[BaggieSteve]

I do agree, Tidy, so why shout our mouths off we're going to bring 5 players in?

I have no idea! Worryingly it sounds like a bit of 'gamesmanship' by Pulis. Would seem that the board had the final say!

Also, I'm not sure of the 5 areas of the squad that we could improve with players bought in January. I would much rather get ourselves 'safe' then have a look to see if Leko, Field etc. can make the step up and perhaps save ourselves £m's.

Tidy, that's a very fair point. My only issue with it is that Pulis seems to have no real interest in giving Leko, Field and other young players some game time but he'd rather stick MacLean on for the final 15 minutes, a player about whom he knows just about everything because what you see is what you get with him. The only position I'm concerned about is up front as we are very light there. Bringing in another striker in January would, I think, be helpful.