ONeils4Oyarder Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 5 hours ago, BigTamMuller said: We've surely got to be up there as one of the best teams - enviably, not quite Hibs levels - at being able to consistently wind Rangers and their fans up into fits of seething rage! I'd argue that we've fucked them up since 2012 as much as Hibs have... ...most **** that I know, fucking despise Motherwell these days, which is incredibly pleasing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Without knowing anything much about his injury or how his recovery is going, I wasn’t expecting to see much (if any) of Tanner before Christmas. I did see he starting some jogging last week though. I imagine we’ll use the winter break as a mini pre-season for him to get back up to speed. Really hoping we get the same player we had before his injury as him and Bigi in the same team could be delightful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, dezz said: Without knowing anything much about his injury or how his recovery is going, I wasn’t expecting to see much (if any) of Tanner before Christmas. I did see he starting some jogging last week though. I imagine we’ll use the winter break as a mini pre-season for him to get back up to speed. Really hoping we get the same player we had before his injury as him and Bigi in the same team could be delightful. Aye - if Tanner and Dunne come back from the winter break raring to go, I'd be happy enough.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 We apparently "pipped" you lot to sign Ross Callachan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonwell Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Thank f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Dundee seem to like defenders we seem to like midfielders. I don’t know where he would fit in to be honest. He will probably prove to be an astute signing but Hearts fans did not seem overly concerned to lose him when this rumour broke a week or two ago. I take St Johnstone are in for Swanson ? Bit boring for Well fans today but all our business was done early. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) So aside from Robinson indicating yesterday that is was "very unlikely" we'd be bringing anyone else in he was also saying that we've not had any offers for any players. Which is...interesting. We were always going to move on at least one sellable asset but it's interesting to hear we've not had any offers for others as the consensus at the end of last season was that Carson would likely be gone. I don't know whether we've just patched our hard sell once Kipré left for Wigan or not. I think if you'd said to most of us at the start of the window that we'd pull in £1m for Kipré, bring back Tackling Tommy Aldred for free and retain Carson and Cadden then that would have been seen as a fairly decent window. Obviously no one anticipates signing Conor Sammon but there you go...if Robinson's always seen Main and Johnson (or Bowman) as his first choice pairing and Sammon's here to offer a bit of depth and cover because he's better than other options we could get for the % of his Hearts wage we're paying then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I still don't think we've really addressed the fact that Tanner's still likely to be absent for a while. @RandomGuy.'s Scougall shout yesterday would make sense in that respect (especially if Saints are in for Swanson now) but I suppose that's kind of offset by the re-emergence of Bigi. A midfield 3 of Campbell, Rose and Bigi gives us a bit better balance than the Campbell/McHugh/Rose midfield we saw a fair bit of last season. It's not quite the halcyon days of Lambert, Dolan and Davies but it's a start. Anyway, here's how the squad looks by contract expiry (including u20s/reserves/players out on loan with first team appearances) There are a lot out of contract next summer, I'd like to think we'd be looking at sorting out extensions for at least some of the below after the window slams shut: 2019 3. Aaron Taylor-Sinclair 4. Carl McHugh 5. Tom Aldred (loan expires) 7. Chris Cadden 9. Curtis Main 11. Elliot Frear 12. Ryan Bowman 14. Liam Grimshaw 15. Andy Rose 16. George Newell 17. Gael Bigirimana 19. Conor Sammon (loan expires) 21. Christian Mbulu 23. Alex Rodriguez-Gorrin 25. Ross Maclean 26. Shea Gordon 27. Craig Tanner 28. David Turnbull 29. Adam Livingstone 30. Barry Maguire 32. Jake Hastie 33. Liam Brown 35. James Scott 2020 1. Trevor Carson 2. Richard Tait 6. Peter Hartley 13. Rohan Ferguson 18. Charles Dunne 20, Mark Gillespie 22. Liam Donnelly 24. Danny Johnson Manager - Stephen Robinson 2021 8. Allan Campbell Apropos of nothing 2 goals in 3 games. Still absolutely gutted he's gone lads. Spoiler Edited August 31, 2018 by capt_oats 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welldaft Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Wow that is a lot of players out of contract next year. The good news is Danny Johnson is not one of them. I will no doubt jinx it but we have won a watch with him. I firmly believe he will be a better goal scorer than Moult ! In fact I am surprised that Celtic have not bid £250k of the £19.7m they got for Dembele to try and prise Johnson away. He looks like he will score in every game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 21 minutes ago, welldaft said: I take St Johnstone are in for Swanson ? Hes signed for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Sparra, Busta and Jay look back on the impressive 3-1 victory over Dundee, assess the transfer window from a Motherwell perspective, analyse how the team are shaping up heading into the international break and more. https://www.mfc1886.com/mfc-podcast-2018-19-episode-8/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 I think Bigi might finally be filling the Ainsworth- shaped hole in my heart. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 49 minutes ago, YassinMoutaouakil said: I think Bigi might finally be filling the Ainsworth- shaped hole in my heart. Just need to find someone to fill the 'Mercurial Turkish Forward' one and we're back onto a winner. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desp Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said: Just need to find someone to fill the 'Mercurial Turkish Forward' one and we're back onto a winner. Danny Johnson is going to be the man. I can feel it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 33 minutes ago, thisGRAEME said: Just need to find someone to fill the 'Mercurial Turkish Forward' one and we're back onto a winner. ANNOUNCE KAZIM-RICHARDS 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Kazim-Kazim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Sitting behind big Mick in Starbucks and he seems to be studying and writing an essay on military tactics and the history of warfare. Think our boys are in for a tough international break! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 19 minutes ago, JamesP_81 said: Sitting behind big Mick in Starbucks and he seems to be studying and writing an essay on military tactics and the history of warfare. Think our boys are in for a tough international break! Or we're invading somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 I fear all this chat of winning "the battle" might have gone too far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisGRAEME Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 33 minutes ago, well fan for life said: I fear all this chat of winning "the battle" might have gone too far. You're no longer welcome here. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 3 hours ago, JamesP_81 said: Sitting behind big Mick in Starbucks and he seems to be studying and writing an essay on military tactics and the history of warfare. Think our boys are in for a tough international break! Was it Sun Tzu's "How to win the second ball and what to do with it"? A classic. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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