Lots of talk on here re Griffin replacing Bartinho. For my money Elliot was equally as culpable on Sunday, let's give Olivier Bernard a go. Strong, fast and left-footed. He IS left-footed isn't he?

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Answers

Strong, fast and left-footed yes, very talented yes, 4'11'' yes.
I'd give him go.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

He also looks like the fella that played Mercucio in Romeo & Juliet - natty dread and 'ting...I...

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Actually my boy , I'll be playing Bernard instead of Robert on Wednesday. Thanks for the ideas, but I'm the gaffa and I pick the team not you.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

He's had the dreads cut off. Either that or he was wearing a black skull cap at Croft Park a couple of weeks ago.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

I think Solano is a cracking player, Just want to say that first. But i would drop him to the bench and play LuaX2, or somone else. This may then buck his ideas up.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Has dropping players from the 1st XI so they 'wake up' ever worked? I can only see it resurrecting the alleged Nobby/Bobby split and encourage 'phone calls from Parma

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Which begs the question Bobby - how much would you accept for Nobby? On current form I'd snap someone's hand off if they offered anything approaching 6 Million. Remember we've Dyer to come back and he'll easily slot into the wide right role.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Precisely, Davey boy. Personally I'd look seriously at £6.5m-10m. After all, what do you get for £6m? Dirty Don and 32 yr old journeyman with the change. Nobby is still a quality player when he's got the right boots on, and Dyer is not a natural crosser of the ball.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Careful lads. Once Dyer's fit he's going to Leeds isn't he ? I mean you can't expect them to foot the bills while he's recovering. Be fair. :-))

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Nah, they're supposed to be after Diesler and Van Bommel

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Dyers not going to Leeds, he's part of the Nicky Butt deal.

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

Last time we had $6m to spend we got Carl Cort. The time before that it was Marcelino. Let's hang on to Nobby for a while shall we?

-- Anonymous, September 25, 2001

If Diesler is available we should try and bid for him too. He's a quality player, great touch and vision. As far as YKD goes, I think the October court case may well have a strong bearing on how hard Leeds try to prise Dyer away. If Bowyer gets sent down (and I for one am pretty convinced he did it & hope he gets banged up alongside the Mirror editor) they'll have a big hole in their midfield & Dyer would surely be on their list. Shame because I think Bowyer is a terrific player and I think Leeds could really do something this season.

-- Anonymous, September 26, 2001