Curtis Woodhouse came back with a report for potential loan signing Alex Woodyard. He's a talented lad, but not good enough to bother bringing on for a short-term deal.
I called another staff meeting, mostly because I needed something to do. Coach Grant Brown suggested a scout three left midfielders and two right backs, while Jason Fowler recommended a couple of strikers. I've never heard of any of them, so I just said, "Sure, why not? Get the scouts to check them out." There were also requests to put some players on individual training regimes—Rodney, Russell, and Christophe are all now under preferred move training, while Nicolau and Nutter have individual focus training to improve a specific aspect of their game (quickness and penalties, respectively).
Brown also revealed a concern that Josh Gowling is unsuited to the vice captaincy. I agree, so I've named veteran Angolan Rui Marques the new vice captain.
We now have some tutoring going on, too. Fifteen-year-old Jordan Thomas is being mentored by Matthew Barnes-Homer. Danny Lloyd-McGoldrick didn't take kindly to the suggestion that he learn from Salomon Olembé, however. The volatile young winger has not done his career any favours with this reaction. I'll remember that he refused to even try it out.
He's on thin ice now—another open act of defiance and I'll boot him from the club. I need unity and respect, not friction like this.
The Kanouté deal went through just before midnight. He's a real talent, so I'm delighted to have him.
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