With all but the back bone of our team gone

Can we stay in the SPL ? even if we do get a new manager ?

With all but the back bone of our team gone

Can we stay in the SPL ? even if we do get a new manager ?

Yes.

Atleast were fighting for something down there. Kinda'.. exciting.

With all but the back bone of our team gone

Can we stay in the SPL ? even if we do get a new manager ?

Yes.

God knows what quality ( or lack of ) we'll get in January , especially if Brews doing the shopping

Thats what concerns me

He does his shopping at Woolworths and Poundstretchers and Nicols corner shop, when he should be frequenting Marks and Spencers and Debenhams.

He does his shopping at Woolworths and Poundstretchers and Nicols corner shop, when he should be frequenting Marks and Spencers and Debenhams.

You forgot to mention Poundland or even lidl

Yes we can stay in the SPL, but only if the board do something fast and get a new man in place before it is too late. There is no point in freeing up money to use in the transfer window and giving it to Brewster, only for them to realise that he isn't a good manager (like we have been saying for some time now) and then getting rid of him. This would cost the club even more money in the long run, and a new manager would probably not be given any more money to buy the players they want. They may not even have time to bring anyone in before the window shuts.

If Brewster stays, things will continue until it is too late. By then we could be well adrift at the bottom and who knows if we could recover from it.

Something needs to be done. Now.

Yes we can stay in the SPL, but only if the board do something fast and get a new man in place before it is too late. There is no point in freeing up money to use in the transfer window and giving it to Brewster, only for them to realise that he isn't a good manager (like we have been saying for some time now) and then getting rid of him. This would cost the club even more money in the long run, and a new manager would probably not be given any more money to buy the players they want. They may not even have time to bring anyone in before the window shuts.

If Brewster stays, things will continue until it is too late. By then we could be well adrift at the bottom and who knows if we could recover from it.

Something needs to be done. Now.

If we get a new Manager & he cant make purchases, wouldnt Grassa have some say in buying new players ?

If we get a manager who can organise and inspire these players then we can stay in this league. Even as we lose our most talented players, we are left with guys who will fight to the death The likes of Tokely, Munro and Duncan may not be the most gifted players, but they have a lot of experience and the desire to play for the shirt.

I really think it's between us and Hamilton, and that organisation, unity and fight rather than skill will determine which team stays in the SPL.

I agree that the players could take us out of this mess, but we definitely do not have the manager to do it. I really can't understand how the board fail to see this as the weeks progress. Surely they have to wake up and smell the coffee sometime soon???

If it's a case of "we're going down anyway" (and I don't think we're there yet) then I'd rather we went down with a fight and whatever way you look at it, Brewster has done nothing to show he is capable of achieving even that.

If it's a case of "we're going down anyway" (and I don't think we're there yet)

Hamilton are our savior

If it's a case of "we're going down anyway" (and I don't think we're there yet)

Hamilton are our savior

Dunno if i can agree with you on that , they're no Gretna thats for sure !

In fact Hamilton probably see us as their "Savior "

We really need to get the players motivated for this. We have been drifting along for a season or two like a rudderless ship and now we are in trouble. Its time to start fighting for the clubs SPL future, its as simple as that.

Our board seem to have allowed a lot of decent experienced players to walk out the door as well as all our good younger players when their contracts finish up. They seem to be happy to replace these players with worse ones and expect our club to cruise along. Its going to be difficult to attract players up here now as houses are hard to sell and a lot of players won't fancy uprooting and travelling up here.

Accies are going to scrap away for everything and we have to as well. I wouldn't write Falkirk out the scrap either. I dont think they have the players to grind out horrible wins. We do, lets give the boys a good roar and try and play our part from the touchlines.

It's unlikely I know, but would a victory over Rangers on Saturday secure Brewster's position until the end of the season?

It now all depends on how long our gutless Board will continue to support Brew.

Hes gotta go, show him the door we cant risk him going through january buying 2d rate players and playing gutless football, if we still have Brew after the January Transfer window closes and hes not made a rapid improvement, ill be peering at the opposition in div one im afraid. Forget unity and continuity now is the time to realise actually this is a formula that clearly doesnt work.

The scoreline flattered us yesterday, a howler from their keeper and we scored our second goal when when most of the Motherwell players were distracted by the tributes that were flashing up on the scoreboard. If we serve up more of this dross against Hamilton (next away game) then were in serious bother.

Hes gotta go, show him the door we cant risk him going through january buying 2d rate players and playing gutless football, if we still have Brew after the January Transfer window closes and hes not made a rapid improvement, ill be peering at the opposition in div one im afraid. Forget unity and continuity now is the time to realise actually this is a formula that clearly doesnt work.

Absolutely spot on. But this is the decision of the Board - and surely we must all be asking the question as to why they are continuing to back him ? Perhaps they are confident that he has already lured the players necessary to save us.

Brew may be the catalyst but it is the Board who should take FULL responsibility for the decision making in the next month - and nice to see that our Director of Football relaxed yesterday by watching the OF game in the Supporters Club Bar. evidently he must feel that Brew has it all under control.

If we replace Brewster now with a competent manager then I believe the squad is strong enough to survive and even move up the table. If the board continue to dither then it will soon be too late no matter who's in charge.

Well if things keep going the way they are by the time our Board grows a pair of testicles between them Brewster would have single handedly seen the club crash and burn beyond repair. No action now = Big Problems either this season or next, even with a new manager eventually.

Our hope of survival really do just depend on us out performing Hamilton.

It all depends on the transfer window. Imagine an injury to Munro and Black/Cowie gone, we then potentially have a team of:

Esson, Tokely Proctor McGuire Hastings, Imrie Vigurs Duncan McBain, Rooney Wood ()with no suspensions or injuries)

If we crashed like Gretna, who would be first-choice for another SPL club? I'd say:

SPL: Esson, Imrie

SPL/Div 1 cusp (if you know what I mean): Tokely, Hastings, Duncan, Rooney

Div 1: McGuire, Proctor (at least as centre back), McBain

The rest are up-n-coming squad players rather than regulars.

It's going to be tough. Only Hamilton have a weaker squad.

Survival?

under Brew not a chance

Under a new mangement team strong possibility but if Brew does the January shopping tht chance greatly diminishes.

The Board must act now!!

Looking back at messages on this thread isnt it sad to see we're still in the same boat in 2009

I was once hopeful but not anymore

Our SPL honeymoon is over

Thanks a lot BREW

I am convinced that we will survive in the SPL - we have the players to do it but not the manager. Hamilton are certainly no Gretna there's no doubt about that. We're no Gretna either. The next few months are going to be very tough for our team and the supporters alike. I could be accused of looking on the bright side when there isn't one at the moment but I just can't see us going down. We've the fighters in our team to keep us up.