Spiderpig

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,

We were well beaten by a Rangers team who looked like they could score every time they went up the park, our defence was a shambles, especially both full backs, Hammell and the bomb scare that is Saunders We need to get a manager in ASAP and get some shape and organisation into the team, Gordon Young is well out of his depth. I think the players were trying but against a defence as solid and organised as Rangers they got no chance. We missed Steve "betfred" Jennings in Midfield, i would have brought in Fitzpatrick and left Hatley at right back, instead of Saunders.

I was asking the alleged steward why they had taped off the end of the section and then proceeded to do Feck all when all the Rangers fans just stepped over it. I asked him why they were not doing what they were paid to do and keep the fans apart. To be fair to the guy he said it was just about impossible to do as there were only 2 of them allocated to that area !!! The Rangers fans should not be in the POD stand at all, tempers were being raised at the catering points and toilets, its a recepie for disaster, and as for talking or complaining to stewards its a waste of time they are not interested.

I have been going to Fir park for nearly 40 years and while it has improved dramatically in that time it really is time for the club to consider moving to a new stadium. The POD stand was good for the 1960's but not today, toilets poor, catering points poor, seats and legroom dire, etc. The east stand is terracing with seats, its a shite hole, . The club should be moving to a new purpose built stadium on the Ravenscraig site, not one of these 4 stand, no corners grounds but a proper footie stadium, oval, close to the pitch, 10,000 seats, plenty of car parking etc, Livingston's Almondvale is a good example, or the reebok on a much smaller scale. As for all the history, sentiment etc, nobody can take that away, but you would still be supporting the team and making new memories, European nights, cup games etc. I am sure if you asked all of the fans from St Mirren, hamilton, Airdrie, Bolton, Arsenal or any other team who has moved to a new stadium if they preferred the old one the answer would be no. The amount of money spent trying to keep Fir park open and in good condition would be better spent on a new stadium which would require less maintenance, and provide more income to spend on the team.

Gonny just wrap the Tomorrow pish today please

Maybe JB is holding off announcing the new manager and is waiting for George Burley to be available http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...ips-owners.html

I guess it must be the cash on offer then thats blocking the deal, assuming its all true and he was actually offered the job

If you are out of work is any offer not a good one ? unemployment is not the best position to start barganing from.

If he turned it down he obviously want a longer deal or more money, if he does not want the job why apply in the first place

Allegedly the Hamilton pitch is frozen as the undersoil heating is broken and it cant be fixed because the pitch is frozen you could not make it up. Motherwell got slaughtered last season for the state of the pitch and problems with the pitch heating, so why no SFA investigation this time.

I dont think it's confirmed, i guess Leroy does not want Fenlon to get the Job

I think it will be him as well, will Keegan, Murphy and Molloy be coming back If it is Fenlon he might do a turn for us, you cant judge a person by his previous record.

We can re-organise the leagues as much as we like but the basic product will still be crap. Turning the SPL into 2 leagues of 10 wont make it any more competetive, the old firm will still be the only 2 teams who will ever win the title. The battle for the european slots will still be between the sides fighting for them now, ie Hearts, Motherwell, Dundee untd, with maybe a Hibs or Kilmarnock if they have a good season, the rest will be relegation candidates. We need to start by re-organising the structure of the game ie 1 governing body with people in charge who are experienced at running a multi million pound business, much improved facillities for training at all levels, proper coaching and developing young players, etc. If we are going to change the league structure then make it a proper pyramid set up as they have in England, this gives clubs like Arthurlie, pollock, Edinburgh city etc the chance of league football, and it makes league clubs who constantly finish bottom of Div 3, ie Clyde, Elgin, montrose etc try to improve and retain their league status.

Does that mean we will get nothing first half ?