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The only one I thought was honking was Casey. He is the week link in defence. Blaney and Gordon were decent and Wilson had a much better game than he did at the weekend. Halliday probably had his best game for us, albeit not a high bar. Lennon Miller best player though by a distance. His range and weight of passing is just sublime.

No but it is being trailed in all the news outlets so likely to be sooner rather than later.

Fair enough. I dont sit in the POD, so hadnt really considered the reasons for choosing to do so. Its a connundrum. But one the WS and refreshed Executive Board will have to consider at some point.

Great news! Now we can get on with the job of making the Executive Board truly accountable and drive forward the positive changes required to make Motherwell FC the best version of ourselves we can be! 🧡❤️🧡

A stand like Ayr United just built would actually do us fine. We dont actually need the seats, but decent facilities, hospitality and some safe standing at the front could work well. No idea what that would cost but it would certainly be cheaper than replacing the POD as is, or indeed moving to a new stadium. As always finances will dictate, I presume .......

I dont doubt that you are correct about the need to move and the timeframe. But it does bring into question the decision to take the Covid loan and spend it on upgrading the playing surface. Its a no brainer over, say, a 10 year period or more, given the ongoing costs of maintaining the old surface. Far less so if a stadium move is imminent/unavoidable.

Given that folks are quoting £20m to build a new POD, £20m for an entirely new purpose built stadium seems eminently more sensible. Not sure how we would finance it but, selling the land Fir Park is on, together with some sort of debenture scheme and some integrated investment with business partners and the local council could make it possible. Certainly Ravenscraig would seem the sensible choice both physically and emotionally if we are to move away from Fir Park. I agree, an Alesund type stadium would be the dream.

£1.4m for Bair plus add ons is absolutely exceptional. Well done SK and the club. Chuffed for the big man. You would imagine its life changing money for him and the chance to further develop and stake a claim to start for his country. For anyone still on the fence re fan ownership, surely this has to influence their opinion?

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Thought Balmer did well, but wasnt really tested. Paton was busy and tidy as always but with frustratingly little end product. Thought young McDermott looked very good when he came on. Went for young Dylan Wells as he was constantly showing for the ball and trying to make things happen. Showed more than a lot of his more experienced team mates. Would like to see more of him in the group stages.

Outstanding business if true. Chuffed for Bair, thats a really good move for him and keeps the wolf from the door for another season. Does that mean we arent in financial danger until 2026? 😉

Hard to judge that performance against that level of opposition, which was really poor. Balmer certainly looks to have the physical attributes to succeed in the SPFL but will need to see him tested more before we know if he is any good. Thought Wells looked decent and is certainly worth another run out. Moses and Robinson both look like they might have something to offer. Apart from that it was a pretty run of the mill early season performance. What was promising was that we looked stronger after the substitutions for a change which was nice. Once our injured players come back and SK finishes his jigsaw puzzle we might have the makings of a decent squad. However much sterner tests lie ahead.

No argument there......

Kettlewell saying in his presser he wants to add 2 or 3 more. I dont think we are done yet.

The woman was a retired Fifa Grade referee. I didnt think she tried to justify decisions, more explain why they would be given in line with current IFAB rules. There was one decision in particular (cant remember which) that she explained why the decision had been given in line with the rules, but then said, "if you ask me my personal opinion, you would get a different answer". I think it was to do withba penalty handball incident. I thought it was actually quite refreahing ro get a referees insight as it explained a lot of stuff. I think IFAB are the problem. Not the referees.

Doe that mean he needs to take the Lambourghini back? 😆😆😆

I wouldnt imagine so. I dont expect to see him in a Motherwell shirt again. He will probably be given a couple of weeks holiday during which time his transfer to whatever club has offered us most money will likely go through. Thats based on absolutely nothing but rumour and Tom Feeley saying we will sell him.

Watched the first half of Argentina v Canada and have to admit, I was surprised at how positively the Canadians went at it from the start. They created a number of good chances before they got caught with the sucker punch and Argentina took control of the game. Re Bair, its a shame he didnt get any game time, but looking at the Canada front line, they all looked pretty useful. Pace, strength and skill. No harm to the big fella but Im not surprised he didnt get a start given what they have at their disposal. On the plus side, he hasnt got injured so any big money transfer should still go through smoothly!

I think Alan Burrows was maybe taking up a lot of the slack. Maybe a coincidence or maybe he should have been delegating more to department heads or whatever, but it does seem things spiralled out of control after he left.

Im sure he has a lot of connections willing to help him for a small fee.....

The other thing that struck me was that if the £4m outlined to be spent by Barmack is used to buy services owned by companies he either owns or has associations with, then he stands to make a healthy return on his £900k regardless if whether it generates revenue for the club or not.

This is what really annoys me about McMahons statement yesterday. He is asking the WS to show that any investment they have lined up stays in the club. Yet under the proposal he is trying to push through, we will spend £4m in the first 3 years for a £900k investment. Im no bussinessman, but that looks like £3.1m going out of the club with no guarantee it will generate any extra revenue to justify the expense.

Nice one. I dont do Twitter anymore. They closed down my account for breaching community standards! Only they wouldnt tell me what I had done wrong so I couldnt appeal! 😆

Got my voting pack in. Another for the REJECT pile. The 2 guys I sit with are reject also. Great statement from Brian McCafferty. Great timing also. Hopefully we can win this by a resounding margin and move on stronger.

Where was that?