Jens Berthel Askou Delighted To Hear Motherwell Fans Express Title

Jens Berthel Askou enjoyed to hear Motherwell fans expressing their title aspirations during a 5-0 thrashing of St Mirren - but worried he and his players would keep their focus brief term.


The produced a dominant display screen in Paisley, which moved them 10 points behind William Hill Premiership leaders Hearts with a game in hand.


The checking out fans sang "We're gon na win the league" as the goals drizzled down and the football streamed.


Askou said: "We desire them to enjoy what we do, we want them to be excited, and after that we understand that excitement and pleasure might, eventually, when you're in a run like this at a club of our size, that will clearly spiral into something where they should dream and are dreaming.


"That's fair. We do not desire them to stop doing that. But we are not living in a dream world here. We remain in truth, trying to improve and win everything we can.


"And that's one football game at a time, due to the fact that we don't play two or 3 or 4 or 5 or six at a time, we play one at a time and I believe the players have actually been really proficient at simply trying to bridge that space."


Jens Berthel Askou ´ s side secured their most significant win of the season (Steve Welsh/PA)


Motherwell have actually lost once in 19 league games and only conceded 6 objectives throughout that spell.


When asked if they could keep that type, their manager stated: "I can't forecast the future, however what I can do is I can keep requiring the same and more from the gamers and I understand they will do the same from each other.


"We have developed and grown and reached a level of consistency and high performance that makes it very tough for anyone who plays us to beat us.


"And we likewise understand that in the coming time we'll play all the top teams as soon as or twice and after that we'll see where that will take us."


Well produced their most significant win of the season in front of former St Mirren supervisor Ferguson.


"When you have legends like that enjoying, then undoubtedly you want to carry out at your finest level," Askou stated. "It was great to reveal who we wish to be when he was viewing."


In contrast, existing St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson was ashamed and took obligation for the heaviest defeat of his four-year reign after attempting to match Motherwell's 4-2-3-1 formation.


"I take overall blame for it," he stated. "I altered the system in the hope I would see what I see Monday to Friday. We put more innovative gamers in the group. And what I've seen wasn't what we have actually seen Monday to Friday."


Robinson included: "Let me please not take anything away from Motherwell - they're perhaps the very best group in the league. Very, really good at what they make with an excellent manager. But we literally talented them four objectives.


"Would they have won the video game anyhow? Yes, they would have done. They were much better than us, much better than us.


"I'm embarrassed by the performance. I'm humiliated by the result. I hope the gamers are too."