Agreed but are there many players that could have been signed for £500 k(in installments) in January and the likely low wage that O'Riordan will be on that could have had an immediate impact? We had been trying to get that O'Riordan deal done early doors in January and reported we tried last summer so was a long term target of the club and could potentially still be a good signing longer term. We didn't have a pot to piss in as evidenced by who came in in January, so agree the money could have been spent on someone that was ready to play now but I'd have no confidence they would have been any good like the rest of our January signings and the majority of our summer signings with the exception of Tronstad and to a lesser extent Hill

O'Riordan was signed with the future in mine though to be fair, bought for his potential. You don't see many under 21 centre halves coming from league 2 and straight into the action for a Championship side. Only in time will we see if that money was well spent or not .I do take the argument that the fee could have been used on a player more ready to aid us this season but what does 500k in installments get you these days

Next season and beyond?He is only contracted till 2025.I think he will be gone in the summer

Johnston only on loan with them from Celtic . Looks a real talent

Hyam is only contracted till 2025 isn't he? If that is the case then can see him moving on in the summer. No way are we in contention to sign James,Brum will be looking for good money for him and reportedly they had bids from an Italian team and Palace in January

Nixon linked us, telegraph said yesterday nothing in it

Why would we be getting McGuire on a free?He will cost a transfer fee Not sure if Sibley out of contract at end of season but he wouldn't be free either as he is only 22

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27303565/blackburn-rovers-john-ruddy-transfer-birmingham/#Echobox=1713033602 Nixon linking us with Ruddy

It won't take 52 points to stay up in my opinion. 50 should be enough

Well we did get Tronstad on a free who is better than them both. Not advocating selling either of them as it would probably be a cheap loan or nobody with this convenient block on sending funds over ,I would have sold Travis if JDT was still manager but he will have a clean slate under Eustace,tho I don't see him playing ahead of Tronstad or JRC and being out of the team here left Travis moaning behind the scenes etc reportedly I take people's point that we probably wouldn't sign better and would keep them both but at the same in Travis case going from being a regular starter and captain to being a bench player he won't want that and will be pushing to move away and rarely an unhappy player pushing for a move is kept on at any club,they get the move

Wonder if a transfer fee clause is in it? Whatever we get for him in the summer we can be sure Peterborough will get a chunk of it.Hopefully Waggott learned his lesson and didn't agree to 40% like with Arma.

Id put JRC at RB ,Ayari in midfield and Brittain on the bench

Going into December we were placed 4th for the number of clear cut chances created in the league. Some of the football was excellent going into December

Presumably he is put in the first team as other clubs have already expressed an interest and the club including him in our match Day squad is to try encourage him to sign a deal here In this day and age clubs are aware of the better young players at other clubs.Finneran had already won player of the year of his age group for the Irish national team before any inclusion in our first team

Morton isn't better than Wharton,and correct their is bias but Morton has done well for Hull this season and I don't think he was as awful as made out last season.He has been a regular starter for 2 seasons running for teams in and around the top 6 the majority of the season. When he did get a game for Liverpool he wasn't that bad , impressing in both the Milan champions league game and away to Spurs in the premier league in an important match when Klopp left other more experienced players out.Im not suggesting he is Liverpool level but he is one of the better young midfielders at championship level and he would be around the England under 21 squad imo regardless of his Liverpool connection, still a joke Wharton wasn't in the initial squad this time when he is playing every week in the premier league