Popular Post rowsdower Posted July 6 Popular Post Share Posted July 6 Steelmen: The Men of Steel "A story of steel, and men who are made of steel. And women. And steel" Episode 1 - "Football Club of Steel" Manager Stuart Kettlewell sits on a steel chair in the middle of an empty fir park and previews the season in a WWE style monologe, noticing the camera 30 minutes in. Dickie, McMahon and Feeley learn that they signed over their houses to the new owner as part of the takeover deal. New chairman, Erik Barmak announces that new investment will be announced "any day now". Episode 2 - "Men of steel, see the steel, be the steel" The motherwell squad are taken on a surprise visit to a steelworks (in England) to remind them who they are playing for. The players abandon the pre season Haggis and Salmon dinner to get some real scottish food from the Chinese. Bob Park fights against giving kids sparklers during post-game fireworks. Episode 3 - "Where's the Bair?" Davor Dravkovski sits patiently next to Theo Bairs old locker, which is made of steel. No one has the heart to tell him he was sold Bayern weeks ago to fund hush money payments for burn victims. New signing Jose Cuervo clashes with the analysts as no amount of analytics will grow him a second leg. He becomes the first player with a steel leg to make a professional football appearance. Club CEO Brian Caldwell is fired after calling Erik Barmacks wife a useless c**t on sportscene. In her first act as new CEO, Mrs Barmack trades Lennon Miller to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. Episode 4 - "The Ross Countys of the World" Players and management share a heart to heart on the clubs record winless run, and unanimously vote to switch back to shorts from kilts. Davor's search for Theo leads to him finding former board members McMahon, Dickie and Feely having a board meeting in the south stand toilets. Half time gladiator fights with Dan Casey have proven to be a hit. Episode 5 - "A win is a win" Stephen O'Donnell's "intae these fuckin c***s" war cry goes viral and he grows a mustache. The steelmen win their first in 17 with a close fought cup victory over Stirling Uni, but it is bittersweet due to Cuervo beaking his non-steel leg. The club chairman is ecstatic with the victory over a big college team. He also promises to unveil new investors "any day now". Lennon Miller returns after being claimed off waivers. Episode 6 - Fwee Bwian! It's transfer deadline day, and Erik Barmak crowd sources signing ideas on twitter. Jordan Roberts and Oli Shaw are as confused as anyone, but a wage is a wage. 11th hour signing Yermaw surprises everyone. Lennon Miller is sold to Aston Oxborough. Jim McMahons attempt to go viral on "the Tick Snap" to oust Erik Barmak leads to the south stand parking lot becoming a dogging hotspot. Paul McGinn can't get his "get right round these fannies" catchphrase to catch on in America, and shaves his moustache. Episode 7 - "Ay aye AI, bye bye" The first game of AI's management reign sees the 'Well victorious, but the club has to cut its reign short after quoting main kampf and promoting eugenics in the after match presser. Barmack re-hires Stuart Kettlewell after AI tells him Ted Lasso and Roy Kent arent real people and questions the heritage of other candidates. During the managerial announcement Barmack announces that new investment will be here "any day now". Episode 8 - The club exits the scottish cup after their match against Celtic at Wembley was played at Fir Park. O'Donnell's pay per c**t deal with paddypower causes jealousy amongst the squad. Davor finally reconnects with Theo while on international duty, and hands in a transfer request to play for Canada. Shaw and Yermaw both receive scotland call ups after forming a formidable partnership. Episode 9 - Dickie, Feeley and McMahon are caught chain smoking in the main stand in an attempt to burn down the stadium. Stuperavic and Casey make light work of them at a special full time version of half time gladiators. We spend a day with Moses Ebiye babysitting for Harry Paton while he plays against Hearts. Episode 10 - "Can they do that?" Erik Barmack comes to terms with the club's relegation, after recieving a 20 point penalty for doping and illegal use of prosthetics. Lawyers argue that there is no rules against injecting liquid steel as, if anything, it made the players worse. Barmack, in his end of season TED talk is convinced that the first round draft pick will win fans back, and he announces that his famous investors will be announced any day now. 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Just now, Jim McLean's Ghost said: There is supposed to be a 75% majority to make major changes to the way the Well Society operates. If it didn't meet that threshold then imo the Well Society Board would be well within their rights to reject the deal. Obviously it shoudln't get to that and hopefully a heavy majority will send Erik Barmack packing One can only hope because getting into shenanigans, technically allowed by the rules or not, isn't a viable way forward. Not only would it give the impression of moving the goalposts, if 51%-plus of members effectively vote to end fan ownership for this shit, using legalese to block it and then telling them 'we know better' is pointless. The Society would have been well within their rights to pull the emergency cord, bullet the executive board and start afresh (which is what I'd have done) but chose this path instead knowing full well the risks as well as the rewards. If they've miscalculated, we'll all suffer but reneging isn't an option imho. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 5 hours ago, fatcalf said: Did these last any length of time? I saw the Sheep clothing one, didn't see the other about 2.50pm. Had half an idea the stewards might have been instructed to rip them down. They were all still there at full time but had been untaped at the top by the looks of it so had flipped over and the messages couldn’t be read. Did I say untaped? I meant, the wind must have got them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 And there’s the Nixon story. We were in for him when he left St Johnstone and he patched us. Interesting we’d be in for another forward. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) 8 minutes ago, capt_oats said: And there’s the Nixon story. We were in for him when he left St Johnstone and he patched us. Interesting we’d be in for another forward. Got to imagine a bit of the Bair Billions will go towards this, if it was to happen. Always liked Hendry when he was up here and think he'd suit our system pretty well. Edited July 7 by MurrayWell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianfranco Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Sounds like we’ll be running with 4 forwards. Moses/Stupa/Robinson/Bair or Bair’s replacement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 If we're going back to two up top, rather than 3-6-1, I could understand another striker to leave us on four when Bair is sold and Ferrie loaned out. However, I'd be surprised at the apparent strength in depth of whoever would be nominally fourth pick. But assuming we're sticking 3-6-1, four strikers of that level just seems excessive...on the face of it another 10 type would seem a more logical boost instead. I'd presumed we'd go with the three seniors plus Ferrie as last emergency. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 9 minutes ago, MurrayWell said: Got to imagine a bit of the Bair Billions will go towards this, if it was to happen. Always liked Hendry when he was up here and think he'd suit our system pretty well. But...what do you mean? Motherwell are skint and need investment to be able to "cOmpEtE". Jim McMahon has been warning about the £750k funding gap. We will lose £1.5m again this season...We need an APP. @RandomGuy. is probably best placed to answer this but from memory Hendry seemed like someone who was better placed playing in a pair. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) 28 minutes ago, capt_oats said: But...what do you mean? Motherwell are skint and need investment to be able to "cOmpEtE". Jim McMahon has been warning about the £750k funding gap. We will lose £1.5m again this season...We need an APP. @RandomGuy. is probably best placed to answer this but from memory Hendry seemed like someone who was better placed playing in a pair. Oh shit, aye, sorry I forgot about the narrative there. Erik will get the 50,000 app downloads easy if he makes it a requirement for access to our clash against an Old Firm XI at Wembley... Edited July 7 by MurrayWell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swello Posted July 7 Popular Post Share Posted July 7 Not the hardest decision I'll ever make... 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) 32 minutes ago, capt_oats said: @RandomGuy. is probably best placed to answer this but from memory Hendry seemed like someone who was better placed playing in a pair. Sort of. He was great for us under TW when paired with May, arguably one of the best pairings we've had since promotion. Struggled in Davidsons daft 5-2-3 as a lone striker. Then thrived again when we paired with Middleton up front and Hallberg really high too. I think the issue is he needs support so the shape doesnt matter hugely if there's people close to him. Unsure how Salford have used him, but he's vaguely similar to Tony Watt. Watt probably better at "playmaking" and dropping deep while Hendry is better poaching chances and finishing them. I love him tbh, and think he'd be a great signing for pretty much every club in this division. Edited July 7 by RandomGuy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_MFC Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) Heard from a few people yesterday we’re in the market for at least one more striker. Surprised me based on the business we’ve done so far but Hendry does make sense and we will need to wait for Bair to move I guess to pay a fee. Edited July 7 by MP_MFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 I really liked Hendry when he was with us and would have him back in a heartbeat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) Eric Nicolson's weird beef with Motherwell continues. Edited July 7 by capt_oats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 1 hour ago, Handsome_Devil said: If we're going back to two up top, rather than 3-6-1, I could understand another striker to leave us on four when Bair is sold and Ferrie loaned out. However, I'd be surprised at the apparent strength in depth of whoever would be nominally fourth pick. But assuming we're sticking 3-6-1, four strikers of that level just seems excessive...on the face of it another 10 type would seem a more logical boost instead. I'd presumed we'd go with the three seniors plus Ferrie as last emergency. It's so we can go three up front when trailing with 10 minutes to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Callum Hendry is very Motherwell I think, for some reason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurrayWell Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 8 minutes ago, capt_oats said: Eric Nicolson's weird beef with Motherwell continues. Look forward to his mental gymnastics around Hendry, if we end up signing him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsome_Devil Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 27 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said: It's so we can go three up front when trailing with 10 minutes to go. Sure...but Hendry is under contract, doesn't seem to have failed there. Presumably we tempted Moses and Stupa to Scotland with some money as well, it just seems an awful lot of cash to cover a situation you're hoping to avoid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camer0n_mcd Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 He could always use one of Moses, Stupa or Robinson in the Jack Vale role from last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 43 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said: It's so we can go three up front when trailing with 10 minutes to go. Could have just kept Bevis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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