Exactly. My post was in response to the several posts before it questioning why we keep signing 6ft and athletic players. There's no doubt we are selling off players in the last year of their contract and signing players to replace for less money but those players could be any size and type. There is a common theme which suggests there may be some thought behind it. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean they are better and it doesn't mean I like what's happening. No dressing up required

Also, would make no sense replacing a right footer with a left.

Or perhaps he has upped his game hoping catch the eye if potential suitors before the window closes.

In January then if we can free up a foreign player spot?

Sheffield United are the stand-out surprise for me. Looks like they haven't got over the disappointment of the play-off final. QPR another surprise. But early days yet I suppose. Wrexham not pulling up any trees.

Did Kapaudi sign a new deal? I can see them selling Hyam and signing him.

After all thats gone on selling Hyam now is a complete no no.

Key word, 'after'.

Watched with the Hull commentary, to be fair they didn't really talk Hull down, they gave Rovers all the credit and were very complimentary.

I believe someone on this board stated this many days back. Could have another decent ‘in the know’-er on here.

What a good result. If every team gives Cantwell the freedom of the park like Hull did Rovers will be promotion contenders. Hedges will probably not score again all season. Tronstad was back to his best. Hyam looks shaky. He has a funny running style. the right back looked good. Ohashi also played well. Gueye needs to go to football school to learn how to play.

Glad I let me heart rule my head - day would have been even better if Toth had made one save less! Hull were poor from minute one and to be honest looked like their whole team was playing with a virus with their lethargy - their 18 year old centre back also had a nightmare, way out of his depth. However, you can only play what is in front of you on the pitch and we did the job well. Goalie and defence looked fairly sound whilst our midfield found their feet with Cantwell excelling. We still need another striker, a quality one at that and one who commands automatic selection with his ability. Hope the injuries to Tavares and Kargbo not serious given our threadbare squad. Nice to get our first win on the board but make no mistake there will be far, far bigger tests and challenges ahead,

You’re mental if you think we will go after these calibre of players

Pasha: "Deal!"

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It'll be £5k+ more a week and his last good contract.

Last season he played 32 times for a German Top league club, that’s impressive and at 28 should be hitting his peak.

That you, Myles?

I think Afolayan happens. Looking at his career he's done bloody well to get to where he's currently at. Not sure how it's happened as he's spent most his career in league 1.

Can't sign a foreign player to replace Hyam, so Colin Rösler could be a possibility as he's eligible to represent England. The Kapuadi ship has sailed and gone.

Hypothetically if we could sell Hyam for (say) £2.5m, get another performer of the quality of Mclaughlin in for £500 k and reinvest the profit up front it'd be a cracking bit of business. However Mclaughlin was probably a one off due to Hull's woes and any profit probably wouldn't be reinvested so as with everyone else - probably better keeping them.

The difference between those 2 is that Wolves' manager did a brilliant job last season, so that would be very much based on 2 games. Potter has been shit throughout his time there.

Ross Stewart has had a night mare with injuries but a top player at this level.

I was wondering whether to make a tongue in cheek post about whether Cantwell had heard a whisper he might be in with a chance of a move this window. Glad you beat me to it with something similar!

Losing Hyam would be a massive and totally unacceptable blow and would massively weaken us. His experience and quality is even more important considering what has been stripped away. He is a very good defender at this level and he seems to be always available. He seems willing to sign a new deal. We have stripped away so much experience and have made big savings. There is no excuse not to chuck an improved contract at him. Sadly, we dont seem interested in keeping key players. Ismael did an excellent job in organising the team today but I found his comments about Travis "letting down the team" to be totally unnecessary, certainly without any further detail. He seems willing to do as he is told publically and try and make outgoing players seem like the villains of the piece.