There has to be a better keeper lined up, or else Jason Loowater and that youngster Fisher are our choices. That does not make me feel confident at all. Like others, I also think we need a big, commanding centre half and a left back.

I'd rather he'd eff off if he (Rodwell) thinks he can fanny about and try and screw a bigger and better deal from us. No one else took the risk of signing him, attempt to resurrect his career etc. and now he's giving it the hungry Caterpillar attitude.

My cousin got a fractured eye socket off a corner post that required a steel plate in a move that went wrong. Add to that research on the effects of concussion in later life and maybe chair hits should be done with more care.

We need to unearth another Hendry for this division. And a keeper if Raya is off.

One table that it is good to be bumbling around the lower reaches of.

To continue the off topic debate, I read the word pal and get a sarcastic, aggressive tone on this board. Not when spoken, just on here.

We must bat first. It seems we are crap at chasing any total.

Or even Australia failing that. He would get far less money though.

Sounds a bit like Souness, who seemed to buy a lot of players represented by Willie McKay or whatever his name was. The Ferguson deal was a bit dodgy, in that he turned up, played crap for a few months and then claimed to be homesick.

He has been a pretty good midfielder in this division for years so it is a good signing for me. An upgrade on Smallwood and Evans anyway.

Pretty much the same as last season. No threat of promotion, a bad run sometime, then ending up 14th-19th.

Maybe Jason Loowater will be our first choice keeper, with some teenager as back up. Not what I would want but it is a possibility.

If some sort of stability happens, we can loan them a load of our youngsters and effectively make them our B team. Throw in Smallwood and Benny B, and then they will be Bolton Rovers. I doubt they'll pay much towards the wages but it will be funny to think of the fans realising that we are their benefactor.

O'Neill is past it, and Keane is mental. Just about every manager has a shelf life just like a player, and Martin is past his, as his tactics and approach to dealing with players has not evolved.

Some fragile masculinity on show here! Yeah, the women's game is not like watching Man City's men's team in full flight, but half the teams are amateurs and completely neglected by their county's FA. It's only turned full time professional in this country fairly recently, so it'll take time for it to match the men's competition in terms of skill. The games I've seen have been much more watchable than a lot of Premier league bore fests.

Drop him. If he can't decide/can't be bothered to sort this out before pre season then he is a rubber dingy man. Rodwell has had almost a season to see how the club feels for him, and probably weeks and months negotiating a contract so why delay?

I hope we sign someone, if only to stop the pissing contests here. It probably is Boris visiting as part of the Tory party cluster fuck contest.

I forgot you have to link everything to Man Utd and the Walker Trust.

Please explain.

Cameroon were a disgrace to the sport. They went completely mental, gobbing on people, elbowing, shouting at injured players. That number 7 should have been sent off along with the player who stamped on our player's ankle. And well done Phil for being so direct and honest about the game.

Was out for the first half, but it kicked off with that offside 'goal'. England look pretty crap in defence.

Was that Irish guy who went on loan to Scotland any good? Lyons I think he was called. If he turned out to be crap up there or is not considered for the first team it was pointless signing him.

Meh. He might be good for a year or so, or he could be absolutely finished like Whittingham. Not a signing that shouts out about a serious promotion bid. With luck other signings will.

Downing in, and maybe Dack out is the stuff of nightmares. We all know any Dack money will disappear should he be sold.

I worked for Sodexo as a cleaner at a military base. Expect mass produced average food served by over worked staff on minimum wage.