“with artus i think it was a case of him being played out of position, and not being played with wingers, we played some of the worst football ever at whaddon road when he was here!! if he came back and played in the formation and team we played against barnet in center midfield we'd see a much better player in him!! i dont see how the fans dont see how much the lack of wingers and julian alsop playing had such a bad effect on our club form and results!!”

“Purveyor of Sneering Sarcasm - I think Tony's point would appear to be that it must be extremely rare for someone to clock up over 300 appearances ALL on a loan basis and not one club that he has been with think enough of him to offer him a contract that he found acceptable. Surely most players have a 'mother club' from which they go out to other clubs on loan. Get it now ?”

“Ha, ha, good one Phil, weve already got one of our best players from Cinderford thanks.”

“hahaha and the gap slowly closes in again. Next thing you know you will be signing players from Cinderford. C'mon City - players with passion and desire is all I ask for and we certainly have a squad full of them!”

“Early days, but Ben Marshall could be a model loanee, he has certainly raised the spirits of the whole squad. When loan players come into to a club it would seem daft NOT to perform at the best of their ability, especially young up coming players, they should not only try their best for the loan club, but to make their parent club and who else may be watching they are worth keeping or playing higher. Thats why it gets frustrating when the likes of Frankie Artus didnt perform second time around. Was it a bit Billy Big Time with him?”