Ya Bezzer!

In my opinion if a penalty has to be retaken a different player than the one that took the original penalty should take it. How often does it happen that the retake is missed?

I don't think Fraser was to blame for the goal but he is far from 'fine'.

Maybe that's because we didn't know what kind of side we were playing and then when we saw they were lower league pish we realised, 'We should be beating this team'.

0-1 is a bad score. Better in my opinion to lose 1-3. Flamurtari weren't very good. Not SPL quality and more like a bottom half of the first division team. We should be able to win the tie but if we don't then questions have to be asked because we should be putting teams like that to bed.

Not going to say much at this point because its over two legs but if we go out to this team we went out to mince.

I'm sitting here watching a football game in which I can't see the ball about 75% of the time.

It's not an art grant we are getting from the council. It's not philanthropy. It's a TV deal from television companies that survive on advertising revenue. It's all about the number of eyes on the screen and if you add up the average attendances of the Championship more than 10 million fans go through the turnstiles every season compared with 3.5 million in the SPL. The Championship provides a different level of exposure than the SPL can provide even with Rangers and Celtic included.

I think too much focus is put on formations. What you should really be looking at are how many instinctively attacking players do you have? How many instinctive goal scorers do you have on the field? How many runners or hard workers do you have? How many instinctive ball winners? If you play with only one player in the side that can score then you are always going to be in trouble, no matter what formation you play whether its a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-4-2 or a 4-3-3 and that is the situation we are in at the moment. Sutton might not be the best player in the world but he will score 10 - 15 goals a season but right now there is nothing to suggest any other player in the squad will get 5 unless they more than double their personal best tally. We need more offensive threat in the side, that could come from an attacking midfielder like Andy Dorman or a goal scoring wide player like Ross McCormack or from another centre forward but its a must that we get it from somewhere.

I'm not writing off Flamurtari by any means, only saying that you can't judge Flamurtari by the quality of the Albanian national team which is of a much higher standard.

Hardly any Albanian internationals play at home in Albania and Vlore have no current international players. Also this idea that Mediterranean people can run around playing football in 90 degrees is a myth, its hot for them too which is why 'only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun'! The game will probably be played at a slow pace. One other point, I hope Motherwell have learned the lesson that in European football an away goal is invaluable. Too many Scottish teams have gone out on away goals because they have sat back and tried to get a 0-1 or a 0-0 and thought that was a good result, its not. When playing an away tie, first and foremost, you should be looking to get that away goal, then you worry about winning, drawing or losing.

Again its hard to judge because we don't know much about the opposition, however Albania football is a decent standard and the heat is likely to effect us more than them. Flamurtari finished down the league and only qualified by winning the cup so they aren't one of the strongest sides in their league you have to imagine so I'd hopeful we can get some kind of result that keeps the tie alive. I'd be disappointed if we didn't make the next round because although they won't be easy meat I'd be surprised if they were better than say a St. Mirren or a Kilmarnock and although those teams can beat us, if we play to our ability we should be winning over two legs. We need to be professional, focused and play well to progress but if we do those things I'd expect us to get through.

I think Fletcher is a slightly more developed player than Clarkson but there isn't 2 million pounds of a difference. The difference is that Hibs can keep players on better contracts (higher wages/longer contracts) which makes them less likely to be lured away and gives them the option of refusing advances. They are also financially secure from having secured good deals previously. We operate on slim margins and can't negotiate as hard with buyers and we can't offer players contracts of a similar level which means more clubs can lure our players away. In the end any product is only worth its market value, a can of Coke doesn't sell for the same price in London than it does in Mexico City, even if its essentially the same thing.

What's the implications of this for the team? What about the away strip?

We don't want to give them the free publicity. Let them wallow in the obscurity of the Second Division!

This is what it they are saying on the site. Some of it may be lost in translation! 11-07-09 16:29 Flamurtari: motherwell club has terheque statements fans not to come in Vlore after consultation was held with the foreign ministry of Scotland. Motherwell will receive 400 tickets, but only 50-100 Scotswoman fans will come to vl according to those forecasts. 10-07-09 19:27 colitis: where you lose nothing .... hahaha Flamurtari-matherwell a game that was .. and a must win game that will play with spirit and blood to be released some time and appear (will mean a footballer with fellow) ... only two things marim will be safe from this game ....1-journey-2-Euro and experience .. as big or small we will be .. this game will look as the leather value Flamurtari ... will satisfy or please us to finish the match as soon as possible to be?? and how I wish every fan sdo nothing other than victory or a presentation or as worthy because the disqualification is not ashamed ... disqualification with degeneracy would be ashamed, first for themselves and for the fans ... Flamurtari FORCE 10-07-09 14:13 vlonjat: nothing is impossible. Away from shopping. 10-07-09 10:42 tonivl: hardest would have to these Scotswoman. Vlore probably at least achieve a good result! 09-07-09 18:07 tonorikumi: At what time of the match played Llanellit? even with a victory today to Llanellit for them to leave garbage Scotland 06-07-09 17:14 vlonjat: The paskemi remove brain motherwell those fans, what is not writing from their forum 06-07-09 17:11 vlonjat: we can continue to believe in the training easy, this should not make no Flamurtari staff and players that will go down in the area, they should play this game as a team to play with and provide maksimumim. Do not fear from the opponents, but to evaluate their forces. Flamurtari these teams is likely to transcend but do not forget the tour in as fans and players Flamurtari staff also said that in 96 when it lozëm Slovak team, humene, and then lost two matches. Should be very carefully and should take professional matches, despite opponent, especially should not happen that often happens to Flamurtari, after making a touchdown to countenance the game, we are not in the Albanian championship, so if you behave with a team of foreign ske expectations fitosh 06-07-09 15:12 crises: chicken team motherwell 06-07-09 14:58 Flamurtari: motherwell's striker Hiding Behind llanelli number 4's belly

"The Foreign Office....says crime and violence still represent a serious problem in some areas, with gun ownership widespread." So would they advise against traveling to Florida?

They didn't mention anything in the after match interviews. If Sutton is injured we are in trouble because no one else scores. OK, Murphy scored last night but we are still heavily over reliant on Sutton.

Terrible, some real scumbags about. Those cowardly thugs are probably too stupid to realise what could have happened as a result of their actions, although what did happen was bad enough! Hopefully the old guy is back at Fir Park next season and the scumbags aren't.

Maybe Paul Slane can take Jim O'Brien under his wing can teach him about quality delivery.

He was in front of me in the queue at the pie stall at the first leg. Obviously couldn't wait for the complimentaries at half time. Oh and I'm watching my figure, I only bought a coke.

I think Boyle and Gannon have been careful with their language. When they say there is 'money available' I think they mean that there is money in the wages budget to bring new players in. When they say they will bring in 5 or 6 new players well that's still fewer than the small squad we had last season. I'd be very surprised if we paid out transfer fees that were anything more than nominal. It will be Bosman and free transfers that come in and season 2009/10 WILL be a season of cut backs.

I think the days of a 'group' deal are numbered. Television is already a dying medium and the internet enables clubs to set up their own channels at relatively little cost. It won't be long before Rangers and Celtic pull out of any SPL deal and keep their 'own' cash. I'd pay to download matches, highlights etc but not so much interested in 'magazine' type programming. The problem is with a support our size it might not be cost effective, whereas even teams like Aberdeen, Hibs and Hearts could generate much more income with a fan base three times bigger.

Surely Fitzpatrick and Smith have to come in? Slane did enough for a starting position also. And Page should start over Saunders because that boy, and I've seen him a few times now, is never a player (unless he's keeping his talent well hidden!) Fraser Page Craigan Reynolds Hammell Murphy Lasley Fitzpatrick Smith Slane Sutton

Paul Quinn and Shaun McSkimming shouldn't be anywhere near a Worst 11. Miko Kaven regularily gets trotted out as the worst goalkeeper but I've got videos of him and he was far from the worst, in fact in a couple of his few appearances he played a blinder.

4 goals in 55 matches and one of them was a penalty. Brian McLean had a better goal scoring record.