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Welsh back on loan is all I'd expect in. We'd apparently asked Norwich for Lewis Gibbs on loan but that was dependant on them signing a CM which they never did. Can't help but feel we need a LB but I don't think we'll be getting 1. Guess he's trusting 1 of Ross, JK, SOD or Halliday to be the solution there.

That source is erm unreliable to put it politely unless you see anything from Scott Burns or a Jurno down south I'd probably not get your hopes up.

yep the seethe on twitter is sensational viewing after that deal for the boy from Lorient fell through after he failed his medical the 'chuck Motherwell x amount + Welsh' crew are out in full force at the moment. I don't think they realise that Welsh is only interested in going on loan and is on 10 grand a week their I think our top earner is on about 2.

Where you seeing that?

The rumour mill had him pitching up at Partick Thistle on a free at the end of the season so I'd be surprised I think also given the fact we play Dundee on Wednesday we'll be doing most of our preperation for that game today. Also the seethe of Celtic fans if Welsh comes on loan after they've been begging for Maswanhise will be some viewing.

Nah they're loaning in a CB from Brentfond apparently. The other boy we were linked to Welch is apparently on his way to Hibs so if it's not Welsh I wouldn't be expecting anyone else.

Get a CB and a LB in keep hold of Maswanhise and we've had a very good window.

I don't know much about him he's only played 20 senior games of football at 22 so I'd be concerned about how ready he is. He's out of contract in the summer by the looks of it and is 6'6 so 1 with good physical attributes who we could potentially get permanently and sell on like we did with Kipre.

Seen a post on X from a guy with 5k followers saying Welsh expected to remain at Celtic and they expect to bring in 3 more before the deadline. We're apparently in for Everton u21 Captain Declan Welch who is a CB on loan to the end of the season.

Will be a tough game I expect we'll rotate a bit with 4 more games in the next 14 days the squads quite thin at the moment with all the injuries. It was good we managed to get 25 more minutes into Bjorgolfsson and to see Nicholson return as that gives us a different option to the end of the season. Longelo will come in for JK you would expect as for other changes I'm not sure what Jens will do.

I'm very aware the Winger is unlikely. Levitt would be a Watt replacement he's a deep lying playmaker. The CB and LB are the priorities either way.

Levitt was unreal at Dundee Utd when he first went there can't say I've seen much of him at Hibs but he's certainly a decent player. I suspect we'll only bring in a CB between now and the end of the window tho. I'd like us to get a Lb in as playing JK LB is not a long term solution in that position and JBA seems to have gone right of Longelo. I feel he's been playing injured for months as he doesn't look like he's moving as fluidly as when he first came. In terms of outgoings we could maybe get rid of Robinson but I don't know if he's even fit and we tend to rehab guys before we cut them loose. We could probably do with a winger until RCC is back but i doubt many will be looking to come sit on the bench at M'well for 6 months.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

That make sense we've got the opportunity to finish the season really strong and potentially even win a cup.

I think if we lose Maswanhise at this point in the window we've not left ourselves enough time to replace him I think if it was going to happen he'd of been gone before the Scottish Cup game so providing we don't get a ridiculous bid put in for him or he pushes for a move i think he'll be here to the end of the season.

We've already got 3 CBs in Mcginn, Mcghee and Gordon as well as SOD who he keeps playing there I think we need to bring in 1 more CB and a LB before the end of the window provided we keep Maswanhise, Just etc and aren't scrambling to replace them as well. (I know we've said we're not selling our best players but if we get offered big money for any of them there will be conversations being had.) Hopefully Nicholson and Halliday are back fit and can provide some depth especially Nicholson as we have no real depth in the RW/10 area and Jens seems to be impressed by him from what he's saying in press confrences.

think based on previous seasons the team that finish 4th tend to end up anywhere from 50-55 points. We'll need probably 4 more wins in this round and a few draws as well as 1 or 2 wins post split.

With 5 games in 14 days on the way I'd expect some rotation against Livingston. Team for me would be Ward Sparrow Mcghee Mcginn Longelo Fadinger Preistman Maswanhise Just Said Stama Rest Slattery and SOD and get some more minutes into Bjorgolfsson before the busy period.

Probably some point during 2012/13. If Maswanhise stays the whole season he could end up at Higdon numbers for goals scored.

He was on the bench. I think with the way the game panned out he wasn't needed and it let us put 1 more of the youngsters on.