We need new signings and quickly

WHILE writers up and down the country reach for their cliché collections, one man not ready to resort such measures is Roy Keane.

Seven days is a long time in football, as the contrast between full time against Spurs on the first weekend of the season and the final whistle at the JJB last weekend proved, although you’ll not hear the gaffer talking about football being a funny old game.

Our weaknesses, thankfully, are clear. In previous seasons it has been far less apparent; we were relegated on 19 points in 2003 despite a team featuring the likes of Kevin Phillips, Thomas Sorenson and Tore Andre Flo. In 2006 we amassed 15 points, despite unwavering support for a team playing their hearts out and a manager in Mick McCarthy who was doing all he could with the budget he had.