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Just edged it for me, but I would have had no issues if any of the chasing pack swapped positions. It was a ridiculously high quality season.

I would put that down as beat season at Fir Park for O’Donnell, McGinn, Slattery and Sparrow

Like to get a Welsh side and scud them early. Nice wee trip down there at a reasonable cost. I’d then love a trip to Poland after that…. Been a few times over there and it’s a brilliant place to visit.

I don’t know what else Kofi Balmer could have done….. scandalous decision Eli Just for me has been a joy to watch…. So difficult though, it’s been a year to remember. Some absolute stand outs and performances from many of them.

Good stuff efficiently done. Thanks for all your efforts after every game. The best player won in my opinion.

That feels about right. McGinn probably should be closer to the.pack but probably a victim of his own high standards / consistency.

Great work Weeyin

Well deserved

I am sooooooo jealous, I have never managed 6 laughing emojis on a post! 🤣🤣

I heard the smallest of whispers that there were "technical difficulties" with the audio during *that* VAR review... But I'm sure that's nonsense 🫣

There is more chance of the true story of JFK,'s assasination in Dallas being released than hearing any of the VAR audio from last Wednesday ie never.

The votes have been counted, and the 2025-26 SteelmenOnline is... Elijah finished 10 points ahead of a congested pack, reflective of so many great performances this season. As always, the scoring system each match was 3 points for 1st, 2 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd. Elliot Watt and Stephen Welsh finished joint second on 33 points. Lukas Fadinger was squeezed into 3rd (or 4th depending on your arithmetical preference) by 1 point, ending with a total of 32. SOD finished on 29 and Slatts on 27. Complete list of players who scored at least a point: Thanks for voting!

Lineker and Shearer (but what would they know?) still bemoaning the "penalty" at Fir Park and its consequences from about 25 mins in: When will the SFA release Dallas"s comments to Beaton, do you think? Sometime/never?

Watched a bit of that last night after you posted. Got subbed off after about 70mins. Did ok without doing anything spectacular. Thought Udinese struggled against a Cremonese side battling to stay in the league. If that was representative of how they play every week, I think I will stick to Motherwell! Point of note, the ref gave a shocker of a red card for a foul on Vardy but was sent to the monitor and immediately changed his decision and downgraded to a yellow. Quite refreshing!

I guess it all depends on who we draw and the costs attached, but given that the early rounds are regionalised now and we are likely to do pretty well out of the home leg attendance, I would have thought, even if we do get put out at the first time of asking, we should make pretty decent money out of this. Does anyone know what we made out of the League Cup this year as a comparison?

From what I can see here is the money available per round if eliminated Q2 - €175k + €350k (£450k) Q3 - €175k + €550k (£630k) playoffs - €175k + €750k (£800k) If we reach the promised land League phase qualification €3.17m (£2.7m) then €400k (£350k) per won match €200k (£175k) per drawn match For an example Hearts made £4.96m in 24/25 season from this competition and the payments are the same. This year 1st in the SPFL league gets £4.58m. (Yes I can’t bring myself to say winners )

Former Fir Park favourite Liam Polworth has signed a PCA with Livingston. Perhaps his good lady will enjoy the retail facilities on offer there.

If Ward goes then I’d expect another keeper as No1 with Matty staying as backup for another season but getting cup games. I do trust him but think at about 22 years old he would benefit from one more year as being backup. Defensively SOD & McGinn have been solid this year but age is against them so realistically replacements need to be sourced, although I think we have a couple of good options in the academy who might step up next season IF we make the group stage in Europe but aren’t ready for first team football week in week out. With Slattery leaving and probably one other midfielder being sold, I don’t think we can afford to lose another as it would decimate the the team with too many new midfielders coming in and trying to learn our system and new teammates while we try to get to the Conf. League group stage - there might be some sort of agreement that if we don’t qualify then another will be sold but who knows. Again we have a couple of options from the academy lads who played bit part roles this season and didn’t look out of place who should step up and get more game time next season to see if they will make it. Up front is where we need to be looking at urgently as with the amount of possession we’ve had this season the goal return is - in my opinion - lower than we should expect. This is not a criticism of the team but just my view as on the whole they’ve been terrific in their play and although I’m a fan of Maswanise he’s a bit hot and cold with a selfish attitude and not really a team player at times so I’d cash in while his stock is high and hope for an upgrade. Again I’d say that there are academy lads who can hopefully step up and play a part but it would be unfair to throw them in as mainstays. In all positions there’s also the possibility of loan deals but I think the club would prefer to sign our own players first and use loans if our signing targets fall through. Having said all that I’m sure the club have great plans for next season and I’m happy to wait and see. Relaxing summer for us all (hopefully)

Yep, totally agree. This'll be the first summer when I'm really not bothered about transfers. We may lose some important players, but they'll be replaced like-for-like. I'm confident that the club is in safe hands now and feel relaxed about it all. Looking forward to another good season.

I think we should trust in JBA and the recruitment ream to identify suitable targets that would enhance the team and the style we now play. We need to build on this seasons successes, so for me i hope there are no project signings, lets see what Daws and the data comes up with.

Loved the Forrest fans singing "are you Celtic in disguise"...

I've seen a few dunfermline games on the tele this season and that ngwenya seems a bit of a bombscare,I would much rather we were interested in chilokoa-mullen,who could definitely make the step up.i think stanway at thistle would be a good replacement for slatts if he's definitely away.

Or maybe both while we're there. Two decent players available for free and for them they get to be part of the best footballing side in Scotland.

I think there's 10 you can guarantee will be here next season: Connelly, SOD, Sparrow, McGinn, Mcghee, Koutrombis, Preistman, Said, RCC, Bjorgolfsson We'll offer contracts to Gordon and Olly Whyte who seems to have had another really good loan spell if he likes Zach Robinson maybe him as well. There will be interest in Ward, Ox, Longelo, Watt, Fadinger, Just, Maswanhise Hendry has been linked with a return to St Johnstone and I wouldn't stand in his way. Stama I expect will leave and go to a team in the A-League. Welsh Returns to Celtic Slattery and Nicholson leave on frees. Going into next season currently what we need to add to the squad is: - 2 Centre-Backs - Left Back - 2 Midfielders (One for the pivot to replace Halliday and a 10 to replace Slattery) - Left Winger - Right Winger - Striker Then replace whoever is sold from the attracting interest list. The LB/CB we are allegedly interested in from Dunfermline is Kieran Ngwenya. I'd rather his Centre-Back partner Chilokoa-Mullen who is also out of contract.