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So, straw poll.... What is your favourite 'Well kit of all time ??? I have always been in love with the umbro '86 kit. Firstly because it was the kit worn when I started going regularly to fir park and secondly, it was the team kit I wore when playing for Motherwell boys club as a nipper. Cannot explain the immense pride I felt pulling on that jersey and running out as a player for my beloved. I never got to own one for myself and have never been able to get hold of one as an adult.

Perhaps it is a generational thing but I would really dislike seeing the white shorts and black socks. I particularly dislike the white short kits in recent years. A bit like that last puma kit did, it just looks like all the relevant bits were put together by a blind bloke at a jumble sale.

In the strictest form of manliness, I don't think Ally Maxwell is looking too bad at aw!!! Bear in mind he and the likes of Kirkie and Fergie will be comfortably into their 50s now.

No, I've been thinking the same thing

So should we sack him????

How do you know it's his house?

Did they say if he was any good?

I would wholeheartedly agree if we were talking about an EPL side but quite frankly, we are in a precarious position financially and every conceivable factor must be considered and pound note stretched in what will be vital negotiations with the 5. Can we afford to lose them? Can we afford to keep them? It's a genuine quandary, but for more reasons than just first team selection !!! It would appear and makes sense to me that the club is looking to become a bit of a footballing academy, they have already invested in some infrastructure for this and are quite sensibly looking to utilise existing resources to populate that structure and bring the academy to life. As said before, a footballers career cycle is different to the average Joe so there is a strong attraction for the 5 in becoming part of the coaching team as well as the first team. Where else would they get an opportunity to taper from one career to another within a friendly environment from an empowered position and have a clear career path if you do well? It represents good value for money for the club whilst generating a competitive and attractive coaching development plan. In the context of Motherwell....it makes perfect sense.

Agreed

Perhaps it's the photos, but both of those Ross county shirts look proper bowfing!!! I suspect we will get at least one or both of those collars and I hope they are better in the flesh than in that pic. The away one is particularly poor. And as an aside, the White with c&a stripes is cool but petrol blue with white or c&a stripes....????? No!!!

Maybe that's what some of the 'bonus' top six money should be spent on

I like that!!!

You've set yourself a challenge there UBH !!??!!

I totally didn't know that. yeah fair do's.

Folk love an angle so could we see a possible 3rd kit with white & blue for 130th Anniversary and a reveal on May 17th? Why the 17th?

A fantastic result and the lads deserve full credit. With the exception of Leitchs little bit of magic, all goals came from some very good link up play. Granted, the hearts goalie had an absolute 'mare, but the boys were clinical with the chances presented. Cads and Dom had their entire left side on toast but for me, they all won their individual battles. I think the thing that impressed me most though was the manner in which Crags and Las has them playing, some excellent passing and movement. Because of this, they made far better use of the big pitch and particularly in the second half, stretched the jambos at will. Fantastic stuff!!!

To a degree, they do! The whole ethos is to be a community club, and with that, contribution to the local economy should be expected. If the club were ever to move up there, I would expect it would be part of a much wider development plan. I used to knock about with a lad who was a civil engineer who worked on the ravenscraig site during the 90s shortly after the steel mill was demolished who told me way back then that they had plans already drawn up for a whole new town that was funded for build. The draw back was that there was considerable soil pollution meaning that the site wouldn't be fit for development for in some parts decades. Perhaps this is why it remains so desolate?

As much as I'd like Hall to sign up for the long term and become a player that can go to a higher level as a competitive starter for a decent sell on fee, I shan't be sobbing if he doesn't. In the interviews I've seen him do, he seems to be a wee bit ahead of himself. I mean, he's already been quoted and filmed more than once, talking of his chances of playing for the NI national team and sneaking into the Euros squad. I suspect somebody somewhere has been filling the boys heid full of shite. I certainly don't blame the lad for keeping his options open and I sincerely hope he isn't being offered less than the likes of Laing or Kennedy. If he continues in his present manner, I'm sure he'll become a decent player and gain international caps but this will be one of the biggest choices of his career. I've seen too many young lads tearing up a long term career for the prize of status from being at a big club or for more short term money.

Being in exile, I'm seldom in the club shop and haven't bought any macron training gear but judging by some of the old puma training gear I have, I'm not at all surprised. I've suspected for some time that provan sports receive the merchandise from the supplier without the Motherwell badge on them and then iron them on. Perhaps the strips are the exception and it's only my suspicion but given my 2yr olds kit had the same size badge as my adult one, it at the very least smacks of laziness. I guess you're right about the standard of the present badges, they really can't be any worse than what was on the xara stuff. Now they were really poor, from the badges, to the material quality that made my Sunday league nipple bleeders feel simply luxurious.

It was, and between the travel club and the Claret and Amber club, it meant that a boy like myself from a very low income family was able get to watch their local team. Huge kudos to the board of the time

Excuse my ignorance, what's wrong with the badge?

That makes a lot of sense actually as my first kit was the Patrick vertical bar of that era, which I really stupidly wrote IAN SKELLY across the middle of after having had it a few years and parents who couldn't afford the umbro one of the time. Further to Claret and Amber club, does anyone else remember the Motherwell travel club? My dad and I went to almost every away game through that club during the late 80s. Happy memories

Every macron kit I or my kids have had has had issues with the sponsors logo and little macron motif on the shoulder peeling off. All washing instructions followed. Recently a crystal palace supporting mate (also macron) had a moan about the same thing and asking if I had the same trouble. Otherwise, I really like the macron gear

I can't honestly remember the year but I'm pretty sure my first game was a preseason friendly against QPR. I think it was either 1985/86 or 1986/87 season? My second, first competitive and totally bug catching game was a cup tie against forfar the blue Brazil in 86/87 with my first trip to hampden shortly after to watch us fight back from two down to only lose on penalties to Celtic in the semifinal of the same cup. I was well proud of being a member of the 'claret and amber club'.

On that point, whilst Ian Baraclough can draw much criticism for his time in charge, in managing to find the likes of Moult and Kennedy (who I think will shape into a decent centre half) from his position at the back of the queue, he justifiably deserves praise.