Yesterday we posted that we weren't surprised to find Glenn Roeder's name amongst those managers interested in two of the Premiership's young and up and coming strikers; Antony Stokes from Sunderland and Tomas Pekhart from Spurs.

Getting a striker so far this season has proved a fruitless task for Roeder; and getting one of these lads has diminshed by 50% as Tomas Pekhart has joined Southampton until January on loan.
To get Stokes he will have to provide a more attractive deal than Preston, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United and Plymouth Argyle; who are all interested in taking the lad on loan.

Comes as no surprise to find Glenn Roeder being reported to be among a pack of manager interested in taking Sunderland's promising young striker Anthony Stokes on loan.

Having secured deals for Djibril Cisse and David Healy this summer to bolster the Black Cats' attacking options, manager Roy Keane has said the youngster would be allowed out on loan to get some first team games.


Also in the possible catagory is Tottenham's young Czech Republic under-21 international striker Tomas Pekhart; it is believed he will be allowed to go out on loan to gain experience.

Pekhart has yet to make a first-team appearance for Spurs, but has been a prolific scorer at academy and reserve level, and was linked with a move to Norwich 10 days ago; Southampton and Plymouth are also following the situation.

Hot on the heels of the news breaking concerning Rosenberg's reluctence to sell Iversen until January, Glenn Roeder's reported other target; Bolton's Heidar Helguson is also on the radar for those down the A140.

Having faled in several attempts to secure a deal for a striker; the latest knockback being a £1.8m bid for Slovenian international Milivje Novakovic being rejected by FC Cologne.

Magilton is turning his attention to Helguson, along with Bolton team mate Nicky Hunt in a double swoop; it is also thought he may well try his luck in securing Iversen.

If it comes down to a straight case of money, it would appear that Town have the edge over us in that Department.

The following taken from the Rosenberg web site; if ths is to be believed then he will be far too late for us to be any good leading up to Christmas. But I have ths feeling that this is the first denial type statement before they eventually sell. No club wants an unhappy player on their books and Iversen has stated of his desire to return to the UK.
However if this story is correct we can expect Roeder to move on to another target.


Norwich have been chasing Iversen this summer.

"We are not going to sell Steffen. He is the best striker we have and we have not found a replacement for him, therefore we cannot sell him. We can't sell him in the middle of the season," director of sports Erik Hoftun told Eastern Daily Press.

But in January a new striker might be in place, and Iversen might be sold.

"We can talk again at the end of our season. That is what I have told Norwich. Maybe we will be prepared to sell him then," Hoftun said.

But then the English club has to improved the initial bid.

“It is not enough. Don't forget, Steffen is a national team player and one of the top scorers in the Norwegian league. They have to offer more," Erik Hoftun stated.

If reports today are to be belived that Glenn Roeder is looking at another target man in the form of Heidar Helguson; the former Watford striker is currently at Bolton but has slipped down the pecking order. It is thought that other Championship sides are also interested in taking the Icelandic striker.

What a comeback; two nil down with 15 minutes to go we looked dead and buried; offering all our familiar failings in front of goal, on came the young Italian and within a few minutes of his arrival, he turned the game completely round with two goals in five minutes.

Cardiff took the lead in 2nd minute when Ross McCormack slotted home, Cureton missed from the spot a few minutes later, he is clearly suffering from a drastic loss of form with his confidence at an all time low; he needs to get to that magic 200 goals. We have seen other players struggle when sitting on a land mark.

McCormack added his second from the spot; sadly a record is forming over penalties thats 3 league games and 3 penalties given away.

We again had moments of good passing football but the failings were there again; yet the stats say we had more efforts on target than Cardiff did and equal pocession.

Cardiff's Jay Bothroyd gave a clear viewing of what we are missing in a target man; holding th ball up; bringing people into play and being a right handful for the defenders. He was there for the taking before joining Cardiff.
If Roeder is serious about getting his man; namely Iversen, then why on earth doesn't he or someone from the club fly over there and put some pressure on. I believe Fulham had to do that when dealing with Rosenberg.
I am worried that he will wait and wait for his man and end up not getting anybody, I remember Worthington hanging on for Primus and ending up with no-one.

While the come back shows tremdous spirit and character, and praise is deserved but 2 points out of a possible 9 is nothing to get over excited by.

Will Glenn Roeder push Rusty into attack ? who will partner him if he does ? As still Roeder waits for his target man. He has suggested that Rusty may well get a start up front alongside one of the strikers. I however feel that he will give Lupoli and Cureton one more chance to prove that they can hit the target.

I would like to see Rusty getting the nod over Fotheringham who has really not contributed very much, perhaps struggling to find a little form. If Clingan is struggling he is the natural replacement, but may have to settle for being used as a second half sub to liven the front lie up.
Now whether to use Croft or Pattison on the right, I feel that Croft has everything except the end product; and has had more than his fair share of chances. Pattison is better on the other flank; better used as sub. Personally I would like to see Chadwick get a run out; he has what it takes; gets into the box and can chip in with vital goals; but does appear to have allen down the order a little.

At the back we are more solid than we have been for a long while and cannot see any changes that are needed. or that will be made.

Never an easy place to go and get something, although we have done well there in our last visits, who can forget Evans the goal last season ? But it will be a difficult job to get that result today, a draw will be a very good outcome.

With the annoucement today that Andrew Cullen, City's Director of Sales & Marketing is leaving the club to take up a similar post with MKDons down in Milton Keynes.

We would like to wish him all the very best in his new post and hope he is equally sucessful.

Travel to Cardiff by Road

Google Route

To avoid driving through the centre of Cardiff, leave the M4 at junction 33 and take the A4232 towards Cardiff/Barry. Keep on the A4232 towards Cardiff and then leave the dual carriageway at the B4267 exit, signposted 'Cardiff (Leckwith) Athletics Stadium'. Follow the signs for the stadium and after about half a mile you will see Ninian Park over on your right. There is a huge car park across the road from the ground and at the nearby Athletics Stadium.

Most of the pubs near to the ground can be quite intimidating for away supporters and are not recommended. Otherwise it is probably best to drink in the city centre and then go on up to the ground.

According to the BBC; Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is training with us; but his agent has told BBC Radio Norfolk he is not about to sign for The Canaries.

Humphrey Nijman says the Dutch striker, who is currently without a club, is just trying to stay fit.

Why not take a gamble and offer a game by game deal ? while the search for the elusive targetman continues., it isn't that they have known for a long while that Dion needed replacing ..is it