Neale Cooper on the brink:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/peterhead/9432204.stm

 

I was speaking to a season ticket, and they were laying the blame at the players!  Sounds familiar.

Job for Barry Robson 🤔

Dunfermline are a basketcase of a club. 

Robson to Raith. Good move. His Dons stint probably hasn't done him any harm. Doubt he'd have got a bigger club before now otherwise.

Type of club he needed to start off with.

On 23/12/2024 at 21:54, BigAl said:

Job for Barry Robson 🤔

Called it, although wrong club, right county 😉

Kettlewell resigns from Motherwell 

Pretty surprised by that, must surely be something behind the scenes.

Wonder if they've pulled him up for his touchline behaviour 🤔

Alternatively are there any League 1 gigs down south he could be off to ?

Fans had turned on him and wanted him out but you would think he would wait for pay off rather than quit. Suggests he might have an alternative offer.

Seen suggestions that he quit because his family was taking abuse from supporters. 

58 minutes ago, Jute said:

Seen suggestions that he quit because his family was taking abuse from supporters. 

Aye have seen that reported elsewhere.

Is it the Bois that have caused the problem ?

30 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Aye have seen that reported elsewhere.

Is it the Bois that have caused the problem ?

Was it actually his family taking abuse? The statement seemed to read that his family were fed up hearing him receiving abuse and didn't want to go to games. That puts a different complexion on it, as I doubt Kettlewell seriously believes his next job will be at a club in the UK whose supporters aren't a bunch slavering mentalists who'll scream dog's abuse at him after a run of shite results. The sort of dog's abuse that might lead to a touchline ban if a manager, say, Stuart Kettlewell, gave similar to a fourth official in recent weeks. Twice.

15 hours ago, Jute said:

Suggests he might have an alternative offer.

Davie C been in touch to discuss the strategy? 

30 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Davie C been in touch to discuss the strategy? 

From what guys I know who support Motherwell say I hope not. Eye bleeding shite was one of their more positive comments on his style of play. 

Another case of be careful what you wish for.  Motherwell are fifth, hard to see anyone taking them higher. They are 4 points behind us with their £5M wage bill versus our £12M wage bill.  Eye bleeding shitey winning fitba v Nae wins in 13 fitba.  Sounds like an old argument. 

23 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Another case of be careful what you wish for.  Motherwell are fifth, hard to see anyone taking them higher. They are 4 points behind us with their £5M wage bill versus our £12M wage bill.  Eye bleeding shitey winning fitba v Nae wins in 13 fitba.  Sounds like an old argument. 

They only had one win in nine though, and he wasn't actually fired. Seems to me like he recognised that he'd lost the ability to turn things round and jumped (invoking abuse and family) to keep his reputation intact. That fifth place looks as false as our position, we're probably the worst two teams in the league just now. I think they'll continue to fall in league places, but all the evidence suggests that's exactly what would happen if Kettlewell stayed.

Edit: I should say, I don't at all blame him for resigning, management is a ridiculous career and you can only really look out for yourself. The biggest difference between us and them is that Thelin is killing us by trying to play entertaining fitba, where Kettlewell was going for exactly the opposite in an attempt to scrape a few lucky wins. They are both unsustainable approaches at our level, and our budget doesn't guarantee being able to play our way out of it anymore than there's does. Both managers should probably have sought a middle ground.

Edited January 28, 20251 yr by RicoS321

Motherwell appoint a Hun as new boss:

Motherwell have appointed former Austria Vienna boss Michael Wimmer as their new manager.

German Wimmer left the Generali Arena last year and was previously assistant at Stuttgart and Augsburg.

The 44-year-old replaces Stuart Kettlewell, who left Fir Park citing the personal abuse he had received during a recent downturn in results.

Bristol City had been linked with Wimmer in December but the League One club were reportedly unable to secure a work permit.

A player with Lohhof, Dingolfing and Ismaning, he moved into coaching with Nuremberg in 2010, joining Augsburg eight years later.

Wimmer had a brief spell in interim charge of Stuttgart in 2022, winning four of his eight games, and won 27 of his 61 matches with Austria Vienna, who finished eighth in the Austrian Bundesliga shortly after his sacking.

The Steelmen sit eighth in the Scottish Premiership following Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Ross County, having been fifth when Kettlewell departed.

Assistant Stephen Frail had overseen the home losses to Celtic and County.

They must have a death wish.

13 minutes ago, Stewart said:

They must have a death wish.

That's really good Stewart 😂😂

4 hours ago, BigAl said:

That's really good Stewart 😂😂

'Calm down dear'

7 hours ago, BigAl said:

Motherwell appoint a Hun as new boss:

Motherwell have appointed former Austria Vienna boss Michael Wimmer as their new manager.

German Wimmer left the Generali Arena last year and was previously assistant at Stuttgart and Augsburg.

The 44-year-old replaces Stuart Kettlewell, who left Fir Park citing the personal abuse he had received during a recent downturn in results.

Bristol City had been linked with Wimmer in December but the League One club were reportedly unable to secure a work permit.

A player with Lohhof, Dingolfing and Ismaning, he moved into coaching with Nuremberg in 2010, joining Augsburg eight years later.

Wimmer had a brief spell in interim charge of Stuttgart in 2022, winning four of his eight games, and won 27 of his 61 matches with Austria Vienna, who finished eighth in the Austrian Bundesliga shortly after his sacking.

The Steelmen sit eighth in the Scottish Premiership following Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Ross County, having been fifth when Kettlewell departed.

Assistant Stephen Frail had overseen the home losses to Celtic and County.

It was Bristol Rovers not Bristol City that tried to appoint him. Wonder which national broadcaster’s site you lifted that from….

1 hour ago, Jute said:

It was Bristol Rovers not Bristol City that tried to appoint him. Wonder which national broadcaster’s site you lifted that from….

Mmmm

Might want to reverse CBB to get the answer there Jute 😂

Cbeebies? 

Doolan sacked by Partick. Brian Graham player manager manager. 

27 minutes ago, RicoS321 said:

Doolan sacked by Partick. Brian Graham player manager manager. 

Is Graham really manager 🤔

3 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

Doolan sacked by Partick. Brian Graham player manager manager. 

3-0 defeat to Raith been last straw by the look of it. 
 

Would Graham be the first manager to be in charge of both mens and women’s teams in Scottish football?

1 hour ago, Jute said:

3-0 defeat to Raith been last straw by the look of it. 
 

Would Graham be the first manager to be in charge of both mens and women’s teams in Scottish football?

I would think so. Definitely be the first to be player at the same time. He'll be hoping they don't sack the youth coach too.