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As per @Handsome Devilwhat level of investment would get us to the "next level" which I assume is the same level as Aberdeen, hearts, and hibs? All three pay wages that are multiples of ours, and fan bases just as big, so my guess is that amount isn't happening. Then, even with the money and fan base those clubs have, at least one of them is dug meat each year, and only Aberdeen haven't been relegated, so nothing is guaranteed. The reality is that we are looking for money to keep us where we are in preparation for our turn at the rotation that killie and st Mirren have now (and we had before that). I personally don't have a redline when it comes to WS losing their majority, but the proposal that would lead to that would have to be crazy. As such, I hope some folk aren't wishing our control away for the sake of us keeping Blair spittal.

Or, maybe we could have a motto that encapsulates our tendency to never give in?

Further to the above, seeing the improvement in well society communications, and what from the outside looks like a renewed energy, goes to show what shaking up the board can do. Regardless of what McMahon and Weir have done in the past, we need to get the new club board members and ceo in place asap, so that they can start doing the same.

Player sales is a huge part of most clubs finances, and we have always relied on that to a degree. We shouldn't be up shit creek if we don't sell anyone (we aren't) and we probably will keep selling players and budget accordingly. We have a fan base that's big enough for the club to survive comfortably as a professional club, but not to guarantee us top flight football. I'm in my 40s and all I remember is us being in the top division, so maybe that's why many of us equate survival with being in the premiership. On that subject, the club and the Society, really has to improve its efforts to get people to games. That's the income source that really drives things, and it eclipses WS contributions. Oh, look at that, we have young team videos again.

The results of the vote should give us a fair idea of whether the twitter and fb moon howlers or the forum brigade are more representative of our support. Either way, it's good that the vote came out quickly, and it will be good to see where the Society members stand. Also, seeing SO ans P&B almost aligned on something warms my heart

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We can play our part, but it's totally up to the club and society. There's low hanging fruit in that respect, but it sounds like the new WS leadership group is on it, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they come up with. Also, I'm very tempted to go see some of the hot takes on Twitter and fb, but I've resisted so far. I'm going to concentrate on learning something hard on guitar this weekend to keep me away.

What a reference Firing them up on Spotify now, which is a funny development in itself.

"Understands" = read on SO/P&B Looking forward to their exclusive story about the sidemen, whoever the f**k they are. Why don't we get that wee dick that opens toys instead?

This is great to hear. I enjoyed going through the presentations and voting, and thought the three mentioned above were impressive, so it's good to know that they've hit the ground running. As for donations, do we (or can we) aggregate a person's contributions over time? I assume that providing a user with an account to manage online could be a technical challenge (and expensive), but the ability to easily manage my contributions and see how much I've put in would be nice. The current way is very clunky. This could open up possibilities for incentives, targeted marketing, or contribution top ups and the like. It's something the non profit i work for does, although we're bigger than the OF.

No update in the search for a CEO then?

Find "we exist to improve people's lives" Replace with "Shit, did we not tell you that?"

I'm doing the lottery tonight, so we might be OK, as long as I don't have this guys luck https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/powerball-lottery-sue-washington-dc-jackpot-b2498461.html Full disclosure, I'm going full on dictator when I buy the team with my lottery money. I'll be banning fans I don't like, sticking players to rot in the reserves a la tommy McLean, and probably picking the team. I'll draw the line at playing, but only because I did my hamstring last week.

Why would someone want to invest in a scottish club anyway? Other than to asset strip? Honestly, what is the upside?

Looking forward to hearing that we've signed Bevis and Kelly into the '30s.

I'm going to make some tea and hopefully when I come back there will be actual details of this.

Aside from how most of our results have gone this season, some of the counter attack moves we've pulled off have been pretty fucking slick. He might have his limitations, but i really like gent. We should keep him. I like what I've seen of devine so far, and he's way too ginger not to play 100+ games for us, that's in the ginger handbook.

It's amazing how many teams just let shankland score. Shame Miller missed that chance, would have been a good draw if he'd scored that.

Exactly, the pressure is on them. Imagine losing to us.

Just to turn it around a little bit, Aberdeen needed a warnock tactical masterclass to draw at home with motherwell, with Thelonius Bair scoring twice. Also, drop Kelly.

Look, I know I asked if we could stay up by drawing every game, but I was being sarcastic.

They all smile too much.

Shit, I need to check if Oxford Utd owns me.

Played football last night for the first time in ages, hacked a few folk and scored a belter. Also had to drive home left footed because my knee was on fire. This probably puts me in contention for the 5th/6th striker, because I'm a free agent.

Oli Shaw has become a meme. He's nowhere near as bad as some like to make out, and he's at about the level a backup striker at motherwell is going to be.