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Hiya Tom Boyd Hiya ya odious, sanctimonious dribbling prick 👋

Was very close to John, he and my dad went to school together and played badminton to a very high level, I'm sure John represented lanarkshire, and as luck would have it I worked in all his shops, farms, abattoirs, homes and through all of the post '91 upgrades at Fir Park. A fine innings at 93 and a tremendous gentleman to boot. RIP Mr Chapman, without your steady leadership and deep pockets to sign Davie Cooper, we may have had no club to support and no anniversary to celebrate in May.

I watched Welsh, who was on the park at the end of the game. He shook the hands with every Celtic player as they trudged off, a few hugs as well. As soon as they were gone he turned to us in the main stand and fist pumped. He looked every bit as happy as me. His face definitely screamed “get it up them” I don’t see him going back there

Does that include Calum Ward as a spectator? 😂

With regard to the Welsh situation, I think it is probable that a few people are overthinking the whole thing. Celtic are simply doing what they consider is best for them. They are in no way trying to screw us over. They don't care. The same goes for the player and his future. As such, I think it would be wise for us to act in a similar manner and ask ourselves what would be the best course of action in this situation for ourselves? If we can get Welsh back to Fir Park on the same terms as before, for the rest of the season then great. He has been an excellent player for us and there is no reason to think that will change. If they are thinking about making a move for JT and using Welsh as a bargaining chip then they can take a hike. Selling our prized assets to anyone in our league is generally a poor move as it, quite rightly, upsets our own fans and they will be offering less than we can get elsewhere if we really feel the need to sell.

I don’t often get on my high horse but this is a sanctimonious and entitled reply. I have read the rest of the thread and replies and the dismissive attitude doesn’t get better. This DOES matter regardless of who is asking for the sanction and I am no fan of SPFL or Scottish Government hypocrisy. Use of pyros is not some political stance it is an outright danger to the people using and others in the vicinity. If the club is willing to accept that they don’t lose out financially because inconsiderate and negligent morons, or their excusers, have paid the cost of 50 tickets then I’m seriously worried about that attitude towards the safety and wellbeing of majority of the rest of us fans. As per the original post if Block E stuck to the tifos, joyful exuberance, and carnival atmosphere they can and do create they would continue be a credit to the club. Covering up and dismissing the dangerous behaviour risks totally undermining all the good. Multiple wrongs and hypocrisy from other “fans” behaviours is deflection and no excuse.

I disagree. Just has been exceptional for us.

I don't care which school he went to.

Aye, but its Tony Watt! 😍😍😍

I think it’s under 4hrs the flight time to UK from Marakesh. I’m sure I came back from Tenerife one year and played 5s that night. My standard hadn’t dropped at all after a 5hr flight. I was still sh1te!!

The quicker we get shot of Halliday the better if I was a manager I would not be wanting my players sat actively celebrating other teams in our leagues goals don't care wither they are a fan or not and slating other teams players on their podcast. Now he's talking valuations of his own teams best players. It's a shame cos he seems like a good guy around the dressing room but his social media stuff draws unnecessary headlines for the club.

If we had a spate of injuries and were short of players for a position, would those getting their knickers in a twist about Welsh react the same way if we recalled a loanee whose wages we were paying to see if he could fill the gap? Especially if he was performing at an exceptional level. Pretty sure I read on here that some folk thought it would be a good idea to recall Whyte from Stenhousemuir to see if he could do a job in our midfield as cover for Watt or Slattery or perhaps sit on our bench to give us more options. Celtic are perfectly within their rights to recall Welsh to see if he can improve their current squad, bearing in mind injuries and other players moved on in this window. We knew that when he came to us as the recall date was included in the Agreement. If he does not cut it in training or game time he will be back with us soon enough, if we want him. All this talk about conspiracies, victimisation etc is nonsense. The situation is inconvenient and might be stalling us bringing in a new face or two. But that's all it is.

If he ends up at St Mirren, the only thing he’ll be kicking is other players’ legs.

It sounds like you're just making up stuff to be worried about. Some players will want to stay, some players will want to move on, some new players will be happy to join. Same as every season. That's for dealing with in the summer. Just enjoy the ride for now.

He’s been getting really good write ups and has started their past 3 games. Absolutely delighted for the lad….. who’d have thought a young guy would have needed a little bit of time to settle playing abroad?? Crazy eh!! last month we had Celtic and rangers fans saying he was rubbish and they dodged a bullet buying him. Give it a few months and it’ll be a “no brainer” for them to sign him. i sat in work yesterday and listened to 3 rangers fans tell me that £3m is a fair price for them to get Maswanhise and we should sell him and cash in??? Fk off and pay your face painter you inbred mongrels.

Aye, I'm sure MON will be on the phone saying "what do you mean you reject my bid? I heard on a podcast you only wanted 3 million!"

When in the same breath he’s saying about Bowie being worth £6.5m….. get yersel to fk Andy. When both of those poisons have recently bought Idah for £9m and Chermiti for £9m and TJ quoted for £3m utter baws!!

This is where all the focus has to be, on this game. Not on cup dreams or transfer speculation. Going into the third round of fixtures and most seasons we have at least one round of fixtures where we struggle. 2 good rounds already so we need to play even better to have a good third round and hopefully keep us well in contention for top 4 spot. two teams above us play each other (Hearts v Celtic) and two teams below us play each other (Falkirk v Hibs) so if we take care of our business it could be a great day for us.

You’ve got to feel for Welsh. That mob are a disgrace. Rotten to the core.

Correct, who is the better of the two is I suppose like two bald men fighting over a comb. Both should be moved on ASAP.

SOD signs new deal till Summer 2027. Delighted for him, such a loyal servant who has never hid despite the ridiculous stick he got last season at times. Been immense this season. That's what happens when you have a manager that allows you to play and express yourself instead of just saying 'lump it forward' Well done SOD

I saw another report that stated we had 'beaten off stiff competition' to sign this guy. Might have been easier to just make him a better financial offer.

Celtic don’t deserve Welsh. The disdain they’ve shown towards him is ridiculous, and he’ll be a huge loss for us.

Aye Andrew Lloyd Grizzlyg right enough .

Agreed. The thought of renewing both SODs and McGinn last year seemed mental. Especially after McGinns injury problems. Both of them have been outstanding this season and contribute so much both on and off the park. Who woulda thunk asking footballers to play football would have had such success!

Celtic and Rangers being pumped in Europe - “Scottish league isn’t strong enough” “no competition in the SPL so it effects us in europe” they get competition in the form of Hearts and us and then it’s a case of trying to plunder our players (Barga, TJ, Just, Watt etc)so they don’t get any more domestic competition fkn horrible clubs, horrible fans…. Utter parasites.

Selling TJ to bring in Welsh is utterly mental talk.Welsh type players are ten a penny but goalscorers are not and that's what read on here from a fair few posters about goalscorers. Crazy talk unless the money is ridiculous and I mean ridiculous.

12 hours in and 2026 steelmen online joke of the year goes to MJC

This pic sums up the game

JBA can do whatever the hell he likes! If we can beat Celtic with 4 right backs and no strikers he can probably walk on water! 😆😆😆

With Rangers, Celtic or both definitely dropping points this is a big game for us and a win could be potentially huge. St. Mirren are a bit of a bogey team for us, we've not beaten them in 2025, and they always make it tough and I wouldn't expect anything different this time. However this team just looks like they don't give a fuck who they are playing and our home performances have been excellent minus one half against Falkirk. Like I said ending the year on 36 points would be massive.

We've only lost 2 out of 6 against the Top 3 and we should have won at Tynecastle and got a point at least at Celtic Park and Ibrox. That says to me we are absolutely as good as them in one to ones. What we need to do is win games like the one coming up which I kind of alluded to in my original post. The best Motherwell team I've ever seen should have won the league but lost to lowly Dundee Utd and St. Johnstone sides. That's the tricky part rather than the big games when you challenge for a league. It's likely the 'top' teams will drop a lot of points in the run in as there genuinely isn't a gap between the Old Firm and the others now so it's down to us to keep up our performances and form going and you never know. We are further back that the Top 3 so we are probably going to have to beat the Old Firm and Hearts a couple more times this season to have a chance but this is probably a once in a lifetime opportunity. Motherwell are a club who will always struggle to keep talent and I don't expect that to change but this season everything is in place. The stars are aligned. It's there so why not go for it? Right now though we just have to get the heads down, keep the performances up and tick off the games. Let's get into February/March and see where we are.

Does anyone know which section the young Well fans will be using, with their drum. Just asking so that I can avoid it if possible. Cheers.

We had a God like forward line in the second half. Thor and Apollo 😀

You can see why Killie get so many red cards. They're not shy at leaving one in on every tackle.

Halliday has no influence on bids being offered or accepted anyway 🤷‍♂️

Absolutely raging at that Halliday on TJ and the only reason I can see is he's publicly low balled a valuation as the currants are interested. He has no right as a paid employee of the club to band about such pish. As for those staying oh it's still a lot of money, get a grip. You don't see other clubs drip feeding shite valuations of their players. Get that prick to fk out the club asap. Does he think noone on the press watches Open Goal?? There is no excuse to mention this. He can politely pass, but no he wants his puddle drinking mates to pick him up on the cheap. No ginger bottles allowed guys, sorry.

I wouldn't pay 400k for a cup tied Welsh. I rather look elsewhere. I'm sure there are central defenders who can pass a ball that we can pick up cheaper than that. As for Watt and JT, no need to sell in January and no indication they want to leave. If a Scottish club is interested, then the price goes up at least 50% - call it a tariff.

Dear Martin ........ go and take a flying fuck to yourself.

Turnbull scoring the opening goal (classic curling 20 yarder) today as Cardiff won the top of the table clash against Graham Alexander's Bradford City.

It'll be a tough game. County as per usual will take no prisoners with the likes of our old and dear friend Lacovitti turning out for them. They'll sit in and will be difficult to break down. With our injury list, I'm taking nothing for granted. As MJC, points out, our cup record isn't great.

Nah man, we need a goal 😄

Definitely think we should be splurging out to keep JBA here for at least another season. For sure, keeping him from any other Scottish team. it would be tremendous if we could have him committ to another season before he considers any offers from England or mainland Europe.

Stick Eythor Martin Bjorgolfsson up front with Apostolos Stamatelopoulos and make Derek Ferguson report on the game.

We were actually talking about this on Saturday. No Motherwell team has ever been as prepared for / suited to European football as this one. I know the chances of Jens still being here next season are slim, and Im not suggesting Europa League, but I think we would make a better fist of the Conference League than Aberdeen made this season. It would be nice if we could just fend of suitors for a little while and let us and the team enjoy the success of their endeavours (should we not fuck it up between now and then). Nice to dream......

Maybe they are failing to agree whether Kettlewell is allowed entrance. 🤣🤣

I think Ap Stam's tea is out. I like him so I feel a bit bad for him. An old man ( a random person I got talking to) told me Hendry is done for the season. Who knows how true it is or where he heard it but that would indicate we need another no9 at least. Feels harsh bringing in a LB but I think it would be wise. Sell no cunt. (for less than £3m)

Not that I don't like Maswinhese, but I'd give them cash and JT for Welsh.

The whole fucking lot of them

If you're watching on Prem Sports, both Hutton and Mulgrew almost jizzed themselves during JBA's interview. The burd running it had to cut them off and Mulgrew asked if he could come in for a cup of tea and ask him more questions. If you can watch it back somewhere, do it.