Just forced myself to sit through that. 43 minutes of my life I'll never get back listening to the interviewer blow smoke up GB's backside. I'll give the bloke credit for something. If there were prizes handed out for corporate waffle and bullshit GB would be a world cup winner. Couple of things struck me about the interview as it was going along. Firstly when he was talking about Scott Wharton's injury and Ash Phillip's possible inclusion, it sounded like he had some input into first team selection. I would have hoped he had nothing whatsoever to do with that area and that that was the sole remit of JDT and his assistant. Secondly, having a first team squad of 22 with 6 Academy players waiting in the wings doesn't REALLY sound like a Club fully invested in youth. It sounds more like a Club that would like to rely on its youngsters but one that doesn't really trust them. Finally, at the end of the interview, the mask slipped and the charade was unveiled. The thing he had learnt from his career was: "Never be in too much of a hurry to get to where you want to go". He might as well have added "and don't forget to milk it for every penny you can, every step of the way". Having listened to that pile of nonsense I'm more convinced than ever that sustitute GB's "project" for Mowbray's "journey" and all we have in reality is another confidence trickster trying to take the Club for a ride and that as with Mowbray we'll wake up to the fact four years down the line to find that we're absolutely no better off than when we started except, financially, the Club will be in debt to the owners to the tune of another £100m quid or so.

Shouldn't bite but....... Perhaps if we filled a position we actually needed to fill, certain people like myself might be a bit more enthusiastic!

Fair comment.

The comforting and expert words of Greg "George was our main target all summer" Broughton. I find it fairly interesting that he's referring to the player in terms as though he might be seen as a potential impact sub rather than a guaranteed starter.

Wouldn't be averse to a Hotel in combination with a modern and aesthetically pleasing new stand. Think there's two chances of that and slim left town a long time ago.

Not directed at you specifically Mike but I'm amazed at how easily placated most of the fan base seems to be. After 25 days the m/b was (rightly imo) in meltdown over the lack of new faces. Now, borrow someone in in a position in which we don't particularly need any further cover and relatively speaking everyone seems happy as a pig in shit. For me this is a bit of a nothing signing that merely blocks our own players from getting game time. If it ends up being in addition to the players we REALLY need like a goalscorer and a midfielder who'll add a bit of guile and steel, fair enough.

You actually think he's going to make the difference?

He's clearly investing fully in the move as well, referring to us as "the Club". Still nothing we can do about it now, have to hope he does well but I'd far rather our own players got the chance.

Hirst scored 15 for Portsmouth didn't he.

Boom Boom.

Hang on, is that not the exact opposite of the stance you have taken over the last 12 months and the last two January windows of the Club in your eyes lacking ambition?

Don't know much about Nisbet granted, but we wasted that amount on Szmodics in the summer.

I feel incredibly sorry for Markanday. Extremely highly rated, brought in by another manager, agrees to drop down a division and uproot to the other end of the Country to commit to us permanently and get game time. Injured as soon as he gets here, new manager comes in, doesn't rate him for whatever reason and doesn't even give him a chance to prove himself. Now even less likely to get any game time due to the acquisition of yet another player who, even if he does OK, won't be here next season. Still, it's all part of the "project" eh? I suppose Huddersfield will be happy if we get Thomas back into some sort of half decent form.

Bit of a wet dream for Waggott to sanction closing a stand. Wonder how long before we get this for League games?

Touchy. Let me summarise the first 26 days of the transfer window for you. We are reported to be close to bringing in 24 year old Sorba Thomas from Huddersfield Town on loan for the rest of the season. No option to purchase. Happy?

I know it's the modern fad but speaking personally I don't like wide men on the "wrong" side, when they cut in they're generally playing the ball in in front of the defence and it's meat and drink to clear. Bowyer started this with Conway and Marshall and completely nullified them imo.

We'll see. Smacks of scraping the bottom of the barrel for a player in a position we don't particularly need just for the sake of getting a body in to me. Can't imagine the player will be over the moon to be here either. I'd rather give Markanday a proper chance and I'd imagine Dolan's stats this season are considerably better than that as well. P.S. Everyone will be delighted to hear Google Chrome working fine. Samsung Internet seemingly still not.

So BBD potentially out on a pre contract agreement and three goal in seventy wide man Thomas potentially in to replace him on loan. Not even a permanent deal either. "Desperate" doesn't even begin to describe it. Edit: More yellow cards than assists this season - 23 games, 0 goals, 7 yellow cards, 6 assists.

Well aware thanks, and I can only apologise to everyone. Same thing happened to me a while back and lasted for ages before righting itself for no apparent reason before eventually coming back. Was logging in using Samsung Internet and have changed to Google Chrome. Seems to have worked for this post. Thanks for the suggestion.

On the technical side, any suggestions? When I try to quote anyone it also automatically highlights the quoted bit leaving me unable to type anything.

That could get very expensive for you if everyone takes you on. I'll take you up on it assuming you mean the FA Cup tie.

He's the ideal bloke for them to come in until the end of the season. Then get shut either way I'd have said. Hopefully from his point of view he can then disappear off into the sunset again with an eye watering bonus for 3 months work.

Not sure about Gelhardt. The last thing we need is another non scoring striker. Mind you the way Broughton and the rest of the recruitment team are shaping it would be a major surprise if we beat another team to any player, ideal or not.

Apologies if it's been mentioned elsewhere but Cantwell gone elsewhere. Another target missed. Keep pulling the rabbits out of the hat Gregg.

Good to see our recruitment department appears to be just as incompetent as it was before Broughton rocked up. For those defending him- it's up to him to have identified and sorted any practical issues out- he'll be being paid enough to do so.