David

Will those t-shirts be available to buy after today?

Glad to hear it.

The topic isn't asking if McCall is the right man for job though, is it? There's no poll option asking if McCall is the right man for the job. We don't know that because he's not been here long. It's asking how you would have dealt with the situation that Archie & Craig left us in.

Although I'm personally doubting the appointment, this thread isn't. It's asking if you would have done the same as Boyle, or went for an interim coach until the end of the season.

Don't get me wrong, I'd really love it if someone ends up bumping this thread in a year or so's time and I look foolish.

Wasn't Craigan playing most games when we were doing well under Brown & Knox? The defence isn't the problem in my opinion.

I'll still be of the same opinion if we win a few games. I just don't fancy the guy as our manager. I think we need someone who knows the Scottish game, and who has a bit more experience.

Isn't he still a regular pick for Northern Ireland, the club captain and only 34 years old?

I'll be watching the game on Sunday hoping that we can get somewhere close to half-time still in the game. If we can do that, we may have a chance.

Yeah, well, if anyone thinks it's too early for a few fans to discuss how they would have handled the management situation on an internet forum they can easily just move along to another thread, can't they? Or, if they wish to participate they can vote for McCall and post their support for him.

I'm guessing that the departure of Reynolds will see Craigan get even more stick then?

If you were John Boyle, and it was mid December 2010, how would you have handled the Motherwell manager situation? Craig Brown & Archie Knox have just left, and you need to find a replacement. Would you have appointed Stuart McCall? Or went for an interim coach until the end of the season? Or would you have tried to appoint some other (realistic) target? Personally, I can't quite get excited about the appointment of McCall. I feel it would have been better to wait until the summer when a far wider choice of candidate would have been available. I'd have went with a steadying influence in the dressing room until the summer. My number one choice for such a job would have been Tommy McLean. He knows the club, knows Scottish football, and has bags of experience. I think we are making a mistake employing someone who has relatively little experience as a manager at the level of a club like Motherwell. We need an experienced head who can follow in the footsteps of Craig & Archie, getting the best out of the players we have, and managing to spot talent we can bring in on loan or for virtually nothing. I hate to say it, and I've not felt this way since the days of Maurice Malpas, but I just don't see McCall being the man for the job.

Bang on the money. The departure of Brown & Knox has signalled the start of a decline at the club.

This sounds dire. I'm not looking forward to Sunday with much confidence based on what I'm hearing.

So, if the comments were aimed at a Motherwell player instead of the official that makes it okay, aye?

Good post HappySlappy. Anyone who's willing to put a bit of thought into the situation deserves to be heard.

For anyone who may be interested, the mighty 'Well will be on television on the following dates; 30/01 - vs Rangers - BBC Scotland (live) 02/02 - vs Kilmarnock - BBC Alba 19/02 - vs Hamilton - BBC Alba 27/02 - vs Celtic - Sky Sports (live) 19/03 - vs Kilmarnock - ESPN 02/04 - vs Aberdeen - BBC Alba 16/04 - vs St Johnstone - BBC (live) 23/04 - vs Hearts - BBC Alba 30/04 - vs Rangers - ESPN (live) 15/05 - vs Celtic - Sky Sports (live) 21/05 - vs Celtic BBC/Sky (live)

Dunno if it's been mentioned already, but this game is on BBC Alba at half five on Saturday.

Has there ever been a drop in prices for any length of time though? Most of the times I can recall have usually been a one-off deal.

Surely it all has to start somewhere though, right? If we saw prices being lowered there would be increased attendances means more money spent at food kiosks, more shirts being sold, more programmes being punted etc. The more people who attend the games the more attractive sponsorship is going to become, as there will be more sets of eyeballs seeing the product being advertised, which will increase revenue as well. Once this all starts to flow through we'll see better players being bought, and a more exciting product which will lead to better television deals. Sure, we'll never operate on the same scale as the Bundesliga, but we could certainly do worse than implement their blueprint as much as is possible.

If you had paid only £100 or so for your season ticket you wouldn't bother going to the games?

This subject has reared its head every few weeks or so, and whilst i'm 110% behind any & all ideas of getting more punters through the gate at Fir Park, it has to be said that in all the discussions being had about revitalising our game the powers that be have never mentioned pricing, have they?

When you look at some of the players Levein has picked for Scotland I think i'll have to disagree there. He should have been in the squad at least.

Is this Motherwell TV deal going to include showing the 90 minutes of matches the day after the game took place? I hear that Celtic and Rangers have an online system that does the same thing. If so, I'd certainly be up for that.