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Yes, with the benefit of hindsight that would probably have made a big difference.

Any good ? We seem to have a long line of young defenders coming through the pathway.

Getting very bolshy after being right on the tax front aren't we? For balance he also signed (amongst others) three strikers who didn't score a single goal between them and Wahlstedt. I was talking about the deals towards the back end of different transfer windows which failed. Why did the first four deals (which cost decent money) go through whilst the others didn't?

This lad, in JDT’s team, would have fired us into the play offs and quite possibly, the EPL.

He just extended his contract. https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/yousef-salech-pens-contract-extension

The "multi million pound fee" will only be applicable if he triggers all of the add ons, probably including such fanciful notions as promotion to the Premier League The guaranteed fee is probably closer to £1.5M

Regardless of any Broughton flaws he was preferable to this current rabble any day of the week. It didn't help his cause that neither Waggot nor the shadow MD appeared to want him here.

In no way do I think this is ITK transfer guru know-how... But I fully believe every reported fee that we've paid is with every bonus and add on possible included How much did we "pay" for Sidnei, I know he hasn't played much, but the small sample size (and the fact he hasn't played anywhere consistently for his whole career) says he's tripe and not worth the apparantley fee ((Happy to be proved wrong, but he doesn't exactly exude the high energy front foot football that we've been promised)) I suspect Jorgensens up front fee isn't anywhere near what's been said either. Another way for them to appear as though they are trying, and not cost cutting at every opportunity

If we match what they paid and player wants the move, then there's a possibility in my view. We can always offer a "decent" relegation clause otherwise if player is doubting; wouldn't be surprised if that was the deciding factor with Jorgensen. Speaking of Jorgensen, it doesn't make any sense that we, all of sudden, decides to fork out roughly €4 million in a winter transfer window when we haven't done so for the past six seasons. My bet is that a major transfer deal will take place before window shuts and that it involves Alebiosu.

Just trying to think of potential wide left players we could be looking at if Cadamarteri is the striker option Louie Barry could be worth a shout, obviously did unbelievable with Stockport but things not gone to plan for him at Hull and Sheffield utd. Now back at Villa , may be ready for a fresh start

that was also done on time, but someone messed up the "paperwork"

Broughton signed Szmodics, Hyam, Brittain and Tronstad. How do you conclude that "he failed every single time" ? Even by your standards that is complete nonsense.

The missed paperwork was 100% meddling, the Maguire saga proved it. Broughton had everything agreed at a good value then rug was pulled away by someone (Suhail? Venkys?), he saved it by negotiating the loan to buy with a bigger fee but by then it was too late. I'm sure whoever killed the first deal stalled it at end to miss paperwork. Broughton has been competent everywhere else he's worked except us, so hard to believe it was him. Shame he must've signed an NDA to not expose the nonsense JDT has alluded to in that period.

Think Broughton was just full of BS personally He was DOF so it was ultimately his job to identify the deals, GET THEM CLEARED BY OWNERS/MANAGEMENT, and get them over the line. He failed every single time - we don't know exactly why deals kept failing but we've never had the situation either before or since where deals got right to the wire on transfer deadline night before failing due to alleged administrative errors. Not saying he was solely to blame but I wouldnt say he was any less to blame than anyone else. All complicit just like Ismael is with our current slump in fortunes.

Can't wait to see what shite they unveil in the last few days of the window.. Dismantled a team skirting with the playoffs for this! We looked well stocked at the back with Carter coming back (albeit for how long?), Atcheson and Pratt looking good along with Miller's versatility. If we were to improve on our centre halves I'd have made improving on Mcloughlin a priority. Yet we being in a young(ish) Cashin who isn't an upgrade on anyone. Our centre midfield is absolutely woeful, no bite, no guile, no creativity. Worst I think I've seen in a long time- takes me back to the Coyle days of Lowe and Akpan. Ignoring our lack of threat out wide (No pace, no creativity or crosses) as it's absolutely redundant when you've Ohashi playing up top. He most likely won't take up a good position and even if he does you can bet he'll either take an extra touch 8/10. Awful squad. It needs a complete overhaul, absolutely disastrous summer that's going to relegate us.

I think Broughton was doing the best he could with zero backing or support from upstairs, and his only way to do that, bring in reasonable signings and at least try to maintain our league position was to structure it on the 'loan with option' basis, of course not then requiring any cash from India as it could come out of the club's own reserves if we got to the PL. Wouldn't have been necessary had the owners actually taken a shred of interest and wanted to support the manager in his efforts to get us promoted, but that's them all over. But even then when he'd done the hard yards and got such deals structured and agreed, shadowy characters did their bit to torpedo the moves. Not a problem we will be having for the foreseeable now that they've ensured promotion talk will be consigned to history.

You would think he might be held to account, or at least challenged. But I predicit it may go something like: Local reporter: vague softball question about the window. Val: January market is difficult. The end.

I still think we would have gone up had we got Undav that January. He’s turned out to be a proper striker. I dread to think who we’ll roll out as our big signing this January. Surely the manager has to come out with something after spouting off about the numbers of signings we needed and how we needed to do our business early .

Updated list, following Jorgensen signing & Davies contract renewal Each player is linked to Rovers confirmation of their last contract signing, Options only noted where specifically mentioned by the club, although as we have seen in the past (eg Hyam) sometimes these are not disclosed. Expiring in 2026 - Tronstad, Forshaw, Hedges, Mullarkey-Matthews, Khan, Farkas, Stritch, Dlamini, Wood, Boggan, all current 2nd year scholars including Tyjon Expiring in 2026 but with an option - Honor, Pratt, Olson, Batty, Duru, Montgomery, O'Grady-Macken, Loan expiring in 2026 - Cashin Loan expiring in 2026 but with a purchase option - Baradji, Gardner-Hickman Expiring in 2027 - Toth, Pears, Carter, Garrett, Cantwell, Kargbo, Edmondson, Doherty, all current first year scholars including Higgins Expiring in 2027 but with an option - Barrett, Goddard, Pickering, McLoughlin, Ribeiro, Ohashi, Litherland, Houghton, Powell, Expiring in 2028 - O'Riordan, Tavares, Eze Expiring in 2028 but with an option - Atcheson, Miller, Alebiosu, De Neve, Gudjohnsen, Morishita, Wharton, Expiring in 2029 - - Expiring in 2029 but with an option - Henriksson, Michalski, Jorgensen, Davies,

Yea like there actually something about this guy rather than, who is he?

We never actually landed any of these supposed "Loan with an option to buy" targets though - O Brien, Undav, Mcguire so we might as well have said we nearly landed Lionel Messi. All turned out to be smoke and mirrors in the end for whatever reason.

Indeed. Attempts to get around having no money by tempting selling clubs to agree to a low up front fee with a biggie if we got promoted. Using the fact we were in/around the play-off positions. A serious club would of course have paid the going rate to get those players in during January to strengthen for the run in. But then again we were never serious about promotion, and that's why it slipped away in February and March when the players were running on empty and managers were let down.

Deniz Undav

Lewis O'Brien was definitely an obligation to buy if we were promoted the former Brighton striker whose name escapes me may have been another