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5 hours ago, Irrational Behaviour said:
Motherwell are the most underperfoming team in the league with the exception of Dundee. When was the last time they won a trophy?
Most diddies have won something since then.
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37 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said:
At least you're not bothered...
Not about my club. No - just concerned how a once proud Aberdeen is underperforming by quite some distance.
1 point ahead of Motherwell. 10 goals less scored. And 3x the wage budget. Go figure…..
As long as we survive this season. Job done. Aberdeen however….
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1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said:
Motherwell Kettlewell from near Weegie land - you were Cormacked -
Talking about egotistic and waffling w*nkers. You must be so proud of how he has run your club these past few seasons.
The truth is actually more like the sheep have been Cormacked and that is providing quite a few chuckles down in weegieland and most other places too……
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Apparently we have the 11th or 10th smallest budget in the league. Yet our Manager gets us to 7th and the probably 9th or 8th and people want him sacked.
Just shows what a shitshow it is being a Manager. Also remember he was hamstrung with several players on 2 year deals.
He is not perfect - Obika and Shaw as an example. But unless he gets us relegated or looking like he will get us relegated he will stay and should stay in position.
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35 minutes ago, Thenorthernlight said:
Kettlewell is a perennial wind bag though.
Talks & talks & talks, and either says f**k all in content, or just talks absolute shite.
Cant stand him.
Good for you. At least you only have had 7 Managers in the time he has been in charge at Motherwell. Slight exaggeration but u get my point.
He does talk and talk but he has been a decent Manager for us given our lowly budget.
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2 minutes ago, Marinello said:
Most Livi fans of view that Obilye is coming to us. I hope not as he is pretty substandard.
That will be a done deal then.. can he defend corners better than school-kids is all we need ask.
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21 minutes ago, Handsome_Devil said:
We probably had marginally the better of the half chances with 11, never in it with 10.
But I'd probably have taken those three results if offered before KO.
Pretty much this. Had Ross C and St J won today it would have a much different feel to it. As it stands hard to see both or either team catching us. Still it would be nice to win a couple of games before the end of the season.
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10 minutes ago, boozyBJ said:
The drop in Spittals form has been spectacular
Agreed. He will still play every week probably.
I thought Blaney did OK today especially in the 1st half. The amount of headers the opposition get from corners is a joke. Needs sorting for next season !
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Aberdeen should have been 2-0 up. Miovski in the box.
I am a Kelly basher but I have never seen a GK that comes off their line and not use their arms and spread themselves. He just seems to jump in the air……
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It was not a great challenge to be fair and Vale was looking at the player. It was a stupid challenge.
And we concede from a corner………rinse and repeat….came off the post but Kelly farting about as usual…
Just as well St J and Ross C both losing
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1 hour ago, Jim McLean's Ghost said:
i don't know why a team would offer Kelly a contract to be number 1. He has been horrific and shat his pants live on the BBC vs Morton.
I can see him re-signing with us just because it is the path of least resistance. Same way Obika was signed.
That seriously would be depressing. We need a fresh start next season. Kelly signing even on reduced terms would be a retrograde step.
Wipe the decks clean and start over imho.
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45 minutes ago, MurrayWell said:
Not to read too much into it, but I think Kelly said something about finishing strongly and preparing for next season post Hibs. Might just be fitballer chat but while we're speculating...
I genuinely wonder what options would be open to him were he to leave. I have been a critic for sure. I recognise he does have some very good games even this season. But I keep harping back to him having the lowest save % in the entire league iirc.
It might end up being a be careful what you wish for moment, but I do think it is best for all if he moves on. I wonder if we have made him a contract offer ? It was widely reported he was our top earner and even rumoured to be on circa £4k per week. If it is true that money could be better invested in a couple of players.
If he leaves I wish him all the very best. Certainly no hard feelings from myself. If he stays I would be underwhelmed to say the very least. We need to start from (almost scratch) defensively which includes the GK position(s) in order to try and address our glaring weakness this season.
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1 hour ago, joewarkfanclub said:
My issue with Dundee United, and reason for citing them is that they appear to be £10m in debt to their investor. Now thats all very well and good as long as the investor doesnt get bored and walk away. But I wouldnt call that a subsidy. These are soft loans.
We owed John Boyle £11m in soft loans when he put us into administration.
I really dont fancy going there again.
I should have made it clear. I was using examples such as Dundee United as not working even with £10m in investment.
My point being that if they cannot guarantee success with that level of spending then we probably will not with substantially less. In fact we arguably have been a lot more successful already with the status quo as fan owned.
I very much doubt United will ever be in a position to pay that money back nor will Dundee for that matter assuming they also have soft loans.
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If it is even remotely close to the rumoured sum and expected share of ownership being quoted on here. Then I would not even expect the Board to bother putting it to the Well Society and wider fan base. And even if they do then I would not expect it to be voted through.
Quite simply a few hundred thousand £ per annum is not going to make a material difference to the club. The Well Society and club could probably raise at least half that with renewed focus / fund raising and not hand over any ownership to anyone ! I also think that at that level it would surely draw out other interested parties.
I noted some comments about the fund raising initiative and the Board involvement. Some in my humble opinion are overly harsh and critical unless those that made the comments know exactly what has been happening behind the scenes.
The Board made it clear that we need outside investment if we are to continue to compete with the majority of clubs in the top flight who do benefit from substantial outside / owner investment on an ongoing basis. That I think we can all agree with. We can debate how much success or otherwise it would bring. Citing examples like Dundee Utd and more recently Queens Park where significant investment has arguably failed to yield any real success. But the fact are we will be one of the very few clubs left that are not subsidised and supported.
The video was alright. Nothing great but not as bad as many are making out. It did generate interest. And if nothing else the wider football and business community know we are actively seeking investment. I still find it surprising that many clubs have that investment as I would see us a more attractive option. I am naturally biased of course.
If as a result of the video the only real interest for now is Barmack and his offer is as poor as is being quoted then we will continue to be fan owned until an acceptable offer materialises if it ever does. It is as simple as that.
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Felt for the Dons also. Often I have said it is less painful to lose heavily to the arsecheeks. I remember when we lost 5-1 to Rangers in a League Semi my friend said are you not gutted. I said no. We were never in the game. If we are going to lose would rather in that fashion than a late late 1-0 or penalties etc.
Also love the media asking before the game why Rodger’s is so wonderful and has such a good record at Hampden. Nothing to do with the biggest budget in the league by a country mile (exc Rangers). Funnily enough this is rarely mentioned. Celtic winning cups is like shooting fish in a barrel. They literally have one team that can compete with them on an almost level playing field.
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Absolute joke. CV kicks the back of his leg. No dubiety. As clear as they come.
Celtic get that 100% of the time.
VAR is supposed to make sure the Old Firm don’t get these dodgy decisions but yet here we are….just glad it is not my team.
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Chuffed for Theo and kudos to Kettlewell. When he signed he was questioned and said he was a project and he saw something in him. Well he was right. Another tick for the gaffer.
If someone had said at the start of the season we could and would get more in transfer money for Theo than we ended up getting for Van Veen. You would have been taken away to the loony bin.
Any bids have yet to come to the fore, so it may not come to pass but another couple of goals post split will help as will this vote by fellow payers. And if Dons fans are expecting £5m for Miovski and we are talking £750k for Bair….something is amiss.
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9 hours ago, Ric said:
When I first started supporting us, we were in the top 6 all the time. To me, this simply feels like a "return to the norm" rather than a successful season.
Something like 6 or 7 seasons in a row mid eighties is good going….but a return to the norm….
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As if we did not know.
If we want to improve next season we need to sort out our defence and we sure as shit need someone who can work on our set pieces as they are dire.
I feel this most seasons but this more than most. Any team has a corner and I worry they will score. We get a corner and I think time to go to the toilet as I will miss nothing.
As good as hair bair has been he is pretty useless at set plays. I have watched him and he rarely fallows the flight of the ball like a Joe Jordan. He kinda waits for the ball to get to him. He needs to improve that side of his game big time.
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9 hours ago, YassinMoutaouakil said:
Main went there in January so Vale is probably the comparison. Maybe Shaw if you count him as a signing.
Which I don’t. I try to forget the fact he actually came back here. I assume it must have been contractual. Up there with Ross McCormack for pointless signings. But that is what happens when you don’t have a pot to piss in. In fact he may well be here next season….
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55 minutes ago, Busta Nut said:
Dundee got the point they needed on Saturday (If Shaw scored & we'd won)
So they did
. Still Dundee looked fairly competent tonight and not like the team we faced for the last 15 minutes a couple of weeks back. Hope they pip St Mirren to 5th.
Also Curtis Main came on. Still to score for them iirc. I assume Ketts was talking about him when he mentioned Dundee outbidding us for players. One wonders if we would have got Theo if we had managed to get Main ? Not sure which order that all happened.
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Just as well Oli Shaw is absolutely feckless. Or tonight would have been a very frustrating watch / game.
Dundee were pretty decent and show they probably deserve top 6.
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2 hours ago, Vietnam91 said:
I'm going for 9th due to our inability to score first in any meaningful way.
Last time we played Aberdeen away were we not 3-0 up……and only just ended up getting a point. You are correct however and going behind 2 in every 3 games is annoying even if it means we are the best team in the entire world at gaining points from a losing position.
Aberdeen being behind us shows what a crock of shit their season has been. But their inability to beat other teams does not seem to apply to us sadly. Even if the last defeat was referee assisted. Would take another draw at Pittodrie. Then hopefully 3 points over Livi and that ought to be enough to see us safe for another season.
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One thing is for sure Cormack is throwing money around like Floyd Mayweather. All these Managers and subsequent pay offs. The cost to appoint Thelin and 2 x Assistant/s staff and keep on Peter Leven. I would imagine to persuade him to come they have pushed the boat out.
Probably wrong but I suspect this may work out well. Christ knows if it doesn’t…..Maybe Aberdeen are just cursed..
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Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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I would be well happy with Shaun Rooney. There were rumours around January we were interested.
He was excellent during St Johnstone’s cup winning run. A real threat at set pieces iirc. Fingers crossed this is true
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