Jens Berthel Askou Delighted To Hear Motherwell Fans Express Title

Jens Berthel Askou was pleased to hear Motherwell fans revealing their title aspirations throughout a 5-0 rout of St Mirren - however worried he and his gamers would keep their focus short term.


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


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


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


"That's reasonable. We don't want them to stop doing that. But we are not living in a dream world here. We remain in reality, trying to enhance and win whatever we can.


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


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


Motherwell have lost when in 19 league games and just conceded six objectives during that spell.


When asked if they could maintain that type, their supervisor stated: "I can't anticipate the future, but what I can do is I can keep demanding the exact same and more from the players and I understand they will do the exact same from each other.


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


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


Well produced their greatest win of the season in front of previous St Mirren supervisor Sir Alex Ferguson.


"When you have legends like that watching, then obviously you wish to carry out at your finest level," Askou stated. "It was terrific to show who we want to be when he was watching."


On the other hand, existing St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson was embarrassed and took duty for the heaviest defeat of his four-year reign after trying to match Motherwell's 4-2-3-1 development.


"I take total blame for it," he said. "I changed the system in the hope I would see what I see Monday to Friday. We put more innovative players in the group. And what I have actually seen wasn't what we have actually seen Monday to Friday."


Robinson included: "Let me please not take anything away from Motherwell - they're arguably the very best team in the league. Very, great at what they do with an excellent supervisor. But we literally talented them 4 objectives.


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


"I'm humiliated by the performance. I'm humiliated by the outcome. I hope the players are too."