Desp Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 He'll never be the most likeable guy. He'll say daft, needless things during press conferences that will annoy a fair few. But by fuck, the guy is a good manager for Motherwell. Onwards! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wispy Flossy Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 He'll never be the most likeable guy. He'll say daft, needless things during press conferences that will annoy a fair few. But by fuck, the guy is a good manager for Motherwell. Onwards! Absofuckinglutely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 He'll never be the most likeable guy. He'll say daft, needless things during press conferences that will annoy a fair few. But by fuck, the guy is a good manager for Motherwell. Onwards! I honestly don't think apart from the madness that was the Liverpool comment,slating Ainsworth and his Hearts match selection defense he's really annoyed us this time around. The ill feeling towards him was from his previous stint whoring himself for the Scotland and Celtic jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggischomper Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Eating big humble pie here. Drinking pints of whisky here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 It's a funny old game.after Cup tie he was getting slated but now 5/6 wins shows that he is doing a great job. Yep can be a pain in ass at times with comments but I can forgive that with 5th place and pushing for 4th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinjy Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Yes he's a pain in the arse at times. How many of us actually know the personality and character of our heroes? We might clap, cheer and hero worship certain players but in reality might not want to share a pint with them if we really knew them. How many of us who were doing a good job at our work and knew that there were others out there who would pay more and might employ us would let it be known that we would be interested in changing jobs? That's what he did when he as here before. I even thought that his post match interview today was a load of guff. He said we were second best and were at least a goal worse than Aberdeen in the first half. But he changed things at half time and we went on and won the game. I thought we were unlucky to be a goal down at half time and he was taking the credit for some magical managerial input that change the game. When in fact it was terrible defending from Aberdeen. Having said all that I was pleased to see him return to Fir Park. I thought we needed an experienced manager to manage McManus, Lasley, Hammell, Pearson and McDonald. He has sorted the team out found a winning formula and as someone else has said now that he is older and wiser he might not be so quick to look for a bigger job and with his Scotland gig might be more content with us. Also lots of fans seem to have forgotten how dignified he was during the Phil O'Donnell tragedy which he handled brilliantly. After the Kilmarnock game he was shite. After five wins out of six he is great. The truth is he is neither, He is our manager and every Well fan should get behind him and whatever team he sends out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostFrazzled Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 I wasn't happy with his appointment. But when you see the shite Mixu has put United in, and see that Lee Clark hasn't done anything to turn Killie around I'm actually ok with it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myteam Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 here,s hoping mark doesn,t get manager of the month again. look what happened the last time. keep what your doing mark, the fans will reward you !!!! onwards & upwards hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Maybe I just find his egotism endearing, but I've never really understood why he inspires so much rage from all quarters. Whenever he takes full credit for a win or claims he should be managing a world famous team I take it with a pinch of salt and just view it as another "Oh,Mark!" moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemunster Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Big man brushes his teeth with a Ford cortina 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 I even thought that his post match interview today was a load of guff. He said we were second best and were at least a goal worse than Aberdeen in the first half. But he changed things at half time and we went on and won the game. I thought we were unlucky to be a goal down at half time and he was taking the credit for some magical managerial input that change the game. When in fact it was terrible defending from Aberdeen. Overall agree with a lot of your post, but don't believe all you hear or read in the media. Yes, Aberdeen's defending wasn't great at our goals but we have to take some credit. It wasn't all down to keystone cops defending as Willie Miller and Richard Gordon would have us believe. I didn't hear either of them criticise our defending at their penalty (if indeed it was a penalty). For a long spell in the first half we gave them too much respect and didn't compete and that also happened in the latter stages of the game. He does deserve credit for guiding the team to a win. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoF Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Maybe I just find his egotism endearing, but I've never really understood why he inspires so much rage from all quarters. Whenever he takes full credit for a win or claims he should be managing a world famous team I take it with a pinch of salt and just view it as another "Oh,Mark!" moment. This is exactly how I find him. I think where he occasionally goes wrong is his understanding of what it is to be a football fan. For a guy who is often lauded as being highly intelligent, he can be honest to the point of stupidity. For example, "well, of the two jobs I'd rate the Celtic one above Aberdeen" in his first press conference as Aberdeen manager. I'm sure most managers would think that, but for fuck sake just dodge the question. That said, I like McGhee a lot and think what he did for this club far outweighs any negatives. As a manager I reckon this 'ego' that people speak of gives him an air of unwavering confidence and self-assuredness that most of the players will respond well to most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 If you get it into your head that the guy is paid to do a job and not to be your pal who'll go for a pint with you,life is much easier. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweed Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Overall agree with a lot of your post, but don't believe all you hear or read in the media. Yes, Aberdeen's defending wasn't great at our goals but we have to take some credit. It wasn't all down to keystone cops defending as Willie Miller and Richard Gordon would have us believe. I didn't hear either of them criticise our defending at their penalty (if indeed it was a penalty). For a long spell in the first half we gave them too much respect and didn't compete and that also happened in the latter stages of the game. He does deserve credit for guiding the team to a win. . Yep, first half we maybe gave them a bit more room than we should have but as an attacking force we could not get the forward three ticking with any regularity. That was purely because the midfield three were too far back. By bring Ainsworth on for Cadden, we had a better shape and that made a difference to the way the second half panned out so for all the Aberdeen defending was rank rotten, the changes we made allowed us to get into the positions to ask them questions. However as well as McGhee making the changes, Aberdeen sat deeper and deeper when it was 1-0 and invited us on, to be honest, they haven't done that in other games I have seen them this season which for all I don't think either Johnson or Ainsworth had their best games yesterday, they were clearly shitting it about their pace. I thought McGhee read the game well yesterday and made the changes that turned it. But if you are Aberdeen you have to look at those two goals and ask a lot of questions, they let the air out their own balloon big time. Shame, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Even when we went through our bad spell it was clear to me we were much better organised, playing much better, had more goal threat and everything else you'd be looking for. Hopefully the last month or so will have persuaded some supporters to be a bit less knee jerk in their opinions, judge things on their true merits, ditch all these ridiculous personality issues, re-think their expectations and maybe just support the team a bit better. Wasn't the whole experience of the match yesterday, even at 0-1 down, so much better than it was against Inverness when we were 1-1 and well in the game? The last two matches the atmosphere has been good and even when the team went behind I think the positive attitude from the stands has helped to turn the matches round and get victories out of them. Fans play a big part in these things and I'd like to see us keep that going. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Bremner Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 I think mcghee is a good manager and I like the guy dare i say after McInnes and John Hughes hes one of the best managers at this level ..... Even if he is frustrating The turn around has been absoloutely immense. I am a believer in supporting the manager no matter who probably took me longer than most to lose patience with the last imposter (hamilton away was when i gave up on him completely) but back on McGhee the guy has some skill and he is good at his job if we keep him for years to come I dont see relegation coming and thats all I want in a manager. Onwards and Upward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_MFC_97 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 What a turn around in the last 6 weeks it has been I'm delighted we have givin ourselves a good chance of finishing in the top 6. McGhee and the players have done a great job in turning our results from losing to winning and to go from second bottom to 5th in 6 weeks is brilliant. McGhee Must Stay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted March 21, 2016 Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 I even thought that his post match interview today was a load of guff. He said we were second best and were at least a goal worse than Aberdeen in the first half. But he changed things at half time and we went on and won the game. I thought we were unlucky to be a goal down at half time and he was taking the credit for some magical managerial input that change the game. When in fact it was terrible defending from Aberdeen. I listened to his interview last and couldn't find much wrong with it. He didn't take personal credit for the win and as I recall didn't say "I" once. He continually used the word "we", which suggests a management team should take credit and not just him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazles ring piece Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Mark McGhee's appointment was bang on the money for me. In fact, IMO, I'd take things a step further, with the onset of fan ownership. I'd be looking to establish him within the club, in much the same way as Alex Ferguson at Man Utd. Whether, he'd have any interest, I'm unsure, but I'd like to think, he could be the man to lay the foundation of the new look Motherwell FC. Not sure everyone would agree with this, but I'm interested on fellow Well fans thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Looking forward we do need continuity. In recent years we've witnessed a few radical changes of direction as new managers have come in, not all successfully. The club is changing direction with the prospect of fan ownership and more emphasis on youth. Good youth systems don't come cheap though. There's no doubt that at our level Mark McGhee is a good manager. He took over a dispirited, poor team at a difficult time with no money to splash out on new players. So, he has what it takes. He has never doubted his own ability and some didn't like the way he left last time around and I accept that. Personally, I had no trouble with him coming back, or in the way he and Scott Leitch left. As for his handling of players in recent months I can't see much wrong with that. The Lionel Ainsworth/Partick aftermatch - we just don't know what took place behind closed doors. My yardstick is "Has there been evidence of players downing tools and not playing for him?" That would indicate poor man management skills. I can see no basis for that. His knowledge of football is very impressive. In principle I would agree Al and I think your idea is worth pursuing to give us some stability but would he agree? He's 58 and may still feel he has other challenges but how much higher is he going to go in the game? I wouldn't hold it against him if he wanted another change but no harm in trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWellfan Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Like everyone else, I am delighted by our turnaround, and all credit has to go to the manager. Stuart McColl took us on an interesting journey but failed to generate sufficient transfer income. The current manager gives youth a go, and we need transfer money more than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that hat Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Oh crap! He's just been cursed with the manager of the month award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgey Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Wooaaahh!!!! You're a brave man putting that one out there. Personally, I have no issue with that as hearts have seen success from doing the same with Levein. I'm sure there will be many who will not agree or agree without McGhees involvement. Thinking it through logically though, there is that potential succession plan of Robinson and Craigan stepping up with Lasley and potentially Faddy coming through the youth system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazles ring piece Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 To be fair, I wasn't suggesting him moving upstairs at this time. More of blue printing the way forward for the club and moving upstairs sometime later when the time arose. Mark McGhee has loads still to offer as a manager. However, I think he is the man to develop MFC as manager and in future roles. Probably won't happen, but worth discussing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmfc Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 He'll be too busy trying to get the Celtic job in the summer to bother about us!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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