[madsteve]

I don't care if we piss other clubs off because we aren't playing people. If the players aren't cutting it for us then they shouldn't be playing. If that means Wenger and Mourinho get pissed off then so be it and if they've still got issues with it then they can come talk to me and I'll kick them all the way back down the A1

If we piss of the big clubs then we will all be bemoaning the fact that other clubs get better loan players. In fact we are already doing it and it is because SG doesn't have a good enough relationship with the biggest clubs.

If we had treated Afobe right at the back end of last season when we were already safe & played him up front rather than Leon Best then we might have discovered that he could be a prolific goal scorer rather than keeping him on the bench then playing him for ten minutes on the wing.

Getting the best loan players makes all the difference if you want to get promoted. Derby have just loaned Bent, Ince & Lingard. In the last year they have also had Thorne, Wisdom, Ibe & Bamford, all on at least half season loans. We haven't had any player of that quality on a loan of that length since we got promoted, probably Helan was the best.

Sure we don't want to play players that aren't going to cut it. Well if they aren't going to cut it, don't get them in the first place. SG said how good Baker was & how he had been tracking him for a year then he gives him a start, drops him to the bench then banishes him. Was he wrong in his judgement or was he just talking bollocks to get fans on side?