Venky's might pour cold water on any swap deal but certainly Obafemi or Idah would fit our profile and is well within what Mowbray and his staff are trying to do. Armstrong would be the perfect example of course. Idah is still valued at less than we brought Brereton in for, and has earned full caps for his country. A little haggling to bring the total sum up to £17m + £3m Idah and he'll be ready to make his debut around Christmas.

You'd rather keep Arma for 12 months and let him leave on a free?

Big risk if he suffers a serious injury, and he will lose out on top wages as well for the next 12 months. Have only seen clips of Idah but looks a bit raw, but very strong and quick and suited to lead the line. Armstrong is a goner sooner or later, and another promising youngster in our forward line would be great. Hope Nixon doesn't mean large loan fee, think he would have specified it was a loan if that was the case. Probably will want a buy-back clause or a sell-on or both. Would a swap deal reduce the share Newcastle are entitled to?

£15m they're having a laugh. Desperate would mean forking out the full £25m asking price. I'd take Obafemi if he's offered permanently.

Have a feeling we will end up selling our biggest star at the end of the window again and not sign a replacement, blaming on the lack of time to find a suitable one. Groundhog day. If we're looking at cheap loans then that's a waiting game too, and our team won't gel before we potentially face real trouble. Need to get the ball rolling sooner rather than later, get to work, Tony.

Tbh I don't know what Mowbrays system is. Two strikers on the wings and no consistency in style of play, nor any tactical nous.

I wouldn't mind Obafemi for a season but if we're trying to build a squad here then we should pick someone from L-1 or from abroad.

It probably makes sense for him financially to sign a contract here and 'risk' being loaned out again to a L1 club instead of signing a contract directly with one.

Orange please

Harsh. He's a really good prospect trying to make a name for himself, and always gave it his all when he played for us. I'd gladly have him back, and only in an ideal world we would produce all the talent ourselves.

We really should replace him right now before he starts handing out gentleman contracts to has-beens and nobodies. He can still cause us a lot more harm. Perhaps a proper manager can convince Rhino to stay as well.

Fielded a side of loanees and players on outgoing contracts when he could have started the likes of Buckley, Dolan and Brereton. Bizarre tactics, Mowbray over complicates it and just because he studies his opponents, doesn't make him a good student. Time to go, what a waste of time. Boring football.

Hope so! He has proved me wrong lately but needs to work on his end product and still has a long way to go to nail down a regular starting spot.

The pace of this game...

Travis has been rested after playing too much too soon after coming back as well, and Johnson didn't look fit enough to make the squad tbh. I think this squashes Dack's Premier League dreams for good, but he can still come back a good player for us. Fingers crossed. Loved the way he combinded with Rothwell and Elliott in parts of the second half - showed some real promise.

Fair enough. I'd say it was a foul so if it's anyone's fault it's Raya's, but it wasn't a bad challenge or anyting, just bad luck. On another note, I hope they do replace the pitch. Would be like signing a new player.

Depends on the end result. It is what it is, hopefully it isn't too serious but not looking good.

True. I don't think there would have been many complaints had he been subbed off for Elliott at the break though.

Compensation. Trusts his left knee more and probably not 100% muscle balance as he's still recovering from his first injury. Injury after injury is common, just look at Darren Anderton's career. Usually there's a lot of strains. This looked like it was very unlucky though.

Considering how everyone is commenting on how bad this pitch is and how tiring it is for the legs playing on it, he probably should have been subbed off instead of Buckley. Only just came back but I can understand both Dack and Tony wanting him to get going.

Very emotional.

Probably would have been better for him to re-injure his right knee. Gah, what a night... Hope he'll come back for us, started to look like himself these past few matches. Maybe too many minutes this soon though, but this was just bad luck.

He doesn't have an eye for goal, a poor touch and loves wandering into no-mans land. He has his good stints but not worth his price tag. Not the game for him, we didn't offer much in the first half so must be frustrating for Brereton and Gallagher to be subbed off. Were left to chase lost balls and not the best at defending either of them.

Gallagher is a poor man's Kevin Davies. Would probably do alright for Bolton.

He does struggle to get the team to put two good halves together, that's for sure.