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Benson possibly excepted, none of those 4 actually uprooted any trees for us, & even he is not a player for the future.
Bostock is the enigma. He seems to be there for his potential rather than actual performance.
It's all about saving money now, not spending it.I just hope that we are not going to have to sell any of our better players to balance the deficit caused by DiC's unwise signings.

If you were not one of the 9,400 odd souls who went today, you missed 90 odd minutes of total football. Believe me, it could have been eight nil, easy as that.
To say we were rampant in attack maybe comes close and I guess the Carlisle dressing room and coach going back offered little solace to a well beaten side.
Williams and Collins must have scared the life out of the defenders. Just running at the guys in anticipation of an incoming ball at any time from any direction. Roberts played his best game in a Town shirt for a very long time and when Ritchie was subbed off and replaced by RDV he crossed the field to play on the other wing effectively replacing Ritchie, and he didn't do bad either.
For me, with an all encompassing performance from defender to provider, from full back to extra winger, free kick taker, and almost goal scorer the MOTM should have gone to Nathan Thompson without doubt. The young man totally eclipsed his previous performances with a massive input into this game. His contribution cannot be under stated, magnificent. A star player in the making and I have to admit, Paul Caddis, sorry mate you are no longer missed.
I could wax on here all night but I won't. You guys really do need to get to CG this season to see this lot on the trot. I took two mates today and they could not believe what they saw, total football, total domination, should have been more, but now 16 goals in four clean sheet games. Final note, listening to the post match interview in the car, Canioman has now said, if Black won't put the money in to keep the loan players, he, Canioman will. Now , with that I am impressed. I think he will fore go his wages to pay players, that way it gets around the mess of cash injections etc.
This was the third successive best game in years we have witnessed in as many weeks, three games that will live very long in the memory of many who were lucky enough to be there, and here is the best bit, if we do keep Hollands and Martin, I think we will go even better, so just get your bums on seats at SN1 and enjoy.

SF,
Glad you had a good day out! Thanks for the resume.
I shall keep away 'cos I am just bad luck!
It does seem that the form of the 2 strikers has made all the difference. We don't have to rely on a 30 yard Ritchie special to get us a goal, it's now more productive for him to get in a decent cross, knowing that someone will use it.
As for the finances, I would be disappointed should we have to sell Flint just to make ends meet. If it is so good at the CG now, why not have a straw poll & see whether people would pay an extra couple of quid.
Only other comment is on your driving. I find it hard to interpret DiC's ramblings sitting in front of the computer, let alone having to negotiate traffic at the same time!

Oh,
I mean't to add, that even if I can't go, I am prepared to fund a ticket for someone new who wants to, but can't afford it. I'll put my money where my mouth isn't, if it helps the cause & gets some new kid hooked on the Reds.

Red,
You will have to spend a weekend down with your mum in Chip so you can come to a game. It would be great to get you in the ground and sat for a game, mind you, you could be like us and up and down like a yo-yo cheering as the goals flow. As for my driving I spent years as a road based service engineer with the ramblings of a stupid manager in my ear on the hands free phone as I was looking for addresses in London etc. After him, Canioman is easy. There is quite a bit of momentum gathering this morning on The Adver site as the best way to go about fund raising. If the manager is prepared to stick money in the pot especially after the last four games, 16-0, then that shows commitment and belief far and away more than I have ever seen from any other apart from our old mate, Barry Fry at Peterborough, he bought the club.

The latest seems to be what we all suspected, Brum do not have ANY money and cannot afford to buy Caddis. How that effects his loan I don't know. nor do I know if he is going back there or being put on the transfer list.

Canioman wants to keep Adam Rooney, who has said nothing yet about staying with us or going back, so the wages payroll aint getting smaller. Maybe another club will come in for Caddis who has had plenty of admirers in the past. Tomorrow as it unfolds should be interesting.

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I have a natural distrust of diplomats since living in E Africa. They never ever gave me any help there when I needed it, & lorded it over other expats who didn't have access to the diplomatic bag. I remember in Nairobi, having the High Commissioner's car behind me in traffic. When we stopped, his driver, together with a policeman, came to my window & told me to pull over to let them pass. I wasn't very diplomatic either! Told them, that if the rearend wanted me to move over, he could come & ask me himself.
These sort of people move in different circles to the normal guy.
How one can come to be chairman of a football club, I don't know.
There has to be something more behind it.

Good news so far...Risser has been released and gone to Aldershot. Another 28 days for Martin and, most importantly, a deal for Hollands looks likely.

As Don quite correctly says Risser has gone completely to Aldershot, he is now their player having terminated his contract by mutual consent, I wish him well.

Things elsewhere are trotting along at a pace, and contributions are beginning to trickle in to the Supporters Trust, sift through The Adver to get details, or contributions can be made direct to the club via the Accounts Dept, at STFC, Post Code SN1 2 ED.

meanwhile it looks like Benson is away to one of many possible suitors maybe on a permanent deal, clubs rumoured in a positive manner are Southend and Cheltenham and would you believe The Pox. Enquiries also in for Lee Cox and Luke Rooney and also a BIG bid for another player, my source would not go into detail. Its thought its been rebuffed anyway. Flint has also received enquiries but with Troy having surgery its though Flint will remain.

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Anfield, agree completely. I would rather lose the loanees than any of our good players.

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To let Flint go would be crazy; I'm very relieved the bid's been rejected. I rate Flint above TAH and Devera, although to be fair Devera is playing exceptionally well at the moment and deserves his place, and that's how it should be but it's only poossible with genuine competition for places. Ward is a great asset but realistically not a long term prospect given his age.

I think with the loan extensions we're looking well resourced and hopefully we can maintain some stability in the side.

Bournemouth will be good test for us, I see them as certain for the top 6, possibly automatic. Two in-form sides, should be a good game. I'd settle for a point at this stage.

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