wellsince75 Posted Tuesday at 06:21 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:21 PM 2 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said: I think Collins clearly had some good ideas due to his experiences with Monaco. I think he lost the dressing room though when he took his shirt off and challenged the squad to work harder so they could look like him! (Paraphrasing). It worked for Mcglynn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Balls of Shire Posted Tuesday at 06:54 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:54 PM 2 hours ago, weeyin said: i take that story with a pinch of salt too. It might have happened differently to the reports, or it might never happened at all, but there's no doubt a few of the unhappy players went running to the media to dish what they perceived to be the dirt, so they could try and get rid of him. Scott Broon again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted Wednesday at 06:01 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:01 PM On 6/2/2026 at 11:34 AM, David said: Progression for me doesn't mean attaining more success, it's more about continuing with what we've been doing. I'm thinking more along the lines of establishing ourselves as a mainstay in the top six, for example. We've finished in the top six something like three times in the past ten years, so establishing a run of finishing in the top six would be progress in my opinion. Continuing to play an attractive, exciting brand of football that attracts fans to the ground is also important. That's mainly what I mean when I say it would have been interesting to see how JBA would have fared in his second season. We've finished Top 6 in 45% of all the seasons played in this format. I think that's pretty good considering there are 6 much bigger teams and maybe another 4-5 similar sized teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted Thursday at 08:17 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:17 AM Anyone out by Wishaw Golf Club know if the helicopter has arrived yet? 😜😜😜 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterwood Posted Thursday at 08:22 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:22 AM 14 hours ago, Ya Bezzer! said: We've finished Top 6 in 45% of all the seasons played in this format. I think that's pretty good considering there are 6 much bigger teams and maybe another 4-5 similar sized teams. Who are the 6 much bigger teams? I count 2 much bigger teams and 3 with bigger budgets but not massively bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted Thursday at 08:35 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:35 AM 11 minutes ago, robsterwood said: Who are the 6 much bigger teams? I count 2 much bigger teams and 3 with bigger budgets but not massively bigger. I think Hibs, Hearts and Aberdeens budgets are considerably higher. Aberdeen had 3 players on >£20,000 a week and the average wage being £5000 a week, that's considerably more that Motherwell. Hibs and Hearts will pay similarly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted Thursday at 09:36 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:36 AM 58 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said: I think Hibs, Hearts and Aberdeens budgets are considerably higher. Aberdeen had 3 players on >£20,000 a week and the average wage being £5000 a week, that's considerably more that Motherwell. Hibs and Hearts will pay similarly. I suspect that Dundee United in general pay much more than us as well although I gather they've blown a fair amount so may be cutting back a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted Thursday at 09:51 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:51 AM 1 hour ago, robsterwood said: Who are the 6 much bigger teams? I count 2 much bigger teams and 3 with bigger budgets but not massively bigger. I don't know if I'd classify them as "much bigger", but I'm not sure we can say that we're bigger than Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, Dundee United & Aberdeen. On crowd and budget, that collection right there should be the default top six. Granted, we rarely see a season where all six of them are on form and performing to their potential, which usually means one or two slip out of the top six, and that's where ourselves, St Mirren, Killie, Dundee etc can take advantage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted Thursday at 11:20 AM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:20 AM 1 hour ago, MelvinBragg said: I suspect that Dundee United in general pay much more than us as well although I gather they've blown a fair amount so may be cutting back a bit... Dundee United will be paying about 25% more than we do. However they are a financial basket case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0Neils40yarder Posted Thursday at 11:21 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:21 AM Rangers, Celtic are monumentally bigger Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs are massive in comparison to us. Utd act like they are, but not by much. Then its us and the other big 'provincial' clubs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted Thursday at 11:53 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:53 AM 33 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said: Dundee United will be paying about 25% more than we do. However they are a financial basket case. I remember when McCall tried to sign Çiftçi he said Dundee Utd were offering double what we could afford. I don't know if they are still as generous, but I doubt when Tony Watt left us he moved there for footballing reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosemite sam Posted Thursday at 08:42 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 08:42 PM Anyone out by Wishaw Golf Club know if the helicopter has arrived yet? Unfortunately it wasn't our new manager. It was William Stobart.😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted Thursday at 09:38 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:38 PM 55 minutes ago, yosemite sam said: Anyone out by Wishaw Golf Club know if the helicopter has arrived yet? Unfortunately it wasn't our new manager. It was William Stobart.😭 Was on route but apparently changed direction! 🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted Friday at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:28 PM On 6/4/2026 at 12:53 PM, weeyin said: I remember when McCall tried to sign Çiftçi he said Dundee Utd were offering double what we could afford. I don't know if they are still as generous, but I doubt when Tony Watt left us he moved there for footballing reasons. They’ve been hovering around the threat of administration for about 20 years. I’ve no idea how they’ve managed to avoid it and stay afloat.HMRC are never away from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted Friday at 02:44 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:44 PM 14 minutes ago, mio said: They’ve been hovering around the threat of administration for about 20 years. I’ve no idea how they’ve managed to avoid it and stay afloat.HMRC are never away from them. From what I remember they used to keep shifting their debt around from individuals to financial institutions to investors, without really paying it down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted Friday at 05:19 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 05:19 PM Well at least we don’t have a bitter old pensioner in charge of us for a year. Talk about a cheap appointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted Friday at 05:25 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 05:25 PM 1 minute ago, mio said: Well at least we don’t have a bitter old pensioner in charge of us for a year. Talk about a cheap appointment. The Celtic job is toxic, from the current boards to the most embarassing and obnoxcious fans in the world no decent manager will go near the job, O'Neil is the cheap does as he is told "celtic man" option, till they turn on him if results are poor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted Friday at 05:55 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 05:55 PM What is our highest earner on Liam Kelly was allegedly on 3k a week but i can't say I've kept up to date with our wage structure I always kind of imagined we'd be like 2-3 'Better' players on - 2.5 - 3K P/W Starting 11/impact subs - 1.5 - 2K P/W Squad players - 1 - 1.3K P/W Youth players - £500 P/W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purestate Posted Friday at 07:11 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:11 PM 1 hour ago, Spiderpig said: The Celtic job is toxic, from the current boards to the most embarassing and obnoxcious fans in the world no decent manager will go near the job, O'Neil is the cheap does as he is told "celtic man" option, till they turn on him if results are poor. Maybe it’s just that the Celtic board wouldn’t spring for the £20 to purchase Co-pilot or Claude to do a search once the Green Brigade didn’t want Keane (rightly or wrongly) 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purestate Posted Friday at 07:21 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:21 PM Funnily enough when I asked copilot to identify managers who would not criticise their fanbase regardless of external condemnation of behaviour (tbf it’s not just Celtic) Brendan Rodgers came in as first suggestion😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Grew Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Robin van Persie sacked by Feyenoord. In charge for just 16 months. Managed 2nd place finish in the league and qualified for the Champions League. Next stop FP? 😂😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 29 minutes ago Report Share Posted 29 minutes ago 40 minutes ago, El Grew said: Robin van Persie sacked by Feyenoord. In charge for just 16 months. Managed 2nd place finish in the league and qualified for the Champions League. Next stop FP? 😂😂😂 That’s a tough gig then ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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