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Should start the replay next Tuesday, see what he is capable of from the start.

Once Punch is back to full match practice and Lee gets to grips with English football a little, they'll dangerous players from the start or the bench. In addition to Jos, Chaplow and Guly. I think we could be turning a teams over again come March and April. Lee should be given a chance to play a full 90 in the replay next Tues

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Birmingham do seem a worry right now however two things... Brum have played 39 games already this season...minimum number they will have to play by the end of the season 59 Brum have only played 21 players in the league this season, three no longer play for them. Asking a group of 18 players to keep this form up when they've already played so many games would be a big ask for them...

Seems like an increasingly prevalent opinion.

I doesn't matter how skillful or expensive players are when Fat Sam is the manager, tedious and boring football is his bread and butter.

Morrison is a great talent but he has serious behavioural and attitude problems

They seem to be repeating the rumour that was floating around in the morning that we were after Collins because Upson said no.

Yeah, sell the naming rights to Jobcentre plus, watch attendances rise back to PL levels.

reluctantnicko Alan Nixon @ @Arronsanders Wants a daft contract #realitycheckneeded In response to a saints fan asking why we couldn't agree terms when he joined Ipswich on loan earlier in the season without problems

The bald bloke on SSN just said we have agreed personal terms and the only thing left is the medical.

John Percy @John__Percy @GazNffc at the moment, a loan is most likely. Danny Collins was a top target but he's gone to Southampton..

How long are you willing to watch the team drop points before being concerned? Our bad run has lasted almost 2 months now.

Win on Tues is vital, however a win on Saturday will be a big ask for any side in the league, Brum haven't lost at home all season. 4 points from those two should be the aim, more would be a bonus, anything worse than 3 points from those two would be a disaster

If there is, then West Ham aren't involved, their board and manager have been guaranteeing big money signings all January and all they've managed is an unproven MLS defender on a 2 month loan. Seems more like clubs just don't want to sell their stars in January when they still have something to play for.

Alan Nixon who wrote this piece also believes that if the player (he was referring to Hooper but he sent this out in the afternoon before his story was published) at the top of our list doesn't sign then our other choices (Sharp etc) could be signed when the loan window reopens. As the season ends at the end of April a 3 month loan would last the season, although if we end up in the play offs surely we wouldn't be able to play them. This may all be paper nonsense btw, however it's something to talk about.

This was written by Alan Nixon, the journalist who says we are still in for Billy Sharp, he's been hyping this piece up on his twitter thing since Friday, although he wrote on his twitter earlier this evening that the chances of Hooper deal coming off were slim, he seems to believe that whether Hooper doesn't come (my guess) we will still have a new striker before the window shuts, who is "recognised."

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Sometimes it seems a few on here would rather we were still saddled with Lowe, Wilde and Crouch running the show.

Hooiveld not count?

Mystic Mark predicts defeat, if we weren't going to win before, we are now.

NA's positive interview regarding transfers combined with Forte going to county suggests something is nearly tied up.

Blackpool are contenders for a play off place and aren't hurting for money as they didn't spend big in the PL and have parachute payments coming in. I really don't know why people are talking as if they'd sell Phillips to another npc team, he's been their standout player since he got in the team this season. On their OS now. Have to wonder, despite being nowhere near the side even when DC and Guly were the only strikers available if he would be moving on unless the club were confident in bringing in a striker to replace him.

Is this dinner even happening? Usually someone pops up saying they're going by now.

Funny you should bring something like this up as I was watching SSN earlier and they had an employment lawyer or some such to talk about the Carlos Tevez malarkey at City and he said the exact same thing about City's refusal to consider Tevez, although he implied that the player only has to be considered available for selection by the management for 10% of fixtures, not that he necessarily has to be involved in the game for 10% of games. So this is a very likely reason for the reconciliation.