Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons

[supermarv]

Right hopefully get a wee signing the day or the morra then.

[ropy]

2 minutes ago, supermarv said:

Right hopefully get a wee signing the day or the morra then.

A ‘wee’ signing, it’s Gotts isn’t it?

[MP_MFC]

Hello my Motherwell supporting friends. What’s the traffic like on the M74 during rush hour? I need to drive from Galloway to Perth in time for the SJFC game tonight. I could go my usual route which is via the A77 past Killie and through the centre of Glasgow or I can take the alternative route past Motherwell and onto the M73 - avoiding the centre of Glasgow etc. Just a bit worried as the traffic last Friday was a bit shite.

Aye, the 74 is a shitshow the now. You could probably miss out the worst of it by coming off at junction 8 (the works seem to start after this) and go the A71 up to the M8 at Newhouse and go either to the 73 that way or to the M90.

A quick google says that’s about a 20 min detour so it’s whether or not the roadworks will be worse than that at the time you’re heading

[well fan for life]

Good to see Burrows playing hardball with this mob. 

[Phillips455]

5 minutes ago, well fan for life said:

Good to see Burrows playing hardball with this mob. 

I highly doubt we would be spending the turnbull plus loan money on a single player. What is the highest fee that we have paid for a player? It looks like it was for John Spencer in 1999 for £500,000.

 

Also maybe it's a bit of a miscommunication and we offered £400,000 and they assumed it was £4,000,000/€4,500,000?

[Mr. Brightside]

The silence is deafening from Burrows as the Feghouli transfer saga drags on. 

I would also like to mention that we, on this thread, did not sanction this transfer.

[Swami]

Surely we should just fling another couple of mil at them and take Falcao as well? Might not get in the team above Van Veen right enough. 

[Swello]

29 minutes ago, well fan for life said:

Good to see Burrows playing hardball with this mob. 

[crazylegsjoe_mfc]

I was all for it until I saw that he wears #89. Not happy with us paying seven million for a guy who breaches #numberpolis rules.

[Desp]

This reminds of a recent game I played in yon Retro Football Manager game.  Went for the Motherwell 99/00 squad, sold Stevie Nicholas for £7.5m to St. Johnstone and used the proceeds to sign Nicolas Anelka for £4m from Real Madrid on £20k a week.

Kevin Twaddle couldn't believe his luck, firing in balls to big Nico for fun!

I have absolutely no idea what game big Zanzibar is playing here, but it sounds a right hoot. 

[capt_oats]

I see that's the bold Jon Obika saying we made a "late" bid for him.

In terms of timeline he was announced at Morecambe on 29th June, we announced van Veen on 2nd July although the Scunthorpe fan-site Iron Bru who first mentioned he was up here published their 'exclusive' on 23rd June.

In that respect it doesn't feel an either/or situation.

If it's the choice between Obika or big Kev then give me Budget Bergkamp all day, every day.

However do I think the squad, as it stands, could use an Obika-type? Absolutely.

Edited August 12, 2021 by capt_oats

[ropy]

1 hour ago, well fan for life said:

Good to see Burrows playing hardball with this mob. 

When was the last time we held the longing title?  Bring it home.

[ZX1886]

Surely a massive club like us would have offered the full £7.5m value or are we hoping our huge status is enough to get away with a lower fee?

[Ron Aldo]

At least we're now spending this 4 million on one player. Stephen Robinson would have used it to sign the adult population of Scotland in the hope 1 or 2 of us turned out to be decent. 

[YassinMoutaouakil]

I'm not sure why, but I'm absolutely convinced this all ties together somewhere with WellView's £5m loans to Newcastle scheme.

[Onthefringes]

1 hour ago, capt_oats said:

I see that's the bold Jon Obika saying we made a "late" bid for him.

In terms of timeline he was announced at Morecambe on 29th June, we announced van Veen on 2nd July although the Scunthorpe fan-site Iron Bru who first mentioned he was up here published their 'exclusive' on 23rd June.

In that respect it doesn't feel an either/or situation.

If it's the choice between Obika or big Kev then give me Budget Bergkamp all day, every day.

However do I think the squad, as it stands, could use an Obika-type? Absolutely.

The same Jon Obika who we passed up on before then reckoned Manzinga was a better option?

[Rod]

2 hours ago, well fan for life said:

Good to see Burrows playing hardball with this mob. 

I don't mean to worry anyone but I checked this guys sources and they don't believe to be accurate. Concerning news.

[rowsdower]

Right, I need someone to make a decision here, I have a guy on the phone ready to print the 5k "welcome Feghouli" t shirts I ordered. I'd like to add hoodies, but now I'm getting mixed signals.

['WellDel]

1 hour ago, ZX1886 said:

Surely a massive club like us would have offered the full £7.5m value or are we hoping our huge status is enough to get away with a lower fee?

Nah m9, as @well fan for life says above, we need to start playing hard with these folk. We've had the vast majority of our top talent virtually stolen off us since the beginning of time, so now the roles need to reverse on account of our current standing.

Go in with a lowball offer, and as long as they persist in haggling, we just keep lowering our offer until we eventually get him for a bag of balls and an auld signed photie of Craig Samson.

Cûnts need to start realising just how big a fucking deal we are.

Edit to add : I am happy to haggle on the clubs behalf to get this deal over the line. I have plenty of previous experience, having successfully haggled down many a Turk on the price of a knock off t shirt in Marmaris over the years. Burrows et al obviously read this thread so I am easy to reach,  and look forward to helping them to a successful outcome. 

Edited August 12, 2021 by 'WellDel

[rowsdower]

You have permission to negotiate. Please remember that you have to get final approval from this board in the form of three gifs, one of which has to be the one where Robert Redford looks like Zack Galifianakis and nods.