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Hi Folks Just recently joined the forum and noticed the above queries from fans and members and thought i would comment. Although myself and others on the society board have been in dialogue with interested parties who have expressed interests in investing in the club in a variety of ways at different points , as David has mentioned these things do take at times a long time to get to a point where its something that we would discuss as a collective and bring to the membership for consideration. My first 3 weeks in truth have been an eye opener into the work that my colleagues on the board have been putting into their roles and they have ( in between the investment offer work) made monumental strides in delivering a society membership that we can be proud of. You will have seen many of the team pounding the streets to promote this Fridays game and whilst some have been working hard on that in supporting the club, others have been refining our membership payment streams, our offering, our communications and dialoguing regularly with the club on a variety of issues amongst pulling together short lists for co-opting onto our society board and Exec board. So much of this has been done in just the last 3 weeks since myself, Gavin, and martin joined and Derek was re-elected. What i don't want to lose sight of is the enormous opportunity we have to significantly increase our own revenue streams within the society. a strong increased recurring revenue that can support the club will only make for a more attractive investment proposal and strengthen our negotiating power when it can be used to support the club. Along with investment its key that we engage and grow our membership whilst encouraging junior steel members to step up to our adult offerings when the time is right to continue to grow our society to be the strongest it possibly can be. If you are a society member i sincerely thank you for your support, and if you are not please do get enrolled Join Adult Membership - The Well Society as myself and the rest of the board will work tirelessly to ensure we deliver an ownership model you can be proud of. Should you have any questions/ ideas/suggestions please don't hesitate to reach out to me at greg.anderson@thewellsociety.uk whilst Jay/Martin and Gavin will continue to keep you updated on our weekly progress and meetings through our newsletter and the website thewellsociety.uk Cheers folks and lets hope we get a result on Friday! Greg

Some really petty point scoring going on here today lads. Some of us are trying to stay out of it and talk about the fitba. Where we all stand on Kettlewell has been done to death.

That's really nice of you, thank you very much for the help!!!! It's a dream come true for us to see Motherwell live again! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

That's from the email of the 13th of September. The one that talks about investment is the one that was sent out on the 7th

It’s a shame Kettlewell isn’t as good at scoring points as some of us are on this forum.

Probably the same people who think zero wins in 15 games is a marker for managerial success.

From my limited knowledge, the Society board has been diligently working at putting the plan into action. It's going to take time, mainly because the Society board all have full-time jobs of their own.

It was the calls for Tommy Wright that gave me the fear. Thankfully, he relegated Killie instead.

I would love to see us come out the traps on the front foot but I doubt SK will set us up like that

Is there any update from the WS about any new investment coming into the club? 3 months since the WS issued the plan and objectives and just wondering if there is any update?

Once again, it shows just how difficult it is to be a football manager of one of the smaller teams in the league. Some very experienced managers have tried and failed with teams in recent years, Tommy Wright, Owen Coyle, Malky Mackay, Craig Levein to name a few. Proof to me yet again that SK is doing very well to keep Motherwell's head above the water.He must be one of the longest servicing managers in the league. The life span of managers at clubs is bonkers.

You talk a lot of sense

I take it goals from corners, penalties, free kicks, own goals and substitutes don't count then? Are we even allowed to celebrate them? Can we then also ignore any goals we concede from corners, own goals, free kicks, substitutes and penalties? Or perhaps it does not apply both ways? You do have a point regarding our style of play at times and I share your frustration with Kettlewell's team selection at times. But the fact is we are doing ok at present and he seems to have improved our defensive set up. I do concede that I would also like to see more goals resulting from magical sweeping moves, but playing to a strength is hardly a poor option. And until we sign a Bellingham or De Bruyne I don't see things changing that much. Especially as you have already written off Tavares, Maswanhise and all bar one of our new recruits. I'll celebrate any goal we score no matter the source. England nearly won a World Cup playing to the same strength. Some of the goals we scored last season were as good as you will see anywhere. Whether from open play or free kicks. And was it McGhee that used to insist that every player be in our box defending at a corner because the majority of goals teams concede come from that source? Maybe some of those corners, penalties and free kicks we score from result from decent moves that our opponents have difficulty dealing with. Or maybe credit goes to Miller and/or Halliday for their ability to deliver the ball. And we have scored in 80% of the competitive games we have played so far this season. Fairly consistent. But I guess that positive assessment does not fit your agenda. But credit where credit is due. Ignoring the fact we were third top scorers last season and then dismissing goals not scored from open play to validate your argument is certainly creative. As is pointing out that we score some goals after making substitutions. Some might say that was also a positive and a direct result of some astute management decisions. I guess it all comes down to the argument you choose to promote.