Talk:Motherwell F.C.

message: is there any mention on Wikipedia of the fact that Motherwell and the rest of the Scottish premier league is on EA sports FIFA 2005?--BUF4Life 03:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  EA Sports 

message: There seems to be something of an edit war brewing wrt the retirement/non-retirement of Phil O'Donnell's number 10, I know there's a well-established precedent but has it actually been confirmed by the club yet, and can it be sourced? DrFishcake (talk) 23:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Adding citation needed to that section. Let's keep it for now. RIP Phil --n1yaNt 23:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retiring number 10 

message: The death of Phil O'Donnell IS now a rather big thing in the history of Motherwell FC, yes he may have just been a man, and indeed he does have his own section.  The addition of a section to the history entitled Phil O'Donnell was meant to reflect the effect that it had on the club, the fans and the local community.  You can't deny it isn't a significant part in the history...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by RobertsonG (talk • contribs) 21:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Death of Phil O'Donnell

message: The jersey montage is exceptional, well done to whoever created it!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.94.192.200 (talk) 12:45, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Jersey Montage

message: Images from the recent game against St Mirren and others are available on flickr here, all of these have a free licence and can be uploaded to commons. Nanonic (talk) 22:05, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  pics 

message: I notice there is no Wikipedia article for Joe Wark.
He played for over 20 years for the club and was  a true starPaul210 (talk) 22:12, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe Wark 

message: It seems to me that there is far too much emphasis on the current history of the club and very current events.  Perhaps we should consider re-weighting the article.  The reason I bring this up is because 8 paragraphs in the article are used to cover 100 years of history and a further 5 paragraphs cover the 10 most recent years.  This is dreadfully unbalanced and doesn't give a good overview of the clubs history.
My suggestions are:
* Move as much information about the current season to the article Motherwell F.C. season 2009–10 – this will remove much of the "fodder".
* Reflect upon the relative importance of each section in the overall history of the club and edit it accordingly, noting major points in the clubs history such as:
** Formation
** Major successes (ie. league win and 3 cup wins)
** Going in to (and coming out of) administration
* Some more important aspects of the clubs recent performance might be included (such as the recent European forays) but think about what is important about this in relation to the club.
I don't want to go ahead and do this all without the approval (and help) of other contributors to this article.  I'm going to work on a copy of what I think might be more suitable.  Please leave any comments you have here and on my talk page.  I would be very appreciative of any help from anyone.
For those who have made significant contributions to the existing section, I don't intend on entirely changing the article.  Most of it will be left as is.  I'm mainly talking about moving less important information and putting more recent items on the season page for the time being.  If any events are seen to be more important in the future they can, of course, be moved back.
Thanks,
iMarc89 06:28, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Club History 

message: Please do not include any players in the current squad section unless the following conditions are met:
* The player has been confirmed as playing for the team by the club
* The player has been assigned a squad number
* The player is not out on loan to any other club
* The player has made at least one appearance for the first team unless he is ineligible for any youth/reserve teams
This will save any arguments as to whether or not the player should be included.  For avoidance of doubt, players who can play for the U19s team should not be included unless they have made at least one appearance for the first team, either a start or as a (used) substitute.  This is why Paul Slane (who is 18) can be included. Players who have not made an appearance but are cannot play for the U19s team should be included - since the dissolution of the reserve league makes the first team their only chance of an appearance.  This is why Patrick McPake (no first team appearances in league or cup matches) can be included.
I hope this makes things clearer.
iMarc89 (talk) 19:37, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  First team squad 

message: Please take consideration of the above mentioned points. I notice that someone has removed the record victory and defeat from the infobox, yet we still have a section on the 2011–12 season. By relative importance, it seems obvious to me that all time records are more important to an overview of the club than recent results. Who will remember these 2–0 and 1–0 games in a few years' time? We've won plenty of games 1–0. But our club record victory and defeat have stood since the 1950s! Surely you can see why that's important.
And as for the 2011–12 season section itself, look at this page: 2011–12 Motherwell F.C. season. It has facts, figures, cup draws, transfers and even lists of results. This severely irks me. There is a category box at the bottom of the page which has a list of all available season pages. Nobody looking at this article for information on Motherwell F.C. needs to know our most recent results, and if they do, all they need do is click on the link in the infobox saying Current Season. Problem solved.
It is for that reason that I am deleting the entire section. Also, the section named Return to Europe could do with being thinned down a little. I was going to do it myself a while ago, but I guess it wouldn't really have mattered. The quality of contributions on this article seems to be entirely unimportant to the contributors themselves.
iMarc89 (talk) 14:56, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  OK, this is getting ridiculous 

message: Is there a source for Simo Valakari's appointment as manager? I think this is pure speculation.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.209.44.60 (talk) 12:44, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coaching staff 

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