thewelllfan

The only 1 that may have better offers will be JK. I'd expect Mcginn and SOD to both get extensions given the amount they've played Welsh will most likely be gone. Gordon I'd expect to leave based on game time and Balmer will be off either in January or the Summer.

He'll be at Hibs come January there move for him fell through on deadline day.

There's no way it happens but if it did he'd probably be our best player. Teams have started to sit in against us and a guy like Turnbull who can score from distance consistently wins us those games.

Callum Ward new deal to 2027 been better recently after a poor start. Leaves us with 15 under contract for next season GK- Callum Ward ,Aston Oxborough DEF- Tom Sparrow, Emmanuel Longelo ,Jordan Mcghee, Ewan Wilson MID- Lukas Fadinger, Elliot Watt, Oscar Preistman ATT- Twanda Maswanhise, Ibrahim Said, Elijah Just, Reagan Charles-Cook, Apsotolos Stamatelopulos, Callum Hendry

Our model is to sell and re invest in other areas of the club. January after AFCON will be Maswanhise's peak value while he's a Motherwell player. I think it's fairly likely we cash in on him and try and replace him. Welsh is out with our control he's a Celtic player and they can do as they please with him.

January we need a LB and a CB to strengthen the squad. If Halliday goes another CM as well Allan Campbell still a FA so we could do worse than bringing him back as cover for half a season. Then we need to look at can we offload Nicholson, Stuperavic, Balmer. If Robinson is back fit maybe even end Osongs loan and keep him as 3rd choice. Finally identify targets to replace Maswanhise and Welsh as they are probably the 2 we're most likely to lose in January. We have 6 Sts on our books at the moment Stama, Hendry, Osong, Robinson, Stuperavic, Sule Need to shift 2 or 3 wages there imo. Also was rumours before Oxborough got injured that Killie we're looking at him so if Jens doesn't fancy him can't see us making that a difficult deal to do.

Team Saturday if i was to guess will be Ward Mcginn Gordon Welsh Longelo Watt Fadinger Just Slattery TJ Hendry maybe TJ ST and RCC of the left but i don't expect any more changes than that

That's the most controlled Motherwell performance I've ever seen to a man they were all excellent and other than the 1 Koutrombis cleared off the line they barley created a chance. Preistman and Welsh were the standouts for me. Welsh probably the best CB we've had since Kipre and Preistman looked like he'd been starting in there all season. The teams gave Jens some selection headaches ahead of Hearts on Saturday that's for sure.

I'd pick this team to play Killie Ward Sparrow McGinn Welsh Longelo Watt Fadinger Just Slattery Maswanhise Hendry

The issue with the way we play is we rely a lot on the Fbs decision making which for the last 2 games has been poor. Longelo wants to beat 3/4 players every time he has the ball and Koutrombis can't play through a press because of his body shape when he receives the ball. I don't particularly like SOD but his passing is far better than JK. Watt and Fadinger are both good at recycling the ball but there not playing penatrive passes through the lines often enough for me Slattery was in good pockets multiple times and they turned and played backwards. Ward the less said the better I wanted him dropped after the 1st game of the season and continues to be like a holigram in goal.

Bevis Mugabi in our current system would be absolutley chronic. He was decent for us don't get me wrong but he's got to be one of the worst Cbs i've ever seen when in possesion of the ball, like way worse than Gordon who we've all slaughtered for his performance on saturday.

My team v Aberdeen would be Ward Sparrow Mcginn Welsh Longelo Fadinger Watt Just Slattery Maswanhise Hendry If SOD is fit him at RB instead of Sparrow.

The whole team was awful yesterday Ward - Should of saved the 3rd goal Koutrombis - Absolutley horrendous, the fact a proffesional footballer can't open their body up properly when receving the ball was particulary infuriating. Gordon - Awful Mcginn - Poor but made a couple of important tackles and blocks. Longelo - Worst game in a motherwell shirt Watt - Fadinger - Both poor compared to how they've played this season and were physically bullied of O'Hara and Phillips Mawanhise - Poor, wasted 2 big chances Just - Probably our brightest spark and at least tried to make things happen Said - Couple of nice dribbles but no end product Stam - Was decent tbf held the ball in well against Gogic and got us up the pitch Subs Welsh, Sparrow, Hendry all made postive impacts when they came on Welsh and Sparrow and Slattery all should of started. RCC - Was pretty anonymous when he came on. That game has to be used as a learning curve for Jens when we play St Mirren next we should let them win the first ball when they go long and just drop and pick up 2nds.

You'd think with him being at Celtic as long as he has been he'll be better on the ball than Gordon.

Sun saying we're close to signing Welsh on loan from Celtic.

If we want a Gk Darren Randolph is a Free Agent get him back in between the sticks.

Watt to me is the most important player in the system we are playing. The minute he went off our patterns on that left side fell apart.

Also on another note that's 2 weeks in a row JBA has made subs that swung the momentum of the game. For me subs should of been Johnny K for SOD, Said for Cook and Stam for Hendry why he took Watt and Maswanhise off is an absolute mystery.

We need 2 maybe 3 more signings - CB, (LB on loan) as cover and an attacking midfielder if Slattery is injured.

As i said after the Rangers game get Oxborough back in goals that's 6 points Ward's cost us this season. On a more positive note Watt, Fadinger, Longelo, and Just all look to have been good signings so far.

purley on the goals we have conceded he saves the header in the Rangers game and the last 2 yesterday. Last season the only mistake I remember him making that lead to a goal was the cross he misjudged against Hibs.

We looked good yesterday can't help but feel if Ox was in goals last 3 games were on 7 points.

I just don't see it mate Cbs we have Gordon, Mcginn, Balmer, Mcghee with SOD who can also play there Rbs - JK, Sparrow, SOD Lbs - Longelo, Wilson unless you move on 1/2 there's no way we sign anymore.

If we add Charles-Cook and a holding midfielder I think we've had a decent window. Could probably do with shifting Balmer and replacing him if JBA doesn't fancy him. if we sign Cook I'd be getting Luca Ross out on loan to get game time as well. Probably finish somewhere from 6th-9th.

Hendry looks to be a decent addition we need a holding midfielder and a winger/No10 and our squad is ready for the season. Ward/Oxborough JK/Sparrow Gordon/SOD Mcginn/Mcghee/Balmer Longelo/Wilson Watt Fadinger/Halliday Just/Ross Slattery/Nicholson Maswanhise/Said Hendry/Stam/Osong/ + Sule/Robinson/Stuperavic (All injured for a period of time) If JBA doesn't fancy Balmer shift him and get a Cb in.