Exactly. They're now haggling to get the best possible deal on him. As I'm sure we would do when selling any of our assets. The difference with the Bauer transfer, is that Charlton aren't in a strong position to negotiate due to Bauer's contract running down and his public statement saying that he won't be signing a new one. They're just digging their heels in for the sake of it, hoping they'll get an excessive transfer fee. That one shouldn't have dragged on as long as it has.

I took it that we're potentially close to sealing the Brereton deal and that we're moving on from Bauer.

Severely disappointing end to the window. However if either of those reported bids were accepted, there'd be a completely different mood in here. I don't buy that the bids were to appease fans. If they were accepted, the players would be here. On reflection Armstrong signing is massive for us. Along with Palmer joining that's a statement of intent. The window can easily be salvaged with a winger and a striker on loan (ideally with a view to buy), which Mowbray will no doubt be targeting.

I'd have him back in a heartbeat.

On his debut at Ewood Evans smashed in a 20-25 yard volley. Haven't seen him hit a decent shot since.

Back to Armstrong... We're potentially signing a 21 year old striker with junior England honours for under £3 million. He has a track record of scoring regularly in League 1 but hasn't yet proved himself in the Championship for whatever reason (Barnsley - Lack of consistency, Bolton - Out of position). He's an absolute steal for us and will only get better.

That's probably the best bet. Get to take a look at him, then decide on a purchase at the end of the loan, like we did with Payne. Forest seem to have written him off, so I imagine he'd be going for cheaper than they bought him for.

I think a few people just need to calm down. The window isn't closed yet. The squad isn't in a great shape at the moment, but there's time to sort that out and Mowbray seems confident of getting who he wants (based on recent interviews). Let's judge at the end of the window.

The banner has been on his twitter for a good few months. Definitely isn't new.

Both in the England youth squads aren't they?

Fake news apparently..

I don't understand your post. Nothing is certain until there's an announcement. I'm just speculating who I believe it's about, as many others on here have.

The agent benno stuff indicates that we're signing one of Chapman/Armstrong, alongside Palmer. If so, that would be brilliant. Either would give us the pace we're crying out for out wide.

Towards the end of this month apparently.

For a great example of good League 1 winger turned top end Championship regular last season, see Nathaniel Mendez-Laing. Probably performed as well for Rochdale as Maddison has for Peterborough, then moved to Cardiff and took to the Championship well.

Fingers crossed lads. A signing like that would be really impressive.

I'd agree with this. I like him as a player but there are question marks over whether or not he's good enough at this level. He'll get another deal in 12 months time if he proves himself and if he loves it at Ewood as much as he makes out, he'll take it.

Would love that to be the case. He looks a player. Him and Armstrong/Chapman back and we start to look so much stronger.

I think he does a good job for the LET. He's very active on Twitter and seems to find out a lot from the club.

Ah fair enough. Didn't really know what was going on there..

Who are we signing from Oldham?

I've never really understood the criticism of Williams. He was a standout player for us in the run of games under Mowbray in the Championship, so I don't see any reason why he would struggle all of a sudden next season. He did have a few games at the start of last season where he did look poor (at home to AFC Wimbledon springs straight to mind), but even he's admitted that he grew into the season. Across the season he was one of our more consistent performers, which has culminated in an international call up. I'm looking forward to seeing him kick on next season.

Love the idea of this forum ever settling down. We could be challenging for the Prem and people would be booting off.

Fair play. That's understandable.

I think it's really important that we keep Graham. He bailed us out in games last season on his own at times. He's no longer a 90 minute player but he's vital to the way we play and would be very hard to replace for reasonable money. I can understand concerns about his continued form and fitness, but I can't see a similar player costing us any less than £2mill in the current market. I'd be looking to offer him a 12 month deal with a 12 month extension as people have mentioned. Does anyone know why his 12 month extension hasn't just automatically kicked in?