2008–09 Motherwell F.C. season
2008–09 season | |||
Chairman | John Boyle | ||
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Manager | Mark McGhee | ||
Premier League | 7th | ||
Scottish Cup | Fifth Round | ||
League Cup | Third Round | ||
UEFA Cup | First Round | ||
Top goalscorer | David Clarkson (13) | ||
Highest home attendance | 11,318 vs Nancy (2 October 2008) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,818 vs Inverness (13 May 2009) | ||
Average home league attendance | 5,351 | ||
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The 2008–09 season was Motherwell's 11th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. As well as the SPL, the club competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, and the UEFA Cup for the first time in 13 years.
Contents
Important Events
- 15 August 2008 – The first Scottish Premier League fixture of the season (against Hearts) ends in a 3–2 defeat at Tynecastle.
- 29 August 2008 – Draw for the UEFA Cup First round. Motherwell draw French side Nancy.
- 1 September 2008 – Draw for the Scottish League Cup third round. Motherwell draw Hamilton (home).
- 1 December 2008 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fourth round. Motherwell draw Inverurie (away).
- 1 January 2009 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fifth round. Motherwell draw St Mirren (home).
- 23 May 2009 – The final Scottish Premier League fixture of the season (against Kilmarnock) ends in a 2–1 defeat at Fir Park.
- 26 May 2009 - Motherwell are awarded a place in the Europa League after finishing in the fair play top three, alongside Randers and Rosenborg.[1]
- 12 June 2009 – Mark McGhee leaves the club to become manager of Aberdeen. Assistant Scott Leitch and goalkeeping coach Colin Meldrum also leave for the Pittodrie outfit.[2]
Transfers
For a list of Scottish football transfers in 2008–09, see transfers in season 2008–09
Summer Transfer Window (1 July – 1 September 2008)
In Permanent
Date | Player | From | Fee | Contract length |
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8 July 2008 | Bob Malcolm[3] | unattached | Free | One year |
8 August 2008 | Jim O'Brien[4] | Celtic | Undisclosed | Two years |
19 August 2008 | John Sutton[5] | Wycombe Wanderers | Undisclosed | Three years |
Loans in
Date | Player | From | Loan Length |
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19 August 2008 | Gunnar Nielsen[4] | Blackburn Rovers | 6 months |
19 August 2008 | Maros Klimpl[6] | FC Midtjylland | 6 months |
Loans out
Date | Player | To | Loan Length |
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Out Permanent
Date | Player | To | Fee | Note |
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13 June 2008 | Martin Grehan[3] | Stirling Albion | Free | |
13 June 2008 | Ross McCormack[7] | Cardiff City | £100,000 | |
20 July 2008 | David Nixon[8] | Airdrie United | Free | |
25 July 2008 | Stephen McGuire[9] | Airdrie United | Free |
Winter Transfer Window (1 January – 2 February 2009)
In Permanent
Date | Player | From | Fee | Contract length |
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Loans in
Date | Player | From | Loan Length |
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2 January 2009 | Artur Krysiak[10] | Birmingham City | 6 months |
2 February 2009 | Cillian Sheridan[11] | Celtic | 6 months |
2 February 2008 | Semih Aydilek[11] | Birmingham City | 6 months |
Loans out
Date | Player | To | Loan Length |
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24 January 2009 | Ross Forbes[12] | Dumbarton | 6 months |
Out Permanent
Date | Player | To | Fee | Note |
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17 January 2009 | Kenny Connolly[13] | Ayr United | Free | |
31 January 2009 | Chris Porter[14] | Derby County | £400,000 |
Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 First-team Squad
As of 5 December 2010[15]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 Statistics
Appearances
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Premier League | UEFA Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Graeme Smith | 43 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Paul Quinn | 40 | 0 | 33+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Steven Hammell | 43 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Mark Reynolds | 42 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Stephen Craigan | 28 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Brian McLean | 12 | 2 | 12+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Stephen Hughes | 40 | 2 | 35+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Robert Malcolm | 16 | 2 | 11+2 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Chris Porter | 25 | 9 | 21+1 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Cillian Sheridan | 15 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
10 | FW | David Clarkson | 39 | 14 | 30+3 | 13 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
11 | FW | John Sutton | 33 | 12 | 26+2 | 10 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | |
12 | MF | Darren Smith | 22 | 0 | 1+15 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
13 | DF | Maros Klimpl | 24 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Keith Lasley | 33 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
15 | FW | Jamie Murphy | 34 | 3 | 11+19 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | |
16 | MF | Marc Fitzpatrick | 28 | 1 | 14+9 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Jim O'Brien | 33 | 1 | 19+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
19 | MF | Steven McGarry | 25 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
21 | GK | Gunnar Neilsen | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
21 | GK | Artur Krysiak | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
22 | FW | Semih Aydilek | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
23 | FW | Mark Archdeacon | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
26 | MF | Kenny Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
29 | MF | Ross Forbes | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
35 | FW | Robert McHugh | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
37 | DF | Shaun Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
43 | DF | Steven Saunders | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
45 | MF | Paul Slane | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
2008-09 Motherwell Top scorers
- Last updated on 8 December 2010[16]
Position | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premier League | UEFA Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total |
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1 | 10 | David Clarkson | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
2 | 11 | John Sutton | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
3 | 9 | Chris Porter | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
4 | 8 | Robert Malcolm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | 15 | Jamie Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | 28 | Brian McLean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | 9 | Cillian Sheridan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | 7 | Stephen Hughes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | 16 | Marc Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | 13 | Maros Klimpl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | 17 | Jim O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | 2 | Paul Quinn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
/ | / | / | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
/ | / | / | TOTALS | 46 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 51 |
2008-09 Motherwell Disciplinary Record
- Last updated 8 December 2010[16]
Nation | Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premier League | UEFA Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Total | |||||
GK | 1 | Graeme Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | 2 | Paul Quinn | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
DF | 4 | Mark Reynolds | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
DF | 5 | Stephen Craigan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
DF | 6 | Brian McLean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | 7 | Stephen Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
MF | 8 | Robert Malcolm | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
FW | 9 | Chris Porter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
FW | 9 | Cillian Sheridan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | 10 | David Clarkson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
FW | 11 | John Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | 12 | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | 13 | Maroš Klimpl | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
MF | 14 | Keith Lasley | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
FW | 15 | Jamie Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 16 | Marc Fitzpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | 17 | Jim O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 19 | Steven McGarry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
GK | 21 | Gunnar Nielsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
GK | 21 | Artur Krysiak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | 22 | Semih Aydilek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | 23 | Mark Archdeacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 26 | Kenny Connolly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 29 | Ross Forbes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | 35 | Robert McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | 37 | Shaun Hutchinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | 43 | Steven Saunders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | 45 | Paul Slane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
/ | / | / | TOTALS | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 4 |
Motherwell 2008-09 Season
Win Draw Loss
Scottish Premier League
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UEFA Cup 2008-09
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Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Score[18] | Motherwell Scorer(s)[19] | Attendance | Report |
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18 September 2008 | 1st Round | AS Nancy | A | 0-1 | 16,094 | BBC Sport | |
2 October 2008 | 1st Round | AS Nancy | H | 0-2 | 11,318 | BBC Sport |
Scottish Cup 2008-09
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Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Score[18] | Motherwell Scorer(s)[19] | Attendance | Report |
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2 February 2009 | 4th Round | Inverurie | A | 3-0 | John Sutton (2, 69), David Clarkson (57) | 2,500 | BBC Sport |
7 February 2009 | 5th Round | St Mirren | H | 1-1 | Stephen Hughes (65) | 5,695 | BBC Sport |
19 February 2009 | 5th Round Replay | St Mirren | A | 0-1 | 4,555 | BBC Sport |
Scottish League Cup 2008-09
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Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Score[18] | Motherwell Scorer(s)[19] | Attendance | Report |
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24 September 2008 | 3rd Round | Hamilton | H | 1-2 | Jamie Murphy | 5,590 | BBC Sport |
Overall
Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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Scottish Premier League | — | — | 7 | 9 August 2008 | 23 May 2009 |
Scottish League Cup | Third round | — | Third round | 24 September 2008 | 24 September 2008 |
Scottish Cup | Fourth round | — | Fifth round | 2 February 2009 | 19 February 2009 |
UEFA Cup | First round | — | First round | 2 September 2008 | 2 October 2008 |
Source: Competitions
SPL
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Classification
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
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5 | Dundee United | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 53 | |
6 | Hibernian | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 47 | |
7 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 48 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1 |
8 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 44 | |
9 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 41 |
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Scotland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the UEFA Europa League 2009-10. Since Celtic, the winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2009–10, Motherwell, being the second place team in the ranking, earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.[20]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 24 | −2 |
Source: BBC Sport
Results by round
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
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Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
Result | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L |
Position | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Results by opponent
Team | Results[18] | Points | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Aberdeen | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1 |
Celtic | 2-4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1 |
Dundee United | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | – | 7 |
Falkirk | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1—2 | 4 |
Hamilton Academical | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3—0 | 9 |
Heart of Midlothian | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | – | 3 |
Hibernian | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | – | 4 |
Inverness CT | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2—2 | 10 |
Kilmarnock | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0-0 | 1—2 | 1 |
Rangers | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | – | 1 |
St Mirren | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3—1 | 7 |
Source: 2008–09 Scottish Premier League article
See also
References
- ↑ Motherwell Awarded European Place, BBC Sport, 26 May 2008
- ↑ Dons Welcome Returning Hero, BBC Sport, 12 June 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Malcolm pens Well deal Sky Sports, 8 July 2008
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 'Well unveil double signing Motherwell F.C., 8 August 2008
- ↑ Motherwell seal Sutton transfer BBC Sport, 19 August 2008
- ↑ Well sign Slovak defender Klimpl BBC Sport, 1 September 2008
- ↑ Cardiff add McCormack and Dennehy BBC Sport, 28 June 2008
- ↑ Nixon is Airdrie United new boy BBC Sport, 19 July 2008
- ↑ McGuire given Airdrie contract BBC Sport, 25 July 2008
- ↑ Blues loan keeper Krysiak to Well BBC Sport, 2 January 2009
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Motherwell sign loan duo Sky Sports, 2 February 2009
- ↑ Forbes and Pope head out on loan BBC Sport, 24 January 2009
- ↑ Ayr snap up midfielder Connolly BBC Sport, 17 January 2009
- ↑ Well's Porter agrees Derby move BBC Sport, 31 January 2009
- ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2008-2009/scotprm/mother.htm
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Motherwell F.C. 2008-09 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Motherwell FC season 2008-09, Fir Park Corner
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Motherwell's score is shown first.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.