[Slick_Footwork]

Slick - I'll leave it for now - let's see how excited you are by his brand of football by the end of the season. Your opinion might be slightly distorted in the coming weeks by the lack of in-stadium interaction but as an apparent chairman elect of his fan club, your assessment come the end of the season will be interesting. I'll refrain from a game by game assessment, the boys and girls on MOTD can have that pleasure.

I realise my previous post was a bit wordy which is why you probably haven't read it. But I made it quite clear in the post that I'm not "excited by his brand of football".

No point having a debate if you can't be arsed to read the posts.

Anyway, best of luck to Huddersfield. Looks like the new manager is doing a decent job and maybe you'll have a run for the playoffs if you spend some of the cash you mugged us for in the summer

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I approve of Snodgrass (Another Robert ) Joining us, as 1/ he's a left footed winger 2/ appears to be a no nonsense kind of player 3/ good in changing room !

With regards to 2 and 3, if he is, then I'd be thinking of him as a Captain, or maybe Johnstone, even though Philipps made a good fist of it and played better last time out.

Be pleased to see the Polish lad having a chance to prove himself. You can't be a current International if you are crap.

Think snod is a good signing. Worried about his fitness, and always thought he could lose a couple of pounds to be a better player. But I have seen him in the Albion shirt today and he looks fit, hope he is a lean mean free kick goal scoring machine! 

However don’t really understand the lonergan links. I thought there are higher priorities, but may be Sam doesn’t like Button or Bond!

I said previously I thought there may be 5 signings, but the way it is panning out, this may be on the low side. Looks like Sam is wanting to wheel and deal, despite a restrictive budget. We will see?

Johnstone could be sold if a big offer is on the table. Especially as he has 18 months on his contract.

Potentially Lonergan could be in as a replacement and the money invested in more vital positions? Or we might sell Button for what we paid and use Lonergan as backup? Raising a few quid. Or it could be as simple as Sam simply doesn't fancy the backup. Time will tell.

My opinion that it would be a good idea to cash in on Johnstone if a £15m+ offer came in didn't go down well on here. However, I personally believe that it doesn't matter who we have in goal at present, with the amount of shots we concede, we're down. I just think we would be better with a stronger spine, even if we replace Johnstone with someone who isn't such a good shot stopper. Although I must admit Lonergan's playing record (or rather, not playing) doesn't strike me as someone who would replace Johnstone, so it probably is just a backup replacement.