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what short term loans/overdraft do we have in total?

that side works for me.

could save ourselves a few bob in wages and if we have ****ed up and signed a keeper we don't really need (perhaps because the Davis sale fell through) this would be a good way to advertise him and perhaps move him quickly on.

the other club is Bistol City, so I'm told from a Barnsley supporting mate.

I think the other club is Bristol City

he and Eadie should never have been allowed to leave the club.

Does that 958 include pay on the days like me as it felt like more than a 1000? I would say this though, how many of the 958 came up from the south? I think the `ex-pats' are a sizeable number and we get the same minimum level of support no matter how badly we are doing.

I usually avoid these threads but there is little else on here at present. Anyway I agree with SoG when it comes to having no choice but to sell anyone that was on a serious wage and replace them with kids. I don't agree with the `Lowe is the only choice' line, but his large financial stake in the club means he is certainly committed to our survival (the most important thing surley?). I do go to games, so perhaps you wouldn't mind telling me what an incoming chairman should have done this summer? I must point out that I felt we should have kept Pearson so if that is your main arguement then I agree with you.

what is his injury? I remember him coming off worse in an ugly 50:50 but he managed to continue to the end of the game.

what exactly has Lowe and Wilde stolen?

funny thats exactly what I thought and seeing as they pay some of their apprentices £75,000 a year up there it was probably harder to find one on peanuts than you think.

James must be replaced for me. He is not good enough. Only Cork appears to be able to provide cover though which is a shame as he played well in midfield. Davis Cork Lancashire Wotton Fish Lallana Gillet Schneiderlin Surman John Pekhart

on Shffeild radio the Barnsley fans said they are playing better without Howard and were unlucky not to be 3 or 4 nil up at half time on Saturday. that doesn't sound like a side that wants the manager gone but there will always be sone players not happy.

Watford are in need of a keeper on loan and I wondered if we might consider offering them one of ours or are they a potential relegation rival?

he certainly looked ****.

He was ****ed off that Barnsley priced him out of a big move in the summer. He's out of contract next summer and won't sign a new deal. Sheff United know this hence £600,000 is the price. The loan deal/signing in Januray is done according to BBC Sheffield. The Barnsley fans weren't surprised or all that fussed as he has done nothing this season.

Just returned from yet another Yorkshire pilgramage. Absolutely delighted we took all three points, but if anyone thinks we have turned a cormer they are kidding themselves. This win certainly won't do our confidence any harm and I hope we can get a roll going but I fear it may just paper over the cracks. The positives. We beat what was in front of us, but let me state that that was a Donny side short on confidence and lacking any cutting edge whatsoever. Davis continues to shine and saved well when Byfield was 1 on 1. His distribution was top class and his ground kicking even on his wrong foot was solid. Lancashire offers us some pace at CB. Mills looked terrific in what is only his third game. Not only might we have founhd a decent fullback but it will allow Surman to play further forward. Cork can play. I thought he was terrific at right back the other week and he looks as though he can play anywhere. He would be wasted at CB. Stern looked good for 5 minutes. Thats about it really. The negatives. James was and is terrible. I have bigged him up for three years as a CM. But he is the worst right back I have ever seen. Slow, poor distribution, crap in the air, appauling positional sense. He kept them on side time after time, dilly dallied on the ball andnearly cost us `shielding the ball off for a goal kick'. He is bad and we must try someone else. Pekart was terrible. He won next to nothing in the air, chased hardly anything, did nothing with the ball when he got it. Very dissapointing. He has not impressed me at all so far. He must improve a lot. McGoldrick scored, it was his goal, but he didn't do much for me. He is not a right midfielder and I don't understand why we play him there. Yes we won, yes he scored, but if we continue using him in this way we'll lose a lot more than we win.

in the formation we are using I'd pick Skacel every day of the week at left wing. He doesn't have any pace but he does much much more with it than Dyer, BWP, McGoldrick...even Holmes. I was at Derby and he may have been on the pitch for 2 hours but he was out on his feet after an hour and did the bare minimum. Once forward he walked back. It matters not as at left wing he isn't required to track back. I certainly can't argue that we need fullbacks but Cork looked decent there against Barnsley and Surman has done OK. I've gave up calling for a full back long ago as quite clearly that position is a bemuda triangle at this club... Anyone that witnessed the debarcle on Tuesday will see that without Gillett there is a massie void in CM. As soon as I read that Gillett was out on Saturday it made me think twice about going as I just can't see us winning without him. We'll see. Hope I'm wrong otherwise its another long trip back...

is lancashire good enough? Wotton certainly isn't. Skacel at left midfield. So who plays there for the last 30 minutes?

oops, confusing my don valleys with my donny rovers.

so who are we playing there tomorrow then? Surman and James? woppee****igndo.

btu he's just cover for Lallana. We need some bite in the middle. Gillett offers us this but he is going to get suspended soon, is innured now and will no doubt lose form at some point. Clueless squad building.

We play one up front with wingers that do **** all thats why we don't score goals. I didn't see us miss many chances at Donny, Barnsley or Ipswich. CM is the problem position especially with Gillett injured.

Can someone please tell me why we have loaned a striker when we desperately need someone to play at CM? We saw on Tuesday that without Gillett snapping at players heals we have absolutely nothing at CM. Wotton is like a statue (and might have to play at CB anyway), Surman is an attacking midfielder, Schneiderlin is injured along with Pulis. James appears our only other option and he looks short at this level to me. I just don't understand that decision. I fear for us on Saturday, I thought Gillett and Schneiderlin would be fit but Jan says otherwise. Surely there must be a CM available for loan somewhere?

I thought if the buying club doesn't pay up then because you can hold on to the registration the player can't `officially' play. If the league they are in allows it then that country can be banned from FIFA competitions?