Total Clearout Required

[maestro91]

Come January get rid of the loan players -i haven't witnessed one worth keeping. Build the team round about strong spine - Samson, Kennedy,Pearson, Fletcher - making Kennedy the captain as is only player in defence who leads by example. Young Watt must be worth trying at full-back as Law and Chalmers are abysmal. Use the money freed up by releasing loans to acquire players who are hungry and would appreciate the chance to play for our club as well as giving certain youth players their opportunity we need a hungry team we can get behind!

[steviex]

I wouldnt disagree but as usual when they are good we sign them on short term deals, if they are utter p1sh you can be sure weve nailed them down on 2/3 year deals. We canmot have a mass clearout as we have signed most of these duds on longer terms.

If im not mistaken Law, Laing, Chalmers, Ainsworth, Johnston, McManus are all on longer tems deals and every one of them is utter p1sh....and more importantly are consistently p1sh.

[BC_Canada]

If s total clearout is required that would be three In three years, which is at least thought provoking. The bigger issue now is if we go down the road of another clearout will Les Hutchison fund that? At this stage of the season while arguably early yet, I don't see signs of an increase in revenue streams and attendance is down. Getting good or better players to get improved league standings and/or a cup run seems far away. Bigger picture is how did we get into this mess and is there any hope of getting out of it anytime soon? Frankly I am concerned about the future, Baraclough tried to buy is way to success or out of a mess and it does not look like like it's working and McGhee may well have A very difficult task to keep us out of the payoff spot.

[allan73]

We have gotten into this mess because at the moment we have a ruderless ship. Ever since leeann left for hibs we have been dire. We have an owner who says he doesn't want to be owner of a football club. A fan ownership model which is failing because no more of our fans see this as a way forward for the club. We need a chief executive in place to turn this whole pile of ********* around. One person in charge.
Who ever is in charge of the pitch is doing a great job. It looked fantastic yesterday. ???? always like to end o a positive.

[andyss1886]

Since 'Leeann' left? Have to disagree with that. She was in charge when this slide started, it was her contract policy that let nearly our entire 1st team leave on a free, a team that had done well. Humphrey, Higgdon, Randolph, Law and most criminal of all Hutchinson, as we would have commanded a big fee for him under contract. Not all would have signed but some are on record saying they would have but were never asked until they all had the season of their lives. Sold Murphy for shrapnel. These were replaced by the dross we have now. At the same time she totally neglected our youth, scouting and coaching set up to what we have today, one of the worst in the country.....and the stadium?
Through out this we received a begging letter per month telling us to cough up more because wee were skint. The new owner was appalled at the lack of revenue from resources, he was quoted as saying it was disappointing at the lack of effort to try and bring in more money.
So Hibs are welcome to her

[andyss1886]

As much as o would love to keep Kennedy, think he is on loan too.
One thing I know for certain, if Stephen McManus is handed another contract at Motherwell, o will not be renewing my season book or WS membership. He epitomises the overpaid wasters at our club, they turn up a couple of games a season. Not wasting another penny on the club this season and not going to another away game. It's *********ing drudgery watching this crap, and had enough.

[Wellup4it]

I think Kennedy is on a permanent deal. Its times like this that the club needs our support, hard though it may be.

[allan73]

Fair enough. One of our most successful periods at the club was when she was here. most of these players left for bigger wages. Wages we could no longer afford. Then Rangers went out of the box which effected our finances greatly. For a club who gets 4000 fans through the gate every fortnight I thought we did pretty well under her leadership. More to running a club than players contracts. Les may be dissapointed with how much money we were generating but I bet there is no more money coming in since he took over. Look around you I don't see loads of money floating about. We can't even get well fans to join the well society for 5 pounds a month.

[steviex]

We have gotten into this mess because at the moment we have a ruderless ship. Ever since leeann left for hibs we have been dire. We have an owner who says he doesn't want to be owner of a football club. A fan ownership model which is failing because no more of our fans see this as a way forward for the club. We need a chief executive in place to turn this whole pile of ********* around. One person in charge.
Who ever is in charge of the pitch is doing a great job. It looked fantastic yesterday. ???? always like to end o a positive.

Im sorry mate but the club was in a horses @rse state when leann dempster was there. Most successfull we could ever be without actually being crowned winners and we were damn near bankrupt. Much of the financial disaster we are now arose while LD was chief executive. Look at the amount of infrastructure and backroom changes Hutchison has had to pay tor. That shows you how organised and efficient

[Half_Can_Dan]

Good manager will get the best out of any level of player so flinging money at it again on frees or loans will just make it worse .If our new boss is worth his his salt will take this squad and make the situation better.

Playing Laing in midfield was first wtf moment didn't work one bit dropping the captain hmmm I am all for trying new things but yesterday was horrible.

There is a team there somewhere but I was expecting a new boss fire in bellies performance all I got was an utter no show.

LD done a great job for the club considering the state we were in during her tenure if she was at the club right now we would be in a much much better state i am 100% IB wouldn't have been at our club for one.