[madsteve]

Madsteve, those goal numbers with and without Hooper are as stark as you can get!!!  I have no problem with Hooper or his wages but some of the stories surrounding him coming to us at the start of the season obviously stick in some fans throat!!  A lot of this attitude towards some of our loanees, particularly the strikers I think was set when the bothroyd loan deal went so badly.  

As regards transfers I disagree that we should stick with what we have.  I think our starting 11 is good enough but we are still thin on cover in some areas.  Up front we need to improve on Nuhiu, get a big guy in who has more mobility to his game, maybe someone like Chris Wood at L**ds??  I also think we need more over on the wings, particularly for Wallace down the right side.  But players we bring in need to be good enough to challenge for a starting spot from the first day with us.

Isn't that the problem though. The players we want on that basis will be first team regulars at promotion rivals or PL sides so are unlikely to join us unless it is for the money & do we want players with that attitude.

Alternatively, we add players who are performing badly, are out of favour or injured, all of which will take months to settle. So while we need improvements, we are likely to do better with the squad we have than adding these sorts of players.

We have a squad that is already good & improving & by May we could well be the best team in the division.