swfcGibbo

Don't think the plan was to sign another centre back. I think injuries have forced this. In any event given the time sensitive nature of the signing i think we can be relatively pleased with him. Great in the air and plenty of experience. He's a bit of a donkey with the ball at his feet but it's unsurprising given his size. As the centre of a three he should do ok though.

The 200 defender search has turned into 200 defender bids in a day!

Cocu is a mad man. They signed Colin Kazim-Richards yesterday and shipped Marriott out to us.

He was on loan at Leicester last season! Quite BALLSY to go for him I must admit.

He's already bagged this season and has played 4 games. They've essentially got him fit for us. With -12 it's a great signing; irrespective of the clause for January. If he bangs them in and gets us out of the bottom 3 then we can reassess in January and recruit him or someone else for a fee. It's imperative we stay up so you get the best player available to you. I think we've assembled a pretty impressive forward line.

I did worry about that part. Unfortunately it's where we are with -12 that it's the type of player we attract if we want a bit more quality.

Message from a Derby supporting friend of mine:

Largely had one good season in League one. He's an interesting option to have but he's certainly not the target man option. Perhaps we don't need him now we have Paterson who is good in the air?

According to Wiki 58 goals in 10 years for the prodigal son https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Forestieri

Id be pleased with this. Right age, versatile and did very well for Cardiff in their promotion season.

Staton had his pants down to be fair. Comes across as a tad arrogant but obviously hard to judge from one interview.

Id have kept Nuihu as second choice target man. First choice Zohore.