Guest Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Why would you force anyone to sign a contract ? We are looking for some stability and one year contracts dont do that do they Not long ago the club was being slated for sort term contractsHand shakes dont work in football only signed contracts The club signed up Hateley, Randolph and Humphrey on three year deals, Law and Higdon on two years. What's short term about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Nothing ... but they all ran out at the same time unfortunatley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Difficult task for the club. You want some stability but in doing that you may end up having to keep players who turn out to be non performers. Hopefully the Manager/board can keep that to a minimum. AT the moment i would mabe only classify Daly as having fallen into that category. However, even by giving the likes of Law etc 2 year contracts it gives us some continuity but no chance to sell them and make money. So perhaps ( easier said than done ) we need to develop a signing strategy that 1. Provides continuity: Manage contract lengths such that you limit the number that are up at the same time. 2. Enables us to get some decent time out of good players but still enough time left on contract that other teams would have to buy them if they wanted them. Of course, we are completely at the mercy of who has enough cash to buy players but at least if we don't sell them we get to keep them for longer. But, stating the obvious, any contract strategy relies heavily on the ability of the manager and board to "predict" what players will be good for motherwell and able to maintain or improve their performance level. Not the easiest of tasks. The task being made even more difficult by the fact that they have to also align these contracts with projected budgets. I don't envy them the task Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose Well Fan Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Someone said on twitter that wolves have released Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and he is on his way up to Scotland to speak to McCall. That's what a few of the wolves fans were saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhandluc Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Someone said on twitter that wolves have released Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and he is on his way up to Scotland to speak to McCall. That's what a few of the wolves fans were saying. Built like a brick sh**house and has other things in common with Higgy In 2008 Ebanks-Blake was charged with causing actual bodily harm to a doorman in an incident at a Plymouth nightclub on 11 November 2007 while a Plymouth Argyle player.[42] He was subsequently fined £1,350 with £650 costs and £500 compensation by Plymouth Crown Court on 4 July 2008, after admitting to having attacked the doorman with his girlfriend's handbag causing a three-inch cut to his head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well 4 Europe Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Sylvan Ebanks Blake? Seriously? We can't afford to keep Michael Higdon but we're going to sign someone who scored 14 goals in the Championship last season? He'll have a long list of suitors down South who can pay him more in a week than we can in a month. Fantasy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Someone said on twitter that wolves have released Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and he is on his way up to Scotland to speak to McCall. That's what a few of the wolves fans were saying. No shot. Surely. He must've been on about 2/3 times what we can offer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell89 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 maybe he supports motherwell or wants to play in a big European team for a change or perhaps just likes the scottish weather more than just money to way up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 That's true, but how many managers has he worked under at Celtic? None of them saw fit ( ) to give him a good run in the 1st team for a reason. I don't think all of them were blind to his abilities, were they? There must be a reason why he didn't get a crack? McCourt doesn't have core fitness, tremendously skilled but can't get 90 minute fit without breaking down. A luxury we couldn't afford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nethertonwellfan Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Someone said on twitter that wolves have released Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and he is on his way up to Scotland to speak to McCall. That's what a few of the wolves fans were saying. Aye right enough folks, the silly season is well and truly upon us. Keep it coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in motherwell Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Normally we wait until after the season's finished before the spurious rumours start...In saying that, he'd be good likes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigColin08 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Since its silly season. Why not try and get Beckham and Owen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 Someone said on twitter that wolves have released Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and he is on his way up to Scotland to speak to McCall. That's what a few of the wolves fans were saying. Yes, he wants to talk about how much he would be on playing for Sheffield Utd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Kind of getting the impression from Twitter that today is pretty significant in terms of the futures of the U20 team. Couple of tweets for example: Nicky Devlin: Last 2 years @MotherwellFC have been an absolute pleasure! Worked with some of the best in the business too! Been great since day1 #thankyou Josh Watt: thank you again to everyone at @MotherwellFC looking forward to a new challenge!! Have we made it official yet who's being released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Seems Hetherington is away as well according to Humphreys twitter Just like to say all the best to @hetherington4 @joshuawatt50 and @NicholasDevlin1. 3 top top lads who deserve what ever comes there way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMc Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Kind of getting the impression from Twitter that today is pretty significant in terms of the futures of the U20 team. Couple of tweets for example: Nicky Devlin: Josh Watt: Have we made it official yet who's being released? Adam Asghar away too, seem to be having a big clear out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell89 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 adam asghar too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Sad to hear. We're having a slender run of bringing players through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 It's always sad to hear of young guys being released. I thought Devlin would have been one to definitely feature next year. I wish them all well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Diggle Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 The boy Nahki Wells is a pretty decent player at Bradford, see he's out of contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DosserJoe Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Going off Humphrey's twitter, it looks like Saunders has been let go too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malky79 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Saunders release was official a couple of weeks or so back Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DosserJoe Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Ahh, must have missed that. Not surprised in a way if he was out of contract, but would have thought he might have been worth keeping on till after pre-season to see how he performed after getting a decent preparation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 I thought Adam Asghar was pretty highly rated? I hope we bring in 3 or 4 guys for the 20s team cause having a squad of 17 year old kids getting pumped every week wont exactly bring positive development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siebsbarmyarmy Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Seems Hetherington is away as well according to Humphreys twitter Just like to say all the best to @hetherington4 @joshuawatt50 and @NicholasDevlin1. 3 top top lads who deserve what ever comes there way. Jesus I thought that was 3 of our highest rated players!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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