S-Clarke

Where is everyone getting this info from out of interest?

Wouldn't take that as gospel. I asked some Ipswich fans about him and they're all sad he left them, they all rated him and wanted him back. He's probably been poor for them, but he wasn't poor for Ipswich.

Chaplow will probably be on the bench on tuesday, didn't travel today though afaik. Hoovield probably a good few weeks, hence our link to danny collins I wouldn't be surprised to see Fonte, Richardson and Lee involved today. So I don't think we're too far away from having most back.

http://www.twtd.co.uk/mb.php?m=v&t=186540#3

Exactly - all this talk of average backup signings etc is rubbish. This guy will add to the squad, but is as good as our other players - so we're not worried if/when he has to step in! Exactly the right transfer policy to adopt.

If you think keeping clean sheets is down to a single player then you're a little naive!

Would be fantastic cover. He was terrific for Ipswich when he was there a few weeks back. Maybe not quite premiership quality, but a top player at this level for sure.

It was, but ultimately any thread title with Cortese in it will attract certain individuals who then kill the thread stone dead.

I think you're actually clinically insane. Seek help.

He's probably the same sort of poster who says Adkins signings have been poor. Then conveniently misses out Chaplow, Fox, Cork, Hoovield, De Ridder etc

To be fair, pace is only useful if you can actually use it in a positive footballing sense. No disrespect to Forte.

Fantastic news!

good old SDR.

****. Couldn't we have just given them Lambert or something? We're screwed now.

Good post fella! Tuesdays game is a real biggy as far as I'm concered, and I think we'll do it. It's a huge chance for us to create a little gap betwen us and 3rd again, and to be honest in the long run that's all I care about. I'd love to see us win the league, but as long as we finish somewhere in the top 2 I will be thrilled - I want to avoid the playoffs at all costs!

I think we're having a bit of a rot at the moment, no one can deny that - but we wer enever going to go through the season like we started. It wasn't possible. Every team will have a blip, some longer than others, but at the end of the day our quality with the likes of Lallana, Lambert, Fonte and Chaplow in the side is unquestionable - and a first team with those 4 players in it will win more than they lose at this level. I'd have liked to see another striker, and to be honest we still have time, but I don't think thsi window has been a total disaster really. At the end of the day if we cannot afford what players want, or what clubs want, what can NC do about it? It's not his money at the end of the day and he's only managing it 'on behalf' of someone else.

I wouldn't bother wasting your time with facts with him. He doesn't seem to deal in them.

I would agree with that. I think he'll struggle in the premiership personally. Long-shots aplenty etc. He's been a great servent for us and is one of my favourite players - but if and when we get promoted I think he should take a backseat to someone new, fresh and young - and I can potentially see Davis becoming a coach in and around the club.

Why don't you just sod off to the TUI? They all seem to have the same midset as yourself over there. You have some agenda against Cortese and have had from day 1. I wasn't happy with him a year or so ago and said as much, but I'm happy to change my opinion because he's learnt from his mistakes quite clearly and is doing things that are positive for this football club. People that critise him now are just looking for attention IMO, simply because before him we had Wilde, Crouch, Lowe....and can you honestly say we'd be better off with any of those 3? Exactly. End of story.

I reckon he was an option before Punch returned to us.

And where are they getting that £5m from...? 2 + 2.....

Nice one. You're quite a big fan then?

Good news on Seaborne. Still wouldn't expect him anywhere near the first team for a while yet though.

At last - a swipe ticketing system!

Guly is within the top 3 scorers at this level. I'd say he's pretty reliable. You're going to have to find someone pretty damn good to be more reliable than that. And what is it with people living in the past??? Let them go...they played for us once, they won't again. We don't go after has-beens anymore, that isn't our transfer policy.