Motherwell v Freiburg 20/8/26

[stv]

12 minutes ago, grizzlyg said:

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Copy n paste. Copy n paste. 🙄

[David]

I don't expect us to get anything from either tie, but hopefully we can give a good account of ourselves and at least make a game of it. 

Get a good result at home and who knows what can happen?

[Kmcalpin]

For me, the positives of this tie are the cash generated through the gate and possibly German TV money; seeing a team like Freiburg at Fir Park; and giving the players more experience. Results wise being realistic, its a case of damage limitation and AJ knows that.     

[wellfan]

If AJ sets us up similarly to the Stenny game and the players perform as poorly as they did yesterday, we should expect to be embarrassed on Thursday. But if he sets us up as close to the Helsinki game as possible and those players reproduce that performance, I’d expect us to do well. 

No fear. Although I suspect yesterday’s embarrassment, coupled with the additional exertions of extra time on a plastic shithole, has taken the wind out of the sails of most of the players.

[MJC]

0-5 pumping.

[grizzlyg]

This game totally different from Sunday.  Over 10,000 i reckon,   a proper pitch and big guns back in starting line-up.

We need to create a brilliant atmosphere and get right behind AJ and the lads.    We know this is a massive gulf in class but would be great if we could avoid defeat.   Freiburg not played competitive game yet

[mio]

2 hours ago, Kmcalpin said:

For me, the positives of this tie are the cash generated through the gate and possibly German TV money; seeing a team like Freiburg at Fir Park; and giving the players more experience. Results wise being realistic, its a case of damage limitation and AJ knows that.     

Agree totally.

itd be nice to keep the score respectable over the two legs and give a good account of ourselves both on and off the park.

i do have hope that because Freiburg are at the end of their pre season they may take this game as a pre season friendly and we might catch them off guard at fir park but they are German at the end of the day… as professionals go, you don’t get better.

[Stuwell2]

2 hours ago, wellfan said:

If AJ sets us up similarly to the Stenny game and the players perform as poorly as they did yesterday, we should expect to be embarrassed on Thursday. But if he sets us up as close to the Helsinki game as possible and those players reproduce that performance, I’d expect us to do well. 

No fear. Although I suspect yesterday’s embarrassment, coupled with the additional exertions of extra time on a plastic shithole, has taken the wind out of the sails of most of the players.

There’s no way he’ll set up anything like the Stenny game, the 8 dropped players for a start will be back if fit so a different game all together. 
 

[mio]

Rumour going about that Sparrow broke a bone in his spine. 
how worse is this injury situation going to get.