I also feel that the next transfer window and summer will Show us what Gregg and our new head of recruitment can do. Venkys have clearly backed us this summer with signings and once fit we have a decent squad I feel.

Respect to Venkys for standing firm as always. we are are stronger now for keeping BBD and have until July to find a replacement for him.

I’m happy with the business of the day but would ideally like another attacker. If not then as long as BBD stays then it has been a very good window

Hold on he plays on the left of a front 3 😳, hopefully he comes regardless of BBD

Just turned 18, what a championship debut

Think he has had a very good game. Kept Bowler quiet for 81 mins so far

Best 45 mins I have seen from Pickering in a long long time too

Are you watching the same game? He has shown brilliant touches and feet a number of times. One of our key players this season and playing well today so far

Wharton will make mistakes- he is only 18 but boy this kid is a proper player. Made a few errors but shrugs it off and carries on playing, nothing like Buckley.

Wharton beautiful touch, Dack assist and what a finish by BBD

So he scores 20 goals and you wouldn’t pay £5 million? he scores 3 goals and we send him back…I fail to see a downside in this deal

Ross Barkley 😂 that’s a definite pie in the sky rumour!

In his first two seasons BBD scored a massive 2 goals in 40 games, season after 7 in 40. so we replaced Armstrongs 20 goals with some one with 9 goals in 80 games. Point being that who knows what this kid can produce at this level but he had a really good run in league 1 and was scoring a goal a game after Christmas so maybe decent after all

Breo will be gone before the deadline and for more than 15 million. the PL teams are desperate for strikers atm.

Yeah but perhaps someone with a smaller house has given said plumber a chance, he has proven himself up to the task. So the question is do you give this plumber another chance or have you written him off for life based on his work as a junior apprentice. I love metaphors lol 😂

‘At best’ he has had one full season in league 1 and is 23 years old. Deffo worth a punt.

I honestly think the loss of Wharton in the last three games cannot be understated. When we get him back alongside Hyam we should be stronger at the back, however it’s the striker situation which is concerning. A proper number 9 is needed, hold the ball up and score goals. I really hope that’s top of the agenda as when Breo goes we will be woefully short and then expect a relegation battle.

We need five or six but in about a weeks time we will have Ayala, Wharton, Hyam, carter, Phillips- that’s five for two positions- we don’t need six CBs imo. I really want to see a proper number 9 up front, someone who can hold the ball up (Aka Graham) but also someone who can score goals. My gut says we will sign four before Thursday.

Ref was an absolute joke. we played with a 17 year old CB and JRC as a RB, get these players in before the deadline…top of the list should be a striker, not a wide forward, a bloody striker!

Hyam plays on the left side.

Caulker is a decent back up signing. Ayala/ Wharton first choice, Hyam back up, then Caulker and carter with Phillips included that’s not a bad six. Now if Caulker was being brought in as a first choice CB I would be worried…

Lenihan was also a decent championship CB but nothing more. Otherwise why go to Boro? Too rash in his tackling for my liking.

You said he has limitations on the ball, have you seen him play? I’ll be honest I haven’t. However someone sent an excellent link a few pages and it showed that he is in the top 5% of players in this league for progressive passes. based on what I have read he is not really a Lenihan style player. So with him Ayala, Wharton, Carter and Phillips we would have enough CBs. He is also comfortable in a back 3 another advantage.

Considering Coventry have been on a sharp rise at the top end of the table for the last year, he has played over 40 games in the last two years, this looks a smart signing. im going to guess his wages will be lower than what we offered Lenihan. However I’m going to agree with Jim, surely it would have been cheaper to keep Lenihan?