[Maddix]

Good signing for us and that means we are set at CH with 4 actual CHs and two stand-ins with Hutch and Pudil.

As for Hirst, I firmly believe he is not ready for the Championship, and he is definitely behind the 4 main strikers as well as FF and probably Joao, Nuhiu shouldn't count and should be sold.  Hirst needs to go out on loan to League one at best but he needs to sign a new contract.  If he doesn't sign a new contract then we should sell him now.  We have no real idea what goes on behind the scenes but I think his head has been turned by his Dad and by the interest from PL clubs.  They will certainly pay him more than we will but I also guarantee they will immediately loan him out to League one or below to allow him to develop and play some proper football against men not boys.  At the moment I  have no time for him, he is showing no loyalty to the club that brought him through from a very young age, and if he isn't ready for the first team then he needs to go on loan but for me he is seeing the bright lights too much!!

The problem is that he turned down these clubs a few years ago because he wanted to follow in his Dad's footsteps and came to our academy. We've given him no encouragement to stay financially (which is what everything boils down to) or playing wise. If I was a precocious teenager banging in goals for fun, representing England at all levels and then seeing wankers like Nuhiu and Joao being given chance after chance after chance while I can't even get a place on the bench and the odd 10 minutes to help my development then I would be as pissed off as George Hirst.

If he's not ready SCO, then the 10 minutes now and then will make him realise that and help him settle down.

Mark my words, we will come out of this badly both financially and playing wise because we have no f'ucker with a clue in the admin department