Splitter....!!!!

Good luck to him at Rangers. Pennington looks a decent player and we still have the Collins option.

Massive shame but Pennington was very impressive and still got Collins on the cards. Toto, Pennington, Chambo and Collins would be a strong set of CBs.

Personally I think Pennington looks a better bet than a 38 year old McAuley.

Pennington was getting slated on this site on Friday even before he had kicked a ball, glad his proved a good choice for PH to get in on loan.

Just spoken to a West Ham Fan, and he spoke very highly of Collins, and he said if you get him it will make your season, so let us hope that we can get him ?????

Pennington was good yesterday but is a loan and we are maxed out on loans, so Donacien misses out even though he already looks a much better option at RB than Spence. A permanent signing would have been ideal but have to accept we will be a work in progress at least until Xmas. Hope we can pick up some/enough points along the way though ! OK performances have to become good performances as agree with other posters that whilst yesterday was decent overall, there were no 9/10 performances.

Shame but good luck to Gareth M

Rather Collins TBH. Loved Mcaulley when he was here don't get me wrong but Collins is a rock

Bloody hell! How many center-backs have we got already.....how many more do we need?

Good opportunity for him, play in Europe, might have a chance at winning something up there, play in front of 40,000+ every other week.

Not too bothered he's 38 and Pennington looks decent anyway

Let's face it 6 loanees is ridiculous..thought we were never going there again?

2 weeks to sort the team out now - 6 changes yesterday is smacking of early cluelessness from Hurst.

Fresh start on the 15th,by then “hopefully” he'll have some sort of idea of his best 11 and try sticking with it for a few games.

Dodged a bullet good

Let's face it, who would pass up the chance to play for the team they supported as a boy, especially at the end of their career?

Good luck, Gareth!

Collins would be a colossus - GET HIM IN. Just the kind of experience we need in Defence, and we need it .. !!

I'd rather Collins

No loss not getting mcauly, Pennington looks useful and if Collins comes in that's a bit more experience throughout the team maybe the new young lads will learn a thing or two.

Good Luck to him .

Pennington has now kicked a ball for us and I hope it's now proven before people start gobing offf we need to give them a chance?

Although nowadays " older" players can play for more years than in past times, those such as McCaulay and Collins have to wrestle with the problem of " getting their best last pay days" or playing regularly .
Rangers have a fabulous name but the opposition in Scottish Premiership, is with respect...apart from Celtic, arguably much less strenuous than in the English Championship.
MCCaulay from both points of argument has probably made the right choice.
James Collins is a " unit" BUT when Nsiala ( who has impressed) pays his ludicrous debt to the FA , and again becomes available he will then "compete" with the more than admirable and younger Pennington and the ( in my view) revitalised Luke Chambers, who would Collins replace?
And possibly the " pay packet" at the London Stadium might be greater.
nothing as yet to suggest that Mr Hurst wants to play three Central Defenders...so maybe a " dilemma" for different reasons for player and manager.
(More important is to find a "Jim Magilton" for midfield !)
We all have our views just as supporters and those for management even more important.

Talking of cluelessness... some of our “fans”... 🙄

Don't be so hard on yourself, Fisons. 😉

@clinteastwood, it's not about how many centre backs we have but getting the right ones in. NO clean sheets so far this season, and with exception of Villa we haven't played anyone any good yet, even Exeter, last season wasn't much better defensively either.

Get Bart back in goal ASAP not to keen on Gerkin as number one