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Yes, our crossing could have been better but on quite a few occasions John Sutton struggled to make it into the box, from a deeper position. I wasn't comfortable with our second half tactics. If you give opposing teams as much space as we did then it only takes a bad refereeing decision, a deflection, an OG, whatever and you concede a goal. Its a high risk strategy.

A comfortable win and you had the feeling we could've stepped up a couple gears had we wanted to. A good first half but a very poor second one. We allowed Saints to attack us and seemed content to allow them to pepper our goal with shots, which fortunately were woeful. MOTM was Chris Humphrey. Missed Steve Jennings when he had to retire. A special word for Ian Brines - he was awful, making a string of bad decisions. A classic was when Chris Humphrey was sandwiched between and fouled by 2 opponents, who then won a foul. Good to see Alan Gow make his debut although changes should have been made a good deal earlier, when the midfield and Jamie Murphy tired. Hey though - a good 3 points.

The key to any success today is to remain solid at the back and not give anything away cheaply. If we can do that we're halfway to a victory. Darren Randolph, good though he is, must be protected at all costs. No last ditch defending in our own box please - lets stop Saints from getting into it.

Good to see a bit of integrity in this day and age. Good on you.

Tom Hateley can't beat a man as he proved on numerous occasions when playing RB. He's at his best when playing a central midfield holding role. The same could be said for Keith Lasley and Steve Jennings; neither of whom can play RB. The problem is that a midfield holding role is also Keith Lasley's and Steve Jennings' favoured position as well. The issue with our current midfield is that we have 3 players who have a similar role. In an ideal team there'd probably only be room for one of them. The mix and balance in that area of the team is all wrong.

I doubt our profit will be anything like £400,000. Don't forget matchday expenses eat up about 33% of gate income. On a £15 ticket VAT alone accounts for about £2.60 for example. Don't forget too that the club had to charter 3 planes and had accommodation costs abroad.

Not at all. I believe it was £750K tops and even that comprised a series of options and add ons. A good move for both the lad and the club if true. He deserves his chance on a bigger stage and I feel he has stagnated a bit over the past year or so.

Jim Gannon had the right idea on tactics - in principle. The problem was that they didn't suit the players. You have to adapt your tactics to suit the players you have at your disposal - he wasn't prepared to do that.

Tweed is indeed correct - it was at Kilmarnock. A scrappy but vital goal.

To be fair he was no worse than the rest and I wouldn'd single him out for playing badly, but likewise I wouldn't single him for playing well. Darren Randolph for me or failing that a null vote.

That sums it up for me. We could only muster 2 efforts on goal all day (one off and one on). The side was second to every ball and the strikers given little in the way of ammunition. if players were mentaly jaded then surely some limited squad roration was possible? The midfield was ovverrun and couldn't compete and sat far too deep. The defence was left exposed and looked very shaky. Long running cracks re-apperared (Saunders is not a right back and Reynolds is no centre back).

I'd agree with that. The same thing happened in the CIS Cup Final for example, when Rangers did exactly that to Stevie Hammell.

Good post Pingu - there's a fair bit of truth in your post. Not all Well fans constantly moan - maybe some on this Board do give that impression though. A lot of our fans quietly support the club in many ways. As an aside, the subtitle of this thread could equally have been "club continues discounted Euro prices" (because they are still less than normal PATG prices lets not forget) rather than reference to "bumped". Folk have been griping for some weeks now about the lack of a main sponsor - the club announces a good deal today and we have one or two folk complaining that they were told it would be a different company! No appreciation of the hard work thats been invested to seal this deal. I was told years ago by an "old soldier" that if someone is looking for something (ie looking to find fault) they'll always find a reason and thats very true of these Boards. All that said, fans do sometimes have cause for complaint. Thats life. The club, other organisations and we all as individuals (including the complainants themselves) all make mistakes. I just wish they'd take them up with the club in the first instance and complain on here as a last resort, not a first resort. However lets not get things out of our proportion - many of our fans don't complain but resolve things quietly and get on with supporting the club and its employees.

I know that there is already a pinned thread on this topic but this is just an attempt to stir up some final interest. Brazilian has done well - again, and we are almost at our target but a few more pounds would help us reach it. It all helps the club after all. A big thanks too to those who have already contributed.

That pretty much sums up this debate, although its a bit of an oversimplification. Some like Fizoxy are indeed customers looking for value for money before they commit to a purchase others like Italix are supporters prepared to put in as well as take out. Those who attend games may fall into several different camps. We all have money to varying degrees and its its up to us all how we spend that cash. Thats life I guess.

I really don't know how you can say that. I wouldn't presume to speak for our fans fair weather or die hard. Odense are one of the best teams in Denmark and for those with a genuine interest in football and who can afford it I would reckon it would be an attractive match. What would you class as attractive opposition incidentally? I genuinely don't know what the financial effect of increasing admission by a fiver will be and I suspect most fans don't either.

So if Dundee United qualify for the group stages you're expecting them to reduce prices to £15 to reward loyal fans? That just isn't going to happen. I'd like to think that our club would charge no more than £5 full whack for the Odense home tie but I know that just isn't on. Sadly, we live in the harsh world of football finances.

Yes that would really sort out the diehards from the fair weather fans.

Fair enough. Cheaper than a normal SPL game. If the cash goes towards our transfer kitty all good and well.

Agreed. An excellent draw for us. Apart from accessibility I'm glad we missed Manchester City - we can watch them ad nauseum on the box. Good to land a different side which we haven't seen before.

As many know I'm not Keith Lasley's biggst fan, although I don't dislike him. Whilst I agree with what you say, we must bear in mind that both Lasley and Tom Hateley are holding/defensive midfielders and were somewhat out of their comfort zone last night. They were asked to do jobs for which they're not suited. We still need a mobile box to box or mobile creative central midfielder.

Aaalesund have a great bunch of fans and they were a credit to their club. The ones I met briefly were top class. Swapped scarves and I'll now have to buy a new C & A one. Good luck to Aalesund for the rest of their season.

+1 We sat just a bit too deep for comfort.

If take your custom to the Cooper you'll also help the club financially.

Hear hear Andy! Some good points made on all sides but this has been obscured by petty abuse and name calling. We're all Well fans - lets show each other some respect and clean up these Boards to attract back the many lost members.