thewelllfan

Did you miss the end of it where it says Hearts would be 2 points worse off? Did you miss the Celtic 2 points worse off? Did you miss Rangers being 5 points worse off (At a minimum)? I accept I have edited it from the OP but was still edited before you had replied.

Killie's last night is a red by letter of the law I don't think it should be but that's the way it is. Tavernier's last night is also at the minimum a second yellow but should be a straight red as he stopped John Jules from getting onto the pass over the top and was last man. Hearts benefited from a goal at Ibrox that should of been chopped off for handball as well. it's just convenient that Rangers have had multiple decisions go in their favor that I can remember. Celtic's Arajou should of been sent off v Dundee Utd and the penalty they got at Livi also wasn't a penalty the penalty (I doubt either decision would have had much impact on the result) at Killie to win there at the start of the season also wasn't a penalty. Nobody is saying it's only Rangers that benefit, Celtic and Hearts have all benefitted from shit decisions this season. The Rangers ones are just spoke about more as they are key decisions that would have impacted the result. Reading this through has actually just annoyed me more to be honest. Hearts should be 2 points worse off Rangers at least 2 and Celtic at least 2 that would put us 9 off the top with a game in hand over hearts.

Rangers have had multiple decisions go in their favour that has won them points Livi didn't get a stonewall handball which could of put them 2-1 up and the game finished 2-1 Rangers We didn't get a stonewall penalty which could of got us a point Gassama initiated contact for a penalty they shouldn't have got against Dundee which got them a point. It's not exactly a surprise Tavernier avoided the red card is it.

Pitch Inspection at 2:30 for tonight's game suspect it will probably be called off.

The only way I'd have any sort of hope is if we're within 4 points of the top going into the split at that point there's a chance right now it's a distant thought we're 11 of the top and would have to win Home and away against all 3 title challengers as well as winning basically all of our other games.

I think that probably is the next best solution it also keeps a balance to the shape that a right footer there doesn't give us I feel when JK is there we literally have no width on that side and everything goes back central.

I don't really want to find out how we'll react to going behind I quite enjoy not conceding goals

Furlong was the LB we signed to replace Penney when he went back to Ipswich, he played LWB for us and the delivery from wide areas from him and Max Johnston and the switch to the back 5 was basically the reason for us staying up.

Is JK not also injured or am I imagining him coming off against Livi.

There were definetly Lb's available we could of got James Furlong was looking for a loan move from Hull that he never got I'd of taken him to the end of the season.

i suspect we're hoping he hits form and we can recoup what we sold him for the fact we turned down 800k for him in the summer baffled me doubt we'll get anywhere near that come the summer

I suppose you could look at it as we brought in Bjorgolfsson who strengthens our existing attack, Nicholson coming back creates competition for Just who has been our best player so far. He's also in the sort of 10 mould I felt we lacked at the start of the window in that he can score from range so another potential threat for opposing teams to think about. Mcghee is an upgrade on Balmer and has had time to settle in. We could definitely done with another LB but we're stronger than when we started. Squad for the season now looks like GK - Ward, Connelly, Oxborough RB - JK, Sparrow, SOD CB - McGinn, Welsh, Mcghee, Gordon LB - Longelo CM - Watt, Fadinger, Preistman, Halliday RW - Maswanhise, Just AM - Slattery, Nicholson Lw - Said, RCC St - Bjorgolffson, Hendry, Stama. Robinson 25 senior players with Ross, Mcallister, Mccolm etc on the fringes probably the strongest squad we've had since the 2011/12 squad so hopefully this 1 delivers a trophy.

Welsh back on loan is all I'd expect in. We'd apparently asked Norwich for Lewis Gibbs on loan but that was dependant on them signing a CM which they never did. Can't help but feel we need a LB but I don't think we'll be getting 1. Guess he's trusting 1 of Ross, JK, SOD or Halliday to be the solution there.

That source is erm unreliable to put it politely unless you see anything from Scott Burns or a Jurno down south I'd probably not get your hopes up.

yep the seethe on twitter is sensational viewing after that deal for the boy from Lorient fell through after he failed his medical the 'chuck Motherwell x amount + Welsh' crew are out in full force at the moment. I don't think they realise that Welsh is only interested in going on loan and is on 10 grand a week their I think our top earner is on about 2.

Where you seeing that?

The rumour mill had him pitching up at Partick Thistle on a free at the end of the season so I'd be surprised I think also given the fact we play Dundee on Wednesday we'll be doing most of our preperation for that game today. Also the seethe of Celtic fans if Welsh comes on loan after they've been begging for Maswanhise will be some viewing.

Nah they're loaning in a CB from Brentfond apparently. The other boy we were linked to Welch is apparently on his way to Hibs so if it's not Welsh I wouldn't be expecting anyone else.

Get a CB and a LB in keep hold of Maswanhise and we've had a very good window.

I don't know much about him he's only played 20 senior games of football at 22 so I'd be concerned about how ready he is. He's out of contract in the summer by the looks of it and is 6'6 so 1 with good physical attributes who we could potentially get permanently and sell on like we did with Kipre.

Seen a post on X from a guy with 5k followers saying Welsh expected to remain at Celtic and they expect to bring in 3 more before the deadline. We're apparently in for Everton u21 Captain Declan Welch who is a CB on loan to the end of the season.

Will be a tough game I expect we'll rotate a bit with 4 more games in the next 14 days the squads quite thin at the moment with all the injuries. It was good we managed to get 25 more minutes into Bjorgolfsson and to see Nicholson return as that gives us a different option to the end of the season. Longelo will come in for JK you would expect as for other changes I'm not sure what Jens will do.

I'm very aware the Winger is unlikely. Levitt would be a Watt replacement he's a deep lying playmaker. The CB and LB are the priorities either way.

Levitt was unreal at Dundee Utd when he first went there can't say I've seen much of him at Hibs but he's certainly a decent player. I suspect we'll only bring in a CB between now and the end of the window tho. I'd like us to get a Lb in as playing JK LB is not a long term solution in that position and JBA seems to have gone right of Longelo. I feel he's been playing injured for months as he doesn't look like he's moving as fluidly as when he first came. In terms of outgoings we could maybe get rid of Robinson but I don't know if he's even fit and we tend to rehab guys before we cut them loose. We could probably do with a winger until RCC is back but i doubt many will be looking to come sit on the bench at M'well for 6 months.

Last season was probably 6-7M but Miller was most of that. Only other players we could of got money for was probably Slattery and Sparrow purley of the fact they'd both scored 6/7 goals from WB or Cm