You're even further up this guy's backside than you are Broughton's. The former hasn't even arrived yet and the latter has been here 5 weeks and hasn't overseen the acquisition of a single player! Hope you have fun with your new chums in the executive lounges this summer. Are you revising your initial opinion based on a couple of soundbites from Btoughton a few hours after he arrived that he can deliver "in spades"?

If we'd have been hammered 5-0, everyone would have been saying the result didn't matter. Hope no-one is fooled into thinking the squad as it stands is adequate.

I think he was being facetious but the jibe was misplaced imo as Nyambe is as good a full back as you will get at Championship level whereas Carter is a CH filling in at RB.

Can't be right. Full backs better than Nyambe are ten a penny in League 1 according to the sages on here.

Wouldn't say the first X1 looks great, but look at the state of that fucking bench. Doesn't look as though JDT regards Markanday as being particularly high on the pecking order either.

Changing manager certainly isn't but losing 4 key members of the first X1 and (so far) not replacing them certainly is!

Probably a Head of Recruitment. Who can't attract any players either.

Yes, I omitted to include Dack and Kaminsky, fair point, my bad, both big successes but I would caveat Kaminsky by saying we let an equally good if not better keeper in Raya go for peanuts then wasted money loaning the useless Walton for a season. I will have to disagree on your last paragraph, I don't think we've been any good in the transfer market since Gary Bowyer's Dad Ian was scouting for us.

Not sure how Middlesbrough have done anything wrong. I can see why we might have a gripe with Bournemouth us they came in for Rothwell to destabilise us and very much succeeded in that respect.

Fair comment. But if it was strictly limited to who we'd either actually been linked with or signed it'd be 1 -2 pages long.

Won't be a surprise to anyone - I thought he was dreadful in the transfer market. Just using last season as an example Last 4 permanent signings: Pickering - done all right - jury still out Edun - completely unnecessary signing in same position as Pickering - been very poor Markanday - might be great in due course but hasn't contributed thus far Hedges - Really poor signing imo Loans JPVH - excellent Khedra - did quite well Poveda - Complete waste of a lot of money Clarkson - abysmal Dutch RB - useless Giles - looked a useful player but was messed about and didn't click That isn't a particularly good strike rate imo and before that especially pre pandemic he's been allowed to bring in countless players either on permanent deals or loan, again (imo) with a very poor strike rate. Obviously in his defence he can point to Armstrong and Brereton (eventually) I was hoping recruitment was going to be much improved under the new regime. Maybe we've decided to go down a "more quality and less quantity" route which would probably be the right approach - as long as we actually get them in.

Don't give up the day job. Well....... It's Mowbray and Waggott's fault we're three key players down on last season. If however we've made at least three cracking signings before the start of the season to replace the players we've already lost to at least put us back on an even keel I'll hold my hands up. (Assuming the usual raft of loanees will also be coming in after that late on)

Yes, when it works! It did seem to me that JDT was trying to make it quite clear that the lack of incomings was nothing to do with him. "Nothing to do with me Guv!" (but I'm sure they're doing their best, bless their little cotton socks).

3 weeks!!!! He's been here a lot longer than that. Edit: Just checked - appears he was appointed on June 8th - that's over five weeks ago. Also can't judge him on whatever he has or hasn't been doing, can only judge him on results and so far diddly squat. Wasn't really having an all out go in my original post, I just found it interesting (and rather worrying) that JDT seemed to be implying that the recruitment side wasn't really his concern but Broughton's once they'd identified the type of player he wanted.

Not a very encouraging interview from JDT in the LT. He only "thinks" players will be coming in now seemingly. Meanwhile confirming that recruitment is basically out of his hands and in the hands of Broughton - who imo has done absolutely nothing thus far to justify another fancy title and body being added to the wage bill.

Spot on Nyambe on a free would STILL be as good a piece of business as we're likely to do this summer!

Good to hear the positive reviews for Adam Wharton which ties in with what I've been told, albeit I've never seen him play.

I agree up to a point..........I think there are funds available and don't go along with this "We've no budget" narrative.......sooner or later we have to start landing our targets though!

Good for you chaddy, my post wasn't aimed at you BTW as I respect and admire your dedication to the Club. I hope you turn out to be right, it does seem to me looking in from the outside that something is currently going wrong with the recruitment process though.

You can add Hedges and Gallagher to that list for me. It's also only by dint of the fact that the contracts of Johnson and the unused Davenport and Chapman have just expired that the list of deadwood isn't a lot longer.

I think you misunderstand: As far as roversfan99 is concerned he isn't Tony Mowbray.

Exactly right. We're four key players down from the first eleven from last season plus Khedra who had a decent impact at times, plus BBD if he goes. In addition, I think it was the general consensus by Christmas the squad was down to the bare bones and needed supplementing. Imo we need four absolutely first class signings to replace the three that have left and JPVH, then ideally three or four decent acquisitions on loan to give the squad a bit of depth. Whilst in no way not wanting JDT to do well, the fact no-one whatsoever has come in so far has to be worrying surely. Anyone who says they aren't worried imo is lying or doesn't really care or at least is maybe one of this seeming relatively new breed of supporter who seemingly isn't that bothered whether we win lose or draw as long as they can demonstrate their their superfan status by being a better supporter than the next man and "getting behind the lads" (FFS)

Would hope not. Would hope he has a lot more integrity than Lambert who imo never had any intention whatsoever of staying here long term but merely used us as a stepping stone to get back into work.

Oops didn't realise.....😳 Thanks.

Be a bloody rare event if he does. Has only ever scored 22 goals as far as I can make out and two of those were for Flint Town 9 or 10 years ago and one for Wales under 19's. And he's 27.