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 Thursday at 05:20 PM Report Share Posted Thursday 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 Thursday at 08:34 PM Report Share Posted Thursday 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 Thursday at 10:25 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 10:25 PM 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 Thursday at 10:38 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 10:38 PM 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 Thursday at 11:19 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 11:19 PM 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 yesterday at 07:41 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 07:41 AM 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 yesterday at 05:11 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:11 PM 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 yesterday at 05:29 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:29 PM 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 yesterday at 05:38 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:38 PM 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 yesterday at 05:43 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 05:43 PM 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted yesterday at 06:18 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:18 PM 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 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours 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...
grizzlyg Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 1 hour ago, Spiderpig said: 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. I think its also case with me that over the years we have had some great keepers ( and some absolute brutal ones). Ward wouldn't be in my top 5 keepers. Definitely improved with ball at his feet so I do give him credit for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 3 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 🤪 This would generally be the case for most Motherwell keepers as in the past we would generally have less possession of the football and be backs to the wall at times. This side? Im not so sure. As Wellfan says, our best form of defence this season has been keeping the ball. Its a very weird feeling...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago 3 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said: This would generally be the case for most Motherwell keepers as in the past we would generally have less possession of the football and be backs to the wall at times. This side? Im not so sure. As Wellfan says, our best form of defence this season has been keeping the ball. Its a very weird feeling...... Case in point, Big Rab Douglas took time to adjust to playing for Celtic due to being switched on for 90 minutes previously then a virtual spectator in some matches, maintaining concentration was hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago 11 hours ago, joewarkfanclub said: This would generally be the case for most Motherwell keepers as in the past we would generally have less possession of the football and be backs to the wall at times. This side? Im not so sure. As Wellfan says, our best form of defence this season has been keeping the ball. Its a very weird feeling...... Yes, a lot of our defensive success can be attributed to denying the opposition possession near our box. Ward is a good fit for our system. Like Grizzly though, I'm not 100% convinced of his reliability at cross balls. As Big Mal once said "The greatest crime in football is to make your goalkeeper do any work at all". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewarkfanclub Posted 10 hours ago Report Share Posted 10 hours ago As an aside, but still talking about what we want from our goalkeeper, how good would Big Sieb be in this team? 😆😆😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago NEW STRIKER PLEASE. We finally put a good ball into the box at the end and, once again, our nearly-man fluffed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago At least he was on the end of something in the box. Unlike Hendry who does all his work outside the box. These guys would probably do alot better with a partner. But as we dont play that formation they are going to struggle. They do contribute but its an area where we can and hope to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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