JULIANTHELONDONCABBIE Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Probably not. My 1st game was Hearts at home in Scottish Cup replay, 86/87-ish, lost 0-1. I used to wear a half and half bobble hat. If you know Jimmy Yuill ask him about me, he knows everything. Not 100% sure but there might be a bit on me in this Thursday's programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Whilst this Icelandic team will be no push overs, I fully expect us to take a comfortable lead going into the second leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhandluc Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Probably not. My 1st game was Hearts at home in Scottish Cup replay, 86/87-ish, lost 0-1. I used to wear a half and half bobble hat. If you know Jimmy Yuill ask him about me, he knows everything. Not 100% sure but there might be a bit on me in this Thursday's programme. Ah the half and half Orient/Well hat Julian. Remember seeing someone with that at a hearts away midweek game and thinking he was nuts. Then met you in Bucharest and introduced yourself as a Leyton Orient fan - the hat was the first thing that came to mind, had to be the same person........and was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I know there used to be some North East boys that travelled to games, is there anyone on here from said group of folk? Any plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorator Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 ko in iceland 20.15 uk time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I remember when we played Breidablik there was a PPV option via some Icelandic channel. Hoping there will be something similar on the go this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I remember when we played Breidablik there was a PPV option via some Icelandic channel. Hoping there will be something similar on the go this time around. Haha, was that the one where there was a glitch and it became free after ko time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 No idea. I paid my whatever it was quite happily and thoroughly enjoyed watching Jamie Murphy put the tie to bed from the comfort of my favourite chair. Money well spent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Haha, was that the one where there was a glitch and it became free after ko time? That was the one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Youse got that for free? Bastards! Ha ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhandluc Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 if we sign a striker before 1st leg, are they eligible to play? Re Stjarnan, think I'm right in saying they were the unseeeded team v Bangor - how the hell can the seedings be correct when the seed loses 8-0 on agg ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Stjarnan drew 2-2 today,scoring late to equalize. They gonna be in great confidence and are scoring goals. Thursday could be a tough slog. Esp with our apparent willingness at Fir Park to hand away teams easy goals in europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Except for all the home games we have won at this stage of the competition, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergi4 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Stjarnan drew 2-2 today,scoring late to equalize. They gonna be in great confidence and are scoring goals. Thursday could be a tough slog. Esp with our apparent willingness at Fir Park to hand away teams easy goals in europe. Have a bit of balls, make our chances count, boss the game and don't concede...team talk over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one m in motherwell Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 As long as we don't concede, even one goal would obviously be good to go over there with. I wouldn't like to necessarily see us go gung-ho, but then again I don't think an ultra-defensive approach would be particularly worthwhile. As other posters have said, keep it as tight as possible and take the chances when they come. When you look at how our team towards the end of last season ground out wins, the only players really missing from then are Hutch and Faddy. Nothing there to really suggest that we'll be vastly different on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Most likely Stjarnan will be looking to hit on the counter attack and nick an away goal. I don't think we should be playing defensively but at the same time we need to try and neutralize their game plan. We just need to go out there and take it one step at a time, try and get the first goal and then build on it. However I think fitness rather than tactics are going to decide the match. I'm guessing Stjarnan will be semi-professional at most but obviously they are in mid season which is something of an advantage. Anyone thinking back to the Llanelli will remember just how poor we were and then think how much better we were in the away leg. That's the difference between not having a competitive game and having only one competitive match behind you. I would liked to have seen us show a bit more intensity against Fulham to try and shake off those cobwebs but it didn't work out like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCusker Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 This may sound stupid but I think the Albion Rovers game may help us in this game. We are clearly the favourites against Stjaman and in the past Motherwell have failed to turn up against the so called smaller team but I think that the way the players were made to feel following the Rovers game will make them more determined to bury this team and not make an arse of themselves again. I was a little disappointed with the lack of urgency against Fulham on Saturday but the players will be thinking about this Euro tie and I would imagine we are the fitter team even though we have not played a competitive match yet and I hope we will pull through against Stjaman, I do fully expect us to do so. Mon the Well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxteth O'Grady Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/motherwell-to-perform-high-wire-act-without-a-net.24747537 Motherwell to perform high-wire act without a net Gary Keown Monday 14 July 2014 Being part of a squad caught cold at the start of the season and humiliated in European competition proved to be the making of Stephen McManus and a blessing in disguise for his team. This time, though, there would be no silver lining should Motherwell slip up against Stjarnan in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. Losing is not an option, for a number of reasons. Nine years ago, McManus was a young guy running out of patience at Celtic as he waited for a chance to show his worth. That opportunity would arrive on a sweltering and thoroughly shocking evening in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava. He was on the bench as Gordon Strachan took charge of his first competitive match in the Champions League preliminaries against the little-known Artmedia - now languishing in their country's third division under a different name - and suffered an astonishing 5-0 defeat. McManus was brought into the starting line-up for the first league fixture of the season - at Fir Park, strangely enough - three days later and scored in the 4-0 second-leg win against Artmedia on the way to becoming a regular at centre-half for the Glasgow club. On reflection, he believes that early European exit allowed Strachan to focus on bringing the league title back to Parkhead free of diversions. Motherwell, of course, harbour different ambitions. Money is seriously thin on the ground and defeat at the hands of their Icelandic visitors on Thursday would hardly aid the manager, Stuart McCall, as he carries on his grand search for needles in haystacks. Or rather, a good quality centre-half and centre-forward who will fit into his budget. "I can remember sitting on the bench in absolute shock in Bratislava," recalled McManus. "You don't want a repeat of anything like that. It got me my chance and one good thing for us at Celtic was that we were able to concentrate solely on the league and we went on to win it. "Here, we won't have that to fall back on and it would be massive for the club to get through in Europe. There are financial implications. The club will be looking for us to get into the next round but, as players, we want the season to be going on with European football part of it." Stjarnan are currently second in the Icelandic top flight behind FH Hafnarfjordur after 11 matches - the two teams played out a 2-2 draw yesterday, although Hafnarfjordur were reduced to 10 men - and McManus is mindful of the difficulties involved in facing teams already well into their domestic obligations. "I've been here before and you're going into games and not really playing on the front foot," he said. "It could have been a lot worse, though. We could have lost to Aberdeen at the end of last season and been back playing competitively two weeks ago." Motherwell will have benefited from a weekend run-out against Fulham at Fir Park, although they played second-fiddle to the Sky Bet Championship team for most of the game and lost some appalling goals. The first came when Cameron Burgess, the Scotland under-20 defender, was given a free header from a corner and the second is one that goalkeeper Dan Twardzik will prefer to forget. He got both hands to a speculative long-range shot from Chris David only to allow the ball to bounce behind him and over the goal-line. The appearances of Dom Thomas, Chris Cadden, Lee Erwin and Jack Leitch as second-half substitutes also provided clear evidence of just how short of experience this Motherwell side are. "We're bare, but it's always bare here," said McManus. "We've done well bringing Dan Twardzik in and keeping Lionel Ainsworth, but I still think we need a couple more to kick on. Look at Aberdeen: they had a good season last year and they've done their business early. For us to be challenging in the top four, we need to bring in a couple." Compared to recent summers, Motherwell are enjoying relative continuity with the only players to have left since last term being James McFadden, Henri Anier and Shaun Hutchinson. The defender returned to Fir Park on Saturday as a Fulham player, as did erstwhile Motherwell striker Ross McCormack. Hutchinson was still optimistic about the future for his former side. "As long as Stuart McCall is in charge, they've a great chance," he said. "I'm sure they will have another great season." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangorBloke Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Any news of whether this game will be televised? Our wasn't but we streamed it ourselves using the clubs internet. Hope your team have been practising on a dodgy 3G pitch somewhere in preparation.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Jules Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 I don't know enough about this lot to make a real prediction but my gut instinct is we will get put out by the odd goal or away goals on aggregate. Nothing to base it on just a gut feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 1-0 to them at Fir Park, 2-0 to us after extra time over there. Again, just a feeling based on absolutely nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldaft Mk1 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 3-2 to us at Fir Park and 1-1 in Iceland. There is no way we will not concede at home - probably from a set piece or 2! I think we will get through, but like Breidlablik before it will be two close and tough games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 3-1 Motherwell at home and an incredibly nervy 1-0 loss over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Rattlehead Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Some fine educated and uneducated guessing there. My guess is it won't be easy, but I think we'll qualify. Paul Lawson with a hat trick.* *Spurious comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 I will be surprised if we lose this game over two legs and I don’t envisage anything other than a comfortable path through to the next round. I am sure there will be no excuses from McCall or the players if we fail. The bottom line is we should be too strong for this team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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