Very good point

So do I.

Maddison and Nmecha now please.

That may mean Rudy Gestede could be surplus to requirements. As long as he is not a crock after his injuries, he would be an excellent cheap target man to get in. Thoughts?

Gallagher probably.

If Middlesbrough would agree, we could get him on a season long loan with an agreed purchase price. Then we would get best of both worlds i.e. he’d be tried and tested. Even though his contract would be up they would still be eligible for compensation, so an agreed price at this stage may work for both parties.

Ha ha nice one. Cue people hanging themselves.

Exactly, so can’t read anything into the picture of him in a Rovers kit.

Yeah, but his bio says he is a Middlesbrough and England footballer. Somewhat confusing.

Totally agree. Let’s keep it to transfer news.

Thank you.

While it is seeming less and less likely, if we could get only Maddison and Chapman permanently and a good loan, maybe Lukas Nmecha from City we would be looking a lot better. Btw Maddison played for Peterborough last night and made both goals.

Is that because you know the player coming in and he is , shall we say, underwhelming?

Yes I did and no reply. Same with the Peterborough chairman, Alan Nixon and sports Pete. Complete silence.

Maddison has a release clause of £2.5M which the chairman considers cheap and with clubs willing to pay it, it is non negotiable. Although I don’t know what players are paid, my instinct is that you will need to at least double the salaries you are quoting.

My thoughts exactly.

I’ve just watched Lukas Nmecha video highlights and he looks worse than Nuttall and Samuel in my humble opinion. So I hope it is another City player that we are linked with!!

I feel like Tony’s budget which he thought was good has been exposed as way off the pace for transfer fees and wages. I think it has really taken him by surprise and he is trying to get the best out of what he has asked for. I am worried that we could be left with getting players that are not on any of the lists!! But I hope that I am wrong. I also don’t think he will look abroad as he is trying to create a tight knit British based team similar to how Dyke achieved promotion.

Hasn’t he got a long term injury?

If it is WBA then we could lose out as they have just McLean for £5M. ?

I have feeling that we were the other club that was going to miss out. I think the club who was in pole position was WBA as they weren’t in the championship last season and they have been the bookies favourite. If they are still waiting for a player sale that could let us in with a chance, if we are in fact in for him.

That's steal

He also said that it wasn't Wigan.?

My Nyambe is playing really well in my opinion.

Which is pretty much what Tony has been saying. He seems to see achieving promotion as at least a 2-3 year goal. He wants us to be competitive this year, which I take to mean being a top half team. He feels a few quality additions to a very tight squad will do that. If we could get Armstrong & Chapman back (buy or loan) plus Maddison and a decent target man I think that would be achievable.