Lets talk Wickham, as some folks mentioned him here. In a vacuum, signing Wickham was good business, he wasnt too expensive and many in the game probably feel he has not fulfilled his potential yet and could be very effective.

The problem with Parish, time and time and time again is he cannot seem to put together any kind of cohesive strategy on anything we do. Wickham had a history of injuries, so great, go out and sign Wickham, but DONT leave the strike force so thread bare by failing in other transfer attempts that he is basically your number 2 guy, in a group of 2, because he has a history of injuries.

Some players are simply more injury prone than others, and many people in the game try to understand why that is, sometimes to no avail apparently. Lo and behold he goes down with a lengthy and serious injury.

The failure of Parish is depth in the squad. When you totally fail to have any kind of depth in attack, then when you get injuries or dips in form (which sometimes are created by complacency when there is no competition) you are opening yourself up to trouble.

When Niasse's brother wanted a brown paper envelope we should have given him one, a season ticket, a dinner date with the crystals and a free pass to Speroni's restaurant, if that is still going.

Dont make a habit of doing that but we were in desperate need, the club had targeted Niasse, had him in the building, and then didnt get it done.

Parish really, really struggles to get it done. Look at this keeper we are supposed to be getting in, he is training with us already and still we havent signed him up. We went into the Spurs game without getting that sorted out beforehand. Why? Why cant we ever get something sorted out in a timely fashion?

Something is wrong with the way we operate with the amount of time it takes to get deals to limp over the line, and the amount which fall through at the last minute.

At least learn your lesson Steve? But no, again we go into the last day of the transfer window scrambling around like mugs.

I said earn so many points in total, not lucky in every single match getting the points.

Have you ever noticed how once teams reach 40 points the workrate and results slide? So yes, we were going at it full pelt every match, as Roy pretty much said we were going to, because we were up against it with a pathetic start, again, and it took its toll. How good were we in the closing minutes? We were fighting more when the opposition had us all over them, and them hoping the clock runs out.

They didn't start the season pathetically, again, with no points in 7 and no goals in 11. Remember that?

They're not breaking down though are they? Fitness has bugger all to do with impact injuries - when someone goes straight through you & breaks your ankle you could be the fittest player in the league - you still have a busted ankle.

If it was all hamstrings & muscle strains, pulls & tears then yes but these are not.

for context, he's been interviewed on the show for several years now. it's the only radio station specifically focused on soccer/football. so a good place to market your brand. and he's been doing that for some time, before american investors. comes on around twice per year.