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There is also the point if we have attracted back some who've fallen away and it turns into a rip roaring enjoyable night they will maybe enjoy it enough to come back . Too often when the crowds turn up the team don't and it kills us trying to get fans back. I so hope the team are up for it and don't let us down.

For me its what the club needs to do, they need to talk it up to get more bums on seats. Why shouldn't we make a song and dance about it to try and generate excitement and interest. We see enough pedestrian non event shite week in week out lets enjoy it for what they've done and hopefully generate a good atmosphere.

What odds on Moult scoring the winner ?? LOL . We need to be far more aggressive right from the off than we were against Aberdeen. This is a very evenly balanced contest. Too close to call for me. Thankfully no VAR, think it might go to extra time.

Whose wetting their pants? all I said was if we got 3500/4000 it would be a piss poor turn out and I don't retract on that. Thankfully the efforts of many to improve on the norm has paid off. Others are of course free to disagree with my views whether 3500/4000 home support would have been a good attendance.

Afraid we will just need to agree to differ. Home crowds of 3500/4000 for a team that's been in the top division for 45 years, competing in Europe over 35 times and been to 4 cup finals in the last 25 years is piss poor. The fact that it is our historical average still , for me, doesn't stop it being piss poor. I'm not suggesting we should be getting 7/8000 home supports but I don't think it unreasonable to expect our crowds to rise beyond what seems like a static top figure of 4500. A home crowd of anything north of 5/5500 is pretty decent compared to our historical averages and should be our target average to grow the support. I'm pleased the efforts of all those folk out delivering leaflets appears on the face of it to have paid dividends for tonight , it would have been a slap in the face to them if it hadn't. Well done to each and every one of them.

Thats more like it , getting respectable , team just need to live up to the faith shown.

I take the point and a reasonable solution if possible however the only likelihood of that happening would be OF games, no other clubs would would need to use home stands and in that case you suspend the QR code entry for OF games.

Your just confirming my point no matter how well we do the home fans range between 3500 and 4500 and that was the same 30 years ago, which I think is poor for a top flight club. If we want to progress we would need to improve on that and I don think its possible based on the way our fans turnout which I think is sad.

I'm basing it on our crowds never move. If the game wasnt on TV we'd still get 4/4500 , for the life of me I think the last time we had 5000 plus Motherwell fans in the crowd was the Rangers play off. St Mirren and Kilmarnock seem to see healthy up turns in their crowds when things are going well we still get 3500/4500 no mater how well we do.

My mistake , I didn't notice you said "total sales sitting above 6000k" , thats really poor considering Utd are bringing close to 2000. I really despair for our future when we cant get fans out for a Quarter Final at home.

Ill certainly agree the lack pay at the gate doesn't help however as mentioned other teams in the top league operate in the same way and don't have the almost stagnant attendances we get.

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It has nothing to do with the manager our crowds have been in this ball park area for 15 years.

Thats a lot better if that 6000 is just the home fans. If Its the total its piss poor with Utd bringing 2000. We really need to be getting crowds of 7/7500 home gates out with the OF on a semi regular basis when teams like Aberdeen , Hibs, Hearts &, Dundee Utd bring around 2000 fans. That is what St Mirren are getting and it surely isn't beyond Motherwell but I still have my doubts whether we can achieve it - and please no unsubstantiated pish that St Mirrens increased gates are all down to freebies.

I hope you are right, but find it hard to believe - even we - would advertise seats as available when they are not. Would lead to absolute carnage at the games. One of my biggest concerns abut the club is how stubborn our crowd numbers are to shift. We rarely rise above 4500 or below 3500 home fans whereas a few clubs seem to see bigger swings in the good times. I do think its crazy that fans cant just rock up on the day of most league games and have to go to the ticket office beforehand. No other business would make it so difficult for fans to part with their money. If anyone is on the Well Society board or knows someone who is can they ask why the club just cant have a QR code on the wall beside the turnstiles where folk scan the code get their ticket and get in (I do accept not everyone has a mobile phone but even in these days that must be less than 1% of the population).

East Stand and Cooper stand here , blue seats are available , piss poor

Live on TV hasn't stopped 2000 Dundee Utd fans buying tickets. Seriously our support needs a real shock.

Just looked at the available seats in the Motherwell stands for Friday night and if accurate our uptake in seats has been dreadful.

Robinson never ever looks if hes in control of his feet or the ball.

I switched off after Aberdeen scored I couldn't stomach watching that utter dross any longer. Dont care what team we are playing no player should be able to run 75 yards and score. Robinson is an utter lightweight.

There is no way we were rotten.We did what we needed to do without reaching the heights of the Hearts game.

Just back from the game. Good Motherwell support there who backed the team well. We were in total control of this game until St Johnstone equalised. We became a wee bit disjointed for a period after that but got the win we probably deserved. No absolute stand outs for man of the match, no failures but I'd give it to either Casey or Graham. Probably Casey for his hand in the winner.

considering the damage Celtic fans do on every visit there should be hundreds banned.

I agree , I think this will be a harder game than the Jambos game. I think StJ have looked not too bad in the games I've seen, how they contrived to lose to DU was baffling they were the better team. Saving grace one of their front guys, who has looked a bit nifty will be suspended. I'd take a point now would love three.