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Kofi Balmer's exit confirmed by the club.

I think the likelihood is he'll be out the door. Where he goes remains to be seen but it'd be a sore one if he ended up in the north east.

Transforming is great, but it's January and we need someone who can be an instant starter. Players we need to develop and integrate are projects for the summer. I know it's not easy, but I"d be more interested in signing someone on a permanent basis.

If that is case its strange as you would think they would want him our team v Hearts and rangers

Gutted to see Welsh go, he’s been one of the best loan signings we’ve ever had at the club. But he’s a loan and it never looked like he’d be permanent unfortunately. I did wonder about this when oneill came back. rumour is we may get the Rangers boy Nsiala til the end of the season. Looks to be a footballing centre half, young and mobile. Could be a good one too for Jens to transform.

https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2026/01/12/stephen-welsh-returns-to-celtic/

This is just the negatives of loaning players from the same league maybe it's time to invest in another center back that will do the job for us as well as the striker we desperately need for the title run in!It's time for the Well to get the big bollocks out and keep the momentum going cause the way I see it invest the now and those investments will reap rewards. In Jens we trust!

Gave this some more thought walking the mutts, and wonder if you wouldn`t put it past them to take Welsh back to try and weaken us as a competitor. Not saying we`re going to win the league, but we`ll see how much game time Welsh gets at the Piggery.

It would seem that Ross County haven't yet put tickets on sale for their support yet. Odd.

So, as it stands, we're probably looking to bring in a minimum of a striker, left back and central defender. If we lose players to other clubs and/or long term injuries are confirmed that may rise to at least 4 if we include a midfielder too. As for outgoings, questionmarks over Halliday, Oxborough, and maybe Osong. Balmer seems to be as good as away. That leaves long term absentees Robinson, Stuparevic and Nicholson to be accounted for. A busy and exciting 19 days in prospect then. Short term, from P & B, it seems that SOD will be fine.

Whenever I've praised him to Celtic supporters they stare blankly back, as if they can't believe it. I don't understand how they can be so blinkered (even for OF fans). Maybe when O'Neill and Maloney saw him playing in the Hibs game at FP the penny dropped and the interim manager wants him to shore up a weak defence.

SOD and Paul McGinn played CB's against Ceptic and it was probable our best performance of the season. So I don't think we should get too hung up on Welsh leaving. While he fitted well into the system., I felt his one weakness was in the air. Noticeable in the last two games against St Mirren and Hibs.

Celtic don’t deserve Welsh. The disdain they’ve shown towards him is ridiculous, and he’ll be a huge loss for us.

Has there been any “official” confirmation on this. All I’ve seen are a few facebook/X posts saying it’s happened.

To have got to the half way stage only having lost 3 games and with the best defensive record in the league and the leagues top scorer, is quite remarkable. You could argue that it could'a/should'a been even better seems mad. I think we would all have signed off on 4th place and European Football before a ball was kicked. Id settle for that and a Scottish Cup win! 😉😉😉

Oh bugger. Just saw this on Facebook. Will be missed, that`s for sure. I`m told when the second goal went in against Celtic, he was jumping up and down in the main stand. Anyway, we move on - as we always do.

You know what is bad though? He’ll have inside track on our training and tactics. Do they sign an NDA in football? [emoji2960] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gutted that we have lost Welsh, he was very good for us. Im sure we have irons in the fire for several positions though but it does mean getting new players up to speed which takes time.

And as I keep saying, why do we think players like Watt want to leave? I know it's a short career and you need to take care of it as best you can, but the flip side for any of our players is that if they continue to succeed for the second half of the season, their personal value rises too.

As mentioned on P & B, probably a replacement for the departing Balmer.

At least Welsh won’t get player of the year now [emoji4] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

With his injury record so far I wouldn’t like to rely on him as a main stay, back up might be fine.

And if the goals against mean anything not a very good one. JBA however has turned a few below average players from last season into much imprved ones

Plus the optional year the club has. Why sell now? unless stupid money of course. We dont want to dismantle our team and all the positives this has provided of the field. To sell now would be a big kick in the teeth to our increasing fan base.

It has been a really special season and it has been the results in Glasgow and Edinburgh that has kept us from being in absolute dreamland. The what might have been from Hearts at Tynecastle, Celtic at Celtic Park, Rangers at Ibrox and Hibs yesterday. Small margins in games making the difference. I think now the quest for top three is over. The Celtic armageddon that latest all of three weeks is over. Rangers have found an impressive level of consistency and Hearts are now just too far ahead to reign them back in. I still believe we are at least as good as Hearts but they have been clinical in getting the job done. Strangely 5th place would almost seem anticlimactic now after some of the performances ( and consistency) this season, yet 4th will still require a herculean effort. A victory yesterday would have kept us in that top 3 fight so it seems like it has been a decisive weekend the way results have gone. Motherwell have hardly put a foot wrong this season in the league. It is a demonstration, if nothing else, of the consistency required to win a championship.