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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 seeems 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.

18 months left on his contract so we hold all the cards

I said at the time I wasn't a big fan of loans - especially from clubs in the same league. He did fill an urgent gap, however, and there's no doubt he has performed well and played his part in our development. Now it's time to bring in a permanent replacement.

If a club in the Championship down south wish to sign Watt, the price is £2m. If another Scottish club wishes to sign him, the price is £5m...

Mcghee was predominantly a CB for dundee. Considering how we currently play, a CB who can also play in midfield seems like a decent fit. However, he will still need to be eased back in.

McGhee can play there as well as RB and midfield. But will he be utilised there?

Wells is the puzzling one. Was highly rated but got injured and then nothing said thereafter. Gone are the days of updates on injuries or development team performances. Everything is a big secret.

We will need to get someone in for sure given lack of numbers. But im also sure Johnny K can also play cb and has done with us very well.

I heard we did and could afford him. But he is on £10k plus PW at Celtic for the next 18 months. I would not be surprised to see him playing for them at least until season end. Their current defence is shocking. Just look at how we ran Scales ragged. I suspected he would be recalled as soon as I heard Nancy had been sacked.

While it’s disappointing and he was clearly an integral part of the success so far, perhaps our best game to is season was against Celtic and Welsh didn’t play. Hopefully, we get another body in but we’ve shown we can live without him.