If it is Will Keane (very well thought of in his earlier career and ex-Wigan so quite likely) it becomes a bit worrying that we are starting to be a bit top heavy with older players (see also Marriott, Ritchie, 2x Williams, Yiadom and possibly Santos) with Pereira, Wing and O'Connor heading towards...

Let's hope we're getting the good Bolton version of him

He really never recovered from a rotten start which is a shame as it sounded like he did quite well at Pompey before getting injured. Unfortunately he's got to be a contender for worst signing we've ever made and I'm glad he's off the books. Nothing against the bloke and hope he comes good elsewher...

The other CB possibility is Benn Ward though I actually suspect he’ll move to Wigan. In the perfect world (ie Reading had money) it would probably be him and Hale. Does anyone know how much money we actually have? Nobody knows the net worth of Rob and Todd, nor what investors since have committed. ...

A good barometer of how much we really have turned the corner. It's the start of a long run of playing lower teams away and higher teams at home, and if the late play-off charge is really on, we should be seeking a win a strong run of results. But I wonder if we'll be talking about a dull mid table ...

Clyde1998 Some common sense to have the League Cup on the weekend prior to the start of the league season - may encourage a lot more people to go to these games.

Agree. Very sensible idea.

Holmes sent back from his Rotherham loan to Luton. He has played for both this season, meaning he can't play for another team. So I suspect he's finished for season.

Another disappointing career. When he first broke through, you could see a Championship player there. Now he can't get in L1 teams.

I find it strange how he looks so bad as he was quite decent at Portsmouth last season in the Champ ... Bad start, in a style not suited to him. Now looks utterly shot. He can't have been that good for Pompey in a higher division or he wouldn't have come to L1 You'd think a coaching team change and...

Also, the fact that MOM hasn't gone back to Brighton yet, suggests he may well still be around for the rest of the campaign - so that needs to be taken into account as well. Fair point. Was really hoping he’d pick up under LR but hasn’t happened But Kelvin definitely has. A month ago I'd have said ...

I don't know much about him, but if he's a similar style of striker to Marriot wouldn't this be quite a bad signing? You want different options and at the moment we lack old school physical presence. We already have the best "fox in the box" finisher in the division.

Abraham Kanu appears to be smashing it with Forest Green in the National League, does he get a contract extension and a shot with the first team next season? Believe he is OOC this Summer. He's probably worth another year and certainly worth a serious assessment by the club. I think he's twenty-one...

AthleticoSpizz …and elsewhere, L1 top scoring Dom Ballard ups his tally (if only we’d had another go at him during/following our sh1tty Dai’s)

He's going to score next week, isn't he?

Thing is, while he's doing well, the team really isn't, a bit like Wareham.

Tbf, last year Stockport lost Louie Barry in January and it didn't slow them down. Huddersfield are a good team and I still expect them to be up there.

Bolton and Swansea fans really don't appear to have a very high opinion of him. However, the Pompey lot seemed to really rate Paddy Lame so............. Bolton fans said he had 4 great years, then a mixture of illness and injury in his final year which meant he didn't feature much and looked awful ...

Makes sense. Sense Stickland on loan, leaves us with 4 solid CBs. But he would be 4th choice. Burns has been excellent for the past 3 games, O'Connor is finding form and Williams has been one of our best players.

Perhaps Williams' injury is a bad one.

Looks like he's only had one season playing semi regularly (and even that was <30 league appearances). Plus he hasn't played since August. So definitely question marks.

Played under Richardson at Wigan so a believable rumour.

Rosenior given 6 year deal at Chelsea, which will mean a very big pay off in November.

Definitely an advantage not to have it postponed today and get the win under our belts. It provides rivals games in hand, but we avoid fixture congestion.

4 wins and a draw since Bradford.