So Nicko teases some ‘very positive’ news to us for days… What could it be? Warchest? Waggott being sacked? Good freebie all but signed? How exciting… Well it turns out, that we just want to loan a youngster from Palace, who we’ll probably miss out on. Or the ‘very positive’ news could be the fact that Man U are trying to pluck from our academy, yet the player might not want to go (but probably will). What a wanker that bloke is.

Should put ourselves in the mix for this lad - was thought to be a big prospect at one point if I remember correctly. Probably not short of offers, but no harm in trying.

Oh dear 🤣 Are these things you’ve heard?

Absolutely agree. I believe he still lives in Liverpool - Stockport and Wrexham are both nearby.

Good post. How much do you expect them to spend this window? Of course, nobody really knows, but as someone with better insight than most i'm curious as to what you think.

For us? Sure. For an ambitious Club? Nah.

That account has been suspended from Twitter... Could it be that the Club have reached out to get them suspended, due to their leaks? 👀

Agreed. If I could have a look 2 years into the future, I wouldn't be one bit surprised to see us struggling in League One.

Oh I think they'll sign one for sure... Might end up being some cheap useless tosser that nobody else wants, but I do think they'll get one.

It's Gregg! Waggott realised that he doesn't really know anyone else, he's trying to get our Gregg back on reduced terms.

We need 2 strikers... if this can be the cheap backup, then i'm all for it. Big lad, apparently a good finisher, only 24. However, I fully expect these muppets to only sign 1 striker, in which case we need to be shopping a couple of levels above this.

Eustace won't really give a shite as long as he's getting paid and gaining experience... the Club is an absolute mess. Feels inevitable that i'll be boycotting this season... - ST's are likely to be extortionate as usual. - Anyone worth anything will be sold, with none (or very very little) of the money being put back in. - There is absolutely no ambition, a mid-table finish would be considered a success to this lot. I really can't think of a reason to give up my hard earned money. I adore the Club but will not support the muppets running it. I desperately hope i'm proven wrong about all of the above of course, but I highly doubt it. We need Waggot, Suhail and the Owners gone.

There are actually some really good free agents coming (or already) available, some will require a decent wage which will probably rule us out... but there are plenty i'd take that'd make a huge difference to our squad without paying transfer fees. To name a few... Josh Bowler Sorba Thomas Max Lowe Wes Foderingham Herbie Kane Aaron Connolly Tyrese Campbell Paddy McNair Chris Willock Sam McCallum Jake Cooper Josh Onomah

Sam McCallum has been released by Norwich, if our lot had any brains between them they'd move in for him pronto... but they don't 🙄

Would fully agree, however... He's been on over £20k a week at Hull... highly doubt he'd be willing to take a huge wage cut to come here. He'll end up somewhere that will give him around the same as Hull, clubs like Middlesbrough/Norwich/Watford spring to mind.

Nah League One I reckon, has Wrexham written all over it.

This is the thing isn't it, things like this don't happen outside of Blackburn Rovers. Waggott and the Venky's don't care about quality or inexperience, they care that he'll be cheap - we'd essentially be giving him work experience, in the 2nd highest division in the English football pyramid.

Like I said, who knows - maybe he does!

Does McGuire have too much genuine bitterness towards the Club? Who knows! I personally get the impression that this is maybe just his agent advising him appropriately, since 'what happened' gives him the upper hand when/if they come to negotiating his salary. I could be wrong of course, in which case, they should leave it be. Also - considering the fact that he's on about 1k a week right now, I wonder what he'd consider to be "a lot of money"? We might have originally offered him 7/8k a week, but maybe now it'd have to become ~10k?

☝️ this is correct

Oh he definitely will, and some of them certainly fit the bill for what we need... but not the ones he'll be going for, sadly. Whilst i'd welcome the likes of Miyoshi, Dembele, James, Bacuna and Laird with open arms... it's more likely the case that he'll be looking to recruit players like Jutkiewicz, Pritchard, and of course Ruddy.

Inside info on the DoF, apparently we've hired some guy called Weve Staggott - anyone heard of him? Paying him shit loads i've heard.

We really do need to make ~7/8 good signings, but there's no way we will... if we sign that many players, they'll mainly be useless tossers who nobody else wants.

This is my concern... I'd expect GB to be fully on board with bringing in good, experience players who aren't too over the hill - but I think it's likely the case that Eustace is just looking at the really old and really cheap options, that nobody else wants... and that's where there's been a clash.

Have heard a few mentions of this lad over the last couple of month, excited to see him play. One thing I want to know, does he have pace?