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And they call Kettlewell an overthinker 😜

Happy with Nicholson also. With a full pre season then I think will be a good asset next season. For those not happy can I ask who do you want us to sign because as far as I can see every player we sign is written off?. We all remember the outrage when Bair signed and that hasn't turned out too bad. Give the lads a chance

A guy who looked good against Livi and useless against everyone else.

Quite often it is the journeyman/unspectacular career players that make the best coaches, from Fergie to Madden to Belichick

shialabeoufrapturousapplause.gif You're spot on; the definition/understanding of "investment" in a football club has been overtaken by what's happened at Wrexham, other clubs down south and across Europe. I agree that I think most fans would be interested in investment but it very, very much depends on what that all entails. We already know anything EB is going to propose isn't going to be transformational, so I think people need to realise we're not going to go out and sign every free agent we're linked with because there's an American investing £500k (or whatever) a season over the next few years. On your last two points, I think the BBC interview came as a result of all the speculation and the club releasing its statement on exclusivity. I imagine it was more of a taster of his plans rather than concretely laying them all out because negotiations were in their (relative) infancy; it was what, 8 weeks ago now? Longer? Like you, I'm anticipating/hoping for a comprehensive business plan/investor pack to be provided if and when the time comes for a vote on his proposal, with an exact timeline of his investment and when and where funds will come from (with particular emphasis on the where because if it's anything other than cold hard cash that's an immediate red flag). If we don't get that, how can we be expected to make an informed decision on any proposal(s)? Anyway, back to transfer rumours; Kofi Balmer, anyone? Someone on P&B saying we've had a bid knocked back and, I know this may shock people, St Mirren are also interested in him. Also that we've lost out on 3 keepers so far, so perhaps that Brentford lad was on the radar, after all!

A player so shite we made him a coach is a new low. Kettlewell, Ricky Foster and Obika as coaches. Davie Martindale is staring to look like Carlo Ancelloti.

No, I think most fans would be interested in investment. However, what we're often discussing isn't true investment. Instead, most fans are talking about someone giving us money to spend on players we can't really afford. If someone is serious about investing, they need to clearly state how much they plan to invest and show exactly how they expect to get a return on that investment. That's the key aspect for me. By definition, an investment must provide a tangible return for the investor. What I find concerning is the lack of specificity in the proposals we've seen so far. For instance, the individual we've been linked with seems to rely on vague terms like 'narratives ', 'connecting dots ', 'TikTok ', 'building value ', and 'passion '. These are industry buzzwords that don't provide a clear plan of action. I hope I'm wrong and that we get something solid from this guy, but if I had to guess, I'd say we're not going to get a straight answer about his plans. If he were a serious investor, his answer to the BBC and any other media outfit contacting him about the potential deal would have been "no comment."

Just going to say. As much as I don't agree with steelboy a lot of the time. I wouldn't say he's off his head. I also do think he's a Motherwell fan. He's just got different opinions to some other people on here. And that's ok. Except when he's slagging off Slattery 🤣🤣

Absolute balderdash.

Unless you are rangers and Celtic.

Anyway.. Need to give a big shout out to the ticket office who were really helpful to me today just after I got the news that my ankle needs operated on. Anyway. Season ticket renewed.

I don't know why people are upset. He was well down the pecking order of absolute dross last season. Think he will do OK for us.

You’ll be incandescent with rage when we sign Ross Callachan then 😂

Other than a few moments against Livi he did nothing. The 3-3 game at Pittodrie, the home game against Celtic and the last two games he was utterly hopeless. He's no pace and a history of knee injuries. He was overweight when he joined as well so you can't even say he's a good pro.

Halliday has struggled, we can all see that but I don't think Nicholson has been that bad. Wasn't fit enough initially but give him a pre season and I think will be good. I think SOD is still worth keeping. Maybe not a first team start but definitely squad member

At 29 he shouldn't be passed it. I'm more enthused about him staying than I am re Halliday. He has shown some very decent skill and has had an impact on several games BUT it''s been limited and often been anonymous in many games. Is he good enough to replace Spittal ? Time will tell but we should remember the 'aw naw brigade' when we first signed Spittal.

You talk some absolute pish.

No surprise that we've signed Nicholson permanently. As Bobbybingo says it'll be interesting what a good pre-season does for him. He sems to have a bit of skill and knows where the goals are. Quite happy with this news. I still think we need an out and out defensive midfielder though.

Glad he's staying, be interesting to see what a good pre-season will do for him.

Everybody calm down about the Obika thing................ If you also noted from the website, The Well are looking for a new physio so he is clearly there as a training aid for them, makes perfect sense...............😜

Based purely on speculation and my (very limited) understanding of things, for those three groups: 1) Fans will get they get through whatever is released publicly; the general public isn't necessarily entitled to see details of any proposal that's under NDA/exclusivity agreements, I think? 2) Private shareholders will (at least) receive details on the share purchases, the associated value of investment, the resulting % stakes in the Club and source of funds evidence. I would imagine a business plan would be included in that to detail exactly what the investment is going to bring us (aside from some cash) and how EB will make his return. I would also hope for an understanding/proposal of how any shares can be brought back into the club/WS holding, should EB decide it's not for him after x/y/z years of buying in or not getting his expected ROI. 3) I would expect WS members will receive communication from the WS Board re: the investment, I can't see why this wouldn't be the same information as private shareholders will receive; I think other communications from the Board mentioned that they would provide their own position on the investment to the members, too? As for receiving the Society's own investment/re-invigoration proposal, surely that should be a thing, regardless of the potential outside investment? It's been discussed and mentioned enough that it should be published and shared, as far as I'm concerned. Like you say; otherwise we continue the way we are and there's a clear move away from fans to accept the status quo/potential to end up where we end up. I've banged the drum a lot to say that there's no reason a reinvigorated WS can't work alongside an external investor and I still believe that, although I accept it's very much cake and eating it. Maybe we should move this to the other thread? 😬

Perhaps Obika will replace Clarkson who will now be able to return to focusing solely on his Academy role?

Congrats on the degree

For a club thats always pleading poverty we create some amount of backroom jobs, if someone left fair enough but if not the money cold have be better spent.