The guy that posted the Stanley House guest list because it included Kalinic name - along with room number and Rovers credit account at Stanley House was quite something. Equally the guy watching the first team train out of his office window at Brockhall and telling everyone the first 11 plus subs 24 hours in advance. There’s been some good times.

Sounds like that was an off day.

There was loads around that time, wasn’t the Polish keeper one too? Anyway — it was the sort of names that everyone went “who is that??” then it turned out 2 weeks later they where real and we did want to buy them.

We will see - some bloody gamble is that.

Birmingham are in a FFP whole so have just thrown the lot at it knowing there’s trouble coming ahead regardless. FFP is the absolute worst thing that could have happened for a club in our position.

Our transfer business has been dreadful. Essentially we gambled the Dack money we thought we had at any time on Brereton and Gallagher and so far that’s been a terrible decision. We are extremely lucky we have managed to bring through youngsters. The next big sale will be one of Travis, Nyambe, JRC and Buckley. Let’s hope we can use their money wisely in advance to ensure we get promoted the year we sell the asset.

Because Mulgrew had the option to return within the deal with Wigan but had to make the decision on the date which he did. If Charlie had stayed at Wigan he wouldn’t have been able to move for free between now and the end of the season. MLS and Aus can sign frees anytime and we would love to release him on a free. He made the right decision for him, you can’t deny him that.

Unleaded has a long history of calling transfers ahead of any local journalist. I can’t name them off the top of my head, but we are talking years of heads ups on here.

Yes but only 18/19, 19/20 is considered for FFP. That is the years we’ve been in the league. We have sold players for circa 4m during that period. We have bought players for circa 14m during that time. We need a sale to spend any money. We can only loan if it reduces the wage bill. Cunningham leaving would have helped, but Mulgrew is back. If we can get rid of Smallwood, we can sign a loan.

Absolutely - Brereton, Gallagher, £12 million. The only way to beat FFP is to have 2 years of minimal expenditure followed by 1 year of going for it, or sell academy players for money. Wigan have got 10m for their left back, they bought him for 2m. They’ll be going for it tomorrow - that’s a fantastic FFP deal.

Mani won’t like it, but Dack is off if we can get anything like the money we could have got for him this January in January next year when he’s fit. A loan with an option works well for us, we can sign him in summer and the costs will be in the same season as the Dack sale.

Naming players doesn’t scupper deals. Most clubs know roughly who is available. Before a player signs most agents do a last minute run around of other similar stature clubs. But it does wind the club up internally and staff have been called into meetings to tell them to stop discussing things outside of the club. Berg was obsessed with leaks. Bowyer didn’t like it. Mowbray has to be fair done loads to stop it. I’m certainly not ITK but I hear less under Mowbray than I have under almost any manager I can remember.

Have you looked at how much money they’ve received in transfers? They received 20m in two seasons - 14m on academy players, which is what FFP loves.

In other news Wigan have just sold a player to AC Milan.

Probably not - but you won’t see our ITK’ers say I’m wrong and I won’t get wound up at people saying I am. That’s the aim, don’t know who the left back is, they like City for giving them Tosin and City like us - do they have any?

As far as I’m aware I’m the only person that can change peoples usernames and I haven’t changed any recently. Anyway - they want Smallwood out to Barnsley or Sunderland, a left back in on loan and Freeman on a loan with an option. Mulgrew is staying around until he can get off to the US or Aus.

They own thousands of miles squared of prime land in one of the worlds most upcoming regions. They’ve never been richer.

I know it matters very little coming from a stranger on the internet, but you only need to worry if they decide they want out. It’s unbelievable to think, but 170m is very little to Venkys. If the league allowed it they’d be spending millions ever single window.

Yes, it is coincidence and it wouldn’t have happened last night - it was just issued on companies house last night. They put money in the same time ever season to cover losses. They put the maximum they’re allowed to put in under FFP. They’ll issue more in September this year too.

Tony Gallacher from Liverpool?

Still would make him our highest earner when he’s done nothing for years. I’d rather let Brereton play.

If you could both stop it we would be grateful. I get an email every time you report each other, its tiresome and frankly I can’t compute how it’s lasted this long going back and forth.

Mulgrew is back.

I’ve no idea how insurance works, I remember we once got paid out on someone (Dahlin?). Will we be paying Dack while he’s out? Can we claim it back? You’re an expert I assume?

As a side note, if Dack is out for 12 months we surely must have his wages covered under his medical insurance? Can we not spend that?