Ricky Holmes out for 8 weeks

With a broken bone in his foot.

Bad news. Probably our best attacking player so far this season, and Slade's most successful signing.

Our attacking options in terms of pace and crossing are now severely limited.

 

Even worse for whoever come in. It's a chance for Hanlon. He was a good prospect in the youth team but seems to lack confidence in his first-team opportunities.

 

The only option now is to give Botaka an extended run. Slade seemed to have little faith in him.

 

I'd forgotten all about Botaka!

 

You have to laugh really. At least we will have somebody in charge that isn't afraid of starting Botaka. Lookman almost certainly off in Jan, so we need two wingers and two CM's. We will probably sign up Foley for another 3 years and that will be our business.

 

From what Leeds fans have said, he is definitely a player suited to coming off the bench.

 

Foley's 5 month contract is about to end, based on performances it should not be renewed.

 

Awful news. Lose Lookman and our threat is zero

 

You'd assume he will go in the transfer window, if we are lucky we may get to keep him until the end of the season, but I doubt his new manager would want him scrapping at the bottom of league 1.

 

How did they not diagnose a broken foot originally? They had said it was a gash?

 

I agree with Kish ..... how can a medical team confuse a gash with a broken foot? ...... just a minute I will Google pictures of a Gash ... won't be a minute

 

I can imagine the medical staff looking at a bone sticking out of his foot and then applying some spray on plaster.

 

That is assuming we have got any medical staff.

 

the pictures of Gashes on Google a bit surprising....

 

If they are ageing and untreated gashes you have let @baraettmattesvensson in again

 

KM will call it bad luck, anyone with half a football brain will know we are horrendously lacking in squad depth.

Another excuse for the club when the wheels come off our promotion bid "lol"

 

Absolutely no balance either. 6 CB's, 3 CM's (kashi doesn't count does he?) 2 wide midfielders and 5 strikers.

 

Slade has to take his fair share of the blame for that

 

For a club that has gorged itself on loans in recent years, it was always likely that the changes to the loan system would come back to bite us on the arse this season.

Pointless keeping Botaka on loan if he doesn't get a run of games now- there are no alternatives.

 

I largely agree, but Diarra left unexpectedly, Norwich wouldn't let us have that CM and Kashi had another setback(?). Then again, he did blow his budget on Pearce (inferior version of Matt Taylor), Novak, Crofts, Foley and Chicksen. He also should of had other irons in the fire, rather than gambling on a club releasing a player.