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This time a year ago, we (most of us) thought that squad was good enough to challenge for top 6. Even Mowbray thought so and, but for him, we might have made it! Does anyone think we'll be doing anything this season other than trying to avoid relegation? We've gone backwards haven't we?

You never do! It is as bad! Hardly any of it makes any sense at all. Clearly there was no money to replace Armstrong and this is where those awful decisions to buy Gallagher and Brereton come back to bite us on the bum.

Whole crowd chanting "Uncle Jack's Blue and White army"! A small start but at least they'd know what we think.

Clearly the overall aim in this window was to cut costs. No pretence anymore that our aim is top 6. Our sole aim is to try and stay in this league. Not much to get excited about is it?

The point he's missing is ---we don't want the job, we know we couldn't do it but we do people who could do it better and we want one of them. Same goes for Prime Minister.

I'm another who doesn't want Butterworth frozen out. Should be eating out for weeks on the strength of that sublime reverse pass. Same old story.

One of the nation's richest men!! (Sorry Mercer!)

In any case does anyone seriously think he and the owners could get on???!!! I'd love a ticket for that!

And if we get promoted under him, it would be the biggest disaster you could ever imagine. Down by Christmas!

No change there then.

Thank God for that!

Is he going to come on, play well and then get dropped again? Only you know Tony!!

The experts said Gallagher should play in the middle! Wrong were they (we)?

Wow! Didn't see this coming! Fantastic performance from the bowlers. Given that Archer, Broad, Wood and Stokes were unavailable, that was some achievement. Then again, it was Headingley!

We know they will. Be allowed to run out of contract, play well and get dropped, play out of position and fail to keep their pay up to their ability levels. Its just inevitable.

Summary of this post----a slow death rather than a quick one.

It wouldn't be so bad if Mowbray could actually find one---a striker I mean! "I know how to get round this, I'll tell Balaji I've signed 2 strikers but they're actually going to run up and down the flanks."

I like it!

Reality of your position is "remorseless optimism"!! Abbey had it right!

That's the difference between investment and waste.

"benefactor"? That's one word for it!

They'll leave for less than they are worth, Raya already has.

And I'll go back to my much-misunderstood original post on this subject. If we keep messing Carter around he'll leave.

We all agree we must have 4 centre-backs. What's wrong with Carter being one of them? He will play a reasonable number of games and his career can take off from there.

I'm not sure I'd go that far yet but if we are to have 4 centre-backs, I absolutely agree that that's the four we should have. Why should be pay out to develop the likes of Branthwaite? Not as good as our own.