By the way in no world does McFadz count as a new signing - it’s a delayed contract renewal! Seems it was a great idea telling the club that the transfer window closed today!

Seems one of those good all round deals, decent fee for us whilst not too expensive for Stoke and new start for him Just have to hope Gueye does the good link up bits Gally did but with more output as well

I know we have one prominent Japanese fan on twitter and we may get more visitors to check in on Ohashi so always worth being courteous cheers

Can we stop saying ‘the jap lad’ Whilst I’m sure it’s not intentional I know the term can cause some offence to Japanese people

Interesting that Fraser Reed is leaving (after just taking a new ‘Head of’ job title) and Yasir is now ‘Head of’ more things I can’t imagine what it’s like to work there, I once considered (briefly) a HR role there but quickly came to my senses

Here’s the minutes https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.roversservices.co.uk/f133d7a0-4ed2-11ef-94ad-c768a1233402.pdf

That’s 100% what it is Nice to see we’ve just confirmed we’ll announce Ohashi in the morning (although may as well just do it now)

I’ll be honest I’m not proud of my use of ‘brass’ as it’s not nice but I read it and got the witchdoctor in my head

Doh, doh, doh, doh I told the witch doctor, I thought I had a curse Doh, doh, doh, doh I told the witch doctor, I thought I loved a brass Doh, doh, doh, doh And than the witch doctor, he took blood from my ass! Ooh ee ooh ah ah Big Mak walla walla bing bang Ooh ee ooh ah ah Big Mak walla walla bang bang

Did we play Finneran in the cup just so we had a better case at tribunal for his fee?

Say what you want about Gally but he does have magnificent hair

We need people that can cross a ball to utilise his strengths

Credit where it’s due it seems Alan Nixon has got some reliable sources again as that Gueye link came from nowhere and broke by him I’ve criticised his scattergun approach before but he’s getting a bit right these days

Either it’s very serious interest to leave him out or we are literally at the stage of being desperate to sell and actively trying to ensure it happens I rate him more than most on here granted but surely to anyone it’s clear that we have to bring in someone to do the kind of role they’d want him to do.

Ah the same fool that wouldn’t back down on his claim that the new lad was in Manchester whilst he was signing pictures in Japan

Think it varies but usually the buying club, in the tragic case of Emilano Sala the agent arranged it and blamed Cardiff for not sorting it for them though so it may depend how desperate someone is to move. Remember Odemwinge driving himself somewhere on deadline day to try and get a move

He’d be a cracking option should we ever draw Blythe Spartans in the cup

Shows that Swag is the one picking targets, is there any other constant between last time we were linked and now? Sad state of affairs

Should have got everyone to lob a handful of chicken nuggets instead of tennis balls, easy to get in!

It’s tragic but it well and truly feels like one of those hallmark seasons, I can see points deductions for unpaid wages, barely scraping a squad together and relegation with a whimper. Similar to Bolton a few years back my only hope is we shed the parasites and start to rise back with new owners and hope again.

Whoa whoa whoa wait a minute…….who said anything about ‘battling’?

Going to be the worst season in years but we have 3 stunning kits at least

Random one but I wouldn’t be too surprised to see Pears go the Derrick Williams route and head stateside at some point. Think his Mrs lives or is from LA and he looked like he spent his summer there, could see him looking to get a move in the future. Not that it would be a huge issue we’d just backfill with Rochdale’s reserve under 21

I can see him hanging his boots up soon, lost his spark and think attention is elsewhere

I haven’t bought a football shirt for myself for a long time but I went and got this today; genuinely think it’s great for summer holidays. I anticipate we’ll sell out (not saying much given our usual stock) and will be one of the most popular kits in ages. Will probably get my daughter one as well. Macron certainly delivering the hits more than misses!