Motherwell FC - A Thread For All Seasons

[capt_oats]

7 minutes ago, Busta Nut said:

Yep, club ensured they get Euro money and let him f**k off. Maybe the club were sick of his greeting too. 

I like that they've kept the copy on the announcement brief. Not quite Blyth-y but still...it's succinct enough to be a "f**k off".

Edited May 7, 2021 by capt_oats

[ropy]

18 minutes ago, capt_oats said:

So that was the compromise then and suggests that the extension clause did exist...

His profile on the OS was originally May 21.

And it's been updated on the OS

I had a random look at some of the other players, they all have contracts to May in whichever year they are contracted to.  But I did note that Eddie Nolan’s strip sponsorship is still available.

[Busta Nut]

On a side note. I will need a new avatar with wee Al moving on. 

Think I will go "historic" with it. So I can keep it for a good few years. 

 

 

Also give wee Al the armband for the last two games. 

[Busta Nut]

1 minute ago, ropy said:

they all have contracts to May in whichever year they are contracted to

Always is the way to save a months wages basically. I am sure we have had to extend a few before (playoffs went into June etc) 

[ropy]

Just now, Busta Nut said:

On a side note. I will need a new avatar with wee Al moving on. 

Think I will go "historic" with it. So I can keep it for a good few years. 

 

 

Also give wee Al the armband for the last two games. 

Dec to be ceremonially stripped of the arm band before the United game. 

[well fan for life]

 

It's going to be some patter when Dec misses out on the squad after having that gun held to his head for the sake of a month. 

Edit to add:

@capt_oats rn:

Edited May 7, 2021 by well fan for life

[thisGRAEME]

[capt_oats]

40 minutes ago, well fan for life said:

It's going to be some patter when Dec misses out on the squad after having that gun held to his head for the sake of a month. 

Edit to add:

@capt_oats rn:

Edited May 7, 2021 by capt_oats

[welldaft]

5 hours ago, ropy said:

The official site confirming that Dec will leave after his contract ends at the end of June.  Scotland will/may be finished with the Euros by then, Dosh to us then!

So in summary (probably)

SOD signs on and gets to keep some or all of the UEFA Euro 2020 participation fee.

DEC leaves and we get to keep some or all of the UEFA Euro 2020 participation fee. 

Hence why I have a hunch he will play last 2 games. The fall out we’re he not to play and then not get selected for the Scotland squad. 

It would cost the club between £120k and £250k were we to slip to 9th...

Edit - wrote this 5 hours ago and it did not post

Edited May 7, 2021 by welldaft

[crazylegsjoe_mfc]

Saw on Instagram earlier that Bevis got a shoulder op today so chances are even higher now that Gallagher will see out both games. Better him than Magloire anyway.

[capt_oats]

On the Moult stuff, going purely on his IG he seems to have a very nice house and seems settled where he is so it'd be a surprise if he was planning coming back up here given there are probably a bunch of League 1 clubs in the area who'd take a chance on him. Was his wife wanting to move back down the road not a big part of him moving last time? I seem to recall his agent at the time saying he had no interest in moving to another Scottish side - tbh I don't see that situation having changed too much.

If it's a hypothetical then if it's a choice between a fit Devante Cole (who AFAIK has pretty much remained injury free with us) and a version of Moult that's missed 2 seasons of football and is coming back from 2 serious injuries then you probably go with Cole. If it was a replacement for Long or something and we get to keep Watt and Cole as well, then absolutely batter in.

That's not to say it wouldn't be nice to have him back as a general point of principle though.

Incidentally, entirely unrelated to Moult but all the Gallagher chat had me looking up Tam Aldred clips. This run of games was pretty much at the nadir of the Thunderdome at a point where even Robinson admitted we were unwatchable but even still I'd have Tam in my defence every day of the week. Some fucking boi.

 

Edited May 7, 2021 by capt_oats

[Gianfranco]

It’s very unlikely to happen but a Moult and Decanter partnership would be dynamite.

[AmericanFan]

On 06/05/2021 at 16:08, YassinMoutaouakil said:

Bit weird and desperate to obsessively pursue players with a connection to another specific Scottish club that's just down the foodchain, IMO. I certainly hope it's never something we get involved in.

I think this is quality sarcasm but I'm not getting the reference?

[18May1991]

36 minutes ago, AmericanFan said:

I think this is quality sarcasm but I'm not getting the reference?

Our former Livi players only signing policy. 

[AmericanFan]

19 minutes ago, 18May1991 said:

Our former Livi players only signing policy. 

Ah... did not realize that was a thing.  For about a five-year run, my MLB team used to always sign guys who had been with Atlanta.

[18May1991]

1 minute ago, AmericanFan said:

Ah... did not realize that was a thing.  For about a five-year run, my MLB team used to always sign guys who had been with Atlanta.

It’s a recent phenomenon.... could also be termed the ‘friends of Declan’ policy, after our soon leave club captain......Who we signed from Livi. 

['WellDel]

2 hours ago, 18May1991 said:

It’s a recent phenomenon.... could also be termed the ‘friends of Declan’ policy, after our soon leave club captain......Who we signed from Livi. 

Would not be averse to a 'friends of Declan' exodus along with our inglorious captain in a couple of weeks time to put an end to the whole sorry episode. 

[Ron Aldo]

The whole signing policy over the last year or so has been very weird.

I'm probably not saying anything new here but it does seem as though we've just asked Dec (and to a lesser extent Tony Watt) if they know of anyone they think could do a job for us. To be honest I was genuinely surprised we didn't sign Marvin Bartley as they both seem very pally with him going by social media.

[capt_oats]

43 minutes ago, Ron Aldo said:

The whole signing policy over the last year or so has been very weird.

I'm probably not saying anything new here but it does seem as though we've just asked Dec (and to a lesser extent Tony Watt) if they know of anyone they think could do a job for us. To be honest I was genuinely surprised we didn't sign Marvin Bartley as they both seem very pally with him going by social media.

See, I kind of had last year's signing policy as having been informed by Covid to an extent but I'm pretty sure Gallagher's "see you soon brother" comment on Jordan White's Instagram was before the Pandemic stuff broke in a major way, so who knows.

Pals of Declan feels like it's been a real thing and for all the grief Foyle's taken over on Steelmen about his role as Head of Recruitment the fact that he seems to be based around Stoke makes me think he probably didn't have much input in those names pitching up at the club. A lot of the signings felt, to me at least, like Robinson targeting players and getting recommendations.

By the time summer came around barring Toby McGinley there definitely seemed to be a shift to "local players" who knew the club and were from the area, which is a laugh when you see folk taking a dig at the club and giving it the whole "we need to stop signing lower league players from England" type patter where the f**k do they think Lamie, White, Fox, Hastie, O'Donnell or Crawford came from (Gallagher and Polworth too) .

That's not even including O'Hara and Lawleff who were signed from English clubs but were regulars in the Scottish league.

Edited May 8, 2021 by capt_oats

[Doctor Manhattan]

13 hours ago, Gianfranco said:

It’s very unlikely to happen but a Moult and Decanter partnership would be dynamite.

It sounds great in theory, but in practice I have the tremendous fear that it would be like running into a girl you used to fancy at school only to find out she's got all fat and mumsy, and all she talks about now is her kids. Some good memories are maybe best left in the past.