I would have seen him----from those little seats round the edge of the wall (Darwen End of the enclosure) but I honestly have no memory of him. So hats off to you! My favourite player of that era was William Fenton, a left-winger who only played 17 games for us! I was mortified when we sold him to -------York City!! I've never met anyone else who's even heard of him!

From the little I've seen of him Bauer is definitely "uncompromising"! Solid unit. However I would prefer Hanley as a player. Let's not forget though that Bauer would be our player and Hanley would be on loan. Something worth thinking about......

If we turned away from Bauer after all this time pursuing him because his agent wanted too much in wages, then Preston signed him-----surely we would have to think something was amiss?

Will one signing in defence turn things around?

But we wouldn't I suspect. We'll get Bauer probably and nothing more. Not even linked with any full-backs are we?

Whether he is or not wasn't my point. I want us to go forward, we can't improve without a good centre-back partnership. So, I'd welcome him as an addition.

Sure but its all about not conceding. There's only one Mike England!

I think that would be a good partnership provided Hanley retains the form he had when he left us but NOT,definitely NOT as a replacement for Linahan.

I should have known!

I think people see us as fishing in a very small pool. We need to cast our net wider. And that concludes the Fishing Report!

An aria?

TM signed him for WBA, 33 years old and out of contract-----fits the bill exactly!

If Chapman is Conway's replacement, surely that's an improvement? Davenport could be a suitable replacement for Reed for that matter but I accept that's a big if.

Doh! And let's not be prescriptive about the thread. In the absence of signings it always develops into whatever takes anyone's fancy. I'd suggest you'd be as guilty as anyone else if I checked back. And just to prove it: rigger if it is a straight choice between Brereton and Nuttall, I would take Brereton. renrag and BankEnd Rover like this

Well of course we are! But that doesn't prevent us having different opinions about any aspects of the club does it? There are differing opinions about Nuttall on here and I was agreeing with you while, I must admit, having a little dig at you over Brereton at the same time! You've come close to agreeing Ben can't head it by the way!

EH? I was on your side!

So Nuttall's only worth £6M then?

Didn't bother chasing back when he lost the ball is another.

And he can head it!

Would they want him? £500000 max is my guess.

Oh we have no choice but to stick with him. The fee has determined that.

Well, blow me down! Wherever did I get that idea then? It was commonly stated at the time and never challenged as far as I remember so I simply accepted it. Feeling very embarrassed tbh. But you are the first person I've ever read on here to say that as far as I recall so I won't be the only one to have got it wrong.

That speaks volumes.

One thing we should not forget----Matty wasn't wearing a helmet. A tragedy that might have been avoided.

Sorry but what's this refer to?