Spiderpig

A 10 team SPL is bollocks but the Turkeys wont vote for christmas and change to 16 teams, they wany the extra income that 8 games against the old firm generates. Sky will put some extra cash in as there will be 4 old firm ties to cover and the ugly sisters will get a few extra quid. So the whole thing is nothing to do with improving the game in Scotland its about extra money for the clubs, SPL, SFL etc. SPL 1 and 2 its a joke, will any of the clubs in the top half of div 1 who will make up the bulk of the SPL 2 be wanting to spend lots of cash to bring their grounds up to SPL standards ? i think not. They have tried a 10 team set up in the past and it did not work, now we are going back to it as the solution to all the games problems you could not make it up.

Why all the negative predictions, we will win, i cant see it being a classic but i think we will be too strong for them, i am going for 2-0 to the well. Dundee are playing well few clean sheets but the standard in Div 1 is not as good as the SPL so you cant compare like for like, would they have had 5 clean sheets in a row playing Hearts, St Johnstone, Aberdeen, Rangers etc i think not. We have a tough January and Feb that will make or break our season and this is the game to get the momentum started with a good win. mon the Well

Keevins is a whinging little :wank: who will make up stories to suit himself, but if it is true why worry the goal machine that is Casagolda will do the Business

Definitely next season, i think we are going to see the VAT increase as well as any increase the Club makes going on to the season book prices and individual match tickets. As well as that Pies, programs, Bovril etc will all go up as well, so much for trying to encourage fans to come back to games

If He does go it will be a certainty that he will score a couple against us when we play them up there in a few weeks, thats the way our luck goes. Wonder what the pre match odds on him as first goal scorer are, Jenno will know

Fair point, its everyones right to choose but steelmen or dossers we all support the same team. mon the well

Do any of the Dosser clan really want to be describing themselves as workshy, benefit cheating, rough sleeping hobo's as that's what the term means. dosser2n 1. Brit slang a person who sleeps in dosshouses2. (Social Welfare) Brit slang another word for dosshouse3. Slang a lazy person; idlerhc_dict()Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsNoun1.dosser - someone who sleeps in any convenient place street personhobo, tramp, bum - a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"wn()Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. The nickname is more suited to the Green half of the ugly sisters in Glasgow. We are Motherwell, We are the Steelmen

Is that a description of yourself as a dosser, or did you mean to add something meaningful to it. Steelmen rule

The number of good stands we have is irrelevant, the problem is that the site is not suited for a modern football stadium, and there is little or no scope for redevelopment. It would be a wast of money trying to patch up the East and POD stands, the more cost effective option is to relocate to a new purpose built stadium. The club could then get a stadium that was up to 21st century standards, good transport links, car parking etc, as well as being able to be used on non match days for various other business activities to bring in extra money. Look at the new grounds that have been built in recent years and learn from the mistakes made, ie not filling the corners in and we could have a 10k seat stradium to be proud of. So sell FP and get moving to a new home, maybe the " Ravenscraig Arena"

Good luck Stuart for the rest of the season, i will be right behind you and the team.

Now that we have a new manager in place to hopefully stabilise the team, and maybe bring in a few loan signings in January, what do people think would be a good season for Motherwell ? 1. we still have a good chance of finishing 4th, and another possible Euro adventure. 2. A decent run in the Scottish cup, another semi-final at least would be nice. 3. McCall getting the team playing with a bit of committment and passion, something which has been lacking in recent weeks. 4. Keeping the core of the team we have now, and trying to get some of the young players, ie Forbes, McHugh, Hutchison, Page etc to realise some of the potential they have. Any other thoughts ??

Just ignore my last post just realised its pish

I thought there was 1 Champions league place, and 3 Europa league places this year, (2 for league position and 1 for cup winners) ?

It does not matter if he was 1st choice or 10th choice, he is prepared to take the job and give it a go, so all the well fans should get right behind him to try to get the season back on track. Given the run Hearts are on i think that they have all but secured 3rd place, but we can still finish 4th, and another European adventure. If McCall can achieve that then he will have done well. Onwards and upwards, bring on the Accies.

Why do people persist in using Dossers as a nickname for motherwell, we have always been known as the Steelmen and IMHO always will be, this dossers stuff is pish.

Its the son of satan himself, McGhee is on his way back

He has been in the game for a long time, and had limited early sucess as a player and manager at Bradford. He knows the lower leagues and whats on offer. He is currently scouting for Norwich so he attends a lot of games and watches lots of players, so presumeably he has an eye for a decent one. I think he is worth a punt by Boyle

We need somone in ASAP so why not McCall, he was a reasonably high profile player in his day so he will get the respect of the younger players, used to working with little or no money, alleged good contacts in the game. We should judge the new manager at the end of the season, not now

Why do you think that ? He has good experience and contacts, he might be just what we need

We could develop the young talent in the ways of the dark side, they would go back highly skilled in drinking, chasing women, questionable gambling practices, religious bigotry and leaving your kids in freezing motors. As for the football they would quickly revert to the scottish level.

I am not that old meant to type McFadden but fingers not working at the same speed as brain

+ 1 Its Exactly the same for me, age, away trips in Europe, and no goals to enjoy until Odense i dont think i cried though

If you add in McFadyen, Pearson, Clarkson, and even Quinn we have been feeding other clubs our best players for years

Does it really matter who we get as the new manager, you could find a fault with every single applicant for the job, and judging by the responses on this thread most of them have been slated in one form or another. The club needs stabillity, and organisation, the new manager needs to develop the resources we have and forget about having any cash to spend, in that respect he will be no different from the majority of the other SPL clubs. I really think that John Boyle should be going for a safe pair of hands midway through a season, and forget about trying to appoint a "surprise candidate" or unearth the next Jose Mourhino. Would it really be so bad to get A jimmy Calderwood, John Hughes, Gus McPherson or even the "son of Satan " himself McGhee. Their previous records are irrelevant, its how they develop the team and where we finish up at the end of the season that counts. If we can have another good season finishing top 6, and maybe challenging for 3rd or 4th and a European place, then we can move forward from there, thats when the new man will be judged. I would rather have someone in the job who wants it and will put in the hard work and stay long term rather than a manager who's only qualification is their name on the CV and who will jump ship the next time a bigger job comes up. IMHO get the 2 jimmy's in and lets start stabilising the team and getting back to winning ways.

I agree that untill we fill all of the 3 home stands then we will have to put up with the old firm fans in the POD stand but it is not designed with crowd segregation in mind, ie shared toilets, catering points. I know the majority of fans on both sides will mix and cause no trouble but it only takes 1 or 2 morons to start something that could quickly escalate to a serious incident. On Sunday we had to suffer 90 mins of shite from 1 ar*ehole behind us singing FTP, the sash, Billy boys, rule britannia, up the UVF, and some bizarre little ditty about German bonbers and the RAF !!! Despite numerous complaints to stewards they done nothing, so by the end of the game tempers were frayed, the whole thing is a potential disaster. Away teams should get the away stand only, its time the club started to respect its season ticket holders and core support a bit more,