He's given more food for thought than I figured he would a few weeks ago.

For the next few weeks at least, we are short of 2 players and that provides Mateta with an opportunity to play that he may not gave got.

We now have a potentially time driven situation for PV to make up his mind about him.

There has been an improvement in his play, but let's not lose sight of the fact that Norwich and Millwall are not close to the level of the majority of the teams in the Premier League.

Old, Ungifted and White

Oh Tommy Tommy

I obviously don't know any more than you if its true or not, but I've never believed this.

Everyone said the same about Benteke.

If a player, particularly an attacker has the ability to perform and score goals when they fancy - surely they would do it every week and get themselves a move to a much better team than us!

Tommy Black - was on fire for a few months playing just behind the striker, then disappeared for the next few years.

Don't think Trevor Francis helped but his decline was pretty shocking. Definitely a good player in there somewhere though.

Depends on whether he did so off his own bat or was simply reinforcing what PV and others had already said to the player. If Mateta was expecting to be on his way to St Etienne and has had the move stopped, perhaps he needs reassuring that if he maintains his recent form there is a real chance that his loan to us could be made permanent.

chairman's backing never sounds good

Was impressed with Mateta today and have been over the last month or so.

Not 100% sure if we should make him permanent and thankfully that's not my call but I do quite like what he's offering to the team right now. Let's see how much he plays 2nd half of the season