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Especially given that the same agents are just sticking the same 30 or 40 names forward every time a managerial vacancy comes up... it's not like any of them have any special desire to manage Motherwell.

Not that unusual if kids are settled in school etc. Don't think McGhee's did either, did they?

Not really. They don't say much after most games, what are you expecting to hear this time?

Yep. I've no doubt there are viewpoints on serious issues out there that many of us would sympathise with, but all political movements have the power to divide and personally I'd rather our already small support was all pulling the same direction inside Fir Park.

Not that it would have mattered if he had showed the necessary talent and application, but he also came across as a total ned on his social media at least, and generally far more interested in what Liverpool were up to than whatever was going on at Motherwell. If that's how he behaved in and around the club as well, I can't imagine it helped his prospects.

Doesn't really matter, as we all remember Shuggy Edvaldsson, and he was Icelandic too...

Yeah, same here. I've never worried too much about what would've happened if we'd scored that penalty, at the time it never felt like it mattered very much, and I can't say I feel any different now.

To be fair, the Society have held several meetings at which (I'm told) they've been more than happy to answer anyone's questions. The trouble is not all of us can get to those meetings, and there's still no way for us to watch live or after the fact.

None, but this is not an investment, and many club owners have stated over the years that you don't put money into a football club if you want to make a profit. The only potential positive return is the survival of the club.

If you can call what Sportscene offers "highlights", yes... I assume they still just talk over the same footage that goes up on the SPFL's YouTube channel on a Saturday night, unless things have changed this year.

The 'Well Society is effectively asking the question. The "What if" part has already been answered pretty clearly over the last few years--given how hard it's been to find investment in the past, the most likely answers are that the club would either be sold to the first high enough bidder regardless of their intentions, or it would go out of business.

Email update received today:

I'm sure they'd like people to pay it indefinitely-- "the main reason for the change is the need to raise regular income" -- but you can stop whenever you like without losing your membership. You unlock more benefits beyond £300, though, if you care about that sort of thing: http://motherwellfc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Well-Society-Revised-Benefits.pdf

Partly because Twitter are getting quite good at shutting down streams of sporting events that somebody else owns the right to. But mainly because they haven't implemented landscape mode streaming yet, and watching fitba' in portrait mode would be horrendous (The club actually did live stream a press conference or two on Periscope a while back.)

Given they have to negotiate the rights to broadcast audio or video of any SPFL games live, I suspect it probably is quite difficult, knowing the SPFL. But yes, it's disappointing, especially as the MFC TV website is still live, and still teasing us with the promise of "video streaming of selected matches in 2012/13"... albeit only for folk outside the UK & Ireland (thanks to those rights holders again), which, I'm guessing, just wasn't a big enough number of 'Well fans to be financially viable. On the other hand, can't say I really miss Mr Barnstaple screaming "c'mon referee!" in my ear every five minutes

Dunno that I could give you a number, but I'd be happy to wait until the first round of league fixtures is over and see where we are compared to everyone else. (In the old days, I'd probably have said 'after we've played everyone home and away', but with the split you can't really afford to wait that long.)

Other than the Junior membership, it's just the monthly contributions now, and you unlock the Steel, Claret, Amber etc. benefits when your total contributions reach that level.

1-2, in the end. "The 10-man Steelmen somehow lose despite dominating the game for large spells."

Can't see us scoring on current form. Would be more than happy with 0-0.

Indeed. Was visiting Northern Ireland this past weekend, and even had a random passing Wrexham fan clock my 'Well jacket and tell me what a great signing Louis Moult was going to be for us!

Excellent news, thanks.

If he's making public statements about being that unhappy, maybe they'll release him early by mutual consent...

Now adding a PayPal payment button to the site really *should* take about 20 minutes

For an individual or small business, that's probably true... but we've certainly been told in the past that payments to the Well Society are bound by more complex legal requirements than a simple cash exchange for goods or services, which is presumably part of the hold-up here.

By definition, he's no longer our second choice keeper. He may not be even if we do manage to bring in another "senior keeper".