Yes, I wonder which one of their duds they cant wait to get rid of will be coming this way as "compensation" if Nyambe completes a move there?

Fair enough. I thought everyone was seduced by that exciting charge toward goal in his first cameo appearance at home. Apart from that I thought he was bloody awful and I think we saw enough of him to form an impression personally.

Don't forget Pears as well.

Yes, was thinking they might try Carter which would be somewhat of a gamble.

Doubt it. Headless chicken. Well would be a headless chicken if he could run and wasn't crocked.

Yep. Story in the LT week before last: "Progress made with various transfer targets. Hopefully of getting a couple of deals over the line next week." Nothing happened. Story from Sharpe's sunbed this week -Ditto. See above. Next week? Have to say it is getting somewhat worrying despite wanting to put 100% confidence and faith in JDT. Does anyone else also not find it noticeable how quiet both him and GB have suddenly gone after the initial daily blaze of feel good publicity when they were appointed?

You can maybe get all "I told you so" when we see who Nyambe's replacement actually is. Bit premature at this point.

Don't know much about him other than the fact he's been touted many times on this m/b. Have we ever been officially linked with him though? If he did sign perhaps we could put your assertion to the test.

100%. Look at the Dutch lad brought in with an option to purchase. £2.9m Euros and not even remotely in Nyambe's class. You'd have thought at that point the penny would have dropped with the powers that be that it would have been far more expensive to replace Nyambe with equivalent quality than give him what he wanted and they'd have bitten the bullet.

As far as Im aware, that's not correct. Technically the money is owed to the parent company but the loans aren't secured against the Club so there is no realistic expectation of them getting that money back short of us having a lengthy stint in the Premier League. As things stand the owners have shown no inclination of going anywhere for the foreseeable future, quite the opposite in fact and in my opinion if they were that worried by the losses which have been racking up they would have departed the scene long ago. The only caveat to that is the exercise with the training ground which was carried out to ensure FFP compliance. If they were that way inclined they could liquidate that separately to the Club but then again as owners they could have done that at any point anyway.

Or you don't want to upset any of your pals in the posh seats more like. How do you know we have "a small budget" anyway? I can't see anyone at the Club divulging that sort of information with you but if they have, they shouldn't be doing.

Which according to unleaded we have scrapped. Funnily enough I am strangely reassured to hear that we've scrapped anything that was to do with Park but if true it does leave us very much up against it time wise

But the Club has known they'd both be leaving for twelve months or more in reality. So to be scratching around now with half a squad and no Head of Recruitment with less than four weeks to go before the start of the season is as usual pretty poor forward planning tbh. Can JDT turn the situation around? We can only hope so.

Noble words, but so far we have failed to do that or even get players in maybe not quite the best available within our budget. And our need is even more desperate than normal having allowed three absolutely key first teamers to walk out for nothing. You can only judge the recruitment department on results and who actually comes through the door not hard luck stories and kudos because we were after a potentially higher grade of player who ended up elsewhere. That's no use to anyone.

That's the £64m dollar question. It should be clear roughly what players are after in terms of wages within 5 minutes of speaking to their agent. As far as the defender we were after that has gone to Sheff Utd is concerned, in terms of the time and effort spent chasing him, we might as well have been chasing Virgil Van Dyke, the net result is the same, the player hasn't ended up coming here. Under the old regime I used to (only partially) joke that working in the recruitment department appeared a bit of a doddle. - Low ball various Clubs/ players at the start of the window with offers that are never going to be accepted. Leak a story to the lapdog local press that offers are on the table for various players. - Pick fluff out of your navel for about half the window. Leak another story about still being "hopeful" of signing players X, Y, and Z to quell any mounting unrest. - When the alleged target finally moves elsewhere to another Club for roughly what they were after, Leak a final hard luck story about being gazumped at the last minute by a Club coming in offering more money. - Pick the phone up and see what last minute scraps are available off the Premier League loan table irrespective of whether they are the players we need in the positions we most urgently need filling. - Job done! Put your feet up until the next window. Rinse and repeat. I hope we're not going down a similar route with the new regime and have not merely added an unnecessary extra wage to the pay roll in Broughton. As for Park, no loss at all, but if it was known he was going to be replaced some time ago he should have been replaced at the end of the season or even earlier and the new man brought in. His replacement might not fancy the names he was scouting particularly if he was merely dredging Scotland for low grade dross like Hedges.

Genuine question because I don't know the answer - Do losses for FFP purposes completely reset at the end of every three year cycle or are they calculated over the previous three seasons on a permanent rolling basis?

It wasn't our decision to pull out on the grounds of financial prudence though, the player seemingly turned us down. The bottom line is it seems this guy was a priority target for us and we've failed to land him. I was hoping for a massive improvement in the area of recruitment under the new regime. Must also be massively disappointing for JDT who has worked with the player before. Not particularly encouraging going forward.

No offence chaddy; but talk about a contradiction in terms!

I know that's about the best we can cobble together as things stand but that's a fairly horrific looking line up imo. Defensively Carter is primarily a centre half not a RB and we will sorely miss the excellent Nyambe. The crock Ayala needs turfing out, jury's out on Pickering. Further forward Hedges is pony imo, Markanday is completely unproven and it's unclear at this stage whether Dack can get back to anything approaching his best. Brereton might not even be staying. Anyone who thinks Mowbray left us with a solid platform needs to look at the above and give their head a wobble. The rest of us will probably be reflecting on what a vulnerable position Mowbray has left us in and what a complete waste of time and money the last four seasons have been.

I second the above. Although I think everyone is getting on chaddy's case rather unfairly here, I thought he posted quite clearly that he had a meeting with Waggott to discuss the pitch etc. How can he divulge what was said before the meeting has even taken place?

Not sure if that is aimed at me but don't know what you're on about if it was. You'll have noticed I really loved the Coventrio...........and Park. Three down, one to go. (Hopefully)

Really dispiriting interview with Waggott in the LT today. Lots of psycho babble, waffle and moaning about operating from 3 bases. (Sounds like Brockhall is still under threat if he gets his way eventually) Edit: Do they communicate by telegram? Can they not pick up the bloody phone to one another? Also part of the budget for players taken up with players already here. What does that even mean? And what's the point of Broughton if he has to go trailing back to Waggott for approval on everything? Sounds like an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy and Waggott trying to make it appear like he actually does something worthwhile and is indispensable.

Always "expected" and "hoped" with our lot. Never "will be".

You're going nowhere fast relying on Gallagher. Apart from maybe League 1. We'd be as well off trying to get £3m back on him than trying to pimp BBD out imo.

You know my view on that. No-one's been banging that particular drum harder than me for the last 3 seasons.