Jenas

[London Villan]

According to the Mail, the manager is going to meet Faulkner et al to discuss bringing a midfielder in. However, I can't see us buying anyone, so it will have to be a loan.

The article continues by saying the manager wants someone with Premiership experience, which rules out a foreign deal and probably means scouring reserve squads.

That could have be copy and pasted from the 2005/2006 season...

[Rick_avfc]

SSN reporting that ECK is confident that funds will be made available should he need it. ooooooooooooh how exciting!  not!

[Iago]

SSN reporting that ECK is confident that funds will be made available should he need it. ooooooooooooh how exciting!  not!

We need to save the funds for AM's sacking in January.

[Rick_avfc]

Sorry I meant to say Sky Sports website not SSN! doh! 

[Chris Smith]

The article continues by saying the manager wants someone with Premiership experience

That should be our new slogan.

In this case it is imperative. We can't afford to wait a few months while he acclimatises, we need a player to slot in immediately.

[Somniloquism]

The article continues by saying the manager wants someone with Premiership experience

That should be our new slogan.

In this case it is imperative. We can't afford to wait a few months while he acclimatises, we need a player to slot in immediately.

But we have also bought premier league experience in the past and they also haven't worked (Ireland, Sidwell, Nzogbia, etc)

[DrGonzo]

Fuck him off back to the spuds and get Gardner back from Covs.  I'd rather we were relegated playing Villains than just stay up playing the ageing bunch of failiures we are at the moment.

[Clampy]

The article continues by saying the manager wants someone with Premiership experience

That should be our new slogan.

In this case it is imperative. We can't afford to wait a few months while he acclimatises, we need a player to slot in immediately.

But why is that Chris? Why can't afford we afford to wait? Why does he need to slot in immediately? Our manager is getting the results he's been asked of him. We're a mid-table team are we not?

[UsualSuspect]

If the Queen had balls she'd be King

Jenas is mediocre at best

His record was hardly mind blowing at Spuds but we sign him and and all of a sudden he's going to be this excellent player who stays fit

Then we start to get misty eyed over makoun who wasnt even getting a regular game in greece

+1. Makoun and Houllier get better every game they are away from the club.

Jenas wasnt fit. Dont like to see players getting injured but we have enough attacking midfielders. Loaning players from the likes of Spurs is beneath us frankly.

Rather than go for a Spuds player who cant stay fit and would be behind the tea lady in getting picked, we need to be chucking our not so young youngsters into the fray to see if they can cut it - if they do then great if not bugger them off.

I bet Clark is chomping at the bit to play but ginger cock prefers Heskey

[Iago]

I can see a lot of our youth prospects considering their futures. Why play for a club not giving them fair opportunities?

[Chris Smith]

The article continues by saying the manager wants someone with Premiership experience

That should be our new slogan.

In this case it is imperative. We can't afford to wait a few months while he acclimatises, we need a player to slot in immediately.

But why is that Chris? Why can't afford we afford to wait? Why does he need to slot in immediately? Our manager is getting the results he's been asked of him. We're a mid-table team are we not?

There's little point signing a player in January if you're not going to play him We're undermanned, we've got by using inexperienced kids to fill in.

[Chris Smith]

I can see a lot of our youth prospects considering their futures. Why play for a club not giving them fair opportunities?

You do realise that's total bollocks don't you? Think back to our midfield on Saturday, then the week before. Delph, Herd and Bannan have all featured heavily this season and others also had a run out. I doubt there's a club in the league have used the youngsters as much as us this season.

[UsualSuspect]

Ivanhoe gets a chance every week, but Bannan doesnt. Add to that Clark & Albrighton. We have used the youngsters but fleetingly, if we want to see if BB is a quality he needs to have 6 games minimum in central midfield

[taylorsworkrate]

I must say its been mystifying that Clark hasn't played at all this season, considering how poor our defense / midfield have been at times.

I think Clark could do the role Herd is fulfilling a lot better than Herd can.  He's much more comfortable with the ball aswell.

[Iago]

They have not played on a consistent basis, and experience has been favored if it came down between the two. See the Spurs and Swansea games.

AM's style has also limited a lot of our youngsters; it must be horrible to see the ball sailing over your head for large parts of the game. Herd was a brilliant RB, but was just dropped like a bad egg.

The youngsters have not been given a "fair opportunity" by any stretch of the imagination.