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Ross pulling out for me is telling i suspect when budgets / state of the rebuild required and in particular the length of contract being offered is revealed to candidates that there is no doubt in my mind kettlewell will have the job until end of season if he keeps us up he will get a years deal. Will face the same issues as hammell in having to rebuild the squad with minimal budget in the summer. Hopefully he avoids the luck we have had with injuries to get as far as Jan if not we have another recruitment process for a manager next jan quite a picture I paint but unless the new manager is properly backed in the summer it will be a continued rinse and repeat for me to look forward to

ask burrows why max hasn't signed a contract yet. other priorities seem to have got in his way since Oct in getting that done!

been told by a decent source in the club of a EK based individual approaching the club in regards to investment . hopeful this could be the silver lining we have been looking for although its prob just a load of shite and i can go back to worrying about being relegated tomorrow night

👀 Society could be run a lot better. A weekly newsletter telling you what we already know from the club isn’t communication or engagement an Aligned society that runs fundraising drives and initiatives around the ground, puts on society family fun days and fan engagement experiences around the ground on match days is one I would fully get behind i can’t help but feel altho the society is there to support the club, the attitude from the club to the society is seen as a hinderance an example of this is the society recently asking for the clubs support to run a simple raffle online. No one at club interested in building the two groups together and having aligned targets

Ah got you now mate yea I don’t think a complete overhaul is needed. I just genuinely believe there needs to be a structure where there is the appropriately experienced staff in each area . Particularly the splitting of operational roles and footballing roles to which flow did both and if you are in software development we need to talk. I need some recommendations to development companies in glasgow/Edinburgh if you happen to be in that field 😂

claims he has agreed terms with Motherwell

Not sure what that means tbh but if you think you can make a difference to the shambles that we have now then I’d welcome your help

I’m of the same opinion. I want to donate I actually want to donate more money and time to my club in general if the society is imperative to our survival then the foundations and operations of it need looked at urgently as well

Sorry just to clarify The steering group would represent a group of people across the board with various interests and experiences in areas within business and football. They would be there to take task and answer questions to the departmental heads garning an oversight for what needs improvement and changes made whilst offering suggestions and alternatives and highlighting potential pitfalls for the board to consider actioning they wouldn’t be holding the board accountable .

The society have yet to reinstate my monthly donation despite advising them of this in 2021. another massive cog in the Motherwell frustration wheel from me club overall doesn’t know it’s arse from its elbow and hasn’t for a good few years now . Which massively frustrates me

That speech was pretty braveheart esq but sometimes it needs to be to captivate peoples ambition. club has a massive amount going for it but it’s clear from the outset it needs better structure throughout over and above my own business interests I’d happily go in there voluntary and help sort things out

Evident to me that to move forward the club needs a complete restructure. From what I am told from those who work there , it is rudderless and has been for some time, lacks direction in both the wider footballing and administrative sense and is full of staff ready to jump ship across the board which we have seen already My suggestion would be to: Board Increase the current board to include 2 additional non exec business heads (with at least 10yrs business experience and not ideally fans to complement the chairman Three appointed directors A well society rep from a newly formed MFC shareholder steering group This board must hold accountable two newly formed roles General manager (accountable for all administrative and commercial roles inc hospitality Head of football development ( oversee head of scouting and responsible for footballing contracts and recruitment across the football departments) Steering group This group should take action and ask questions directly each month to the two above positions along with the commercial manager, first team manager and stadium manager at monthly meetings. These questions should come from a fan representative A member of well society 2 experienced business figures 2 experienced football professionals ie ex player/manager/coach etc A board member Answers and findings should then be presented to the board of directors to action Overhaul revamp Scouting geographical network of Scouts covering Scotland ie Aberdeen/south Lanarkshire /dumfries and Galloway/Ayrshire This should be headed up by head of recruitment who should oversee this network and feed back findings and suggestions on players to the newly formed head of football development post The club clearly needs a distinction in flows current role and altho he’s responsible for both areas of the club it’s clear that it’s too big a role for 1 person to do efficiently I have many many other suggestions but I’m not sure anyone outwith Jim McMahon would be interested in listening to 😂 Needless to say I think the whole club needs restructured with a clear 5-10yr vision that we work back from to achieve. Every member of staff in the whole club should be included in understanding their role in achieving this vision and should be held accountable within their own developmental and departmental meetings A focus on income generation across the board should always be the primary focus and vastly reducing our overheads within both the footballing and operational departments for me is key over the next 12 months without compromising ongoing investment

Wonder if flow will be recruiting from the same list that he’s apparently looking through at the moment for the Aberdeen post while in post at Motherwell 🤬

If true then it might be the first decent thing the board have done in 3yrs. Getting in a new appointment quickly regardless on whether it’s lambert I don’t think they will hang about with making an appointment

Couldn’t make tonight but what was the early thoughts on the new signings?

A centre half and a defensive midfielder tomorrow i think would surely see the majority of fans happy if we could have chosen the positions to fill this window

been told from a very good source that postecoglu had absolutely no involvement in danzaki signing

So alexander didn’t tell him he could leave in the summer before the jan window. Then following his purple patch he requested a new contract for £500 more a week which Alexander knocked back (clearly still happy to let him leave) and then he subsequently got a deal for double what he was on with utd?

its a non starter. Typical agent play trying to stoke the fire at st Johnstone and st mirren to make a move i actually think he would jump at coming back but don’t see him being a hammell signing

Rumour mill suggesting we have offered £100k for Gerard garner of fleetwood. Highly doubt that given we are having to move players on to get players in

He wanted to stay with us and would have signed for less than dundee utd ended up paying him but Alexander didn’t want him and said he could leave two sides to every story

He got to sign whoever he wanted from whatever agent he wanted 😬

Scott burns saying we are working on 1 or 2 but need to get players out. Exactly what I thought and posted the other day given our injuries, given our lack of depth. That’s a sad indictment of where we are financially if we are having to move 2 on to bring 1 or 2 in . fucking brutal hand Hammell has been dealt with in my opinion

Based on what Dawes brought in before under alexander I wouldn’t trust him with £2 assuming hammell scouted and made the call on Penney/Cruikshank/mandron and from what I have read and heard on danzaki then I would trust him a lot more with my cash the caveat to that would be Aaron’s and moult but I think it would be harsh to critizse on bringing a former fans fave in moult back who if he could have even scored half the amount he did the last time, we prob wouldn’t be as worried as we all are now

I wouldn’t suggest paying over the odds but in terms of loans to steady the ship until we can have an opportunity to overhaul the squad in line with a new budget for next season then surely we can obtain some loans and negotiate the parent club to cover the majority of the wage to keep it within £2k max per week id imagine we were paying the majority on Dunnachie and now Maguire while out on loan so with some hard negotiating and a couple of hundred grand into the pot then for me it’s worth the gamble until the end of the season