That is the only part of that post that makes a bit of sense. Maybe a manager of the ilk of Warnock would have got us up with £10m. However, we don't have him, we have Mowbray and for the large part we are in a hugely better situation than we were in when he came. If you can't see that then that's your rotten luck. The rest of your post is way off the mark but that's probably because you have an irrational dislike of all things Mowbray.

Martin O'Neill has followed Roy Keane out the door at Notts Forrest. Oh dear.

It was a tongue in cheek. Like they have to specify he's not as good as Dack..........

https://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=185967&hilit=ejaria&start=20 Reading seem keen to have him back. Mention he's not good enough to displace Dack - really??? - but a poster quite liked him out wide. Looks like he impressed there last year.

He was decent at set pieces. Quite a good player in my eyes.

We have signed players that are established at youth level internationally. We have signed Stewart Downing and last season had Jack Rodwell. In terms of internationals we are probably on par with other clubs with how many established internationals we have. I'd say the fact that Mulgrew/Smallwood got dropped at the end of the season and Mowbray has himself indicated we need new defenders it doesn't mean much. Bennett doesn't even play in his position...... Paddy McNair isn't a fantasy signing at all. He's barely played over the past few seasons and clearly isn't fancied at his current club. As for the wages I can't see a guy that is yet to play 20+ games in a season can even begin to command a wage that breaks our structure.

Based on what?

I don't think I'd be completely against bringing Payne back in the club based on his quality, I always thought he was tidy enough. However it could hamper the progress of players such as Butterworth, or pave the way for a Dack exit, so taking that into respect I wouldn't be happy with that signing. May just be a case of lazy journalism though. I'd take Hanley in a heart beat. We need someone to head and kick the ball into row Z and I reckon him and Lenihan would be a decent partnership.

I thought he played well in his couple of apps in central midfield.

And by comparison our defence was 3rd best in League 1 (by 1 goal). Means nothing. We also conceded exactly the same amount of goals - 40 each.

Did he? Based on what? He was out injured for the start of the season if I remember correctly.

Why? I don't get it. We lost a player to another club that have, by the sounds of it, offered more playing time than we were willing to offer. We chased him last year, didn't get him, the interest obviously continued but ultimately it didn't work out. What doesn't sit right with you? Over the course of a transfer window every single club will chase and ultimately lose several players. It's part of the game.

https://www.theticketingbusiness.com/2019/03/29/zebra-halts-season-ticket-finance-applications/

Yeah, I never got this. What time and resources went into us chasing them outside of a few LT/The Sun journo columns? I can't imagine much resource was taken up enquiring about his availability to his agent. With respect to his squad status quite frankly I'm happy he hasn't joined. He didn't look brilliant from what little I saw of him and if he was put off by having to fight for his place in the team then good riddance.

He wasn't bending his knee was he?

Have we lost our best players this season or something? We never got remotely close to relegation last season and barring the loss of Reed we haven't exactly lost any first teamers.

But it is a beautiful day

Why? If we put in a 1.5m bid is it not enough or has Tony moved on? Does Ben Whiteman consider Doncaster more favourable than us? I've heard this lads name sprayed about here quite a bit for the life of me I can't ever remember seeing him play. Is he any good?

A perfect example of a "possession recycler" was Robbie Savage. Rat away for the ball, give it to Tugay. Although you are all right in what you say - he was just a good footballer and did his job well. No need for a fancy title or anything. Good days.

Ben Gladwin? "He's like a new signing"......................................................... Get ya hard hats

Jamal Lowe has come out today and said he wants to leave Pompey. Could do a lot worse than him!

Alright drama queen, calm down. There's a lot of clubs yet to do business. We are hardly desperate.

He’s been tried up front but for whatever reason it doesn’t seem to suit TM him playing there. Hence why we bought Brereton and are now being linked with Gallagher. The tall striker seems to be his preferred option. I don’t doubt Armstrong sees himself as more of a striker but that’s a whole other issue! Im excited about Chapman next season and hope he stays fit. We need to nurture him and develop him physically though otherwise he’ll spend another season in the physio room.

I have. Under Tony Mowbray Armstrong plays on the wing - always. Therefore it would be safe to assume that his place in the squad is as a winger.

The Downing signing isn’t exactly “inspiring” but you can’t help but feel he has a lot to teach Armstrong, Chapman and Rothwell on how to be an effective winger. He’s played for England enough times, had good spells at Liverpool and Boro in the Prem, he obviously knows the game. I’ll reserve my judgement on the signing based on his contribution. He’s a far better player than Etuhu and Whittingham anyway so probably an unfair comparison. I can’t help but feel Rodwell signing is a priority now. He is so much better in centre mid than centre half so if Tony has a bit of guts about him that’s where he’ll play him - he’s head and shoulders above Evans and Smallwood and partnered with a Davenport or new addition he’ll be a solid choice. People are forgetting the amount of players in our squad under 25. Old heads like Mulgrew, Downing, Rodwell (although not that old in comparison) go a long way to maintaining a motivated dressing room.