Yorkyred Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 It would be a yes from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, texanwellfan said: Where is McCall now? Working in the EPL as an assistant manager with Sheffield Utd. Managed by Hibs reject Paul Heckingbottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 For a minute, let's set aside the obvious off field baggage that Motherwell would inherit along with Goodwille and the turmoil that would cause. On a purely footballing basis, Fletcher is a far better option than someone who has hardly kicked a ball since January 2022. Particularly in the Country's top division. And in that same League Fletcher showed up well in every game he featured against us last season. If age is a factor as some suggest, Goodwillie is not really that much younger than Fletcher. Motherwell would be crazy to consider Goodwillie. I do suspect the suggestion was tongue in cheek. At least I hope so, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMax Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 OK, obviously, the Goodwillie suggestion wasn't a serious one. I came up with that cause we cant say 'Alan Gow' any more ! If i'd known people would debate it as a serious suggestion, I wouldn't have said it !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 41 minutes ago, weeyin said: Working in the EPL as an assistant manager with Sheffield Utd. Managed by Hibs reject Paul Heckingbottom. Oh ok I totally missed the context of the original post. I thought the poster meant he had signed Jones now but obviously meant when he was at Motherwell. I’ll be better after a wee nap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 29 minutes ago, AllyMax said: OK, obviously, the Goodwillie suggestion wasn't a serious one. I came up with that cause we cant say 'Alan Gow' any more ! If i'd known people would debate it as a serious suggestion, I wouldn't have said it !!!! No worries mate , I have same feelings with my jokes....."if I knew they would be that rotten ....I wouldn't have cracked them," 🤣🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie73 Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Really hoped Casey would have signed, not looking likely, need at least two CB’s a tough tackling CM, a wide man with pace and a CF to replace KVV, squad looks Alexander weak, fingers crossed we bring a few in before season starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 8 minutes ago, Stevie73 said: Really hoped Casey would have signed, not looking likely, need at least two CB’s a tough tackling CM, a wide man with pace and a CF to replace KVV, squad looks Alexander weak, fingers crossed we bring a few in before season starts. Agree that defence needs attention. Both out wide and in the middle. That would give us a solid base on which to build. Need to offload some though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 9 hours ago, Stevie73 said: Really hoped Casey would have signed, not looking likely, need at least two CB’s a tough tackling CM, a wide man with pace and a CF to replace KVV, squad looks Alexander weak, fingers crossed we bring a few in before season starts. Casey was excellent. Agree that we need to strengthen. Be interesting to see if we sign a wide player or go with wingbacks which we did much of last season. Im hoping that we're more than a 1 trick pony with formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 I seen that Scott Burns mentioned earlier that Goss has interest from India and Casey is looking to see if potential interest from clubs in England open up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 According to scott burns,casey is waiting to see if interest from england comes to anything and goss has interest from india.i would like both to stay especially casey but we can't wait around much longer for them to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellwell91 Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, mfc said: According to scott burns,casey is waiting to see if interest from england comes to anything and goss has interest from india.i would like both to stay especially casey but we can't wait around much longer for them to decide. Casey is offski and has already told the club he won’t be back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 We found Casey, we'll find Casey's replacement. Same goes for Goss. Time to move on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 If you look at Caseys playing history, ROI snd USA 2nd tier he's not a player that would have stuck out as a "must do" signing. I just wonder if he looked better than his previous playing experience would have suggested because he had Callum Butcher beside him. Maybe Butcher can replicate that with Sam Campbell and Shane Blaney given time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 hours ago, fizoxy said: We found Casey, we'll find Casey's replacement. Same goes for Goss. Time to move on. completely. Im all for setting a player a deadline and if he doesn't sign we move on. Otherwise players can have all the chips. This may cut off our nose but I'd much prefer to push on. Suspect SK already has, he comes across as pretty black/white on these kinds of topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 No offence to him but I hope SK doesn't have Bevis lined up to take Casey's place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 minute ago, grizzlyg said: No offence to him but I hope SK doesn't have Bevis lined up to take Casey's place Exactly,there's no way we can be going back to relying on mugabi or even lamie for that matter,those days should be over.our upturn in form last season was partly due to getting decent defenders into the team and that's what we should be looking for again and not going with proven bombscares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: No offence to him but I hope SK doesn't have Bevis lined up to take Casey's place Your jokes are getting there mate keep it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spit_It_Out Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Casey and Goss easily replaced KVV and Johnston think that’s where the issue is going to lay both were our quality players. 1st July tomorrow so I would expect this week to see some players coming in as contracts have run out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudmfc Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 On 6/28/2023 at 5:39 PM, grizzlyg said: All about opinions but I found it strange folk getting excited about a guy on trial from Beith yet an experienced Scottish international is viewed as a negative. Now this might sound bizarre but Fletcher and Shields could be a good combination as Fletcher's experience could help Shields especially if Shields played as an actual striker. However 10 mins into his next well game and no doubt Shields will start getting pelters again, hardly going to help the lads confidence I don't think it's bizarre,it could work with our new formation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 6/28/2023 at 5:39 PM, grizzlyg said: Now this might sound bizarre but Fletcher and Shields could be a good combination as Fletcher's experience could help Shields especially if Shields played as an actual striker. However 10 mins into his next well game and no doubt Shields will start getting pelters again, hardly going to help the lads confidenc Shields isn't good enough. What's bizzare is that he's now into his third season with us and some are still trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 1 hour ago, wellfan said: Shields isn't good enough. What's blizzard is that he's now into his third season with us and some are still trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Completely with you on this. THere's something a bit odd about modern day football that demands be big, strong and athletic above being a good player. Guys like Obika, Mandron, Main, Shields. All big and strong but will only chip in with goal return of 4-5 goals. Thats simply not enough. For a striker I have one single desire. Score goals. Small, Tall, think, muscular I don't really care but scoring goals and not being a dick are really the only 2 criteria that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 1 hour ago, wellfan said: Shields isn't good enough. What's blizzard is that he's now into his third season with us and some are still trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. In all honesty I don't think he's good enough either, was just thinking maybe playing with an experienced player might improve him. Judging by your opinion I can assume you think he is snow very good!! Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 3 hours ago, wellfan said: Shields isn't good enough. What's blizzard is that he's now into his third season with us and some are still trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. Sheilds probably isnt good enough. I wouldnt necessarily judge him on his playing time in our team as he has largely been played out of position, but he hardly set the heather on fire at Queens Park playing thru the middle, so difficult to see him being any better for us there. However, he is still our player, so until we have a better option or move him on, I think we need to accept that he is going to get more game time. Having a player like Fletcher alongside him would certainly help him. No harm to Obika, but Fletcher would be a massive upgrade on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 Yeah if there is any chance of getting Steven Fletcher then we need to take it. I don’t know if we could afford him or even if he wants to come here but I think we should be looking into it. As I said before our current striker options just won’t do and we can’t rely on Shields, Efford, Obika and Mandron(if we keep him) to get us goals next season otherwise we will be in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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