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Nixon is hit and miss at best. Granted he has several right but got a lot wrong as well. Im 5 stone over weight and Id fancy my chances in a sprint with Miller. Wharton has a mistake a game in him, Carter probably a mistake every two games I'm afraid but both Carter and Wharton are injury prone. IMO Carter is the better player when both are on form and fit. Our great manager complained about the amount of injuries our players suffer and he would sort it out. So far this has got worse not better. If you giving anyone a free transfer it would be our fitness dept.

Tbh we have been failed a million times I don’t blame the narrative but this surely is an overreach on being negative are we ready with a list of players (as usual yes) but going by your theory most clubs aren’t ‘ready’ as if they were then there would never be a rejected bid ever because as you say the buying club hasn’t done any planning at all but of course we both know most if not all clubs have numerous bids rejected for players in every window so again rightfully be sceptical but also a bit nonsensical at the same time

Dont talk rubbish. We have our "top spy" on the job.

That happens everywhere and would be naive to suggest it doesn't. If Rovers were as ready as they claimed, then they would know if the player wanted to join, and what the fee would be for him. If they have had a bid rejected, it shows they haven't really done any planning at all.

Yep, we've heard all this guff about wanting players in early before. Always fools a few into thinking we're serious about doing something.

That is true.

I just give up with you now. Pointless

Well tbf nobody would be ready… can’t force a club to accept a bid unless we go the illegal route and tap the player up beforehand

Great idea Herbie I like that Gold away shirt. Think its smart and different.

Even if he does sign, we definitely need another forward to play with 2 up.

Going by championship logic we should win this being the underdog and all, but lately it seems normal logic has entered the picture. That game against Sheff Wed was a horrendous soulsucking affair and with no reasonably available rotation we will lose this. My one hope is to see Toth back on goal playing an absolute blinder on his comeback earning us a point, but guess it’ll be Pears again. Then again it is the madhouse that is the Championship so better just strap in and hope for an entertaining game and a new years miracle! Happy new year, fellow Roverites!!

Who actually are the Rao offspring? There's Balaji's lad, who once came to a game and met with Mowbray afterwards, who I think was supposed to be attending an English university. Any others? I think the witch and her husband might have a daughter who is high up in the company these days who might once have turned up with them on the snowball day, but can't believe she would have any interest in this. I suppose there might be some logic to suggest that the extreme cutbacks of recent years have been a sign of the others withdrawing from this and basically telling Balaji and his mates that if they want to keep it then it needs to fund itself as far as it can, no more cash beyond the bare minimum sort of thing.

Again, would make more sense to sign 2 more natural strikers in my opinion. 3 Rather than someone who maybe can do a job there but has been playing as a winger. Can you see us signing 2? You dont even think we should sign 2 if i recall correctly. Its all hypothetical. Not convinced that Cleary ends up here.

I edited my post whilst you were replying

He can play up front and wide. See the above comment on the Barnsley head coach on him. He started off as striker at WBA aswell. BTA is one of the strikers in the league now. Wish that was us with him in our team. Also you want a 2 strikers so why cant he been one of them?

I agree with 2, Morishita will prove to be an important signing but is never a winger, he was thrown in for decoration,and Hedges has proven to be a better wing back. The other 2 have been dire, which leaves me to think that if I was to try to play with at least one winger, I might have to sign one. I'd be more inclined to think he'd be more of a wide forward than an actual winger.

To an extent, but in reality you just end up with players who are at least somewhat uncomfortable or unnatural in at least one of those formations. The current formation tends to need more specialist players. Because we have signed 2 duds in De Neve and Kargbo, and because Morishita is probably better central, we would have to do a much deeper revamp of the squad to start playing wingers. If 352 is the way forward, I would rather that we recruit in a way where all recruits slot naturally into that formation. I think a traffic cone would be more effective than Henriksson, that is a very dangerously low benchmark! He seems well thought of and talented, but signing players in this way (based on attributes, supposedly flexible) hasnt really worked. It would make more sense to me to sign an actual striker. Sense long left the building at Rovers though. Against Sheffield Wednesday, Ohashi as he tends to do was often seen wide and we had no presence in the box.

Could a supporter group rally a consortium of wealthy folk to pitch an offer?

Ismael banging on about how we're ready for the transfer window and that all the players will be ready to integrate themselves in the FA Cup game. First bid for a player rejected. Guess we're not that ready then?!

Is wing forward and winger the same thing? cleary could easily do the Ohashi role he constantly runs the channels both left and right but I do agree I’d only be content with the signing if there was a proper number 9 to follow

That wasn't your original argument, are you instead now saying that the club recruited poorly? If so, then yes I agree Edit - Not to say that Morishita is a poor player, he is just not a winger, and Hedges does look useful at wing back, but again, has not offered much in an attacking sense as a winger, although I do appreciate his work rate

Reyes is probably not seen as a pure winger, he's in the modern "versatile forward" bucket. Type of signing that seems to align with the current "transfer strategy". Young, versatile, re-sale value, athletic/physical and far from a finished article. It was also clear in the interviews in the summer Gestede/Owen that the club looks to smaller foreign leagues + lower leagues based on our financials. Certainly a gamble, but seems to attributes that the squad is missing. Has a really good scoring record at youth level and a decent goal return/assist for senior level. Would he be a worse option than Henriksson up top? Head Coach, Conor Hourihane, added: “I’m thrilled to have Reyes on board. He’s got great attributes - pace, power, and a natural instinct in front of goal. He’s also versatile, which gives us different options across the front line

How many do you rate as wingers?

Yes, but I'd also ask you the question, if you wanted to be able to adapt to play a different way, wouldn't it be logical to sign players to be able to adapt ?