Letting Howard go without bringing in a replacement now is extremely risky. We can't do with waiting for this new window to open in the hope that our target is still available. I'm not sure how much longer they can draw out the line about being very close, club had injury problems and scuppered it, agent playing silly beggars, 'go with what we've got'.
If Reading want Howard on a season long loan then they can bloody well wait until next week when we have a player in.
I don't know whether to feel sorry or angry at Blackwell. Our squad is now so small and one must wonder whether or not this is his doing or not. All I know is if we go in with a team as threadbare as this in certain positions, notably the spine of our side, unless we are very lucky with injuries and suspensions by January we'll be out of the running and there will only be one man who will lose his job for it.
