Silly season, standard week.
Wed, Thu - first appearance of an exciting link with somewhat credible source
Thu, Fri - other semi credible along with all other dodgy sources repeat the rumor
Fri pm - Link credibility and excitement reaches...
Just seen that we are 'long term admirers' of Dan James. Christ, I hope not. He's awful. Looked promising as a kid but has not kicked on at all. Like Theo Walcott - bags of pace, no footballing brain and just runs in straight lines.
Being honest I think most fans just like to give any new players a good coat of looking over before they give them the thumbs up or down but in the end we have no say in signing them——good job we don’t have a say otherwise it’s likely we wouldn’t...
That’s the hammer, many on here would rather he fails so they can say ‘I told you so’.
We must be the only fan base who slags off every player we’re linked with. There’s nothing wrong with aiming high but we’re not in that position at present...
On the contrary, I think Brownhill will be an excellent signing. It's about building a strong squad, not cherry picking overpriced, over the hill galacticos. Think about Peter Reid, Trevor Steven, Kevin Sheedy, Paul Bracewell, Tim Cahill, Seamus...