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What’s order of home and away ties? Is toxteth correct or just hoping?

Away first

Helsinki or Coleraine

Won't know til it's made...

Sorry I'm unable to move the quote down for my reply. Tried to read the UEFA page but is it confirmed which set of teams is home/away for the 3rd round?

Lack of involvement in what? 90% of any player's professional life is training. Even more than that pre-season. If he'd picked up an injury while scoring his second goal in a competitive match, I'd be much more surprised.

The issue is we’re in a dense residential area and the residents are already inconvenienced upwards of 23x a season. The NIMBY brigade would be mobilised and in full swing. The delay due to public consultations etc and reworks of the plans would sap money and enthusiasm. Also, with all that in mind the footprint and height of any new building would probably have to conform to that of the existing stand. Hearts main stand almost doubled theirs by coming forward into that pedestrian plaza they created. Theres a very good spot by StAndrew7 over on P&B on costs from a professional point of view. The issue we have is most of our internal spaces within the POD are pretty narrow, think of the 91 suite. Even the Centenary isn’t a big space in hospitality terms. We’ll always be limited at FP but not as limited as St Mirren are limiting their capacity to 8,000, that was madness in our league. I do agree the multiple agencies involved in Ravenscraig would be a nightmare but a lot easier to deal with than a residents association leaning on councillors. The patrons of the Bullfrog got a pretty nice improvement in their two blaise pitches kyboshed. I’d actually halt the proposals for Dalziel Park and look to pump that spend into something at Ravenscraig to make it a campus and share the facilities for training and matchdays. The additional issue with Ravenscraig is that it’s 20 years behind where it should be. A lot of people staked their reputation on it being a success. Maybe back then a stadium would have been seen as a catalyst and anchor to stimulate redevelopment. Today I’d be m sure due to a lot of water passing under the bridge, projected revenues not realised and money leaching out, the required land would come with a price tag that makes it very tricky even with £10m in the bank.

I don't know how anyone over 6 foot sat in the Centre of the Main Stand before the latest changes.

Quite like to get Helsinki. Never been to Finland. Think it would be a cool trip. Looks like we will have the choice of a winnable tie with poor away allocation. Or A harder tie with better away allocation.

We could build the end bit in glass to avoid blocking out the light!

Demolish and rebuild the POD with something along the lines of the main stand at Tynecastle. It won't even have to be as tall as the existing and can also remain at the same length avoiding the need to purchase neighbouring properties. Imagine a beautiful glass facade with a nice hospitality lounge within, decorated with fresh tribute to our beloved number 10.

No.5 probably our best chance. Other ones got potentially big clubs

Does anyone know if Thursday's game (and the second leg) is likely to be shows anywhere? Motherwell TV? or picked up on a stream?

Yes, I did think that comment was rather odd given his lack of involvement.

I think there are pro's & cons to both scenarios. My only pre-requisite is, that whatever option is chosen, we do it well and end up with something we can be proud of, that generates the club money rather than take it out. My gut feeling is though, that working with multi-agency partners over at Ravenscraig might not be as straightforward as we would like it to be.

The Well Society app has posted an injury update from the manager. My favourite part is Stama’s calf overuse injury. Quite impressive for someone who’s barely looked capable of overusing anything. We should be looking to cut our losses and pay St Mirren to take him off our hands.

Not really missing out on much for a club our size , the stadium could do with a bit of modernizing though , isn't there talk of the school moving to a new site on the Craig ? That would open up that but of land for the club to buy and build a new stand and some facilities .

Our potential ECL Q3 opponents if we beat Havnar from the club whatsapp Third Qualifying Round Potential Opponents 1. LNZ Cherkasy (UKR) KAA Gent (BEL) 2. Beşiktaş JK (TUR) FC Midtjylland (DEN) 3. HJK Helsinki (FIN) Coleraine FC (NIR) 4. FC Twente (NED) - Ferencvárosi TC (h*n) 5. FC RFS (LVA)- Vestri (ISL)

Draw for the next round is today so at least we'll know what awaits should we manage to squeak through...

I'm unsure what these reports give you in 2026. Now all anyone needs to do is visit their preferred AI engine, upload a number of background documents that give it context (our past five years of accounts, NLC development strategy, Ravenscraig masterplan, half a dozen news articles, stadium precedent studies, and a plethora of others) and it will spit something decent out, with graphs, projections and looking very professional. What you're paying for with a consultancy is their name and clout added to it. Five years ago perhaps the fee could paid be justified and information contained would be pertinent because it would have needed true analysis and human endeavour. Let's not overlook that in a subjective document that is open to so much interpretation and presumption, that any inference can be made to suit a narrative and most importantly sell a vision to the fanbase. The events of two summers ago shows that a significant part of our fanbase have no interest in getting close to any weeds let alone get in amongst them. I asked a question at the AGM ..... roughly went along the lines of due to the success of the team, we are looking at potentially realising a high seven-figure, possibly eight-figures of transfer revenue this summer. Does that change the thinking and direction of the board as to what we do next? Of course the answer was vague, obtuse and as secretive as we've came to expect of late. On the face of it, staying and redeveloping seems the simplest option, even if it means a season or two of disruption and hit to income. However, due to the transfer receipts we're likely to realise, we're now potentially discussing projects that were previously beyond us. We've effectively gone from talking about financing a new POD to having the sort of deposit that allows you to seriously consider a mortgage on a new stadium. Personally, I'd prefer the latter as Fir Park will always be limiting to any aspirations, for a host of reasons although I suspect the equalisation of season ticket prices across the three home stands points towards the first part of the club ultimately remaining at Fir Park and mitigating moving punters to other stands. However, you may want to look at it as Elijah Just and Lennon Miller effectively paying for two behind the goal stands, with Watt and Ward covering the training complex. That still allows JT's eventual income to go back into the football department. One thing is certain, if we redevelop FP or embark on something new, if we go less than a 13,000 capacity of which 5,000 is accessible to away fans, then we can't maintain our current financial planning and projected incomes. That is, unless our home support grows to a regular 7-7,500. As I outlined in the presentation @Kmcalpin covered way back, if for example we increase our capacity in a new stadium to 16,000 and give up those extra 3,000 to the OF/Hearts, over a 20 year mortgage we'd earn close to £8m just for those extra 3,000 seats from what FP currently holds. 3,000 extra seats allows us to maintain our current business model and pay off another stand. Increase to 19,000 capacity, it's all covered if done modestly, the trade off is hosting the ugly sisters means there is an 11,000 to 7,000 imbalance when we are the home team, but those extra 6,000 with their green and blue pounds buy us a fair bit of a stadium for 'free'. Things get tricky if we are relegated and don't bounce back up, but as we enter our 44th? season in the top flight then. Just trying to simply the above to make the concept sink in. There would be of course groundworks, new 5% plastic pitch, professional fees, contingencies and cost overruns all projects have attached. For me it's simple. Make the space(s) multi-use and able to be used 24-7/365 and monetise it, make it a destination venue in Scottish football, offer something truly unique and lower our current maintenance costs. Good design can enhance atmosphere which is a big reason people are wary of moves along with debt saddled to the club. An innovative approach at conception can address all of these fears.

You’ll have to tell one first before you can repeat it 😂😂

Regarding a replacement Main stand, it doesn't have to be as tall at both ends, could be rebuilt and moved closer to the pitch

I agree. Willy Vogt.

Next you will be saying i repeat jokes! 🤣🤣