Potential signings.

[roger_ramjet]

Good call...forgotten about Hanley. Weren't we after him this time last year? Good cb, leader, 'warrior' and Blackburn have certainly suffered since he left them.

....and the Wonga Boys appear to want Tom Ince: so is there a basis for a deal here?

[swaledale]

Christ on a bike Rog...he's almost gone...you want him gone...things have been a bit better...put the 'kin poking stick away.

Your years of restraint as a teacher show Anag and commendable it is to. I'm not sure the Romans had invented bikes in Christs time though!

[swaledale]

....and the Wonga Boys appear to want Tom Ince: so is there a basis for a deal here?

Hanley and Gayle for Ince? That would be a deal that makes sense!

[ramAnag]

....and the Wonga Boys appear to want Tom Ince: so is there a basis for a deal here?

So, wearing your negotiating hat - Andy thinks I don't have one (probably right) - we get Gayle and Hanley and how many million for Ince?

[swaledale]

Blimey your optimistic! A straight swap would be a good deal I'd have thought, or maybe a couple of million - Gayle's a proven championship Forward but will be discarded for the PL!

[roger_ramjet]

Christ on a bike Rog...he's almost gone...you want him gone...things have been a bit better...put the 'kin poking stick away.

The poking stick had already been applied by Swale! Remember the Terminator films and the number of times the bad guy seemed to be dead only to rise Lazarus like to continue his pursuit of the victim. We need to be sure!

[ramAnag]

Your years of restraint as a teacher show Anag and commendable it is to. I'm not sure the Romans had invented bikes in Christs time though!

Fair historical point...nothing to do with restraint though Swale...entirely pragmatic...attention seekers thrive - unsurprisingly - on attention, positive or negative. Provide it and they flourish, remove it and they wither. Now, back to those signings...any likelihood of Gayle?

[roger_ramjet]

Gayle? Good as he seems to be at championship level, he wouldnt interest me as we have more than enough strikers for now: mind you if we get rid of Martin and Vydra then maybe! But that would take a lot of achieving.

[swaledale]

Fair historical point...nothing to do with restraint though Swale...entirely pragmatic...attention seekers thrive - unsurprisingly - on attention, positive or negative. Provide it and they flourish, remove it and they wither. Now, back to those signings...any likelihood of Gayle?

Mm like Hitler, Mugabe, Kim Jong Um, Gaddaffi, Erdogan to use some extreme examples? The opposite can be true not take concerted action and before you know it the attention seeker is threatening world (or at least Forum) peace!

[swaledale]

Gayle? Good as he seems to be at championship level, he wouldnt interest me as we have more than enough strikers for now: mind you if we get rid of Martin and Vydra then maybe! But that would take a lot of achieving.

Ah but do we have the riight strikers? Move on say Blackman, Martin, I suspect Nugent wont last half the season, Vydra is fine as No 10, Bent is not going to be more than a super sub IMO.