The dropping of Dolan is just parnfor the course. Plays well, his tenacity creates a goal, so he is rewarded with the weekend off 👍 TM does this often and I'd have liked to have seen davenport play today.

Definitely, his organisation skills would have given us a better chance IMO.

Hopefully we'll be under new management by then 👍

Ayala out again, disappointed.

TBF, I'm expecting us to not bother trying to tie him down to a new contract and leaving it to the last minute to try.

We should have signed him up prior to the copa America, we'd spent 7m on him and needed to protect that investment. We drag our heels so badly with player's contracts, and with some it will bite us in the ass. Imagine BBD doesn't sign, and all we can do is exercise our 1 year option, what can we demand then? Peanuts, maybe our money back or a little bit more. It is rank bad management.

I've now dumped on Stoke to win, 20-0, rovers to get 4 red cards and Tony Mowbray to smile. Odds of 263636 to 1.

I think that the football authorities should be looking much more at agents and reducing their influence on the game.

Yes, yes, someone at rovers had a chat with you and gave you some trivial words, so now all is rosy in the garden. I'm sorry darling, I know I keep sleeping with others but I promise you I will change. After 12 odd years of destruction etc you actually believe it will change? I remember on more than one occasion when they have played well to be dropped the next match. I also remember matches when others/the whole team have been dog and only certain players have been left out next match. TM is an absolutely awful man manager and as I pointed out, it doesn't have to be all about dollar, other factors can come into play.

Why does everyone automatically assume money is the issue? Whilst most football players are money grabbers, they are also people. Nyambe and Rothwell have both been treated poorly at times, being dropped etc. Perhaps they want to go elsewhere because of the way they perceive thay have been handled by management. Emotional beasts would be an apt way to describe a large number of players these days.

Yes it is, but the clause shows that the club actually felt the need to cover their bases if Steve Kean took us down to league one. Why? Most if not every club on the planet would not tolerate a one division drop, but 2, and having a contingency plan for it in his contract? It seems very odd, as again what club would allow him to do that? So why plan for it? Why cover your bases when most would never allow that scenario to transpire. The fact it is there means the club planned for it and implies they were willing to accept it happening. Rigger no one's getting in a tizzy

For me 1st priority is to get BBD to sign a new contract, if that means using some of the transfer budget, then so be it. I don't think we need more attacking options and for me, January is never a good time to buy. If we can I'd prefer to wait until the summer, but if some leave IE lenihan, nyambe or Rothwell, then we will have little choice. I'm in two minds over whether a loan would do, or a permanent signing should be made. If a player was available that we could sign properly then I'd want a CB first, RB 2nd or a CM, we have plenty of decent attacking options, especially with Dack to return so I would not be using whatever cash we have there.

No defo not, but he is more creative, scores more and potentially could create more opportunities for BBD and himself.

Exactly, but there is one.......

I don't see any common sense in it at all as common sense would dictate he would be sacked before relegation to the championship, as happens at 99% of all Premier league clubs. As I said at the start and some seem to have missed, having a league one wage stipulation in the contract implies they were will to tolerate Steve kean getting the club relegated 2 divisions.

The initial point was about games played and you stated Grella managed about 5 total. I pointed out you were wrong and they are at present quite similar, if dragging up and adding in perceived performance makes you feel better, then fine, we all need to massage our egos from time to time when we are proven wrong.

Grella averaged 9.5 games a season and Ayala is currently on 12. Nowhere near each other at all, wonder what minutes tell us?

I would not bother 47er, a Premier league manager with a wage stipulation for league one is apparently normal. The saying there's none so blind as those who chose not to see, springs to mind. No other Premier league manager has that clause in their contract or ever has had, as no manager would survive a 2 league drop. Hey ho.

He has played deeper before, so thats an option, but he'll most likely play in the front 3/2. He could potentially do very well alongside/BBD.

Good result last night, pickerings goal was a peach. It is such a shame that Ayala makes Grella look like a fitness freak, some serious thought needs to be given to his issues moving forward. Very Pleasing to be so close to the play offs, long way to go, but we all expected relegation form this year, so nice to have been wrong 👍

Well it is working fine for us tonight 😉

I never like it when we play 3 at the back.

It suggests they expected to end up in league one, almost as if it was planned.

I will repeat mine then, where were the covering midfielders? Isn't this fun 😉

Why does the article state cruciate ligament injury, when it is an ankle ligament and fracture issue? Some really thorough journalism there.