The January window may as well not exist for us. We signed Arma on loan in Jan '18... can't think of any other decent signings we've made in that window since TM took charge. I find every summer hugely disappointing as far as transfers are concerned, but YMMV depending on your expectations and ambitions for the club I suppose.

You're right, I thought we loaned Armstrong in the summer but it was January. I was probably thinking of Downing. Either way it was arguably the only good window we've had under TM. Good signings made quickly and decisively, ready for the first game of the season. We seem to have regressed massively since then in terms of recruitment, despite claims from the club to the contrary.

You would think with the amount of massively disappointing transfer windows we've had under TM the old "wait until the window has closed" phrase would have been quietly retired. It's practically guaranteed at this point that the window will end in disappointment with few if any of our glaring issues addressed in a future-proof way. Only really decent window we've had under Mowbray, from memory, was summer '17 when we signed Dack, Arma, Smallwood etc.

That period when we were run by Shebby and Shagnew was awful. The general incompetence at the club was astounding and it's amazing that Bowyer managed to keep us relatively stable during that time. We all know Bowyer ultimately underachieved with the squad he had in the 13/14 and 14/15 seasons, but I've always felt on balance he also deserves credit for assembling that squad during those dark days. Unfortunately he was eventually unable keep the wolf from the door after a couple of years of decent effort, and things went downhill a lot faster once he left.

From memory it was around that time the club was relying on emergency loans for day to day operations as well. If only the staff had known they just needed to ask the owners for more money.

That kind of stance would be fine if we had Mick McCarthy in charge - a manager who can not only work but thrive and be successful on a small budget. As we have Tony Mowbray these kind of limitations will doom us to mid-table nothingness at best as for all his good points I don't think Tony is realistically capable of getting a club with a limited budget into the Championship top six.

Yes, and I imagine we will be subsidising 80-90% of his wage. Realistically Fleetwood are not going to be able to afford much more than 10-20% of Mulgrew's current wage and thanks to TM he's in a position where he has no reason to drop his demands until next year.

There is nothing credible to suggest the fee is significantly less than £7m - that's what's been reported in the media, and Mowbray has never come out to make corrections, instead confirming Brereton cost significant money. But do we really want to go back to arguing about flex?

I doubt many people on here know that much about him, unless you've closely followed his career and attended the matches he played for United's youth team and Rovers u18s/u23s. If you have then fair play, if not then we just have differing opinions. We'll see how he progresses, but as it stands I'd be happy for him to have a similar impact to Travis. If he becomes even better then great.

I think there's every chance JRC will develop into a solid first teamer for us, but world class? Come on now. If that was true the lad wouldn't be here only just breaking into the first team at 21. More likely he'll end up at a similar level to Travis, I'd think.

Last time Charlie and the manager had a falling out Wigan were there to make him disappear for a few months - if there's no Wigan this time around do we pay him off and let him go, or keep him around doing nothing and draining £80k a month from the club's coffers? Seems like a bad situation to me. No club is going to pay Mulgrew anything close to what we're paying him as he's finished at any remotely decent level. Seems like we either pay him off and let him go, or find somebody to loan him out to with the caveat that we pay the majority of his wages. Obviously Charlie could agree a mutual termination but for the last year or so he's been happy to take the money for doing nothing - what's another year at this point in his career? Especially as he's probably on 4x the wage here that he'd be offered anywhere else.

As soon as I was able I got the HP/SP auto-recovery items from the doctor's clinic. When equipped they give you back decent amounts of HP/SP per turn in battle - and if you fuse your Personas smartly you can have them also give you back HP/SP in battle. Basically meant I rarely had to use actual recovery items until near the end of the game when fighting the more difficult bosses. From memory the next palace is a lot of fun, the one after that is arguably the most difficult in the game, and the last two are also really enjoyable. As an aside I received my latest mini console from Japan today, the PC Engine mini. Considering I only ordered it on Monday evening I'm very impressed by the fast delivery time - I expected it to take at least a week or two.

The problem is that the lower the price goes the more clubs will be interested. If the asking price does go down to six-figures then I would imagine there will be strong interest from a number of teams, some of which are likely to be able to provide better offers than us in terms of his contract. Obviously in an ideal world you'd get the lad for as cheap as possible, but I don't think leaving it to the wire is going to benefit us.

If Mulgrew is moving to L1, on loan or otherwise, then I have to assume we will be subsidising a massive amount of his wage.

If DG was going to sign for a L1 club then he probably didn't have that many options in terms of getting a decent wage. It was likely between Sunderland and Ipswich, and the latter are going to struggle as it is to balance their books going forward with the salary cap. If he has signed for Sunderland then I think it's a great signing for them. Even as a rotational option he will likely be well worth his weight in goals and assists over the course of a season. Like most I know absolutely nothing about Kaminski but I'm just relieved that it looks like we aren't even considering bringing Walton back. With the way this season ended there was no way our team could trust him between the sticks. Better for him and us that he moves on elsewhere.

I don't know either, but I don't think they deserve praise for simply paying the bills. That is the responsiblity they took on when they bought the club - and a lot of the money they have been forced to pay out has been due to their own rank bad management of the club.

Paying the bills is literally the most basic responsiblity Venky's have as owners (and in 2015 we were suddenly taking out emergency loans, so as for always paying the bills...) - owners that don't pay the bills are very soon not club owners anymore.

Been playing a lot of Fall Guys recently. Dangerously addictive little game. Managed to win my first episode just now so life is good ?

Yeah that's right, although these clubs have to make signings with one eye to the future as when many contracts come up next year they may not be able to renew them based on the new salary cap - and if they've spunked a massive portion of their wage budget on Graham, even for just a year or two, it could have consequences for who they can sign across the rest of the pitch. Clubs like Ipswich and Sunderland are basically going to want to get out of L1 ASAP as their competitive advantage through being 'big' clubs in the league is going to rapidly diminish as the seasons go on assuming the salary cap is implemented as is and sticks around. I am still sceptical as to how the EFL can apply the salary cap if it is legally unenforcable, though.

Have to admit I would be surprised as well, but a lot has changed there since he's left so who knows. You have to imagine after last time their fans would lose patience with him very quickly if he didn't get off to a good start.

I was on 'Maybe' before lockdown, but only based on Walton coming in as a no2 to a better goalie (which was an unlikely scenario in the first place). Changed to 'No' as post-lockdown he's been so bad I wouldn't even trust him as backup.

I'd agree, although if the salary cap is being taken seriously by L1/L2 teams then smaller clubs than Ipswich might be able to offer DG higher wages due to having more room to manuever within the salary cap limits. If clubs just ignore the rule entirely then it'll probably be between Ipswich and Sunderland.

If this rule is not legally viable how can it be brought in? The only clubs it would punish would be those who couldn't afford to go the legal route to get any punishment voided.

We were 1-0 up at half time and I think doing fairly well, so maybe just watch the first 45 and skip the rest ?

Assume it's the 4-1 to them, in which case I'll give it a miss.