If that goes through, IвЂ™m calling the police. I then watch in horror as Sheffield Wednesday bid ВЈ35k for Mike Duff. IвЂ™ve relented to his ВЈ8k a week wage demands, but he wants a ВЈ150k release fee, and he can sod off. LetвЂ™s just try to convince Viking to let you go for a pittance and we will welcome you warmly to Northamptonshire.Д¬hristian Kalvenes rejects my third consecutive contract offer. I check his Transfer page and weвЂ™re the only interested club вЂ“ and he Wants to be Transfer Listed, Wants to Move to a Bigger Club, and Hopes to Impress the Visiting Scouts. Hannu Tihinen, a long-time centre-back target, complains to the media about the performances of his team-mates. He will go straight into the squad for our next game against Lincoln. I note that he has caps for his country, but wasnвЂ™t in their last squad, so hopefully theyвЂ™ve just sort of forgotten about him. A swift click of continue, and weвЂ™ve got him. Someone at Maine Road hears his hamstring snap, takes pity on us, and accepts my offer for Simon Colosimo, a versatile Australian who would be a very useful temporary addition. As I do, Mustafa gets injured for another week. I submit a couple of loan bids for right backs from Man City and Crystal Palace. As long as we stay healthy and happy, this division is ours for the taking. WeвЂ™re undefeated, and lead Hull City by five points and a frankly absurd goal difference. As it is, we canвЂ™t extend our lead despite MГёllerвЂ™s best efforts, and it ends 2-0. A reliable keeper makes such a difference in this game, and that was one example вЂ“ on another day, we wouldnвЂ™t have won that. Pinheiro ends up making four excellent saves in the second half, including a world-beating double stop from Hutchings and then Pitts on the follow-up.

We are allowing Southend too many chances. Farnerud is also tired, and he has homework due tomorrow, so I take him off and throw Bubb into the mix. IвЂ™m never happy when my goalkeeper is on an 8, because it means heвЂ™s having to work for it, so I hook Plummer (75%) and replace him with my warhorse, Mark Peters. Southend put up a fight in the second half and Pinheiro is called into action, but like a mighty PortugueseвЂ¦ uhвЂ¦ wall, heвЂ™s equal to everything they send his way. Underwood gets an assist and fires me a hopeful glance as he trots back for kick off. Peter MГёller has really stepped up recently and heвЂ™s twice on the scoresheet in the first half. Mustafa comes in at right-back and Paul Underwood gets a menacing look after his 5 in the last game. I drop Ronaldo for Ferdinand, whose suspension hasnвЂ™t started yet, and decide to see how Kah fares in the DMC role instead of McKinlay. We are superior in the league at the moment, and IвЂ™m not worried about this lot, so I donвЂ™t mess around. ItвЂ™s time to welcome ninth-placed Southend to Nene Park. I also quietly note his lack of ambition and head back to Stockholm for my flight home to East Midlands airport, via Nottingham. I admire his integrity to stay with the team he loves rather than just chase an enormous payrise. HeвЂ™s determined to remain on his part-time, ВЈ625 per week contract. I show him my contract-signing pen, which IвЂ™ve brought all this way, and even give him the opportunity to use it вЂ“ but itвЂ™s no use.

Hammarby are forced to accept my offer for Kennedy Bakircioglu, but he is just so damn loyal that he wonвЂ™t leave. If you are late to this, you have eight episodesВ to catch up on first.

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