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Hearts will cave and will not win the league. (Bookmark this) celtic are awful, toxic atmosphere at the club and their players are the poorest I’ve seen since the early 90s Rangers in my view have the best chance to win it unfortunately. They seem to be better organised under Rohl. both rangers and celtic tho will drop points. we are just as good as the above and should have nothing to fear against any of them.

In the mix I think is highly unlikely but I think if we won our next 4, which I also think is unrealistic, we certainly would be in the mix. Killie H Livi A Dundee A Rangers H

It’s quite incredible what has happened over the past year. At this time last year we had something like 12 loan players? Right now we have none and about 5 of our players that are the target of big clubs along with potential big fees. The main big fee is for a player who wasn’t even selected in the first 11 last January. i know I may be mocked but I sincerely believe if we keep our players and win the next 3 league games (which is entirely possible) that we will be in the mix for the league. Again a year ago to think this would be laughable.

How much do we receive in TV fees for this game?

If we were offered £3m for any player that cost us nothing and had only been with us for 6 months I think he would be gone. Hopefully with a decent sell on clause as an addition. Especially one as raw and relatively unproven as Maswanhise. Askou was recruited on the basis he would develop players. Young and old. Is that not exactly what he is doing? So we should not be surprised or disappointed at others showing an interest. Securing players on longish term contracts and selling them on our terms is the gameplan. If an offer is not considered good value then it will be rejected. Watt still being with us and not on his way to Poland as an example if what I was told is true. As for Halliday. He said he hoped Maswanhise would not be on his way and also that he considered £3m as the minimum we should expect. Nothing wrong with that. He did not say we should accept £3m from Rangers or any other club. Personally I think setting a minimum figure did us a favour as it will frighten off clubs seeking to rob us (Celtic). SODs follow up today merely emphasised we will not give our contracted players away at a bargain price. But we will listen to offers. We have to sadly. Given our model and our on field success so far, the interest being shown in our players is confirmation of the progress we have made. It's a good thing. I trust our Board to manage any departures so as not to disrupt that progress to any great extent. I also trust our Manager to continue to identify and develop players to fill the gaps which will inevitably need to be filled. I sincerely hope the likes of Maswanhise, Watt, Just, Fadinger and others are still with us until season end at least. But I am realistic enough to realise that may not be the case. I just hope Askou is given the funding to bring in suitable replacements. He has earned that right and I am sure he will already have identified a few players just in case the inevitable happens sooner than later. Just consider the mess we were in only a year or so ago under Kettlewell. This conversation way back then was inconceivable.

I just watched Stephen O’Donnell on Go radio and he was asked about Maswanhise. Clearly O’Donnell is a Much smarter cookie than Halliday. Discussing that he’s a contracted Motherwell player and if any bids do come in that the board and manager will do what is best for the club. I can’t help but think that this sounded like a pre recorded message and maybe one which has been “advised” following Andy’s word soup last night.

Aye, I'm sure MON will be on the phone saying "what do you mean you reject my bid? I heard on a podcast you only wanted 3 million!"

Come on boys, what the fuck does Andy Halliday know about player value? No more or less than the rest of us, no club is going to be putting any stock in what he said what so ever, calm the beans.

Yip 6 of us who would have gone for a 3.00pm KO will now sit and watch on the telly.

Unless the club has cleared him to discuss such topics, I’d say Halliday’s crossed a line here. His insights on Motherwell can be valuable, but commenting on a player’s value amid intense transfer speculation is probably pushing it too far.

Halliday said he hoped JT was not transferred. I had no issue with how the conversation went. I hope everyone who has commented on it has at least watched the clip?

Putting pricing aside, it’s a fair distance from Motherwell to Aberdeen and back, so a 7.30pm Saturday KO is utterly ridiculous for fans and will guarantee low ticket sales. The people running our game are morons.

Do both clubs not need to agree the pricing? Anyway, I'm seeing £18 for over 65s, £12 for under 18s and £6 for under 12s.

What a crappy time. Be lucky to get home for 2 in the morning. Certainly won’t be taking my son up there. Pricing is away to pot as well. £23 and £18 for a concession. Typical Aberdeen

Aberdeen tie.....wait for it......7.30Ko on sat night of 7 February!!

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The journos are going to ask the same old boring questions regardless of anything Halliday says - it adds zero to the narrative they are already pushing i.e. any player having a good season is a transfer target for Celtic and Rangers. And the club is going to give the same answer - also regardless of anything Halliday says.

With Shankland out for a bit JT has a decent chance to capture top goal scorer for this season. another few Bob into his value at end of the season I’d like to see us keep this group for next season in Europe, assuming we get there. Perhaps talk with the likely transfer targets and convince them to stay to see how well we can do in Europe then they can go after that

This is from the same paper that read a made up transfer rumour on a hibs website and ran the story as fact! Not the first time they have done that. The main stream media with regards to scottish football is and has always been shocking. All they want is readers and listeners and their beloved glasgow teams to win without competition. The pundits are mostly failed managers and coaches. The easy answer to any enquiries is Not for sale in this window, but if you really want our player then offer us the same level of millions you have spunked on average joes from abroad.

Jens will no doubt just ignore the report in a shit stain news rag that he doesnt read and get on with his job of preparing the team. Of course he will probably get asked about it in this weeks presser, but he has already shown he likes to swat those kind of questions away like flies. I look forward to more one liners and that rye smile.

There we go…. It’s only a matter of time. Daily record report “Motherwell insider says it’ll take £3m fo Celtic and rangers to get Maswanhise” lol I know many of you don’t think it’s a problem but if I was manager of the club and I had to deal with crap like this initiated by one of my own players I would be going fkn mental. Just another problem the manager now needs to deal with and answer to at his press conferences…. A problem he can do without

I am not really that concerned with what Halliday said, that isn't going to influence anyone regarding bids. For a guy who hadn't featured at all before his injury his praise of JBA the other week shows how much he loves working with him

Halliday has no influence on bids being offered or accepted anyway 🤷‍♂️

Not sure how Halliday has "low balled" us. He was asked what he thought Maswanhise was worth and he said "at least £3m". Thats the minimum. But its the January window, if clubs are desperate and we stick to our guns, the value could be significantly higher. Pesrsonally I dont think Tawanda is going anywhere this window. The club and the manager have proved they know what they are about. They will have a quiet word in his ear and tell him to keep doing what he is doing and an even bigger offer will come in the summer. And it probably wont be from a team in our league.......

Absolutely raging at that Halliday on TJ and the only reason I can see is he's publicly low balled a valuation as the currants are interested. He has no right as a paid employee of the club to band about such pish. As for those staying oh it's still a lot of money, get a grip. You don't see other clubs drip feeding shite valuations of their players. Get that prick to fk out the club asap. Does he think noone on the press watches Open Goal?? There is no excuse to mention this. He can politely pass, but no he wants his puddle drinking mates to pick him up on the cheap. No ginger bottles allowed guys, sorry.