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Knowing Celtic, they'll be looking for a sizable fee they can fail to reinvest in the summer.

He's under contract until the summer of 2027, unfortunately.

Welsh is exactly the kind of central defender we were needing and has been performing well. Even without Slattery and Just, the midfield was excellent again, and Watt edged it again for me. Will be interesting to see what JBA does next week without Welsh. Start Koutroumbis and play him or SOD out of position, or start with Balmer.

Often takes a wee bit of luck to get a win regardless of good play. The key is to keep at it. Another Aberdeen keeper's howler for the scrap book - although the conditions didn't help him. I'm actually looking forward to next week to see how we match up.

You never beat the same team twice in consecutive games. Discuss - after you take your pick...

I imagine Stuart Kettlewell will come calling for his services (or maybe a Championship side). He still has something to offer, but not in our new system.

Just saw the new squad photo that was posted. I can't help thinking that positioning people wearing claret and amber in front of a massive claret and amber background was not a great artistic choice.

It's nice you have found a way to stick to your core negativity principles amongst all the good work the new manager and players are doing.

Far too early in the season to be worrying about that. And far too early in our "project" to be worrying about that. Let's see where we both are in February or March and then take stock.

They were on a terrible run when we beat them on Saturday. Having said that, there are fine margins between most teams, and they have some decent players - so it's important that we are a bit more clinical than we were at the weekend so we remove any confidence they might have early on.

They'll be after a Robbo type at this stage I'd imagine.

Before he took over they had finished rock bottom of the league on their way to relegation, so not totally surprising.

The financial benefit makes it well worth playing in Europe - especially if you make it to the group stages. It's also something the players want to be involved with, and an added attraction for new signings. And, to be honest, I find the thought of playing a Euro game or two at the start of the season more appealing than a trip to New Douglas Park and yet another game against Morton.

I think that's when he was suspended. I'm sure there were other stories that came out later too.

When the 1970's version of the SFA suspends you for improper behaviour, like they did with Gordon, you must have been really corrupt.

I do. That was probably the second worst for me. But Airdrie was the worst for a few reasons for me. Partly because it was the first semi final I had been to and, naively, expected us to win (even more when it went to a replay). Partly because Airdrie were genuine local rivals that season. Partly because of the Stuart Rennie steps debacle that cost us the game.

Nothing comes close to losing to Airdrie in a semi final (replay). All the others have been water off a duck's back, and a loss here would be no different.

I'm starting to think you've never seen youngsters integrated into new teams before. Giving them a 10 minute workout in a game with no pressure is pretty standard. Otherwise you end up with fans posting on websites calling them dug shite because they hadn't got up to speed instantly with their new team mates the first 60 minutes they played.

I'm also going for Welsh, because he is exactly what we were needing in central defence, and it was great to get a clean sheet today. RCC looks like he will be a good addition and was a great strike for his goal. Shout out to Longelo, who is consistently good.

They might have new manager bounce in the next one.

If he'd played any games this season before we sold him he'd be getting played sooner. It's not exactly UEFA Pro License science to think that he needs a few weeks to integrate and get match fit.

What's the preference? Hibs, St Mirren or Thistle in the semi?

Osong's a youngster who has only had a handful of first team appearances in the lower leagues. I'd have been more surprised if he had a seamless transition into the first team. He may or may not be any good, but I'd imagine it will be easier to judge later in the season. (Can you spend 8 years coming through the ranks at a team like Nottingham Forest while being shite?) Good to see we are writing players off after a handful of minutes though. It's a fine Motherwell tradition.

Was always going to be a tough cup tie, but despite the fact we should have killed it off by half time, it was - like any victory in a cup tie - a great win.

We're just a one-nil-away-from-home-in-the-Premier-Sports-Cup kinda team. Take your pick...