Another new player..

Its a bit like the Titanic taking on new passengers AFTER they hit the iceberg! Paul Bolland is the unlucky chap joining the sinking ship: good luck lad. At least he's called Paul

Being serious, he does seem to have a pretty good pedigree: football league througout his career until joining Mansfield this season...could be a decent signing.

Sorry if I'm being a Jonah, but how many players have we seen with a good pedigree who start off well and then get worse?

By the way, I'm bored at work and it's ****** freezing here

Since the start of the season (ie, not friendlies) I make it that 33 different players have put on the Town shirt (including being on the substitutes bench). And Bollard will make 34 if he gets to play.

Seems like a lot considering we've played 27 games.

Seems a good signing, but I cant judge until I see him on the pitch. Weaver has a habit of making seemingly decent signings that don't deliver in game, I'd love for him to prove me wrong with Bolland We'll see on Saturday, if weather permits

I’m almost at the point that Weaver could announce he’s signed Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, and I’d still be left wondering whether they would make any difference. Put simply Weaver is a manager that can’t manage. Absolutely no problem with his signings which are for the most part, pretty good, and in that respect, I imagine all the hard work he puts in demonstrates that. Unfortunately, that’s the easy part. Weaver generally signs better players than Aspin did, but it’s knowing what to do with them. If you look back at when Aspin was in charge, every player had a role to play, whatever their capacity, even the subs. You knew that if we were holding on to a slender lead then players like Philpott or Leigh Wood could be brought on and provide some extra protection at the back, etc. Anyway, I’m in danger of going off on another rant and harking back to the good old days, perhaps I’ll just leave it there for now …