S-Clarke

I'd be very surprised if the targets weren't known or identified well in advance, very surprised. Again, you don't know that they haven't identified anyone before hand so you can't say that really.If you have evidence to say that they haven't, then fair enough. Anyway, Lee for e.g has been a target for a year. If that shows you anything it's that we plan and vet our signings very well, they're not just panic buys...I'd rather fill my squad up with players that have been heavily scouted, researched and worked on, rather than rush signings that were identified and purchased in a couple of days. If anything, taking the time and attention in identifying the right targets should help the bedding in process and all in honestly, eliminate it. I don't really think that'll be an issue.

Nah the season after...we still have him for a year after this. His contract is up 2013.

You can't just sign a player in a day or a couple of days. We don't need much, we need specifics and clubs aren't massively keen to let you have their best players incase you didn't know. if you think that you're living in football manager land and don't understand football or how it works. That seems to be quite a reoccurring theme with your posts.

I think it's the end of next season.... we signed him on a 5 year deal ( 5 years ffs!!!!!!!) in 2008

He could ditch football and take up becoming a professional ****, he seems to be doing a pretty good job of that at the moment. Better than his football anyway.

Yeah, for a club that maybe didn't have much financial security you could possibly snap him up for that - but Hudders are pretty secure with good backing behind them so they don't need that money, it's no benefit to them. So it will take very very big offer to make them remotely interested.

It's what you want to hear from a manager IMO. ''We want the top spot, we want to be the best, we want to win the league''. Better than the Burley days where he was always aiming for the Playoffs and psychologically that affects everyone, including the fan base....so you lose that extra bit of intensity.Nothing wrong with raising the targets and aiming for the best. Players should thrive on the opportunity to prove they can be the best.

The difference I can tell is that CMS kind of forced defenders into mistakes, and punished them on every mistake they made. His pace and work rate opened up alot of opportunities for him. The higher up you go, then less mistakes they make so your movement and instincts need to be better...which is why he isn't scoring as many in the championship. Rhodes has great movement, and makes his own opportunists through the movement and he has that natural instinct. Similar to Lambert (totally different player I know...) but he knows where to be to score, so does Rhodes...they will score goals at any level given the service.

I have absoloutly no problem with people stating an opinion when they have decent stuff to back it up with. But you have always been saying this, "our manager, chairman is sat there with no urgency in terms of signing a player. They're doing nothing, they have their fingers up their arses". It's like you can see into the board room and exactly what they're doing. But you can't, so how the hell can you even come to that opinion? You can't, which is why I can't accept that. If you were in the board room and witnessed them doing nothing then you'd have a point and be able to backup your opinion, but you don't so you can't. Therefore you are speaking rubbish.

Unfortunately yes. Well, we got a lump sum from Spurs at the time and Forecast, but it removed all other clauses in the bale deal.

He's not ****, HTH.

Shut up.

The fact that he's a substitute for Bromley says all you need to know about the ineptness of the guy.

Gobern has been great for them in all the games he's played to be honest, they really really rate him up there. Pleased for him.

but against a truly shocking wycombe team. He's a goal scorer though, will always score in whatever league IMO, if he has the right service. I don't think we'll get him though, more likely to go to a premiership side.

5 goals for Rhodes, great movement. but wycombe are utter, utter, utter dross.....rubbish.

Rhodes is a natural goal scorer, he will score at any level with the right service. Not surprised to see the amount of clubs linked.

to be honest, I think he needs the game time to get his confidence and form back. It's not like he's knackered...he's just missing a bit of sharpness, which he lost during his injury.

Interesting pairing. Doble needs to kind of start making his mark here now, what is he...22/23? Getting on a bit now in football terms! I imagine the squad for tomorrow will be very similar to the one which started against Crystal Palace in the carling cup? Ward Prowse/Reeves etc...

In terms of transfers incoming, Adkins latest interview is very positive. Spoke about Lee, which included pictures of him training in saints kit etc - so that's pretty much done bar the shouting. He also said that Lee was shown to the players last year, after he scored in the Asian cup final...so he's obviously one we've been after for a while. Also was asked if there will be any more movement....and he said yep, we want more players in here sooner rather than later and the chairman is working hard behind the scenes to do that. He said we won't have anyone in for Saturday, but the target is to have new faces in before the Forest game...and then the Leicester game. Sounds like we're tracking quite a few players. When asked about the FA Cup he seemed pretty adamant that all focus is on the league, and improving the squad to make sure we make the best of our position and get promoted to the premier league. That's now the target and goal for this season without a doubt. No 17th placed finish Dalek.

tbf they wouldn't have gone all the way down the line without investigating the work permit, and if there would be any real issues.

He has already signed, pending the work permit being approved/accepted. Once that's done, all becomes official.

True, that's already happened. He's gone. (David Burke iirc)

He's been converted by the development coaching team into a more attacking left sided player, who can also operate 'in the hole'. They thought he'd suit that role because technically he's very good, and has a good cross and shot on him.....he is a little lightweight, but so was bale in his early days with us. He was terrific in the carling cup games I saw earlier in the season tbh, some great ability on the ball shown in those games. He only made his first league app. on Monday, and it's not easy coming into a team 2-0 down and 10 men. He could do with a loan IMO - but we can't risk that until we have more backup.

De Ridder was injured, which showed up our lack of options even more tbh. Don't think it was anything serious.