alan48

Much ado about nothing - not just for us but generally . It was laughable the Sky sports pundits spending most of last night talking about transfers that weren't happening , rather than the ones that did . About time the window thing was abolished , bur then of course the Agents wouldn't like that . As for us , I can see us just plodding along as before , without a great deal of excitement and maybe scraping top 6 again .

Team spirit Tory!

2.4 tackles is good? Even Darren Potter would manage that .Dont players tackle any more?Come back Norman Curtis.

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Wishful thinking!

So many on here seem to have access to the dressing room in order to talk with such authority about him being a disruptive influence .Presumably the same people had the nod that Hooper had to have a box for his family before he signed .Do they therefore know why even if he's not playing , they look totally disinterested at times . Players do need managing .Di Canio was our last flair player . We let him go without so much as a goodbye.Happy Harry seemed to manage him O K .Cantona was allowed to escape 'cos Tricky Trevor hadn't the nous to give him a bit of leeway .Wilko and Fergie managed him even with the kung -fu kicks . Give the lad a bit of space.He's been our top scorer for the last two seasons ,way ahead of any of our other players . If he goes so be it ,but that little bit of magic will have gone also .

That whole game seemed full of pace - end to end stuff and players going for it .Why do they say todays players are fitter ?These players weren't slowing the game down and passing sideways and backwards - Swanny would never have raised a sweat in todays game .

Being Devil's advocate really , I agree he's better for us playing on the left but if you take a definition of striker as a player who scores goals ,he's the top man .Just wish our other strikers would get on and do the job . Given game time I think Winnall could well fit the bill . He also puts himself around and works hard for the team .I could live with Rhodes not scoring if he was contributing in other ways and I dont think he does .We need both Fessi and Winnall in that team somehow .

He's been top scorer for last 2 seasons so obviously not a striker and surplus to requirements !

When I had a similar problem 'cos of a back injury , I asked a steward and was escorted up a lift to top grandstand , via one of the lounges . So it can be done . Good luck .

Think we've done all the back 4 now , plus Bannan , Jones ,Abdi ,Reach and Fessi . How about Wallace . Does anyone think that guy is way too Scottish and has too many tattoos ?

I was there yesterday .I've watched them for 60 years .It was awful , absolutely awful .I dont expect too much , I follow Wednesday -.Just a bit of effort and enthusiasm. I saw none of it .We do deserve better , 'cos on the whole we're very patient, but the starting line-up and formation had me thinking the worst from the first minute . Although I like Carlos in terms of his honesty , I said from early on that I dont think his ' nice ' approach to Championship football is going to get us out of this division . The treatment of F F yesterday evidenced that . Pulled from pillar to post without any support from the Ref [ or his teammates ] is the way it is played . Awful term , but we need to man up and get stuck in , and Carlos needs to realise that this isn't the nicely ,nicely continental football he would like .Said it before , but if we continue like this , mid-table at best . And to be fair , the crowd encouraged them as much as possible yesterday , it was only at the final whistle that the boos sounded .

The lucky pldgeons are not on the roof - they are back on the pitch where they they wont be disturbed.

We'll probably manage mid-table , and that's an objective assessment based on 60+ years watching .We need an overhaul . We had our chance and blew it last season , just as Derby had done previously . We have to bring in better quality players , and possibly a better Manager . If this doesn't happen , just have to accept what's before us or stay home and watch ' strictly ' or those overpaid egotistic ' stars ' of the Premiership.

Why play a lad who cant tackle and cant head a ball at full back?