saintant

Oh dear. We'll regret this if it happens.

Nobody hates JWP. Many don't rate him or think he is what our midfield needs.

Downes is going to be busy partnering a non tackling, non closing down JWP who is looking to go forward. Good luck with that Flin.

Yeah, let's get him playing in the area Azaz operates in....great idea.

Why buy or loan him when he'd be no use to us?

How many free kicks has he scored for West Ham?

Please no!

Exactly. Rose tinted nostalgia clouding judgement. There is a reason he gets little game time at West Ham and got little at loan clubs.

With the players available it is highly probable that Millwall will beat us. We have the rest of the window to reshape the squad. Even if we bring in the right players it will take time to bed them in not helped by the international break. With the 4 point deduction coupled with a slow start we'll be playing catch up same as last season. Any play-off spot will be a decent achievement but we'll need to see massive improvement or lower mid-table obscurity awaits.

Not sure why we've decided to return to playing Russball. Far too many passes going sideways and backwards. We are much better driving forward and playing vertically rather than horizontally.

We are not signing a goalkeeper.

No.

I'll believe it when I see it. Stephens is still captain and, as such, seems to get an automatic pick no matter how many chances or goals he gives away.

Tonight was an accident waiting to happen. We started the game with a midfield that included neither Downes, Jander or Charles - the latter two for obvious reasons. These 3 guys were the mainstay of last season's midfield. With none of them on the pitch and a defence marshalled by the hapless Capn Jack the result and performance was inevitable.

This is the very sad fact of the matter. However bad Capn Jack plays, irrespective of how many goals he gifts the opposition he still gets in the starting eleven unless injured. Could Quarshie really do any worse?