Stenhousemuir v Motherwell 16/08/2026🏆SLC

[wellsince75]

3 minutes ago, Benson said:

Really piss poor,the young lads,whyte,ross,mcallister,booth showed they are miles away from what we require,voghts ffs up front on his own,absolutely useless,a shocker all round.

I agree with that albeit I thought Whyte was not terrible.  I don't know what Ross or Booth offer at this stage and it get's my goat every time the manager leads with how great Booth is . He's no where near ready. 

Vogts isn't any better or to be honest JT looks completely disinterested.   I had given JT the benefit of the doubt as he's missed preseason but today I didn't see anything.    

[texanwellfan]

I did say before the game I’d rather get beat and have no injuries. I have a Hard time getting worked up about the league cup, ao I’m over it already. 
  Having said that,  it was a dreadful performance on a dreadful pitch but might have brought us back to earth with a bang and help us realise we still have a lot of work to do to be. Good team. With everything rolling along smoothly we might have been getting ahead of our station. This is a stark reminder. So hopefully gives us a kick in the arse to be up amd at it on Thursday night. 

[Benson]

Just now, wellsince75 said:

I agree with that albeit I thought Whyte was not terrible.  I don't know what Ross or Booth offer at this stage and it get's my goat every time the manager leads with how great Booth is . He's no where near ready. 

Vogts isn't any better or to be honest JT looks completely disinterested.   I had given JT the benefit of the doubt as he's missed preseason but today I didn't see anything.    

Forgot wilson,not even good enough as a squad player,voght is a dud.

[wellup83]

11 minutes ago, Benson said:

Sorry mate,1st time ever,couldnt find it,paid for it,wish i hadnt

You're alright, I got it. £9.99 I'll never get back

[MJC]

We’re not going to win the league and we’re not going to go any further in Europe, so the domestic cups are our best hope for tangible success.

So to treat it with such disrespect by not fielding the strongest eleven is blindly arrogant and downright stupid. We have a history of treating the cups as if they’re not all that important. Jens did it last season and paid the price, McCall was notorious for it, Kettlewell and Robinson were guilty of it too.

And all the while we have to watch on as St.Mirren and St.Johnstone get to lift the league cup trophy in recent years.

It’s just not good enough and a slap in the face to the support.

[grizzlyg]

On plus side I might make it to freiburg away now as flight prices probably dropped massively 

[Benson]

Voghts must have a twin brother and we got the wrong one.

[Richie]

6 minutes ago, Motherwell Daft said:

Lost the chance of getting to Hampden in a competition we could have done well in, unfortunately we have “previous” for doing this that’s what hurts, club just lost a lot of cash due to that performance. 😩

100% this.

Absolutely fucking fuming at that.

The Freiburg tie is nigh-on unwinnable.

We have sacrificed a potential cup run, months of anticipation etc.

Out with a whimper.

[Richie]

Just now, MJC said:

We’re not going to win the league and we’re not going to go any further in Europe, so the domestic cups are our best hope for tangible success.

So to treat it with such disrespect by not fielding the strongest eleven is blindly arrogant and downright stupid. 

Again, agree 100% with this.

Raging.

[MFCL84]

1 minute ago, Prestwickwell said:

booth, vogt, Ross, and Wilson are nowhere near good enough to play for us

I think that is a bit unfair. It is far too early to make a judgement on Booth. The manager seems to rate him, but he needs to bulk up and mature. He needs a loan spell. It is also early to assess Vogt. I agree that his performances to date have been largely, at best, anonymous or worse. He needs to do much more, but he is away from home, trying to settle into a new team, a new style and a higher standard of football. I'll give him a bit more time.

Ross, doesn't look like he'll make it, and Wilson has had about 100 games over the years, it looks like his chance has gone.

[Bart Verheul]

Just now, MJC said:

We’re not going to win the league and we’re not going to go any further in Europe, so the domestic cups are our best hope for tangible success.

So to treat it with such disrespect by not fielding the strongest eleven is blindly arrogant and downright stupid. We have a history of treating the cups as if they’re not all that important. Jens did it last season and paid the price, McCall was notorious for it, Kettlewell and Robinson were guilty of it too.

And all the while we have to watch on as St.Mirren and St.Johnstone get to lift the league cup trophy in recent years.

It’s just not good enough and a slap in the face to the support.

I dont think we would have won the league cup either had we stayed in. 

We're not going to get through in Europe either I'd like to add but if you had offered we the win against Helsinki or this game I'd have taken the Helsinki win.

[Ya Bezzer!]

We fluked a result there last season so I'm not hugely surprised.  It's a bad pitch and not an inspiring place to play.

Scape goating young players is totally out of order, we weren't good enough as a team and Stenhousemuir were just better than us.  

If we know anything about football coming off a European match is always dangerous and that's something you just have to deal with if we are in Europe.  We were poor against Falkirk as well.

You have to believe in the system and there is no point going ape shit at the first set back, that's the 'old' Motherwell coming out there.  

[David]

Not an ideal result, but the harsh truth is we're playing games on a lot of fronts at the moment with a fairly small squad available to us. If the manager has to rank the League Cup, League, and European football in order of priority, I know which I would have at the bottom of the list.

Europe and the league are more important at the moment. Just how it is.

[AllyMax]

Not normally one to go on a mad incoherent rant, but I'm ready for one right now. As other's have already said, a domestic cup is the best chance of silverware/finals for teams like us. To treat it like that is a terrible piece of management. We have a tie coming up in Europe, yes, but seriously, we're not going to beat Freiburg over two legs, no matter how rusty they are. Fuckin' raging right now !

[Faddyisgod]

There is just as much chance of us winning the ECL as there is the league cup 🤣 I appreciate the game is just finished but some of the overreaction here today is a bit mad given the last 12 months we have had! 

[mio]

6 minutes ago, Benson said:

Voghts must have a twin brother and we got the wrong one.

Surely there’s not two of them 🤦‍♂️

[grizzlyg]

I am mainly glass half-full guy.  Think some of the reaction a bit OTT.  no one is denying its a bad result but that starting line up was still strong.  Longelo missed a few games early in so was maybe fatigued to start this one.  In midfield Hodge started and up front we had almost strongest line-up.   I would expect AJ to be raging with that performance but I understand the changes.  Transfer window shuts in a few weeks so hopefully get a few in and I think we will be fine.

[SteelmaninOZ]

The gaffer said 

 

[Spit_It_Out]

Well done to Stenny we were not good enough and too many passengers in the team today.

[robsterwood]

Hearts hibs and Celtic through and rangers winning so unlikely we would have got further on this form. 

[MJC]

3 minutes ago, Bart Verheul said:

I dont think we would have won the league cup either had we stayed in. 

We're not going to get through in Europe either I'd like to add but if you had offered we the win against Helsinki or this game I'd have taken the Helsinki win.

We probably wouldn’t but we would stand a damn site better chance than doing anything of note in Europe. This is the competition where we reached the semi finals in the last two seasons, taking big crowds to Hampden as a result. Who knows? Had we not fucked up royally against St.Mirren then it would have been us having a crack at an out of sorts Celtic led by Wilfred Nancy.

If you’re still in it you can still win it but we yet again decide to act like Man City or Liverpool in the cup when we have nowhere near the squad depth and quality to do so.

[grizzlyg]

So are folk thinking better helsinki beat us and we had a full team today?   Aye probably wont beat Freiburg but we don't get big European nights often so give me that any day.   Today was poor, we all know that but jeez its first defeat of season 

[MFCL84]

Part of my disappointment about today is in the way that we played. We allowed an industrial team, full of energy and determination to completely control the game. We had possession, but in the wrong areas, we hit a lot of pointless long balls, made no real chances and had every few attempts on goal in 120 mins. 

Because both Fadinger and Priestman were out, there was really no midfield play linking to the forwards. It was a very disjointed performance.

It was clear from very early in the game that it wasn't going to work.

Stenhousemuir's energy and desire to work for each other and their want to win, completely eclipsed the Motherwell effort today.

[SteelmaninOZ]

4 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

I am mainly glass half-full guy.  Think some of the reaction a bit OTT.  no one is denying its a bad result but that starting line up was still strong.  Longelo missed a few games early in so was maybe fatigued to start this one.  In midfield Hodge started and up front we had almost strongest line-up.   I would expect AJ to be raging with that performance but I understand the changes.  Transfer window shuts in a few weeks so hopefully get a few in and I think we will be fine.

I agree but I’m a glass half empty 🤪

COYW

[stv]

1 minute ago, grizzlyg said:

I am mainly glass half-full guy.  Think some of the reaction a bit OTT.  no one is denying its a bad result but that starting line up was still strong.  Longelo missed a few games early in so was maybe fatigued to start this one.  In midfield Hodge started and up front we had almost strongest line-up.   I would expect AJ to be raging with that performance but I understand the changes.  Transfer window shuts in a few weeks so hopefully get a few in and I think we will be fine.

That's about right . Should have won it , held back some players who may have niggling injury only manager knows that . Should have had enough to beat them anyway Shouldn't ever expect to win every game or just turn up n win. Result could be blamed on players given a perfect opportunity to show what they could do and failed to take it.

Can't win every game but Stennie ffs.