Would be brilliant if we could offload Corry Evans and replace him with Whiteman for very little cost to our budgets. I think that was maybe something Mowbray was hoping for earlier in the window. However without Donny severely dropping their asking price I think it is completely unrealistic. And to be honest there is even less suggesting Stoke actually want Evans anyway. All a bit pie in the sky

A lot of negativity on here. Obviously we weren't as good as previous weeks. But Cardiff had done their homework. I felt we were still the better side though and just needed to be more clinical. Arma and Gallagher missed sitters. Then lots of half chances or shots from range that we just didnt get hold of. Big positives are a third clean sheet in a row and in really slippery conditions Kaminski was good again. Loved seeing Ayala tearing into a couple of his teammates. The addition of those two should hopefully see us remain in the mix most of this season and stop the Mowbray spirals we've become accustomed too. Overall a good first segment of the season.

If there has been a weak spot in our side the last few games it has been Lenihan.

Think we are going to be seeing a whole lot more of Dacky soon. His Mrs has a new show coming out and it looks like its featuring him quite heavily. Time to turn up the cringe factor

Johnson is better in a 3, Holtby is better in a 3, Rothwell is better in a 3. They are a bit of a traditional sitting player in Johnson with a 6 slightly ahead of him with more of a passing technical skillset in Holtby and an 8 in Rothwell providing real drive. They all bring different skillsets and compliment each other perfectly.

Total guess work on my part but considering it is talking about him making clubs wait after their initial interest in the summer I would assume we went for Kaminski instead of this guy

Pleaaaaaase can everyone stop talking about Raya. He must have taken up a good 50 pages of this transfer thread. Just go on his own specific thread. Mods could you not start chucking Raya chat in there to help?

To be fair, given Nyambes history of niggles, the opposition and JRC's ability to pick a final ball I think Mowbray is fully justified in the decision. People just like to stick the boot into the manager wherever possible. He's praised Nyambe and justified his reasoning. Not like he's called him out for being crap when he has played quite well like Mowbray has done in the past. I imagine Nyambe will be straight back in next game.

Anybody know what the deal is with Butterworth? He's been out injured for a ridiculous amount of time now. What was the injury? Any sign of him on the way back at all?

My mate who is a QPR fan said £5m had been mooted. But he also said Eze was off to Palace for £28m so definitely has a habit of exaggerating figures. In saying that I would say 500k is definitely on the low side. I'd be thinking he would still be about £1.5m at least.

With Sharpe just recently posting an article talking about a past interst in Manning if we have tied up a deal it will certainly prove whether or not he has contacts

Anyone else thinking we should start up a Raya thread?

Ronnie?

Would be a very good shout. With a year left on his contract I doubt he would break the bank, however still more than I would expect us to be spending.

I was surprised too. Had it on the background when I heard his name read out. He's found his level. Awful footballer

I think he is adding this. He has won a few flick ons in the first couple of games this year and looks as though he's using his body to shield the ball well. By far our best central striker.

Not really no. He's talking about an improved offer. 3 years is what I would have been expecting us to offer initially anyway

Quoting Nixon on here is definitely not seen as a credible source

I'm glad someone else is saying this. I saw a few posts saying he was one of our better players. And I couldn't disagree more. I like you thought he was very culpable for 2 Bournemouth goals. The second was horrendous. I was shouting about how Solanke got so much space in the area. Then the replay and seeing how poor Johnson was allowing him to roll away showed exactly why

Another day seemingly drifting by. Still no defenders. I didnt have the highest hopes. But I thought we'd have somebody in. Something structurally has to change. Mowbray is letting both the fans and his employers down. Whether it is needing a DOF or Venkys not being needed for a final sign off if that is indeed the case. This is simply not good enough

Be extremely disappointed if we are plugging the gap with a loan again. CB is such an important pairing and we cant keep going through the first few games of the season developing and understanding between the two. If we are in for him I seriously hope it is looking to a permanent and that is based on European scouting rather than the safety net of a premier league youngster loan

I think the disappointment with Kipre for me is the genuine surprise a premier league club has come in for him. He could be capable. But it's a massive leap. And you'd expect a premier league club to be after someone with a little more experience. Prior to the West Brom interest I would have been more worried about a championship team with a bit more financial clout than us beating us to him. The disappointment is that he would have been a great signing for us, but a little underwhelming for the club he's going too. A bit of a low risk gamble rather than someone who would have been topping their wanted list.

Eze is sheer class and has a good shot of being in the England squad before long. Glides with the ball.

Could well be a chance with Celtic losing in the Champions League qualifiers. Financing moves for established premier league players will be difficult with the champions league money. Paving the way for Duffy to West Brom and us to Kipre. Though all assuming no other team comes in and gazzumps us given his very clear availability. Simply based on gut feeling. I feel as though we've a 30-40% chance of landing him

Is this the most off topic the transfer thread has ever been?