I have no doubt that Ricki and Tony P have secure plans B and C regarding signing another striker. The club has always operated in a profesional manner. However the way the Porter saga dragged on would not have helped. It would have been hard keeping player B in the loop with the uncertainty created by the delays with the Porter deal.
Joey Barton from Newcastle has just been sent to jail. Perhaps we could get his sentance changed to transportation to the colonies.....just like they did in the old days. He would be good at the Phoenix