Hanlon

[Chris Black come back]

He can do that if we play to his strengths. Get the ball in front of him.

[Move DRFC]

Poor Billy really struggling to effect games. Love him but he's gone and nowhere near L1 quality anymore.

Just watched his interview at Sheffield Uniteds fan park yesterday.

Joked league one is tough and he was “dragged off at HT yesterday”.

Then again was asked about him still playing and said “yeah still trying”.

I think it’s clear he’s finding it tough, I don’t think he can start games anymore.

Yeah exactly he'll know and will be frustrating for him. He's played a big part in the Vertu (obviously a lower standard), so it would be fantastic to win that trophy and he will take huge credit for that. That'd be a fitting end to his career here.

[Smyth]

It will be a tough month for Haks given it is Ramadan.

Oh not this bullshit again.  He hasn't warranted a start. I wouldn't have given him 18 months given how he wasn't interested after promotion,  possibly given him a contract till end of season to prove himself.

No problems arising due to Ramadum.

I occasionally go through fasting 24+ hrs, encourages something called autophagy ( repairing the body cells) temporary fasting is something humans have done throughout our evolution, no need for public performative nonsense about only eating and drinking during darkness.

Fancy having a dedicated nutrition and dietician specialist adviser employed and someone says no thanks,  I'll do my own thing, so you'll be in favour of 10 outfield players saying the same thing?
 

Football’s so simple isn’t it!
Why didn’t we just give Haks a 6 month contract? I’ll tell you why we didn’t give Haks a 6 month contract, because he wouldn’t have signed a 6 months contract, believe it or not, there’s more than just Doncaster Rovers out there, if we didn’t give him what he wanted somebody else would’ve done.
As for this about players not being ‘arsed’, their body language might sometimes give this impression but I can assure you that if they weren’t ‘arsed’, they wouldn’t be making a living in the most competitive profession in the world, they’d have fallen out of the game at 16/17 if not earlier.
In my opinion giving Haks an 18month contract was a no-brainier, it gives him a chance to play football and have a little stability. If we go down we’ve got one of the best players in league 2, if we stay up we’ve got someone who can make

You realise you were replying to my post where I pointed out Alelakun had done nothing to warrant a starting place?
I was one of few on here that fully backed Grant refusing to even mention his name after he'd rejected a  contract after the play off season.
Others wanted him signed,  even people on here hoping for his return in the transfer window prior to our signing of Rob Street.
Go listen to Alelakun interview after he returned,  there's nothing there from him, empty meaningless words even though prompted.
Seems to be another longer than necessary contract award,  the occasional aberration that's part of Grants makeup.
Interesting you mention League 2 because that's  Alelakun's level, he did do OK at League 1 for a short time with Grant quite a few years ago but has never become the regular Championship player his early career looked like being. Nor has he secured a position in League 1. That's down to what's in the heart and brain.

Going on his performance so far and  likely  continuing rest of this season come the end would you be arguing he gets another 12 month for  League 1?

As you say he might have got other offers, there was  always Rotherham,  or perhaps a return to Scunthorpe.