We did have a policy of 1 year rolling contracts. No idea if that would still be the case, although from the above possibly not. Pretty sure the board will be aware of how well this is going though and an extension for the manager on improved terms would be a priority. Wether Jens would be minded to sign it or not is another matter. Depends how he views what he is building here and what his long term goals are. Ive no doubt he is incredibly ambitious, but he also has the Gothenberg experience and will understand how playing the longer game could be beneficial. If he did in fact turn down the Aberdeen job, it might be a sign that he is happy to wait for the right offer. Improving your terms while you do so would be a no brainer for him as long as he rrusts the club to do the right thing when the time comes. Thanks for that reply. Agree with iall your comments. Hopefully it's 2 years and extension offered. And if sustained success with s then much bigger clubs than old firm will be in contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago There is every chance he will be away in the summer. But the board have to at least try and keep the suitors at bay and try to tempt him to stay. It we would brilliant if he could steer us into Europe and still be here with the core of the team to have a good go at it. What more of a calling card could he sign for himself than taking a club like ours into the group stages? Given that the team is set up for playing in Europe it would be great to see. Even if he did decide to go, we would get a wee bit more compo if he is on a better contract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago Based on the article it at least looks like they won’t make any move till end of season amd our first task is to keep what we have during this window amd perhaps improve playing squad. we then face the same battle again when we get to the end of the season. I’m hoping that we will be featuring in Europe amd that the thought of how good can we do in Europe might be enough to keep JBA and the squad together for another season since we do have them Under contract. (Most of them I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago I’m not sure what JBA’s career plan is but I think it might be more in the direction of managing in EPL or mainland Europe rather than either of old firm teams. Now would Celtic be a stepping stone to help him on that path or a diversion? I think it’s more impressive doing what he’s done with Motherwell than doing anything with either of the uglies. Another season or two doing the same or improving us would be very impressive indeed, making us the Scottish Bodo Glimt. The club may have to have faith and invest some money in order to maintain what we have going just now. Nothing crazy but perhaps more than planned. The increase in crowd sizes is something I’ve not seen in all my years of supporting Motherwell. Finishing higher up the league means more money. Advancing in Europe would be more money. All not guaranteed but very possible from what we have seen in a very short space of time. I’m willing to bet if we can keep this going for next season, the season ticket sales will be thru the roof 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellup83 Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago 3 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said: There is every chance he will be away in the summer. But the board have to at least try and keep the suitors at bay and try to tempt him to stay. It we would brilliant if he could steer us into Europe and still be here with the core of the team to have a good go at it. What more of a calling card could he sign for himself than taking a club like ours into the group stages? Given that the team is set up for playing in Europe it would be great to see. Even if he did decide to go, we would get a wee bit more compo if he is on a better contract. I think that's the most important thing. Like the players, he's very much an asset to the club. If he chooses, he will move on, nothing but our best can we do about that. The club just need to make sure he doesn't leave for nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 10 minutes ago, wellup83 said: I think that's the most important thing. Like the players, he's very much an asset to the club. If he chooses, he will move on, nothing but our best can we can do about that. The club just need to make sure he doesn't leave for nothing. Agree, we know top quality will move on from us. All we can do is try have best contract conditions in place to hold them as long as possible but at same time guaranteeing that we are financially rewarded when they do leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago The club has as much to offer JBA as he has to offer the club. I’d like to think he sees it that way too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago According to STV news at 6, we are in continuing dialogue with Celtic about Stephen Welsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 6 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said: According to STV news at 6, we are in continuing dialogue with Celtic about Stephen Welsh. Interesting...Wonder if its how to make it permanent or what % of his wages do we pay for a loan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Must confess I don't normally watch any of the pre match press conferences but for some reason watched today's. The manager seemed very definite on the fact that no one was being sold this window... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, Kmcalpin said: According to STV news at 6, we are in continuing dialogue with Celtic about Stephen Welsh. They are basically reporting what JBA said in his press conference - we would have liked a decision sooner - we have plans in progress to recruit a replacement - we are still in talks with Celtic, Welsh and his representatives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, MelvinBragg said: Must confess I don't normally watch any of the pre match press conferences but for some reason watched today's. The manager seemed very definite on the fact that no one was being sold this window... I thought it was very clever of Askou. Not only did his comments reassure us fans, they also sent a clear message to the Club Board. Promises made should be promises kept and the time to consider a sale is at season end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago I absolutely love Big Jens. That presser is fantastic. We need to do everything we can to encourage him to stay as long as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, weeyin said: They are basically reporting what JBA said in his press conference - we would have liked a decision sooner - we have plans in progress to recruit a replacement - we are still in talks with Celtic, Welsh and his representatives Thought it was interesting when he said “in talks with his representatives “ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 49 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said: I absolutely love Big Jens. That presser is fantastic. We need to do everything we can to encourage him to stay as long as possible. The sarcastic response to the questions about Watt and Hendry made me wince a bit. I know it's a stupid question given he answered the same question last week but journalists need to do their job. Too much of it and there will be journalists who will be itching to put thr boot in should we hit a slump... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, MelvinBragg said: The sarcastic response to the questions about Watt and Hendry made me wince a bit. I know it's a stupid question given he answered the same question last week but journalists need to do their job. Too much of it and there will be journalists who will be itching to put thr boot in should we hit a slump... He did it with humour and they all laughed. Im totally cool with it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 3 minutes ago, MelvinBragg said: The sarcastic response to the questions about Watt and Hendry made me wince a bit. I know it's a stupid question given he answered the same question last week but journalists need to do their job. Too much of it and there will be journalists who will be itching to put thr boot in should we hit a slump... Not for me, he was bang on, these fuds ask the same pathetic questions every week and one thing is I don't think he suffers fools gladly and quite right the Scottish media are full of shit stirring zoomers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 5 minutes ago, MelvinBragg said: The sarcastic response to the questions about Watt and Hendry made me wince a bit. I know it's a stupid question given he answered the same question last week but journalists need to do their job. Too much of it and there will be journalists who will be itching to put thr boot in should we hit a slump... In fairness he then did go on to give an update of sorts. Along the lines of..... 'they are on track with the schedule we set and are a week closer to return'. I guess he was just making a point about being asked the same question about the same players week after week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted 44 minutes ago Report Share Posted 44 minutes ago I don’t ever remember being as engaged with a Motherwell manager when he does his press conferences. Even our previous managers who had a wee bit of a personality (I think we’ve had a couple ) I wouldn’t have dreamt of sitting listening to their 10min presser. lovely to hear his resoluteness about how we don’t need to sell and his building of a better team and adding players. The guy is impeccable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Stall Posted 39 minutes ago Report Share Posted 39 minutes ago 1 hour ago, dennyc said: I thought it was very clever of Askou. Not only did his comments reassure us fans, they also sent a clear message to the Club Board. Promises made should be promises kept and the time to consider a sale is at season end. Thats how i took it as well. He's loyal & assuming the board dont break any trust then that will continue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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