Dr Gloom

never thought i'd say this but we're starting to look like we could do with barton back. anyone know when the cunt is back from injury?

we've got options up front but not a lot of quality, pace or movement. the fact that nolan is top scorer speaks volumes.

getting geremi's wages off the bill probably helped on that score

how do you think this window has gone? routledge could prove to be a good buy and a better standard of player than i expected us to attract. but we will need to learn how to get him into the game. he hardly got a touch with butt and smith pulling the strings from centre mid against leicester the other night. williamson looks a solid, if unspectacular, centre half but probably good enough at this level. signing up simpson to a long term deal is a logical move - he's cheap, young and competent enough. fitz hall and best are the kind of no-frills buys i expected. all in all, it's probably a better result than i expected but there's still a real feeling that we've missed a trick. none of the above are proven at a level higher than the championship. some are an unknown quantity even at this level. we were crying out for a pacey front man or a midfielder that can get on the ball and pass. we got neither.

Nailed. it's bloody depressing. still could be worse, we could be crystal palace. the amazing thing is that we're still in with a great shout of going up despite ashley doing his best to fuck us over

probably no one

i can't understand the three and a half year deal like.

never know, he could be the next sibierski

cheeky late bid for 'the pest'

just emailed my cov-supporting mate to get another opinon on this lad. will report back if i hear anything to suggest this isn't as underhwelming as it feels

perhaps there's a barnstorming number 9 signing to be confirmed by the club just before 5pm. or perhaps not and this is our lot.

from dot cock.....does he have genuine pace? if so, it might not be all bad. or am i clutching at straws?

Worse. Harewood would have been a better signing. And I hate Harewood. never seen the lad play like so hope we're wrong but that's what i feared. i think we all expected to get a better player in than harewood. funny to think so many were slating beckford now.

i'd probably play both of them at the moment. you've got to have a bit of mobility up front, which ranger has. carrol needs someone running off him to get on to his flicks, which nolan didn't do once all night apart from that chance in the first minute. pairing the two of them against leicester the other night was a shocker. you got about as much movement as a couple of sloths that have been hitting the bongs all night.

so is he better or worse than harewood?

they've got a a striker in bent that should keep them up. it's almost always the clubs that don't have a decent goal scorer that go down. i'm surprised to see them down there like

this lad is basically harewood's replacement. whose seen him play? is he better or worse than big bad marlon?

i don't see why we have signed him if he really is the sort of player people are saying. i have no idea as i don't recall ever seeing him play. seems it would have been far mroe sensible to try for a loan signing. we've got until march and might have been able to chalk up the sort of in behind the back striker with pace that we're crying out for.

2 goals in 31 league games as a centre forward Parky???? I'm telling you this now, if I lost a stone, and Smoggeordie would back me up here, I could get more than 2 goals in a season in a Championship side. Are you suggesting you are good enough to be a professional footballer? stevie to sign for the toon by the end of the week. you heard it here first.

i have no idea what this bloke is like but am hoping he's a pacey get in behind the back line kind of striker as that is blatantly the kind we need. doesn't sound like he is from comments on here so far.

geremi's wages alone are probably equal to what the four new signings are on so yes

did you watch the match yesterday? if we keep that form up, we will not be promoted.

absolutely fucking awful. couldn't create any chances of note against a side down to ten men for an hour. worst i've seen us this season. absolutely dire. goes to show that without enrique and jonas in the side, we have zero creativity. nolan, smith, butt, carroll, guthrie were all shocking. routledge showed glimpses but he hardly saw the ball all night our distribution was that crap.

it's not just that we can't beat them but the manner of the performance.

leicester will be robbed if they don't get at least a draw