Stenhousemuir v Motherwell 19/07/2025 🏆

[Spiderpig]

15 hours ago, wunderwell said:

According to your predictions you have said we would have 1/2 points (depending on penalties v peterhead) after 3 games.
Let's see how well your doing after Saturday.

Feeding the Troll is never a good plan.

[FirParkCornerExile]

16 hours ago, wellfan said:

We should be looking to win this game by at least 3-5 goals. 

Anything but a convincing win is a mild concern.

[grizzlyg]

2 hours ago, wellon said:

Don't engage with him, laugh at him

At first I thought Mrs Grizzly had made that post 🤪🤪

[SteelmaninOZ]

The gaffer said 

 

[joewarkfanclub]

Really liking his interviews. 

Doesnt take any shit and is able to explain the tactical plan and process succinctly!

Liking this brave new world! 🧡❤️🧡

[mio]

He’s all about load management. 

I hear him as when I sit watching TV at night over the weekend and I’m half way through a family bag of Doritos and large bag of minstrels, I too consider my load management.
Sometimes I transition to the floor to enable me to use a quality counter press to complete the job in the final third.

 

[weeyin]

11 minutes ago, joewarkfanclub said:

Really liking his interviews. 

Doesnt take any shit and is able to explain the tactical plan and process succinctly!

Liking this brave new world! 🧡❤️🧡

100% I enjoyed his explanations of avoiding the long ball and how taking the extra 10 or 15 seconds can lead to better creation of chances (instead of conceding possession and losing a minute).

[SteelmaninOZ]

He’s been a Motherwell player since he was four SIWY wow

 

[wellgirl]

That was a really nice interview with Matty. You can tell how much it meant to him getting the start 

[grizzlyg]

I think we are going to win 3-0 tomorrow.  There.....I've said it. Positivity overload.

COYW

[Mintymac]

Was a strange atmosphere at game last Tuesday and think manager has  picked up on it very quickly .

Players  following instruction then a mistake at the back and they score . 
Vast majority of of fan base stayed calm but very small percentage started booing . 

Actually turned round at that point and there were a few angry chappies in full throttle booing 8 mins into the first home game .
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Each to their own I suppose but the way the manager explained staying calm was important at that point re. the players not rushing things it was very telling . 
I for one will be buying into his methods as the last few years have been an awful watch . 
Not sure everyone in our support is though or even willing to give it a chance . 
The reason he was brought in was because even the Chairman wanted a different style of football to punts up the park and winning second balls  stuff as per Robbo Alexander Kettlewells.

Chairman has been brave in this appointment . He could easily have taken the safe appointment but chose to try something different . 
Im sure the vast majority of us will buy into it . The boo brigade ?Mmmm not so sure 

 

 

[stv]

7 minutes ago, Mintymac said:

Chairman has been brave in this appointment . He could easily have taken the safe appointment but chose to try something different . 
Im sure the vast majority of us will buy into it . The boo brigade ?Mmmm not so sure 

 

 

The boo brigade don’t really matter do they. The only time they get to vent their repressed anger is at the football on a Saturday. If they shouted like that in the house when the missus told them to do the dishes or hang out the washing there would be hell to pay.

[wellsince75]

3 hours ago, wellgirl said:

That was a really nice interview with Matty. You can tell how much it meant to him getting the start 

Agree . I do love us having some local lads who’ve grown up with the club . Be great to see him progress .

[Busta Nut]

0-6

[MFCL84]

This will be my first away game in a few years. I'm going because, I saw enough on Tuesday night to suggest that the football that we will be watching this season will be worth the entrance fee.

I like the manager's interviews and I am buying into his philosophy. So, I am going along tomorrow to see a little bit of improvement and some attractive football. I will accept the risks of this new style of play and have high hopes for the season ahead.

That said, it won't be plain sailing tomorrow. I expect that we'll lose a goal, but will eventually win out.

3-1 to The Well.

[wellgirl]

5 minutes ago, MFCL84 said:

This will be my first away game in a few years. I'm going because, I saw enough on Tuesday night to suggest that the football that we will be watching this season will be worth the entrance fee.

I like the manager's interviews and I am buying into his philosophy. So, I am going along tomorrow to see a little bit of improvement and some attractive football. I will accept the risks of this new style of play and have high hopes for the season ahead.

That said, it won't be plain sailing tomorrow. I expect that we'll lose a goal, but will eventually win out.

3-1 to The Well.

I did two whole away games last season - also going tomorrow 

[wellsince75]

Patience is required.   It will be interesting to see us holding our nerve when we ship goals getting caught in 18 yard box.

Those goals are obvious but not in my mind any worse than booting up the park only for the opposition run straight through us and score. 

There's a few similarities to York who last year moved to this style of play.  At the start of their season it was very similar to what we're seeing but by the end of the season the ended up scoring 2x and conceded less.  They lost the play offs due to a howler  in their box inbounds the final game and many fans still felt the style was wrong.

I'll be delighted if we can follow in their footsteps , increasing goals scored and moving us far further up the league. There will be massive moments of embarrassment but overall should see much better football being played. 

[wellfan]

Stenny have just this morning announced a raft of short-term signings to make up the numbers for their remaining League Cup games. If we can't pump this mob comfortably, I’ll be both surprised and pissed off.

https://www.stenhousemuirfc.com/2025/07/19/warriors-there-is-no-better-game-day-feeling-than-adding-players-to-our-ranks/

[mio]

2 hours ago, wellsince75 said:

Patience is required.   It will be interesting to see us holding our nerve when we ship goals getting caught in 18 yard box.
 

I do agree, I think these goals are inevitable and when we lose them the frustration will be apparent.

I’m willing to give this an acceptable amount of time and as long as we remain safe from relegation then I’ll accept the style of play, but if we are sitting bottom or 2nd bottom of the league 3/4 of the way through the season, shipping ridiculous goals due to our limited defenders , due to a “project” by our manager, with what awaits the future of the club/staff/support, in the lower leagues then I doubt I’ll be as patient.

I’m not entirely convinced this defensive set up / style, is necessary and there is an element of vanity project about it but I do like the attacking winger element of what I think he’s doing?
anyway, it’s something different so we’ll see how it goes.

[Electric Blues]

15 minutes ago, mio said:

but if we are sitting bottom or 2nd bottom of the league 3/4 of the way through the season, shipping ridiculous goals due to our limited defenders , due to a “project” by our manager, with what awaits the future of the club/staff/support, in the lower leagues then I doubt I’ll be as patient.

Oi, Askou, NO! 

[Kmcalpin]

Personally I couldn't care less if we lose goals through the sweeper keeper project with one condition...it creates more goals than we lose through it.  If there's a net gain then fine, if not then ditch it. 

[mio]

2 minutes ago, Electric Blues said:

Oi, Askou, NO1 

🤣🤣 hands up, I did feel myself transitioning into Enfield.

“transitioning”…… jeezus, I am swallowing all this new football jargon 🤦‍♂️

[mio]

4 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said:

Personally I couldn't care less if we lose goals through the sweeper keeper project with one condition...it creates more goals than we lose through it.  If there's a net gain then fine, if not then ditch it. 

How do we know though? There won’t be a comparison? Unless he plays half the season one way and the other half the other way. 
we just need to see how it goes.

[Spiderpig]

15 minutes ago, mio said:

I do agree, I think these goals are inevitable and when we lose them the frustration will be apparent.

I’m willing to give this an acceptable amount of time and as long as we remain safe from relegation then I’ll accept the style of play, but if we are sitting bottom or 2nd bottom of the league 3/4 of the way through the season, shipping ridiculous goals due to our limited defenders , due to a “project” by our manager, with what awaits the future of the club/staff/support, in the lower leagues then I doubt I’ll be as patient.

I’m not entirely convinced this defensive set up / style, is necessary and there is an element of vanity project about it but I do like the attacking winger element of what I think he’s doing?
anyway, it’s something different so we’ll see how it goes.

We've  had Alexander, Robinson, Hammell and Kettlewell and everyone of them got dogs abuse for the style of football they had us playing.

Now we get a new manager in with new ideas, new style etc and we still have people moaning about it after 4 games and a lot of new players ffs.

People need to get a grip and judge the team and how we are playing not now but later in the season, give the manager and his players time to implement his new style etc. Or they can  always go to Killie or St Mirren if they are missing the kick and chase tactics.

[mio]

5 minutes ago, Spiderpig said:

We've  had Alexander, Robinson, Hammell and Kettlewell and everyone of them got dogs abuse for the style of football they had us playing.

Now we get a new manager in with new ideas, new style etc and we still have people moaning about it after 4 games and a lot of new players ffs.

People need to get a grip and judge the team and how we are playing not now but later in the season, give the manager and his players time to implement his new style etc. Or they can  always go to Killie or St Mirren if they are missing the kick and chase tactics.

I wasn’t moaning at all and what I was saying youve just said. I gave my thoughts on it and am willing to give this time as I said, and genuinely interested and sort of excited on what’s to come. I wasn’t being negative at all.