Spiderpig

The white trim, and my usual moan the sponsors logo ruins it. Just a plain claret and Amber top and for me it's a decent strip. With the white trim however it's hideous.

Any details or rumours on who it was from?

By growing the membership and hence donations, seeking other revenue streams, etc. I'm not suggesting a large payroll 1 maybe 2 paid officials would be sufficient, or if that fails call steelboy he seems to think running a company etc is easy.

I was not suggesting the WS should run the club, although as majority shareholders there is an argument for that. I said run the WS properly, raise funds, grow the membership, fix the website, etc as up till now its been a shambles, to be exploited by the current board. Running an organisation with a responsibility over millions in cash should not be left to volunteers, however well meaning they are.

No criticism of your statement but for me it highlights the fundamental issue we have "all the board have full time jobs" for the WS to operate as it should to ensure true fan ownership the boards full time jobs should be running the WS. Professional people in place to provide effective and professional governance hopefully the current scenario will be the catalyst for the required changes.

Hard to argue against that choice if true, I reckon he'd be a great choice, however SOD might be in the running, senior pro, lots of experience etc, etc.

You really do believe the shite you post don't you, constant trolling on an online forum you really need to have a good look at yourself 🤦‍♂️

That's not true is it, was it not £300k a year for 3 years then £350K a year for another 3 years, so £1.95 million in total,. Must be some size of a house in Fir park St

No we don't but people need to realise that any other deal from any other investor will be fundamentally the same. "The club needs investment I have the cash to invest, so here's what it will cost for that investment " deal or no deal. As I said earlier if we really want to embrace true fan ownership then the WS needs to be made fit for purpose, come up with its own plan and as Santheman said a few posts ago, tell the members to prepare to dig deep financially to make it happen. As bucket collections etc won't cut it.

Do you really believe Barmack is going to do a deal with the WS directly on the premis that he puts in a significant amount of cash but he's never going to be in Control, no guarantee of a return etc, that's fantasy its never going to happen with him or any other investor.

Correct, there is a cost attached to everything, however is the Motherwell fan base large enough to realise that goal.

As much as I think the Barmack offer is a bad deal, sooner or later people need to wake up to the reality that further investment comes at a cost. We're never going to attract a multi millionaire who will offer us a million a year no strings attached and say spend it wisely and let me know how you get on. The Barmack's of this world want a return on their cash, ie control of the club and it's assets that's their guarantee, so if this offer is rejected we will be having this debate with the next Barmack etc. The main issue we have is the WS, nobody is going to invest money and not have full control of the club, they don't want to be annoyed by the WS. So for me the only way I can see is for the WS to come up with their own plan to provide additional investment and for them to start controlling the club as they should be as majority shareholders. But that said in its current format I have no confidence in that happening, it needs proper professional people onboard, not the enthusiastic volunteers it has now. We are paying the price now for a WS badly set up and implemented at the start.

Given the shambles that the WS seems to have been in, I would not worry about it, it will be this time next year before the applications are processed.

Why not, if you're a member you get a vote, what's your problem with that approach 🤔

No game time for the Bair, Canada beaten 2-0 by Argentina.

They should never have been on both the WS and the Executive boards together that seems like a major conflict of interest to me. Or they were on the WS board to ensure it stayed in line, either way the whole set up is not conducive to effective and proper governance.

Therein lies the problem, it seems obvious to me that the current board want out and want their cash out as well. So it's no surprise they are all for accepting Barmacks offer. Get the deal approved and then quietly sell their shares to Barmack job done, for me their commitment to preserve fan ownership is about as likely as Scotland winning the Euros. So don't hold your breath waiting for them to reject the deal.

Are you worried he's copying your approach then, he's far too sensible for that.

Good move for him, he was never really up to premiership standard, had a decent turn of pace but not much else.

People need to wake up to reality it's probably the only market we can afford. That said it gives the usual suspects who think every player we sign is shite an early season boost of trolling and negative posting its their pre season.

That is exactly what will happen until he has 51% and complete control, and at that point the concept of fan ownership will cease and the millions contributed by WS members will have been for nothing. That's the time I fear for the clubs future as it's not guaranteed under Barmack or this offer.

That's the problem though, drawing lines, is the attacker's shoulder or big toe offside, going back 5 or 6 passes in case there was an issue it's nonsense. We need to get back to basics ie is there daylight between the attacker and defender that's proper offside. Then we can leave it to the linesman to decide and berate them instead. Sometimes technology does not improve things and VAR is an example of that, it's ruining the game.

It's still a complete shambles ruining the game, Ronaldo's shoulder was millimeters in front of the defender, that's not offside ffs, and also not a clear and obvious error. They are now actively looking for excuses not to award a goal, it's a shambles and needs binned.

Sorry but thats pish, If the club gets a loan, then it's an additional income stream onto the total income for that financial year, no different to say selling a player or signing a sponsorship deal etc, so in this case the total income will have increased by £3 million. As it will no doubt be repaid in installments, those payments will then show as expenditure on subsequent accounts until the loan is repayed. So the club was being accurate in counting the loan in the total income figure against the total expenditure and hence calculate a profit or loss accordingly

For me I think Oxborough should get his chance, he probably should have had a run in the team last season when Kelly's form dropped so he deserves a run to show us what he can offer.