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Perhaps a clause in the loan agreement that we can bring him back anytime if needed or specifically if Longellonis out for a period??

C'mon where have u been for the last 17 years. You should know by now how it works on here.

He might turn out to be our best centre-back in years but my issue is that we could lose him for between three and six games against a team that we almost always get beaten by.

He's not even played a minute for us yet - surely he needs to play about five minutes before he gets slagged off/told a youth player/someone who sits in the Hunter stand could do better

He scored against well in 2021 . A game they won and also scored in win against real bets shortly after. But must have been poor as jwfanclubbsaid. Must take a lot time impres that dude.

Did we score against them in that game or did he make error?

And exactly how many times did he play against us that warrants this judgment? 😵‍💫

While not absolving the keeper of all blame, let's not ignore the fact it was the defence that gifted the first goal and the strikers that should have put us out of reach before the equaliser. I'm sure JBA is aware of all these issues, however, and will continue to address them during the break.

The Clyde game I think.

Having watched highlights today if Ward starts then it's last chance saloon for him, that killie equaliser was embarrassing. No point getting all the plaudits, playing great football but nothing to show for it as we have a very poor goalie whose confidence will be rock bottom. Call me old fashioned but I want a goalie to save shots and collect crosses, we have 10 outfield players to do the good footwork

Will be a tougher game now as Nisbet and the Swedish guy on loan are really good signings

Johhny K played at left back in a pre season game for a half did he not ?

I said “decent”, that’s somewhat down the pecking order from “great guy” “good guy” “ok guy” “he’s awrite” and then there’s “decent guy”

Sorry mate - I'm not having that. There is no such thing 😂

I was speaking to a decent Celtic fan I know this morning and he likes Welsh. Said he’s a big honest centre half who is good on the ball and is steady, he thinks he’ll do well with us.

Will wait to see how he looks in a Motherwell jesrsey, but cant say I was ever overly impressed when he played against us for Celtic. All relative though. If he is better than we have in the building, he will do fine.

I am happy with the calibre of our signings, only concern for me is goalkeeper but time will tell

The club apparently buzzing they got a player of Welsh's calibre.

It would be churlish to suggest we have had anything else other than a successful window, but I am a little disappointed we let Wilson go out on loan without a replacement. He may have his deficiencies, ,but in my eyes at least he was a decent enough back up, in the same way Halliday is for the midfield spots. I guess if JBA doesnt rate him and the boy wants to play, fair enough. He might yet develop with more first team football at Raith. Just not convinced that we have adequate cover if anything happens to Longelo as we would be looking at SOD, McGinn or Halliday in there. As for the rest of the squad. Midfield is excellent. Wide areas look good. Up front remains to be seen but at least Maswanhise is scoring for now. GK needs to settle down with either Ox being given a shot to see if he can do any better or just standing by Ward in the hope he can iron out the mistakes. Good first window for JBA. Still some weaknesses to address, but we are gonna be fun to watch and hopefulky we ecan get enough wins to allow him time to build.

Compared to the fling-shite-at-the-wall chaos of Kettlewell’s transfer windows, this one feels like a real breath of fresh air.

I reckon ince Saids gets up tk speed and loses a few lbs he'll be quality as well. Definitely seems to have a bit of trickery about him. As someone has said, Welsh played 15 games for Mechelen since Jan, so appears to have been a regular in the Jupiler League.

I’d say it’s been a very positive window with a real uplift in quality from recent years. Yes ……… some issues to resolve and improve around goal-scoring, goal keeping and central defence. Let’s see what JBA can do over the next month or so before starting work on the gallows! Think the guy has been a breath of fresh air so far …………….. and remember, for those getting jittery about LB cover, I have only 2 words of comfort …………. Anthony Straker!

All in all it’s been a great close season/transfer window. Yes we could have done with an extra player or two but that’s always the case for most teams. I really don’t think that our season will be defined by not getting an extra player or two. What we have is a good team playing good football so let’s sit back and enjoy the next few months.

He is not injury prone, he has a shoulder condition that requires surgery, played his whole time in Belgium with it and no ill effects, incidentally Mechelen played everything through him so can see why we've got him. The operation is scheduled for May. Blackburn Rovers were keen to take him on loan too.