2026/27 Ins & Outs Discussion

[joewarkfanclub]

Listening to Jens dressing room speech last night, he didnt sound like a guy preparing to move on.

Ive thought for a while now he comes across as having a 2 year plan in his head and is committed to it.

Clearly, if an offer comes in thats impossible for him to ignore, then things could change very quickly, but I dont think we are there yet.

Re players, we know Slattery, Gordon, Balmer, Halliday and possibly Hendry are away. Nicholson, Robinson and Stama are also likely to move on.

JT is probably a certainty to move on and I would imagine Eli Just already has many suitors and a good World Cup probably makes it very difficult to hold on to him.

Beyond that, the manager and chairman have both said we will manage squad turnover carefully and incrementally, so I wouldn't expect too many other outgoings. 

Welsh is an interesting one. He still has a year on his Celtic contract to go. Would Celtic let us buy it out? If rumours of his wage are true, £500k is a fairly big fee for us to pay, and he would need to take a pretty big pay cut to sign a new contract with us. Seems a bit of a stretch, but he has clearly loved being part of this team. Would another season long loan be possible?

The single biggest thing we could do close season is hold onto the manager. If we can do that, I have every confidence that this is just the start of something. Not the end!