M42Owl

Quick look on wiki suggests he might well be. 27 years old: 8 seasons 200 games, 40 goals. Highlights: 4 seasons at Brugge, 85 games, 19 goals. 1 season at Watford, 35 games 10 goals. Not bad I suppose. Maybe we’re after him because he’s a big bugger that can do the Smith role? Doubtful as he’s 5’9”. Other than the above, I know nothing about him, so maybe he’d be an ideal fit for our style of play.

Not sure what you mean by biffs, but I’m a bit mixed on keeping Charles. If it’s relatively cheap ok: he is our best player after all. But if we are blowing a chunk of our summer budget, then I’m against. With my most optimistic hat on, I can only see us sneaking into the play offs but I don’t see us winning it. So what benefit would we get from spending on Charles? We should be planning for next season now. Consolidate, develop our own, bring in (where we can) players for next season and beyond. If we pay too much (and I can’t put that into £, just “too much”) I’d see it as DR backing DC into a corner. Lose, lose for DC. Win win for DR. DR doesn’t really care if we are galant play off failures: that would be success for him, a positive on his CV, and he’s off to pastures new. If Southampton play hard ball, DC needs to stand firm to avoid damaging our summer prospects, even if it irritates DR. And the fans.

Sue lived there. At number 22.

Pigs v Hull……………………2-0 Stoke v Oxford…………….0-0 Bristol C v Blackburn…..2-0 QPR v Wednesday………2-1 West Brom v Pompey….3-0 Burnley v Leeds………….0-1

Joe Mattock for Marine in National League North. Mallik Wilks gets the 4th for Rotherham.

Andre Green for the Millers Gazza Mad1ne for Hartlepool David McGoldrick for Notts County

Middlesbrough v West Brom..1-1 Swansea v Pigs……………………1-1 Millwall v Cardiff………………….1-1 Pompey v Stoke………………….4-0 Wednesday v Bristol C……….2-1 Plymouth v Burnley…………….0-2

Reading the minutes of the last fans meeting, it seems to me that Paul Holmes has unfairly copped for some flack. Or has not been given due praise. The club said that prices are going to go up a bit. PH says “our discount for concessions is greater than other clubs’”. The suggestion being: raise concession prices and freeze standard adult prices. A loss for some (me included) but a win for many. The fan base moan on behalf of the concessions, who have been “winning” for years, but fail to praise the club and/or PH for keeping the headline prices the same. Perhaps PH should have kept his mouth shut so that Otto and many other could experience a modest increase?

Burnley v Sunderland..1-0 Coventry v Bristol C….2-1 Luton v Preston………..1-1 Oxford v Blackburn…..1-0 Pigs v Norwich…………2-0 Leeds v Wednesday…3-1

Liverpool v Accrington 5-0 Forest v Luton 4-1 Leeds v Harrogate 5-2 Coventry v Wednesday 1-2 Hull v Doncaster 3-1 Arsenal v Man Utd 4-2 8 minutes

I noticed Dele Bashiru scored again a few days back.

Blackburn v Burnley…..0-0 Bristol v Derby…………..2-0 Hull v Leeds………………0-2 Wednesday v Millwall..1-1 Watford v Pigs…………..1-1 Sunderland v Pompey..2-0

The problem with Charles, or indeed any loan, is that a recall is most likely at the start of the month (disappointing but not disastrous) or the last couple of days. The latter would be catastrophic. DR and DC may well have a quality replacement lined up, but no player of Charles’ ability (nor his club) will hang around until we confirm that Charles is staying. So the nearer we get to Feb the lesser the quality of options available should Charles be recalled. At this stage, the under 21s might be the better option. The alternative would be to bring in the quality replacement “just in case” Charles leaves. But then we’ve spent limited funds that might be better spent elsewhere. Its not just a Wednesday issue, so maybe all loan recalls could/should be limited to the first three weeks of Jan, thereby giving time to source and agree replacements.

Got mine last week. Off on my hols today. Had I been going a week earlier, I might well have completely missed the window. Early bird window should be at least a month.

QPR v Watford………….2-1 Millwall v Oxford……….1-1 Luton v Norwich……….2-2 Wednesday v Derby….2-1 Hull v Boro………………..1-3 Sunderland v Pigs…….1-1