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Unless a signing is the nailed on right one for us I'd rather we don't make any permanent signings in this window, as I think there will be many more options of players to buy in the Summer. Loans are a different matter, but presuming we don't lose any of our better players I still wouldn't be...

In the last unseen video he looked pretty impressive. He wasn't bought to go straight into the 1st team so I don't see the problem with him developing slowly this season with a view to challenging for a 1st team place next season. We signed him because he is a cheap option with little downside...

I suspect Al Hammadi might eventually make a Championship striker but as we already have Bassette as a young forward we are looking to develop, there wouldn't seem much point into bringing another in much the same mould.

Not sure what the cost would be, but if it was something along the lines of the 2 Tone Museum, it might work if there was also a club shop and gift shop attached to it.

Think it was Swindon when Hoddle was a player manager, although I've got a feeling the same was said when he managed Wolves.

Yes, could incorporate an American style 'Hall of Fame' with new inductees every year. I'm a bit surprised there hasn't been something similar done in the UK by any other club, or even a generic one by the FA.

Absolutely no disrespect meant to those that will be attending the game and I really hope you get the result your support deserves, and of course you are correct that historically 1,000 travelling to Blackburn for a post xmas mid week is a reasonable turn out. However, our players have been...

Hope the optimists before me are right but I've got a bad feeling about this game. A January mid-week game at Blackburn in front of a paltry crowd and away following has me worried about the team's motivation, while Blackburn will be keen to put their defeat at Oxford behind them. Having won...

It would obviously be preferable to not make a loss on him, but sometimes the big picture dictates otherwise. Not every signing works out, but if we were also able to sell Lati for a profit then they kind of cancel each other out, and result in Lampard having more wiggle room to bring in players...

While I understand non league clubs wanting the guaranteed extra money for playing games against PL teams away rather than at home, this idea detracts even more 'romance' from the cup, and would simply make progression even easier for the big PL clubs. If ever a PL club is to get beat or made...

We definitely shouldn't have had 2nd goal disallowed!

...... but if he was aloof or disinterested you would no doubt slate him for that judging from your recent posts! Bassette is just an enthusiatic 20 year old, living the dream, with his life full speed ahead of him. While he's a bit hit and miss at the moment, if he turns into the real deal we...

Or Godden in our semi-final last season!

I really don't get wanting your team to get knocked out of the FA Cup. Even these days where it is not such an important competition as it was, it still brings the potential of interest, glamour and extra finance that League games do not bring. I could sort of see a point if it was...

Pretty sure Ian Wallace had been picked for the squad too, so I guess you might have been hoping he would play too. We certainly had a load of great Scottish players right through the 70's from Ian Gibson, Roy Barry, Willie Carr, Colin Stein, Tommy Hutchison, Blyth, Wallace, Bobby McDonald, Jim...

Great commentary by Hugh Johns, who was a feature of Star Soccer, and the highlight of Sunday's in the 70's :)

Your memory isn't quite correct. Although Blyth got blamed for the goal, and it was a reason used to justify keeping the hapless Alan Rough in goal, it was all a bit of an urban myth as the fault really lied with Willie Donachie. Although he didn't have the longevity of Glazier or Oggy for...

Given Eccles age, length of contract and Championship experience I think £4m is not far off, given we bought Kitching and EMC from League 1 for round about that figure.

For us maybe, but not over their whole careers.

Tommy Hutchison for me. Interesting reading Hutch's book that Sillett tried to bring him back to Cov in the 86-87 season. Would have been really fitting if he had some involvement with our cup winning team.