S-Clarke

I guess it's because they want him to play games, so they may send him out on loan to another club - seems a waste really loaning out one of your promising players, only to have them sitting in the other teams reserves.

i think we lack natural out-and-out width, especially on the left and at times play from our midfield is either lopsided or very central and crowded. Our midfield needs to learn how to spread the play more often - too often at the moment we are just launching it from midfield into blind alleys, or straight down a strikers throat in a central position. Games are often won by getting in behind a full back and crossing the ball. We won lots and lots of games when we had Antionio doing that...but he's kind of been sussed out in many ways, so we look less effective. I'd love us to sign a real pacey out and out winger in January...

We will be eventually (maybe even as soon as the end of January), and that's what is exciting - we'll only carry on improving now.

As people have said, this season was always a ''rebuilding'' season on and off the pitch, and any success achieved would be a welcome bonus - that is still the case in my book. Some people need to realise that when Pardew first came here he didn't have a decent squad to work with, what he had was a low confidence and low quality bunch of relegated youngsters, with 2 of the better young players being removed from the side. We also lost experienced players such as Skacel, Euell and Saeijs - how people expected us to surge at the start of the season is beyond me, it was always going to be tricky. However, Pardew has shown common sense in all of the signings he's made (both on and off the pitch), they've all improved us in some way or another and that's why im feeling so confident for January. This is another opportunity for us to carry on the rebuilding, ready to realistically mount a consistent charge next year. Let's just enjoy the ride this year, we will probably just come up short, but I know I'll sleep well in the thought that this club is at last moving in the right direction.

There will be 6 new signings at least, according to one of the more ''itk'' posters on the site.

those 2 will be first out the door when the window opens IMO.

AP confirmed that Mellis has been recalled by Chelsea.

Pardew - ''those 2 goals have cost us today, it's been a problem for us all season, conceding bad goals. We will try to lock that down once and for all in January"

Trotman will go back, he's looked increasingly dodgy in the last few months anyway. Need someone like Elliott ward to replace him. I'd keep antonio for the season based on the fact that he can offer us something off the bench, but he shouldn't be starting.

We have some quality, but not as much as alot of us have made out. - we're still 3 or 4 players short to be a really consistent (win every week) kind of team.

ignore him, he's looking for reactions with most of his posts.

New CB in the mold of Elliott Ward please, a bit of pace off of lambo wouldn't go a miss either.

Too little, too late. bit ****ed off with the first half from us, sounded totally half hearted and you know that if you start games like that, you very rarely get anything out of them. I still think we've got a long way to go in terms of quality in certain positions, we've got some good individuals...but the depth isn't there and i don't really think Jaidi has a solid partner...that should be priority for january IMO.

they don't have a ****e team. HTH.

come on alps, you've been quite reasonable with your posts lately - we are a top 6 side, but the -10 is the reason we are not in it. Our form over the last few months is play off form, we've slipped up today but the 2nd half has been much better. We've got january to go into now and we'll be much stronger at the end of it IMO.

scorers....1-2.... 5mins added on

woo a penalty, probably too late though tbf

call the game off!!!!!

our defense sounds ****

shot from rickie, great save by their GK not our day, time to plan for Huddersfield.

they've won it 2-0 oh welll, flash backs to the early parts of the season at the moment.

lambert hits it - ball parried, but then put out. we are completely battering them, fantastic 2nd half.

WAIGOO.. offside ffs

great claim bart