We absolutely needed depth at L and RWB. Those two positions are pivotal to this formation and we only had Nyambe an Pickering who could play there. Everyone else was makeshift at best.

These stupid little announcement videos teams put out - they're uniformly awful. Just create a graphic with a picture of the player. Job done. You're trying too hard.

McBride has never played for the first team. Butterworth has looked awful besides a 15 minute cameo against Hull. Chapman doesn't like lemon drizzle cake and has ripped jeans. I don't mind all 3 going elsewhere to get game time in preparation for a re-assessment next season (hopefully with a new manager).

That lad is stealing a living.

Have you seen him play the last 2 games? It's like playing with 10.

I like Pickering, but Giles is a massive improvement. Zeefuik is light years better than anyone else we can slot in at RWB besides Nyambe too. We just needed a CM and a ST too (and a backup GK if we're honest). Our thin squad will ultimately be our undoing.

Or she's covering his back because his dream move has fallen through.

They're clearly throwing crazy money around. I desperately hope they don't get promoted because they'll be absolutely shafted financially.

I've seen Garrett play, he seems decent. Quite liked the look or Harlock myself. I'm fine with them as a last resort, but they're literally on the bench NOW with one senior CM being 'injured'. Our squad is perilously thin.

He's scored 20 goals in half a season, after scoring about 7 in the previous 3 seasons. Never mind getting injured, who scores the goals when he ceases his unsustainable conversion rate?

Heard we've put a bid in for De Bruyne too. Typical Rovers on deadline day.

He sent him out on loan twice and at the beginning of last season there were rumblings that he was looking to move him on. He had to play him due to an early injury crisis at the back and he looked like our best CB (pre-Achilles tear). He's kicked on from there this season. This season he's gone against type and picked the same XI week in, week out.

Can they? They've never played senior professional football. It's a big step up from the Academy.

I defy any bugger to convince me Mowbray was ever operating with any sort of plan. He's stumbled onto a system that works - with the CB he sent out on loan twice 'cos he didn't think he was up to snuff being pivotal. I'd try to sign an experienced CM who can pass the ball - Davenport / Johnson can do the spoiling job if Travis gets injured (although nowhere near as well as him). Giles will make a big difference because Van Hecke, Ayala and Wharton win A LOT of headers in the opposition box and by all accounts he has very good dead ball delivery. To not try and bring in reinforcements upfront or midfield is baffling though. A sign that we're content to maybe scrape into the Top 6.

I know they're untried, untested Academy players that you're asking to step into the middle of a promotion race.

Lansbury really did do him then. Looked a nasty tackle at the time.

We were light in CM even if Rothwell changes his attitude. Mowbray evidently doesn't fancy Davenport and Johnson isn't good enough. Unless ANOTHER Academy project makes the step up to save him (like Wharton) then we're going to really struggle in the long run.

He's a Southern softie, he wouldn't come north to prove himself.

So they've unsettled a player and moved on. Absolute bullshit from that tin pot club.

See Ched Evans.

As has been covered ad nauseam, what's the alternative? He's indicated he doesn't want to play for us - you have to shift him out. We're not in a position to sit on an asset for 5 months out of spite.

What's your plan when Rothwell, Dack, Dolan, Brereton, Markanday, Poveda and Pickering are injured? You can't just go signing players because you have a wage budget to adhere to and those players will come back at some point. Giles is a massive upgrade for us - if we can start nicking some goals from his set pieces with Wharton / Ayala / Van Hecke and continue to keep clean sheets we'll be there or there abouts with how well this defence is playing.

If a rival council comes in and offers said road sweeper double his wages, do you think he's going to turn it down? See out his shift with the lads? Absolutely not - he'd be off like a shot. It's a job to these players, nothing more.

He's a WB I think. Edun looks out of place at WB, so maybe it's a replacement for him - shifting Edun inside to CM.

Agree to disagree. He's not deliberately getting sent off and scoring own goals. It's unsavory, but it's football - they're all commodities at the end of the day. He has no loyalty to the club and we have no loyalty to him - he's securing himself a pay rise. Obviously I hope he has a miserable time in Bournemouth, but it is what it is.