Through the seasons before us..

That’s Cobblers as in Northampton Town, of course, not the ability of the defender in question who is, of course, Luke Chambers. We’ve long been linked with the 21 year old Northampton captain, and obviously Smoulderwood will know more about him than the majority of managers out there, having worked with him there before taking the Forest job.

The Northampton chairman has been coy about which team made a six-figure bid for the player – but it’s widely thought to be either ourselves or Cardiff City, who are keen to bolster their defence following their recent freefall down the Championship table. Certainly Smoulders will have noticed our defending has been somewhat lacking lately; and he also clearly rates the youngster – but well, it’s nearly january, isn’t it? There’s bound to be loads of speculation.

We’re also being re-linked to the QPR midfielder Marc Bircham, who seems to spend all his time being “flattered” by interest in clubs before signing a new QPR deal eventually, according to a few QPR fans who responded on a forum to a previous story I posted about the midfielder – so now I’ve said it’s probably bollocks, we’ll probably sign him on new years day!!