He needs to put some pressure on the players in the future.

He managed to swerve the sword.

From todays BBC football gossip page - “ LA Galaxy right back Julian Araujo’s move to Barcelona has fallen through after FIFA ruled the paperwork to finalise the 21-year old’s transfer was submitted too late “

“ The Grauniad “.

If he does now would be a good time. Before the inevitable slide down the table starts. In other news - there’s a long article/interview on Duncan Ferguson in my paper today. In it - “ He came close to getting jobs at Blackburn and Middlesbrough “.

Playing it around at the back cost us the goal.

Or a Jimmy Kerr or a Stephen Agnew.

How much would one of those Iranian suicide drones cost to buy do you reckon ?

Nixon is reporting we were paying £80k for Brierley. With it not going through Rochdale missed out on a player they wanted to pay £10k for. We’ll be fishing in that pond one day with the Chicken Chokers in command.

That’s what I would have done. If there’s a fuck up at least I want it to be my fault.

Interesting. At least Brierley will becoming in Summer, unless he gets injured of course. Anybody else think reading between the lines Rochdale have been given some money ?

Yeah but we don’t have a “ functioning football workplace environment “. Even the dogs in the street know that.

Isco, the Spanish international midfielder is available and is being touted around various PL clubs.

That’s big bucks for them, probably pay the wages for a couple of weeks

The straw that breaks the camels back.

My mum comes home from the hairdressers one day. She says - “ One of the girls in the shop would like a date with you “. I already had a girl I was seeing off an on so I didn’t pay her much attention. About a year later my mum and I are walking down the main street in town when I see this absolute stunner walking towards us. She was a girl I’d lusted after for ages but never had the courage to make a move. She smiled at my mum and when she’d gone my mum said - “ That’s the girl who wanted a date with you ! “

Then there’s the repercussions it might have on Rochdale. They went out and signed a few players earlier that day. Were they relying on our transfer fee to fund their deals ? What went through my mind is they had time to photograph the lad with the Rovers shirt but not enough time to actually sign the bleeding forms !

I feel sorry for Brierley also. He’s really been made a mug of with him being photographed holding up that Rovers shirt.

Not like Andy that. Maybe he couldn’t see his bollocks ?

Somebody should walk the plank for this. I thought I’d seen it all but obviously I hadn’t. What have we done to deserve this bunch of idiots running the show ? Half a dozen blokes off this site would do a better job.

Where does this leave Brierley ? The look on that photograph says “ What have I done !”

I’m dead infirm.

And if by some miracle we managed to get rid of the shysters and get some decent owners how many of those dozen would come back. Three or four ? Or none ?

Looking back to when these shysters walked through the door I’d say they’ve more than halved.

Reading between the lines nobody wants to come here unless the other options fall by the way side. I can understand why.