Stevie Hammell gets the job

[WoodyG]

I really hope he succeeds but have major concerns about this appointment and they way the club is being run in general.

[Handsome_Devil]

I really hope he succeeds but have major concerns about this appointment and they way the club is being run in general.

Why? Everyone has sporting ups and downs, we're no different. But inherently the club is as financially stable as it has ever been, the academy is obviously functioning well, the community aspect is there, we've had two years of major renovations to FP etc.

We have a million things to complain about with the current first team and sure, like any other appointment, Hammell might be a disaster.

However, the long-term running of the club is - to me at least - a completely different matter. We definitely need a bit of a reset in terms of public perception, which you would hope the new media folk work on when appointed, but the long-term future is as safe as it can be given the vagaries of our core business being kicking a ball about.

[skippy91]

All the best Stevie, I'm sure the vast majority of the support is right behind this appointment. I hope we don't judge him too quickly based on the current squad and its obvious shortcomings. We need to get right behind the team in the coming weeks in some cases regardless of results and performance or this could go badly wrong quickly. The next few weeks will be interesting to how he lines up the team and his selections.
Mon the 'Well

[WoodyG]

Why? Everyone has sporting ups and downs, we're no different. But inherently the club is as financially stable as it has ever been, the academy is obviously functioning well, the community aspect is there, we've had two years of major renovations to FP etc.

We have a million things to complain about with the current first team and sure, like any other appointment, Hammell might be a disaster.

However, the long-term running of the club is - to me at least - a completely different matter. We definitely need a bit of a reset in terms of public perception, which you would hope the new media folk work on when appointed, but the long-term future is as safe as it can be given the vagaries of our core business being kicking a ball about.

I'm not too concerned about the long term viability of the club. My concern is around the on park debacle and the appointment of someone so uninspiring and flawed as Alexander.

Then allowing some of the worst football ever witnessed at FP to continue when the right decision was to terminate Alexander at the end of last season. We were in a rut, going nowhere fast, and signing dross.

[jbwellfan]

I think they've sought to address these concerns by appointing someone like Hammell.

I'm not too concerned about the long term viability of the club. My concern is around the on park debacle and the appointment of someone so uninspiring and flawed as Alexander.

Then allowing some of the worst football ever witnessed at FP to continue when the right decision was to terminate Alexander at the end of last season. We were in a rut, going nowhere fast, and signing dross.

[Handsome_Devil]

Alexander did no worse than the majority of Motherwell managers and better than a fair few. His time was obviously up but let's not make out the whole tenure was a total disaster when it clearly wasn't.

[numpty13]

Then allowing some of the worst football ever witnessed at FP to continue when the right decision was to terminate Alexander at the end of last season. We were in a rut, going nowhere fast, and signing dross.

My guess would be he'd have been a lot more expensive to sack at the end of last season. He'd have met most, if not all of his targets the club had set him at that point. Getting papped out of Europe after a poor pre-season and the fans having turned almost 100% against him likely gave us more bargaining power.