It's beyond embarrassing that he's just assembling last year's squad (as much of it as he can). It's also beyond embarrassing that "better the devil you know, we could have been Derby" are spending £11m+ this window.

BBD sank without a trace in Spain. Dolan would be back in the Championship before we knew it.

Time will tell.

Tell you what, it takes a brave manager to drop Jess Carter after these racism allegations - even if she has been an absolute liability this tournament.

They've just bought Milos Kerkez for £45m from Bournemouth, which tells you what they think about Beck.

Damn, John, if you wanted our team from last year why did you leave? 😆

To play which position?

The hole in the argument is that they're unwilling to spend money so he'll play by default rather than by some grand design.

So: Loanee punt Been here for 10 games (fit) Never got fit Was better than Dolan A LB A #10

Which wingers have we signed? Hedges for £200k?

If you're managing his minutes then you need another #10. Cantwell has proven he can't consistently play twice a week. We need an option on the bench / for that midweek game that we can rely on. Tyjon can be in the mix, but if he's not ready to grab the job with both hands we need another.

Van Heck took a while to get going - I thought Hill was awful at CB, much better at RB.

What calibre of loan are you going to get if they're not guaranteed much playing time? A CB, unless he's the next Ferdinand, isn't going to play. Same for a ST. RW is the only real open spot for a talented loanee.

For the U21s or the first team?

Fun tho, innit?

The Josh Windass deal shows you how Dolan is really thought of in the Championship. Walked out of his contract with Sheffield Weds midweek - already signed up for Wrexham (pending a medical) with Norwich and Coventry trying to hijack the deal.

Bye-bye Jake Garrett then.

Cantwell suffered because he had nobody to pass to (Dolan and Hedges have no pace) and he ended up getting frustrated and coming deeper and deeper for the ball, taking him out of the play. Later-day-Dack used to do that too and it completely neutered him.

I can't say I enjoyed the blind, suicide pass to Toth if I'm honest.

I think it's partly because most of us are realistic - we're simply not bringing in that many players so, as fans, we're prioritising.

Another sub 6', slow CF? No thanks.

I think he'll have to drop down a level and will need to go to a team that doesn't ask him to run too much. I could see him being a big success in L1 and reigniting his career in the right set up.

Forshaw would be the same as Garrett / Montgomery for mine - a bloke you bring on for 15/20 minutes when the starter is tired. I wouldn't want to start him.

I think it's a stretch to say we're down Woodrow and Dennis. They contributed the square root of fuck all - which admittedly was part of the problem.

Like any good manager he's adapting to the players that he's got. Ribeiro and Pickering are quite slow, but steady at LB. If you gave him a Rak-Sakyi on the right wing, for example, he'd tweak the tactics to get the most out of him. Ex-Arsenal btw - the ex-Leicester lad is a CM (apparently - I've never seen him play).