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Wigan is a good place to see if Rapha is going to make the grade with us. As is Obiku at Lincoln. That is what loans are all about.

I don't think we just go to make up the numbers anymore, or take punts in hope. I believe we now chase perceived quality. That is why we bought Grimes in January. We have Rushworth who was Swansea player of the season when he played there at the same time as Grimes. KKH, who was player of the...

Have to disagree with your Sunderland play off matches observation. Most third party observers thought we were not only the better side over two legs, but had the best chances and were unlucky as well. The bounce of the ball twice for Rudoni in front of goal were really unlucky preventing him...

Bobby Gould said at the time he had asked his players if any of them knew a good right back. Pearce was recommended. Terry Venables wanted him. Can't remember if he was managing QPR or Spurs. Gould said he couldn't believe how good a player he was for a bloke who had been on a building site...

Yeah that's why the Forest, a top club at the time bought him. I'm talking Stuart Pearce the England right back not the centre half.

Reading between the lines it looks as if Hughes is a no go but Woolfie a real possibility. We haven't got anyone from our feeder clubs Swansea and Peterborough this season. Doug is a last minute sort of guy who gambles to get the best deal. If Sheaf really was last minute out of the blue, our...

Is Sargent away with the USA. Lets hope so.

Whisper it. I feel we missed Sheaf at set pieces. Ah well.

Assume his ongoing injury problems are worse than we thought. Hope he passes the medical. At his best (before the injuries), Sheaf was without a doubt one of the best midfielders in this division. My only beef with him (like Grimes) is his lack of goal scoring threat. Grimes has looked a...

Picking on people because they have not coached at an elite level is unfair. It's like saying only people from Eton can run the country. The staff in the club will know if they are good enough. There are a lot of coaches who have worked at a high level who have never achieved anything when...

Well, best start we have had for a while but, way too early to come to any long-term conclusions. The positives, (if we don't lose anybody crucial before the window closes), is the team know each other really well. Rushworth, Brau and KKH still looking to get up to speed. Years ago you would go...

I said before the match that the conditions may play against us. Both sides were poor with the wind largely behind them. Both goalies were hitting the ball out from long kicks, and players overhitting passes. I know it sounds counter intuitive but, the ball holding up against the wind was an...

Milan missed an equally good chance.

Conditions. Horrible wind.

£2 million is a joke price. If true I would buy him, give him a lump sum and keep his wages within our limits. He is not the player he was before his injury but still a top Championship player.

Just read that statistics driven Liverpool have for some time discounted XG as only having a very narrow significance and misses other important factors. Every Championship game is a potential banana skin, as lady luck sometimes intervenes. That said, we should win unless the weather and bad...

No chance Eccles going out. One of our top minutes performers in the last three seasons. Lets hope the injury is not too serious. Allen was poor against Millwall. He performs less well against physical teams. Unlikely we can afford to replace him, so he will be here I feel for this one last...

Asante was pants against Milwall. Haji, JDS, Rudoni and Torp all looked class when they came on. BTA was on longer so did not have the advantage of playing against a tiring opposition. However, Millwall are the type of team that did not give us and time on the ball and were tackling fiercely...

A card every other game can be concerning if repeated in the long run whomever it is. Kitch's yellow against Milwall was necessary, against QPR daft. Our CBs are light after our first choice two.

The players who were not first choice did nothing to say put me in the team. KKH was terrible but I am sure he just had an off day. Rapha and Andrews were prime Ayari. Possibly good players for the future. Allen along with those two and BTA were muscled off the ball every time. Brau is a long...