Spiderpig

Good to see you keep up to date with what's happening at your big team.

The only purpose of the seeding is to keep the Ugly sisters apart till the final, as the SFA /SPFL do all in their power to pander to them its a feckin nonsense. As far as I can tell the seeds are the 5 Euro teams plus Hearts, StJ and Partick.

I've supported Motherwell a long time we are never that lucky in cup draws, but any of those 3 would be a result.

Other results today are not going for us, so its very unlikely we are going to be one of the 3 best group winners and be seeded. So away at one of the Premiership clubs in the last 16 is looming.

I thought setting off pyros and bringing them into a football match was against the law, club operating rules and regulations etc but now we have the stewards standing watching organised displays ffs.

They ifinished 11th in Bundeslig 2 last season so not a top German side but still a step up in class from what we will face most weeks in the premiership, so a very good test and result tonight.

We played some good football tonight, effective high press, playing out from the back looking like we actually knew how to do it, still had the odd defensive error especially when the ball was played over the top and direct, but all in a very good performance. If we can get a decent striker, and a central defender in this transfer window I think we will do well.

So much for AP bring anonymous,what do I know 🤦‍♂️, yaaaas

We have played some decent football tonight, the high press has been effective, we are actually playing out from the back effectively instead of hoofing it forward, but its the old issue we are toothless up front, Stamatelopoulos has been anonymous. I hope JBA has another striker lined up, as we can't start the season with what we have now.

I agree, if the stories are true, as I've posted earlier I've never been convinced there's a player in him, he just looks disinterested most of the time he plays. It would potentially be a great profit but only if we had a replacement lined up as our striking options are zero at the moment

Some online chat that this might be one of the Man city boys we are trying to bring in on loan, a defensive midfielder, the replacement for Miller maybe? Mahamadou Susoho https://share.google/Tpt2KbOP3TPFV4WOJ https://cityxtra.co.uk/31665/scottish-premier-league-side-propose-double-loan-deal-to-manchester-city/

If you want to be entertained go to the theatre, cinema etc not to a football match. What would you class as entertaining football, scoring 4 or 5 goals every game, Barcelona style tipy tappy boring as feck 59 pass moves, blood and snotters hoofball with everyone chasing the ball etc. If your team wins the vast majority of fans go home happy, the game might have been a total shitfest but if it results in 3 points nobody gives a feck. Supporting a team like Motherwell is a tough ask, we don't win every week, win a trophy every year, compete in the fantasy world that is the Euro group stages etc. But having watched Motherwell since 1970, winning a league title, Scottish cup, various Euro adventures, champions league and being a Premiership team for our 40th year now its gave me a lot of entertainment and great memories that greatly outnumber the bad experiences so I think we do OK.

Totally agree, as ever when playing the ugly sisters anything you get is a bonus, so 1st league game of the season, let's just get in their faces from the off, play our new high tempo style and see what reward it brings.

If we are judging him against Maswanhise no, Stamatelopoulos even thought i not fully convinced by him, again no, Robinson if ever he gets fit, maybe yes but the bars not high on that comparison. For me Bair was a hoof it forward and I'll chase it type of player with questionable positional sense, so given the style JBA wants us playing hes not what we need.

Aye that's MJC's post sorted right there.

A one season wonder for me, that we cashed in nicely by robbing Auxerre of £600 K.

Was it not stated when McGhees pca was announced that he was able to play as a defensive midfielder as his preferred position, assuming he regains fitness of course?

Which Man city boys, Haaland and Rodri would do nicely?

Had to be TJ for that 3rd goal alone, special mentions for Just and Longelo

We were never in any danger tonight, controlled and dominated the game from the start, we had a 10 min spell 2nd half when we sat back a bit and let Morton come on to us, but in reality they never looked like scoring. Good to see AP scoring hopefully that will boost his confidence, and what about the 3rd goal, that's a contender for goal of the season, worth the ticket money just to see it. Hopefully the results in the other groups go our way and we can be seeded in the last 16.

Why is only being 5'8" a problem its the footballing ability that counts, I guess, messi, Maradona, Gerd Muller, and many more smaller players that have been great players, would never make your team.

Correct Dave, but looking at the tables there are 4 groups C,D, F and H where potentially the runners up can be better than us both points and goal difference. So we need 3 points on Tuesday to finish as group winners and be assured of progression and seeding in the last 16.

A draw and a bonus point win would give us 10 points, Morton would have 7, with a game to play so they could get 10 points with a better GD than us and top the group. For us to finish on 10 may not be enough to get one of the 3 runner up spots and if we did we would not be seeded. So for ease of progress this is a must win game for us, 3 points, group winners and seeded in the last 16.

I see MJC has been recruiting for the doom and gloom club, honestly ive never heard so much negativity 5 games into a season ffs,

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