Nah, you'd never get that accusation from me Flow, in all honesty..I am a big believer in what you, the background team and (mostly) the board are all about.
The ticket thing just seems absolutely ridiculous - seemed an easy fix but the board made a hash of it (ultimately buck stops with them( and Leann then seemed to criticise fans for not being up on what procedures are. When we have suffered abandonments before (Hearts in the pishing rain in the Pat Nevin era springs to my old mind) and Hibs as recently as last year did we not just use a voucher from the end of the book? If that procedure has now changed and fans don't know then that comes down as a lack of communication from the board.
Main thrust of my disappointment, however, is the current transfer policy. We are a selling team - the board constantly reminds us of this - and I think mots of the sensible folk on here accept that any good player we have is gonna be waved goodbye to in the shorter term. It's our lifeblood. It's frustrating though when guys like Murphy, Law and - especially - Randolph aren't moved on at the peak of their transfer- fee potential to Motherwell and then McCall is subsequently have to slash his budget by 200 grand at the start of an important season. I do realise that there are many, many factors that go into a transfer and it can become a complicated maze but, nonetheless, the lack of sales for a selling club is a frustration (to me at least) when we need that money to survive. Was absolutely stunned when Randolph wasn't moved on. Great keepers are hard to come by and are therefore a high-priced commodity. Jesus, Craig Gordon went for 9 mill a few years back! Not saying we would have realised that amount for Randolph but I don't think a million or two would have been unreasonable given the Euro and International experience he has gained while with us. Instead, come January, he can sign with whoever he wants on a pre-season and move for free at the end of his contract, ditto with Law, and we end up getting hee-haw. Then, next season, McCall is forced to slash his budget again, likely. THAT is where the root of my frustration with the board lies - we should be actively looking to punt these guys at the height of their worth to us. If not, the board has to stop calling us a selling club.
I appreciate - and agree - with all the points you bring up in your post . The Motherwell of now compared to the Motherwell when I left Scotland is chalk and cheese in comparison and that is to the credit of the board, you and all the others who have worked so hard in what is clearly a labour of love - it's not lost on me the hours you put in, mate! But, the ticket debacle was SUCH an easy fix but was messed up and, for me, our transfer policy is holding this club back something fierce and that's mostly where my original comments came from, in frustration..
