EightSixteen

http://www.celticfc....story?item=5066 Hell fucking mend them!

Hope all you lads out in Russia take care of yourselfs and stay team handed at all times. Regardless of the result tonight we want you all back safe & sound.

There's nothing quite like reigniting a previous romance.

Too busy igniting them to catch the news.

I usually buy the home top just after their release but I patched this one due to my disapointment with the template. I'd agree with UBH that a Claret V would be better but there's nothing that could be done about that. IMHO, the insert looks ridiculous and whilst cutting it out doesn't fix the top it's a vast improvement. For me, that's wearable now. Think I'll now be taking a jaunt down the the Well Shop sometime soon. Cheers for chopping up your top & posting the pic Dez.

I had missed it to be fair but I'm pretty happy with how we've bolstered our midfield tbh. Given our ambition to reduce the wage bill for the coming season, I can't imagine SMC being too likely to call & try and get him back on board.

Fair enough they may not have used the money for signing Faddy but from what Steelboy has indicated we might have done if two directors/heroes hadn't stepped up to shoulder that financial cost. If they did announce plans to dip into the funds and deviate from our original course of action then surely it would be for an absolutely critical cause. Surely they would have made it abundantly clear as to how much was required, why it was required and when it would be repaid back into the war chest. I understand the club's history and our adverse credit status, I understand why LD plays every decision safe and low risk. By her reckoning all things gone to plan, we could obtain fan ownership with our controlling shares and then we had our pot to fall back upon from that point onwards. I'm genuinely not trying to be awkward but all I conclusively know is that the WS told some of our members at a meeting that they might dip into the pot. From the above, it looks like they *didn't* use any of it but I still don't know the reason they were toying with the idea in the first place when the plan was to seal the chest until we own the controlling share. To me, the goal posts seem like they have some potential to move on the down low, with minimum consulation from the members. Kinda goes against the ethos of the WS in my understanding of it.

Slight amendment there other than my grammar tidying efforts during my earlier edit. Don't want it to come across than I'm backtracking on reflection.

It was explained to me that the Well Society would not being using any of our 'War Chest' until we had raised enough to obtain all of JB's controlling share in our club. I may have missed it but I thought we had only just hit the first target to have some shares released but not the overall controlling shares? Infact, LD confirmed the funds raised would remain untouched until such a time we obtained the controlling shares. She went on to explain that if we could not raise the required controlling shares, then each invested sum would be returned to each member, the WS wound down and the MFC board would need to seek an independent buyer for any chance of survival. This was what was explained to the group during the second Q&A in the Cooper, after announcing the plans for the WS and prior to the FSA go ahead. Admittedly, I haven't made the last two meeting due to work and college commitments but I haven't seen anything from either board (MFC or WS) to suggest the plans had changed. Yet we seem to be dipping into the pot to sign players and increasing the sum required reach our overall capital target and the ultimate goal of fan ownership.

They were going to what?! How do you know this? Is it common knowledge?

I guess this season's U20 campaign has truly fucked Hollis' chance to step up then. Samson would be a decent replacement for Randolph and suited to our tight budget for the coming season. I'd be happy enough with him tbh.

Unfortunately it was, over nothing too. A daft foul was awarded to Aberdeen, Cummins decided to have a wee word with the ref. It looked pretty civil for about 20 seconds but he must have said something cheeky as the ref started flapping and whipped out a red. There was a catalogue of odd decisions up to that point so I guess that was just 'the straw that broke the camel's back' for Big Scouse.

I wouldn't say Higginbotham has proven himself. The wondergoal aside, based on his appearances at FP in the first team and at Den's on Saturday, I don't think he's been particularly great. I actually think he seems to squander the ball frequently and loose possession, more so than any of our other players. It's obvious he's keen, he wants to get involved and I'd love for him to slot into the Murphy role but he's not quite there yet. In other news, Cummins getting a red card today rules him out for the St Mirren game. He's played more games in the SPL than the U20's so the ban will impact the next match of the league he plays in most frequently. Apart from the kiosks being shut, this was the shittest part of the day for me.

That's great mate, thanks very much. Haha! The shame will be untolerable now if I balls this up!!

I'm doing the Convert for Cash challenge tonight, I'll hopefully not let the side down. Can anyone do me a favour and video it? The other half can't make it tonight and she's a bit gutted she'll miss it.

Yeah I agree that it should be taken with a pinch of salt but I'd be happy for the pair of them to start after Tuesday's excellent result in the U20's match. This could be the beginning of a great partnership.

I'm sure Dalgleish do the official Motherwell tartans, three of them iirc. I've also seen some other 'unofficial' ones elsewhere that were pretty nice but can't find them for love nor money now though.

2 or 3 assists from HiggyB?

Getting flamed in every thread must be a linen nightmare.

Sheffield United http://www.express.co.uk/football/view/365195/Sheffield-United-eye-Motherwell-s-Jamie-Murray Quoting a potential £60k fee yet they can't even get his name right, absolute tits. If there's an element of truth in this and Bournemouth and United are both interested, is 60k too low even in the January window? Do we attempt to haggle at risk of both parties backing off and waiting until the summer?

My first ever Motherwell game, I'd bite yer hand off for that kind of replay on Tuesday! I'm predicting a 2-1 win for the good guys with us conceding first, Murphy equalizing & Higgy getting the last in the final 10 minutes.

I've never had the fear with Hollis between the sticks. He's a great keeper and when Randy's gone I'd fully expect him to be our number 1.

Couldn't find this thread for the life of me, cheers for the bump Brazilian!