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The article on the BBC website looks very much as if it's been lifted directly from communication from the well society.

An alternative plan to outside investment is how the BBC reported it in February. Anyway. It will be good to see what their plan is.

Was this in an email to members?

The well society said months ago they were looking to come up with an alternative proposal. I don't think anyone has transferred this responsibility onto them. They made a statement a few months ago saying they would come up with an alternative proposal. If they don't feel that's within their remit all they need to do surely is say this.

Not sure I'm best placed to answer that given that I'm just a well society member and don't have the first clue what their proposal is going to be.

Agree. The society maybe felt they had to come up with an alternative proposal so it will be interesting to see what it is.

I personally have my doubts.

I've never personally thought of the investment situation as a fairy godmother coming in to make Motherwell successful

Because of past history like you've just mentioned. I believe in them enough to be a member.

I am a well society member and have been for years. I just don't think it's enough to move us forward. Im not a fan who expects a top six finish and a cup run as a benchmark of success but other people do. How do they think we are going to achieve that going forward? I'll wait and see what the well society proposal is of course.

Absolutely this. Survival and growth. Stagnation isn't an option.

Of course. But we might not get any other offers which is why the well society have to think about how we raise extra funds. Some fans are happy with the way we operate just now and that's ok. But some of the same fans aren't happy that we finish 8th or 9th. We can just carry on as we are. But at some point some fans might start asking why we turned down investment - because 2 million quid is better than what we've been offered to date - nothing. That doesn't mean I support the bid but I can understand why fans want something to change.

I've seen comments about how folk have never seen Motherwell fans so divided. I don't think there's anything wrong with different opinions. I'm not going to share someone's opinion on investment just because I support Motherwell and they do as well. Some fans think the current way of working is ok and others don't. That's ok as far as I'm concerned.

I've been a member for six years and I don't pay that much in because I don't have lots of cash spare. I'm a bit uncomfortable with some of the stuff I've seen lately on twitter. The well society board have every right not to want outside investment but some of them were on twitter telling people to vote no before details had been made public. Months ago. Fan ownership is great but the well society have been practically invisible for too long. That's my view. I basically think the well society have been too anonymous for too long and that's very likely not their fault if others at the club didn't back them - but it's not good either.

Would the Well Society's vision and strategic plan have been made available to fans/supporters if there hadn't been this speculation about an outside investment bid?

Hopefully there will be a few more in the door before then

I think the 3 who resigned were in favour of the outside investment package. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong

That's Balmer announced.

Apparently it was the club that set that value.

Aye. Folk calling him names while the discussion which he's part of is taking place.

It's on social media

Yeah. The guy doesn't deserve abuse whether people are unhappy or not.

It wasn't me that said that. I quoted someone who did.

Don't think I said anything to the effect anywhere that I thought the club should be handed over for a pittance. All I said was I'd make my mind up when I get a chance to read it more closely and I'd make my own mind up. As I said in my last post I'm currently in hospital and dealing with other things as well and haven't had time to look at it properly.

I've not had the time to look at it closely yet as I'm in hospital just now and trying to finish off a uni essay that needs to be submitted by midnight or I fail my module. 😬 (Thankfully I had most of it written before coming in). Once I've got that in I'll have a better look.