wellsince75

The Scottish Championship feels an obvious place to look and would think affordable (appreciate Utd may pay more) Likes of Watt & Moult have 17 goals between them this year with Utd. Both would be good enough to walk straight into our team. Similarly for this season I'd be happy with Kai Fotheringham Utd, Rauri Paton of Raith, the aging Bryan Graham Partick Thistle. A modest fee for likes of Rauri Paton who's scored 35 goals in last couple of years and is 23 years old looks like a decent type of player to go for and much better than Shields who was the last player we went for who'd only scored 8 goals for QOS.

I don't think we need 2 strikers - more players who can attack. Spittal moving forward is decent and get the wingbacks pushed up and we can be a reasonable attacking force. Im sure at some point over the next week strikers will arrive.

if CB I'd like us to bring in someone like Jamie McCart - thought he always played well against us and hasn't got many games in the club he's been loaned out to. The way we're set up we need a young energetic RWB who can get up and ping crosses in. Also a playmaker of sorts in midfield , someone with some skill who can hold the ball, pass. Finally at least one striker but not the aging +28 year old who've never scored goals at the dozen or so clubs. All in all that's 4 players and all need to be better than what we have or we shouldn't bother.

Nouble is not the answer to remaining in the SPL. Suspect no better than Bair in terms of goal return and lack of form convinces me not better than Bair.

agree with a lot of that - other than Bair - a good squad player but not convinced he should start. Great shout about Lucas Ross - certainly worth giving him a few games to see what he can do.

Pleased today to see Butcher and more so Miller back . miller looked a cut above others . Also pleasing to have some decent options on left hand side of pack with Montgomery and Gent

learnings from today We need to find 1) creative midfielder , 2)someone with pace up the right 3) min of 2 strikers

Can we stop allowing spittal take corners and free kicks . Gent can ping a ball - just let him take the corners on the left

Poor penalty - gave the keeper too much of a chance

This is horrific to watch - I’d rather accept watching and losing with some of the youth players we have too many first team regulars who won’t look out of place in the first division

you're waiting til tonight ? need something to get through the next 45 mins

No complaints about effort . Complete lack of quality - we’re reliant on gents pace , balls into the box . how we miss some guile

There’s not the obvious difference in quality between the teams - says a lot most of our positive play comes from gent making runs

Jesus wept - we allowed that to happen far too easily

I know @wellfan it's complete make believe - Im trying to convince myself there's a happy path ahead. With guys like KVV, Turnbull, Campbell not getting a game my fairytale mind can dream. It's much better than the current reality

Wee Al not getting the game time. Recall the loan and send him back to FP for remainder of season. Worth paying a few sheckles. https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/sport/football/luton-town/lions-boss-happy-to-find-a-solution-if-town-midfielder-is-frustrated-by-his-lack-of-game-time-at-millwall-4485183

If we can get our midfield sorted with a few options we'll be a much stronger unit. The boy Fraser I think would be a step up from what we have, fingers crossed.

Good luck to him, I'm sure it's the first of many. Important we sign some players with a bit of pace and skill - not easy to find in our bargain bucket budget. Given our threadbare squad and precarious league position there's a good argument for spending more per player, keeping small squad to bring in quality - most likely loanees. We've ridden our luck a few times in the last 10 years around this time of year with making multiple signings or changing manager. To stay in the league it's worth digging into some cash reserves.

this would be an improved barrel to some that we've fished in recent years. Need more of these types of rumours to keep the glass half full.

and Shaw ? or is that being generous as strikers by name can strike

I'm with you pal. An aging pro who's played for more than a dozen clubs and will score 1 :7 games. He worked hard and offered a physical presence but we honestly not better than what we have already. At least it's getting busy and the rumour mills give us something to chat about.

Feeling optimistic about the signings. 1) it's no where near transfer deadline and we've got people lined ip 2) players who have proven to be decent within SPL already. Appreciate LWB looks like an odd role to fill first but very happy with the quality and standard.

There was an offer a few years back and there's some interest now. The board are keen for the Well Society to keep their rights. Happy to explore a shared joint model and if an out and out offer came through to own it would be put to the society. All quite sensible stuff really.

The existing business model is broadly accepted to be flawed as its dependant on cup runs and selling players. The club are working hard to find alternative funding channels, meanwhile running the club with a level of due diligence to ensure we don't over spend. Given there's no single multi million investor willing to let the club drain their riches I think fair play to the club for looking for alternatives. I'm not a fan of the video but I'm supportive of us trying new things, some will work, some won't. Full marks to the club for trying to move us forward.

All I said is I don't think he's a natural goal scorer - there's a huge difference between how he vs Mika reads the game and get's onto the final ball. I'm not poo pooing the guy. He's a physical, hard working lad, scored a cracker of a goal the other week and every game he works his socks off. Genuinely didn't mean to come across as churlish, he's added value in recent games and been better than others on our books.