And his enthusiasm is something else!

Liverpool and Man U voted against their own proposal. I suspect the real negotiations start here after Big Picture opened the window to some very unpalatable stuff.

Bielsa has ok'd negotiating a loan with buy option for Douglas to Rovers. Apparently Leeds are considering offering Douglas a contract extension as a negotiating tactic with Rovers.

Thanks for this. Makes going up this season even more vital.

Club is very clear that Nyambe will be staying and that player and club are fine with the situation.

Only Administration would remove dependency on Venky's

Doing that would cripple Rovers today.

80% of Charlie's wages would be 35% of Fleetwood's total permitted L1 wage cap. That is the magnitude of the problem.

LT reporting that a left back is being worked on very hard. It seems that Douglas is more likely than the Leicester youngster. Douglas not ideal but he ticks most boxes. LT also saying Rovers trying to get EFL placements for Lyons and Fisher and that Mulgrew talks remain stuck.

I voted

He is last in the voting!

Wage caps already exist in Leagues 1 and 2. That is why no more Rovers players are going out on loan.

Agreed. That has not to be compromised on. If this had been proposed in 1995, Rovers would have got outsized voting rights and Chelsea and City were potential relegation candidates. The rest of the proposals are negotiable.

Apparently if you test positive for Covid on international duty, you are not named. So it appears the player who might formerly have been known as Del, tested positive on Sunday, negative on Monday morning and positive again on Monday afternoon. Ten days from Monday afternoon explains why he would be ruled out for the Watford game as well as the Forest match.

We don't have to sell Armstrong! What I wrote is if we did it would relieve the extreme pressure the club is under to keep within FFP. FFP rather than Venky parsimoniousness is the squeeze we are under THIS WEEK as the window closure rushes towards us. Won't stop us from doing creative very low cash deals- a huge amount is riding on who blinks first showing their desperation. There are clubs out there if they blink will show they are about to fold. Rovers are most definitely not in that category. Mowbray again today is talking about creating competition for places.

Short of LT saying it directly, it sounds like Williams- they expect him to miss both the Forest and Watford games. He tested on Friday apparently which means he could have just been infected at or around the Cardiff game but very unlikely to have been infectious- the other four Irish lads are the unfortunate ones rather than four Rovers being ruled out. LT are saying unless JRC and Lenihan have had any set backs, they are expected to be available v Forest. So two right footers- Ayala and Lenihan at the centre of defence with probably Leniham playing the Williams role of being the more venturesome. Another yellow for Darragh then!

And what is FFP? And what are Rovers rubbing up against other than sustainability supported by the owners, not profitability?

Honouring contracts and commitments do add up.

It is actually a silver tea spoon. And there are no burgers.

I am not arguing the merits. I am telling you how it is.

Yes, the numbers are being extremely carefully monitored. And it is as knife edge as you suggest. £100k saved here allows £100k spending there.

As I have written, deluded. Sorry, but FFP is the biggest risk/threat Rovers currently face.

And Birmingham two seasons ago and Derby came within a whisker this season.

I agree that is the sensible way forward. I would also look at 19/20 from March onwards for exclusion as well if possible. BUT FFP as currently drafted are still the official rules Breaking the rules and offering "but we thought the rules were going to be changed" is a sure way of getting a transfer and a points deduction.