Jock's Hill

Be interesting who actually plays today.

It's hardly giving the fans any hope though at the moment!! Maybe everything will take off any day now but I'm doubtful.

Every day I think with all the work we need to do, something is happening. Every day nothing happens. Can only imagine our starting X1 as noted by previous poster.

Absolutely, it's going to be the same again. I know the answer but still keep asking the air why we can't clear the decks.

Yes, we keep hearing that this summer is going to be a complete rebuild/reset. Lots of players are going to be leaving we keep reading in rehashed Mercury articles. Well, We've been hearing about this great reset since Rodgers last year here and it still hasn't happened. I'm assuming players will be back for preseason training in a short while and it's going to be the same group. Nothing will have happened and it will be a case of yet another manager trying to get the same squad motivated. Apart from the striker position I can name a full side exactly the same that is likely to be starting our forthcoming fixtures!!!!!

Next Monday?

Players out we need but total silence. That would also bring in money. Surely somebody must be negotiating their way out!!!!??

At the moment, to be able to sign any new players, we need urgent departures....and I mean urgent!!!! We can't afford to wait until later in the summer as there is so much to do. We all need some early news of the departure of a contracted player - whether sold or paid off. Positive activity will help to get the fans on side.

I am just hoping the action needed starts now! Not when everyone is back from holiday or the end of June when contracts expire. We need it to start happening now! So board, directors, staff let's get negotiating deals to clear as many players out of the door as soon as possible. It's something we haven't done on previous seasons and it needs to change. Show us that the club mean business in the rebuilding process. The sooner the decks are cleared then we can start to look at building a squad for next season. There must be nothing to distract from the club moving forward.

Back line or back bone, it's all basically the same needed. Some managers start by getting a top goalie, centre back, centre midfield and striker. The spine of a team and then build it up around this line.

In defence of Gary Rowett, don't forget Martin O'Neill couldn't get a win for toffee when he first came - 12 games wasn't it? Not comparing managers but I feel sorry for him and for Andy King before him that the players just aren't up to the task in hand and whoever gets to play is on a hiding to nothing within this squad. Remembering Brian Little when he first came in and had to deal with a fragile squad. He shored up the defence with some solid centre backs (not great players) but they gave the team a back line to allow the forwards to play as they needed.

2 of Andy King's games we were down to 10 men before we knew it. Really felt for him.

Definitely would benefit from George Hirst, Tom Cannon and Maswanise around the place. For the position we are in they would all be good options.

We have been draining the swamp for 2 or 3 years now. Trouble is it keeps filling up again!!!!!!

May as well increase our points deduction to 20 points as the Prem would love. That will get it all over with and we can start again from rock bottom.