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For all those moaning and saying it was ridiculous that Alan Burrows was still doing the interviews you will pleased to know someone else has interviewed Louis Laing. Mr Burrows I am sure has put that extra 4min 45sec he saved to great use.

 

I think it's fair to say it was myself who brought that point up

 

Reading back my post you will see I did say as small and possibly insignificant to many as it would seem I felt his new role now demanded a level of respect and leadership that perhaps jobs in which continuing to carry out in his old remit may in some eyes demean his general manager position

 

I wasn't nor was anyone who agreed making a point that his "time" was better spent elsewhere. It was highlighted merely to illustrate the importance of raising the bar at the club and putting in place higher expectations and professional levels of positions within the club

 

I understand the point your making but my initial post was in relation to him now taking on the role and managing the club in a way which commands the respect Alan deserves

 

I for one believe he is doing a fantastic job and think that having someone who is "Motherwell minded" right at the heart of the club is only a positive thing particularly when you see what is going on at rangers

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oh well as the thread said ????? I must now take my hat off to flow and the board for there hard work done yesterday, but jeez oh I don't think I have seen us do as much business in a jan window in my life so obviously it was all planned perfectly so as I said WELL DONE AGAIN BOIS and the moral is " they are doing more work than WE no " :notworthy: :notworthy:

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Echo the previous comment. Well done the board it certainly needed done

 

Agreed, but also well done to the staff who obviously worked like beavers in the past few days to do the business. No doubt what we've seen is the tip of the iceberg. Probably for every deal that went through 2 were abortive. Seems we have some contacts down south!

 

 

 

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Agreed, but also well done to the staff who obviously worked like beavers in the past few days to do the business. No doubt what we've seen is the tip of the iceberg. Probably for every deal that went through 2 were abortive. Seems we have some contacts down south!

 

Yeah sorry wasn't deliberate omitting the staff from the praise. They would have put a shift in too

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I think it's fair to say it was myself who brought that point up

 

Reading back my post you will see I did say as small and possibly insignificant to many as it would seem I felt his new role now demanded a level of respect and leadership that perhaps jobs in which continuing to carry out in his old remit may in some eyes demean his general manager position

 

I wasn't nor was anyone who agreed making a point that his "time" was better spent elsewhere. It was highlighted merely to illustrate the importance of raising the bar at the club and putting in place higher expectations and professional levels of positions within the club

 

I understand the point your making but my initial post was in relation to him now taking on the role and managing the club in a way which commands the respect Alan deserves

 

I for one believe he is doing a fantastic job and think that having someone who is "Motherwell minded" right at the heart of the club is only a positive thing particularly when you see what is going on at rangers

 

It wasn't directed at you in particular - a few folk have mentioned it. I get where you are coming from but I just don't think it matters that much.

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Apologies if already posted.

 

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/motherwell-fc-general-manager-alan-5103678

 

Motherwell FC General Manager Alan Burrows discusses a busy deadline day at Fir Park

Well brought in seven players in the January window

SNSflo.jpgMotherwell's General Manager Alan Burrows discusses the club's transfer dealingsMonday saw Motherwell add FOUR new faces to their squad on a manic transfer deadline day – but General Manager Alan Burrows refused to rule out adding even more new players to Ian Baraclough’s squad.

 

Goalkeeper George Long, midfielder Conor Grant, winger Nathan Thomas and winger Marvin Johnson all arrived before the window closed at midnight, and they join three other January signings in Stephen Pearson, Anthony Straker and Louis Laing.

 

And speaking to the Wishaw Press, Burrows hinted there could be more on the way.

 

“There is still a possibility,” he explained. “Who knows what will happen in the next week or so in terms of players who are now out of contract?

 

“This might not be the end of it.”

 

The news of the new arrivals has been met with widespread delight from the Fir Park faithful, with the signing of Marvin Johnson from Kidderminster Harriers catching the eye in particular with the Steelmen taking the unusual step of paying a transfer fee for the 24 year-old.

 

And Burrows admitted signing the likes of Johnson is part of an ambitious plan instigated by the club’s new owner Les Hutchison.

 

He continued: “One of the key strategies that Les Hutchison and the club have adopted going forward is the ability to identify players that we can sell on at a profit.

 

“We make no bones about that, and it’s one of the real mechanisms to make money within football.

 

“Despite our really fantastic on-field success in recent years, if you look at some of our competitors, they have had an ability to sell players.

 

“We’ve only managed to sell two in Henrik Ojamaa and Henri Anier – but not for the significant amounts of money that other clubs have been able to recoup.

 

“So one of the areas that Mr Hutchison and the club has identified is to improve our scouting system and get players in that are at an age and a level that we believe we can make a very quick return on our investment and sell them on for a profit.

 

 

Birmingham MailJS23332150.jpgMarvin Johnson, left, is one of seven players to sign at Motherwell

 

“Marvin very much falls into that category. He is a player that the people in charge of our football department have identified for a number of years.

 

“They’ve monitored his progress and believe he can be a real success in Scotland given his pace, excitement and ability to score goals.

 

“The case was made to the new board and what it would take to get Marvin to the club, and it was sanctioned as we believe it is a real investment for the club and he can progress and can be an asset in the next 12 to 18 months.”

 

And despite the new-found positivity the new players and the takeover have brought to the club, the former media guru has warned against any complacency creeping in at Fir Park.

 

He added:“The hard work starts now. We’ve got some clarity off the park, we’ve got some new faces on it, but the big aim now is to get some guys back from injury, add the new guys and hopefully push ourselves up the table.

 

“It would be patronising for us to say it has been anything other than a very disappointing season so far, but there is still a long way to go and it is by no means done and dusted.”

 

 

Drama of the day took Burrows by surprise

Motherwell's General Manager Alan Burrows has told of the range of emotions he experienced on transfer deadline day.

 

Burrows began his role at Fir Park last summer, and after getting most of their business done early, deadline day at the end of the August transfer window was something of a damp squib.

 

But he has explained the highs and lows he and the staff at the club endured as they battled to strengthen Ian Baraclough's squad.

 

He said: "I was there in the summer transfer window and we had most of our business done early-on.

 

"Monday was unbelieveable though. At one point we thought we had everyone we wanted to go for, and within the space of an hour, we thought we had nobody.

 

"It was very up and down all day and Ian [baraclough] had to pull me up by the seat of my pants a few times as we'd missed out on a target.

 

"But then we went to the real high of managing to get Marvin and beating off some stiff competition from a couple of clubs.

 

"The overriding emotion though after the window is a positive one. We believe the squad is stronger than what it was and we have a lot more pace and dynamism than what it had."

 

Burrows also reckons the club's support are thrilled with their January business after receiving a positive response from the online community.

 

He continued: "There's nothing quite like a new player to give the fans and everyone around the club a lift.

 

"I read some of the feedback on Twitter and some of the messageboards - and usually myself and others are getting stick on there.

 

"But last night was a pleasant read. They could see that people at the club were working hard to identify areas that needed strengthened.

 

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Great interview. Would absolutely love to have seen the entire day from an insider's point of view, there will be a load of stuff that happened (or never happened) that we'll never know about. Must've been some day for all involved!

 

Yes that would be interesting. I suspect however that the deadline day was the culmination of weeks of hard work, watching players, talking to agents and drawing up hit lists. The guys we signed weren't targeted from scratch on the last day.

 

 

 

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From what was said both on here and on Twitter, I think we missed out on Marvin Morgan, who went from Plymouth to Hartlepool on loan and Padraig Amond, a former Irish U21 striker who currently plays with Morecambe, think they never released him because they missed out on whoever their signing target was?

 

What a day to be a Well fan though, kudos to everyone involved in it all at the club, we usually dread losing players in the transfer window but its the first time in a while there has been as much excitement for Well fans! Long may it continue!

I wonder who we missed out on. There must have been a long list of targets.

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