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I understand the debate and doubt over Stama and Hendry. Statistically you can make a case for saying neither are very good when it comes to measuring their worth as a striker. However, that really depends on what their role in the team is and what they are being asked to do. No one actually knows that, and only Jens can really assess whether they are worth their place in the team or not. For what its worth, I did think Stama would have come good by now and scored more goals from open play, and since that hasnt happened, Im willing to conceed that we will be looking for re-inforcements come January. However, I keep hearing that Stama has continually fluffed his lines and Im struggling to recall this conveyor belt of sitters he has missed that proves any point. Similarly with Hendry. We are not a team that continually gets to the by line and throws the ball into the box for a striker to attack or pays off second balls that they could exploit. Everything we do is very measured and controlled to the extent we look like we are trying to score thw perfect goal on every occasion. As a result our strikers are lucky if they are getting 1 or 2 chances per game. Even Haaland would steuggle off that. And for those complaining that Maswanhise is just a winger and as such his goals dont seem to count as much? Id point out he plays a similar position to Mo Salah, and no one is saying he isnt a striker......

Some of us are old enough to applaud that! 👏👏👏

No idea how we will line up. Hopefully Watt is rested and good to go again. Wouldnt be averse to the 4-6-0 again with Just, Cookie & Maswanhise up top. I quite liked it! Think we will dominate possession on our lovely bowling green of a pitch and hopefully have too much for Livvy. 3 points is a must with another tough away tie next week.

Anyone know what is actually wrong with Watt? I note he wasnt even on the bench, so suggests more than just rotation / load protection.

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Out of likes. But I concur!

Welsh has looked very good for us so far. But its still a small sample size and very much in the context of who came before. He is also the right shaped peg for the way we play right now. I wouldnt expect to drop him into the Scotland squad and see the same levels of performance. That said, its not a position we are blessed with a multitude of riches, so if he could maintain his form (and stay fit) until March, I wouldnt be against seeing what he could do. Hanley is fine if we are playing backs to the wall and you just want someone to head and kick it. But if we have to play out from the back he is much more limited. McKenna for me is much better in that position, but if something happens to him there isnt really a naturally left sided replacement. I certainly dont think Welsh would be any worse than Hendry, who seems to be the accepted back up for Souttar on the right.

Aye 8 from the remaining 4 would be excellent meaning we would have taken 15/21 available. If we do that I dont think we should be overly worrying about the ugly sisters either. Rangers were rotten last night and Celtic can be gotten at away from home as well. We dont want to get cocky. But no reason we shouldnt be confident going into games against anyone right now. Very strange feeling!

If we were going up there Id be more concerned. Having them on our patch, Im far more confident of getting a result. They generally dont travel too well and Jens will have us properly prepared. Not the easiest draw, but far from the worst when you see some of the other ties!

I dont think anyone is suggesting the tactic was a mistake. Just that pointing it out to everyone wasnt maybe the right way to go. Be interesting to see what happens now next game v Hibs to see if they change it or just use it as fuel to try and turn the result in their favour......

On reading the list of available teams, there isnt really anywhere weird or wonderful. Kelty Hearts Cove Rangers Tranent if the can get past Inverness? Camelon Not sure Id fancy Auchinleck away! Maybe a home tie against Dunfermline for a big crowd?

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That is weird. 7937 capacity. 6935 seats. Where are fans standing when the seats are all full? Do they have a safe standing area? Im curious now! 😆😆😆

I agree. Clear light / distance whatever you want to call it. No more of this "bawhair" stuff.

I had a look and official capacity is 7600 but only 6950 seats. Not sure how that works unless they were allowed standing supporters in the lower leagues? I think they have 6k season ticket holders so not a lot of space for away fans. No worse than Hibs or Hearts do though.

Thats fair enough from their perspective. But they have less than 7k seats. Not sure if they could have thrown up a temporary stand down the far side for this season, but they are certainly missing out on some significant revenue given the size of this seasons away attendances. Cant make this one as I have a family event, but I agree it will be a tough game. Be nice to keep our 100% league record on plastic this season, but Id be happy with another point on the road at a difficult venue to keep the gap between the 2 clubs.

Dont know if it was mentioned further back. But absolutely fabulous attendence today. Well done to the 4600 Hearts fans in attendance. But to have over 6300 Motherwell fans there today is pleasing to see. More power to Jens elbow!

Thought Just had a really good game and had he finished that chance he would have been my pick. However, Stephen Welsh was absolutely outstanding. Both defensively and bringing it out from the back. We really need to try and get him on a PCA in January.

Thoroughly enjoyed that today. Dominated the first half without really creating a lot. Havent seen the disallowed goal again yet, so cant comment if it was fair enough or not. However, Ward was barely troubled. Second half McInnes changed it up and got their press working more effectively and stopped us playing. Still rarely troubled us, but we were getting worryingly deep before Jens made his changes and we wrestled back control. Finished the game strongly and created 3 really good chances. Just really should score and their keeper makes 2 excellent saves from Slattery and Fadinger. Could have won it. Really good performance. We need to maintain these levels going into the next run of games and more points should come.

Away tie against some weird and wonderful opposition we havent played before. Or any home tie against anyone else.

Im getting Motherwell as the away team in every result and there are some games missing / out of order....

Thats the benchmark then. Need to beat that!

Aye. Says I dont appear to be a member yet. And the results section is all a bit weird. Obviously a few early teething problems.....

Dont think there is any chance of that. The team on Tuesday was picked for the specific purpose of targetting Hibs weaknesses and rotating some players to manage their load given our upcoming schedule. Hearts will pose us a different range of problems and those rested on Tuesday will be good to go again. No idea what team JBA will put out, but I expect there will beat least 2 changes. Be interesting to see if Stama is back in the squad. No mention of whether he was injured, ill or had family issues. Good to see SOD is fit again. He is having a good season.

I think we will be comfortably over 10k. We had over 5k last night on a freezing cold midweek night with the game live on MFCtv and sandwiched between 2 other big games. Hitting 6k should be achievable. Add Hearts 4.6k and we should be looking at out biggest attendance in years.