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I would happily double/triple my monthly direct debit to the Well Society, but they've never asked, although I think the time is now for them to do so. If we want tangible change and improvement, we and they need to act.

To counter that, I would say that the club has been struggling because of Alexander's appointment and tenure. And, as much as I don't rate Kettlewell, I would rather have him than GA.

Some people tend to fall upwards.

A sensible commentary on why a fan-owned club must communicate properly with its fans.

Mika scored and was subbed after 65 minutes, but not before some quality play-acting and missing another chance. Max is playing as RB in a back four, but I've turned it off as it's a dull game in general.

I don't think it was deliberate, but this mistake/oversight/whatever epitomises the disconnect felt between some fans and the club. It's not good enough at all. The WS Board was also unsighted, which seems bonkers. As you indicate, it all feels a bit rudderless and has been for some time, and because of that, it feels like we could be walking into a significant point in time with our pants at our ankles due to not having a permanent CEO in place beforehand. It may all be okay in the end, but the journey has been a bit of a mess, which may disenfranchise/disengage many fans. For me, I've never felt so much personal disconnect with the club or apathy towards it as I do now, and that's a real shame. We're (currently) a fan-owned club and should expect so much better in terms of the absolute basics.

Some fans often state that they think the club is being run by a bunch of amateurs, and those views are often rebuked and rightly so, but this significant failure in basic communication (deliberately or otherwise) is evidence enough to demonstrate amateur hour at its finest peak.

Any inside scoops?

For me, it's not the fact that players and the manager have extension clauses written into their contracts that can be and have been triggered, it's that the extensions haven't been communicated once triggered. No wonder fans are continually annoyed by the club. It's happened with SOD and Kettlewell, and probably others, and will likely happen with Obika now as well. I think it's reasonable to say that fans shouldn't have to wait until AGMs for this basic information to be communicated to them.

It seems like he needs the wee calf.

It was a tongue-in-cheek statement, but do tell me some more facts about professional footballers while I've got your attention.

As I've said in previous posts, we need to move beyond the loan market and see it as a bonus, not a core part of our strategy. I understand why we've had to rely on the loan market recently because we're in a mess, but this type of thing (e.g. Biereth, Shaw, Buyabu) happens when a club have an overreliance on players who aren't their own. I hope the lad is okay, but I would also have fucked off for 'personal reasons' if SOD was selected to replace Gent ahead of me.

Random, but why not... Oxborough Devine McGinn Blaney Buyabu Davor Spittal Miller Gent Bair Vale

Providing the Well Society retains no less than 51% ownership, I'm pretty much open to any ideas at this stage.

It's on $ky $port$ at noon.

Correct.

We've no divine right to beat Livi. They finally got points against the team in fifth yesterday. As you say, it'll be a huge game for both teams.

Well Well, well, we have a bigger doom merchant than MJC 😉

I agree with the old-school approach in these scenarios. Shankland (and players like him) should be swarmed upon during set pieces into our box, and it can be done without fouling. It's that simple. Being proactive in defence is often easier than being reactive.

Fair enough. On Paton, however, he's already missed a fair few sitters, so I think any criticism would be merited. He does many things well, and I can see why Kettlewell picks him for that, but his end product is often rotten.

Inherited or not, the buck always stops with the manager in football. He's also had two transfer windows to address the inherited problems you mentioned.

Disagree. Every point is a prisoner, so we should be going for them. That doesn't mean we will win, though.

I don't think you can compare them like that. Miller is 17 and has one professional goal, and Paton is 25 and has twelve professional goals. Furthermore, Paton is often asked to play further forward, but Miller isn't. The boy is still growing into the game and learning.

I've just seen the goals. Comedy defending as usual. Pathetic.

We were never getting 3 points today against high-flying Hearts, and by the sounds of things, we made it easy for them with their goals. It also seems we engaged kitchen sink mode at the end, with Bair, Ferrie, Obika, and Mugabi (according to the radio) all playing up front. Is Kettlewell starting to panic, or is that his plan B? I don't know; I only followed on the radio. We have three games across seven days coming up. Celtic (H), Livi (A) and Rangers (A). How many points will we take?