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Shouldn't that read "Gayle becomes strikes force"?

Sounds like a Mel Morris type gamble to me. We know how that story ends. What if Bird picks up a serious injury between now and the end of the season? Let's not go there...

How do we think Cash compares with Chris Riggott? Tempting to think Cash is better because he's here now but Riggott became an established Premier League player whereas Cashin is in League One at the moment.

Two problems with that (1) we've already got a perfectly good manager (2) Rooney isn't one

Thompson and Bird have both improved and arguably Mendez Laing on recent form.

What embargo? We're no longer any restrictions.

I don't think it's the "we're a bigger club thing". It's just that in this day and age we'd expect there to a more objective, data-driven recruitment process. Darren Robinson has talked about this quite a bit on Radio Derby. Relying on players you already know seems like what might be termed 'familiarity bias'....

Barker has already been a manager in his own right at Bury, Crawley and Portsmouth