southernsteel

Been buzzing all week. Waking up at 5.30 a.m. every day and thinking about formations, the '91 final, the buzz of standing with 17,000 fellow minded 'Well fans etc. Picking my son up from school in Sandhurst at mid day tomorrow and then hitting the road north with the better half and brother in law. Make the most of it lads and lasses. C'mon the 'Well.

Actual quote is: "MOTHERWELL TICKETS GO QUICK Motherwell have sold 7,500 Scottish Cup final tickets - almost half of their allocation - after putting them on sale on Monday morning. Season ticket holders have until the end of the week to snap up their seats for the Hampden clash against Celtic on May 21. The remaining tickets of Motherwell's 16,000 share of the crowd will be sold via a ballot."

I've got a double room booked at the Domir for the Thursday and Friday night but the missus can't get the time off work now. I'm travelling back straight after the game now and will be cancelling the room tonight so if anyone is looking for a double room there will be one coming free shortly.

4 of us arriving in Odense at 3.00 p.m. on the train from Copenhagen. With 5 hours to kill before the game Ryan's sounds like a good bet. You can count us in. See you all about 3.30 p.m.

+4 here = 90

Anyone seen the pitch lately or got any latest photographs? Hopefully it'll be looking the dogs b*llocks for our home tie which is only three weeks on Thursday.

It wasn't 100% clear. He just seemed to make a point of saying that contracts had been agreed in principle but nothing was yet signed. The way I'd read it I was under the impression that contracts had been signed and sealed a few weeks ago. Might take a trawl through some archive official team news to see exactly what was said at the time.

I was listening to Five Live this morning. Broony was on to talk about the League Cup Final. I was surprised to hear him say that Craig and Archie had only "agreed their extended contracts in principle but hadn't yet signed anything". I am maybe being a bit paranoid but there sounded like a very small element of doubt about signing and even a little bit of irritation that nothing was signed. Given that Gannon worked for several months without a written contract it's a slight worry that Craig and Archie seem to be in the same position. I'd be much happier to know that they'd both signed on the dotted line. C'mon Leanne - get the contract drafted - it can't take that long.

Hats off to my three mates- Gippo, Big Albie and Dave Waddell. All travelled up to Snecky even though the games off. Feckin nutters. Just had a call from Big Albie - been on the piss since 1.00 o'clock - mental local Snecky pubs with guys playing acoustic "smoke on the water" etc. and then heading off to Johnny Foxes for the rest of the night. Jammy gits. These boys are the salt of the Motherwell FC earth. Have a good night guys. Wish I was up there with you.

Might give it a go - always keen for inside info / gossip. P.S. Your twitter link - try spell check - "wandering" = "wondering".

Looks great but 6' x 10' ain't all that big. Not sure where you're thinking of putting the flag but I'd recommend you go for quite a bit larger for maximum effect.

I was listening to the game on BBC Sport down in Sandhurst and must admit the 'Well fans sounded amazing. Don't know if the mike was close to them or not but sounded like a lot more 'Well fans than I was expecting. Fantastic result. Performance isn't really all that important at the end of the day. Hard place to go and get three points and we did. Jim Gannon's Motherwell Army!!!

Apparently there are more germs to be found on a phone than on a chopping board. On that basis I have recently stopped wiping my arse with my mobile phone and stick to a quick once over with the old chopping board - which whilst reducing the chances of contracting a fungal infection on my forhead does tend to iritate the missus a little.

Away Days any day. From a couple of thousand at Nancy or Llanelli to about 70 at Inverness, the atmosphere with a band of loyal 'Well fans who rarely ever complain or get on the backs of the players beats Fir Park in my book. Also usually a good excuse for some "social networking" in a local hostelry somewhere - and most of them are preferable to the FPC. All in all Away for me.

Steaua only lost 2 - 1 against Arsenal at the Emirates stadium less than two years ago in the Champions League. This lot will be no mugs. If we're to get anything out of this tie we'll need to get an away goal and defend about ten times better than we did against Flamanturi and LLanelli. It's not impossible but we'd be best to be realistic as well as optimistic. Still - we can always dream.