MelvinBragg Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 7 minutes ago, star sail said: Thanks. I am on the ball as always. Completely missed that. To be fair, a lot has happened this summer. I forgot about Charles-Cook about two days after we signed him. Someone suggested to me how he might not be fit enough to start vs Killie and I was like "I forgot we signed him"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 32 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said: Sun reports Wesh has now signed a season long loan deal. Medical passed. Let’s hope the medical staff have got thing right this week, one CB apparently failed his medical on Saturday (unknown medical history)and Welsh (said by some on here to be prone to injury) passed his today. If Welsh is on the physio’s bench by Friday I’m going to think they’re at it and just keeping themselves in a job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 41 minutes ago, star sail said: Thanks. I am on the ball as always. Completely missed that. Breaking news incase you didn't know....Paul lambert has signed for borussia dortmund 🤣🤣🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Made Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 Take it that's Welsh signed then https://x.com/i/status/1962618968365244646 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkhall Dosser Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 3 minutes ago, Well-Made said: Take it that's Welsh signed then https://x.com/i/status/1962618968365244646 Cant see that on the offical site yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 Just now, Larkhall Dosser said: Cant see that on the offical site yet? Media team seem to give more of a fuck about X than their own site, why can’t the post both at the same time ? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Made Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 Must be about to announce another then Seems to be slow on the official site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Made Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 Looks like its the last.. https://x.com/MotherwellFC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 That’s exactly the modern CB we needed. Here’s hoping it works out all round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 No left back then? If so, it's weird that we let Ewan Wilson go out on loan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larkhall Dosser Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 12 minutes ago, Well-Made said: Looks like its the last.. https://x.com/MotherwellFC Main site finally caught up https://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2025/09/01/stephen-welsh-arrives-on-loan-from-celtic/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 I think we are keeping Halliday for the back up left back. He’s played there in the past and might not be the worst option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 7 minutes ago, mio said: I think we are keeping Halliday for the back up left back. He’s played there in the past and might not be the worst option. While I'm not a fan of full backs playing on their wrong side, SOD has played at left back quite a few times and could no doubt provide cover there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mio Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 3 minutes ago, weeyin said: While I'm not a fan of full backs playing on their wrong side, SOD has played at left back quite a few times and could no doubt provide cover there too. Yeah he’d probably do fine there too. Not to be disrespectful of the position but It is the easiest position on the park imo. Any decent midfielder or defensive minded player could play there and not look that out of place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 6 minutes ago, weeyin said: While I'm not a fan of full backs playing on their wrong side, SOD has played at left back quite a few times and could no doubt provide cover there too. That's taking a huge and unnecessary risk. What if Longelo is out for several games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 Just now, Kmcalpin said: That's taking a huge and unnecessary risk. What if Longelo is out for several games? Then SOD plays for several games. It would be great to have a replacement for every starting spot, and have each replacement to be match fit and ready to go, with a performance level equal to the players they are replacing - but that's not always possible for a club our size. it's also quite possible we had more targets that fell through, and we'll just have to make do until the next window. Based on what I saw in the early part of the season, however, SOD at left back would be better than Wilson at this stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 6 minutes ago, wellgirl said: Why would he be? Various reasons, player can pick up an injury at any time or an accumulation of cards could see him missing games. I’m not overly concerned that either of those things will happen but they’re is a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfc Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 6 minutes ago, wellgirl said: Why would he be? If he was to pick up an Injury at any point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 11 minutes ago, wellgirl said: Of course but that's not certain and we can still pick up free agents With our record on injuries? I guess that's Ewan Wilson well and truly out of the picture then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 1 hour ago, mio said: I think we are keeping Halliday for the back up left back. He’s played there in the past and might not be the worst option. Aye but he is a bit slow and won't ever get any faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 24 minutes ago, wellgirl said: Ewan said he wanted to go in his interview with Raith , he asked his agent to get him a move from Motherwell and to be fair - I think a lot of our injuries have been down to bad luck. I think this has been a really decent transfer window. As far as Ewan Wilson is concerned, you're right. However that tells me that JBA is quite happy to see him move on, irrespective of our needs as a club. He's on his way out. I'd say the window has been a mixed bag. We've brought in some really decent midfielders so thats that box well and truly ticked. Up front, the striking department has been found seriously wanting and the jury is still out as to whether we've really addressed that area. Defence, I'm not sure at all. We're short at left back. Central defence has been a serious weakness of ours for quite some time and, despite that, we bring in one injury prone loanee with an hour or so to go before the window closed. Goalkeepers? Our problem surfaced too late to actively address. I get that there's still the free agent market that we could tap into. So far this season, our defence and attack have been two weak areas and I'm not convinced we've addressed those parts of the team. I hope I'm wrong of course and its early days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 25 minutes ago, wellgirl said: From what I have seen on Twitter Celtic fans are saying they are sorry he's moving on. Hopefully things will work out well for him Rumours suggest that we had a central defender lined up to join but that deal fell through when he failed a medical. Who knows? Stephen Welsh has the right physical attributes and is ostensibly the kind of defender who would fit into our system, from what I can gather. My main, probably sole, concern, is that he is injury prone. Fingers crossed we carried out a rigorous medical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 Longelo, Just, Fadinger, and Watt is some combination of signings for any transfer window. All 4 have made a good impact already, and I'm not sure we've seen the best of them yet. Said looks decent, but still hard to tell with him, and RCC is a known quantity (kind of) and at least on the face of it a decent coup. Hendry, Osong, and Priestman are too early to call, they've barely played an hour between them. The latter looks like a decent prospect, and possibly a succession plan for our first choice midfield. Hendry has been decent in our league before. Sule also looked to be a coup before the injury, with some pace and skill. Hopefully we see him back. McGhee may struggle to make an impact now that we've made a good few signings while he's been out, but still most of the season left to go, and we know there will be twists and turns. Overall this has been a positive window, with some real quality and less lottery tickets. To come into the last day woth just one need to fill, and getting it done, is pretty impressive, as the less we leave to the last minute, the better. The same goes for January, all going well, we want to be fine tuning at that stage, not bringing in numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 5 hours ago, Kmcalpin said: Rumours suggest that we had a central defender lined up to join but that deal fell through when he failed a medical. Who knows? Stephen Welsh has the right physical attributes and is ostensibly the kind of defender who would fit into our system, from what I can gather. My main, probably sole, concern, is that he is injury prone. Fingers crossed we carried out a rigorous medical. He is not injury prone, he has a shoulder condition that requires surgery, played his whole time in Belgium with it and no ill effects, incidentally Mechelen played everything through him so can see why we've got him. The operation is scheduled for May. Blackburn Rovers were keen to take him on loan too. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 All in all it’s been a great close season/transfer window. Yes we could have done with an extra player or two but that’s always the case for most teams. I really don’t think that our season will be defined by not getting an extra player or two. What we have is a good team playing good football so let’s sit back and enjoy the next few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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