texanwellfan Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 So probably comes down to does he want to play every week or is he happy to take the money he is getting now and not play. Have no clue which way he will go on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makaveli Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Am I the only person that wouldn't mind too much if we released Neilson and Hollis, having Dan as 1st choice and Ross Stewart on the bench next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Firstly, its almost certain that Lee Hollis will be leaving. We simply cannot afford to keep 3 senior keepers on our books and Gunnar has one more year left on his contract. I'm a wee bit disappointed with this signing. Dan Twardzik did well for us in his loan spell but he is still weak in the air and won't solve our problem in that respect. We're seem to be fast running out of options to address our defensive frailties. With the exception of Hutchy it seems as though the other defenders will be much the same as last season. Twardzik is not the answer to our aerial weaknesses. We can then only look to midfield to improve defensively and we've just signed an attacking midfielder. Maybe SM is going to be even more gung ho next year. "Happy to lose 2 goals every game we'll just go out and score 3" Confused.dot.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East_Stand_Al Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Firstly, its almost certain that Lee Hollis will be leaving. We simply cannot afford to keep 3 senior keepers on our books and Gunnar has one more year left on his contract. I'm a wee bit disappointed with this signing. Dan Twardzik did well for us in his loan spell but he is still weak in the air and won't solve our problem in that respect. We're seem to be fast running out of options to address our defensive frailties. With the exception of Hutchy it seems as though the other defenders will be much the same as last season. Twardzik is not the answer to our aerial weaknesses. We can then only look to midfield to improve defensively and we've just signed an attacking midfielder. Maybe SM is going to be even more gung ho next year. "Happy to lose 2 goals every game we'll just go out and score 3" Confused.dot.com I have a horrible feeling he will go on to be one of "those" players who can do no wrong irrespective, however time will tell if signing Dundees 3rd choice keeper is a better move than when we signed Airdries 3rd choice keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I received a text from a well-known wind up merchant extraordinaire from this board telling me that Twardzik had signed a 2 year deal, I was convinced he was at it, but lo and behold its fucking true. I'd say I fall more into the happy clapper camp at Fir Park than I do the MJC side of the great divide, but I'm honestly really disappointed in this signing......I've stated it a rake of times since Christmas, the lad done well for us over the handful of games he played, but for me he isn't the answer for our long-term purely because of his stature. Really not convinced by this signing at all, and even less so about McCall saying we'll be carrying 3 1st team keepers next season...... Tata Lee or Gunnar....or hopefully both, so that Dan is only being signed as back up to someone decent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Jules Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I'd be willing to bet if Twardzik has one good game in Europe the people on here questioning him will be singing his praises. Good luck to the lad as even the doubters have pointed out he hasn't had a bad game in a Well top yet. May we hope it continues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan09 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I received a text from a well-known wind up merchant extraordinaire from this board telling me that Twardzik had signed a 2 year deal, I was convinced he was at it, but lo and behold its fucking true. I'd say I fall more into the happy clapper camp at Fir Park than I do the MJC side of the great divide, but I'm honestly really disappointed in this signing......I've stated it a rake of times since Christmas, the lad done well for us over the handful of games he played, but for me he isn't the answer for our long-term purely because of his stature. Really not convinced by this signing at all, and even less so about McCall saying we'll be carrying 3 1st team keepers next season...... Tata Lee or Gunnar....or hopefully both, so that Dan is only being signed as back up to someone decent And it begins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 our long-term purely because of his stature. Really not convinced.... even less so about McCall saying we'll be carrying 3 1st team keepers next season...... Like you I'd be happy with Twardzik as back up but surely we couldn't afford to retain Hollis & Neilsen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONeils40yarder Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 1400878074[/url]' post='412991']Like you I'd be happy with Twardzik as back up but surely we couldn't afford to retain Hollis & Neilsen? No way will we go into the season with 3 keepers......I reckon McCall wants to keep Hollis, but won't be in a position to offer him anything until Gunnar is out the door. Hollis and Twardzik as our keepers next season is not what I had hoped for at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Time will tell whether he's a long term solution but on the basis of his loan spell with us I think Twardzik is worthy of closer scrutiny to see if he is that player. Despite the fact he was available on freedom of contract and impressed on loan his signing did catch me by surprise and even more so the two year deal that came with his signing. He does now come with a certain level of expectation given his performances and our results first time around ofcourse, but what I would say is that the defence looked almost instantly more at ease with him between the posts than they did with the two incumbents they had been playing and training with for months, or years beforehand. He kept 3 clean sheets in 5 games, two of which were against top half teams and helped the team to a win in his debut on having met his team-mates just a couple of days beforehand in a game where we at one of our most fragile points of the season after the Rovers and Celtic debacles. As I say time will tell but there's a fair degree to be encouraged about from what we've seen already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StipeIsGod Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 For various reasons I haven't seen Twardzik. His record stands up though, so fine. Law's brother. We'll see. Hammell, fuck yes. Optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 When is Lasley back from holiday? What do you think, one year or two year deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faddythedaddy Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 When is Lasley back from holiday? What do you think, one year or two year deal? Whatever the fuck he wants! By the time he retires I think las might just be my favourite well player of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 2 year deal I would think.but I'll go with faddy the daddy's post ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Whatever the fuck he wants! By the time he retires I think las might just be my favourite well player of all time Remember when Butcher inexplicably wouldn't give him a game? Remember when he almost joined Kilmarnock? Remember when Gannon inexplicably wouldn't give him a game? There's been a few close calls down the years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 how many games has Lasley played for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 1400881203[/url]' post='413004']how many games has Lasley played for us? 328 plus about 30 subs appearances - got that from FirParkCorner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 1400881953[/url]' post='413005']328 plus about 30 subs appearances - got that from FirParkCorner Although it only has Hammell playing about 473 games for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I have a serious question. Just when will some fans on this message board realise that wewill not sign world class players because they tend to cost 10's of millions of pounds. Anyone who criticizes Twardzik after his brief spell last season needs a serious wake up call. He is under 6 foot. Really - well we had a keepr over 6 ft that was not too good at dealing with crosses either. i fuckin despair sometimes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I have a serious question. Just when will some fans on this message board realise that wewill not sign world class players because they tend to cost 10's of millions of pounds. I think most of us accepted Iain that we weren't going to replace Darren Randolph with a keeper of a similar calibre. However we seemed to go from one extreme to the other. We lost far far too many goals last season from aerial balls and that was not lost on posters here. Now of course not all of those goals can be attributed to the goalies, but a fair proportion could be. Our two centre backs lacked confidence in the guys between the sticks and had to adapt their natural game to provide additional cover. I'm sure we could pick up a keeper who isn't necessarily world class but who could come out for aerial balls with a modicum of competency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Twardzik has done absolutely nothing wrong in a Motherwell top so far, delighted with this signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I think most of us accepted Iain that we weren't going to replace Darren Randolph with a keeper of a similar calibre. However we seemed to go from one extreme to the other. We lost far far too many goals last season from aerial balls and that was not lost on posters here. Now of course not all of those goals can be attributed to the goalies, but a fair proportion could be. Our two centre backs lacked confidence in the guys between the sticks and had to adapt their natural game to provide additional cover. I'm sure we could pick up a keeper who isn't necessarily world class but who could come out for aerial balls with a modicum of competency. Dave you strike me as a sensible guy. Twardzik may turn out to be another Gunnar. BUT he has played 5 games for Motherwell and that has resulted in 5 wins and 3 clean sheets. Small period granted but that IS a better record than either Randolph and Ruddy. I was at the Thistle game when his save stopped us from going 2-0 down. I was impressed with his distribution and it allowed us to attack regularly. I am pleased with this sigming and he will get my full support. It depresses me when i read people criticising him already. We are surely better than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim64 Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Met Keith bout 20 mins ago in Central station says he hopes to get things sorted in next few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 1400884358[/url]' post='413012']Met Keith bout 20 mins ago in Central station says he hopes to get things sorted in next few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... pingu Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 was he out on the sauce?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Prev 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Next Page 31 of 184 This topic is now closed to further replies. Share More sharing options... Followers 2
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