S-Clarke

you're exaggerating it to make a point. we have spent just under £2m, (add on's permitting etc) and without the -10 i would fully expect us to be promoted. why are people ignoring the -10 issue and our season preprations, thinking it's some sort of ''excuse''? it's a valid point and it's why we're 10 points off the flaming playoffs.

There's being ambitious, and then there's being realsitc. i'd like to think the majority of our fans are being realstic and looking at the situation with prespectiive, based on the start we had and our current distance from the playoffs. (which i think has given us a little too much to do)

i'd have expected them to be demanding upwards of £1m, which IMO, is fair. i guess we're arguing that Gillett will be part of the deal, so that will bring the price down.....but then again, wern't we prepared to let him go for 50k or something silly? tbf i expect this to go to the wire, if pard's really wants him, he'll get him.

tbf i don't think he's a ''defensive'' midfielder as such, he takes alot of long range shots at goal and drives forward - but from reading donny fans views he's primarily the sort of player to get a team passing. (sort of player i think we're crying out for imo)

don't think he's particularly quick - more of a ''get it, give it'' type player, gets teams passing - one of the reasons teams like WBA were looking at him.

+1.

nope, we're still on. we're on Sky sports 3, liverpool game is on 1.

Great play by sky if true, seeing as they've already plugged the live coverage of our game.

they also want Gillett, and i doubt we'll let them have him without him being included in the stock deal.

yep - sky sports 3, 7pm K.O.

Achilles injury, so fortnight at least.

I'm sure i read somewhere that players signed mid-season from the championship and above, cannot be included in the JPT squad...can anyone confirm that? Prob a load of rubbish, but im sure i saw it somewhere.

only confirmed his interest in Stock, but the problem is that Doncasters valuation doesn't meet ours....at the moment.

He's not the greatest of players, but i don't think he's been that bad this season? he's done a job when he's been asked to do one, and although he's clearly limited you cannot question his commitment. Still, he needs to be replaced if we're going to move forwards and i'm sure we'll do that this month.

I don't think we'll sign another ''top'' striker - probably just one more to add depth, although 4-5-1 can be seen as negative, with the right players it's actually a really offensive formation. Lallana hasn't been bad IMO, one of our better players - but our problem with Lallana at times is our bloody urge to hoof it, players like Lallana cannot play if you just hoof, they're completely isolated from the game. I've seen him try and win headers...and although he tries and works his socks off (you cannot deny that) - it's just not his game. Get someone to pass the ball to him instead of hoofing it and he'll be even more influential.

We can be, and we've shown that earlier in the season. Southend away for example, both players were excellent. what was the difference in that game for e.g....? Wotton in a 4-5-1. I'm not saying we need to play wotton etc - but we need another midfielder to give a bit more security to morgan and even lallana to a lesser extent.

lol how many did we have turn up for our ''Lowe, Wotte-Notta-Gotta-Clue'' march?

they're not that bad tbh. what they also have is a settled team, they've kept it the same for pretty much 2 seasons (colchester lost hammond, granted - but they did a good job replacing him with O'Toole).

yep, spot on. our team is better than the bottom half teams in the leauge, hence the wins we get against them - but it's not quite good enough against the leeds/norwich/colchester/millwall's etc...

i think it's the way in which certain people put their views across.

He's a funny player, undoubtedly has more ability than most players in this league but goes missing way too often. I don't think Hammond has been all that great recently either, which possibly is contributing to the quietness of morgan. Another good quality midfielder in there would shake things up a bit.

nope, he said on solent that it was 2 pts dropped because of the position we got ourselves in.

Johnny Ots

I do see what you mean but i think we've had a bit of a reality check recently. Colchester and Leeds are better teams than us (not in terms of out and out quality, but in terms of balance etc) - we've still got some way to go in certain areas. We really really lack drive and attacking quality from midfield, that IMO is our massive weak link - which makes stock a massive signing if it happens.

I'd guess that talks between the clubs will continue next week, they want Gillett back....and we obviously want to include him in any sort of deal. I've got a feeling that this could drag out until the 11th hour though.