Quiet please

Quiet isn’t it, on the football front I mean although Randy Lerner’s mailbox might be awash with action. Funny old game football. Last week we were all nodding with a mutual respect at Roberto Martinez, who opted to stay as Wigan manager, even though no one would have blamed him if went to work for a proper club, and then we have wiley old Scott Alex McLeish emailing his resignation through to his Birmingham chairman, while blind-copying Randy Lerner at friendly neighbours Villa. We need New York Addick on the case to hack into the West Midlands server don’t we?

The Carling Cup draw is Thursday morning and as we are now unseeded we will get to play one the southern giants like Exeter City or Colchester United. Maybe if we’ll lucky we will be less embarrassed if we go out to a Reading or a West Ham. Then on Friday the League One fixtures are released.

It does seem pretty certain that Paul Hayes will sign for Charlton when he comes back from his holiday and it is said that we have gone back with improved bids for Bournemouth’s Rhoy Wiggins, which will be our 3rd offer and a second effort to sign Colchester centre-half Magnus Okuonghae. Also the South London Press, who are not normally right, reckon we are about to snap up young left back and ex-Arsenal player Cedric Evina. Nope, me neither.