He did - Dougie Freedman for what it's worth.

Absolutely pathetic window. Shambolic, disorganised, amateurish and feeble.

Time will tell if the three "prospects" we have signed turn out good investments and that is what Freedman is here for. But we needed reasonably reliable reinforcements in some areas to be effective now and Hodgson said as much when interviewed on the matter. We have done absolutely nothing to address those requirements except let Lille and Getafe dick us about in the knowledge that we had no Plan B.

And this is exactly what happened last time. Then we had no DoF and we had the excuse that de Boer was not contributing. No such excuses this time.

I wouldn't be surprised if Hodgson followed Allardyce out the door now and we will have difficulty attracting any kind of manager in the future given the amateurish bodge we make of these important deals.

I am now of the view that Parish needs to hand at least this aspect of running the club over to somebody competent and properly equipped to deal with it because he clearly isn't.

How long will it take our fans to realise that after nine managers in eight years, three of whom walked out on us, that maybe, JUST MAYBE, it's the people at the top who are the problem?

So tell me. Who do you want to sell the club to?
Maybe, just maybe the only problem is the people at the top aren't prepared to overpay for what they want?
Ifyou know what is going on behind the scenes then please let us all know.

So tell me. Who do you want to sell the club to?
Maybe, just maybe the only problem is the people at the top aren't prepared to overpay for what they want?
Ifyou know what is going on behind the scenes then please let us all know.