Could/should be 3 down here. They've had much better chances.

Dolan is bench material at best. Could hook JRC, Dolan and Hedges at HT and none could complain. It's why we need 2 more players out wide.

That must be the slowest team ever to grace the Championship.

You keep bringing up Johansson yet that horror show was clearly a one off in a few consistently good seasons. Pears has consistent horror shows and the odd good game.

Cheers for clearing that up. In the fog of my mind I just recall Steele being poor then followed by Walton - who was also poor. Didn't realise there was a gap.

Same thing when we sold Raya. we loaned in Steele, then Walton. Got form for it.

They'll treat him as a new signing so they can cross buying a midfielder off the list.

At the crawl this club conducts incoming transfers, any offers will have to be agreed by the end of this weekend to have any chance of getting the paperwork done by Friday. Outgoings we seem to be able to do at the flick of a switch.

I get the idea that your full back overlaps...but we have Pickering who is too slow to get anywhere near.

Just watched some clips of the Matondo kid. Very quick and tricky but looks to cut inside from the left. Clearly favours his right foot. Call me old-fashioned but I'd want to see a left-footed left winger getting to the by-line and crossing for Big Mac to nod home. Seen enough of this inverted winger shite.

Tough choice between him and Dembele who can't break into league 1 Birmingham's side.

That would be me. Simply based on the fact that every time there is potential bad news around our finances, a fresh list of names magically appear. None of which ever materialise. It seems to be Waggot's go-to method to deflect scrutiny.

Why do we need another cb?

A few weeks ago before Ohashi arrived, I'm pretty sure Eustace said he was viewed as the Telovic replacement.

Your just being pedantic Paul. 'It'll never happen' v 'unlikely but not impossible.' I'd love to win euro millions - it'll never happen...but it's not impossible. Admit it. You are really a secret member of the 'It'll never happen' brigade 😂.

5 is the absolute minimum number now - providing no more outgoings. Any more out also need replacing - perhaps with the exception of Vale/Leonard. The French lad/Tyjon should be similar replacements and would benefit from first team exposure. We all know the weak spots in the team/squad GK (A scarecrow would be an improvement) LB (a quick one) CM (ball carrier/box to box). LW (quick/direct) RW (as above) Strong argument for a RB as well. Personally, I think we'll get a cheap keeper and another forward. That will be it.

Lot of tittle tattle about a player that's left. Must be all quiet on the incoming front then!

Let him who hath understanding, reckon the number of the beast. For it is a human number.

I said yesterday morning that if the court case didn't go well, there would be a list of transfer targets out by 6pm. Oldest trick in Waggots play book.

Do we close this thread now?

Yup, twas a touch of sarcasm.

*taps fingers on table and waits for Nixon to announce we are looking at 3 above standard players.

So its been delayed again? Last thing anyone expected...

Must be rattling through these. Are they all guilty, guilty, guilty?

Simple way of working out the outcome. If at 6pm tonight we are suddenly (and mysteriously) linked with 3 or 4 players that are clearly not happening, then we will know Venkys lost. Waggott's favourite way of appeasing the great unwashed.