Busta Nut Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I'm glad folk think this was tongue in cheek, maybe it'll be forgotten quicker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopface Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 6 hours ago, Derry Alli said: Loved the underline on the white board with a pen that can't keep up. She doesn't exactly scream positivity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 In fairness, it is kind of light hearted. I quite liked the visual joke of thousands of 'owners' crammed into the boardroom. If it's a serious appeal for investment, however, it doesn't look like one. If it's really been made in the hope of attracting something like Wrexham have, they should be ashamed of prostituting themselves in such a way. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMjag Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 If there is justice in the world, then the video will be directly responsible for attracting some Angelo Massone style fraud to the club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 If that's what football clubs are going to get up to with their spare time in January then maybe the league needs to rethink the whole winter break thing 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Should really close this thread, Motherwell cannot be beaten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Should really close this thread, Motherwell cannot be beaten. St Mirren fans agree. It’s definitely time this thread shut up shop. Edited January 11 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jives Miguel Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I read all the negative reaction before watching the Motherwell video. Having watched it I really don't think its that bad in all honesty. What do folk find so objectionable about it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJF Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Jives Miguel said: I read all the negative reaction before watching the Motherwell video. Having watched it I really don't think its that bad in all honesty. What do folk find so objectionable about it? It's not terrible, but I think the message is a little lost with the humour regarding attracting the rich American celebrity, which seems to come off as "we are joking here, but maybe we're not joking if a rich American celebrity actually did want to get involved". I think it would've been a more professional message if they just cut out the gags and focused on the community work/fan ownership angle. While humour was no doubt the angle, I think there is an undertone of getting the begging bowls out. Edited January 11 by AJF 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 11 minutes ago, AJF said: It's not terrible, but I think the message is a little lost with the humour regarding attracting the rich American celebrity, which seems to come off as "we are joking here, but maybe we're not joking if a rich American celebrity actually did want to get involved". I think it would've been a more professional message if they just cut out the gags and focused on the community work/fan ownership angle. While humour was no doubt the angle, I think there is an undertone of getting the begging bowls out. One would imagine that most domestic audiences would actually get the layer of irony, although of course a rich American celebrity might not Edited January 11 by topcat(The most tip top) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) I don’t think the Motherwell video is particularly cringeworthy, obviously the humour angle is deliberate. I don’t get who the target market for it really is though. If they are looking for more ordinary punters to get on board with the existing 3,000 plus ‘fan owners’, then that video is not aimed at that market. If it genuinely IS an attempt to attract a ‘Wrexham’ style big name investment, then that’s a weird route for a ‘fan owned’ club to go down IMHO. Anyone with big enough pockets and a big enough profile/ego to buy into Motherwell in a meaningful way would most likely want to take those fans who were jokingly locked in the boardroom, and genuinely lock them away. Motherwell surely haven’t genuinely aimed this video at some sort of ‘Hollywood’ glamour investor, have they? Nah. Can’t be. If Wrexham did that video, it would have ended by showing their ceiling - Wrexham’s path to the English Premier League in a Luton Town fashion. Motherwell’s video doesn’t show their ceiling to any big glamour investors, that ceiling being regular pumpings by sectarian-fuelled big ugly bigots, floating around mid-table, and not really being any better or worse than another six or seven league rivals. Not Taylor Swift’s bag in my opinion. Nice wee tongue-in-cheek video IMHO, but I fail to see the real point, or real target. Edited January 11 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Mocked by Crichton. Michty me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 28 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkant said: Mocked by Crichton. Michty me. Chrichton to camera… ‘Someone check all the silverware is still there after we let this mob out, OK’. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClydeTon Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 hours ago, pozbaird said: St Mirren fans agree. It’s definitely time this thread shut up shop. Speaking of shops and tinpot... Spoiler Spoiler I'm sure nobody has seen this one before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Not to my taste but it isn’t really that bad. Serious and positive message built within some pretty shit humour. Quite obvious what the message is that they’re putting out there really, the cringe has got people talking about it. Certainly does not win this thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 2 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkant said: Mocked by Crichton. Michty me. That looks like a still from a George A Romero zombie movie. Saudi billionaires: Take over the Well and ban Tam Cowan from the ground. Just for a laugh. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blink182 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 7 minutes ago, tamthebam said: That looks like a still from a George A Romero zombie movie. Saudi billionaires: Take over the Well and ban Tam Cowan from the ground. Just for a laugh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 5 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: If it's a serious appeal for investment, however, it doesn't look like one. If it's really been made in the hope of attracting something like Wrexham have, they should be ashamed of prostituting themselves in such a way. It is serious though. That's my issue with it. Motherwell aren't in the comedy sketch business. It isn't an Only an Excuse audition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 4 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: If that's what football clubs are going to get up to with their spare time in January then maybe the league needs to rethink the whole winter break thing I'm sure theres a Winter Break thread, iirc it was started by a particularly suave and intellectual poster............... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 If a club is going to do a humorous video, it has to be cutting edge. If they aren't going to produce something with multiple overlaying story arcs that will have you creased laughing but also pulls at the heartstrings then they shouldn't bother. If Motherwell could just produce something like The (UK) Office or Peep Show then they wouldn't get so much criticism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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