wellon Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 On 1/25/2026 at 2:08 PM, Fergie79 said: Our transfer Windows are usually more miss than hit but our summer 2025 transfer window must be by far and away our best one ever. Considering that also included our new manager coming in who has been nothing short of exceptional and Wimmer's one and only signing also being superb it's hard to think how it can be beaten. To think we also managed to make our biggest ever sale and replace with a few players now worth over a £million in the squad it genuinely beggars belief how good that window has turned out to be. It should turn out to be genuinely transformational for our club and stand us in good stead for years to come. The board also deserve massive credit for this. Must be in contention for not just our but possibly even the league's best transfer window by a club? Well played nick daws! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 6 minutes ago, wellon said: Well played nick daws! Now there is a phrase i haven't heard in a while!. Is very true though. When we were struggling and some of tge signings dubious it was Nick Daws fault. Now we are having success and he isn't mentioned. I would assume he spotted Maswanhise and Watt but not sure if he is involved with the Australian market 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 16 hours ago, weeyin said: It might be heresy, but I'm still not convinced JT is that good. He's obviously having a fantastic season with us (as is the entire squad), but he still seems quite raw and drifts out of games for long periods of time. He could go on to much bigger and better things, or he could revert back to an 8 goals a season kind of player. It's a gamble for any team signing him, but I'm more than happy to keep him as long as he wants to stay. I feel the same he's a good player but there's parts to his game I look at and wonder how replicable his form will be. If we could get 5-6M for him I think that's probably his ceiling in terms of transfer value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 31 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: Now there is a phrase i haven't heard in a while!. Is very true though. When we were struggling and some of tge signings dubious it was Nick Daws fault. Now we are having success and he isn't mentioned. I would assume he spotted Maswanhise and Watt but not sure if he is involved with the Australian market Both Maswanhise and Watt were offered to the club by their agents. Watt said as much in an interview a few months ago and Halliday said on his podcast Maswanhise had been offered to us by his agent on the Saturday the season started so we arranged a friendly with Everton on the Tuesday in which we lost 6-0 but he impressed and we signed him the next week. To give Daws his due however our recruitment has been very good this season in which he will have played a part so does deserve praise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellon Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, thewelllfan said: Both Maswanhise and Watt were offered to the club by their agents. Watt said as much in an interview a few months ago and Halliday said on his podcast Maswanhise had been offered to us by his agent on the Saturday the season started so we arranged a friendly with Everton on the Tuesday in which we lost 6-0 but he impressed and we signed him the next week. To give Daws his due however our recruitment has been very good this season in which he will have played a part so does deserve praise. That's my point he was getting pelters past few years but is rarely mentioned now...he must be doing something right Plenty of players must be touted by agents but somebody at club needs to do groundwork 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 12 minutes ago, wellon said: That's my point he was getting pelters past few years but is rarely mentioned now...he must be doing something right Plenty of players must be touted by agents but somebody at club needs to do groundwork No I agree with your point he's done really well this season with the recruitment. The main ones I'd be giving Daws his credit for are Preistman and Longelo who were defenitley recruitment team signing as I highly doubt Jens was watching the Australian League or Cambridge last season. The new ST is also a recruitment team recommendation so we'll see how he turns out but he looked decent on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstone Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 We are in a very fortunate position where we now have a number players who could easily go for fees in the not too distant future. In years gone past we might have one or two who might go for a big fee, right now I could count 5 or 6 could go for a fee. Maswanhise, Watt, Fadinger Just and Said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 I really hope we keep them for next season. What a great group of players as a team and individually. Been a while since we have had so many talented players in the team at the same time. We had a few years there where we struggled to have even 1 player who could pass or control a ball amd now look at us !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 2 hours ago, wellon said: That's my point he was getting pelters past few years but is rarely mentioned now...he must be doing something right Plenty of players must be touted by agents but somebody at club needs to do groundwork Someone needs to do some groundwork on that pitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 19 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: Someone needs to do some groundwork on that pitch Unless they can go back in time and change the weather, it might be a challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 hour ago, johnstone said: We are in a very fortunate position where we now have a number players who could easily go for fees in the not too distant future. In years gone past we might have one or two who might go for a big fee, right now I could count 5 or 6 could go for a fee. Maswanhise, Watt, Fadinger Just and Said. I think realistically the squad we have now could fetch fees of around 10M combined with the 5M from Lennon that sets the club up for a very long time. Maswanhise - 4-5M Just - 2-3M Watt - 2-3M Longelo - 1-2M Fadinger - 1-2 M Said - 1M To have 6 assets who could fetch those sorts of fees at one time is outstanding from the recruitment team. I'm resigned to losing Maswanhise in the summer but hopefully we can keep the rest for at least another season or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 23 minutes ago, weeyin said: Unless they can go back in time and change the weather, it might be a challenge. Cheers percy thrower 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Undersoil heating boiler problem apparently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 28 minutes ago, thewelllfan said: I think realistically the squad we have now could fetch fees of around 10M combined with the 5M from Lennon that sets the club up for a very long time. Maswanhise - 4-5M Just - 2-3M Watt - 2-3M Longelo - 1-2M Fadinger - 1-2 M Said - 1M To have 6 assets who could fetch those sorts of fees at one time is outstanding from the recruitment team. I'm resigned to losing Maswanhise in the summer but hopefully we can keep the rest for at least another season or 2. Maswanhise as a striker will command bigger fee but for me Just is a class above. If he performs well at World cup his value could increase big time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 14 minutes ago, grizzlyg said: Maswanhise as a striker will command bigger fee but for me Just is a class above. If he performs well at World cup his value could increase big time I agree Just is our best player and would be the most difficult to replace. I feel as good as Maswanhise is we can get a similar sort of player to replace him (with a bit less effectivness). Just however is so complete for our level said a few times if the boy could shoot he'd be playing in Europe's top 5 leagues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 48 minutes ago, thewelllfan said: I think realistically the squad we have now could fetch fees of around 10M combined with the 5M from Lennon that sets the club up for a very long time. Maswanhise - 4-5M Just - 2-3M Watt - 2-3M Longelo - 1-2M Fadinger - 1-2 M Said - 1M To have 6 assets who could fetch those sorts of fees at one time is outstanding from the recruitment team. I'm resigned to losing Maswanhise in the summer but hopefully we can keep the rest for at least another season or 2. What was the squad worth last season ? A tiny fraction of that Its our manager that has turned it into a multi million pound squad if your valuations are correct or even in the ball park all credit goes to him , i would think. His leadership , man management and style are fantastic But who was it that scouted and signed TJ in the first place , Kettlewell the shite manager with a thin skin who’s brand of football is awful. But thats two nobody strikers he signed, Bair and TJ they have turned into million pound plus players for us. Shite manager who put us in trouble but looks like he made us a good profit from both of them. He did sign shite ones as well . Just saying. Bet Grizlyg is still raging tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelllfan Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 1 minute ago, stv said: What was the squad worth last season ? A tiny fraction of that Its our manager that has turned it into a multi million pound squad if your valuations are correct or even in the ball park all credit goes to him , i would think. His leadership , man management and style are fantastic But who was it that scouted and signed him in the first place , Kettlewell the shite manager with a thin skin who’s brand of football is awful. But thats two nobody strikers he signed, Bair and TJ they have turned into million pound plus players for us. Shite manager who put us in trouble but looks like he made us a good profit from both of them. He did sign shite ones as well . Just saying. Bet Grizlyg is still raging tho. Last season was probably 6-7M but Miller was most of that. Only other players we could of got money for was probably Slattery and Sparrow purley of the fact they'd both scored 6/7 goals from WB or Cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlyg Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 52 minutes ago, stv said: What was the squad worth last season ? A tiny fraction of that Its our manager that has turned it into a multi million pound squad if your valuations are correct or even in the ball park all credit goes to him , i would think. His leadership , man management and style are fantastic But who was it that scouted and signed TJ in the first place , Kettlewell the shite manager with a thin skin who’s brand of football is awful. But thats two nobody strikers he signed, Bair and TJ they have turned into million pound plus players for us. Shite manager who put us in trouble but looks like he made us a good profit from both of them. He did sign shite ones as well . Just saying. Bet Grizlyg is still raging tho. He definitely deserves credit for Bair and Maswanhise, I will give him that. However that's all he's getting 🤪🤪 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Should he get credit? Our recruitment department signed Bair, who was deemed not good enough by our manager until he had no option to play him as all our other strikers were injured. Bair hit purple patch and got his move. JT was offered to us by his agent and on recommendations from our own players was signed up. He again was hardly used. Jens and our current coaches have improved him not Kettlewell. Also the fact he refused to play Johnny and had little communication with McGhee apparantly, you wonder how much they and alot of our signings are club dictated. Kettlewell will claim credit of course. But i dont hear him owning up to the mess he left us and Killie in. He is a limited coach who got lucky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizoxy Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 I dont like SK, but that's pretty revisionist. The manager deserves as much credit for developing a player that is a success under him, just as he has to take his share of the blame of someone os shite. Maswanhise played most of the season under SK/Wimmer, and scored 5 or 6 goals. Naturally he has gotten better, with a full season of top level football under his belt, a better manager, and better players around him. However, he was hardly an undiscovered diamond when JBA turned up. Bair wasn't ignored by SK, he was behind Biereth (understandably) and no-one was arguing with him being a backup. The fact that he went on the run he did should be kudos for rhe manager, it was him that gave Bair the chance and set things up to get the best out of him. SK also said that he saw something in Bair that he thought he could use when he signed him, and he has a track record with Ross Stewart and KVV. Johnny K was a bad one, he got injured and SK gave up on him. It has been said a few times by the various folk at the club that recruitment is a collaborative effort, and it should be. I'm sure managers have pitched folk (Fadinger, Just for example), and I'm sure the recruitment team have brought a few to the manager, but I'd be very surprised if they didn't have veto power should they not want someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 As soon as SK signed Bair, he gave a press conference saying he was his "project" because he thought he saw potential in him and could coach him in to being a productive striker. People might not like Kettlewell, but it doesn't mean 100% of what he did was wrong. He was spot on with Bair and did make him productive and turned a nice profit for the club when he was moved on. I wouldn't want him back as a manager, but he did have some successes and we don't need to rewrite history to pretend he didn't. As others have said, recruitment is a collaboration at our level. From the data analysts to the manager and coaches, from the agents to the Chairman and CEO. Even the other players and club staff can help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yassin Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Aye Bair is 100% on Kettlewell afaik. Our recruitment team didn't exactly "identify" him given he'd literally played against us the season previously. Everybody in Scotland was aware of him, it was just Kettlewell who saw a player in him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 So he got 1 right out of how many other costly failures. As said limited coach who got lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 4 hours ago, grizzlyg said: He definitely deserves credit for Bair and Maswanhise, I will give him that. However that's all he's getting 🤪🤪 Aww give the kettle a hug grizzly we know you want to 🥰 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuwell2 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Out of curiosity, how often is the pitch played on? Is it only first team games or are other games played on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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