Stoked The January transfer window is proving as tricky as ever for us. Lets face it we are not the best looking specimen at the dance are we?

Anthony Stokes, as it was looking late yesterday, today chose Sunderland over us. This is a kick in the teeth but remember Celtic were offering Champions League football too and he turned his nose up at them as well. I think we shouldn't dwell on this too much, he clearly prefers the wonga to the opportunity.

Having said that Roy Keane and Niall Quinn's Irishness would have been a big deciding factor, particularly with their links to the national team and not forgetting Quinn's connection with Arsenal. Stokes also spent the entire pre-season with Sunderland and therefore knows the club, it's players and the area probably better than SE7.

According to reports, Pards has done an about turn on Darren Bent, as long as it is Pards making the decisions, then I am happy but the good news is that Benty's injury doesn't look like one of those classic Charlton ones when a bout of flu takes 6 months to heal.

There is also talk of Jerome Thomas being sold to raise some cash, it would be nice if we sold the crap and kept the cream wouldn't it?  ¶ 11:31