The player I forgot is Raglan. Very pissed-off that he was stupid enough to get sent off and become unavailable for what might have been our most important game. I've had high hopes of him, but he does seem to carry more and more buts .....
I'm interested that you think seem to think Anderson is a possible for us. Isn't Burnley's centre back combination the ancient and the loaned ..... Michael Keane is a loanee isn't he? I was supposing the purpose of Anderson's loan at a young age for a centre back was developmental, not a wave goodbye. We might get him on a season-long loan though. Or maybe you think he hasn't got it in him to play in the Championship?
Talbot is a great bloke. They loved him down at Plymouth. He'd be an enthusiast wherever he went. I don't want him to go, but I think a move might operate like jump leads for him.
Ebanks-Blake is a problem. If he has a contract we'd have to find someone who wants him enough to pay him as much to play as we pay him to sit down. Otherwise if he doesn't meet Danny's requirements what do we do - season-long loan? Forest Green have pots of money, they're building a new sports complex and ground, maybe they'd like someone to go with Jon Parkin.
If we offered terms to say Donohue, Humphreys, Orrell and Maguire that wouldn't leave Danny a great deal of room. Take Humphreys onto the coaching staff and register him as a player, makes a bit more room, but even if we give up on Chapman we still need a reserve goalie and would we find one better than him? He did well at Bristol.
New players? How impressed are you by Michael O'Connor from Port Vale? Think that's the right guy. He's out of contract, lives in Lincolnshire and has stated he is sick of travelling to Stoke daily. It sounds like a cry for Scunthorpe to sign him, but assuming they think he doesn't fit their bill, he has a choice of either dropping down at least a step to play at Doncaster, Notts County, Grimsby, Lincoln or Mansfield ...... or if he wants to stay in Division One, we are his first stop short of Stoke. I've barely noticed him.
Assuming Novak is beyond our means and SEB is unwanted where do we find a replacement for the goals they scored? Ideas anyone?
How about swapping O'Neil and Ebanks-Blake for a centre-forward? Or O'Neil and Banks?
I'm interested that you think seem to think Anderson is a possible for us. Isn't Burnley's centre back combination the ancient and the loaned ..... Michael Keane is a loanee isn't he? I was supposing the purpose of Anderson's loan at a young age for a centre back was developmental, not a wave goodbye. We might get him on a season-long loan though. Or maybe you think he hasn't got it in him to play in the Championship?
Talbot is a great bloke. They loved him down at Plymouth. He'd be an enthusiast wherever he went. I don't want him to go, but I think a move might operate like jump leads for him.
Ebanks-Blake is a problem. If he has a contract we'd have to find someone who wants him enough to pay him as much to play as we pay him to sit down. Otherwise if he doesn't meet Danny's requirements what do we do - season-long loan? Forest Green have pots of money, they're building a new sports complex and ground, maybe they'd like someone to go with Jon Parkin.
If we offered terms to say Donohue, Humphreys, Orrell and Maguire that wouldn't leave Danny a great deal of room. Take Humphreys onto the coaching staff and register him as a player, makes a bit more room, but even if we give up on Chapman we still need a reserve goalie and would we find one better than him? He did well at Bristol.
New players? How impressed are you by Michael O'Connor from Port Vale? Think that's the right guy. He's out of contract, lives in Lincolnshire and has stated he is sick of travelling to Stoke daily. It sounds like a cry for Scunthorpe to sign him, but assuming they think he doesn't fit their bill, he has a choice of either dropping down at least a step to play at Doncaster, Notts County, Grimsby, Lincoln or Mansfield ...... or if he wants to stay in Division One, we are his first stop short of Stoke. I've barely noticed him.
Assuming Novak is beyond our means and SEB is unwanted where do we find a replacement for the goals they scored? Ideas anyone?
How about swapping O'Neil and Ebanks-Blake for a centre-forward? Or O'Neil and Banks?