bluebruce

I'm sure you know this, being how much you tend to check into the rules, but in recent windows at least, you have a deadline to get initial paperwork in principle in to show the deal is highly progressed, then you get another couple of hours to dot the i's and cross the t's.

I'd phrase it more as 'completely fucking unacceptable', but it's good to see you're not trying to justify this one.

And how did our last 'work experience' work out?

Erm...I'd take him as a striker coach tbh, given what his strengths were I think he could pass a lot on. But I don't see what he can bring to transfer dealings. And an odd time to hire him if true, on the day the window closes.

Hmmm...you name 4 wingers for 2 positions, then wedge in a RB and a CAM, and say that's enough. Then name 5 CMs for 2 positions and say that's a frightening thought. I don't imagine the discrepancy is quality in depth, as a lot of those wingers don't seem up to it either.

What do you mean? I don't think age comes into it at all. I suspect what you're thinking of is youth players making loan moves after our window closes, but that's because they're moving to non-league teams who have a different window system for loans.

Ahh from two different sources, got you. For a second there I was thinking what does he mean, he played Rotherham twice in one weekend? 😂

Is O'Riordan the 7 or the 8 there?

Watching that makes me think they see him as a wide mid.

Thanks for proving my point. I was only trying to save you some time ranting about them for the 1000th time, but I suspect you actually enjoy it so fair enough 🙂

Tbf that's probably cos the bulk, if not all, of our incoming transfer business is done. Which itself deserves some credit as I can't remember the last time that happened, even if the window hasn't gone how we'd have liked in various regards.

You're wasting your time getting Rev to admit Broughton had any successes. Especially by mentioning Tronstad, who he also refuses to admit is a good player. It's bizarre and nobody else agrees, but his opinion is both are shit with few redeeming qualities.

Montgomery fair enough to a degree, still young and barely seen him in the position though. But Tavares looks better than Forshaw to me.

What do you think? The part you said was scary.

What, swinging his dick around?

It's scarily inaccurate.

Oh well if he's as good as two players I've never heard of he must be a 50 million quid player like they say. Glad he's doing well there, hopefully he's finally ready to kick on with us in January or the summer. We've been waiting long enough, and had what, 3 managers in his time who didn't fancy him? We paid 500k for him for a reason, has to be a player in there.

Oh, apologies, I thought he was still out at Crewe I must have gotten muddled up. Fair enough, his last spell in League One was a fail though so no surprise for me he hasn't broken in here. If he does well for the rest of his loan he will surely get a chance here. If he doesn't, he shouldn't.

My edit button isn't working, but to add to my above post, and as you say, we won't pay the wages, so again the 3 year contract isn't the big gamble part.

As I say, even if we signed him for 500k, if he isn't deemed worthy of at least 3 years, there's no fucking point.

Well he couldn't break in as a regular for a League One side and his rave reviews are only in League Two, so I don't find it bizarre at all.

Interesting they think it's a masterclass, given that it's 0.9 million less than they paid for him a year ago...

I think paying about 2 million for him is a much clearer sign they think he's the real deal. Quite frankly, if we sign anyone at that age on shorter terms than 3 years with an option, we shouldn't even bother signing them.

Pretty good.

(The following is just 'on paper', never seen him play, obviously giving him a chance) If we see Gudjohnsen as basically a Leonard replacement, I don't mind that, it's probably an upgrade there. But since he allegedly costs double what we are getting for Leonard (if we even complete the Leonard sale), I don't think that's the case. And furthermore, I'd much rather be replacing our third choice striker with a clear first choice striker, as we aren't getting enough out of the other two (I'm happy with Ohashi as second choice and competition for first choice, but I haven't seen enough to think he will bag 15+ goals to push us on). Maybe this lad is actually the bee's knees, and the stats are more encouraging than one or two of the strikers we've been linked with. But as somebody pointed out, in the Belgian top flight last season he scored just under half as many as Gueye did in his last season there, and Gueye isn't exactly banging them in for fun. We will see, and hope.