Europe?

[jwok]

Are we missing it?

[texaco cup]

Not in the slightest, no games Thursday/ Sunday this season can only be of benefit to the fitness of our squad and reduction of possible injuries also a positive. Means we have first team pool in a close knit group without also running risk of COVID outbreak having not needing to travel to various other countries

[sieb1886]

Nope - not in a footballing sense.

In a 'sitting in the shade' with a cold beer, tapas and a good autobiography ... must admit, I do miss that now.

[Handsome_Devil]

Playing in Europe occasionally is a good laugh and change from the usual routine. And with the new Conference League, there's no doubt Scottish clubs outside the OF now have a real chance of making a group phase.

But there's no doubt it's heavy burden on squads like ours and in seasons like this it's not a bad thing to be without.

[dasdeid]

Always thought our involvement Europe pointless as our early exit guaranteed.
The teams drawn against were unknown and required Google to identify.
Best save your money and visit Aldi/Lidl for your foreign beer and tapas.
A costly venture where the money and effort best utilised our SPL survival.

[Handsome_Devil]

In fairness unless you get a really, really sucky draw you're highly unlikely to lose money on it.

[LawSteelman]

I can count on one hand the number of European matches at Fir Park that I have actually enjoyed, so that’s a “No” for me. ‘European football’ for clubs like us is nothing more than two, perhaps four glorified friendly matches at the beginning of the season which always end in a predictable defeat and in our case quite frequently end in embarrassment and disappointment. To enjoy European football from the perspective of a Motherwell fan I think you need to be able to travel abroad and be more interested in the Tartan Army-esq jolly and a few days on the drink than the actual football itself.

Personally I prefer to see Motherwell winning and occasionally toast that with a few jars in the Electric Bar after the match.

[sieb1886]

I can count on one hand the number of European matches at Fir Park that I have actually enjoyed, so that’s a “No” for me. ‘European football’ for clubs like us is nothing more than two, perhaps four glorified friendly matches at the beginning of the season which always end in a predictable defeat and in our case quite frequently end in embarrassment and disappointment. To enjoy European football from the perspective of a Motherwell fan I think you need to be able to travel abroad and be more interested in the Tartan Army-esq jolly and a few days on the drink than the actual football itself.

Personally I prefer to see Motherwell winning and occasionally toast that with a few jars in the Electric Bar after the match.

How's the Tapas in EB these days ?