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I think AJ will want to change a number of players out to help manage load. Just not sure if we can. SOD KNIGHT MOORMAN AND WILLIAMS MID IS TRICKY WHYTE HODGE AND LOWRY VOGT SEB AND COOK think he will look to make early changes bringing on sparrow Thor etc and try and manage the returning from injury players. This in particular is going to make this a hard game. Hoping for a win but a European hangover needs managed would take a draw.

STV - my post was intended to be positive - hence leading with ‘early signs are positive ‘ im optimistic - apologies that it didn’t read that way. I dont believe we yet are as strong as last season due to huge turnover , injuries and the sheer volume of games . It was never intended to say I’m not impressed , quite the opposite . Alfred has been dealt tough cards and to date been very positive.

Simple answer is they don't care about the consequences for the club. I am just so fed up with it i have even lost the enthusiasm to tell jokes..........every cloud 🤪🤪

Not sure Charles-Cook warrants a start unless its purely for squad rotation purposes. I''m still to be convinced by him.

What I don't understand is why they would do this when the HJK fines were made public just days before. I'm assuming that these people can read.

Paulsen SODs Girdwood-Reich Moormann Williams Hodge Fadi Lowry Charles-Cook Seb Longelo Said and Maswanhise miss out for me as I want two wide men firing crosses in as often as possible.

They definitely have a lot of pluses in their favor and so easily coukd have an untarnished reputation if they just follow the rules. Them bringing in money by being paying fans is very easily eradicated by the outgoing money required to pay fines. Once they (whoever they are) start costing the club money repeatedly then it is better without them. Would rather have them at the games but at some point you have to draw The line and say no more.

I understand that they pay at the gate but the fines will definitely be considerably more than they contribute financially. They surely need to understand that there need to be consequences for their behaviour. They cannot be bigger than the club or the majority of the fans. They are also showing young fans that they are getting away with it and as a result it will continue. Do we keep ignoring the flare incidents until someone gets seriously injured?

I reckon you're right , club has tried the softly softly approach and the tide is turning from other fans.

Yep, time wearing face coverings for no other reason than to obscure your identity was an offence, that also goes beyond football fans

Their contribution to matchdays is immeasurable, but they can make noise and create an atmosphere without lighting up pyros, no? I agree about the masks - leave that shite to the spiderhuns - they don't belong at 'Well games.

Bit harsh. Could we no just drop Maswanhise for a game or two?

I think the HJK incident was a bit unfortunate, people can lose it when a goal goes in, it wasn’t like they deliberately broke the advertising board. The blocking paths, can’t just be attributed to one group and is again a very minor issue. The fan at Fir Park at the Frieburg game, again is one guy who probably could be dealt with separately. So other than that they bring the noise and go above and beyond with the displays. But I do think the flares last night was a bit poor especially after the message that went out days before. Like another guy said, it felt a little like two fingers up to the club.

Totally disagree mate and I appreciate we all have different views. I do understand the issues that have happened but these are guys who bring atmosphere to the games and more importantly pay at the gate to come and watch us. I am certainly not in the general age bracket of the bois (being an older gentleman) but it wasn’t long ago that part of the ground was empty and the atmosphere was non existent. The noise, the TIFOs the enthusiasm they bring has to remain in my view. because if it doesn’t the only noise you’ll hear is from the moany old bstrds like it was in the 80s. … and who take over these forums. they are important to the players too, it’s the first place they celebrate. If fines come, I agree there does have to be a systems where they contribute but to ban them, I’m very much in the no way bracket.

Anyone caught with a mask should be instantly banned, for no other reason than you look like a fuckin gimp.

An interesting game in prospect. Not sure what St Mirren we will encounter given their recent changes. However we're not on here to discuss that lot. It'll be a tough encounter given our injury situation and hectic early season schedule, so I won't read too much into the result and performance, unless we win. Every cloud has a silver lining and Girdwood-Reich and Moormann will be a little more rested than we originally envisaged. I expect that Williams and Sparrow may return to the starting line up. I was a little surprised that SOD didn't get some gametime in Germany, but thats as may be. Some time from the bench for Thor and Stama? I suspect our goalscoring ability will come under scrutiny as will our defensive performance at set pieces, from both our fans and the St Mirren management. For this particular fixture, I'd plead with our fans to be patient and understanding.

I think that the flares being set off yesterday might result in a ban. I felt the message they put out felt like a final warning, so I would imagine there will be some fallout from this.

As has been mentioned many times already, the club need to be hard with punishment and consequences for this ridiculous carry on. If they do nothing, these twats will continue to think they are above the law and keep embarrassing our club and giving us financial issues to clear up. We would definitely be better off without them. Surely it's gone too far and the board and Well Society need to see that the majority of Well fans have had enough. They surely must look at Steelmen Online etc and know how everyone feels about this nonsense. The question is, do they have the backbone or balls to do anything about it? We shall see!!

I don’t in any way we would have been whipping boys. In the last season and this current season we have very rarely if at not been competitive in games against supposed bigger teams. Even against Frieburg it’s was relatively close, only when we lost a man in each game did we struggle. We are a very good side who are well coached and I’m convinced we will get another crack at Europe next season.

I don’t think so. As I’ve already said we were simply beaten over two legs by a much stronger side, there’s no shame in that. Had we got a more favourable draw we might have stood a chance of getting to the group stages but we would have been cannon fodder if we had. Hearts are a far bigger club than us with far greater resources, but they will likely be the whipping boys in the conference league group stages. It was good for the club that we got there and we certainly did give it a go this time around. It was certainly a lot better than any of our recent ‘euro tours’ which have yielded nothing but embarrassment for us. Finally, Tam Cowan comes out with that nonsense (wee diddy club)in relation to us in the domestic game and if we had managed to make it to the group stages he would be straight on his radio platform to tell all and sundry that it would only be a matter of time before AJ is poached and “come on big clubs, sign half our team” bla bla bla. But of course he cares more about his own reputation and taking photos of his fish suppers than Motherwell FC.

5-0 Motherwell

Danzaki would revel in our current system, kettleball did not suit him whatsoever

Very noticeable Stama was not out on the pitch at full time last night applauding the away support….what’s the crack there? Did he spit the dummy or what?

The gaffer said

Not sure what to make of us so far this season. We've had a spate of injuries; a few players departing and arriving; a hectic schedule; new manager and played against 3 sides we wouldn't normally meet. You could say we were expected to beat HB; HFK Helsinki were about on a par; and Freiburg were several levels above. Its very hard to gauge those performances in domestic terms. Potentially we have a very strong squad, with some decent signings on paper (with quality we couldn't afford previously), but how will they match up domestically. We did well at Easter Road, struggled against Falkirk again, and flopped against Stenhousemuir. Early doors we have had a mixed record in scoring; mixed in conceding; there are questionmarks over our physicality (rivals have some pretty big units in their squads too) and defending set pieces; and been somewhat naive (domestic rivals will be every bit as cute and streetwise as Freiburg). Ball retention has been poorer than last term. A few comings and goings too over the next week or two. So, all in all a lot of unknowns so far and we won't get a clear picture of where we're at for another 5 weeks or so until these factors settle down. This has easily been the strangest and most complicated start to a season that I can remember. Interesting times ahead!