I wish I could check out.

Getting strong vibes of last December. A match where we know the manager is upset/leaving imminently. We may as well throw the game.

In his mid-transfer window statement, Waggott cited the incredible team spirit in the dressing room as a reason why we basically weren’t signing many players. Now if rumours are to be believed they are willing to totally destroy this for….750k.

I said this when JDT went, but the only positive that can come from this is that it should expedite the owners departure from the club. They lucked out on JE and we’ve had a stay of execution for a season, but what on earth is the plan for next year with a depleted squad and an unwillingness to offer any longer contracts? In any sane universe this would be an indication that the owners are planning an exit, but with this lot you never know. I still can’t see past bitterness and revenge as being the underlying reason they don’t sell up. They were offended by the protests of a few years ago and took the hump. Now they enjoy watching us suffer by essentially holding the club captive in its current listless state.

Very envious watching the Birmingham City owner talking so passionately about the club at HT of their FA Cup tie with Newcastle. Fans are buzzing and club put on firework display for the big match. They are a division below us, but the fans are far more engaged as there is a plan and there is ambition. We are stagnant and it’s soul destroying to see. What’s the point of owning a football club if you’re not interested? Just put us all out of our misery.

If I was him I would wait for a better opportunity. I’d be happy to continue being paid well at Rovers whilst I bide my time. Even if they approach us and our hopeless board allow him to speak to Derby, I’d still expect him to reject the job as it makes no sense career wise. When the right job does come up though he’d be off like a shot and who could blame him?!

I would be very surprised to see him take up a job at a team fighting relegation. He may as well stay until the summer. His stock will remain high however our season pans out and if he does perform a miracle and get us into the playoffs then his reputation will sky rocket. He will know that better jobs will become available if he bides his time. For his career it would make no logical sense to go to Derby County even if he was seriously unhappy. I suppose this will be good news for us, but in reality we will just delay the inevitable for a few months. Meanwhile we face the prospect of having barely any players in the squad come the summer, very few valuable assets to generate income and a manager who will be itching to leave. Venkys have absolutely destroyed the club.

Tonight’s match was another victim of doing our transfer dealings too late. We have had a fairly nice run of fixtures in January but dropped far too many points. In the unlikely event that we narrowly miss out on the play-offs, we will regret these defeats.

In case Waggot is reading this. It's spelled Dennis with 2 N's.

You’d think they might stretch the budget a little given our league position. What is the point of owning a football club?

‘Powder dry’ day

I suppose if we signed O’Brien we could save a few quid and use the photos from 2 years ago. This might be an incentive for Waggot.

We've left it to the last minute again to save a couple of hundred grand. Now it's all down to the last day again and our record from the previous two January deadlines is calamitous. We somehow sit in 5th with a threadbare squad and have already wasted several winnable games this month. If Eustace is not backed tomorrow then I think it will be even worse than the previous January debacles. You'd think this would open the eyes to any remaining Venky sympathisers but it probably won't. I just cannot see how they will try to explain their failings when we all know that FFP and incomings are on our side and clubs behind us in the league are far outspending us. Could be a dark day tomorrow (again).

Trying to seal deals on January deadline day…what could possibly go wrong??

We are so lucky to have billionaire owners.

I think they are asset stripping to try to get some of that money back. Surely they’ve made a big loss overall but if they had the clubs interests at heart and not their wealth then they would have sold up already.

The evidence against the owners/waggot/Pasha is more damning this window than previously. Even those who won’t criticise the owners are going to struggle to excuse this. As we tumble down the table whilst other teams below us outspend us comfortably it makes it look even worse for them. If there is no restriction on them spending from the Indian courts or FFP and they never say no to signing a cheque then what’s the issue? We have received £40m in transfer fees so where’s the money gone? If the issue is simply that they don’t want to spend any money then why won’t they sell us? I struggle to see how they can possibly try to dress this up as anything other than gross neglect.

The obvious question is why won’t they cough up the money for O’Brien for a few months? If they had even the slightest interest in the club surely they would do that for Eustace? We could have done it last week and he could have replaced Forshaw yesterday! It must be getting even tricky for the Snake oil salesman Waggot to explain this degree of negligence. They’ve brought in 40million quid in sales and he says they always sign a cheque when asked. Make it make sense!

Even Nixon has given up on us.

Valiant effort given all that’s going on. Deserved a point and got unlucky. We might have had a better chance with a few more players. Another game wasted without reinforcements. Criminal and hardly surprising JE wants out.

My prediction for tomorrow is that we end up rushing Travis back and he gets injured again.

Heaven knows if he has his finger on the pulse or not, but Nixon seems to think Schlupp is off the Coventry as they are offering better terms. Given our injury crisis a utility player like Schlupp would make a huge difference for Saturday and you’d think the injuries sustained last night might encourage them to stump up the extra cash to get him in. We are (albeit not for long) in a better position to challenge than Cov. Nixon suggested he was someone Eustace wanted. It appears that Eustace is also being sent to Coventry by the board (metaphorically speaking). We just don’t function as a club.

Groundhog January

This is evidenced by one year not letting JDT sign anyone over the age of 15 and then signing Forshaw, Fadz, Fleck. I’m sure we were following the Brentford model a couple of years ago and then Broughton and JDT were bringing in lots of Scandinavian talent. The one consistent plan they have is to spend less money and to pull the wool over our eyes.

Im hoping any outgoing deals are put on hold now given the injuries picked up tonight. Fadz is surely needed now. O’Riordon and Garrett might find themselves starting on Saturday if they stick around long enough!