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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.

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.......

Why does anyone think that anything Halliday says in a podcast will have any relevance to what fee Maswanhise goes for? His goals, the length of contract and how big Brian Caldwells balls are, are really the only factors. Everyone just needs to chill oot a bit!

Given the way Kettlewell preferred to play, you do have to question the wisdom of signing a player in that mould. Obviously not going to be an issue in a Jens team, but he will still require to put the hard yards in pressing opponents.

He did. He looks to have some ability and had early pedigree. But from the very little seen (and reading between the lines) he seems to be your stereotypical technically gifted but lazy type (Ciftci). Thats not to say Jens might not be able to get a tune out of him but it would take a change in mindset and application

Happy to pay Celtic the £400k if they use that to pay up his contract and he can move to us as a free agent. Basically means he can play for free for 18 months. We would obviously offer him some sort of deal which is additional money he wouldnt have had should he stay at Celtic, maybe with the proviso that we dont stand in his way if a bigger club comes in for him. We shouldnt be wasting any more of the Miller money than that though. The boy is a good fit for us. But we still need be smart about our player trading. It needs to generate revenue, not the other way about.

Welsh still has nearly 18 months left on his contract. Who is paying that out if we pay them £400k transfer fee, cause he sure as hell isnt giving that up. If its them, fair enough, if its us, that could be another £400k and a no from me. Maybe they just want him off the wage bill and the £400k transfer fee is just enough to allow them to do that. Welsh may then be happy to accept lower wages on a short term deal to get regular football, but we would still have to move him on to get our money back. Quite a complex situation.....

And they were just getting the hang of Maswanhise and Stamatolopoulos as well! 😆😆😆

Here's hoping the data is correct and he is exactly what we need. It seems to have worked so far with Jens signings. Fingers crossed we have another hit. The fact that Osong abd Sule have both gone back to their clubs means we cant be any worse off as neither contributed anything. But it would be nice if we have found another gem.

Ive got to the stage I dont particularly care or worry about who we are playing. If we play well and up to the same high standards we have set all season Im pretty confident we will get a positive result. The fact the game is at home and against a team struggling at the wrong end of the league means we should definitely be targetting 3 points here. Depending on fitness / availability Id probably play without a striker again as it causes opposing teams all so rts of problems due to our movement. A wee cameo for the big Viking off the bench will do fine..... Ward Johnny SOD McGinn Longelo Slattery Priestman Fadinger Maswanhise Just Said

I think that depends on the terms. It cant have anything to do with Maswanhise as that just muddys the waters. Meanwhile if we can identify a suitable replacement, preferably on a permanent deal, then we should do so......

Strange take from a normally sensible poster. Who is getting their knickers in a twist? Of course Celtic are within their rights to recall their player. And absolutely within their rights to play him in the cup tonight. But given that they have done both of those things, surely any expectation that they can suddenly decide to return him to us out of the goodness of their hearts once they have signed someone better, can be resisted? We need to do whats best for us. For me, we should get on with finding someone else that can do what Welsh does and not hang about waiting on Celtics "benevolence". Of course if we get to the window and dont have anyone in the door and the offer is still there, it would be mad to refuse, but is it that crazy to not want to be left at the whim of another club?

Partick Thistle at home in the next round! 😉

Celtic and Rangers both with home ties so we will 100% be one of the tv games. Hopefully Friday night on the BBC. Or maybe the Sat night game. Dont want Sunday afternoon.

Make no mistake. Celtic recalled Welsh and played him tonight for exactly this purpose. Subbing him off for Scales on 74mins proves it.

I went £4m but fill yer boots! Im in!

Every club that was offered the option voted against. Telling......

I wouldnt have him back now either. Celtic chose to recall him. They have now chosen to cup tie him. They will undoubtedly come back and offer him as a makeweight in any deal for Maswanhise. Id be telling them no thanks. Just show us your cash ( lets start at £4m). If they still want to loan him back to us at that point and we still need cover, then Id maybe think about it. But lets do it on our terms, not theirs.

Both incidents involved the defender dangling a leg and the attacking player going over it. So we are comparing like with like......

I think his rationale is the problem. He is saying in his comments you are not allowed to go down easily regardless of the actions of the defending player. (Fernandez clearly hangs his leg). His boss just went on camera and said that going down easily doesnt matter. The contact justifies the penalty decision. Both cant be correct.

Didnt we used to own it when it was The Fir Park Club? There must have been financial reasons for getting rid of it? Although, given some of the things that have happened in the past, thats not to say the Club/Well Society wouldnt be interested in taking it back on, maybe as a Community Hub?

Ordinarily I would agree. I hate to see players going down too easily with insufficient contact to cause it, and Id love to see it removed from the game. That said, its not the world we live in and the authorities dont seem to want to change it, so what are we to do? The Gassama incident at Aberdeen is actually worse. Minimal contact didnt seem to be an issue there and Collum was of the opinion it met the standard and was a clear penalty. Its the inconsistency that boils folks piss. And it always appears to be inconsistent in favour of the big clubs.

I love Maswanhise. He has really added to his game and his goals would be difficult to replace. But if a £4m plus bid comes in for him them he will be away. Hopefully we can keep this squad in tact to the end of the season though, as I think we have a real shot at the Scottish Cup this season. Especially after yesterdays results.

Thought SODs had a very good first half. Just and Fadinger had good games when they came on. Went for Oscar for his overall performance, although he did spoil it a little with a couple of slack balls at the end. Special mention for Said noising the shit out if Big Iacovitti! He is some boy!

Thought that was a pretty comfortable performance today. Totally controlled the game. Created some good chances and apart from the double save in the first half (which was offside anyway) and the one at the end, we limited them to pretty much nothing. Given the squad rotation we should ve absolutely delighted with that. Of course we looked better after Just, Fadinger and Longelo came on, but I think it would churlish not to appreciate just how far we have come in such a short space of time. This time last year Kettlewell was still our manager and we were getting pumped 3-0 off the very same Ross County. Right now we havent lost a goal at Fir Park since October and we have only lost 3 in total since the Cup Semi Final. Enjoy. Stiffer tests are around the corner.