Duncan Barkes

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Franco Ume.

We knew that he wasn't going to be fit to play at the start of the season, having got him here in the summer for a fee.

But they were singing Silent Night in the High Street before he actually turned out and looked all right.

And where is he now?

Getting treatment.

Kozhanovsky just started to look as though he'd found his feet out for the rest of the season.

And Farrell.

Those of us who can remember seeing him in the one and a half appearances that I think he's made so far were reasonably impressed with him.

The people around me said he looks all right.

Not particularly big and imposing for a fullback, but lithe, quick, astute, good skills, good tactical sense, real potential.

But you start to lose the P word, potential, when you're 23 and that's how old he is now.

He does need games just to keep his footballing instincts alive in his heart and soul and bones.

So, Jacob Farrell, we need to hang on to him, according to Mussino, until the transfer window closes and then we can take a look at our options and possibly send him out on loan.

But where's he going to go?

It's got to be league one team minimum, obviously.

He's not going to a non-league side, is he?

Obviously.

So they've got to find the right team for him, preferably somewhere up the road.

The C word springs to mind.