S-Clarke

He's ours (well until the new year anyway) - will be announced this afternoon

exactly....!!! why can't people see this? When we're in a better position to attract players - we'll buy them. At the moment it's tough, and i don't think our start has made us an even more attractive proposition! If we can get to Jan/summer, out of hte bottom 3 and towards mid-table then it's been a success - we can then go and get the players we really wanted (or better players, who have since become avaliable)

Key issue here - we haven't had any for years. The scouting is utterly awful, as stated by Pards Going back to the first point on the first page....have you thought about these loan signings in this way? Pard's has found it very hard to attract who he really wants - so we're bringing in these good quality loans to tide us over untill we're in a better position. - i.e january. It's good that he's not just going out and paying for ''average'' players - but he's biding his time untill we are able to get in the best. That may be next summer, or january.

If he's the player i think he is....then he is extremely highly rated. I remember there being a feature before one of Colchesters live games last year, where either Peter Beagre or Kamara previewed this player and raved about him... Millwall were v keen to sign him too. from the preview of him i remember them describing him as a ''technically gifted, extremely quick, but an amazingly strong CB for his age''. Preston fans aren't happy he's gone - they think he should be in their first team! Forget all that though, we should have signed him for £5m to signal our intent

There is a huge shake up in the scouting system taking place at the moment, the new scouting setup should be ready after Saturday. I'd expect (From how AP is speaking) that alot of time and possibly even finances have been put into it.

The west ham fans really didn't rate him at the start of his reign - took him a little while to get grip of it all. but then at the end of the season, there he is with the players on an open top bus holding a trophy. He's making sensible signings that equate to what we all believe we are lacking - so give it time...

Think he's a bit out of our range atm. Cov wanted him, but Hearts were looking at a fee of £2-3m ish

lol@portsmouth. it was a 91st min pen for brum too. Nice

If you listen to the radio interview he says it towards the end. ''We are hopeful of having a new defender in by Saturday...''

Thompson has pace his problem is that he doesn't know how the **** to use it.

Lee holmes is going - well he is subject of enquires from clubs and we're considering them.... but McLaggon is a great option when fit

I'm still waiting for his big announcement....from last friday. Apparently we would all be shocked and surprised at what (should have) happened. Nope...sorry....

Well he's better than Wotton. In our playoff season he was truly an unfair scapegoat - he did the simple things well and alot of our wins were built around how he kept it solid in the middle. Wotton doesn't keep it simple, he just hooof's it about 2 years in front and then fowls the player. Wotton isn't a scapegoat...he's just ****.

what's that got to do with anything? are you saying that Lambert helped them lose games? despite scoring 29 goals last year?

Pardew has been aware of the plans to appoint a DoF since his interview before he got the job. Cortese first statement indicated that we would appointed a ''DoF'' figure. He knew about it. If he didn't like the idea he would have said no to the job.

All the players we have signed so far are players who have been promoted in recent years. They have all played at this level before and are ''proven''. So they are quite shrewed signings...and it's being odne in the right way. Murty with reading, Hammond with Brighton, Harding with Brighton, Lambert with Bristol Rovers...all good news for next season IMO when i have a feeling we could storm it. (please...!)

He wouldn't go out on loan, his problem is he thinks she's too big for that now and after his supposded ''attitude'' in the summer - he belives he's too big for us. Putitng him in the reserves would probably prompt him to leave - but tbh, we will not see results with him in the team atm.

A player that can offer us something a bit different......quality in midfield! we should play Hammond - Gillet IMO - compared to Wotton and Morgan that's world class.

Take him out of the side and stick him in the reserves for a few months. He cannot play for us at the moment. - completley wrong player for us atm. Bring him back when we're confident and winning, with some momentium and i believe he can offer us something. but at this moment he's not right for us...and we're not right for him.

i posted that before tonights game not sure what to expect now if im honest

I'm inclined to agree. I'd keep Kelvin as ''Club Captain'' - but i'd stick a CM as the 'team' captain figure. Kelvin is great...but we could just do with a vocal voice in the middle of the pitch that everyone can respect - kelvin is too far away at times.

I agree. I'm not sure what Pard's problem is with him. When we get Hammond i'd play him in the middle alongside Gillet. At least that would give us some damn bite!

well everyone we've come up against this season manages to cause us problems with pace...it's out there and even at lower levels you can pick up some gems. Kightly at wolves is a good example, same with the two peterborugh front lads I guess our issue is again down to the lack of scouting options...because the players are out there.

I know it's said alot, but I've never seen such a slow, lumbering predictiable team than we have at the moment. We will not be successful at this level if we do not add pace to this team. Our front line is too static and our midfield is too lightweight and slow, we have plenty of times to hit teams on the break but this often breaks down because we're so slow. I really hope Pard's has a pacy player up his sleeves because we're screaming for it. We need someone up front who can play on the shoulder of the CB worrying the oppo...causing them problems and creating space with his pace. Then we need a winger who has the ability to get to the by line and beat players with pace - this is a quality seriously lacking in this side at the moment. We're so easy to play against because we don't worry the oppo enough...and it's all to obvious that teams at all levels are most worried about pace. Please - sign some pace!!!

For the first time i'm concerned by those comments. He's usually spot on with his judgements and honest in his assessments. They're coming from a manager who is obviously at a loss at to what's gone wrong and is trying to grab as many positives as possible. Not sure this was better than Huddersfield pards...they just didn't have a Jordan Rhodes up front to punish us. In all honesty based in performance terms...i'd say listening on, thsi sounded worse.