And we are back on topic, good.

We surely would all love a RR type figure back in a Notts lineup, doing the ugly stuff effectively consistently week in week out. I'd like to think that a student of the game and tactically astute man like IB realises the importance of this type of player (if he can be acquired or he has someone in the squad who can do it) regardless of how pretty he wants out football to look. What we don't need (and we certainly aren't going to get him at present) is a Mitch Rose he plays that role but isn't good enough at it IMO.