Spiderpig

Having to rely on Wilson for the season gives me the fear Dave, hes too slow and i dont think he is comfortable with our playing out from the back style.

Lets be honest about that HB had a couple of half chances over the two games that Paulsen had to deal with but our defence was never really in any trouble. It was two clean sheets but in the context of the team we were playing were hopeless. Two clean sheets in the first two league games will be more praiseworthy.

Learning when to launch it long when there is no obvious pass to beat a high press is a good thing, if Ward had done it at parkhead last season we would have had another 3 points, and if Connelly had done it at Aberdeen, we would not have been dumped out of the Scottish cup.

At this stage last season we never knew how good we would be either, so its not a fair comparison, but that said having lost the engine room of the team, in Slattery, Watt and especially Just we are weaker. Hibs will be a big test, and if we avoid defeat i will be happy.

Is the game on any TV tonight, if so has anyone got a decent stream they can reccomend?

No chance of getting a "good guy" when assessing that line up.

Hopefully a centre half.

Flights to tallin in Estonia are better priced then jump on the ferry, its only 2hrs 30 mins direct to Helsinki.

I agree, but im cutting him some slack due to his limited game time, if we are starting to get more cross balls into the area as we saw last Thursday, then he might be the player we need, time will tell

Thats hideous, but the basic concept is good, no open corners, fans close to the pitch etc

100% this, hes brutal, we have enough dross alleged strikers on the books already with Hendry and Stamatelopoulos, we dont need any more.

Thats exactly what should have been done, the simplest, quickest an cheapest option to get the seats compliant. But as i said there does not seem to have been much thought put into the whole process, the club knew since probably March that a european place was likely

I can only go on what i was told, but it seems blatantly obvious that nobody actually sat in one of them in situ or considered the dificulties of getting up and out of the way to let people get in and out of the rows which is the main issue with them, before the order was placed. They are not fit for purpose, but as i said earlier they are there to stay until we move to a new stadium or the POD is rebuilt. The club have dropped the ball with this fiasco and created a bigger issue which will not be resolved easily or quickly.

I noticed on Thursday night that the bucket seats in the lower section to the left of us have been replaced, so maybe there was not time to finish t hem all, but it looks like they are all being replaced.

Thats Lowry announced officially on the club whstsapp channel https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2026/07/25/alex-lowry-arrives-on-loan-from-wycombe-wanderers/

The old seats and the bucket seats were not UEFA compliant, as advised by Brian Caldwell when he called me in response to my email. The old seat only had a 4cm back rail UEFA rules call for seating with at least a 32cm back. So thats why both sets of seats were replaced. The comfy padded seats in the members / directors area are ok and will not be replaced. And as has previously been discussed the various limitations of the POD as it stands meant that the seating we got was the only available option. So short of major remodelling of the POD the new seats are here to stay until such times as we either move to a new stadium or rebuild the POD.

Its the start of the season we will be in draw mode for a few weeks.

Im Glad ive got an aisle seat, at least it gives me somewhere to go when people want in or out of the row, being in the middle must be a nightmare. Oh and dont lean on or grab the seat back for support, as it wont hold as i nearly found out to my cost last night 😂

Theres a reason he was put out on loan last season as he was not up to the style JBA had us playing, he subsequently could not get any signigicant game time at Raith, hes just not that good, especially at premiership level

Me too, slow pace, slow reactions i was very surprised he started ahead of longelo.

The sums of money mentioned to me would back up that statement.

I emailed the club after the Genk game to complain about the new pod seats, i subsequently received a phone call this afternoon from Brian Caldwell who explained the difficult choices the club faced in the pod to get the stand compliant for the HB game. He explained that for a host of reasons mainly the limitations of the pod in its current form it was a straight choice of either not using the seats in their old form, for the Euro games, with the resulting loss of revenue and relocation of ST holders that involved, undertaking extensive remodelling of the pod seat profile and reducing seat numbers to get new flip seats or go with the seats we have fitted now. So it seems that what we got was the only viable option open to the club, given the timescales and limitations involved. I think that the "new seats" will be with us for a while, but from what i was told i suspect that replacing the pod on the current footprint may be the preferred option, as i say thats my opinion, so i could be wrong. Having said all that it was nice to have some personal feedback on a complaint raised from the CEO, thats a good way to run a business so long may it continue.

He has just scored for St Mirren, they are 3-1 down though at home to East Kilbride

Scottish clubs and the national team need to start winning Euro tropies again, getting to the latter stages of every competition on a regular basis, winning more games etc, etc to increase the country and club coefficients. Unless this happens the Scottish club sides will always be starting their Euro adventures in June and July when all the teams from the good leagues are still on the beach sunning themselves. So for me playing winter or summer will make no difference if our teams are continually shite and failing to progress beyond the diddy team rounds.

For me that would be a bonus, as losing Slattery, Watt and Just has ripped the creative heart of the team out. This will be a big season for Fadinger, Priestman and possibly Williams to try to pick up the pieces.