MarkBRFC71

Can we still sign free agents? Maybe that's the plan - scrape the bottom of that barrel and see what turns up?

Even if does happen he's on borrowed time with those CB options. Nyambe and Williams are not CBs, they're sticking plasters at best. So essentially we are left with 2 actual CBs - Lenihan (who is hit and miss at best) and Tosin (who we don't really know much about tbh). Piss poor as we've needed a good, starting CB since we got promoted (actually, probably before that) and TM has failed miserably every window since to sort it.

They've already signed Frenkie De Jong ....

So my gig record isn't going well - I had the Prodigy and Stones booked within two days of each other, but both sadly cancelled. Looks like I'm down to Macca in June and Noel G's HFB later in the year as it stands .....

Very sad to hear of Keith Flint's passing. Of the multitudes of gigs I've been to since, I still rank the Prodigy gig I went to at the Mcr Apollo in 1996 as the rowdiest, craziest night of them all - the entire place was bouncing, every person in the crowd was up for it and the band delivered an amazing gig. Sadly I booked tickets a couple of weeks ago to see them in Dallas in early May and was really excited for it - gutted that's now not going to take place. RIP.

A team with Rodwell and Mulgrew at centre half is going to concede 2 or 3 goals a game. It’s really that simple.

As a born and bred Lancastrian it pains me to say Yorkshire tea is the best bagged tea - however it's in very short supply in these coffee-centric parts. I am reliant on visitors and work colleagues shipping it in from the UK ..... managed to avoid any stock-outs so far in 3 years ?

Age, injuries and he found his level in League One. Like several people have said a hundred times, CB should have been the number one transfer priority over everything else - last summer, but more than ever in January. Letting Downing go was stupid. Rodwell is no more a CB than Armstrong is. Lenihan is too inconsistent. Williams isn’t even a footballer. I’m sure a couple of the U23 lads couldn’t do worse than this shower.

Is this the right time to say again THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A F**KING PROPER CENTRAL DEFENDER!!!

Showing what a stupid decision Brereton was for a club in our position. We could’ve bought a good, £2m proven goalscorer, a £2m centre half, and a £2m winger and still had £1m change. Dack was £750k so you can’t tell me we couldn’t have signed 3 very good (for our squad) players who could’ve made a huge difference from League One. Preston just signed at least a couple who are playing really well for them. Our scouting must be shite, or it’s just piss poor decision making by those in charge.

So the options for our leaky (at times) central defence are 3 converted midfielders who between them are injury prone, getting on, or struggling a bit at this level, and a supposed left back who I'm still not entirely convinced is a footballer. Wowzers.

Well this year so far I've got some oldies booked in (before god forbid any of them peg it) - The Rolling Stones in Glendale Arizona early May, followed by Paul McCartney in June in Arlington (actually the second last gig at the home of the Texas Rangers - which despite only being a 24 year old, $200m, purpose built baseball park is being torn down for a new one!) Am gutted I'll be stuck over here when the Bluedot festival is one - Kraftwerk, New Order and Hot Chip is one hell of a line up!

The guy who scored was offside, but no excusing Raya's schoolboy error.

Exactly. No need to change the formation whatsoever.

3 at the back idea is looking strong How many times do we have to try it and it end up a fkn disaster for TM to realise WE DON'T HAVE THE PLAYERS TO PLAY THAT WAY!!!

7 changes but not the one (dropping Lenihan for Downing) that we really needed ....

Why should it be a strength?? They are both converted midfielders who were our number one partnership last time we slipped out of this league. A number of us on here said our priority signing on promotion should've been a proper, old-school, blood and thunder centre half as Mulgrew/Lenihan aren't up to it. Being proven every week. Number one rule in football, you build a team from the back on a solid defence that doesn't give away many goals - you don't spunk £7m on a young striker with 'potential' unless you are Man City or Liverpool.

The Doors - Five To One

Team selection - wrong Not buying a proper Championship level centre half in summer - wrong Spunking £7m on a striker with potential when you needed a defender - wrong Thinking you’re Pep Guardiola and Dack is the English Messi - wrong Thinking that Williams is a Championship level LB - wrong

Dack has had a total shocker. Think he’s believing his own hype a bit too much these days.

Williams is a liability.

Smallwood and Armstrong off for Brereton and Graham for me at half time. May as well go for it now.

Stupid team selection. You can play a ‘false 9’ when you’re Pep and you’ve got Messi. Not only has it cost us the game having no outlet up front, what is it saying to your strikers that you prefer midfielders in their position. When Mowbray gets it wrong he gets it totally and completely wrong. Blame for this lies totally at his door.

The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It

The Housemartins - Happy Hour