Be p*ssed off to see Khadra go Sheff Utd. Seeing them sign the centre half we wanted and now Khadra hurts. Seems like no one of any decent quality wants to come to us. Kicking it off with a loan of someone who will probably do ok for us and then sign for someone else with more ambition the following season is going to p*ss me off even more. Any loan should have a view to buy clause included at least. What a sh*te transfer window so far.

Before anyone dreams of getting a permanent transfer of a Liverpool player, have a quick look at how much they sell their squad players for. They're masters at selling squad players for fortunes. Maybe this guy might be an exception, but I bet they're at least asking double what they paid for him. Personally I don't know how I feel about this one, we need good players in the door, loans are ok for good players but using our budget on players that aren't assets to sell in the future seems at odds with the principles of this new project.

Back to transfers... Seeing as how I was right with my guess in us being interested in Antonio Colak... Louka Daniel Prop Andreassen of Aalborg (25), 14 goals in 33 from midfield in Danish Superliga. Fellow Dane for JDT, surely made inquiry at least? No transfer links to anywhere. Any of our Scandi fans know anything of him?

Mad you would think to post that considering the cut throat nature of the championship, all it takes is one bad start, a few injuries and you're in the thick of it. Look at the quality and experience that's just walked out of the door for no money, whilst our rivals are making decent signings already, are integrating them into the team and will generally be better prepared. As it stands, we have unproven youth players filling in and an unproven manager who won't fully grasp the demands of the championship. We look inexperienced at the back, small in midfield and lacking another centre forward. I can already envisage certain media folk saying how we "should of kept Mowbray" as we struggle our way through the season. I know everyone is excited by having a new coach with fresh ideas, some are treating him and Broughton almost like saviours of our football club, let me tell you... 5 games into the season without a win and that optimism will quickly get forgotten about, the mood will turn sour and fingers will get pointed at the owners etc... We've been here before. This is just me saying what I'm seeing, not being a doom merchant. Lots of work to be done. JDT needs some help. As it stands they're not giving him much chance unless I'm severely underestimating how good a coach he actually is.

As it stands I'm pretty concerned about how things aren't progressing. If we're not tempting players from Greece and Sweden then this project isn't being sold as an exciting one and we simply aren't offering enough in wages. With this group of players we are going to struggle, there's no doubt in my mind. We've lost so much experience and quality and so far not replaced it with the season just weeks away and little time to integrate new players. A tough start is ahead of us in my view unless they really get cracking in this next week.

Doesn't sound like he's coming here.

Can't say I want to see us waste any considerable amount of money on a player who's 30+ and didn't particularly shine at Cardiff. Few 100k is fine but it's certainly not a signing filling me with confidence so far.

Got to be honest, this doesn't fill me with excitement or confidence.

He's just turned 21, bagged 5 goals and 4 assists in his first proper season. Was injured for a lot of it aswell. The decision making comes with experience, a player like him who's the finished article is a player way out of our price budget. People used to say the same of Josh King when he was here. We have to develop players, 2-3 years time a player like him could be worth a fortune. Would depend on what Brighton fee is being quoted for it to be worth the risk. Having said all that, if the rumours about him are true, we can just stop wasting time on the subject.

Pretty much what I've been saying this past week. Losing players and losing out on ones we want for bigger wages elsewhere just screams of a massive cost cutting exercise so far. I'll give Broughton and JDT some credit, at least they're not in the media giving us some spin. They're obviously well aware that we don't want lip service but bodies through the door and to talk when deals get done. Even league 1 players it looks like we're being priced out of, Branagan at Oxford (linked apparently) would apparently cost a fairly hefty in fee and wages. So when we can't seemingly afford to sign league 1 players and a player surplus to requirements in Greece, it doesn't exactly fill you with confidence about the other targets they're likely moving on to and the upcoming season. My initial optimism is being quite quickly eroded by what I'm seeing go out the door and what's not coming the other way.

I called this one when he was first appointed. Been following their pursuit of him, many articles said other interested parties which I knew would be us but was well aware we wouldn't be able to compete with the wages Rangers are offering. So far, I'm not impressed with the lack of pull for the better previous players that the coach has worked with.

Simple, we aren't offering the wages other clubs are prepared to offer, that's why Boro will have signed 2 of ours when Nyambe goes there and why others have done decent business early in the window. Broughton and JDT have to be clever and pull some astute signings out of left field that we don't have much competition with other clubs for. Selling Brereton quick sharp would help, we need him gone soon rather than late in the window without time to strengthen.

I think we might be over inflating his value because he played well for us but the reality is if they keep him and he doesn't play then he walks for peanuts in January or free in 12 months. The could ask for 5 but I think the reality of any deal would be a fee rising to 5 depending on promotion etc...

I actually think that given his age, if you can get him to perform consistently he could be one of the best players in the league. He ruined teams at times. Frustrating in others but buckets of talent and pace.

Perhaps but one good season for a team that finished 8th in the Championship shouldn't make him crazy money. They paid a fee rising to 2.7 mill but I'm not sure he's even kicked a ball for them, if they don't fancy him and he only has 12 months then a fee rising to 3 mill sounds about right.

Van Hecke and Khadra are in the last year of their contracts, no doubt Brighton will be looking at them in pre season but if they don't impress surely a deal for either or both shouldn't be impossible.

Phil Jones.

200 pages will be cleared before a signing is made.

I don't expect this to be a one time thing either. I think this was a regular requirement of youth players at Malmö to see if they were actually thinking about football, their performances, their strengths, weaknesses how they can help and fit in. Instead of being told in training like children they actually think for themselves and do self analysis. Simple but quite brilliant.

In totally agree with you. It's definitely not fine to watch assets leave for free and there's only one man to blame for that. There's a lot coping mechanism psychology going on and I think that's fair because there's nothing that we can do except for hope for the best in our future transfers.

There are players out there if you look hard enough. I thought Isiah Jones (RB) was one of the more impressive players I saw last year who Boro signed from Tooting & Mitcham, now linked with West Ham for 15 mill. We don't need to spend big to replace these players, just cast our net far and wide. Hopefully GB helps with this.

Noooo, I'm no ITK. Although we have been credited with interest in Styles (Jan bid apparently), Brittain and Ahmedhodzic. Styles I think has become a much more difficult one to get now because of his Hungary performances. Forest and Fulham both sniffing round.

Rovers shopping list... Styles, Brittain and Helik all from Barnsley Colak and Anel Ahmedhodzic Couple of good prem loans.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/antonio-colak-entices-rangers-transfer-27295001.amp Don't be surprised to see us sign this lad. Rangers and ourselves seem to be shopping in similar markets these days too. It mentions other clubs being interested, I would imagine one of them being Rovers. This would be one of the least surprising signings to see JDT make.

Lennihan confirmed gone by DOF. Surely Rovers should stop posting articles about his representation for Ireland now. Sounds as if they're expecting to sell Brereton. Would be nice to see some fast action in the market as we seem to have funds ready to go. https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/transfer-news/darragh-lenihan-exit-confirmed-ben-24245211