Wade Garrett

Chicken George.

Fair play to the mum. Shame a good number of these parent are too pushy and starstruck. Your scheme seems the right way for youngsters to start and enjoy the game.

We can't consider letting any of our decent players leave at the moment, regardless of what cash is offered. Maybe we could persuade Wenger to buy Fox for £5m. He has got a track record of signing crap defenders.

There have been countless lads who were dead certs to make it but didn't. The young lad doesn't need that pressure or expectation. At his age, he just needs to enjoy playing.

Every week I watch Match of the Day, and only now have I noticed all them keepers who stay on their line until the ball comes into the penalty area. How foolish of me.

I've had some decent coaching over the years, and I've never heard that one.

The fact that Boruc hasn't been able to claim the jersey speaks volumes. We definitely need to get someone decent in at the earliest opportunity.

Agreed, it also allows continuity should the manager leave. Each member of the committee has their own skills though. Cortese is in charge of the money, Adkins knows what the squad needs, and Reed keeps an eye out for youngsters. It's when these lines are blurred that the problems arise.

And some on here reckon that was a good save!

He wasn't particularly unsighted, it wasn't stuck in the corner, he wasn't stretching, and it wasn't drilled with pace. Honestly, a Wessex League keeper would get a bollocking for letting that one in. It wasn't difficult to stop.

To quote Strachan, 'we need to be brave on the ball'. Maybe it was just down to fitness.

With our backup striker unavailable soon, we should recall Billy Sharp rather than sign another forward.

No chance. They don't have a pot to p*ss in since their owner's assets were seized.

Offer £5million for him and Curtis Davies. I wonder if other clubs interest is spin to try and drive his value up.

Even Villa got a home draw against them. It's not beyond us. We just need to be on our game.

I agree with what you say, but that wasn't my point.

Maybe Rob Green would have struggled with it as well. But with him I use the term 'Premier keeper' very loosely.

I've just seen their second goal again. I reckon Kelvin was probably about the only keeper in the Premier who would have let it in.

Your spin is equally unbalanced. We spent more than most because we were just about to start a Premier League season with a Championship squad.

100% agree.

I was a keeper as well. He was too slow getting down. Good save at the end? My nan would have stopped it, and she wouldn't have parried it back into the danger area.

Disagree, he went down too slow. Should have kept it out.

His reflexes are too slow. Not up to the job anymore. Sad really, as he has been a fantastically loyal servant of the club, but you can't be sentimental. We need a new keeper.

Davis should have done better with Upson's goal. He looked slow and cumbersome with his parry from Crouch at the end. Lucky it didn't fall to them. He is not a premier league keeper.

On reflection, it was a decent point. It's so frustrating at the moment. Buy wisely at the start of the window and we'll finish in the top 17.