Lad at my work is an avid Macclesfield Town fan and wouldn't stop going on about the keeper they had on loan from Man Utd last season, won there player of the year award I think. Just seen that it's this O'Hara we have been linked with today. Considering they were in the bottom 2 or 3 all of that season I'm guessing it was a huge learning curve for him, no idea how good he is though.

To be fair Bristol got a free kick last week for the same thing when JRC scored... Kidding aside though, was a huge cock up from Walton, but despite a bit of decent possession we didn't look like scoring apart from a couple of Downing free kicks.

Derby could be the one to watch in the last 7 games or so.

Indeed. 6 weeks under ke*n/Black 2012 2 weeks under Bowyer 2014 1 week under Mowbray 2018

We have spent 9 weeks in the Championships top 6 since relegation in 2012...

So Hart can play, but I'd put my mortgage on that he won't. 5 players ahead of him at left back, not including the lad who kept him out of the under 23s.

Think he has only scored once for us, against Bolton's kids at Ewood last season.

Just a load of waffle that article is to make it look like things are happening.

I reckon Bennett will play at left back if Nyambe is fit.

That's what I originally thought too, and ordinarily I would have said fair enough, but when the club releases a statement a week or so prior guilt tripping fans into not asking for a refund because it would "threaten the existence" of the club, I can see why some are annoyed at the thought of paying Smallwood & Hart an extra months wages to do nothing, can you?

It'll be a loan I would have thought. We don't tend to sign GK's or defenders on permanent deals.

Sam Hart! Currently behind Bell, Williams, Bennett, JRC & Downing for a game at left back, yet he's been extended another month, why? Can see Graham, Downing & Samuel all being offered deals for next season.

Weren't we linked with Northampton's keeper fairy recently too?

That late run in 13-14 was incredibly frustrating, draws with the likes of Yeovil, and then Sheff Wed after being 3-1 up. 14-15 we were out of the running by March I think, masked by a good FA Cup run. Two of the top four goal scorers in the league and we finished 11 points off the play offs. I hope we can force our way in there this time, although the last time we got close under Mowbray after Bristol City away we went 5 games without a win, it wouldn't suprise me at all if we went that way instead.

That wasn't the question. Ok then, a last minute loan deal for next season's GK with Hilton on the bench. I think people expecting two Championship standard GK's coming in on permanent contracts are going to be disappointed.

We've done this a few times under Mowbray too though haven't we? Everytime we seem to get a sniff of the play offs we go 5 or 6 games without a win. I'm hoping behind closed doors might take that element away.

Would you rather have Leutwiler on the bench than Fisher?

I think the GK position next season will be solved by another last minute loan, with Fisher on the bench as back up.

Poor record here, but behind closed doors might take that kind of thing away. 2-1 Rovers

Joe Hart coming here is absolute fantasy land stuff, up there with Ayala. For everyone questioning him though, even now he's miles better than anyone else we had in that position in the last 10 years.

Wow! You make it sound like we sold the club to a bunch of 5 year olds. These are (supposedly) intelligent business people, they should have done there research before buying the club. They came into it trying to make a fast buck in my opinion, and it's backfire horribly. Venkys are to blame for everything that has happened to the club in the last decade, and are the main reason why the club will never achieve anything to that level ever again.

Clubs might want to keep the fans happy, but Sky and TV pay the wages. Whatever the TV companies want, will happen. The broadcasters will love this back to back football, it was heading this way anyway with a few more live games added to the schedule every time the TV deal was renewed, this "project restart" will accelerate the process though and before long, Saturday at 3pm for the top flight will be a distant memory.

Yeah, but Sky and TV dictate when a game is played. Plus to the top clubs, who all this is geared towards, it won't make any difference on there attendances whether the game is Saturday 3pm, Sunday at 7pm or Tuesday at 6pm. When the next TV deal comes around in 2022, I'd be amazed if there are any top flight games left at 3pm on a Saturday.

I think this will be very much the norm when the next TV deal comes out.

When we're attacking the Darwen End it's easy to forget it's behind closed doors.