Well, I wasn't critical of us chasing Gallagher so any who were can speak for themselves.. But how seriously are we chasing him? Several reports say he wants to come to us but its looking like Brentford will nab him. Chasing and catching are two different things. Finally, if that's our defence on the first day. and stays that way, our chances of the playoffs are derisory. And if Graham gets injured they're even worse than that!

Of course you can, who'd have it any other way? To what matters----if the club's position is officially that the aim this season is the playoffs then it had better get cracking and find the missing players capable of achieving that hadn't it? Talk is cheap and time is precious, thus far the off season's activities are not matching the rhetoric. Would you agree?

Its an expectation that you've embraced above! You've raised it in opposition to what I consider a more realistic appraisal. You can't now just stand aside and say "this is what the club thinks, not me". You've played a stinker there imo! However, there is a caveat. Its whether TM can pull 4 rabbits out of a hat. All I can say at the minute is that I'm not hopeful from what's happened so far and its Brentford who look more likely to secure a playoff place than Rovers. They seem to be hijacking our targets!

If you're expecting the playoffs then who is unbalanced? Can only think of the playoffs if we sign at least 4 good uns in the positions we need to fill.

Can't agree with this. We have ONE decent, proven striker and he's well into his thirties. We need 4 players at least----centre-back, striker, keeper and left-back. All needed last time, never addressed. Problems are increasing every time we have a failed window (ie every time there's a window) Incredible that TM doesn't cop more flack than he does. Charmed life.

You beat me to it, possibly because I pondered as to whether it constituted "bickering"!

Its a gamble alright but hopefully those who have seen the lad and recommended him have got it right. If he's a Vardy this will be hailed as a work of genius. If it fails it won't be a disaster.

I think we need the two. Absolute nightmare if Graham is injured early on. Shouldn't be a matter of one or the other.

The trouble with that is that Rodwell presumably proved to TM's satisfaction that he had the ability and desire-----but he didn't. Its possible that TM isn't as good a judge as we would want him to be.

We need a striker but I'd prefer to get the goalkeeping situation sorted first.

at which point TM loses interest!!

Should have bought an experienced keeper and kept Raya for the near future. And that's all I'll ever say now about Raya cos he's gone!

Was that early 90's? First season up?

No! Not biting. Sorry!

er---no!

Changing the topic, report in the LT about Accy Stanley's friendly at Sligo Rovers where Stanley lost 1-0. 20 "hardy" Stanley fans went over for the game! Love it! Fair play to them.

Keep on trashing your fellow fans.

Or alternatively, some will say that TM has it all worked out and we should get behind the lads, however rubbish a job we think he's done. My post is as pointless as yours!

One of the poorest areas in the whole country. You'd have to be totally uninformed to believe tickets would sell in numbers at that price. Can only be an attempt to push people into a season ticket and people generally react badly to being pushed into anything. Waggot seems to forget this is entirely discretionary expenditure and there are many whose discretion is very limited. Most seeing this sort of price on offer would simply decide not to go. How does that help us?

"here and now" and over 30.

If only....

Ok that's the first time I've seen that. Seems a lot of time and publicity for someone he didn't think would make the first team.

What reports?

It's an improvement on 7M though!

It wouldn't be a good window because once again it does not sufficiently address the core problem---the defence. Full-backs needed badly, if we were to sign 7 why aren't 2 of them full-backs? We are also in need of another striker---totally dependent on Graham not getting injured.