The Jens Berthel Askou Discussion Thread

[texanwellfan]

59 minutes ago, Yabba's Turd said:

Bottles.
 

And once again Well girl’s response will be “lightweight” 

[SteelmaninOZ]

No doubt he’ll pop up on the video thread 🎥
Welcome to Fir Park 

[joewarkfanclub]

15 hours ago, weeyin said:

I wasn't commenting on the appointment - I think it sounds like a great fit. I was commenting on the comment.

Hopefully you were commenting on the comment that was commenting on the likely response on here to my original comment! 😆😆😆

[weeyin]

22 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Hopefully you were commenting on the comment that was commenting on the likely response on here to my original comment! 😆😆😆

No comment

[wellgirl]

11 hours ago, texanwellfan said:

And once again Well girl’s response will be “lightweight” 

Ha! Guilty as charged 

[Stuwell2]

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/25287817.motherwell-fans-need-lose-get-rid-urges-amid-new-style/?ref=cprfa
 

interesting read, I agree with most of it but as he says watching the game the other night it was giving me the fear watching how slow the keeper was controlling the ball and then trying to finding a pass before being closed down. 

[stv]

Keeper is only at back up leval . He needs to improve pronto.

[weeyin]

Happens to every keeper that is asked to play this way. I remember watching Liverpool lose a goal or two when Allison was disposessed.

[wellsince75]

43 minutes ago, Stuwell2 said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/25287817.motherwell-fans-need-lose-get-rid-urges-amid-new-style/?ref=cprfa
 

interesting read, I agree with most of it but as he says watching the game the other night it was giving me the fear watching how slow the keeper was controlling the ball and then trying to finding a pass before being closed down. 

Was interesting to read. Very quickly brought back the memories of Mugabi pi55ing about under GA. 
 

Be great to see us having the ability to make the 10-15 yard passes and build out properly .  Equally it will be hard to watch as we go through a learning curve .

hopefully it will attract guys who have the technical skills to pull it off. 
 

[SteelmaninOZ]

21 hours ago, Stuwell2 said:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/25287817.motherwell-fans-need-lose-get-rid-urges-amid-new-style/?ref=cprfa
 

interesting read, I agree with most of it but as he says watching the game the other night it was giving me the fear watching how slow the keeper was controlling the ball and then trying to finding a pass before being closed down. 

I agree with McGarry

[wellgirl]

I met JBA yesterday - bid to meet Ketts last Christmas through the well society auction and then was supposed to be going for a meal with Wimmer -he had a flat tyre the day we were supposed to meet him. Super thanks to Greg from the well society for taking me and my mum out for lunch that day and picking us up at Hamilton too 

Big thanks to Sally too - for your kindness and patience. I'm going to drop off a gift for you and Greg soon 

Jens is super nice - and he put up with all my questions (I talk a lot). 

 

[grizzlyg]

24 minutes ago, wellgirl said:

I met JBA yesterday - bid to meet Ketts last Christmas through the well society auction and then was supposed to be going for a meal with Wimmer -he had a flat tyre the day we were supposed to meet him. Super thanks to Greg from the well society for taking me and my mum out for lunch that day and picking us up at Hamilton too 

Big thanks to Sally too - for your kindness and patience. I'm going to drop off a gift for you and Greg soon 

Jens is super nice - and he put up with all my questions (I talk a lot). 

 

Sounds like a great day,   must have been awkward when he said the team has looked stronger since Slatts has been injured!!.......Lol....just kiddin 😜😜

[wellgirl]

1 minute ago, grizzlyg said:

Sounds like a great day,   must have been awkward when he said the team has looked stronger since Slatts has been injured!!.......Lol....just kiddin 😜😜

That's not what he said 😬🤣

Ha! My mum was there too and she thought he was lovely too 

The meals the players get... -what a chef they have - really nice guy too - cooked us a veggie meal as well. 

My brother texted me and said - did mum say anything embarrassing 🤣- no. Then he went did you get any snippets of team information - if I told you I'd need to kill you. His first text was - has he quit yet (he thinks he's funny) 

I should have been a journalist the amount of questions I asked him - but the impression I got is that he's really happy to be here 

Super nice person. The person that bids this year will have a good experience 

 

[robsterwood]

6 hours ago, grizzlyg said:

Sounds like a great day,   must have been awkward when he said the team has looked stronger since Slatts has been injured!!.......Lol....just kiddin 😜😜

Your a brave man Grizzly 🤣🤣

[Throughthelaces]

On 10/1/2025 at 4:56 PM, wellgirl said:

I met JBA yesterday - bid to meet Ketts last Christmas through the well society auction and then was supposed to be going for a meal with Wimmer -he had a flat tyre the day we were supposed to meet him. Super thanks to Greg from the well society for taking me and my mum out for lunch that day and picking us up at Hamilton too 

Big thanks to Sally too - for your kindness and patience. I'm going to drop off a gift for you and Greg soon 

Jens is super nice - and he put up with all my questions (I talk a lot). 

 

I sometimes lose hope there's good I the world then reading someone has paid to meet Kettlewell and wound up meeting JBA it reminds you......good things do happen

[joewarkfanclub]

4 minutes ago, Throughthelaces said:

I sometimes lose hope there's good I the world then reading someone has paid to meet Kettlewell and wound up meeting JBA it reminds you......good things do happen

And sometimes they happen for a reason.

See also Wimmer having to return to his family! 

🧡❤️🧡

[Spiderpig]

An interesting article in the Herald on how JBA sees Motherwell's development and what we might achieve longer term

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/25528477.jens-berthel-askou-motherwells-bodo-glimt-blueprint/

[grizzlyg]

37 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

An interesting article in the Herald on how JBA sees Motherwell's development and what we might achieve longer term

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/25528477.jens-berthel-askou-motherwells-bodo-glimt-blueprint/

Looks like need subscription.   I think JBA has been a revelation and hopefully we will get stronger and stronger 

[Spiderpig]

23 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

Looks like need subscription.   I think JBA has been a revelation and hopefully we will get stronger and stronger 

Here's the article in full

Last week, Jens Berthel Askou raised some eyebrows ahead of Motherwell’s visit to Celtic Park by boldly proclaiming that his team would not be going to the home of the champions to frustrate them, but to win.

In the end, only a last-gasp Daizen Maeda goal prevented his men from returning to Lanarkshire with a point, which on the strength of their performance, they may have felt was the least they deserved.

Having gone behind, The Steelmen showed strength of character and exhibited some fine play to first draw level and then pull ahead courtesy of an Apostolos Stamatelopoulos double, only for Celtic’s late comeback to leave them empty handed.

What they did take away from the game though was even more confidence that under Berthel Askou, and with his expansive style, they can not only compete for silverware and at the right end of the table during this season, but have a foundation upon which to build something special in the longer term.

The Dane doesn’t seem the type to make outlandish statements that his team cannot then back up, so when he casts an eye to the Fir Park future and references the example of Bodo/Glimt, then it pricks the ear, and it should be something that excites the Motherwell fanbase, comparable in number as it may be the Norwegian shock troops

Under Kjetil Knutsen, the team from inside the Arctic Circle have gone from relative oblivion in footballing terms to the Champions league. The odds of Berthel Askou taking Motherwell along a similar path may seem fanciful, but the same might have been said about Bodo/Glimt 10 years ago.

Given time, and an opportunity to build upon the solid base he has already constructed, Berthel Askou believes anything is possible.

"It's difficult at bigger clubs that have to produce results straight away,” Berthel Askou said.

"I think the smaller the club, the more time you are given to produce results. That's the nature of football.

"But I think there's more and more good examples in modern football of smaller clubs who have grown to become top clubs because they didn't have that pressure of having to win now.

"Bodo/Glimt is a good example in Norway. They are now in the Champions League, but they came from nowhere. From nothing. Now it's one of the most successful clubs in Scandinavia.

"They've kept building and building and haven't mentioned the word winning or result or victory. They don't use it in their vocabulary, in their approach, which is very interesting.

"The top clubs, who are consistent, focus on performance and development, because they know that's what is going to keep them winning league titles and performing in Europe."

It is easy to see then why they, and their coach Knutsen, are such a template for Berthel Askou to follow, and he hopes, an achievable vision for Motherwell as a club to reach for.

"Full credit to Bodo/Glimt,” he said.

“What they've done as a football club is a great inspiration, especially to clubs who aren't the biggest size.

"Mjallby in Sweden is another example. They were more used to fighting relegation. Now a few years later they're top of the league by a mile. And it's not because they've had a sugar daddy, pumping millions into the club. That's not how Swedish football works. It's fan owned.

"That shows that things are possible for the smaller clubs, as long as they have a good solid approach and they keep their composure within the club and the fans.

"If they trust each other, they can do great things in time.

 

[weeyin]

1 hour ago, grizzlyg said:

Looks like need subscription.   I think JBA has been a revelation and hopefully we will get stronger and stronger 

For the Herald, you can usually just copy and paste the URL into a private browser window.

[grizzlyg]

58 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

Here's the article in full

Last week, Jens Berthel Askou raised some eyebrows ahead of Motherwell’s visit to Celtic Park by boldly proclaiming that his team would not be going to the home of the champions to frustrate them, but to win.

In the end, only a last-gasp Daizen Maeda goal prevented his men from returning to Lanarkshire with a point, which on the strength of their performance, they may have felt was the least they deserved.

Having gone behind, The Steelmen showed strength of character and exhibited some fine play to first draw level and then pull ahead courtesy of an Apostolos Stamatelopoulos double, only for Celtic’s late comeback to leave them empty handed.

What they did take away from the game though was even more confidence that under Berthel Askou, and with his expansive style, they can not only compete for silverware and at the right end of the table during this season, but have a foundation upon which to build something special in the longer term.

The Dane doesn’t seem the type to make outlandish statements that his team cannot then back up, so when he casts an eye to the Fir Park future and references the example of Bodo/Glimt, then it pricks the ear, and it should be something that excites the Motherwell fanbase, comparable in number as it may be the Norwegian shock troops

Under Kjetil Knutsen, the team from inside the Arctic Circle have gone from relative oblivion in footballing terms to the Champions league. The odds of Berthel Askou taking Motherwell along a similar path may seem fanciful, but the same might have been said about Bodo/Glimt 10 years ago.

Given time, and an opportunity to build upon the solid base he has already constructed, Berthel Askou believes anything is possible.

"It's difficult at bigger clubs that have to produce results straight away,” Berthel Askou said.

"I think the smaller the club, the more time you are given to produce results. That's the nature of football.

"But I think there's more and more good examples in modern football of smaller clubs who have grown to become top clubs because they didn't have that pressure of having to win now.

"Bodo/Glimt is a good example in Norway. They are now in the Champions League, but they came from nowhere. From nothing. Now it's one of the most successful clubs in Scandinavia.

"They've kept building and building and haven't mentioned the word winning or result or victory. They don't use it in their vocabulary, in their approach, which is very interesting.

"The top clubs, who are consistent, focus on performance and development, because they know that's what is going to keep them winning league titles and performing in Europe."

It is easy to see then why they, and their coach Knutsen, are such a template for Berthel Askou to follow, and he hopes, an achievable vision for Motherwell as a club to reach for.

"Full credit to Bodo/Glimt,” he said.

“What they've done as a football club is a great inspiration, especially to clubs who aren't the biggest size.

"Mjallby in Sweden is another example. They were more used to fighting relegation. Now a few years later they're top of the league by a mile. And it's not because they've had a sugar daddy, pumping millions into the club. That's not how Swedish football works. It's fan owned.

"That shows that things are possible for the smaller clubs, as long as they have a good solid approach and they keep their composure within the club and the fans.

"If they trust each other, they can do great things in time.

 

Great article 

[weeyin]

Good to read more about his thinking. And he seems to have a much more realistic vision and plan than the old John Boyle approach of spend spend spend (and merge with Airdrie).