fizoxy Posted yesterday at 02:33 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:33 PM 1 hour ago, wellsince75 said: bookies early list has led me to drinking early in the afternoon , not much there to inspire. Last time I thought Van Der Gaag was close to the job. As an assistant at AJAX and Man Utd I'd be happier for someone like him to join. https://news.bet365.com/en-gb/article/football-next-motherwell-manager-potential-contenders/2025052315032484636 Robbie Neilson . Managed 400 games with 50% win record. Experience in SPL Scott Brown. 130 games 40% win record. No experience managing SPL. Des Buckingham. 176 games 40$ win record. Maining in Nz & Oxford. Steven Naismith. 65 games win record 43%. Tony Docherty. 90 games. 30% win record. Just like every other time, the bookies list is made up nonsense, and fluctuates based on the betting patterns of a very small group of people who actually care about motherwell enough to bet on their next manager. We could probably get a random candidate at the top of that list just by sticking his name in here. I forgot robbie Neilson existed, hopefully he considers himself too big for this job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted yesterday at 02:34 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:34 PM 1 hour ago, wellsince75 said: bookies early list has led me to drinking early in the afternoon , not much there to inspire. Last time I thought Van Der Gaag was close to the job. As an assistant at AJAX and Man Utd I'd be happier for someone like him to join. https://news.bet365.com/en-gb/article/football-next-motherwell-manager-potential-contenders/2025052315032484636 Robbie Neilson . Managed 400 games with 50% win record. Experience in SPL Scott Brown. 130 games 40% win record. No experience managing SPL. Des Buckingham. 176 games 40$ win record. Maining in Nz & Oxford. Steven Naismith. 65 games win record 43%. Tony Docherty. 90 games. 30% win record. What an awful selection of dross that is. Likewise if Van der gaag wants the job he’s got really good experience now and will have built up a lot on contacts I’d presume. I’d like us to still look at the foreign coach angle and a bit of freshness to our approach as oppose to the usual monotony churned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted yesterday at 02:43 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:43 PM Bookies (and the media) haven't come close to correctly predicting our managers in recent history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted yesterday at 02:46 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:46 PM 1 minute ago, weeyin said: Bookies (and the media) haven't come close to correctly predicting our managers in recent history. The Scottish media are the biggest bunch of useless and lazy barstewards on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted yesterday at 02:54 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:54 PM 3 minutes ago, well_said said: The Scottish media are the biggest bunch of useless and lazy barstewards on earth. That’s so unfair, it must be really difficult to sit on Twitter all day and then copy and paste other folks story’s into headline news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted yesterday at 03:01 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:01 PM 5 minutes ago, mio said: That’s so unfair, it must be really difficult to sit on Twitter all day and then copy and paste other folks story’s into headline news. Apparently I copy and paste my jokes, a terrible accusation. 🤣 Ps. Cue..........ba boom 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellon Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:14 PM Can hopefully rule scott brown out as he is also working as an elvis tribute act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted yesterday at 03:15 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:15 PM David Healy has been mentioned for a number of Scottish vacancies and still is, but he continually distances himself from them. As others have said I suspect that our next manager will be someone left field or unexpected and not picked from a bookies' list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted yesterday at 03:28 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 03:28 PM 33 minutes ago, mio said: That’s so unfair, it must be really difficult to sit on Twitter all day and then copy and paste other folks story’s into headline news. Exactly , a bunch of lazy gits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted yesterday at 04:09 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 04:09 PM 54 minutes ago, wellon said: Can hopefully rule scott brown out as he is also working as an elvis tribute act. Uh huh huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted yesterday at 05:04 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:04 PM 1 hour ago, Kmcalpin said: David Healy has been mentioned for a number of Scottish vacancies and still is, but he continually distances himself from them. As others have said I suspect that our next manager will be someone left field or unexpected and not picked from a bookies' list. Healy is hard to judge, when Linfield are far and away the biggest club in that league. He's also coming up on 10 years there, so there's a decent chance that his next job might be a tricky one to adjust to. I imagine the same rumored guys from last time that are still unemployed will be brought up again, like Evatt, VdG, Ketsbaia, and the gobshite club of fotheringham, courts, and the like. At least last time we had the rumored german link which led to the papers phoning some random German i posted on P&B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted yesterday at 05:15 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:15 PM Dons last won Scottish cup in 90.......we won following year. Hope that's an omen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted yesterday at 05:52 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:52 PM 34 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: Dons last won Scottish cup in 90.......we won following year. Hope that's an omen Ironically against the same team as today , and on penalties, Liverpool also won the league that year and Leeds got promoted Hopefully an omen 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Dog Posted yesterday at 06:09 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:09 PM 2 hours ago, wellon said: Can hopefully rule scott brown out as he is also working as an elvis tribute act. Better hope he doesn't cross paths with Anthony Stokes any time soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted yesterday at 06:38 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:38 PM 3 hours ago, wellon said: Can hopefully rule scott brown out as he is also working as an elvis tribute act. I thought he masqueraded as a hard man , little prick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted yesterday at 07:30 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:30 PM 51 minutes ago, well_said said: I thought he masqueraded as a hard man , little prick. Absolutely bricked it against big Cedric, he then cheated and got him sent off. Can’t stand him, poor mans Peter Grant!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago On 5/24/2025 at 2:28 PM, weeyin said: Whatever the real story is - no team can afford to have a manager (or player) that doesn't want to be there. Look at Amorim at Man U. Even before their cup loss, he was letting everyone know he wouldn't even ask for compensation if the sacked him. There could genuinely be family issues, he might just have been homesick, or he might have looked at the possibility of Livi being promoted and thought "I can't work in any tinpot league that allows 25% of their clubs to play on plastic" From the club's perspective, I was happy they tried something like this and disappointed it didn't work out. It was certainly a better idea than the times we had people on here suggesting Tommy Wright should be appointed as a "safe pair of hands". At least the new man will be able to bring in a few of his own players over the summer and get a pre-season to prepare. It'd probably be better if next season's manager was dealing with contracts and player releases instead of someone else doing it. As I understand it player contracts expire next week. It usually takes about 3 weeks to appoint a manager, who ever is manager is going to lose 3 weeks of close season to sort the team out. That gives them about a month before the League Cup rolls round. We have something like 17 players out of contract or returning to parent clubs. The summer close season is probably the most important time of the year for a football club and we are going into one with no one at the helm. That'd be bad enough anyway but this is a club that badly needs strong leadership. Wimmer has let us down badly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throughthelaces Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago I'm hoping we've a manager appointed by end of the week I'd be hoping whoever our second choice was when we appointed winner is still available and it might be worth giving them a call and hopefully have a transfer budget to let them improve the team in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistandshout1983 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Definitely won't be a certain S Kettlewell New Kilmarnock manager tomorrow I have just heard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 28 minutes ago, twistandshout1983 said: Definitely won't be a certain S Kettlewell New Kilmarnock manager tomorrow I have just heard The same old managers being recycled from club to club, making a good living from failure year after year. I hope we don't do the same, another appointment like Wimmer would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago This is the article from when we replaced SK . If there was any shred of truth I’d love us to appoint van der gaag now. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/motherwell-set-appoint-ex-man-34691035.amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellgirl Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 56 minutes ago, twistandshout1983 said: Definitely won't be a certain S Kettlewell New Kilmarnock manager tomorrow I have just heard Just heard the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 33 minutes ago, Spiderpig said: The same old managers being recycled from club to club, making a good living from failure year after year. I hope we don't do the same, another appointment like Wimmer would be good Maybe there should be a pool of 6 managers that the Diddy teams just swap with each other every 2 seasons. Wimmer was our chance to break the mould, hopefully we get someone in the same vein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 2 hours ago, twistandshout1983 said: Definitely won't be a certain S Kettlewell New Kilmarnock manager tomorrow I have just heard Well then he will just love playing on a big fuk off plastic pitch with fans hurling personal abuse at him when he draws the first three games. They thought McInnes tactics were boring ,wow Killie fans are in for a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted 23 minutes ago Report Share Posted 23 minutes ago 1 hour ago, stv said: Well then he will just love playing on a big fuk off plastic pitch with fans hurling personal abuse at him when he draws the first three games. They thought McInnes tactics were boring ,wow Killie fans are in for a treat. I would not be surprised if he sets Killie up totally differently from what he subjected us to. He backed himself into a corner with the squad he built at Fir Park whereas at Killie he can start afresh. And he has a youth team that just won the Cup which suggests he might have a good few young players coming through. He may well have landed on his feet......if his ego allows him to learn from previous mistakes. Then again pressure will ramp up quickly as expectations will be high and he will have to win over another bunch of dubious fans. And he is not taking over from a Stevie Hammell which gave him some leeway at Fir Park. I doubt the Killie Board will be as patient as our Board was. Could well be gone by Christmas. I wonder if grizzlyg will be sneaking off to Kilmarnock to catch the odd game! Anyway Kettlewell is old news. Far more interested in who turns up at Fir Park. I hope Van Der Gaag is next up but I fear we will end up with a 'safe pair of hands' who has a record in Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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