joewarkfanclub Posted Wednesday at 08:30 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 08:30 AM 18 hours ago, weeyin said: I'd be happy to let Connelly play as he does have some decent first team experience, albeit at a lower level. Plus, in the games he did play this season, he looked very comfortable in our new system with the ball at his feet. I agree, however, we need 3 on the books. Now that we are all much more comfortable with Jensball, Im all up for more Cruyff Turns on top of our unecessary passes & dribbles! Just need to sort the striker berth to get back to having more high goal shoots! 😆😆😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted yesterday at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:20 PM On 12/9/2025 at 3:55 PM, texanwellfan said: I’m hoping we do not sell any of Our “good” players in January and that they are on contracts where we are in no rush to sell. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted yesterday at 08:34 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:34 PM 3 hours ago, thewelllfan said: 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. Like any investment the hard part is trying to find the best time to sell. Might be January, might be end of season or maybe the season after that. again like any investment what dividends do we realize while we hold onto our assets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago At the end of his latest interview, JBA stated that there were one or two players who will need to move on in the next window. Andy Halliday and Kofi Balmer anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago Maybe Oxburough and Balmer. The goalie perhaps showing in training he is not as good as Ward with ball and feet. Also Balmer is just average at best and way down pecking order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago 53 minutes ago, Kmcalpin said: At the end of his latest interview, JBA stated that there were one or two players who will need to move on in the next window. Andy Halliday and Kofi Balmer anyone? Balmer a certainty, clearly not rated. Cant fault his effort or enthusiasm but not going to feature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago 9 hours ago, Kmcalpin said: At the end of his latest interview, JBA stated that there were one or two players who will need to move on in the next window. Andy Halliday and Kofi Balmer anyone? Likely Balmer and Ox. JBA keeps mentioning Halliday’s recovery, so he’s potentially in the plans as midfield cover. Halliday might be alright with that too. He’ll get minutes once he’s fit since JBA rotates a lot. Not the worst bit of cover if he’s willing to play the JBA way. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if all three moved on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Callum Ward new deal to 2027 been better recently after a poor start. Leaves us with 14 under contract for next season GK- Callum Ward ,Aston Oxborough DEF- Tom Sparrow, Emmanuel Longelo ,Ewan Wilson MID- Lukas Fadinger, Elliot Watt, Oscar Preistman ATT- Twanda Maswanhise, Ibrahim Said, Elijah Just, Reagan Charles-Cook, Apsotolos Stamatelopulos, Callum Hendry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago I’ve been one of the more vocal critics of Ward since he came in, but credit where it’s due. He’s done what’s been asked of him, taken risks and clearly improved. Our best form of defence is keeping the ball, and he’s been integral to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsince75 Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 7 minutes ago, wellfan said: I’ve been one of the more vocal critics of Ward since he came in, but credit where it’s due. He’s done what’s been asked of him, taken risks and clearly improved. Our best form of defence is keeping the ball, and he’s been integral to that. He's one of the best sweepers we've ever had. It will be difficult to find a better keeper with his distribution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 minutes ago, wellsince75 said: He's one of the best sweepers we've ever had. It will be difficult to find a better keeper with his distribution Let’s hope we keep playing that way, because he’s certainly not one of the best collectors of crosses or shots we’ve ever had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Everyone knows my views on Ward and I am still to be totally convinced but there is definitely improvement there and last Saturday had crucial save at 1-0. For me a goalkeeper needs to be good at crosses and commanding his box which i am not sure Ward does but we are 3rd and 4 clean sheets in a row so what do I know 🤪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted 53 minutes ago Report Share Posted 53 minutes ago 2 hours ago, grizzlyg said: Everyone knows my views on Ward and I am still to be totally convinced but there is definitely improvement there and last Saturday had crucial save at 1-0. For me a goalkeeper needs to be good at crosses and commanding his box which i am not sure Ward does but we are 3rd and 4 clean sheets in a row so what do I know 🤪 To be honest after the mistakes at the Hearts, Kilmarnock and Celtic games that cost us points i was not convinced either, but since that horror show at parkhead he has been very good, no daft mistakes, looks comfortable on the ball and for me has earned the contract extension. He will be the first choice keeper for the forseeable future, and i think Oxborough will be moving on, probably next summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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