It's the worst signing of its type since Grabbi, ie by a manager who is not certifiable. I'm ignoring loads of Kean's signings.

How true.

I thought you were ticking us off for doing that and assuming we wanted his head!

OK, he could sign 6 to give us 3 real ones!

But 3 more players would take us 3 players nearer?

Maybe we should do the same with Brereton.

Did I read that it was 20%?

Reads like criticism of the manager to me!

is it? Surely its not progress if they don't play!

Apart from Reed what actually happened?

I don't think he'll go in January. TM has said so more than once.. I take that to mean there's a tacit deal between the Club and the player that, unless we are in the Premiership at the end of the season ( highly unlikely) he'll be allowed to leave in the summer.

Would these players who could improve us ever get a game?

The danger is that players like Travis (and Bothwell for that matter) will get fed up by lack of game time and look for pastures new. Travis, particularly is at the stage where he should be improving with experience. On another point, if Travis does leave, can we keep his girl friend?!

We didn't make much progress in July/August did we on that basis?

Not that one about looking good in training again----please!! I thought that had disappeared with Anderson's lad.

"soon"----I don't think so. Unless Graham is wheelchair bound, he starts.

if TM was braver.

Isn't that the whole point?

Isn't this the problem? All debated here at length but TM went ahead collecting mid-fielders whom he doesn't pick and ignoring the key positions we all identified. And this is where Brereton comes in. Its not that he's to blame for the result, its people thinking that we could have sorted out those key positions for less than 7M. That's why the focus is often on Brereton. So, we should be looking at" what did Brereton do when he came on?" Isn't the answer "not much"? Haven't we made a big mistake here? Its no good keep arguing "we can't judge Brereton till he's played a run of full games." He has not shown enough to be given that chance. In any case, the formation TM prefers doesn't allow 2 upfront in the middle which, apparently, is the only place Brereton can play! That position is Graham's till he can no longer walk! Finally, as many have said, too much faith is being put in the players that took us up. Perhaps that's why TM did not address glaring issues in the transfer window. I think we will be at least 5 points off the play-offs by the end of the season and look back at what could have been. TM has done a great job for us so far but he might not be the man to take us further. That's the sad conclusion I reach.

Yeah but I wasn't asking you!

Name one!

What's the odds of two clubs playing each other over more than a century and winning exactly the same number of games?

Here's an amazing statistic----we have beaten Brum exactly the same number of times as they've beaten us!! The record is 46 wins each with 31 drawn.

You're deluded or taking the piss.

Or, the other ten were carrying him.