I’m in Athens next week might be taking orders

Championship level at best. The finishing even worse. Thats what you get when you set up a club just to scab nil-nils and one-nils for 3+ years I suppose. Defence is shite too

Coyle edit nah it works

Would love to play these @#/? right now. Edit—- I can say shit but not @#/?? I won’t even try the C word

She must have heard Harry Chapman is at the Dunkenhalgh or something.

Excellent. The spice must flow.

Westwood reckons he’s the dogs bollocks and wants to move, his agent put out rumours of him joining Man City and the like. The owners obviously batty and won’t let him, but also rumours that another appearance puts him on an improved contract or bonus they can’t afford. Venky’s of the sea. Not sure we’ve seen enough of the Canadian to write him off personally, and has looked tidy enough for me as a rare backup till Jan if we have to. CB another story. Also as an aside, can we start mixing things up a bit? If some people take “quick”, some “nippy” and some “fast” that would be fantastic... The term “pacey winger” has lost all meaning I’ve read it so much!

British Jet Sport Racing on BT Sport 1 so they’ve been bumped to 2, understandably

"Not for sale at any price" implies there isn't one ...

More than happy for these "proven" managers to be signing 30 odd year old "proven" journeyman and we take their quality young prospects. Some selfish short-term thinking is working well for us I reckon!

At his age, get some muscle on, learn off Brad how to use his arse - he's got all the skill in the world and we'll have a ready made Dackup.

Raya for Steele and Smallwood for Lowe would even have done it - was only goal difference. Maybe even just Raya! Amazing that TM so very nearly pulled it off though.

Always preferable to beat Burnley, which we WOULD. But can see where he's coming from. I've lived in Sheff for 10+ years and I cannot dislike Wednesday any more and am constantly dying to beat them or see them beat. Their fans are so bloody blinkered, cocky, and unbearably deluded - and some of my best mates too ?

He'd go for that. A championship club can't turn that down. Lads special, and special players are impossible to replace, but we can't hold him back nor refuse that kind of deal in a million years. It will be summer at least though.

Well it is a little hyperbolic lumping the wingbacks in there, but I can see the argument that there would be 5 Good to see that kind of trolling shut down though. ?

You’re 100% right. If Rothwell ends up playing in one of the “pivot” positions in a 4-2-3-1 I’ll be dumbfounded. 2 from Evans, Smallwood, Reed and Bennett - in that order until further notice.

Yes but I would presume it’s a four year deal or something after January. For a 19 year old. “Your worth six million to this club oh hang on we’re only going to get 3.5 years out of you now never mind go back.” Id be aghast if we could, never mind if we did.

Rothwell. And a shocking effort it is too. Worst yet. May as well have used Amari’i for how convincing it is edit Happy to take further requests on young men’s body identification by the way - it’s a lot easier with the lights on.

If we’re not willing to give him four months nor a few out with an injury then we shouldn’t be signing people who are only just 19. Embarrassing if anyone calls for him being sent back before then - which can’t happen anyway as far as I can see.

I’m expecting this to be a bit of a wake up call tbh, and that isn’t necessarily a bad thing right now. Can’t really ask for a more difficult game - they’re a good side. Play well, battle hard, no injuries and no clangers and I’ll be pleased... get a point and I’ll be delighted. Important to keep our feet on the ground right now. If we win though I’m demanding an Invincibles season and to be promoted before the tree comes down.

God just remembered I thought Gascoigne would calm down and do a mercurial job as manager of Kettering Town, going on to bigger and better things. Just say no kids.

I'd agree with this but I don't expect to be immune to the four/five year cycle of boom and bust that most other clubs of our level are subject to. Steady investment to improve us longer term is the goal here I think, but the piper always needs paying via sales and rolling back the spending if we don't see massive returns via promotion in this time. It's the way it has to be at this level, and if Mowbray is the man that can take us from basket case to a sensible, well run club with a strategy then he deserves huge plaudits. There's a massive shadowy figure of the Venky's past fuck ups in the background of course. Whilst all seems rosy let's just whinge about the shirt colour.

Would be gutted to see Caddis leave now, he's my new favourite player - can do a job as 3rd choice. He probably only works cash in hand £150 day rate too so not like he's doing any harm.

Thought general consensus on here was we didn't have enough players or sign enough before the completely arbitrary first window closed. Now we have a bloated squad?

Rothwell only 23 too.